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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-26
LEROY ARMSTRONG

lie Roy Armstrong. 10. of Rt. rs.
Box 50A, died Wednesday at his
home. He was laborer by occu-
patton, and a native of Indiana.
lie came TO Tacoma from Hoquiam
ten years ago. He leaves five
daughters, Mrs. T. A. belong OF
the home, Mrs. w. c. Crawford of
Portland, Ore; Mrs. John Wander
beck and Mrs r. A. Mason. both
of Hoquiam. and Mrs. Il. ?. Ander.
son of Chewelah. Wash. ono
brother, Charles Armstrong. oi
Wheatfield. Ind. and seven grand
children. The body will be sent
by Piper's to Gervais, Ore, wher,
services will be held Saturday a
l:3o p. m. in the church. followed
by burial In the family plot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-26
Obituary n Offices
WILLIAM v. FUHRMEIsTER JR

WILLIAM v. fUHRNElSTER JR.
William Ernest Fuhrmeister, Jr.,
so, a brakeman who had been in
the employ of the Northern Pa
cific railway. died Wednesday at
his home on Rte. 3, Auburn. He
had lived five years In Auburn;
before that. he was a resident OF
Tacoma for % years. He came
here from Omaha, Heb. A native
Of Germany. ne had been in the
United states ~ years. Surviving
are his wife. Ellen, of the home
his father, william Ernest, sr.,
Tacoma; his mother, Mrs. Fred
Bretzer, Tacoma. a son. Ernest L.,
and a brother. Fred. also OF Ia
coma The C. c. Mellinger Co.
will announce the funeral service.
MRS. JAMES W. MCGUIRE
Mrs. Sarah A. Mcclure, 10, OF
2510 So. Ash. died at her home
Wednesday. She was a native Of
Noblesville. Ind, and had lived
here 80 years. She was member
of the Methodist church. She
leaves only her husband. Buckley
King will announce the funeral
arrangements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-26
Just the Core
ARMY TO BUY COAL

ARMY 10 buy COAL
The ouartermaster corps IN ar
ranging the purchase of s4i.132
tons of coal for the nine corps
areas In continental United States
for the fiscal year 1912, the war
department reported today. Total
estimated cost of the fuel is placed
at S4.15S.616. Needed in the 9th
corps area will be 133,019 tons,
estimated TO cost s773.160.
Hospital flowers. HIM Florist.
iadv 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-26

Thomas johnson, 10, Of AIS
Fawcett ave. was being treated in
Tacoma General hospital Thursday
for bruises sustained Wednesday
while working at FIT. Lewis. John
son repeatedly was caught between
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

This all the manager who had good reason
suspect that perhaps the whole thing form
graft this wartime and there nothing
ne could do about
lie back TO the vaults ana with the help of
couple had all the institutions 100-franc
wrapped good-szed bundle Then, followed by
guards with drawn revolvers, they accompanied
the banker and the young man TO the police station.
The station crowded usual No paid any at
tenton 10 the arrivals who found place bench
the back of the There about dozen
ahead of them all giving rap attention to the police judge
who believing a harmless looking little man
watched by husky Nazi policeman Monsieur Ber-
theler the bank manager seeing how things going
resigned himself to giving most of the day to his mis-
sion.
He inclined his head to hear what Maurice Timas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

- he old phrase anything happen in Paris has
1 taken on a new and sinister meaning as the "gayest
\ city in world hmps along ersatz food while
German officers Gesapo agents fat and arrogant
on the choicest French foods and wines
Any student of human nature knows that under such
conditions hungry not far behind grating
Germans thinking up 10 acquire money to pay the
high prices the necessities Of life.
Much of what going on behind the wall of censorship
Is pure speculation then choice tidbts
of news tckes through by grapevine Such story had
the CITY bv the other day because marked
high in sheer hero the story used the police
10 help him rob a bank
The victim was Monsieur Edouard Berthelier who had
been able to his job of Partisan
branch because he knew how to keep in with the war
rim, antho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

~APTAIN CHRIST1AN STEVEN
SON OF Halmstad Sweden, has
49, braved raging waters and dared
death dozen times without fear, but
he trembles at once again facing the
wrath OF Mr. and Mrs Hans Jensen OF
Stockholm Yet face them ne must, and
convince them he is not the heavy
handed brute they say he Is If he is to
rcaiize his dream OF marrying their
daughter Alice. .-..,
Some years ago Christian, then a lad
OF Is. sat watching a comedy in a
movie in his home town of Halmstad.
He heard a girls delicious laugh and
Just had 10 find out who the owner was.
She was pretty. l6-year-old Alice Jen-
sen.
II was love at first sight. Although
Christian was TO ship aboard tramp
-freighter for Singapore within week,
Alice agreed 10 wait and marry him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27
|= =""| Wrecked His Romance =======
.==== Blu Holding Hands Too Hard SEE.

In due time he became a captain with
a ship Of his own, And always on his
return 10 Stockholm he searched mtilely
for Alice
A few weeks ago, as he entered
Stockholm restaurant, the Captains
hat blew off and a bicyclist ran over IT.
A passerby laughed gaily and the Cap
tain. recognized Alice Jensen.
They embraced right there on the
street It was several minutes before
Alice realized that he had squeezed her
hand so hard that the ring he gave her
years before had cut her finger.
ITS nothing" Alice said when he
.sl.oWad his concern, But ~ was. The
finger became infected during the night
and the hand sweled. Alice was
rushed TO the hospital with blood
poisoning and the doctors amputated
the hand 20 save her life.
When Alice's parents met the Cap
al. they angrily called him a hulking
unfit TO marry their Alice But Alice
ntor She wants to marry him But
parents 20 accept him as son-in-law
iding. Now. back at sea, the Captain
-. - -, o,,. 40 oxoVrcp,o thair ytOlput
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

Bertheler approached the harassed Commissaire
Pardon, Msieu lie Commissaire, but has your staff
verified the notes yet for our bank
The magistrate looked mystihed
to the point" demanded. "or wait your turn
You know, Msieur lie Commissaire the young man :.
What young man? >" the official demanded
The bank manager turned white Words stuck in his
throat. He gasped for air
Come, come out with It., the Commissaire tapped I'M
patiently his desk There a hush the whole
courtroom Then there riot the manager,
murmurng i've been robbed right in the police station
keeed in a dead faint before everyone
When he came-to, and stsnmeFed- out his story, the
police into action They had indeed the young
man before the the Commissaire had nodded
when walked back of his desk that he had seen
him week before suspicious person freed for lack
of evidence but hadn't remembered the connection.
Fortunately the gulble bank manager, the young
apprehended shortly afterwards gorging himself
on food like hungry soldier i'm oncegay Monmarte
Most of the money recovered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

when he returned The happy Christian bought handsome
gold ring put Alccs finger the day he sailed
~ Singapore the tramp freshter proceeded TO South
America il months before Christian got back 10
Halmsad BY then the 1ensens had moved 10 Stockholm
Unable 90 locate Alice Christian shipped again. lie
studied navigation soamanship and promoted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

became just a shade arrogant in his turn
You do nothing for me, ne replied crsply, but
have make things little easier, perhaps Tor
you Monsieur the Manager And he smiled mysterously
Monsieur Betheher thrust out his jaw trifle and
visitor Then he uttered the French equivalent
of "Oh, yeah ?"
Lets get down to business reorted T1mas He pulled
imposing credentials These bore his picture gold cress
and important looking signatures.
The manager impressed and a little fearful he
had run the GeStapo before And he was well
enough occupation tactics 20 suspect 'that this
call had something to DO with or its French satellites
His young visitor noted his apprehension and suaYeY
nm at his
The police noticed number of counterfeit 100
in circulation he said and word has come
TO them in roundabout way of course-that lot OF
these right here your bank SO have been
ordered TO have of that denomination taken by
your armed guard topoce headquarters The Conmssae
will verify good and the false over to the
proper authorities
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

Gf,n Ertmn Hlsa'. Reserved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27
ine authorities.

Monsieur B c r
[ h ellier was a
noted epicure and
before the German
debacle was ac-
customcd to eating
nobly m the city's
finest restaurants.
on the particular
m ornin & W h EN-
Fate singled him
out for attention
his breakfast of
erSatZ Coffee anu
what passed for
bread made a hard
lum p in h / s
stomach. So when
a young man was
ANNOUNCE d-h q
merely grunted at
his secretary who,
in due time, usher
ed the visitor into
the managers pri=
vate office.
fff'he young man
introduced himself
as Maurice Timas
and he was a tall,
dark and well-set-
up young French
man evidently of
goo d family. He
was about % years
old.
The name meant
nothing 10 Monsi-
eur Berthellier who
loo X e d sourly at
his caller. After a
long m in II t G he
a S k e d, C Oddly,
What can / do for
you p
Monsieur Timas
hecame inst q Shad
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

lIylIlS " Whisper
in his ear.
For safe keep
in g, monsieur, l
will take the bank
n ote s into tn e
Commissaire's pri-
V a I e office and
place them in the
S are. T e II your
GU ard to h a n q
them over to me.
And you two wait
for me-"
Almost absent
mindedly, for h c
was watching the
proceedings in the
court, the manager
gave the necessary
order.
The young man,
grasping the preci-
Gus package, walk
ed up the aisle at
aEfeIstFeiy- p a @ e
and passed behind
the desk of the
Commissaire, nod
ding at that court
official as he did
so and getting an
absent-minded nod
in return. He look
ed just what he
had passed himself
off to be, a secret
service agent.
For m ore than
an hour the man
ager and his guard
sat on the hard
b en- C h. b u I [ h e
young man did not
return. Finally. the
worried Monsieur
Commissaire.
but has your staff
or wait your turn"
the young man. :"
amanded
Words stuck In his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

1871 by American Weekly In
Evening star., 1941-03-31

in action. Destroyers sank the
cruiser Pola. Our searchlight il
Illuminated two enemy desEoyers.
These were ideally placed for tor
pedo attacks against us and turned
and launched torpedoeS."
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham,
the British commander in chief,
praised his men in message:
Operations just concluded have
given us a notable success over the
enemy. Skillful handling of our
cruisers and untiring efforts of
the fleet air arm have kept me well
informed of enemy movements and
the we'll pressed attacks of torpedo
aircraft on the Littorio so reduced
the speed of the enemy that we were
able to gain contact during the night
and inf1ict heavy damage.
The devastating results of the
battleships' guns are an ample re-
ward for months of patient train
ing This work was completed by
destroyers in the admirable way we
have come to expect from them.
The contribution of engineroom
departments to this success cannot
be over emphasized. Their work
not only in keeping their ships
steaming at high speed for long pc
riods, but in work on maintenance
under most difficult conditions has
been most praiseworthy.
II am very grateful to all in the
fleet for their support on this and
all other occasions.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

often the word person is used in
Sucn a sense as not TO include the
sovereign but uarges that whereas
in the present instance its wider ap-
pllcatlon is consistent with and
tends to effectuate the public policy
evidenced by the statute the term
should be held to embrace the Gov
eminent. And it strongly urges that
all the conSiderat tiOns which moved
Congress TO confer the right TO re-
cover damages upon individuals and
corporations injured by violations
of the act apply with equal force to
the United States which as a large
procurer of goods and services is as
likely to be injured by the denounced
combinations and monopolies as is a
natural or corporate person.
We are asked in this view so to
construe the act as not TO deny the
Government what public policy has
thought to require A decision Is
not to be reached by strict con-
struction of the words of the act, nor
by the application of artificial canons
of construction. On the contrary,
we are to read it in its ordinary
and natural sense and if doubts
remain resolve them in the light not
only of the policy intended to be
served by the enactment. but, as
well. by all other available aids to
construction. But it is not our func-
ton to engraft on statute additions
which we think the Legislature
logically might or should have made.
The recent decisions of this court
Evening star., 1941-03-31

warn us that it is not for the
courts to indulge in the business of
policy-making in the field of anti
trust legislation"
Justice Roberts said that with
out going beyond the words of sec
tion 7 of the act under which the
government sought to proceed, the
use of the phrase "any person" is
insufficient to authorize the Gov
ernment to sue.
This conclusion, he continued. is
supported by the fact that If the
purpose of Congress was to include
the United States the ordinary
dignities of speech would have led
to its mention by name"
Cites judicial Expression"
Justice Roberts said further that
there has been considerable body
of judicial expression to the effect
thai the Sherman Act authorizes
an action for damages only by pri-
vate parties and not by the Gov
eminent, and recalled a statement
to this effect in the Senate when
antitrust legislation was pending
In summary he concluded.
while we are of the opinion that
the text of the act, taken in its
natural and ordinary sense, makes
against the extension of the term
person to include the United States
and that the usual aids to con-
struction, taken together, instead
OF inducing the contrary conclu-
sion. go to support the view that
Congress did not use the word in
the sense for which the Govern
ment contends
Justice Black, however, contended
that nothing in the Sherman Act
itself and nothing in its legislative
history makes necessary the con-
clusion that Congress intended to
withhold from the United States
remedy given to all other pur-
chasers"
In lnstituting this suit. the Gov
ernment had pointed out that its
purchases amount to more than
$3.50 900 900 annually. and it was
to be expected that this figure
would be greatly enlarged by the
defense program and to bar the
remedy it sought leaves the United
States powerless to recover dam
ages for injuries inflicted upon it
as a purchaser of goods by illegal
combinations and conspiracies.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

7:30 to 7:45 than Is usually the case,
and persons coming in via Wisconsin
avenue. Sixteenth street and Con-
| necticut avenue, who left home
quarter or half an hour earlier than
usual were generally agreed that they
made about the same time as
formerly.
Park Traffic Lighter.
A Commerce Department official
who comes from Chevy Chase
through Rock Greek Park to reach
his Office at $3.50 said that park
traffic was lighter this morning,
until he reached Virginia avenue.
Employees at the Navy Department,
who have been coming to work at
8 o'clock since March, observed
great difference, now that they
have company, and found their
travel complicated because the huge
Interior force, not far away, also
is coming in at O'Clock.
Another observation was that
that early morning traf1ic on Con-
stitution avenue seemed to be NOV
ing a little faster than usual The
highway was being travelled at 7:30
but the congestion never got as bad
as it does normally during rush
hours.
The Traffic Department. the Po-
lice Department and the Capital
Transit Co. had checkers all over
the city and the Transit company
was holding in reserve all available
equipment to send it out to spots
where unexpected concentration of
passengers was taking place
Robert Dougan, public relations
director for Capital Transit. said
after quick survey at 1890 that
generally speaking, We think We
did pretty we'll"
Latest Reports to Be Studied.
He said there was some difficulty"
on Connecticut avenue and lower
Sixteenth street. where the traffic
movement was larger than expected
and that it probably would be nec-
essary to put more buses on. The
same situation prevailed to some
extent, he added. on the Takoma ex-
press service that travels Ninth
street.
Whatever shortcomings are dis
closed by the check made this morn
ing, and another due this evening,
he added, will be remedied tomor-
row.
Another slant on the situation also
will be possible in the Government
departments when they get chance
to look over their late reports for
today. officials are agreed, however,
that it will be several days before
an accurate picture of the situation
is available.
The early hours proved distasteful
to employees of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing A score were
questioned as they sprinted to reach
the plant by 7:30 and some said they
had to travel in taxis and others
that they had to get up before day
light to make it.
IT'S murder" said one. II had
to get up at o'clock"
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Referendum Clause Is Added
To Montgomery Joi AIoi Bill

by the time the voters express
their choice on this measure they
will have before them the proposed
location of the building, which the
bill states must cost not less than
$3.50, 900, will have the names of the
Board of Directors and the hackers
of the project and will have an
opportunity to go into every phase
of the matter"
The county delegations referen-
dunn plan was announced after sew
eral civic leaders departed this
morning for Annapolis to express
their views. They included o. M.
Kile, president of the County Civic
Federation; Washington 1. Cleve-
land, president of the Greater Ken
sington Civic League, both of whom
voiced opposition to the bill, and
Carey Quinn, chairman of the civic
federation's Legislation and Legal
Action Committee
Evening star., 1941-03-31
By a stafY Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star
ANNAPOLIS, March 31.-Mont-
gomery County residents would
have a chance to decide for them
selves whether they wanted the
Basque game of jai alai introduced
into their county on a pari-mutuel
betting basis, under an amendment
offered in the Legislature here today
to the pending jai alai legalization
bill
County Democratic leaders de-
cided at week end meeting to
sponsor a provision in the bill for a
referendum, which would be held
at the special election to choose the
successor of thte late Representa-
tive Byron of the 9Th district. in
which Montgomery is included. The
date for the election has not yet
been set. The bills final passage
and signature by Gov. O'Conor was
forecast by the county delegation.
The delegation issued state
ment which said in part:
Evening star., 1941-03-31
New Staggered Hour,
Tie Up Traffic Flow
From Virginia
Highway Jam Worst
On Record; Cars Creep
At Slow Pace
Continued From First Page)

avenue. In the opinion of Director
Van Duzer, it was worse than usual
there.
One employe of the Internal Rev.
enue office at 1881 U street reported
that his customary travelling time
of Is minutes from his home in
Arlington County to his Office was
doubled, and another Arlington
County resident coming into the
downtown area said it took him 10
minutes longer around 8:15 and that
he was forced to stop IS times be-
tween the traffic light on Ridge
road and the Virginia end of Me-
mortal Bridge.
Caught in this first crush gener-
ally were employees due at their desks
at s and 8:15, and factor that
may have served to put even an
additional load on this movement
was that many persons, guarding
against being late, advanced their
leaving time from home to allow a
greater margin than ordinarily they
would use.
This particular development was
in evidence at the Agriculture De-
partment, which went to work at
8:15. and the main Office of the Gen.
eral Accounting Office, where OPEN
ing time was advanced IS minutes
to 8:45 Officials agreed that it
probably prevailed elsewhere also.
Streetcars Affected.
The southwest bridge area auto
mobile jam was also reflected in the
movement of streetcars, a heavy
concentra ton being in evidence for
blocks along Fourteenth street.
Pennsylvania avenue also was the
scene of congestion from around 8
to 9 o'clock, when approximately
$4,000 persons were going to work.
The trouble on the Avenue seemed
to center around Seventh street,
where cars were swinging south
down to the new Mall extension, and
this in turn clogged up hundreds of
private cars and buses.
From Northeast and Northwest
Washington, observers were general
lv agreed that the traffic flow was
about as usual. with the difference
that the heaviest movement was
earlier than heretofore. Thirteenth
street automobile traffic coming out
of the Takoma and suburban Mary
land area appeared heavier around
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Three Dead, Others Missing
In Princess Anne Fire
By ttt Associated Press.

by " ASSOClated freSS.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md, March
3l-At least three persons were killed
and several others were missing
today when an oil stove exploded
in an old administration building
of the Negro branch of the Uni
versity of Maryland and fire de-
stroyed the structure.
Three Negroes died when they
jumped from second-foor windows
in an effort to escape flames which
quickly enveloped the wooden build
ing. Seven others were unaccounted
for of 20 believed to have been inside
at the time. Ten escaped.
DR.. Harry Lankford. deputy medi-
cal examiner of Somerset County,
said the injured were being rushed
to Peninsula General Hospital in
Salisbury.
Colored women and children work.
ing on w. P. A. mattress project
were in the building.
At Salisbury all doctors available
were called in to help care for in
jured. DR.. Lankford indicated that
perhaps Is persons, including some
who aided in rescue work, might re-
quire emergency treatment.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Supreme Court

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Firemen to Initiote q

Twenty-three members of the Sill
yer Spring Md Volunteer Fire De-
partment who have joined in the
last two years will be initiated at
special exercises at 7:30 o'clock to-
night in the firehouse.
1t. Horace Lineberger of the Met
ropolitan Police Department, Wash
ington, will conduct the exercises.
Charles Fisher of the fire depart
ment is general chairman. Other
members of the committee are Earl
Culver. Charles Deffinbaugh. Wall
lace Alden, Leonard Peter and Ed
ward Day.
The exercises will be open only to
members of county volunteer fire de-
partments.