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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

dched his cap and than he obtained position
with the Milwaukee railroad where for years to come
he to engage himself in their construction problems
When the big job came along, it was Fred who
selected as supervisor and the next time YOU have
TO ride the electrified system of that famous
transcontinenal line think of him because il he
who followed construction from the mountains oil
Montana TO Puget Sound.
With that job completed Fred forsook the "biggies of
the steel rails TO cast his lot with the automobile business
one in which he has been engaged ever since.
1t was 1921 that he joined the Dodge organization as
director of service the factory and at later date was
named assistant general sales manager These assignments
like those which had gone before provided little home life
for who had been hghbaing 1t ever since he left
college.
The desire to establish himself in location re-
sponsbe for the fact that 1893 he purchased the ponohne
Chevrolet company. His exceptional ability made itself
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

pole of the homemade variety,
tousled hair :. and a bit of a
whistle coming from his lips
as his nut-brown feet patter
over the warm. soft dust Of a
country lane the lane that
leads to a singing brook where
hook and line and a lads
dreams lend wings TO the
happy hours that only the
youngsters of yesterday will
ever know.
But lifes path must leave
the haunts of Childhood and
replace lis day dreams with
sterner fabric. When that
time came for Fred Walker
we find him enrolling in the
famous engineering school of
Purdue. at Lafayette, Indiana.
from which, in due season, he
graduated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

natures both have OF humor Of the proper
tions of poor mans grocery bill and the ability to see
the sunny side Of llfe when the going IS tough.
And that will be all for except this The
time has just about arrived when this nessboy will
forsake the printed word and launch himself and
his wife upon bit of vacation. When comes II
August Eth. he will his little stories Of the
big shots" of auto God willing Adios.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

Driving 9Al Cosley Deluxe convertible soek seldom
carefully checked economy test from 5eos 10 focoo
ord last week effcos computing results dscosed mot
me oveo9ed z9 miles per eoon u Gilmore Red
Lon qosoilne The which developed FRS remarkable
economy conducted under notol operating condition.
With driver ond t~o passengers riding the Shown
ooove checking OF the conclusion OF me test from left 10
right, Wn T. thmke. Gilmore OIL company representative.
@ l. Potion rono9er CosleY Soles ond Service ard
Poul Koch Gilmore independent oeoler.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
The First IT T"o Article. ss JONATHAN ki1-Bot IN
Tacoma Time. larrs.paadent

HARRIS HILL. Elmira, v Y.-Ths nations interest IN
motorless flight has suddenly soared-and gliding en-
husiasts at the Twelfth Annual National Soaring Contest
here who have been propagandzng their sport for years.
eynically set il all down to Crete.
Military had long been cognizan Of the glider move
ment in Germany. Russia and Poland but until this
evidenced than the most superficial sort Of m
Since 1920 the German army mas been perfeetng
gliding more correctly. soarng) flight Germanys youth
sehooled in the sport from the early teens. Polish
peasants who seldom motor launched glders by
means of teams of work horses
gliding rhnds play when
gliding group American Rad
published report First
fmy unstable strsamned efficient apsnes they
through greatest IN better and better
performances distance duration speed and outand
flights
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

manifest. until today his COM
pany represents one of the
finest Chevrolet dealerships IN
the country.
Fred and Mrs. Walker live
al 1717 No. G. street and have
but one child e. Arthur. His
arrival, which took place in
Marion, Iowa. in 1903 brings
the dual complex into our
story.
Being the son of railroad
engineer made it necessary for
Art to pick up his education
ION the fly and so we find
the Walkers only child learn
ing his A-B-C's in a half a
dozen different cities, from
Seattle, Washington, 10 De
troit, Michigan.
A hitch in the automobile
factory OF the Graham broth
ers in Detroit came before Art
headed west to attend the
University of WASH n & o n.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

- isune he'd Al ths sams flm<
wherever tho Starring possibilities
seem ma-s fsvefahl<. Asathsf
melhad. sa~ oh~uls,s. . ny
shueheasd. N. AMP hing esss-
pulled into the air nk. . e~hhls
frem = slsnE-het.
now GLIDER FLAME
~ NAN aKD
Once IN the air. the glider rslas
may Hslar. sasr II n. as
launched frnm > kiii. ~ the ur.
current. created ~ horizontal
winds hitting the vertical surfaces
~ me nh and being DETECTED up
wards Hs searches fas ethsF.
mails fslr currents fnFmsd ~ tns
warmer -lrfsezs ~ the Earth
heating RE slf Immediately shsvs
in such = manner thai 'shubhlss#
az hot AIR rre anl.
When pilot hi. really
good thermal. has In hls ala
msnt BE may spiral towards he
heavens for hours On the rising
air current until ths thermal
gradually wears ltaslf oui. Then
he sets off again In -~aruh II an
other thermal. and thsa another.
Or he MAJ skln back and forth
across ths layers of cloud fafsns-
ton. which 10 called street ny.
ing biz ear % aieh ssFabssia-
az lnop. ths-lnops. barrel rnlls ami
splrsla n the current. are right.
lie eaa noss-dsse nss |. dive.
bomber Ne can play with anur.
nlsHs fssdlss In ihs .lrflosl Ike
a F,lii or an air minded p"fpei-~
The only part II I'M. That =
technically called gliding i
gradually enss,inx aown-hiil n.
Wards terra fsrfna- And phsn
that's necessary. xiiasrs set
de~ns IN small spare 81 . la~
speed that makes landings fore
eli or otherwise e.sy.
n was by utilizing all ths~
faces n . glider pilots s<iil that
The Russian seman pilot o. kls-
pasoya sat the airline distanos
soaring record NJ ass b3z miles.
that Erwin zlllsr ~ g~rmany Get
the altitude record NJ a. "a s1r
feet and gerruanys Kurt Schmidt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

that Nazi troops had descended On
Crete by glider. they we're as snr-
nrissd as If a rhilds Scooter had
suddenly found military La.
Miscnncsptinns and lark If knowl-
edge had put gliding. % far a. the
general public was concerned,
into an esoteric elias. with fox
hunting.
But gliding. although seldom
used a. a means OF transport IN
IN. Il. r.. means more than mere
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17
ruREF METHODS ~
LAUNCHING GLIDER

Tn launch a glider som. firm
n power must he used. Most
efficient If thes. FOR launching a
large number ~ ship. over q
short period of time Ia IN. winch
tow. The winch consists OF an
anta- powered drum which winds
up n ala inch manila rope or wire
cable rapidly enough 10 rive the
glider tn. required speed The
glider IL pulled forward while air
currents created puah II upwards
into the air. At The desired alti-
ttids thu pilot releases his tow
line.
Perhaps The mast commonly
used tnw IN Amerioa. whenever q
winch tow IL not svsllahls. 70 by
automobile speeding ear TAX
inE the place " ire fsridly-wind.
ing winch Most effective. militar.
lily valuable. - well as expensive
method = the sirpiaus tow. by
which any number ~ Eiiders ran
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

Although glider lying Rfew
slowly through the efforts NJ
the select circle uho knew its
thrill. national interest Jagged.
Beeaus. gliding IL an expensive
sport, this may have hem due 10
lack of government aid OF inter
est.
GLIDING MEANS MORE
THAN MERE SPORT
ESuLTS was that when Amer
~ lean newspaper readers read
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-17

There are many tYpe. 81 gid.
transport Largest IN ths 4. =
holds four peonlsl. These. n turn.
vary from the elementary trainer
utility giidsrl through the inter
mediate to the high performances
ssilnlsns They may east any
where from sa7a "a 81 500 ~
mares depending 10 large extent.
ike an sifplsns. an me instf8-
nsnt equipment. hiit glider kits
unaA~mhied. ran b. obtained for
"a little - $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
C0NSULATES OF
 ITALY TO CLOSE
Those in Detroit, Newark Must End Is Request
 Made of Italy

Washington, March 6. - (UP) - The United States has asked Italy to close Its consulates in Detroit, Mich, and Newark, N. J., flor req sons of national policy" the State Department revealed today.
 A statement by the department said: :.
 "For reasons of national policy, 1t has been decided that foreign con- sulates in certain areas should be closed. At the preesnt time the Italian government has been re- uuested to close its consulates at Detroit, Michigan, and Newark, N. J., and to withdraw the person. nel."
 The action follows the closing Of American consulates at Naples and Palermo at the request of the Ital- ian government. The United States ordered its consuls there withdrawn as requested by the Italians. ex- plaining that it was customary to do do this when requested by the gov ernment to which the consular offa- cers were accredited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Joseph Crean Was Bound Over For Trial
Young Man Held By City Court This Morning-ls Charged With Robbery By Violence From
 Mrs. Morris Drill on Cherry Street

Joseph Crean, 22, of l03 Cherry street, was bound over to the next criminal session of superior court this morning when he was arraigned on charge of robbery with violence in city court before Judge John L. Gaffney.
 The accused pleaded guilty to charge of robbing Mrs. Morris Drill proprietor of a boarding house where he is a roomer, when he feigned a gun and took $7 in cash Gom her.
 Crean was arrested in a down. town restaurant within seven min utes after John McWeeney, a dis patcher at police headquarters no- tified Patrolman Harold Green of the robbery. He entered the apart. ment of Ms. Drill shortly before 9 a. m. and ordered Mrs. Drill and her daughter into bedroom where he threatened her by stimulating a gun, by showing his hands into top coat. pocket. He fled after taking the money through the rear yard of the apartment.
 Captain Joseph P. Stevens. head of the local detective bureau, said that Crean admitted that he held up the Bon Ton Cleaner on Feb uary ' when he flourished bread knife at Airline Denninger. IS. of 60 Yale avenue. while he proceeded to rife the cash register of its contents which was slightly more than sS.
 The clerk, Miss Denninger was frightened and was afraid to call for assistance. After the youth, Cap tain Stevens said. took the money he fled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
TURKEY IS ASKED TO VISIT GERMANY
Hitler Sends Invitation to Turks to Confer on Pres-
 ent Crisis
BY DANA SCHMIDT

(Unste0 Press StaW COFreSpOnuens)
 Ankara, March 6 = (UP) Dip lomatic sources said today that Adolf Hitler has invited Turkey to send a high statesman to Germany or, alternatively, to allow a high NaN official to come to Turkey to discuss closer cooperation"
 This proposal, 1t was understood, was contained In Hitler's message to President lsmet Inonu.
 Increasing German troop concen- trations in Thrace were reported and British and Jewish residents in Istanbul were said to have started a rush to banks to withdraw their money.
 Hitler's Four Points
 The Hitler note was said to have contained four points.
 These were:
 l. A statement of Germany's de- sire for closer cooperation" with Turkey and a proposal that q Nazi statesman come to Ankara to dis cuss this project or a Turkish statesman come to Germany.
 2. A denial that Germany enter tains any threat to the Dardanelles.
 3. A promise that Germany en- tertains no aggressive ambitions against Turkey.
 4. A lengthy exposition of "his- torical events" since Versailles, en- phasizing the German thesis that Britain has consistently misused small nations, and particularly Tur- key.
 Some of the British and Jewish residents were reported to be panic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
SCENE OF FATAL
 FIRE IS CLOSED

New Haven. Conn, March - CUP)-Operations at the New Ha- ven Pad & Quilt O., where ten workers lost their lives in fire last month, were ordered halted today by State Labor Commissioner Cor nelius J. Danaher until the firm met requirements of the city's buiid' ing inspection department.
 Because of fire hazards in the buildings. the inspection department imposed severe restrictions on the work of repairing and reconstrhc- ton. Until these are compiled with Danalier said. production will not be allowed to resume.
 The firm is completing a s20o0.' 600 order from the government for blankets and comforteFs. It was re- ported the company is being pen allged between ee00 and ei00O a day because deliveries are behind scked' nia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Jugoslavia Is Trying To Remain On Outside
Seeks Peace Between Greece Italy in Order to Save terself-Hitler, However May Demand Jugo.
 slaves Join With Axis
BY LEON KAY

Limited Press Staff CorreSpondent) Belgrade, March 6.-(UP)-Jugo. slavia was reprted today to be cn. gagged in an eleventh hour attempt to make peace between Greece and the Axis preliminary to an import ant declaration strengthening Jugo- s!av-Axis relations which was ex- pected in two or three days.
 The mediation effort, said to have been launched by the regent, Prince Paul at a conference with Axis Foreign Ministers Joachim Won Rib- bentrop and Count Galeazzo Ciano two days ago. was believed designed to avert Jugoslav involvement in Balkan war, if possible.
 Budapest expected that Jugoslav representative would be summoned to Berchtesgaden to sign the tri- partite alliance as soon as Turkey replies to a message from Adolf Hitler. Turkey was said to be preparing a negative reply to the Hitler note0
 It was thought here that Jugo- slayia would not formally join the tri-partite alliance at the moment but that a new formula for closer collaboration with the Axis would be found.
 An indirect link through closer ties to Germany. 1t was said, might be the solution.
 Germany Is Willing
 Germany was said to be willing to permit Jugoslav to stay out of the Axis for the time being because
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
ACCIDENTS NEAR
 CAMPS MUST STOP
Death of Five Persons in Auto Crash With Army
 Busses ROuses Fear

Aver, Mass, March 6 -- (UP) - Drastic measures to reduce traffic accidents near military reservations were planned today by state and military authorities as investigation of an auto-bus crash that cost five lives continued.
 Massachusetts cannot afford to make a battlefield out of its state highways" said General Manager Lewis F. MacBrayne of the Massa- chusetts safety council in pleading for army and civilian cooperation in cutting down accidents.
 A collision of an auto with two buses laden with soldiers two miles from Fort Devens here yesterday killed Ruth Stolack. 20. her sister Blanche, r, Olga Ptashnick. 20. An- thony Ribnick. 20, and Gerard Pel- letter, 2i, all of Boston. Twenty seven soldiers suffered minor hurts
 A medical-examiner said he would withhold his full report on their deaths until the inquest in Aver District court.
 The crash led the safety council 10 compile 6 report that showed the movement of motor vehicles to Fort Devens and Camp Edwards from cities and towns throughout tine state had increased "by i.S00. .00l trips within . thFee.nionth period The council said the situation would be the principal topic Of the safety conference in Boston March 3l which military officials were asked AA eAs@mS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

The case dates back to the inunis cipal election of 1887 in which ex- Mayor Hayes narrowly defeated George T. Culhane, running on a fusion ticket, while his running mate Controller Leary was de. feated by g margin of only few votes by the late Sherwood Row. land. MT. Rowland upon assuming office in January, 1888, announced that city records were missing.
 Grand Jury Acted
 Shortly thereafter a Grand Jury investigation was demanded and stateS Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford County was appointed Special Prosecutor. The Grand Jury convened on March 8, 1888. and continued in session until July of the same year. Its findings resulted in preferrment of serious charges against city officials, prominent con- tractors, auditors and others.
 Trial of the accused started be- fore Judge Ernest A. 1nglis and a jury, which required one and one half months to poll on November 20 1888. The trial, lengthy and exhaus- tive, ended on August 16, 1889, with verdicts of guilty and was followed by the imposition of sentences on August 9 by Judge Inglis.
 Appeals from the decisions were taken and legal procedure carried the case up until November of, last year when arguments for dismissal of the decision by the defense and its upholding by Prosecutor Alcorn were heard before the supreme court in Hartford.
 Regularly since then reports and rumors have been current in Hart ford and Waterbury as to what and when the verdict of the court would be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
ASK RELEASE OF
 NUN IN FRANCE

Berlin. N. H.. March 6. -- CUP) = Mayor Alme Tondreau had appealed today to Mayor Julius Lippert oi Berlin. Germany. for release Of ai' American nun held in concentra' ton camp in occupied FTence.
 His cabled appeal yesterday fol- lowed receipt Of letter from sistel Angeline of Jesus by her mother Mrs. Hanna Lambert B0u....s. @ who has been bedridden for two years.
 Tn her letter. Sister Angeiine said she was held at Besancon. France with g other nuns and . priest eeme Of tiis nuns were believed ic have accompanied her when she legI from Quebec November .. ies0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Former City Officials, Other Accused May Learn Fate
Supreme Court of Errors Is Reported Ready to Make Public Their Findings
 Sometime After Four O'Clock
Special to the Democrat)

Hartford, Conn.,, March 6.-Former Mayor Frank Hayes former City Controller Daniel j. Leary, and twelve others, facing varying terms in state prison as result of the Waterbury conspiracy trial may learn late today what disposition the Connecti. cut Supreme Court of Errors has made of their ap- peals from the sentences imposed by Judge Ernest A. Inglis in August of 1939
 Reliable Report On Decisions
 According to reliable reports here today the Supreme Court decision was imminent, thus ending case that made court history for the State of Connecticut The defendants involved prominent city officials and others; the seriousness of the charges prefered the of the Grand Jury investigation of the alleged claims of graft and corrupon the array of legal talent involved both prosecution and deense the sensational conclusion and ensuing appeals all make of the most spectacu- criminal in the annals of Connecticut court history.
 Severe Penalties At Trial
 Severe penalties imposed ExMayor Hayes, MT. Leary and Thomas Kelly former executive secretary to Mayor with less sentences for other accused Orig nay the list of defendants numbered more than twenty, but against several dismissed for lack of ev dence while number elected to out sentences in the county ja Two still serving terms in the State Pieraroria of Bristol and Carl D. Olsen of this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
GERMAN CONSUL
 DENIES CHARGES
Fritz Weidemann Accused of Using Col. Lindbergh,
 Ford to Help Nazis

San Francisco, March 6-(UP)- German Consul General Fritz Wie- demann denounced as pure fam tasy" today & charge that he had used Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Henry Ford ito further Nazi cause in this country"
 The accusation was made by Mrs Alice Crockett, 37. divorced wife of Lieut.-Col. Gilman Crockett of Camp Jackson, s. O.. who claims Wiedmann owes her 5000 for five months of confidential work among his masters in Germany. She filed an amended suit yesterday in feder- al court. Her original suit. entered in superior court. was withdrawn because of Wiedenmann's claim to diplomatic immunity.
 "All bunk. From the first word to the last it's all bunk. The whole things pure fantasy. That's all have to say" Wiedemann com- mer ted at the embassy.
 A Ford spokesman said in Detroit that the suit appears to be a publicity stunt" and was "an out rageous lie" ,t Princess His Agent Mrs. Crockett. a plump. but at- tractive governor, said Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe of Hungary was Wiedemann's agent. paying his agents in the United States.
 stefanie. i'll and secluded in hei apartment in Palo Alto. Cal. had troubles of her own. The state de. partInent had ordered her deported without delay. She said today she might contest tho order in federal court.
 Mrs. Crockett said Wiedemann had told her;
 Many Changes
 l--slgrld Schultz. Berlin eoFTe- sp0ndcnt of American newspapers was employed by the German pre- Gcoatlnued on Pane q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
JUDGE HNCKS
 IS ASKED FOR EXTRACTION Acting WPA Head Calls Federal Judges Charge
 "Unfair"
 DENUNCIATIONS HAVE
 SHOCKED WPA HEAD Scathing Attack Made By Judge Hincks at Sentenc. ing of Sullivan, ct al

"A retraction and an apol- ogy" by Judge Carroll c. Hincks of the U. S. District Court for his sweeping de- nunciation of the WPA in his courtroom Monday were de- manded today by Frank Up man, Jr., acting WPA admin 'istrator for Connecticut. In a criticism of a high-ranking 1urist almost without prece- dent in the state, MT. Upman declared in q letter to Judge Hincks that he was shocked" by the late ter's statements about the WpA and that they were unfair and entirely tr1warranted". Judge xrinci.s, 2. . former water. bug!af, declared Monday when sen. tencing former State WPA Admin. Iistrator and eight others on con- spiracy charges that policies of the state office were dictated iron, Washington. "T7ae policy is one oi back-scratchiag from top to bot tom through the whole staff," he said. Imagine free American citi- zens who don't dare to be honest" !, Probe Begun By WPA
 MT. Upman pointed out In his let ter to Judge Hincks that the cases against Sullivan and the other de. fendants were the result Of investi- gation by the WPA itself, indicat- ing "a sincere desire on the part of the WPA to keep its house ill order" He denied that pressure is exerted from Washington, and declared that the whole organization should not be condemned for the faults of Q few.
 Full Text of Letter
 The text of MT. Upman's letter followed:
 March 5, l94l. Judge Carroll 0. Hincks,
 U. S. District Court,
 New Haven, Connecticut:
 Dear Judge Hincks:
 If quotations from your dis course on conditions within the State Office of the Work Projects Administration given when sen- tencing the nine defendants on Monday, March 3, and as reported in the columns of the New Haven Register are even substantially correct, I wish to make this formal protest against what l consider
 Vn~n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
JAPAN REACHES AN AGREEMENT
Japanese Assert Peace Is Arranged With French
 IndO-China
BY H. o. THOMPSON

United Press Stan C0rrespOndent)
 Tokyo, March 6. (UP)-Japan an- nounced today an agreement be- tween French Indo-C China and Thailand on the principal points of the peace terms Japan proposed.
 A joint communique said remain ing points of detail" were likely to be settled within few days.
 It was indicated that France. faced by an implied threat of Jap anese armed action if Japan's peace terms were rejected. nd conceded the mator points of the demands Japan made as mediator"
 The communique announcing the agreement on principal points came less than 24 hours before the ex- plratio at noon tomorrow Japanese time (i0 o'clock tonight Est: 10 a. m. tomorrow Indo-China time) Of the twice extended truce between Indo" China and Thailand.
 At 2:3O D. m. u2:30 n. m. E6T) a Japanese -Thailand-Fren Indo- China joint coinmounique vas s" sued:
 "The mediation plan presented by the Japanese government has been agreed io by both the French and Thai governments on principal points Of detail are likely 10 be sets tied wttlli a few days"
 Meid Out feg Weeks
 Rrarce had held out for weeks against the final" terms which iContinued on Page Q