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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30

Sunday, following an absence Of
two weeks, during which he at
tended the annual conference OF
the Mission Covenant church OF
America at North Park college,
Chicago. Ill. He Also spoke at
golden jubilee services OF his for
mer church In Warren. Pa.
Friend. of Pauline w,nkler are
jealous of that tan she got during
her stay In Honolulu.
Among those getting bachelor Of
music degrees at the Cincinnati
Conservatory OF Music during the
74th commencement exercises Was
Miss Mary Pearson. daughter of
DIR. and Mrs. G. NJ. Pearson, 3735
No. S0th st.
Gus Malstrom. veteran linotype
operator for The Tacoma Times.
and recent recipient OF a 4o-year
printers pin. was presented with
new work cap Thursday night.
Fellow associates asserted he had
worn his old cap for 40 years.
After q months visit with col
legs friends in Ogden. Utah. Miss
Dorothy Dandeneau has returned
TO her home.
Undergoing treatment at Taco
ma General hospital ia Mrs. Mary
orumIey, mother Of Mrs. II. A.
Woods.
n. g. Mckenney Ia serving as
chairman of the ticket committee
for the pienie-exeursion Of Pierce
County Republican clubs to be
held July IL. The Arcadia. char
tered for the day. will leave the
Municipal dock at $50 am.
In Spokane for the week end IL
Mi.s Joan Burmeister, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Burmeisier.
she Is a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Ffske-
Hero Tanura Of Fife. studying
st art school In Los Angeles the
past two years. IL home for a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
CAMP HUNTER IIGGETr. Gal

CAMP HUNTER IIGGETT. Cal.
The ss, 900 troops Of the 3rd and
4ist divisions. including former
Oregon and Washington national
guardsmen. will return TO Fort
Lewis. Wash. in separate detach-
ments leaving by train and truck
through July / to 6, 1t was an
nounced today.
Complete plans for returning the
men of the ninth army corps the
blue" army OF the VESTS biggest
war game just completed were
arranged by officers after the war
game truce was announced.
Leaves Granted Men
Large numbers OF both the Ord
and 41st win be granted leaves in
their home towns in Oregon and
Washington before returning to
Fort Lewis.
Units Of the Sind brigade. the
former Oregon national guard, will
be split out OF the northbound
truck convoy and permitted TO re-
main three days at home before
continuing on 20 Fort Lewis.
All northbound army convoys
viii be stopped from the night OF
July > to the morning Of July 5
for the July 4 holiday.
Orders included:
It'll infantry by train TO Fort
Lewis where II will be given a
fiye-day leave.
18th infantry - by train and
truck TO Fort Lewis. leaves to fol-
low. Troops going by truck will
spend July 4 at Grants Pass. Ore. j
Srd Artillery by Truck
ID division srtillery-by truck.
spending July 4 at Redding, Cal.
lsome units TO spend July I at
Fairfield, CALI
s1st brigade - twashington
susrdsmen. including l6l and lesd
infantry regimentsl - leave by
train on July 2 and ), directly to
Fort Lewis.
s2nd brigade (oregon troops OF
the le2nd and 1seth infantry
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
May Erect Signs
For Byrd Road

No state highway funds can be
expected on the Byrd's Mil or saith
IT. road from Puyallup to Tacoma
to Steilacoom. it WAS ruled Friday
by Attorney General Smith Troy in
an opinion rendered to State High
way Director James A. Davis.
The Byrd's Mill road. first estab-
lished highway in Washington, was
set aside as historic road by the
1e41 legislature but no funds were
Appropriated for maintenance
work on the road.
Troy's ruling said that the high
way department could erect signs
marking the road.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
a ascTr MORE Main Street FACETS FhsE One On

short visit before changing his sd-
dress from Beverly Hills to the
U. s. army on orders OF his draft
board.
Mr. and Mrs. II. c. Terrier have
left on a vacation trip to San
Francisco and other California
cities.
Miss Dorothy Price has been Wis
iting her mother. Mrs. Bernice
Farr, in Oregon City. Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Fowler and
son Dick have left on a vacation
trip 10 Salt Lake City, Utah, and
California cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Britteil and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry LOOMS and
children Of Salem, Ore. have been
recent guests here Of Mr.. and Mrs.
stanley BrittelL
Mrs. Lorraine Nelson Of Tacoma
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hutchins in Lone Rock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Nanderlaan
and son, Bert, were recent guests
at Annapolis. Wash. Vanderlaan
Ia head gardener at MeChord field.
mrs. Agnes Hall, a former en-
ploys OF the Mellinger mortuary. is
now working at Mountain View
burial park.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
To Present
Red Horse

As an added attraction at the
annual picnic OF the Washington
Old Age Pension union picnic sun
day at spanaway park. q full
blooded Cherokee Indian, Chief
Red Horse. will be presented.
The Indian will be in fun regalia
and will perform the four sacred
dances OF the Great Spirit. His
dance will precede a talk on social
security and old age pensions.
A baseball game and an old-time
fiddle contest also are listed among
events OF the day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Clerks Paw Raised

u - " % = \ Il r % r
including the potent clerks group,
which Is the biggest single or
ganization involved IL the master
contract with employers
Yet IN the negotiation stage are
agreements between the retail
stores and the Office Workers
union Local 2oS60 (AFL) embrae-
ing $50 persons. and the smaller
AFL groups represented by the
Building Service Employees union
and the Garment Workers union.
Office Workers Next
Upon reaching the agreement
late Friday with the clerks union.
negotistors for the retail stores
Immediately slated sessions with
the Office Workers union for Mon
day. First wage-inerease propo-
sails and eounter-propossls have
already been rejected. Spokesman
said. The office workers comprise
the biggest single group yet to
be met.
Employees Of retail stores who
are members OF other AL unions.
such as the Cooks. Walters A
Mattresses union. although tn
eluded in the stores master agree
ment are subject 10 oontine emit
negotiations through other EN-
ployer groups rather than the
Industrial Conference board. a
was pointed out.
Threat Of strike BY the clerks
union. set earlier this week for
Friday night. came after a dead
lock Of wage negotiations climaxed
three months Of parlev with mem
eers OF the Industrial Conference
board. representative OF Tacoms's
major department and retail stores
Wasn't Necessary
Although the union requested
services o. a federal coneihator An
an effort 10 surmoant the impas.s
the agreement was reached with
out his Intervention
Wage scales under the clerks
agreement are divided into nnmer-
oas ciassiflesticns. Biggest group
representing about a third u the
unions membership. Il the 90
called ''unclassified women" fde.
partment store sAiesrirlsl whose
pay under the agreement nsi
reached vii b upped from siT.sC
to tls-zs per week.
when ratified ~ the signing o.
the master contract. the clerks
agreement IL retroactive and ef
fective for a year from June / Il
June !. 1872
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
Give Plans for Return Of Troops
From California 10 Fort Lewis

leave July 8 and whenever possible
given leaves at Oregon home towns
en- route. Units recruited from
towns too far from truck routes
(such as Pendleton, Burns) will be
taken through to bivouac at Swan
Island. Portland, then given leaves
later in the summer.
41st division special troops will
spend July 4 in Modesto; that part
OF the seth field artillery brigade
which was recruited In Washington
win leave July 2. stopping in Red
Bluff for July 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
No More Number Please;
All Dial Phones in City

Tacoma vii wake up Sunday
morning and find that Number
Please ," u out-gone with the
wind.
In the We. small hours. TIRE
great manual switchboard Of the
telephone compsnys Garland eN-
change viii be cut off from the
outside world in something sp-
proximstinE an instant and from
then on. all Garland intercounee-
tons with elsewhere viii be BY dial
operstion-meehanicsL
That will make Taeoma's tele-
phone system completely dial
operated. All nine exchanges
MAN. Proctor. Broadway. Gar
land. kewood CRestview
Atlas. Granite and that Thorn
dyke set up TO tell time.
Ss.00o Telephones
In round numbers there are now
$4,000 telephones in service in Ia
coma. the largest total in the COM
psny's history here and roughly
32.e7s more than the system
started with back in 1854.
on the Garland exchange alone.
undergoing this momentous change
early Sunday morning there are
1900 telephones.
All this switching to dial en-
tails the changing OF numbers on
some 1000 telephones scattered
over the. city.
Consult Directory
The company advises reference
to the new telephone directories
for any calls made Sunday or
thereafter because OF these numer-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
Joan lnqels Piano
Recital on Monday

Joan Inkeis. pianist. daughter Of
Mr.. and Ms. sherman InEels. will
Be presented in a recital Monday
a. p. m at the home studio Of
Helen congdon. teacher, 1914 No.
Fife st.
She viii play three groups. in
Guiding Chopin. Gersh~in and Le-
euonA. and slso viii JOIN with her
teacher IN the presentation u q
tHo-pAaHo suite b. Arensky.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30

Gus changes. Destruction ~ al
old phone books IL advised.
The change Of Tscona's entire
system 10 dial lsutomsticl opera
ton began with the Main sad
BRosdwsy exchanges in 1881:
eight years and the Job is done.
The company has announced
that every regular Tscoms opera
tor in the eompsny's employ. and
All who have been engaged during
the last year on a temporary basis.
viii have opportunity 10 continue
20 work in Tacoma. This does
not, however, apply to the "ocea-
sionsls group called back to meet
special peak situations such ss
this Garland ohsnEe-ovsr Sstur-
day night and Sunday morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
Working Nights
All Mp. Shops

Northern Pacific railroads South
Tacoma shops are the busiest they
have been since the days Of World
war I.
For the first time in % years =
night shift IL being worked there.
according to n. J. McLane. super
intendent.
At present the shift consists NJ
a dozen machinists engaged in re-
pairing locomotives. 1t may be en-
larged in the near future.
You help yourself when you buy
U. 8. Defense Bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30

Chicago fire. Mrs. Kelly witnessed
ths beginning Of the great tragedy.
caused BY Mrs. o'Leary's COW kick
ing over q lantern.
Frank skipper Of Vancouver.
British Columbia. viii recount how
he stood in the British house OF
commons that day in 1895 when
present Prime Minister Winston
Churchill amazed the English law
making body by giving the exact
figures on the size Of the Nazi
air force. and urged the immedi-
ate beginning OF = vast British
armament program. only TO be
called an slarmist by the then
prime minister. Stanley Baldwin.
Dick Turpln. u. $. navy. retired.
former chief diver for the Puget
Sound navy yard and resident OF
Bremerton for the past ~ years.
viii tell Of the sinking of the
Maine in Havana hArbor on Feb.
Is. 1888. Turpin was below decks
on the battieship Maine when the
first explosion took place. Turpin
has been decorated with thu Con-
gressionsl Medal Of Honor for saw
ing a number OF lives at the time
the boilers on the u. 5. s. Benning-
ton exploded. :.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30
Tacoma Citizen to Be Heard
On Broadcast From Seattle
Mrs Alice Kelly to Tell OF Her
Experiences In Greet Chicago Fire

When 4 Was There" Columbia network program presents
It's dramatizston Of histoyshakng events from Seaes
Music Hall teater Sunday night honor of the dedication
Of KIR0s 5o00owatt transmitter Tacoma citizen.
Nr Alice Kelly viii participate in the broadcast and hear
her experiences the great Chicago fire made the subject
IF radio drama Residents OF other Northwest cities
VIII be on the broadcast with Mrs. Kelly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30

Ninety-five patches were re-
quired to repair damages to wings
Of an airplane caught in a hail
storm in South Dakota in 1899.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-30

Mrs- Kelly win tell Of her con-
<<rsatioa with ire famous Mrs
p1<sry On the night Of the great
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14

the women in the queue are en-
titled.
On a sunny afternoon recently
four German officers were seen in
the Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine. tn &c
of them stopped outside the Mar
quise shop and admired its window
display which is always artistically
done. although made up mainly OF
empty boxes and partly Of most
tempting candied fruit 1.-THE candy
part of which is saccharin, OF
cnIlrcnl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14

From time TO time there are
long queues of old and young
women outside the Marquise shop.
This happens on the days when the
usual poster stating mo chocolate
today is withdrawn for a few
hours and harassed assistants sell
a two-ounce tablet 10 those who
can prove that they have a close
relation detained in German
prison camp.
Very few men visit the shop
these days, but members of the So
called German meteorological
commission. . in full uniform. never
fail TO call and 10 walk away with
larger rations than those 10 which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
STRIKES GERMAN OFFICER

The fourth officer went inside
A well-dressed woman. about -
years old. passed by. Suddenly she
stopped. turned around, took a
deep breath. and before any one
had time TO realize what was about
10 happen, a beautifully gloved
hand had shot out and struck one
of the officers left cheek.
The crowd gasped.
There was stony silence. The
Germans were too amazed 10 be
furious.
But an elderly French officer
who was with the German party
lin unoccupied France. uniformed
Germans are never seen in public
without one or more Frenchmen in
uniform1 took the young woman's
arm and said sternly:
Madam, why have you done
this? DO you realize what II
NAV mean to all Of ms? 90
Her voice did not shake when
she answered.
II simply had to do II. My
father IL an officer. like you. sir.
He Is prisoner up there. He
suffers too much at the hands
OF those people. ! had TO do u.
feel better now"
She was taken TO prison in a
military car. The Germans re-
manned speeches.. Not line in
the press referred 10 the incident
But hundreds Of people had
actually seen il. for the streets /
southern France are always
crowded. For many days every
one spoke about nothing else. All
agreed it was madness. but all
were glad it mad been done.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
I'VE do not want our children
10 forget their national anthem"
MARSEHLAISE REPLACED

Since the armistice, the familiar
opening bars OF the Marseillaise
which one heard at the beginning
and at the end of every French
official broadcast. have been re-
placed in unoccupied France by a
few bars of the marching song
from 'L'Arlesienne." Bizet's we'll
known opera. To French women
this is daily reminder of sorrow
but they fully realize that the
Marseillaise. which was born dur
ing the French Revolution and
whose words have for century
and a half called French sons 10
battle. is a dangerous song to be
sung by people who feel the en-
emys heel day and night. After
all the famous words. AUX Armes,
Citoyens" ITO Arms. Citizens
might have dangerous implications
in a France eager TO free itself OF
Nazi shackles.
So they have found their own
way TO keep That song of songs
alive in young French hearts,
within the sanctity of French
homes.
Tomorrow: The French
Housewives Every Day Food
Crisis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
NO CHOCOLATE AVAILABLE

In the Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine in
Toulouse there is a well known
candy shop which bears the name
of the Marquise de Sevigne. one of
Frances greatest woman writer's.
The shop is famous for its choco-
lates. but there is no chocolate 10
he found in France nowadays, ex-
cept for prisoners of war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
AWAITS CIVIL TRIAL

II was one of those foolish acts
which might have led to serious
trouble.
But the Germans evidently did
not wish publicity, and the young
woman Is still in prison. waiting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
A|bdniians Told
To Flee Towns,
Greeks Assert
BY A. f.. ANGELOPOULOs
Int'I New. servie. staff Corr,spona,rt

ATHENS. Jan. l4.-Italian COM
msnders, preparing for early
Greek frontal attacks on Valona.
Elbasan and Berat, have ordered
the civilian populsce to leave
those three key cities in Albania,
it was reported today.
Civilian authorities already
were reported on the move from
the cities, leaving control COM
pletely in the hands of the mill
tary.
Although compelled by Italian
reinforcements TO battle furiously
for every inch gained. Greek
columns nevertheless were re-
ported bearing down slowly on the
three cities, Valona. the major
seaport of southern Albania:
Berat. towards which Fascist
troops are retreating from the
Klisura- Tepeleni sector. and
Elbasan on the northern front,
highway gate TO Tirana. the CAPT.
tai of Albania, which is only 70
miles north of Elbasan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14

for a French civilian court TO try
her on the charge of hitting a
person in the street. which is not
major offense, according to the
French code.
German officers no longer buy
chocolate in the Rue d'Alsace-
Lorraine in Toulouse, which may
be is all that the lady wanted
after all
The following happened in Mont
pellier, where three sisters. TWO
of whom lost their husbands in
the last war. own a fashionable
glove shop which also sells per-
fumes and vanity bags. Members
of the locally-stationed "armistice
commission called at the shop 10
make extensive purchases. They
were disappointed. however, be-
cause the shop was practically
empty. The only. goods on sale
happened 10 be very small-siZed
gloves. plain Eau de Cologne, and
few vanity cases adorned with
embossed and enameled French
IldSS ana Union JACKS.
GLOVES TOO SMALL
The gloves proved far too small
for German requirements. for
German women have VIGOROUSLY
large hands. The German officers
were locking for some exquisite
French perfume; plain Eau de
Cologne obviously did not appeal
10 them since there is more than
enough of that in Germany itself.
As 10 the vanity cases, well. the
very sight of the French flags.
and chiefly Of the enameled
Union Jacks. made them shudder,
So they turned away and never
came back again.
All the while. brisk trade was
going on al the back of the shop,
where French customers found all
they wished for
you see" the owners of the
shop explained. I'VE do not
want German money, and we
do not want the German ellen
teie.. As long as-we have any
thing to sell. we are only too
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
HARD ROW TO HOE

Before these points can be be-
sieged by the Greeks, however,
they will have TO break through
some strong Italian positions.
The Fascists who have been fall
ing back steadily since the fall of
Klisura last week now have
reached a line which has been
fortified in the last 10 days.
Resistance. with the aid Of
troops newly rushed from Italy,
already is beginning to be felt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
Nazis Fail to TerrOrize French Women

glad TO sell II 20 our own folks.
There was no other way In
which We could keep these
gentlemen" away from our
store. :" ~
In French music shops there Is
not single record of the Mar
seillaise TO be found. French
mothers have bought up all these
records and are keeping them
stored among their family treas
ures. They tell you:
I'VE do not want our children
To forget their national anthem"
II you look puzzled. they will
explain that, since the Msrseil-
laise is no longer played in public
the youngsters might not remem-
her its words on the day of liberia
ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-14
CONTINUED from Page One)

lapse. and the insuperable difficult
ties with which the women who
wished to get a morsel for their
youngsters had to cope will de-
scribe later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
To Organize I'll. ID.
Club At War'sville

This afternoon the women Of
Warrensville will meet at the
home of Mrs. Gordon johnson to
officially organize Ashe county's
first Home Demonstration club.
Officers will be elected and pre-
liminary plans for work will be
discussed.
Following the organization
program will be given by the
Warrensville Woman's Society.
Those who have already pledged
themselves as charter members of
the proposed home demonstration
club are Miss Pansy Ashley, Mrs.
j. Ivan Miller, Mrs. G. G. Howell,
Mrs. J. G. Wootton, Jr., Mrs. w.
P. Shoaf, Mrs. Chester Race, Mrs.
w. o. Ashley, Mrs. A. M. Reed,
Mrs. J. M. Warren, Mrs. w. H.
Jones, Mrs. Gordon Johnson and
Mrs. J. E. Roland.
All others who are interested
are urged to attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
Ed vi. Anderson
Is Elected Head
OF State Press
Editor-Publisher of The Sky
land Post Unanimously
Chosen AS Pres.
MET IN CHARLOTTE

Ed M. Anderson, editor-publish-
er of The Skyland Post and pub
Usher of two other weekly news
was unanimously elected
president of the North Carolina
Press association at the annual
convention held in Charlotte last
Thursday and Friday.
The other officers chosen were:
Herbert Peele, of Elizabeth City,
vice. president; Miss Beatrice
Cobb, Morganton, secretary-treas-
urer and Clarence Griffin, Forest
City, historian. Besides the Off
GERS, the following were elected
to serve on the executive COM
mittee: L. c. Clifford, publisher
of the Hickory Daily Record,
Hickory, retiring president of the
association; DR.. Julian Miller,
Charlotte; Frank Daniels, Raleigh;
w. c. Manning, Williamson and
R. E. Price, Rutherfordton.
MIR. Anderson has served on the
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
Cold Storage
Directors Will
Meet Saturday
To Make Final Plans for Con-
structiOn of Plant. Price
Is President.

A meeting of the directors Of
the Blue Ridge Cold Storage CO.
operative will be held Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock in the Of
flee Of w. B. Austin for the pur-
pose of discussing a loan contract
with the r. E. A. and of making
final plans to start construction
on the cold storage plant.
B. o. Vannort, of Charlotte, en-.
gineer, and Gwyn Price, of RAJ
leigh, president of the cold stor-
age coop, are both expected to
be present.
The directors are: Bryan Oil
yer, vice chairman; Don Francis,
secretary; Carl. GRAPHICAL, treas
urer; Fred Coward, Jim Gambill,
Lynch Dent, Earl Ray. J.B. Hash,
Wick Vannoy, Van Miller, A. 2,
Hurt, H. H. Lemley,s Dent Pen
ffington and Charlie Collins. Mr..
Austin is attorney for the board.
Members feel that the con-
struction program has been too
much delayed and are in hopes
that immediate action will be
taken to commence construction.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-06-12
DIR. Pugh Is Elected Grand
High Priest OF Royal Arch

DR.. Charles H. Pugh, prominent
Gastonia physician and native of
Laurel Springs, was recently
named Grand High Priest of the
Royal Arch Chapter of North
Carolina at New Bern where five
affiliated bodies of the Masonic
order assembled in their annual
state convention.
DR.. Pugh's election to this high
est office of the Royal Arch Chap
ter is the newest honor accorded
him in a large number of Masonic
honors and positions.
He is the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. John Pugh, Of Laurel
Springs, and is graduate Of Day.
idson and the N. c. Medical col
lege at Charlotte. For six years
he practiced in North Wilkesboro.
He has been in Gastonia since
1918. He is a brother to Miss
Blanche Pugh, Ed and Bob Pugh,