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z Uniformed Men
Rob Candy Store

Two men, wearing uniforms ~
soldiers, and one OF them believed
To have had = gun, held up and
robbed the Mcneil Candy shop,
6643 50. Tacoma way. Wednesday
night about 1920 O'Clock.
The men obtained s53 IN cur
rency. according 10 l.. H. Mcneil.
proprietor Of the shop.
Mcneil told police the tvo men
asked for a brick Of Zee cream.
Mcneil. as he went 10 the rear Of
the shop 10 get the ice cream.
heard the cash register ring.
Turning. he said he saw one of
the men busy at tia TN. while
the other had his right hand In
his pocket as though holding .
gun. Mcneil was ordered forward.
told II was q stlekup and warned
not 10 move.
After the cash had been trans
ferred from the register 10 one Of
the robbers pockets. the pair ran
out the door. They climbed into
an sutomobiIs and sped off IN the
direction Of Tacoma. the candy
shop owner told police.
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SOUTH BEND. wa<h.-Ths
North River Consolidated Brook
lyn) school system Thursday
sought = new superintendent and
high school principal after the
men resigned because Of a FIST
fight.
supt Edgar A. Nessea.
former Pierce county sehsei
superintendent. and y. r.
whiting. Brceklyn high school
principal. were invoived In shs
fight. r~port~diy over ths
high schools annual pubiica-
tion.
Chairman L. G. Gohssn of dis
trict board Of education dropped
into Norton's office when ths
fight was IN progr~ss. Norton's
glasses were broken. he had {
black eye. and both men bors
marks Of combat
Goheea brought the men hers
10 appear before county officials
They immediately resigned.
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Scion Urges
Immediate
Ship Convoy

WASHINGTON - Sen. Jo-
seph F. Guffey. F.. Pa, one
of President Roosevelt's most
ardent legislative supporters.
told the senate Thursday that
the United States should begin
conveying merchant ships TO
Great Britain Immediately be-
cause OF the peril that con-
fronts us"
Sen. Charles W. Tohsy. r. N. n.
replied with an announcement that
he will offer his anti-convoy reso-
luton as an amendment 10 the
sdministration's bill for requisi-
tioning foreign shipping. His
maneuver will be designed 10 force
a roll-call vote on the convoy quss-
ton. perhaps next week.
The maritime commission
meantime went Into action On
the presidents plan 10 create
an Immediate pool Of 100000
tons Of shipping 20 aid Britain.
II called . conference at
tanker operators this after
noon for the announced pur-
pose Of finding 50 tsnkers 10
serve the British"
Original proposals 10 transfer
such American tankers 10 British
registry have been shunted because
Britain 10 suffering an acute
shortage Of merchant sssmen.
maritime commission sources re-
ported.
the 1000. ooo-ton shipping pool
ordered by the president win In
volve use of 400 10 $50 American
and idle foreign ships In direct or
Indirect service OF the British.
Guffey told the senate that he
10 not afraid Of the word convoy"
we ought 10 convoy our
ships" Guffey said. II realize
that the president has said
conveying means shooting and
shooting 10 close to war. In
most things how 10 the wis
dom Of our great president.
but feel and I hops he feels.
that whatever risks are In
voived In conveying our ships
nj least 30 the mid-Atiantie.
are Justified In she fare Of the
peril that confronts us.-
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PORTLAND - Representatives
Of 1000 Columbia river district
Sawmill and Lumber Workers
fcIo) and their employers Thurs
day called In the federal govern
ment 10 solve an impasse in nsgo-
tistions and avert a threatened
strike.
The union and members Of the
Columbia BASIN Loggers sssoeis-
ton tslegraphed the department Of
labor asking for a federal media
tor.
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The two most welcome additions
TO the navy of course are the
battleships North Carolina and
Washington. the first completed
since 1921. They both are $4,000
ton vessels. Their main armament
Is 16-inch guns, mounted in three
turrets, three per turret They also
. carry a heavy battery for anti
aircraft and secondary broadside
guns. They are propelled by tur-
bines developing $4,000 horse
power from oil-fired boilers and
giving a speed Of q knots. Each
n equipped TO carry three planes.
A further report on the pro-
Eress Of the navy TO date:
Keels Of the bsttleships Ala
bsma, Iowa and New Jersey were
laid last year and Of the Missouri
and Wisconsin early in 1871. The
big aircraft carrier Hornet was
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A fire at McMillin Bros. Drug
store. s55 Broadway. caused about
500 damage Wednesday night,
according 10 firemen.
The blaze started from an over
heated ventilstor about $50 .. m.
and did about $500 damage n
merchandise and $500 to the build
ing.
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By MILTON BRoNkER

Correspondent
WASHINGTON-As American warships their peril
fraught roles of interested bystanders in the Battle
of the Atlantic the projected twoocean u s. navy est-
mated here to be four years away from completion.
Though thanks to appropriation bills passed prior to the
present emergency vessels being added to the u s.
fighting forces it will be well 1915 before this country
boast of the huge deemed for
full protection of both coasts.
Nevertheless authorities pleased by the which
shpyards cutting construction Workmn u.
well yards owned by private driving
steadily the material is delivered
the 1650on destroyer Edison
constructed 10 years
regular period
sashed, average IS
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Layton Dismisses Feak's
Charges Against Ed Gibson

son and Clarence Ball. anothe
Alderton school director
Peak testified he was thrown
out Of the school building onto
= concrete walk by Gibson and
Ball, then later Was sIscted
again BY OhIson. who dragged
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him from the meeting with .
hammsr-Ioek around his head.
Testimony Of the five farmers.
who lease from Peak vas sub
stsntiaiiy the same One grower,
Chester BUhi. Eaid Peak Wa
thrown out ike a sack ~ flour
Or. ". " Asftson testified 70
treating Peak some two hours
after the fracss and that Peaks
ear was bruised, that he looked
Continued On Page IS. Column q
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70 IurHsys sffts ara FaieHtiHe.
Tnvksy. ssin apparently 81
tempting 70 steer . esaf1e<s
cosrss II sFus~d sestrnlify.
called sp riHsf els~s~~ 20 70
s~svi~s.--sii ~ GLASSES fFsm
1908 ts Ieia--ss6 snnsunesa
that th> class II fbzi - ke>a
ssil>d up Zoe tr~i.ins.
Ths move came - Londoa see
uiatsd WHISTLER Germsn nuesksn
relations are dstsrioFssinr fslrthss
because ef the llksllhoaa that Ger.
man operations wlli sts<f sImass
Imms1la tsly. directly msnsoina ths
DsrdansIies. Soviet warm water
gateway.
British sxp~rt~ ere sesstsesd
0erasssy 10 about - isunea .
great plne~rs nssv~ns~st sks>ea
sx~is~i - s<sax ssa.A o.
ssm y sAe fsale- s~rnzas e.
usna which ks~ p~.ets.t>s :
fsw .sl~s ists Egypt. sssss -
saIiam.
Ths second arm. n y snd<v-
stood. viil reach down from th<
nsw German hss~s IN Greece and
The Greek lslsna< ef ths Aegean
and posslhiS attempt 10 sst.niish
. fooihold IN French syria
Ths British b<iisvs the Germans
may us@ the Greek lslands snd the
Italian Dodsesnsss strung sisnG
the Turkish sesst - stepping
lcostinusd % Page .. Column ~
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Three 10 Step
Out Of Office


olSasrsA - 80. Asssw =
L~ssns rH~rrass spp~1u1s< -
- - s1avllA hp~nv orn11ls
msysf - sae-c6ns n.euluk
nsis~v. = 1lvs~>>~ = ns>v -
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p<>~~~f <sr~~s~s 49, ~ -
ss<~ - - ssvm>~ - - :
stats hiss~ss s~psssun~~s -
sss~~s.
0LrnrfA - TAsss mes 80
have b~~n STATE effleiszs sla<s q
least 1894 ss>p cot II affzes rhars-
asy 70 make ~sy M H>panllesns
already ssisets'i % - - shes~a -
oss. Arthur D Laughs.
Al tnrs~ Il th~r r>>lsn<slsns
ssss sffs<siv. Ne, !. Ts~y w<r.
william !. Llndn<rE. m~mss< -
me original Aassr bard -ln<s
1874 ,. =. PAX. alf~sts< - soa-
ssrvstiaa ard a~s<iopm@nt snes
isss ara prior - thsl sssis<anf
aiFsesss fss hires ys~ss. md Harry
c. ttus~. state pssr.s shs<f.
I>~siss sppss.s<1 - ''D~h~~
D~sis - D~yfss - snk~ Ki~k's
p>s4 sff>ssiss In~<sa&r. 80
wisil~mI G. Tksr~x - - So
tax xes~f. - ssm1ng
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20 miEnf 80 - -
=. s>sm~~~u1ss - s~ms
q q. sharpe. ss~s@tsnt sfss<s<T
xsnersl ssne< fs1s. ESQ f<lln4sszsn~x
ne possiios te1@r. nsIpA . aFTsais
wiii tsks ever ths pest ~ lsxsi Cd
xissF for to 80 <emmlzHIon
Davis wss s~prn IN 70 NE 49,
paaflon 81 noea ThuFsl4Y - -
pEsm< cosFt Js~<les Villas 4.
sfiiisxd. Tsstys y@@<s s9e lii
lsrd swors Davis n - sr>ake< -
Ne fszs soss~ - F~pss@<ntzIis>A
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Mediterranean Offensive
Stepped Up BY Germans;
British May Lose Tobruk
Attock Il Preceded BY Hsovy Air
Bombordmsni On Mcllu and Sudu
Boy. Allied Dose On Crete In1o


LOND0N-FvssA 1up<rsoi ferries ksse k4fef A.
Irnq, = reported aafksriaffrsls Thw<dsr. snd a
was sarn<d that Iraq aymp fcrsfs~s hare h><n een~
esHfrsfsd sresrd s Royal Ar Force kass a Hnbksnk
~. Is w.iss sasf ~ BssAdsd.
eA,se--A sosAl An ',osts ecssu,s,ouv vwvsr,Av a
roersp uotrss AcnoN ~ peofDcrlp>a tp@hk ccs>voY1~
zee. eassel meseAyNse vnAv NAeuAuoN - naU1Ak
soecm reoeAslr Mas oeuN eo<ptsTW.
Thu WAa TO-DAY
Germany stepp<d up 10 Msditsrnnsan ef~nsxs Thurs
day and cracked the outer ring Of foeatnns q Tohu
besissed Britain base In Ibya. With tAnks nlrpnnss and
infantry.
The psnstnsisa VS. revealed y ~ mttxls sns1-
command ~ Cairo.
The Indicated rnruh
sna may h~ growing serious although
TIE start that Tnesnk could - evacuated
TohFuk has beer Under ~
us o>rnsas nsts<h r<~re1~a . $500
m~ss-p~r - s~~>ssi sff~~~v~ - hnu1 -
~ ssa~ nay. Cv~ss
Ths increasing nslssed ~S.nsvs \ ~ No.
ssrsnsAn caused The brish ssd sps f~a nn<s1v
% Tarksx a E.lzztlns-
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In Major Leagues
TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati. 900 o0I 900 OF y 0
Brooklyn. 900 100 900 0o-1 ! Q
Walters and lombard; Davis
and Owen.
st. Louis -. 002 O0I 007--s q l
New York =. 900 600 600 3 o
Warneks and Msncuso: Hubbell,
Brown 49,. and banning.
Pittsburgh. OILS 40 2Ie-Is Is 1
Philadelphia 900 o2o 0OO-a 1
Bauers and Lopez: johnson.
Pearson 90. Bruner 90. and War
rem.
Chicago ~ Boston, postponed.
rain.
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piainsd ths effect 81 ths war %
Australian peopls.
Leaving Friday for Chicago vii
bs s1is. Gladys Asar~~s. daughter
Continued on Page 10. Column 81
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rs. Sea Strength Steadily
Guys, But Two Ocean
Navy Is Four Years Away

to all
shortcut
heinz
build bEgest
n world
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ne Hfttt9h efafs<st1nH ffu<n
Greeee. ted Nv iva United
rre>s var esrve~pe.a~rs.. whs
accompanied shs resv~~tl
~ RfcWARD n. MCMILLAN
mENaY 7. eoRREIL
WITH BRITISH TROOPS
Ey UATED FRO N
GREECE, Via Cairo--It was
worse than Dunkirki
That Was what British M
perials who came safely out
Of Dunkirk and again came
through the deluge Of German
bombs In southern Greece told
us A. We Joined them at Z
secret rendezvous 10 board
ships for the journey across
the waters of the Mediter-
ranean.
We o@nss eft az esmss~v~A
Greece. and TIE baik 81 ne
British espsditisnssy force
esme est 10 fight again |. 49,
haitis 81 the Meditsrrnaesn
because th~zr vallsnf comrades
IN the rear guard fesee~ Pti~a
ne Greet nseunfsia pan~<s
with 0estnsa dad sad -
royal navy carried On anfsit<<-
agiy usaer the rerciie~@ ss<sr
bardm..t ~ Adolf IFitierb
iuftwaffs.
This dispatch vas filed In sss-
lions By Mcmillan and ooFrsll BY
way Of Cairo and London. and sa<ns
sections vsrs missing WHEN u was
received In London. British sources
at Cairo reported that $1,000 ~
~. 900 nsn had been evacuated
from Ofsscs and that . number of
Greek soldiers also had bssn svss-
ustsd after all British war mate
rails abandoned IN 0rsecs had besn
rendered useless. Estimates of
German casualties IN Greece range
from 1900 10 i1s.o00J
Many u the troops among II 500
IN the convoy on which ws en-
barksd from Greece we're veterans
of the battle a Drmkirk.
-rhs boubisE 81 Dunkirk.-
ess u them tsid -. was
nsthiaE compared 10 what ws
have srpeSisacsd IN the of.~k
campaign"
We gathered Al = secret spot 81
a secluded Greek beach. just ss
tcontinnsd On PnRs 2. Column -
ssaae
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AMERICAN

Washington .0lO I01 01s-f .
Chicago -. 900 600 600 q l
Leonard and Terrell; Dietrich.
Appleton 49, and fresh.
Philadelphia 900 OO1 205-s I
Cleveland .102 05i I3x-1s 10 o
Knott, johnson f5). Besse a.
and Hayes, Leovich; Teller and
Desautels.
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LONDON - unasrsssrstaFy fT
Foreign Affairs Richard A. Butler
ssld IN . written reply % . gaes-
ton IN the hoslss a. eommons
thursday that Britain hoped Spain
sn1 Portugal would - spared the
horrors ~ var. BE charged thsf
Germany was p~nsfrstinG the
fbsFlsn peninsula ard asnlsd that
Britain planned intsrvsntlon IN
Portugal and Spain
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WEAThIR EosfcAU

tasnaS. ps~~ibiy showers tsnlxhi
aaa sasard@s. Tssnper.tas~~s fflzk.
Ell isw. -. sua Ft~e~. tfs1i set~.
TAI.
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launched at Newport News, Va,
last December Il. In the latter
part Of 1910 keels were laid for
the cruisers Atlanta. Juneau. San
Diego. San Juan. Cleveland, Co
lumbia, Montpelier and Denver.
Submarines launched In the
latter part Of 1870 were the Mar
Continued on Page ,, Column y
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BAsK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma ............t s.s7s ooo
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On The Spot
Account Of
Evacuation
OF Greece!
First Eyewitness
Story 10 Rsoch
u. S. Is Released

lEaites'. Neses Fstls~fsg h
TIE FIRST ese-wssse~s ssssy -
the nriti<h esae.aiis~ frcn
Greece. teid ~ iva United
rre~s var eerve.pe.a~rs.. whs
accompanied she retvp~tl
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MRS. anna o. LARsTN

Mrs. Anna o. Larson. -. ef
1924 Sc. Ainsworth ave. died
Wednesday At her home. A ma
tive Of Norway. she had lived here
for 81 years and vas a member
Of the Lutheran church. surviy-
inE are her husband. Peter o.;
two sons. Otto Leonard Larsen
and Oscar Norman Larsen Of Ia
coma; six daughters. Mrs. lille
Richardson Of Long Beach. Calf.
Mrs. Esther Worlds Of Fircrest.
Mrs. Jennie Kent Of Oakland.
Calf. Mrs. Mabel Msyno Of Des
Moines. Wash. Mrs Hilda Cook
Of San Pedro. Calf. and Mrs.
Irene n. Anderson Of Packwood.
Wash. seven grandchildren. and
two sisters in Norway. Funeral
services will be held Friday at 8
p. m. from the c. o. Lynn chapel.
Rev. J. L. Redal officiating. Burial
will be in Tacoma cemetery.
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ourieen Lincoln
Students Honored

Fourteen Lincoln high school
seniors Wednesday were awarded
permission BY Homer A. Post,
school publications adviser 70 wear
special merit badges for outstand-
ing work on the editorial and bust
ness stats u the Lincoln News
and Lincolnian.
Clay Huntington. News editor,
and Tom Pssrcs. head Of the Lin
oolnisn starr. were given pins with
three rubiss.
Associate editors. Bob Noble and
Leroy Hale. we're given two rubies.
one-ruhy pins were given 10
Nancy Nelson. feature editor:
Phyllis Hine. special reporter; Tom
seto. sports editor: Verna smithlin.
advertising manager. and Muriel
Gorrell, feature writer.
Pima were awarded 10 Jack
Raphael, Loren Waldo. Sherley
Beardemphl and Judy Lee Craig,
reporters, and Evan Carlson, chief
Of copy desk.
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Court RULING
Favors PUD

OLYMPIA-Ths supreme court
late Wednesday denied rehesrings
in three cases brought by Wash
ington Water Power Co. 10 block
condemnation action Of public
utility districts in Grant. Douglas.
Lincoln and okanogsn counties.
The power company lost thu
original suits which involved its
attempts 10 prevent the PUDs
from taking over its holdings.
In the oksnogan and Lincoln
county cases, the company in its
rehesring petition asked the state
court to pass on federal questions
involved. This was refused, but
in the Lincoln county ruling, Chief
Justice John S. Robinson ordered
the remittitur withheld for 20 days
to permit the company to perfect
an appeal to the United States
supreme court
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OBITUARY NOTICES

Lynn. Rev. T. Q. svars 70 off
ciats.
Clemens BaaeF-Ths hody All
lie IN state At Bucklsy-KinF chapel
Friday afternoon and evening.
with private intsrnent Saturday
morning in Mountain View eene-
tery.
Alxs n. Dubols-Fridsy. $50
?. m. AeliinFer chapel. with Fern
Kin lodge No. -. p a A. NJ. in
charge. intsrnent. Tseoma ceme-
terry.
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FUNERAL SERVICES

David kelleher - Friday, $50
a. m, Holy Cross church, eortege
to leave Gsffney's at $40; inter-
ment, Calvary cemetery.
Infant Bailey-services for the
infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Lee Bailey will be held
Thursday at the Gsffney chapel,
with interment in Mountain View
cemetery.
Mrs. Alma Alice Dillman-Sat-
urday, l p. m, Lynn chapel, crema-
ton following.
Miss Sylvia storaasIi-Saturday,
3 p. m, Trinity Lutheran church
at Falkland under direction of
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Actions in Divorce

Divorce actions were filed in
superior court here Thursday by
Bessie against Robert B. Wilson.
on grounds Of burdensone home
life. Sarah A. against Remond J.
Paul, cruelty. Frank against
Clara Edith Hsmmerschmith. bur
densome homelife: and Celia
against Ramsey Vernon. incom-
psubility.
Final DEGREES we're granted TO
Irene from William G. Woods.
Clyde L. from Hegns Jenkins and
Bertha from Lloyd Pulley.
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$3.50, 900 Sought
By Army for Northwest

WASHINGToN-The war de-
partment estimated costs of rs air
corps projects included in the 1912
army appropriations bill at s2s.-
65l.054. Estimates for the amounts
to be spent in the IL months be-
ginning July / include:
Anchorage, Alaska Elm
dorf field. sl5s,7t4; Boise,
Ida. 100000 Fresno, Calf,
100000; Hill field. Utah Jog
den air depots). s2,4Ss.000;
Lowry field, Colo. $500. 900;
March field. Calf. Se00. 900;
Muroc bombing range. Calf,
$4,000.
The army plans 10 spend S67.-
s23,S0 during the 1912 fiscal year
for additional storage facilities at
20 sites. including:
Quarterma corps
Northwestern area. 5000. 900;
Oakland. Calf, 5000, 600:
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Notionol Recovery
Association Meets

The National Recovery sssocia-
ton viii meet At Q o'clock Friday
evening In the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred 8. Lambert. 2eoT So.
9th 81.
Following the business session
refreshments win be served. The
public is invited to attend.
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and German planes were reported
in scattered daylight rsidiag and
the Germans claimed six British
bombers were shot down.
PORTUGUESE SEND
FORCES 10 AZORES
Rome reported British bombing
raids on Rhodes and points in
Libya and there was both air and
land action around Tobruk.
Moscow expelled John Scott,
American newspaperman acting as
correspondent for the Lon d o IN
News Chronicle. Scott was the
first newspaperman to be ousted
from Russia IN sone time.
The Portuguese shipped another
detachment Of armed forces to the
Azores.
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Huge Sum Again
Asked for Army

(continued From Page ons)
bin would swell defense sppropria-
tons. authorizations and recon-
rnendations for the period from
July !. 1870 10 June 30. 1912. in
Guiding the $1,000. ooc. 900 lend.
lease fund and 5000 900 600 for
completion Of the two-ocesn navy.
20 ss3.li5.o51.I42.
No INCREASE IN
PERSONNEL sEES
The bin was presented b the
house simultaneously with the
committees report and recon-
mendations. and the censored
transcript Of the subcommittess
hearings.
The hearings revealed testimony
BY high war department officials
that a conservative estimate" of
Germany's airpisne productive ca.
pscity 10 1000 aircraft q month
and that IL might reach 1000 to
5000 planes per month with or
ganizstion Of factories in occupied
territory; that Germany had de-
ployed IN entire "armored army
not merely Panzer divisions = in
her victories IN France and the
Balkans.
The bill contemplates no increase
In the size Of the U. S. army but
made funds available to maintain
an estimated average force Of
about 1 500. 900 men.
Largest single item for equip
ment In the bill was the $3.50
900 900 for new aircraft - actual
cash for 1855 planes. 10000 Of
them combat types. That money
went into the bin at the last min
ute. President Roosevelt having
sent q special request for II on
May ~.
The new plane program will send
American plane production TO the
yet unequalled peak Of 10000 a
year by July 1. 1912. and increase
the strength of the army and navy
air arms TO 5000 combat planes
by July, 1913. The army viii get
$4,000 planes; the navy 10000.
Major Items Listed
Other major items in the bill
were:
s77l.ss6. 0o0-For expediting de-
Tense production and liquidating
previously authorized obligations.
S245.000 .000-For spare airplane
engines and parts for bombers.
$4,000. 000-For 5000 bsrrpge
balloons.
si4i.24s.oo0-Fo training pilots
and technicisns In air corps.
S67. 900. 000-For afrcraft re-
search and development.
S51 900. 000-For installations on
Atlantic bases leased from Britain.
s402, 400, 900 - For new critical
weapons 10 equip $500, 900 men.
S276,0o0, 0o0-For military posts,
including air corps.
$92, .000-For seacoast de-
Tense modernization.
$4,000. 000-For hiring 10000
civilian cooks. clerical and other
camp workers to replace soldiers
now detailed to such work.
Compulsory Training
Highlights OF testimony before
the committee included:
Marshall-called for permanent
selective service system: warned
OF tremendous and crucial error"
II compulsory military training 10
not established on a permanent
basis.
OPM Director William s. Knud-
sen-Appealed for long-view mill
tsry program that will keep the
United States armed at all times.
Let's not get caught a second
time
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Mrs. Martin Balaich. 50, of s22
So. 7sd st, was taken to the county
hospital Wednesday with a sprained
left ankle suffered when she slipped
and fell on the sidewalk at 18th ct.
and Broadway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-06

seattle. Wash, s2,75o,000;
Southern California. $500. 900;
Utah general depots, $780,
900.
Engineers corps-(general de
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Core Of the News
TO MEET FRIDAY

To MEET FRIDAY
The Federation Of Improvement
clubs will meet Friday evening in
the council chambers at the city
hall. Need Of sewers will be dis
cussed and a new constitution and
bylaws for the organization will
be considered.
Always better butter at Cow
Butter store.-(Adv.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-06

Buying u. S. Defense Bonds
helps your government.
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TO ADDRESS RkR ASSN.

Ora sitton. AZ Auburn, who until
last February lived in Bordeaux,
France. will tell the Tacoma Bar
association about the German oc-
cupation of France, when the at
torneys meet Friday noon at the
Tacoma hotel. This will be the
associations last weekly meeting
until September.
LEILA