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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-03

satisfying effect The shading sfnd
pianissino effects are well cens
and thers Il plenty 81 volnme
where volume u required Aad II
Is evident even 10 the lsynen. that
there "a the perfect accord between
conductor and singers % h-c.s-
ssry t. produce the best sreSults
under any circumstances
The program. ike the sfhof1is n
different. The sacred section n
distinctly that opening with the
''Credo." a composition hsai1t 81 the
Nicene creed. by Philip Kr~ckel.
organist and choir MASTER ~ the
cathedral. Rochester. N Y x-hSch
sets the sacred eolor'nr for the
entire section.
A modern touch Is given In
Strong Son Of Cod" q ringing
devotional number by Francis
Snow. contemporary American
composer.
The last part OF 4he sacred SO
ton includes three, fuguing tunes
Creation, Jesus wept." BE
Glad Then, Americs--by william
Billings. Americaa composer OF re-
ligious music in the middle Of the
eighteenth century. Billings the
son Of q poor farmer. arprenticed
at an early age, to q tanner. was
untaught, but lss had music in has
soul He not only learned TO write
music but became the father oS
the American church choir.
The secular section will have q
popular appeal. The tempo Ia set
by The Viepness Waltz" tCharies)
and the prbgram concludes with
the populsr Victor Herbert CON-
position. italian Street song" in
which Victoria Hanson takes the
solo. This, young singer, slight and
weighing a little more than nine
ty pounds Is a new member al
the chorus. In the few months
she has been singing and study
ing unofer Prof. Bennett she has
developed the technique required
to bring out what the composer
put ihto this particular number.
She was given an ovation AZ
Lewiston and Spokane that would
have been highly acceptable 10 a
sesss,ned concert performer.
The personnel of the chorus,
setenty-five percent new this year,
includes tina following:
Soprano-Victoria Hanson. Day
Island: Lola Duvsn. Camas; Betty
Warner. Slo2 No. Warner; Jane
Thompson. Spokane; Hatsuys
TKorose, 1923 So. C; Gertrude
Soinils. 5eoe McCsrver ST: Jane
Hudson. Gle Elem; Joan schlisin.
ger. Rainier.
Alto-Msureen Martin. 3ol5 No
18th St: Esther Mann. Wenatchee;
Beth Hardy, sunnyside; Bett,
Brock. s31 No. Prospect; Louise
Gale. Steilscoom Lake: Enid NIL
Ter. S0o5 No. 18th: AnnabeIie Lemm,
Ri. s. box az: Rose Marie Pess-
creta. $40 Ia. 4sth.
Tenor-Ed Warner. jr-. 3lo2 No
Warner; James stabbert, 4o17 So
c.; Richard Adamson. Chehalis:
Edward Miller. S0o5 No. sth: John
Carter, 1908 No. 14th.
Counter tenor-Esther Water,
man, 1907 No. 10th, Yvonns
Conan, s07 So. L.
Bass-Sam Andrews. Ri 9, boS
4O6; Arthur Sheets, 1907 So
Yakima; Charles Trentman, Sedrc
Wooliey: Alien Miller, Spokane
Lynn Axelson, Washougal; Evans
Nelson. 423 So. G; Richard ID
Smith. field secretary, College Of
Puget Sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-03

ne hattie q LexinEtsn was
fought April ~. IT'D.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-03

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throughout tks northwest. Mf. Nan
hss = lnns snd sslec<s<fui Feecfd
hls vulne h<lnx fsveFzbiy enm-
pared ~ music critics with th<i Il
Jnsxl nlnFilng.
During The past musical s~seoa.
~ Elmer has appeared - efe.
ratio productions wlth nueh well
known Metropolitan opera singers
=. Richard Isannssll Tito sehlps.
Isrmiis Neeants. Rudnifa Haycs.
virsinls II Rss ena Mario
chsmies. ilis performances ~tth
these singers have e~>A is rFissi-
psi estlss 81 the northwest
In addition n these grand epsFH
appearances. ~. Elmer kss star
red m al ths performances Fl the
Seattle Lyric ths.isr asasr E<nss
otesFts direction. tneiaalas
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-03

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Evening star., 1941-04-17

in the labor force continues to in
crease.
THE farm population is now sta
tionary in numbers and constitutes
% per cent of the Nations whole.
Once it was 95 per cent"
100000 Newspaper Circulation.
DR.. Reed informed the editors, in
cidentally, that Americas 8,249
newspapers had a combined circula-
ton of 81 1000 ,000-the greatest total
ever recorded.
The society's Nominating Commit
tee placed In nomination IL candi-
dates for five places on the Board
of Directors. They are:
Dwight Marvin, editor of the Troy
IN. Y.) Record, who is second vice
president this year; E. S. Beck, as
sistant editor in chief, Chicago Trib-
une; Sevellon Brown, editor, Provi-
dence (R. - Journal and Evening
Bulletin; Jonathan Daniels, editor,
Raleigh IN. c. News and Observer;
Richard j. Finnegan. editor, Chicago
Times; Michael A. German, editor,
Flint (Mich0 Daily Journal; Alex
ander F. Jones, managing editor,
Washington Post; Nelson P. Poyn-
ter, editor, st. Petersburg fla
Times; Roy A. Roberts, editor, Kan
sas, City Star; Arthur j.. Sinnott,
editor, Newark Evening News; Basil
l.. Walters, editor, Minneapolis Star
journal.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

area. The fighting is said to ex-
tend as far as Fort Capuzzo, which
has frequently been shelled and has
frequently changed hands in the
campaign against the Italians.
What with the whirling course of
all the maneuver on this weird
front and the lack of normal ameni-
ties Of slaughter in the unending
twilight of the dust, nobody has yet
mapped the details of this action,
nor is likely to, until the positions
along the Egyptian frontier are
more definitely f1xed.
Commentators say that there is
no indication, despite the four-day
pause on the front at Solum, that
Hitler's forces are gaining In
strength.
There are reports, officially un-
substantiated but arising from com.
petent neutral sources, that the
Germans took a terrific shellacking
In the Hegira between El Agheila
and the thirsty wastelands of East
ern Libya. In this, the reports es-
timated, the 40 per cent tank
strength, with which the Nazis
started, has been blasted, over
turned and otherwise put out of
commission, most of which havoc
has been wrought by the r. A. r.,
which fortunately has maintained
supremacy in this sector.
tcopyrisht. 1s41, BY Chiesso Daily
News, 1neD
Evening star., 1941-04-17
showers and cooler

Showers and local thunderstorms have
occurred since Wednesday morning from
the west Gulf States northeastward to the
Lake region. the upper Mississippi Valley.
and New York, In the deep mass Of warm.
moist air from the western Gulf of Mexico
that has continued to move northeastvard
between the stationary anti-cyclone over
libars t30.16 inches). and the disturbance
that moved from the upper Mississippi
region where 1t is centered this morning.
Canton. N. Y. 1.007.1 millibars (29.74
inchesl. The extensive western disturb
the Rocky Mountain region and the Plains
States. tconcordia. .Kans... 1,001.7 millibars
t29.6S inches), and Broadus, Mont, 1,003.7
millibsrs (29.64 inches). Cool air of polar
origin has continued to move southwark
ard southeastward in the rear Of this dis
turbance and rain and snow has fallen in
portions of the Plateau and northern
Rocky Mountain regions, and rain In por-
tions Of the North Pacific States. The
highest pressure In this air mass is 1,025.1
millibars t30.27 inches), at Eugene. Ores.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
How Dutch Indies Have ForestoIIed Disoste,
Confidence and Fighting Spirit Strengthened as Prospect
Of Help Grows ond Jopon Held OFF by Own Unpreporedness

stopped the flow Of profits from the
Indies to Holland, formerly an i'm
portant source of Hollands pros
perity. Much of these revenues are
piling up as deposits in Java banks.
The big Dutch companies which
have played such significant role
III the development of the Indies,
ever since the Dutch East India Co.
planted its flag in the islands three
centuries ago, have nearly all trans
ferred their main Offices from Hol-
land to this country.
Some of these companies have
truly formidable names. The Royal
Dutch Shell, for instance, carries the
terrific title: "Honinkyke Neder-
landsche Maatschsppij Tot Ex-
plortatie Van Petroleum Bronen in
Observation-Disclosures" To save time,
the thrifty Dutch use initials. Big
gest concern in the islands, and one
of the biggest in the world, is the
great H. v. A. It's numerous planta-
tions and industrial enterprises en-
ploy more than 100000 workers.
Then there is "Internacio," the big
export-import house; B. M. N. w.,
the textile company, and K. P. NJ,
which exercises a virtual monopoly
on the steamship business of the
Indies.
OF foreign" investments in the
Indies, about 65 per cent are Dutch,
and the rest are held mostly by
British, Americans and Chinese.
The Indies have been becoming less
and less dependent on Holland for
imports. Holland held only 81 per
cent of this trade in 1899, as COM
pared with So per cent in 1918. For
the time being, of course, the figure
Is nil.
1t is impossible to say exactly how
much net gain Holland was draining
out of the Indies before the war, in
the form of profits and pensions. 1t
was probably not less than $45 ,O00,-
900 in 1889. During the great re-
cession" in the early 30s (from
which the Indies suffered terribly
1t was much smaller. But in the
boom years of the 20's, it ran higher
OF something over 100000 Dutch
nationals living in the Indies, nearly
half are in government service.
(Copyrisht 1s41. Chicago Daily News, Inc
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Parole Director Opposes
Berman Pardon Plea
BY the Associated Press.

~ The ASSOCIATED Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April IT,
Parole Director Herman M. Moser,
in a letter to Gov. O'Conor, refused
recommendation for q pardon for
Louis Berman, who was sentenced
in 1923 to life Imprisonment for the
first-degree murder of a Baltimore
lawyer.
Berman, whose petitions for writs
of habeas corpus have been turned
down by judges throughout the
State, had asked Gov. O'Conor for
an unconditional pardon, contending
his confinement was unlawful.
Mr.. Moser, to whom the case was
referred, told Gov. O'Conor yester-
day that Il strongly recommend
that Berman's petition for pardon
be refused '
Mr. Moser also withheld recon-
mendations of clemency for Grace
Cothron, convicted of murder In
Montgomery County and now free
on parole; Daniel r. Byrd, serving
four years for bigamy in Mont
gomery County; Chester E. Paul,
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Mrs. Martha f. Perrott,
Native OF District, Dies

Mrs. Martha E. Perrott, II, widow
of George Perrott, retired City Post
ONCE employe, died suddenly Tues
day at her home, Ala Seward square
Sc. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at pm. at Lees funeral
home, Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE, with burial in
Congressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Perrott was a native and life
long resident of Washington. Her
husband, who was retired several
years ago after As years service with
the Post Office, died in March, 1910.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
]. Madison Annadale; a brother,
Seaton w. Trunnen; two nieces,
Mrs. Henry Behlert and Mrs. Julian
Timberlake, and two nephews,
George A. Trunnell and Joseph S.
Trunnell.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
London Raid Spurs Fears
OF Nazi Invasion ATTEMPT
By the Associated Press.

bs klc hsSOClhLcQ fIeSS.
LONDON, April 17.-Serious talk
that a German invasion attempt
may be imminent gained increasing
attention tonight as result of the
heavy blow by Germany's Luftwaffe
against London last night.
In the minds of some well-in-
formed observers the eight-hour
pounding was just the kind that
might be expected as the opening
maneuver of any invasion.
Most persons hoped the Germans
meant 1t when they said it was just
a reprisal.
One of several possible invasion
plans would call for direct thrust
up the Thames Estuary from the
southeast, with the. blow concen-
trated at the heart of the empire,
many British believe.
The Evening Standard, published
by Minister of Aircraft Production
Lord Beaverbrook, said "the new as
sault may be prelude. to an at
tempted invasion" and warned the
nation to turn out tanks to meet
their tanks and guns to pierce their
armor."
Evening star., 1941-04-17

increasingly self-reliant economical
ly. Since the fall of Holland, the
desirability has become an urgent
necessity.
The goal Is far, far from attain
ment, but the picture has changed
much In the past six months. New
factories are being established to
manufacture articles formerly OBJ
tanned in Europe. The government
is making heavy purchases of
textile machinery from the United
States in the hope of reducing
dependence on Osaka (Japam and
Lancashire England. The arms
industry is being rapidly developed
All emphasis is on light industries.
For their steel, heavy machinery,
automobiles and airplanes the In
dies will continue to look to the
United States and Europe.
And here is another interesting
change. With their home country
swallowed up, many Dutchmen who
formerly regarded the Indies only as
place to make a fortune in and to
escape from, are now regarding it
as home. At the outskirts of every
large city in the Indies new homes
are being built, mostly by Dutch folk
who have lost desire to return to
their homeland and have decided to
settle down. This readjustment of
the Dutch colonial attitude also was
beginning before the war, but only
in small way.
Under the Dutch constitution the
Indies are not a colony, but an in
tegral part of the kingdom of Hol-
land. There is no change in that
status In fact, though, the invasion
of Holland has greatly enhanced the
autonomy of the Dutch administra-
ton here. The Governor General,
Jonkheer Jjarda van Starkenborgh
Stachouwer. is subject to orders from
Queen Wilhelmina and her refugee
government in London, though actu-
ally he enjoys nearly dictatorial
powers. He has an American wife,
likes America and has acquired
many American ways. His colonial
style mansion in Batavia, normally
a glistening white, has been re-
painted a ghastly green as an air.
raid precaution.
| The war has, of course, completely
Evening star., 1941-04-17
GorHc-Picking
Queen Elected
At American u.

Students at American University
complained today that there was a
strange smell surrounding the elec-
ton of their latest campus queen
during the Arbor Day celebration
yesterday.
The queen was Joanne Heitmann,
19-year-old freshman, who won the
title of the Campus Cleanup Garlic
Queen. She won the title by digging
up more garlic-135 bulbs-out of
the American U. greensward than
any one else.
She won by a wide margin-no one
even came close to her when she
was holding the 135 garlics-over
four other co-eds. The competition
was part of the cleanup day at the
school. Students and faculty
knocked off classes for the day to
rake leaves, repair benches and
bridges and pick garlic.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Jesuit Educator Asks
Colleges Merge 10
Cope With Taxes
Catholic Association
Told Federal Control
Of Teaching Is Near
BY the Associated Press.

by tne hSSOClaLeu FTebS.
NEW ORLEANS, April ia
Catholic educator expressed the
opinion today that Government tax
alton and control of private educa-
ton is imminent, and proposed con-
solidation of small colleges as
remedy for "the destructive effect
of Federal taxation"
The Rev. S. K. Wilson, S. j., presi-
dent of Loyola University OF Chicago,
in a paper assailed the National
Education Association and many
teachers colleges" which he said
were fostering the trend toward such
Government control.
Says U. s. Is at War.
The Jesuit educator declared in
the paper, prepared for delivery be-
fore the college and university de-
partment of the National Catholic
Education Association. that I'VE may
not have yet reached the shooting
stage, but we are really in the war
and education will very shortly feel
the impact of war as industry and
social life already have. -
when hostilities cease military
demobilization will take place. but
short of revolution, governmental
demobilization will be deferred in
definitely. ." You can get the
soldiers out of uniforms but you
cannot dislodge the politician from
his saddle"
Father Wilson said my specific
assumptions are two: First, that all
non-tax supported schools from the
kindergarten to the university will
be subject to taxation: second, gov
ernmental control of private educa-
ton is not only sure but imminent.
Obsession for Control
Citing grounds for his personal
belief" that government control was
coming, the Loyola president emu
merated:
The obsession of many men and
women high in Government that in
complex democracy all private
agencies need to be controlled; the
tireless lobbying of the best organ
lied and most ruthless racket in
American life, namely the N. E. A.,
itself the offspring of controlled
education; a Nationwide epidemic
of materialistic monism, the same
philosophy of life which gave Europe
Communism, Fascism and Nazi-ism,
and which an educator, himself q
liberal Protestant, at recent meet
ing dubbed the down with God and
up with the State movement"
Father Wilson suggested merger
of smaller colleges. with diocesan
help" to cope with Federal and
State taxation.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
(Second OF q Series
BY A. T. STEELE,


Correspondent of the chicaso Daily News
BATAVIA, Java (By Clipper
Every month finds the
Netherlands East Indies more self
reliant, more determined and better
able to get along without the guild
ing hand of their PROSTATE parent
Holland. The helpless little orphan"
Of II months ago is growing up, fast.
And the Indies are rather enjoying
their newfound freedom of action.
Bewilderment and confusion were
the first reactions of Dutchmen here
when Holland fell. To many OF
them, it signified the end of every
thing. They expected immediate
and violent action from Japan, and
they had neither the power nor the
spirit to resist it.
But none of the dreaded disasters
occurred The Japanese were held
off by their own inadequate pre-
paredness and fear of a conflict with
the United States. Prompt arrest
of Germans and pro-Nazi Dutchmen
forestalled a fifth column revolt. To
the surprise of everyone, life went
on pretty much as usual. Profits
poured in, in ever-increasing
amounts, from sales of rubber, tin
and oil. Confidence and fighting
spirit grew as defenses were
strengthened and the prospect of
effective help from neighboring
Singapore and Australia improved.
1t may be said with certainty that
whatever the outcome of the Eu-
ropean war, Netherlands India will
never again be tied as tightly as
before to the skirts of the mother
country. There is no question about
the loyalty of the Dutch to their
exiled Queen (Wilhelmina). That
remains unshaken. 1t is plain, none
theless, that the war has accelerated
tendencies toward self -suficiency
which have been in evidence for
some years.
The Dutch Indies are 56 times
bigger than Holland. Long before
the war, it became evident that this
was bit too much like the tail
wagging the dog, and steps were
taken toward making the islands
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Tolond Named Counsel
For Defense Inquiry

The House Naval Affairs Commit
tee today appointed Edmund M.
Toland, Washington attorney, as its
counsel for the impending investiga-
ton into progress of the national
defense program.
Mr. Toland's work as counsel for
the special House committee which
last year investigated the National
Labor Relations Board is understood
to have Influenced the Naval Affairs
Committee in selecting him for the
task.
Immediately after his appoint
ment, Mr.. Toland started to make
arrangements to begin the inquiry.
He said he probably would be ready
to proceed within three weeks.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Editors
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
to the American Society of News
paper Editors tran with final as
surance that those who disagree with
what is being done and with the
manner in which it is being done
are free to use their freedom of
speech
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter was read by
the society's president, Tom Wal
lace, editor of the Louisville Times.
1t was applauded heartily by the
editors, who direct daily papers in
every section of the country.
In the opening address of the con-
vention, Mr.. Wallace described, from
frst-hand knowledge acquired in his
travels what he felt were the short
somings of the United States In cul-
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Lisbon Clipper Arrives
With 81 Passengers
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 17.-Flying
nonstop from Trinidad because of
inclement weather at Bermuda, the
Atlantic Clipper came in today with
81 passengers, a new record for a
westward crossing.
Christopher B. Nelson, president
of the Annapolis Yacht Yard, An
napolis, Md, was among the pas
sengers returning from a business
trip to London. When he left for
England in March he said he plan
ned to interview Admiralty officials
concerning boat construction at his
yard.
The Pan American Airways' ship
left Lisbon Tuesday and made the
hop from Trinidad in Is hours so
minutes. The previous record pas
senger load from Lisbon was 28,
carried about a year ago. J.,
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Weather Report.
FURNISHED py the United States Weather Buresu)


District Of Columba-Mosty tonight tomorrow with
likelihood of local showers
temperature lowest
winds.
this afternoon tonight
urday, showers.
MaryandMoy this
tonight
mday, showers.
West VrgnaMosty coudy with hun-
dom tonight little
and
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Man Expected to Die
In Childhood Now 90

b. he Associated Press.
WOLPEBORO, N. H., April IL
When DR.. Nathaniel H. Scott was a
child, physicians said he couldn't live
a year. At the age of "a he was
refused life insurance because Of
tuberculosis.
Today, at the age of 80, he observed
with Mrs. Scott their 62d wedding
anniversary.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

sentenced to Is years for assault to
rape in Calvert County; Arthur
Mitchell, colored, sentenced to 20
years for robbery in Montgomery
County, and James Wills, colored,
serving six years for assault to kill
In Prince Georges County.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
High YueosIovs Victims
Of Air Crash, ItoIions Soy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, April IT,
Stefani, official Italian news agency,
said today that high Yugoslav Off
cials charged with preparing for
the flight of the Yugoslav govern
ment and royal court to a foreign
country, were among nine victims
of an airplane crash in Rumania
April IA.
The dispatch, from Bucharest, said
the officials were carrying important
documents.
Evening star., 1941-04-17

A dispatch from London last night
quoted the German radio as report
ing six high Yugoslav officials and
two airmen killed in the Rumanian
crash and said the officials were zen
route to the east with important
documents"
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Report for Last "A Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. SO. 8 pm. yesterday.
Lowest, 80, b.45 am. today.
Record Temperatures This Year.
IoWest' Inst 1ss g. on On March nrh Is.
Humidity for Last "A Heurs
(From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, 81 per cent, at 8 am. today.
Lowest, 43 per cent, at $50 pm. yester-
day.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
today at Harpers Ferry; Potomac River
slightly muddy at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
oeodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow
High -------- 1914 am. 1:14 Am.
Low - 1854 am. 7:57 am.
Low LOW ---------- is1 z:$1 pm D:m. $50 $50 D.m. Pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Sun. tomorrow---- e:as e:24
Noon; toasy- sl. n.,,. ts;IIam. l llo:ss l an; 2.
one-haH hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1941-04-17
Fight Extends to Capuzzo.

There are reports of a sudden and
effective British thrust at the rear
of the Italo- German column in this