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Evening star., 1941-02-09
Mass Burial Planned
For 10Who Died in
Salvation Army Fire
Many of S. Tronsients
Who Fled Hotel Are in
Hospito! Badly Burned
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. s.-Nine men
and youth, victims of a fire which
transformed a Salvation Army ho-
tel from wintry refuge into a
death trap, will be buried in a mass
funeral next week.
The services were set tentatively
FOR Monday or Tuesday, but the
death list may grow before then.
Among the SIS homeless transit
ents who fought their way, scream
Ing, into the streets or leaped from
second-story windows. several were
burned so seriously they may die
More than a score are in a hos
pital.
Every victim of the fire will have
decent Christian burial" said
Brig. Gen. George Gilks, divisional
commander of the army for Texas.
Watchman is Hero.
One of the victims was the fires
hero. Julius Benson, Al night
watchman at the building. He suf-
fered fatal burns while rescuing
three men.
The fire started in a small room
where a chemical was being sprayed
on clothes Of the tranSientS. Fire
Marshal Jack Thompson sought to
ascertain if the spray was inf1am-
mable.
Gen. Gilks said: eff it hadn't been
for the confusion of those men try
ing to put out the fire and save
their clothing, there probably would
have been no one injured Instead,
they opened the doors and permitted
a draft, causing the fire to spread
Immediately throughout the build
ing"
One Still Unidentified.
Both legs of one transient were
broken when he leaped 35 feet to
the ground. Another screamed for
help from a window but refused to
jump. Finally he yelled. I'm dy-
ing" and slumped over the window
sill, unconscious.
The identified dead, in addition
to Mr.. Benson, according to Saliva
tion Army records, were: Clarence
A. Riley, Is. Traverse City, Mich;
John B. Murberger, Dallas; William
H. Nugent, New York City: James
Edward White, who gave his ad-
dress as Tulsa; Gus Halb. st. Louis:
Thomas Cook, Oscar Lindley and
j. NJ jenkins, addresses unknown.
One victim remained unidentified.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
u. S. Observer to Return
From Mediterranean
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb. g.
1t. Comdr. John Opie of Long
Beach, Calf, one of three American
naval observers with the British
Mediterranean fleet, is expected to
the United States.
For four months Comdr. Op!e has
been to sea on every type of British
warship, submitting confidential
reports to the United States En-
baSSy at London for forwarding TO
Washington.
His work will be continued by his
present colleagues, Comdr. James
Fife of Reno and 1t Comdr. K.
P. Harlan of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Lions Club Formed
At BerryviIIe

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. g.
Members of the Lions Club here
last night assisted in organizing a
unit at Berryville with C. C. Funk
houser county farm agent, as presi-
dent.
Sixteen business and professional
men signed the charter. The Or
ganization work was in charge of
c. H. Kiel, international fieldl rep
reSentative.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Moore as saying the jeWelry was
fully covered by insurance.
Mr.. Moore declined to place an
exact valuation on the necklace and
ring, but Detective Fouts said he
was convinced they were worth even
more than 100000. The necklace
contained 156 pearls. The diamond
in the ring was about an inch long
and half inch wide.
Detectives Report.
Detective Fouts made this report
of the robbery:
Leaving Hialeah, the Moores fol-
lowed back route down Ninety
sixth street to avoid traffic. They
were forced off the road and one
robber, brandishing a pistol, said
DO as you are told and you won't
get hurt"
AS the bandit approached the car,
Mrs. Moore dropped the ring to the
floor.
Where is the ring?' he asked.
81 dropped it, Mrs. Moore re-
piled
When she had slipped off her
necklace, at his direction, the rob-
ber fumbled about the floor and
found the ring.
The two unidentified women with
the Moores also were forced to take
off their jewels, but the bandits left
without taking them.
Detective Fouts said all circum-
stances surrounding the robbery in
dicated it had been planned care
fully.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

spokesman declared the reports had
not been put out on the German
radio.
The Nazi spokesman stated. that
during the Vichy press conference
yesterday a press official said that
such rumor had started in Bern.
but was not true. This denial, the
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Petuiin
Continued From First PageD

News Agency to the effect that
Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan
had left Vichy for North Africa and
that Foreign Minister Pierre -Etienne
Flandin had resigned
B. B. G. said in a later English
broadcast to Europe that the Vichy
correspondent of Transocean Agency
had picked up the report from Bern.
Calm Urged on French.
B. B. c. in the French broadcast
appealed to the French people to be
calm, because, the announcer said.
there was no confirmation of the
reports. The announcer suggested
they might have been spread by the
Germans in order to provide an
excuse for reprisals if disorders
should occur.
In Berlin an official German
Evening star., 1941-02-09

World War at a meeting Of the
Baltic-American Society of Wash
ington at BIS pm. tomorrow. This
meeting will be held at the Inter-
national Student House, 1709 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

/ to the marshal to let him form a
new government. M. Laval, he said,
would not be considered for a cabi-
net post yet but "all eyes are on
Paris"
Reports of Admiral Darlan's
designation as Premier gained some
substance also in a Swiss telegraph
agency dispatch from Vichy to Bern
saying that the navy minister had
been charged with organizing a
cabinet and already was seeking
candidates.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

tive member OF
the Gri d ro n
Club here. He
was the 237th
member t a k e n
In t o t h e club
since its organi-
Zation III 1885.
A We t era n
n e " spaperman,
Mr.. Bell, who is
81 years old, was
a sports writer
on a New Y ork
paper. b e f ore
Joining the A. P.
in Atlanta, Ga,
IN 1925
Evening star., 1941-02-09
ItoIy, Spain Reported
Planning Conference

BY the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Feb. 8.-Dip-
lomatic quarters at this neutral
crossroads of European communica-
tions heard tonight an Italian
Spanish conference would be held
in Italy. Further details were not
Immediately forthcoming.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
R. A. Seuton to Speak

R. A. Seaton. dean of Kansas State
College and director of the Engineer
ing Defense Training Program, will
speak at meeting Of the American
Society OF Mechanical Engineers
Thursday at 8 pm. at the Potomac
Electric Power Co. auditorium, Tenth
and E streets NV.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
DR.. BiImonis TO Speak

DR.. Alfred Bilmanis, Latvian Min
lister to this country, will discuss the
part played by the late Lord Lothian
in obtaining independence for the
various Baltic nations after the first
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Ill 1870. DELL
He has been chief of the A. p.
Bureau in San Francisco as we'll as
in Los Angeles, Calf.
He is married and has two chill
dren. His present address is 464l
North Spring road, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Bell, A. P. Bureau Chief,
Elected 10 Gridiron Club

Brian Bell, chief of the Wash
ington Bureau of the Associated
Press, yesterday was elected an &C
Evening star., 1941-02-09

tonnage of three italian ships unknown.
deaths ship previously reported sunk.
Netherlands Finland
Poland q Argentina Egypt Hungary Latvia Portugal
Runania, Soviet, United States, each. Total 1907
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Brazil doubled its shipments of
mica to the United States in the
last year.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Losses in War at Sea
BY the Associated Press.

The following box
18th week of the February February
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Jewel Robbery

Continued From First Page.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
VIM. H. Pratt
Rites FRIDAY
Had Lived With
Son in Seottle

Funeral services for William II
Pratt. rs, pioneer Tacoma attor-
ncy. who died Wednesday in a
Seattle hospital. will be held Fri
day at ! ?. m. from the Buckley
King chapel. with the Rev W. o.
Macoskey officiating. Burial will
follow in Mountain View burial
park.
Pratt. who had practieed law
In Tacoma more than 50 years.
suffered q stroke Dec. Il while
trying a case in Chehalis. Wash.
He was taken to hospital in
that town. and was transferred
from there to a Seattle hospital
where he died.
Though he maintained his office
and practice in Tacoma, the attor-
ney made his home in Seattle
since 1896, living with his SON
James Weldon Pratt of 1886 33d
ave. So. He went to Seattle after
the death Of his wife, Mary Eliza
beth Pratt, on Feb. s of that year.
While in Tacoma he resided at
300 No. ] 1T.
The lawyer was born in Dixon,
III, the son Of a Baptist minister.
He came TO Tacoma in 1891 from
North Dakota.
Besides his son, he leaves two
grandsons. William and Peter
Pratt. both OF Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27

WASHINGTON 49, Farm income
is rising sharply toward what bu-
reau of agriculture economics ex-
perts predict will be a post-depres-
sion high in prosperity this year.
Farmers marketed $500. 900 900
worth OF crops and livestock in
January, an increase OF SAT, 900, =
900 over January. 1910.
Virtually all of the January in
crease. the bureau reported, was
due To higher livestock prices
Livestock sales brought farmers a
January income OF SABA .000, 900, an
increase OF sos. 100000 over that
month of last year.
Smaller msrketings of hogs
was more than offset by
sharply higher prices. Cat
tie marketings and prices were
higher. and lamb sales In
creased.
Cash income from livestock
sales and livestock products dur
ing the next few months Of 1941
is expected TO continue TO show
substantial increases over the cor
responding months Of last year"
the bureau said.
Cash income from crops and
from government benefit payments
were slightly smaller than they
were year earlier. Farmers re-
ceived 1929, 900. 900 from the sale
of crops, compared with S23s, 000,-
600 in January, 1910. Government
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
Tribal Jealousy
Ends in Staying
WICHITA Kan.

WICHITA. Mandatory over
their tribal backgrounds was blam-
ed here cor the slayinF o. one
college student from Atghsnistsn
and the FERROUS wounding OF an
other Police said the students
came here two years ago 70 attend
Wichita university
When Fagir Mohammed. p and
Abdul Gheznawi. y. came 70
Wichita as wards o. the Turkish
embassy they were almost insep-
arabic. Subsequently. friends SAID.
they began quarreling over the riv-
alries between the hill and plains
tribes in Afghsnistsn and they
moved apart.
Police Chief Leroy +. BaWey
said Mohammed invited Gheznawi
to his home where they apparently
quarreled again. he said and Mo
manned shot GheznaWi in the head
before turning the gun on himself.
Mohammed died and Gheznawis
condition was critical
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
Farm Income Rising Sharply
To New High in Prosperity

benefit payments declined Sl26,-
900 900 to Ss7 900 900.
Total farm income, includ-
ing government payments, In
January WAS $3.50. 900, 900.
compared with x743.OOO, 900
In January. 1910, the bureau
reported. The decline In In
come from crops was attrib-
uted To the smaller amount of
corn going into government
loan aud lower potato prices.
The bureau said income from
the sale Of crops may be slightly
smaller during the first part of
1941 than for 1910. However,
higher prices for the 1871 crop
are expected to boost total farm
income TO the highest point since
start OF the depression.
Return from vegetables
may not differ greatly from
those In 1910. ns prospective
Increase In Income from truck
crops may he about offset by
the lower income from pota-
toes" the bureau said. In
come from fruits IL expected
to continue larger than In
1910"
ut appears probable that the
decline in government payments
and in income from crops will only
partly offset the prospective in
crease in returns from livestock
products, and that cash income in
the first half of 1941 will be higher
than in the same period of 1910,
the economists said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
War in Europe
A Year Ago
Feb. IT, l94O
BY United Press


Finnish towns along viborg
Bay were evacuated as Russian
drive gathered momentum. Firms
reported destruction OF is Red
tanks and claimed heavy casualties
during large scale attacks.
Sweden intensified defense prep
arations. Underground shelters
built at Stockholm.
Denmark reported building air
raid shelters for 10000 persons in
Copenhagen.
Losses in sea warfare were Brit
ish freighter Clan Morrison and
steamer Efos.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
Baby Escapes Death
In Tumble From Car

YAKIMA - Nineteen months
old Robert Ball WAS recovering
from minor injuries al his home
here after miraculous escape
from death when he tumbled from
a speeding auto near Prosser.
He was hurled to the highway
when the door of his parents
automobile flew open. His father
Marion Ball, was driving the car
at a rate of about go miles per
hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27
Spills $500 Nickels,
Gets Back All But Is

MAIDEN. Mass. -- When $500
nickels spilled from bank mes
senger's bag in the midst of 1000
homewardh bound high school stu
dents. policemen, passersby, bank
attaches and students scrambled to
recover the coins. All but 10 were
returned to the messenger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-27

The Tacoma Hard of Hearing
society will hold potluck dinner
at p. m. Friday at Emerson hall.
1109ig Broadway. This will be
followed by a business meeting
with f. II. Perry presiding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-20

se~ th< sFs gallery and the
e<.ufy bushes. nm hands With
portrait PAINTER. II several esnssr-
=. - fsna fresh ways t. a. .
LADY. hair.
Ia net sse FIRST time not "a.
time the resulting ccsffare. are
launched BY nine rreminens New
fers society wunaea who may ~
starting another uttis sally against
Standardization ire haze a.
American beauty. These hair
styles are literally a. individual AZ
= portrait ~ Rsnolr Or Rembrandt.
The elite ~mannsqnins oeiffed
. IA Rembrandt. Rencsr. fsarsncin.
sargent. Reynolds. Rns>ns. hedlg-
nsni. iarEliliers. persin. ccnsii-
e<ehs. ard nronr,no appeared 81
TIE opening ~ the current EXHIBIT.
.womsn's crowninK Glory IL the
Portrait Painters Clearing House.
Ths exhibition 10 for the h~nsfis
Of the New York Committee ~ the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-20
Juniors
To Have Fun
Between Acts

Young Taeoma pais.fsess wsil ~
nivsn . demnnstvasica ~ ~ ~
early Americas INDIANS tsIhs6 n
sign language. nassr1ay. ~ ~
perforynanes a. -psRsel 1Soae."
flrst IN this spaspa's pvearsms ~
Junlavs. Gray Welf. whs spvsase
In the production. h hImss,f ~
adopted Indian ~ The oHbway
fchippswa) suh~ 81 Minsssnss.
ror. movs thsa ~ ysess. osay
Wolf lived among ths indsans.
studying their lars. aheoselsG thelr
culture. customs. lsGsuaa m
philosophy. participating N tribal
Indian dances and spAg fss1IvaiA
A rseegnisp1 suehes1ty - ~
American indian. oray Wsif hr1MG1
hls great fssnd ~ Indian hnovj-
sdss 10 The productions az f5aNlel
noons. A. dssdsnsr a. ths in1Aan
costumes and director ~ IN tribal
DANCES In ''panisl neons.~ ~ ~
suee<edsd In portfsyine IN actual
feeling and noo1 ~ ~ Amesiean
Indian. Between ssts n ~ snpu.
scheduled fof 10 a'slAeh nater1ny
morning 81 ~ Tsmpts theaess.
Gray Wolf viii sppeas ~ ~ seaoe
and give he ysuth~ui ass1le0ep .
hsssf 'sssea y is<laa - ~
snass
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-20
. SERIAL STORY
MURDER IN PARADISE
BY MARGUERITE GAHAGAN

conscience and who were we 10
decide whether or not she had
acted wisely.
II had all gone back. naturally
enough. 20 the night we found
Herbert Cords body lying sprawled
on the mint bed. II was while she
was bending over TO put Mccoois
harness on that she saw the lucky
piece ahining In the unsteady beam
OF the flashlieht I was holding.
II remembered seeing II that
day at the inn," she said. He
and Chris Gordon were tossing IL.
You know. heads or tails for \
beer. / got the idea II WAS Cor
don's. / don't know why ! picked
II up, but I did And when
phoned from Miss Miles I asked
her II she knew anything about
Gordon"
Apparently that question had
struck home. Miss Mile had gone
pale and with q desperation no
one would have suspected. told q
lot Of things.
shed known Gordon for years"
Maudie said slowly. Once they
had been IN love. She called him
Kit and said they had hoped 10
get married. And there was .
quarrel.
From what she said I guessed
he liked 10 gamble q bit. and he'd
made q bet and lost the money
that would have made IL possible
for them 10 go away together. II
must have been q blow 10 her.
Anyway II was the end Of their
plans
Then. this summer, abe saw
Jeanne eating her heart out be-
cause OF this Cord. She heard
enough TO believe he wasn't much
good and the night Of the murder
she went to Gordon 10 AJAX him
10 get Cord 10 leave the inn. Che
felt II he went away, Jeanne would
get over H."
Miss Mile was returning from
that meeting when Jeanne saw her.
thought. And I wondered just
how much her pride must have
suffered when she went 10 him
Continued on Page II. Column -
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CHAPTER XIV

got there In time 10 hear the
shot, but IL was some time before
I managed TO gather enough Of
the details 10 complete the picture.
Maudie had left in such a hurry
that I couldn't possibly chase
after her. ! had been % busy
getting Jeanne away hadn't had
time to change from my pajamas.
When Maudie made her dash l
had TO change into a dress, slap
some powder on my nose and then
fight with McCool, who didn't
relish the idea Of being shut up
alone.
Yes, 1t must have been IS min
utes before i was able To start
out; then ! didn't know where 10
20. All / knew was that she had
determination in the set Of her
shoulders, and so felt I must
find Denny. He'd know what TO
do. and the way 10 find him was
To get on the phone and start
calling. Probably the State Police
Post, thought. running down the
road that had once stood for rustic
beauty. but which during the past
two weeks had become a highway
to rpelodrama Of a kind Id never
anticipated.
arrived at the inn breathless
and confused. Then ! heard the
sudden report of a gun as ] pushed
the screen door open.
Back in the cottage an hour
later. with Denny and me trying
to keep Maudie calm by applying
cold cloths TO her brow and Civ
ing her nips from Denny's bottle.
We finally managed to put the
pieces together. Denny listened
with one eye on the clock, con-
scious of headlines. and listened
with sick horror at just how
close she had come 10 sharing the
fate of Herbert Cord. Miss Mile,
and Liza Holmes.
II she hadn't always leaned over
backward to be honest. tolerant.
and cautious In placing the blame.
many things might have been dif-
ferent, but she had gone accord
ing To her own code and her own
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-20

best way TO keep candy fresh
expect 10 make several patches fol
Christmas. and would like 10 b
able to keep some Of IL a few
weeks. There viii be = variety
Could you also tell me ths
proper way to prepare = steal
smothered in onions7 Does on,
use the same method with liver
Thank you.
A CONSTANT READER.
Dear Reader: I know Of moth
ing 20 suggest for the keeping
Of candy generally except TO
wrap each piece In WAN paper
and keep In tightly covered tin.
Perhaps some Of our readers
will have q better suggestion for
YOU
kmothered round steak
3 slices fat salt pork,
3 nv 4 inches
I onion, cut In thin slioes
Z lbs. sliced round steak
H., cups cold water
\. tsp. salt
tbsp. butter
tbsps. -four
Fry cut pork and add onion.
Cook. stirring constantly, until
onion IL brown. Put In water
and salt. Bring quickly to boil
ing point, add steak, cover
closely, lower heat. and simmer
until meat Ii tender. Remove
steak TO hot platter and strain
stock, of which there should be
I cup. Melt butter. add flour.
and stir until well blended;
then pour on gradually, while
stirring constantly. hot stock.
Bring to boiling point. season
with salt and pepper, and pour
over steak. Serves 8.
Liver A La Madame Begue
III. liver, cut In 1-inch cubes
Salt and pepper
onion, thinly sliced
3 sprigs parsley
Sprinkle liver with salt and
pepper, cover with onion and
parsley, let stand 2 hours. Fry
in deep fat $3.50 degrees FL l
minute. Drain. Garnish with
lemon or parsley. Serves 4.
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What shall | do. Miss Grey
should appreciate any suggestions
FRETFUL
Dear Fretful: II IL quite pos
sihle that your friend has no
Intentions other than those Of
friend. particularly since you
have known zach other for 80
long a time. and he hasn't here
fofore Indicated that he Was
serious.
OF course, You cant say any
thing about II TO him unless he
gives you an opening. but you
can let him know In the course
of your general conversations
how you feel about 1t. II you
are not misleading him then your
conscience Is clear.
II you are sure his feeling to-
ward You has changed. and that
You don't feel the same way.
then II would doubtless he kinder
IN simply stop seeing him. IL
his intentions are serious, YOU
can scarcely continue to be Just
friends" without an agreement TO
that affect, either verbal or
understood.
Dear Miss Grey: We are two
girls Of Is. We 60 out almost
every Saturday night, but do not
stay out much later than midnight
Our mothers do not like the idea
of our going out very well. but
they do not say much to us. When
the boys come for US they act nice,
but we can see they do not APP
prove of them.
We are writing TO you to ask
your opinion. We don't go out
alone. There are always some
other boys and girls who 90 along
with US. We never so with a boy
who hasn't a drivers license.
Do you think we are going out
too often. or at too young an age?
Thank you. LOU and SIS.
Dear Lou and Sis: At Is
think IL quite alright for you to
attend social functions Of your
school or church or 60 to movies,
but / don't think you should be
frequenting highway taverns and
dance halls that are open to the
public. also think midnight
should be the latest you should
be out.
II you feel that your parents
disapproye. then by all means
ask them, and find out what
they do think. After all, the
decision IL theirs to make. and
II you are sincere In wanting to
please them and do the right
thing, then there il nothing to
prevent your seeking their opin-
ion and abiding by their wishes.
.
Dear Miss Grey: What Is the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-20

skirt in = narrow panel. Buttons
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