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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
Scouts Plan
Garden Party
JUliefte Low Representa-
fives 70 Meet Saturday

INes TO Sfee1 oeIuroef
Each year. Tacoma Girl
Scouts celebrate their inter
national Friendship month
April - by contributing 10
the J,Iliette Low Memorial
fund. set up by the Scouts to
foster friendship and under
standing among girls of all
nations.
A meeting Of Juhette Low
representatives from all Ia
coma troops will be held at
the Girl Scout headquarters
Saturday from IL until IL
o'clock. Plans viii be made
for the annual Juliette Low
garden party TO be held at the
home of Mrs. Roderic 0lzen-
dam. Girl Scout commissioner.
According TO an announcement
made Thursday by Mrs L. l.
Drake. chairman of the Tacoma
Councils Juliette Low Memorial
Fund committee. interest in the
fund. which honors the founder Of
Girl Scouting in the United
States. has increased tremendous
ly since the outbreak Of the present
war
Each Girl Scout tries to contrib
ute to the fund penny each year
Of her age. Although II grows
literally penny by penny. in one
year the amount received nation
ally leaped from approximately
$1,000 to almost $4,000. The
fund was first used TO finance
world gatherings Of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts at the Scout chalet,
near Adeiboden. Switzerland, in
ternational Girl Scout meeting
place" Mrs. Drake said.
since war put stop 10 world
travelling, part of the fund has
been used for relief of Girl Guides
and Girl Scouts in Britain. China,
and other countries which shelter
refugees. Another part has been
used TO sponsor two encampments
for Girl Scouts Of the Western
hemisphere. These encampments,
held near Pleasantville. New York,
in August. 1910, and near Spring
field, Mass. in August, 1871. were
attended by delegates from coun-
tries of the three Americas. giving
them a chance TO work and play
together and become true good
neighsors."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11

Welsh American Society
VIII Hold Meefino

Welsh society will
meet at o'clock Saturday even
ing in the Masonic temple for a
business meeting and social even
ing. Guests will be Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Brain of Seattle.
The Rev. Ernest Barber Of
Bethany Methodist church il invit-
ing all Welsh people to his church
Sunday morning To hear Mr..
Josiah Thomas. who will preach.
A full report of the concert
held last month will be given.
Mrs. Reese Meredith will be hostess
for the supper hour, and Mr.. Lewis
Morgan will conduct the COM
v,n.,pitv singing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
Delts Rho Gsmms
AIumnss VIII Meet

Delta Rho Gamma slumnss OF
Pacific Lutheran college will meet
for q 1880 luncheon Saturday al
the Y. w. c. A. During the after
noon. plans win b. made for the
spring activities Of the organizs-
ton. Reservations should be made
before Saturday morning At Gar
land e5ol.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
News Received OF Birth
OF First Grandson

DR.. and Mrs. Sydney Mclean
received word Wednesday morning
of the birth Of their first grand
child in Los Angeles. The child. a
little boy. named Sydney Muir
doc Mclean. III. as born April
s. TO Mr.. snd Mrs. Charles Mclean
Betty Hossack). Maternal grand
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Sheey Of Portland. Ore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11

Your postmaster can tell you
how To invest in u. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
By BEVERLY THOMPSON

NEW AND PLEASING. Have
you played bridge on the new
quilted bridge table covers II
not, we suggest you try it-get
out your favorite deck of cards
and play away. Youn enjoy H.
no end. Extremely good looking
the covers come in eggshell Z.
gold aqua Copen
misty rose maroon. And
they're also tops for nah jongg
Merrily shopping round the
other day We discovered a blouse
that really IL a beauty. Once
you see II. you'll simply have 10
have II. Eighteen yards Of Val
lace. no less, 60 10 make up this
supremacy lovely white sheer.
For instance. there's a panel Of
lace from shoulder To the bottom
of the blouse and the handsome
Peter Pan collar and tricky cuffs
are also lace trimmed. Crisp
and feminine.
PENCIL POINTED: AT last
we've discovered fountain pen
with a pencil point, which makes
the pen just about the nestest
trick of the month. For one
thing, II writes with the ease
and smoothness OF a soft lead
pencil. Then. too. II suits any
hand or style of writing hard
pressure won't injure the point
and it's unequaled for making
carbon copies with the original in
ink. It's IL XII. gold-filled and it's
called an lnkogrsph. Want to
know more
Il that husband of yours still
looking for his Easter bonnet"s
knowing how he probably hates
TO shop, We did bit of snoop-
ing around on our own and dis
covered n brand new line Of
Mallory hats. Made of high
grade fur felt. they're water
PROCEED and come in q number
of new spring shades. Easy TO
find. when you know where TO
look.
OODIE BONES: These boxes
FOR service men are bound %
please for they contain an un-
narslleled variety of gifts. all Of
which will gladden. the heart For
example. they contain two or three
good adventure yarns small
sewing kit extra shoe laces
soar and other toilet articles
"A packet Of stationery and
any number Of other little lux
uries and necessities. You can't
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
Milton PIT. A. TO
Hold Victory Carnival"

The Milton PIT. A. is sponsor
ing a Victory Carnival" to be
held Saturday evening at S o'clock
at the Milton school.
Proceeds will be used for the
lunch fund for the coming school
year.
Mrs. F. r. Sutton, carnival chair
man, is being assisted by Mrs.
Louis Imhof. Mrs. Thomas Blau-
welt and Mrs. Roy Bender.
There will be no admission.
Your postmaster can tell you
how TO invest in u. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
go wrong with one of these.

go wrong with one Of these.
Trot out your fayorite doll.
girls. you've still one day left
10 enter her In a grand show for
which is or more Kate Green
away dresses will he given to
prize winners. n your doll Ia
pretty, chances are she'll win
prize. n she's homely. don't
despair. there's = prize for her
too, just rs there are awards
for the best character doll
best foreign doll oldest doll
etc. N you're between the
ages Of one ca Ia. you're eligible
For names OF stores where thes.
articles may be found call NAin 3isi
ask for Womsns Editor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
Mrs. Titcomb
To Entertain
Aloha Club 70 Hear
Tomlinsons on Mondsv


Mrs. r. Rodman Titcomb
viii open her home to mem
bers of Aloha club on Monday
afternoon for the regular go
gathering over which the
president, Mrs. Weldon Pas
coe will preside. DR.. and Mrs.
Warren Tomlinson viii be
presented in a program on
"Americanization."
Dr. romfinson IL a member Of
The foreign language department
staff n the College Of Puget Sound
I'D with Mrs. Tomlinson has
studied in great detail the prob
lens Of the immigrant ana his
oricntation IN America.
Mrs. Pascoe lie calling a meet
ing Of the board At O'Clock pre-
ceedine the general session.
For the tea hours Mrs. Roderio
oizendam. Mrs. George J. osgood
and Nrs. Frost Snyder viii be the
assisting hosfeaees
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-11
Ms. Petrich 70 Visit
Eastern Cities

Mrs. Martin A. Petrioh. IT.,
bride Of late winter. will leave
BY train Friday evening for
three weeks trip to New York and
Washington. d. C. where she viii
visit relatives and friends and
former business associates She
was formerly secretary to the
chief If the Civil Aeronautics
Authority.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Senate Group Votes
Big Cuts in U. 5: Units
Travelling Expenses
10 to 33 Pct. Reductions
Made in Independent
Office Supply Bill
By ]. A, O'LEARY.

Economy advocates won vic
tory today when the Senate
Appropriations Committee made
cuts ranging from 10 to 33 per
cent in the travelling expenses OF
many Government agencies be-
fore voting to report out the in
dependent Offices supply bill for
the next fiscal year.
As the bill came from the House
in January, 1t carried a total OF
s., 2,096, ,13S,875
The extent to which the Senate
committee changed this figure was
not available, because the reduc-
tions ordered in travel allowances
left the clerical staff of the COM
mittee busy retabulating the entire
measure.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, of
Tennessee, who has taken leading
part in the demand for curtailment
of non essential spending, launched
at attack several weeks ago against
Government travel allowances. The
Tennesseean is believed to have
carried his fight into the Appropria-
tions Committee today.
The bill carries the annual operat-
ing expenses for numerous inde-
pendent boards and commissions, in
cludtng the Veterans Administra-
ton. In the House bill s6O1 1885,
08S of the s2,096, ,138,875 total was
for the veterans agency.
Outlays for travel also are being
studied by the special Senate Econ
omy Committee, headed by Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland.
That committee has not yet COM
pleted its inquiry, one of the main
purposes of which is to find out how
much could be saved by transferring
personnel from non-defense to war
agencies instead of hiring new en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Offensive Resumed
As R. A. F. Strikes
RhineIand, lie Havre
Four Of Attacking Croft
Missing, Air Ministry
Declares in London
RN the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 23.-British
bombers, reopening their wealth
uninterrupted air offensive, last
night attacked objectives in the
Rhineland and docks at LIE Havre,
the Air Ministry announced to-
day. Four of the attacking air
craft are missing, it said.
The raids followed the two-hour
smash on Boulogne by Commands
early yesterday, and the spirit of
attack marked England's celebration
of the day of her patron saint, st.
George.
A Berlin radio broadcast quoting
D.NB. said British planes struck
lat western and southwestern Ger
many last night, damaging resi-
Dental areas and causing civilian
casualties. 1t said three raiders were
shot down.
Guns Boom Across Strait.
Heavy guns on the English Chan
mel coast-emplaced both to counter
German long-range artillery and
challenge German shipping-boomed
across Dover Strait about midnight
and continued firing at frequent
intervals for about 80 minutes.
Anti-aircraft and aerial machine
gun fire sounded briefly along the
Thames estuary early this morning,
and few Nazi planes flew over a
southern English coastal area last
night. but reports indicated that
there was no bomb damage in
either incident.
Today marks both the feast of
st. George, the patron saint of Eng
land, and the oath anniversary of
the British naval raids which
temporarily blocked the entrance
of the Bruges Canal to Kaiser
Wilhelms Flanders submarine flo-
tilla in the World War.
Commando Raid Stressed.
Newspapers stressed the Com
mando raid on Boulogne and carried
many pictures of st. Georges s
legendary fight with a dragon. A
year ago England was being at
tackled night after night by power
full German squadrons; Plymouth
and London were hard hit.
The Daily Express commented
editorially on the change.
Not so long ago we gazed with
anxiety at the French coast, so near
and so bristling with threatening
German invaders" 1t said. Now
we look at the same coast and
brandish our fists. We are full of
the spirit of attack instead of de-
Tense"
There were traditional services
by the Royal Society of st. George.
This is going to be a st. George
year" said the man in the pub, grin
ming over his heavily taxed beer.
Commando Forerunner.
The attack of two British naval
squadrons on the Zeebrugge and
Ostend entrances of the Bruges
Canal the night Of April 1928, 1918.
was forerunner of the Commando
raids of 1912.
Naval and landing parties COM
manded by Vice Admiral Roger
Keyes, head of the Dover patrol
then and head of the Commands
for time in this war, struck simul-
taneouSly at U-boat haven The
cruisers Intrepid and Iphigenia and
the submarine C-3 were maneu-
evered in, sunk and blown up at
the Zeebrugge end.
The combination OF smoke
(See RAIDS, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Withdraw Above Pyinmana.
Man Seized as Attacker
OF 80 Women in New York
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April ga man
described by police as a sex-manisc,
who they said they believed had
attacked 80 women in the past four
months, was taken into custody to-
day, eliminating a search of 10 de-
tectives for him.
Police said the man usually fol-
lowed lone women into apartment
house self-service elevators and at
tackled his victims after stopping
the car between floors and threat
ening to kill them with a shoe
makers knife if they resisted.
A large body of plainclothesmen.
some of them dressed as women to
invite the mans attention, had en-
deavored to trap him.
Police said no formal charges had
been filed against the man, whose
name they withheld pending further
investigation.
The man was described as a
Brooklyn -wrecker. married and
the father Of small child. He is
feet tall. powerfully built, and
weighs 240 pounds.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
By WILLIAM ]. HUMPHREYS,


LONDON. April 23.-Following
closely yesterday mornings Com
mando raid at Boulogne, dis
patches from Stockholm. where
Berlin news is aSsiduouSly Sifted
for war trends, reported today
that the German expectancy of
and preparations for Allied in
vaSion in Western Europe had
considerably increased.
British sources here counseled
correspondents at the same time to
Remember Won Runstedt" Field
Marshal Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd
Won Runstedt, whose name gener-
ally is associated with the German
Army'S offensive operations, was
reported a week ago to have moved
into France.
Older reports were that Marshal
Won Runstedt had gone there 10
strengthen defenses OF that Ger
man-dominated country against
invasion, but current advices were
that he went there with parachute
troops.
Despite the German offensive sug-
gestion in this latest report on the
game Of nerves-who's going TO in
wade whom and where7-it sp-
! peared that the Germans were
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Raids by Commands Spur Jittery Germans
To Prepare for Expected Allied Invasion

verSlonary scale" sometime, and eX-
pect to repel it, Stockholm dis
patches said the Germans were TAX
ing hasty precautions along their
entire western front nt'-from north
ernmost Norway to France.
Stockholm advices were that both
the air and naval headquarters Of
the Germans in Norway had been
moved ''northward" from Oslo.
Recently Stockholm reported Nor
wegian civilians had been evacuated
from the Molde and Tromsoe dis
tricts along the central and north
ern parts Of the coast, evidently to
give the Germans more freedom of
movement and to minimize the
fifth column threat in case OF Allied
invasion.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Stockholm Dagens Nyheter was per-
mitted TO write for his newspaper
that certain optimists are con-
vinced the British will come by May
l." The British regard this as a
feeler so obvious that anxiety must
have dictated il.
The Dagens Nyheter writer re-
ported that military circles and the
semi-ofncial spokesman at Berlin
were interested in the correspon-
dents views while at the same time
they held fast to the thesis that any
(See OFFFNSIVE. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1942-04-23
14-Mon Naval Stoff
Announced by Leory

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus
tralia, April % (P).-Vice Admiral
Herbert F. Leary announced today
the makeup of 14-man naval staff
for Allied forces in the Southwest
Pacific, headed by Capt. j. Cary
Jones of the United States Navy.
Ten other American officers will
serve under Capt. Jones, the chief
of staff One Netherlands Indies
officer and two Australians are on
the list.
The staff includes:
Capt. j. H. Carson, Comdr. Supply
Corps A A. Antrim, Comdrs. NJ. R
Kelley, r. C. Hudson and J. H.
Shultz and 1t. Comdrs E. T. Neale,
H ]. Martin, B. B. c. Lovett, ]. D.
L. Grant and r. L. Taylor, all Of the
United States Navy; Capt. F. e.
Getting Of the Royal Australian
Navy; Comdr. G. B. Salm of the
Royal Netherlands Indies Navy and
Wing Comdr. G. Packer Royal Of
the r. A. A. F.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Peoria Rail Head Acquitted
In Union Coercion Case
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEORIA, Ill, April 23.-President
George P. McNear, jr., and two other
officials of the Toledo, Peoria and
Western Railroad were acquitted
by Federal Court jury today of
charges of violating the National
Railway Labor Act by coercing
union employees.
The verdict of not guilty was re-
turned after the jury Of five men
and seven women had deliberated
eight hours.
1t was the first criminal action
brought under the 1926 Railway La
Dor Act The Government contended
that Mr.. McNear and two subordi-
mates, Supt. Harlan H. Best and
Trainmaster Bruce Clifford, by
threats had tried to stop their en-
ployes from organizing a local of
the brotherhood and railroad train
men.
The 239-mile road, which enables
transcontinental freight to bypass
Chicago, was recently seized by the
Government as the elimination Of a
strike dispute.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
DooIitfIe and 0'Hare
Promotions Go 10 Senate

President Roosevelt today asked
the Senate to promote two Of the
Nations best-known officers Of the
Army and Navy.
1t. Col. James II. Doolittle, out
standing speed flier, was nominated
for advancement to brigadier gen.
eral.
Col. Doolittle, winner of numer-
Gus trophies and one-time holder Of
the worlds high-speed record for
land planes, has been on active
Army duty for nearly two years.
He was an Army flyer in 1917-le30.
For. 1t. Comdr. Edward II. O'Hare,
Navy fighter pilot who received a
congressional medal of honor and q
promotion this week, the President
asked an advance OF 30 numbers IN
rank. Comdr. O'Hare, who had the
permanent rank of lieutenant Gu
nior grade) had been serving MS
temporary full lieutenant when he
was promoted Tuesday by the Presi-
dent to become lieutenant con"
mander.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Worst Flood In 38 Years
mandates Trinidad, Colo.
Nv the Associated prexs.

BY the Associated Press.
TRINIDAD, CoJo., April 23.-Two
street bridges were swept away and
about so business and residential
blocks were flooded today in Trini-
dads worst food in SO years.
Fifty families fed from their
homes as the Purgatoire River
spilled over retaining walls along a
twisting channel through the center
Of this Southern Colorado city. No
loss of life was reported.
The wreckage of one highway
bridge, at Chestnut street, piled
against the Colorado & Southern
Railway trestle.
The Purgatoire, already swollen
by melting mountain SHOWS, spilled
over its banks after heavy local
rainstorms.
The flood splashed around the city
Jail and about 20 men, mostly vol
untary lodgers for the night, were
guided out through a window. AL
rail trafic was blocked.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Ickes Calls Gas
Ration Estimate
'Unjustified'
2h-5-GoIIon Figure
Regretted; Cut Stirs
Wide Protests
(TeIt OF Gasoline Statement
on Page Az.

Petroleum Co-ordinator 1ckes
said today he saw no iustif1ca-
ton for anticipating" thai East
Coast motorists would be limited
under gasoline rationing to 2l2
to 5 gallons per week-the figure
advanced from sources at the
ONCE of Price Administration.
Il refuse to believe that people
will be put on such short rations, y
Mr.. Ickes said at a press conference.
He said that If present plans go
through he saw mo necessity for
such a drastic cut"
Mr.. Ickes refused, however, to say
how much gasoline motorists would
be allotted when the rationing goes
into effect. He said he thought it
was very unfortunate" that the
212-to-5 gallon-per-week 1gure had
been circulated.
These aren't my figures" he said
emphatically. Apparently they are
not even HenderSon's figures" Leon
Henderson is price administrator.
Sees Severe Cut Unneeded.
Secretary Ickes said Mr.. Hender-
son had issued a statement which
was right" and that some other
source at o. P. A. had given "a tip
of" on the 2la -to-5-gallon figure.
Our one objective here is to pro-
vide as much gasoline as possible, u
Mr.. IckeS said, and added that he
cant see any situation In the i'm
mediate future which would justify
such a drastic curtailment as had
been mentioned.
Wide Protests Received.
Widespread protests greeted yes
terdays announcement that gaso-
line rationing would be instituted ir
II Eastern States and the District
May Is, while the heads of five top
ranking war agencies joined in g
statement declaring that the Gov
ernment no longer would risk lives
of American seamen 80 some one
will have gasoline to go to a bridge
party or a ball game"
william A. Thibodeau, genera
manager Of the Automobile Lega
Association, telegraphed Mr.. Hen
derson from Boston that the pro-
posed limitation was wholly out OF
proportion with the hardshipS that
are imposed on other sections OF the
country"
He asked why Canada apparent
" is able to receive more ship
ments of gasoline for motorists from
the United States than we in the
coastal States" and said:
while we do not expect that 9
business usual policy can be fol-
lowed in times such as these, we
do expect any necessary restrictions
to be imposed in a fair and impair
tial manner"
Resort Hotel Men Protest.
New England hotel and resort
owners, visioning a death blow to
the $500 ,000, 900 recreational indus
try, have flooded" Washington with
protests, according to their spokes-
man, Willard H. Davis, managing
editor of the Hotel and Railroad
News. He told newspapermen that
resort hotel men, who already have
announced their opening dates, hired
their help and entered into other
commitments, are in a quandary.
In New York City, fear of ar
Eastern Seaboard gasoline price WaE
as result of rationing was ex-
pressed by Sol A. Herzog, counsel tc
the Eastern States Gasoline Con-
ference.
Mr.. Herzog, whose organization
has 10000 members, declared that
(See GASOLINE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1942-04-23
British Bombers Raid
Two SiciIian Towns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME From Italian Broad
casts. April 23-British bombers
raided the Sicilian towns of Ragusa
and Comiso last night, the Italian
high command announced today.
The raiders caused only slight
damage and no casualties, the an
nouncement said.
Axis planes, meanwhile, were re-
ported TO have continued their as
saults on the British Mediterrean
base at Malta. German fighters
were credited officially with shoot
ing down nine British planes over
the island.
Evening star., 1942-04-23

Doubling up" and even 'triplins
up" by motorists was advocated BY
all as essential for solution Of the
problem. Streetcar and bus passen-
gers, especially those who live near
the end Of lines. may expect more
discomfort and less service.
Particularly hard hit will be a
large number Of fairly populous out
lying communities currently served
by no public transportation. There
are hundreds of Washington work
ers in these communities who are
altogether dependent on private
automobile for transport TO their
Offices.
Evening star., 1942-04-23
Madras Peril Reduced;
Essential Offices Return
Ry The Associated Press.

by The Associated Press
MADRAS. India. April 23.-The
Madras government announced to-
day it had decided to bring back
essential government oficeS, which
had been moved inland, saying the
immediate threat TO Madras city
has now disappeared"
Recent transfer of many of the
Madras Offices and much OF the
population TO inland points coincid-
ed with Prime Minister Churchill's
announcement in London that q
large Japanese naval force, headed
by three batueships, was rowing the
Bay of Bengal
The return to the important
coastal city follows intimations from
India and Britain yesterday that
Allied sea power and air power In
the defense Of India was increasing.
Evening star., 1942-04-23

Rearrangement Of bus and street.
car schedules, concentration Of the
vehicles in heavily travelled sections
and reduction of service at the end
OF lines will be necessary TO meet
the problem. said E. D. Merrill, pres
ident of Capital Transit Co. which
serves major portion Of Washing
ton. He said duplication of service
would be eliminated in areas like
Macarthur boulevard NV. and
Hyattsville. which now are served
by both bus and streetcar lines.
Extensive relief in the form of
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