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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15


80 II Is with The Tuttls. a
Tahiti whose screen record Il
now available AZ the Music 10,
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while Jon Hall and Pegsy Drak.
head the supporting cast.
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those screen adventures In
which We find IAughton At
his best hare foot. In ned
Of a shave and with an out
look IN lie which also could
sfand a bit Of . cleaning up.
When Iaughton play. the
good-hearted but shiftle>s
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
The original deadiine Ia
trim squads 10 - players
passed nj midnight last night.

William Harridge. president Of
the American league. said he con-
fered by telephone with Ford Prick
OF the National league and then
asked Commissioner ksnessw NJ
lands TO permit the deadlins sx-
tension. Lands. In the hospital
from a cold. granted
The request
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15

Billy wilder. for I've years cob
Iab0rstof zlih Charles Bfaekelt On
successful movie seflpts. nov -
direeting th~lF .4tsst sforY. ''irbs
IA tor ana tie MiHor.# staring
ClnRsr Rogers ana hsy Alllan1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15

Although Cecil Eslia@sy. play
Ing a lezalnT role In Paramount
My Heart B<iongs 10 Daddy. :
vas born 10 South Africa. Ne IL a
lineal descendant 81 zasn sho have
fought in every American VAR.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
War in Europo
Year Ago
May Il. lN

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
Strange Role For
John al Beverly

John Barrymore plays himself.
uses his real name. in the current
Kay kyser picture, RkO Radios
"Playmates,' now at the Beverly
theater.
The Profile's visit with a friend
on the set one afternoon Was in
terrupted when he was called to
do a scene with Kay and Mary
Robson.
What scene il ito" Barrymore
asked the assistant.
The one where the three of
you sit around drinking big glasses
of pasteurized milk" the other
replied
Barrymore turned to his friend.
Pardon me-" he bowed while
| step out of character for a
momentse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
Ii Riders Take Tor
5 Riviera Today
AShures Screen With
Wr. Wise Guy"

ern stars. the Rough Riders
nd RAYMOND Hafton-storm
rles Of hulles-streaked sdsen-
which opens today ~ the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

MEDNBSDAY.s RESULTS
BROOKLYN 4. Cincinnati 0.
Boston s. Chicago s.
ST. Louis .. Philadelphia /.
Pittsburgh }. New York l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
Extension Made
In Major Rule

CHICAGo-maJor league base
ball clubs kept their oversize
squads intact today after a rul-
ing extended the piayer-iimit dead
line 10 May Is because of the
large number Of men facing draft
calls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15

Few actors In Hollywood today
have such a lengthy and varied
stage experience as Sydney Green
STREET. years before he sue
cumbed to repeated studio offers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Wednesdays Results
Milwaukee 5. Kansas City 2.
Columbus I. Toledo 3
Louisville q. Indianapolis J.
Minneapolis II. ST. Louis 0.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
AMERICANS LEAGUE

Wednesdays RESULTS
Cleveland 7, New York 2.
Chicago 2. Boston ].
Philadelphia 10. ST. Louis D.
Detroit 8. Washington 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
HOLLYWOOD
HARRISON
Correspondent

W.
ne screen: Fire broke out in
which Is making = very poor
the blaze reported an actor
,ch good" Rest idea to explain
,ple of other nations Il a con-
spany To be formed by the five
Ia iesseninr demand for radio
drama. magazine and hook fiction.
and Hollywood icoss like the only
place where an author might eat
Let's of novels have unhappy
endlngs these days observes
Morton Greene They're being
made into movies" -. pon Harry.
red-headed western actor. has
been taking a 10, If r,bhlng about
a fiashy green cowboy outfit Ne
insists ia Just = Gene Autry re-
tread. In planning Tyrone
Powers new picture. The Rack
Swan" n pirate story. his studio
had 10 ohoose between CORY battle
scenes and shooting II In ealor
The Hays Office cautioned that
hloo.is all right IN hlzsk.ana-~h.ts
film, but not when II shows red.
srITFIRE STORY
From England. David Nlvsn has
written friends here about pFodue-
ton Of film called 'Tns spitfire.-
Much Of the picture 10 hslnT made
at combat field. and shows real
action. 1T ALI be the first full
length feature about any SERVES
over here that 10 technically per
feet" he said. Nobody appears
In the picture In . uniform In
which he Ia not entitled"
After hagxlIng for months and
falling TO get spencer Tracy for
picture sbsut WIN Rogers.
Warmers thought about testing
WIN Rogers. Ir. who leoss and
speaks amazingly like his father.
They don't mean To be an-
patriotic about II. hut you should
hear the piieous mosns Of The ss-
tors agents whose high sslsrse<i
clients are roanx In the army. The
talent peddiers won't collect 10
per rent Fl the rockies rew wages
-. II anyone has b~en Wondering
why Enrol Flynn hasn't b~en Try
ing In take To.syn or homh Bar
In. t's bsean.e he has . heart
siImsnt Both Army and Navy
have turned him doxn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-05-15
INTERNATIONAL
PACIFIC COAST lEAeuE

.samss behind leader.
WEDNESDAYS RESULTS
los Angeles ,. Seattle /
san Diego 4. Hollywood :
San Francisco =. Portland !.
Sacramento p. Oakland 4
HOW THE >FkIFs STAND
rattle $3.50. oI4os Angeles.
aeramento :. : Oakland -.
an Diego =. : Hollywood -.
ban Francisco Portland .....
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4 bout The Tuffies,

long way from New England stock.
Evening star., 1942-06-16

struggle and scored direct hits on
the enemy convoy.
-Four ships we're either set on fire
or sunk. An enemy petroleum tank
er was set aflre.
THE other big enemy convoy
coming from Alexandria was at
tackled by bombers and torpedo
carrying planes coming from our air
bases in Northern Africa and the
Aegean.
"An enemy destroyer was sunk
and six other units hit.
In aerial fighting, two Spitfires
were destroyed. One of our planes
has not returned to its base.
Tn naval engagements which
took place to the east and west of
Malta We lost a heavy cruiser.
which was first hit by aerial torpe-
does and then by sea torpedoes.
"One of our destroyers was seri-
ously damaged, but was able to
reach a Home port. The greater
part Of the crews were saved"
Without explaining whether it re-
ferred to the sea fights, the COM
munique said also that the British
had lost q planes in operations in
the Western Mediterranean on Sum-
day and another II yesterday, with
Italian planes missing.
1t added that Russian subma-
Evening star., 1942-06-16
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, June 16.-An ap-
peal to recruit colored workers to
harvest Eastern Shore crops brought
only two men-one Of whom had
lost an arm-to the Baltimore
registration center.
The two were the only ones to
volunteer in the first day Of enlist
ing workers after employment and
State officials and colored leaders
had appealed for at least 750 work.
ers to ease . critical farm labor
shortage.
The United States Employment
Service planned to send the 75O to
Crisneld tomorrow on q State
owned ferry boat and Gov. O'Conor
had promised free passage.
Fred Gambrill, employment serv-
ice farm placement director, said
however, that he had not yet given
up hope Of obtaining more workers
from Baltimore.
He told shore ohcials they might
discuss the possibility Of declaring
an emergency and asking all resi-
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Two Colored Workers Answer
Appeal for $50 as Farm Hands

dents Of truck farm sections to work
in the fields.
County farm agents said shore
truck farmers are getting by" in
harvesting their soybean crop, but
predicted dire results If more field
hands are not found to harvest the
tomato crop, due in about two weeks.
c. z. Keller, county farm agent
at Princess Anne, said four shore
camps for migratory workers, each
with a capacity Of 600 workers, are
virtually empty, with less than 20
workers at the Princess Anne camp.
Shore officials were disappointed
when told of the meager results Of
the recruiting campaign here but
said In the past they found city
workers less efficient and less willing
than rural or migratory workers.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. TUESDAY JUNE 49, 1912
Two GirdIes Apiece
To Help WAACs Keep
Uniforms BuIge|ess
Elaborate Wardrobe Listed
For Ccndidotes Who'll
Seek Commissions
b tfs Associated Press.

b tfs Associated Press.
FORT DES MONIES. Iowa, June
16.-There will be little excuse for
the uniforms Of the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps bulsing in the
wrong places. The Army is going
To Issue two eirdles apiece to the
girls.
The quartermaster's department
Of the WAAC officers training school
today disclosed the undersarments
milady will receive when she and
800 other women report in mid-July
Each candidate on reporting will
receive two girdles and thereafter
one year.
Army Wardrobe Listed.
Besides uniforms and other sur
face clothing previously announced,
the candidate viii be given:
One cotton and one wool bathrobe
three braSsieres. six rayon drawers
two exercise suits, five pairs OF
gloves, including one leather pair
and another leather with wool lin.
ing; one muf1er, two pairs Of cotton
and two pairs of flannellette pa
jamas, four pairs Of dress shields
eight shirtwaists, one pair Of bar
racks slippers.
Three slips, eight pairs of cotton
and eight pairs Of rayon hose, one
sweater, one lotion bottle, one
clothes brush, three tooth brushes
two shower caps, one comb, one soar
holder, one housewife" lit Ioi
needles, thread and the like; one
cream jar, one mirror.
Hankies Not for Weeping.
A pair Of sunglasses, four bath
towels, one first-aid packet, one
meat can, cup, fork, knife and spoon
Besides the original issue OF 1e
pairs Of stockings, each candidate
will receive eight more pairs OF
both the cotton and rayon hose
each year.
The commanding oficer also may
authorize the issuance of wool un-
dershirts and drawers.
The candidates also will be given
six handkerchiefs and the schedul.
calls for the issuance Of six more a
year. but they are not supposed to
be for weeping.
Soldiers don't cry"
Evening star., 1942-06-16

Building. the Navy Yard and the
headquarters Of the Inter-Allied
Command, 1t was said, would cease
work and black out completely only
for Is minutes Of the test, however.
During the remainder of the black
out period cleaning of the 10000, 900
square feet Of floor space viii 60 on,
with all unnecessary lights out and
necessary illumination shielded so
far as possible.
The District is joining the State
Of Virginia and four Maryland coun-
ties in the test.
Street lights both here and in
nearby Arlington will be of, and
trafnc lights at some 500 intersec-
tons here will be dimmed. A few
trafic lights here, however, and all
Of them in Arlington will be on ex-
cept during the half-hour alarm
period.
Safety Appeal Issued.
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer issued q city-wide appeal to
continue the record of two practice
blackoutS without a single serious
traf1c mishap. Driving at Is miles
an hour and with dimmed lights
will be permitted during the black
out period, except during the half
hour alarm, when only authorized
emergency vehicles will be permitted
to move.
Mr.. Van Duzer said Washington
has one Of the best records in the
country for trafIic safety during
blackouts. There have been no ac-
cident fatalities within the city
limits, he said, and only one in the
entire Metropolitan Area.
For the first time in 80 years, Glen
Echo Park will be closed during sea-
son at 8 pm. The rides will be open
at noon as usual and the swimming
pool open at am.
The twilight musicale scheduled
in the Washington chapel tomor-
row night has been Cancelled. break
ing q sequence of l,400 concerts
given during the past nine years at
the chapel at Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV. The program
scheduled for Saturday, however,
will be held as planned.
There will be no meeting Of the
Little Congress. according to an
announcement by Speaker James
Brown Of Oklahoma. ''''' q
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Italy Admits Loss
OF Heavy Cruiser

ROME (From Italian Broadcasts) !,
June 16 (P.-The Italian high COM
mand announced today the loss of
a heavy italian cruiser, destruction
of an Allied cruiser and two destroy
ers, the sinking or firing of five
other Allied vessels and damage to
II more in a series of heavy naval
and air battles in the Central Medi-
terranean yesterday.
The Italian communique, giving
q narrative Of the actions, declared:
During a great air-naval battle
which ended last night in the Med
iterranean, the navy strongly par
ticipated with its forces.
1.-TWO great conveys arriving from
the western and eastern ends of
the sea have been attacked by our
submarines which hit by torpedo
two of the units of . squadron
sailing from Gibraltar.
"At dawn on June Is to the south
of Pantelleria, the Gtalian) fortified
island between Sicily and the
African coast, the 7th Naval Divi-
SlOIl, 1O1 A1CO Vi tWo ASllt III
and five destroyers, violently at
tackled convoy on its way to Malta
from Gibraltar.
Although this convoy was es-
corted by superior forces composed
of at least two cruisers and II de-
Stroyers, it withdrew, dispersed and
covered itself in smoke screen.
Fighting at Close Quarters.
I'm the fighting which ensued at
close quarters, an enemy cruiser
exploded and sank in the face of
concentrated fire of the Eugenio di
Savoia and the Raimondo Monte
cuccoli. Utalian cruisers Of 1888
and 6941 tons.0 Two enemy de-
stroyers were badly hit.
'eAn enemy cruiser ana destroyer
were torpedoed by our destroyers.
Our ships were targets of contin-
uous but unsuccessful enemy air at
tacks and continued throughout the
day on offensive action against en-
emy units.
Another enemy destroyer was
sunk by our gunfire.
Axis air forces intervened in the
Evening star., 1942-06-16
U. S. HuIts SEQ Water
Sole at $40 q Gallon
h thu Associated Press.

D tdo A4&0Cl8teo SteSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-The
United States Government yester-
day stopped the sale Of the Pacific
Ocean at $40 per gallon.
The product was labeled "Merlek"
and retailed in half-gallon bottles
for SO per bottle, Assistant United
States Attorney A. J. Zirpoli told
Federal Judge A. r. st. Sure.
Judge st. Sure placed Michael
Lee, IS, on probation for five years
and fined him $1,000 on his plea
of nolo contendere to a criminal
charge Of shipping misbranded
products in interstate commerce.
Mr.. Lees probation stipulates that
he must not sell his product unless
the labelling is approved by the
Federal Food and Drug Admin
istration.
Mr.. Lee told the court the sea
water was given q light treatment
which brought out peculiar proper
ties which helped any one deficient
in minerals"
Evening star., 1942-06-16
BIuckout
s(Continued Prom First Page.)

willful violators, wardens and other
civilian defense workers have been
nos10ed. tney are not permitted 10
make forcible entry Of any private
place or extinguish private lighting
during apsacts tsee-haaeaeut. ~
So Federal Buildings In Test =
Almost 500 Federal buildings WIN
cooperate in the test, according to
the Public Buildings Administration.
During the alarm period Of half an
hour, the structures will be COM
pletely dark and employees will be
gathered in shelter areas. The War
and Navy ofnces in the Munitions
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Western Atlantic Sinkings
Are Increased to 272

The war total of United Nations
and neutral ships sunk in the West
eren Atlantic stood at 272 today as
six new sinkings were announced.
Meanwhile, the fate Of an Ameri-
can freighter, missing four months,
was veiled in mystery.
Navy and other reports of the re-
cent victims said that the ever-active
U-boats had picked off two Amer
ican merchantmen in Cuban waters,
a large Panamanian cargo vessel in
the Gulf of Mexico, a Norwegian
tanker off South America, an un-
identified ship in the Atlantic and
a British schooner off the British
West Indies.
Vanishes without Trace.
Naval and shipping circles were
discussing the disappearance with
out a trace of the New Orleans
freighter Miraf1ores of the Standard
Fruit g. Steamship Co., last sighted
February Is.
Like the United States Navy COL
lier Cyclops, which vanished in 1918
during the World War en- route
home from the West Indies and was
never heard of again, the Mira
flores provided another wartime
mystery.
Neither the ship nor its crew has
been reported since last seen of the
Haitian coast, the Navy revealed
yesterday. The Mirofores, vessel
of 2158 gross tons and 270 feet long,
sailed from New Orleans February 6
with crew of "a on routine voy-
age to Haiti, and departed from
Haiti for New York February IA.
The mystery of its disappearance
was deepened by the fact that at
that time the Axis submarine cam
paign had not been extended into
the waters in which the Miraflores
was sailing.
Rescue Refused.
Survivors of one of the recent
Caribbean sinkings-one Of the two
American merchantmen announced
Yesterday as lost-told on being
landed at an East Coast port OF
how they had waved would-be res
cuers out of the danger area.
Both rescue attempts were made
by Brazilian ships, the survivors
said, and they each lay hove to for
half an hour until the seamen In
lifeboats finally persuaded them to
sail on lest the submarine get them
too.
The newspaper Ell TEMPO in Bo-
gotta, Colombia, said today that
three United States ships have been
torpedoed recently near the Colon
bian islands of st. Andrew and
Providence, in the western Carib-
bean Sea. The sinking of one OF
the ships was confirmed, El TEMPO
said, when a lifeboat with 26 sur
vivors was found.
The islands are about 800 miles
north of the Panama Canal.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
z Air Troinees Killed
In Cunudiun Crash

By the Associated Press.
MACLEOD, Alberta, June 49,
Two airmen from No. Service Fly.
ing Training School at Macleod
were killed yesterday in the COLI
sion Of two training planes while
engaged in formation flying near
Granum, it was announced late
yesterday. Their names were with
held pending notification of rela-
tiyeS.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
IS Killed in Sinking
0fU. Merchantmen;
80 Others Rescued
Loss Seventh for Allies
Reported in Two Doys;
Freiehter Disappears
q, tie Associated Press.

q! tie Associated Press.
A GULF COAST PORT, June
16.-F'our members Of a naval
gun crew who fired their gun
until the recoil slapped the
ships plates lost their lives along
with II seamen, in the sinking
Of their medium sized United
States merchant ship.
Five other members of the gun
crew and 25 seamen were saved after
being in the water eight hours, some
of them swimming or hanging to
small bits of wreckage until other
cargo ships picked them up.
1t was the second sinking reported
in renewed submarine forays in the
Gulf after a fortnight of no re-
ported ship losses in the inner Gulf.
Earlier the Navy Department
In Washington announced six
other new sinkings in the West
ern Atlantic. placing the war to-
tai of destroyed Allied and neu-
tral vessels in that area at 272.
The Navy also pondered the fate
of an American freighter missing
four months)
Struck BY Two TOrpedoes.
The latest attack took place at
i:50 am. on June II, the 9th Naval
District headquarters announced,
and two torpedoes struck the mer-
chantman almost simultaneously on
the starboard side.
Despite the sinking condition of
the ship the Navy gun crew imme-
diately manned its 5-inch gun and
got off at least three rounds at a
light in the distance, believed to be
the submarine. Result of the gun
fire was unknown, but shortly after
ward after the remainder of the
crew had abandoned the ship two
more torpedoes struck.
One of these was an incendiary
which fired the fuel oil, and the ship
was enveloped in flames. The sec
ond lifeboat was caught in the
flames and the men in 1t had to
abandon the boat and leap into the
water.
The bodies of Thomas C.. Harris
jr., of Richmond, Va, gun crewman
and Edward Oppenheimer of Long
Island City, N. Y, were recovered
Six other bodies eventually were
recovered and brought to a Gulf port
but Identification has not been
made,
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Bottle
Continued From First Page

convoy coming from the Atlantic,
the convoy coming from Alexandria
which was strongly escorted was
shattered" the communique said.
The high command announce
ment, as broadcast by TranSocean,
German news agency, said all the
losses enumerated were inflicted on
the convoy westbound from Alex
andria.
German broadcasts not only re-
Trained from repeating specific
Italian claims to destruction or dam
age to British vessels but told
far different story of the action.
Out of a British eastbound con-
voy from Gibraltar, the Germans
said, "only a few units" reached
Malta. The German broadcast
added that Italian naval forces
operating in the eastern Mediter-
ranean forced another big convoy,
westbound from Alexandria to
Evening star., 1942-06-16
MAY Grow Pitu Fiber

Colombia is considering the pro-
duction of pita fiber, from plants
growing wild, to make up the United
States deficiency in sisal or Manila
fiber.
Evening star., 1942-06-16

Malta, to turn back at Alexandra
and inflicted heavy losses"
The Italians said it was the east
bound Gibraltar-to-Malta convoy
which was attacked by the Italian
naval force. 1t appeared probable,
moreover, that today's Italian COM
munique included yesterdays
claims to the sinking of a cruiser,
two destroyers and four ships" in
the eastbound convoy.
Evening star., 1942-06-16
Acknowledgement Reported.

NEW YORK, June 16 R.-CBS
reported today that a British radio
broadcast in the German language
acknowledged that naval battles
took place in the Mediterranean"
and that enemy attacks on the
British conveys were extremely
heavy"