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Evening star., 1942-06-28
r. H. Zimmerman, "a, Dies;
With GP0 for S Years

Robert Hough Zimmerman. "a, a
native of Washington, died yester-
day at his home, 4707 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Mr.. Zimmerman was employed at
the Government Printing Once for
S. years. He retired in 1927.
He was 8 years old at the time of
the second Inauguration OF Presi-
dent Lincoln and remembered it
we'll. He had been taken to see the
Civil War Presidents first inaugura-
ton, put was too young to remem-
Der it. He witnessed every inaugura-
ton afterVard. When President
Carrie d was inaugurated, Mr. Zim-
norman was a member of the Wash
ington Light Infantry, which was
assigned to escort the new President.
He marched In the parade at the
Inauguration of President Benjamin
Harrison.
Mr.. Zimmerman was q member
Of Harmony Lodge II, F. A. A. NJ,
and of the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church. He Is survived by a
son, Johnston Hough Zimmerman,
and a daughter. Mrs Mary Zimmer-
man Tucker. The funeral will be
held at Hysong's chapel at 2 pm.
tomorrow. with burial in Congress
sional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Gasoline

Continued From First Pageo
able to get new deliveries until
Wednesday.
The shortage here is terrible" ac-
cording to a spokesman for the
American Automobile Association
He described it as worse than at any
time since rationing started.
One Of the largest distributors was
said by q representative to be very
short" until the new supply arrives
Wednesday.
Motorists Line Up for Gas.
One Of the last stations to close
in the city last night, at Twelfth
street and New York avenue NE,
drew such . big business that auto
mobiles lined up for nearly two
blocks in both directions waiting to
buy fuel The station will be closed
today. Like nearly all stations in
Washington. 1t will not open until
7 am. tomorrow.
Eighty per cent OF the 81, 900 deal
ers along the Eastern seaboard-
from Maine to Florida-were COM
pletely out Of gas, Sol A. Herzog,
general counsel of the Eastern
States Retail Gasoline Conference,
said in New York yesterday. He
described the situation as simply
hellish." Loaded trucks were strand
ed, passenger cars marooned and
other transportation threatened in
q belt extending from 40 to so miles
inland from the coast.
The List of closed stations further
inland grew hourly, as long lines of
waiting cars and trucks congested
roadways and streets near highways
In some areas, war plants were re-
ported hampered, physicians hand
icapped, and the public confused.
After announcing the gas price
increase, Mr. Henderson warned
that the permanent rationing plan
rs going to be tougher than the
average car user appears to realize. y
He pointed out restrictions on issu-
ance Of supplemental rations and
said:
Scores Of thousands of motorists
in the rationing area, who now hold
some form of the B or an x card,
are going to get along on q basic
A coupon book of less than four
gallons per week. They are going
to want to share rides in order to
Evening star., 1942-06-28
New Raid Insurance
To Become Effective
On Wednesday
Corporation to Accept
Binders for Policies
Pending Formal Contracts
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The War Damage Corp. said yes
terday 1t had authorized insurance
companies to put into effect on July
/ the new insurance against enemy
damage to property without waiting
for the receipt Of formal policy
forms.
The present free insurance plan,
made effective by the Federal Loan
Agency soon after this country en-
tered the war, expires at midnight
June 80. To replace 1t, insurance
will be sold by the War Damage
Corp, q Government agency
financed with 81 OO0, 900 900.
Delay arising out CT the setting up
Of the new system has resulted in
the deadline for the new program
approaching without an adequate
supply Of forms for the policies.
Therefore, Secretary Of Commerce
Jones has authorized all fiduciary
agents Of the corporation to issue
so-called binders.
Those instruments are used by in
surance companies when regular
contract form cannot be issued i'm
mediately and state that insurance
Is effective as OF the date provided
In the binder. The binders, the
corporation said, would be effective
until July 81, by which time, it is
expected the regular policies can be
issued.
Regular insurance companies will
sell the policies, being reimbursed
for expenses by the Government.
The insurance costs between 10
cents and IS cents per 500 of in
sured property year, the cost de-
pending on the type Of property.
The 10-cent rate covers dwellings
and contents. private garages. pri-
vate automobiles and farm proper
ties. Rates from Is to 20 cents cover
apartments and offices: 20 to 80
cents, factories and such structures
as bridges, and so to rs cents, boats.
The insurance will be available
for buildings In the United States,
Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
$4,000 Recruits Sought
By Smuts in Appeal
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAPETOWN. Union of South
Africa, June 27.-Field Marshal Jan
Christian Smuts appealed for
5000 recruits under IS today in a
national broadcast opening a drive
for fighting men to make up for
South African losses in Libya.
OF the Libyan setback, he said
For the disappointing result at
the moment South Africans cannot
be blamed nor can their British and
Indian comrades in Tobruk garrison.
Let critics who busy themselves
with post-mortems over Tobruk not
touch the heroes who were in it.
The blame, if there was any, must
be sought elsewhere
Marshal Smuts said total losses
in Libya had not been ascertained,
but that it was known two out Of
three brigade groups of the second
division and four artillery batteries
of the first division were in the
garrison which surrendered. Other
losses included 140 killed and l,945
missing.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

now exist between the British and
the Americans.
During the last war, the British
and French agreed in 1917 on a
single military commander-in chief
and developed a mechanism to CO.
ordinate their supply problems, and
that mechanism played an impor-
tant part in the victory of 1918.
The United States hopes to save
278,000 tons Of steel on one aspect
of the revised ship building program
which calls for building wooden
ships-among them 100 sailing YES
sells for inter-American service. The
saving to be spread in this fashion:
Navy, 38.52l gross tons; Army
Evening star., 1942-06-28

Germany, but the yacht was seized
in Miami, Fla, by Federal author
tiles who believed the group was
trying to get supplies to German
submarines.
Haupt is the son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Haupt of Chicago. both Of them
naturalized citizens, and himself a
United States citizen. Haupt was
an apprentice optical worker iii
Chicago, going to Germany in l94l.
Thiel reached the United States as
a youth and was once employed by
a hospital in Hammond. Ind, and
as toolmaker in Detroit. He also
worked in Philadelphia and Los
Angeles.
Neubauer entered the United
States under an immigration quota
through. the port Of New York as a
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Gets Harvard Post

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June q tP).
Appointment of Howard N. Smith
of Wellesley Hills, Mass, to the new
ly created position of controller OF
Harvard University was announced
today. Mr.. Smith, native of Wash
ington, has been affiliated with an
industrial banking firm in Boston.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

New Jersey oil company. From
1930-39 he and his wife were en-
ployed as domestics in Greenwich,
Conn.,. and Short Hills, N. J. In
1886 he was guest of the German
government at the Olympic games.
In 1889, he and his friends in New
York, all active in the bund move
ment, bought a yacht, 'Lekala," in
which they intended to return to
Evening star., 1942-06-28

seaman aboard the s. s. Leviathan.
In 1881 he worked In a Hartford
(Conn) hotel, and In various hotels
in Chicago from 193l-1939. He re-
turned to Germany In July, 1910,
where he served in the German
Army.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
Soldiers Will Leave
Arrival Cards at
Emborkotion Port
BY the AAsociated Pres.

The arrival Of soldiers over.
seas will be reported to relatives
and friends by arrival cards"
filled out and left at ports Of
embarkAtion, the War Depart
ment announced yesterday.
The cards will be mailed on
receipt of report from a COM
mander Of the troops aboard
each transport. The War De-
partment said the cards would
include such information as the
soldiers overseas mail and cable
address.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

ship building. 21,765 gross tons;
Maritime Commission, 100 1000; Coast
Guard, $500: Latin American sailing
ships, 10000; other, 10000.
Evening star., 1942-06-28

This cap, identified as a
German Many Marine In
tantry cap, UaS found Dith
sabotage material at ANA
gansett, Long Island.
A. P. WirephOtO.
Evening star., 1942-06-28
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The Nuzi Plot That Failed .


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Allies Ship Program
To Include Smaller :
And Faster Vessels
Army 'Enerooehment'
On WPB Is Criticized
By Two Senators

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make the ration 90 Is far as pos
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Big Piles of Scrap

War workers, whether they
sleep by night or by day. are
legally entitled to their slumbers
now.
The city fathers officially de-
clared that right Wednesday by
passing the long-proposed dog
amendment to the public nuisance
ordinance.
Dogs which persistently howl,
yelp or bark are specifically de-
clared to be public nuisances when
the fact of the bowling, yelping
or barking is established by a
fair representation of the sleep
less community.
The same ban is to be applied
to any fowl which habitually
crows.
Thus Is the lafe-working
shifter blessed and the early
rising rooster condemned by
sympathetic city councilmen
who have been hearing COM
plants for the past few
months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Pierce County
Wins lsi Round

King county commissioners
fought in King county superior
court Tuesday to crack the old
inter-county river improvement
contract with Pierce county, but
the court there ruled finally that
the need of continuing the contract
should be heard on its merits.
Trial of tn cease brought against
King county by Pierce county was
set for Nov. 10.
The court overruled King
county commissioners demur-
rers but concluded that the
question Of whether there Ii
any further need for maintain
ing the inter-county arrange
ment Is a question Of fact to
he decided by trial.
Pierce county's petition, neces-
sarily filed in King county SUI
perior court, seeks to force the
King county board to make its
agreed annual levy for mainten-
ance Of the inter-county flood con-
troll district.
The court ruled that IL
didn't make any difference
that the King county budget
has already been adopted,
without the levy.
1t is King county's argument
that the completion of Mud Noun
tain dam on the White river has
made further flood control expense
unnecessary. but the judge held
that must be established by intro
duction of evidence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Permits Indicate
Remodelinq Squirt

A building permit to allow re-
pairs costing $4,000 to the ware
house and dock Of the sperry
flour mills on the waterfront
headed the list issued by the city
Wednesday.
Permits issued by the building
inspector reflected a new interest
In the remodeling Of homes in the
city TO provide more family dwell
ings. J. Il. Berkheimer. Of South
Tacoma Way and NJ ST.. obtained
. permit for $1,000 In alterations
at 5ll Broadway. to convert a
home into five apartments; George
Scott. OF 14s2 No. Steele, one for
$500 to alter n two-apartment
building into one Of three units.
H. A. Sirles. Route 3. Box s44.
Tacoma. received q permit for a
$500 residence at 4o6 So. o7th
st The Buchanan Lumber q Ply
wood Co. was issued q $1,000 per-
init for construction Of q lumber
storage shed at 1744 No. soth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Coffee 10 Remain in Tacoma
During Coming Three Weeks


~ considered until Nov. Is
Three major pieces Of legisla-
ton were passed during The four
weeks Congressman Coffee spent
in Washington. d. c. after the
Sept s primary election These
were the 1919 year-old craft
amendment. the presidents anti
initiation bill and the poll tax.
Coffee's schedule calls for
meetings In South Tacoma and
suburban Seattle this Wednes-
day evening and = Democratic
rally nc the Odd Fellows hall
on Thursday.
Fasteners are more sware Of
the japanese menace nov than
they were. Congressman Coffee
said. The national capital is. con-
trary 10 reports, very war con-
scious. Rationing of many food
items Is in the offing with coffee,
bitter chocolate. pork and beef
very scarce in eastern cities but
plentiful in Chicago.
A plea for the people TO 20 to
the polls on Nov. was made by
Congressman Coffee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22


Congressman John -. Coffee
had returned 70 Tacoma wednes-
day to spend the next three weeks
renewing personal contacts with
Ms constituents in the 9Th district
along with an inspection trip to
federal institutions.
The congressman arrived BY
plane from Washington. ID. g.
over the northern route. De-
lsyed for several hours In spo-
kane. coffee visited with
Mayor Harry ID. Cain at the
Nairport.
Mrs. Coffee and son. John NJ.
r., remained in the national cap
ital because they did not wish 20
take their boy from junior high
school. The congressman il stay
ing with his mother. Mrs. Anne r.
Coffee, 7is 50. Grant ave. widow
Of the late pioneer. William B.
Coffee.
Congress IL In = period Of
semi-recess until otter the
elections on Nov. g. Con-
gresham Coffee said. No
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Station Wagon Owners
Don't Need Certificate

Owners Of station wagons, un-
less they charge a fare for rides.
do not need a certificate of war
necessity from the Office of De-
Tense Transportation. 1t was dis
closed Wednesday.
Station wagons are officially
designated as private busses" In
this state. and for that reason
only many persons who drive a
station wagon for their own use
received certificate applications
from the government this week
along with operators of regular
commercial buses. trucks and
other for hire vehicles.
The government forms. plus a
letter Of explanation as to the
nature OF the private bus. must
be returned as per instructions.
however. by all persons receiving
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Marri;aae
licenses

Marriage license applications
were received Wednesday by the
county auditor from the follow
ing couples:
John II. Hale. SO, and Theodocia
CDott) Ledbetter, so, both of 170s
So. SD St; William II. Foster. A,
of 6632 So. Huson st, and Bertha
A. Wienewsky, 40. of 4047 Pacific
ave-; James Rodney Erckenbrack,
Is. and Carol Evelyn Hallock, Is,
both of Seattle; Robert Thomas
Brock, 10, Dupont, and Marjorie
Alma Hatcher. Is, Steilacoom;
Walter Arthur Stretch, 20, and
Dorothy Mae Adair. 10. both of
Puyallup; Fred William Edgar,
%, McChord Field, and Bessie Lee
Jones, 10, Of 1902 So. e6th st;
Bryce Arland Ralston. 81, Fort
Lewis, and Helen Lois Clark, 81,
of COS So. Ainsworth ave-; Charles
Frederick Douglass. %. Fort
Lewis, and Alice Amelia Nc
Chesney. 10. Sidney. Mont.
George Anthony Trabert, "a.
and Laura Jean Kline. 10, both of
Seattle; Lloyd Clarence Stearman
jr.. 81, and Mary Ida Riddle, 10,
both Of Black Diamond; Carl Nor
ris Halvorson, 80. Seattle, and
Catherine Maxine Brickley, 81, of
S31 So. Pine St: John Wayne
Bradley. IS. Fort Benning. Ga,
and Rose Moser. "a. of 5036 So.
Puget Sound ave-: Howard Clyde
Griffith. 2s, Gray Field, and Eliza
beth Jane Can't, %. North
Platte. Neb.;
Donald William Rumney. 81, of
302l2 No. Tacoma ave, and Betty
Maxine Daily. IS. Hillross. Colo. :;
John Peter Swanson. 20. Puyallup,
and Mabel f. Thomson, "a, Sum-
ner; Marrill Edward Condiff. 81.
and Mildred Nora Breitbach, 81,
both of Ri 2. Box 20: Ralph Milo
Carlson. %. Fort Lewis. and Eve
iyn Verneta Rose Hartman. 20. OF
1877 So. saith st; Everett Stanley
Cnappell. %. Ashford and Evelyn
Leona Bloom, 1e. Elbe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Students in County Schools
To End Scrap Drive Saturday

was being received n carload lots
faster than Il can he handled.
That isn't botherinx - .
Bit he said. -since the salvage
directors tell n thai il quite
all right and thai students
should continue their utmost
efforts 60 round up the scrap
which win be shipped in due
course.
Most Of the schools are CO.
directly with their local
defense councils IN this DIVE and
in many instances the funds de-
rived s-om the sale Of scrap VIII
90 to the local civilian defense or
ganizstion.
Districts reporting thus far In
clude Ashford. Firerest. Parkland.
Puyallup. Sumner. Buckley, Eaton
Vile. orting. Gig Harbor and
Clover Park"
Plan Explained
The plan for having school
children name a Liberty ship is
one proposed by the L. S. mari
time commission and winners in
the contest will be the three
schools reporting the largest col
lection Of scrap per pupil A boy
or girl will be selected from each
of these schools to represent the
school children of the state at a
selec launching when the name
finally selected by the state COM
mittee from those sent in by pupils
or schools will be applied to a
newly built vessel of the merchant
marine.
Meantime, residents of Ia
coma and school children were
continuing their collection of
salvage scrap, which viii be
picked up in November
through arrangements with
the teamsters' union. Com
plete details of the Tacoma
collection viii be announced
at a later date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Bankers Called
In PC&0 Trial
Financial Deuls
Will Be Disclosed

Continuing testimony against
DIR" II. Harry Meyers claims as
a millionaire bridge builder, a role
he played with considerable sue
cess during the promotional days
Of the Peoples Gas a OIL Co. was
being heard In federal court here
Wednesday.
A delegation Of bankers from
Los Angeles arrived here In
the governments behalf We'd
nesday 10 tell Of Meyers per-
sonal bank accounts and fl
nanciaI transactions during his
ACTIVITIES with the p. q. a O.
that were climaxed four years
ago by n federal grand Jury
indictment against him for
mail fraud.
James Il. Thomas, J. Vance
Horning. Winthrop L. Brown. Al
bert L. Clark and Cyril X. Gren-
stad were to'present government
testimony contradicting Meyers
claims TO wealth.
Claims Denied
Their testimony was to follow
that given by group of San
Francisco bankers and officials of
the Golden Gate bridge district.
who developed the governments
record impeaching Meyers claims
to having built the span.
The governments case
against Meyers h founded
upon the fact that he was
represented 70 p. G. & O. In
vestcrs ~ . wealthy "angel"
who was personally financing
the search for oil In the DESC
late Frcnchman Hills area Of
eastern Washington.
Meyers millionaire character
role was ''substantiated" by p. C.
q o. sales executives-two of
whom committed suicide and a
third Is currently in the Mcneil
island penitentiary following their
conviction for mail fraud-for the
benefit Of hesitant investors by
pointing to Meyers record" as
the man who built the Golden
Gate span and some 400 other
bridges.
It was further purported in the
company's sales talks that Meyers
was engaging in the oil venture
only for the purpose of developing
eastern Washington 50 that 1t
would be economically feasible for
him to construct a $50. 000. 900
tunnel through the Cascades.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Yard Worker Knocked
Unconscious by Beam

Knocked unconsciousness when
his head struck a steel beam, Rob-
ert Severson. 17-year-old shipyard
worker, was in Tacoma General
hospital Wednesday morning with
possible conclusion and lacera-
tons Of the head Severson, who
resides at 1855 So. c St. fell down
a ramp after he was knocked I'M
consciousness. A shipyard ambu-
lence rushed him 10 the hospital
Tuesday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Rotary Club 10 Hear
Thomas A. Swayze

State Director OF Licenses
Thomas A. swayxe. who was Ia
coma's city controller for approxi-
mately = dozen years up to the
time Of his appointment by Cover
nor Lsngiie. win speak on state
Government Thursday noon at
the weekly luncheon Of the Taco
ma Rotary club Mt the Hotel VIM
throp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22

Stock sales were 672 500 shares
compared with 667. $50 shares
Tuesday. Curb stock sales were
106.s70 shares against 106,505
Tuesday.
NEW YORK - Realizing sales
brought irregularity into the stock
market Wednesday after an active
rise to NV highs since Pearl Har-
Dor. Volume was close to 700. 900
shares.
Steel shares were given a lift
at the outset on a favorable in
come report by Crucible Steel.
Later. when Republic Steel made
its report showing net income for
the first nine months equal to
s1.61 a share, against $3.50 a
share in the corresponding period
of last year, most issues of the
group receded.
Modest selling appeared in mo-
tors and they retreated to small
losses after Chryslers reached a
new 1912 top and General Motors
equaled its high. Railroad stocks
eased in most instances while the
so-called reorganization railroad
bonds experienced substantial
rally. Utilities and chemicals were
narrowly mixed. Oils held small
gains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
City Ordinance Bans Barking Dogs,
Noisy Fowls, as War Workers Aid

As the amendment was written
by Corporation Counsel Howard
Carothers, who has listened TO
most of the complaints about
Growing ROSTERS and barking
dogs, persons who harbor the
newly defined nuisances are liable
to fines of $500 and Jail terms as
high as 90 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
N. Y. Market Volume Heavy;
Some Stocks Rise Actively
Markets at q Glance
WEDNESDAY

stocks: Irregularly lower in mod
erately active trading.
Bonds: Irregularly higher; reor-
ganization rails rally.
Curb Stocks: Irregularly higher.
Cotton: Up around so cents a bale.
Wheat: y TO n cent higher.
Corn: Unchanged to \ lower.
Silver: Unchanged in New York at
44% cents an ounce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Cut Farm Machinery
0uipui 10 20 Pct.

WASHINGTON-The War Pro-
duction Board has cut production
Of virtually all farm machinery TO
20 per cent Of the 1910 output. At
the same time. wPB ordered con-
centration Of farm equipment
manufacture among the smaller
and intermediate producers.
The order does not apply to re-
pair parts. tractors. tractor
mounted implements. combines.
harness hardware and hand tools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22

Board Of directors of United Ma
tional corporation have declared a
dividend of 10 cents a share on the
corporations participating prefer
ence stock. payable Oct. 81 TO
stockholders Of record Oct. n. The
total dividend. amounting to s1e,-
1910. will be shared by approx
mately 1880 stockholders. United
National corporation has outstand-
ing 1881 participating prefer
ence shares.
BANK TRANSACTIONS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES si2 .e34,-
s6S.S9: balances $4.646. 9o1.95.
SEATTLE-Ciearings. S12.1s3,-
547.04; balances. S5.73s. 1854.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-22
Melon Supply Is
Good Wednesday

Melons, of all varieties, were
reported to be in large quantities
on produce row Wednesday morn
ing. They were all in good shape
and prices remained the same.
Frozen foods were selling on
strong market with no changes
reported.
All prices listed are wholesale.