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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
PENSIONERS WOULD
EXTEND STATE BENEFITS

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Editor, The Times: We wish
10 call your attention to the ar
ticle in The Times August 25th
assumably from the State So
cial Security board which re-
veals interesting financial fig
ures relating 10 medical aid
given old age pensioners under
the provisions of initiative 14l,
and that the state bears all q
this. medical expense. and that
the new initiative Isl will ex-
tend such free medical services
to 5000 others on general
relief.
The last paragraph states
there are 10000 dependent child
ren on the relief rolls. $4,000
persons on general relief and
1000 blind pensioners. who
would deny these reliefers med
ical aid?l
Yes. initiative Isl will extend
the medical aid to these 5000
persons. The sponsors Of initia-
tive ISL believe in the golden
rule and want to extend the
benefits We enjoy.
The article called special at
tention 10 the fact thar the
state pays for the whole bill for
medical aid. unlike the pension
provision for which the federal
government matches dollar for
dollar. In this respect We are
interested in a bill now before
congress sponsored by Con-
gresham Coffee which provides
that the federal government
shall match dollar for dollar
for medical aid IN states that
have the free medical plan.
With this coming election in
itistive i4l runs out. as does
all other initiatives. and initi-
stive Isl is 70 take its place.
Washington Old Age Pension
Union. Tacoma Branch
President. Allen Emerson
Vice President, Edward L Put
tes-
Secretary. Mrs. D. n. Gephart-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

company. Rolls took up flying
in 1910 and made his epoch
making channel flights. Five
weeks later he was killed at a
flying meet at Bournemouth.
The company he started with Sir
Henry Royce now builds the
superspeed airplane engines
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
SO THEY SAY

AL Of this nonsense about how
many panties and girdles and
brssxieres and things the women
in these suxilisries are going 10
wear will cause US 70 lose our
rnodssty. - Senator Ellison D.
Smith OF South Carolina
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
war-and even our part Of it
Is not progressing satisfactorily.

war-and even our part Of it
Is not progressing satisfactorily.
When John Q. Citizen says
I'VE are being treated no better
than Togo treats his Japs or
Hitler his Germans" he's wrong.
We are not fed lies-except once
In a rare while by \ smart aleck
publicity boy, as in the case o.
the photograph taken from the
air showing arrows pointing to
vital positions. The official re-
ports can be depended on for
sccuracy-so far as they 20.
The man who wishes TO know
the facts should read carefully
the prepared statements issued
by the high commands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

3. Two Of our present gener-
ais are grandsons Of famous
Civil war generals. Do you
know who they are?
Answers on Page !
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
BY John Hir

used in Britian's famed Spit
fires and Hurricanes. as well as
other fighting craft. Recently
American fighter planes have
come to be powered with
Rolls-Royce engines manufac-
tured under liscense in this
country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

ROLLS TRAGEDY

Charles Stewart Rolls. the
first Englishman to make a
nonstop crossing and recros-
sing OF the Channel. was a CO.
founder of the famous Rolls
Royce automobile and motor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
AFTERMATH or WAR
NOT PRETTY THING

Editor The Times: We prepare
for the enemy horhers that may
never come. but things are Ger
tsinly coming 70 Us from the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

ClvlllAn CLONES
signify I?
2. The rank
of leader in
the w A A C
corresponds to
what rank IN
the army,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
. WAR QUIZ

!. What does this silver but
ton. which In worn only with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

The Germans are going to find out
that American boys are able to put on
a good front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03
ny FREDERICK MOORE
(sabeing for Ray Tucker)

From all the IS states come
complaints that I'VE are kept
In the dark" and resentment Is
rife that the government ev1-
IDENTIFY thinks we can't take IT.
I'VE realize" 20 the saying runs.
s.that we are having losses and
Ne want TO hear what they
are"
That the public is not always
told specifically IL unquestion-
ably true. However. we are be-
ing given q broad picture OF
events We get the bad with
the good, though actual figures
and relative scores, the Army
and Navy contend. would be
helpful to the enemy. The two
departments have, nevertheless.
informed US that in general the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-03

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.As- hi-s<ls frseesiy; esd sAsvs
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Evening star., 1942-02-13
|. J. Lam, Bank Examiner,
Dies in HOSPITAL Here

Lee J. Lam, 80, bank examiner,
died early today at Garfield Hospi-
tai where he had been i'll slightly
over a month. Funeral services will
be held at pm. tomorrow at Dan
zansky's funeral home, with burial
probably on Sunday in New York.
Mr.. Lam graduated from the Ma
tional University law school in 1888
and was a member of the District
bar. He was employed for some years
at the City Bank and more recently
as a bank examiner with the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. He was
lieutenant in the Reserve officers
group.
Mr.. Lam made his home at 1902
Decatur street NV. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Sylvia Lam:
three brothers, Jack Of Washington,
and Benjamin and Max of New
York. and his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Lam. also of New
York.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 49,
China Seen Pressing
War Even i Japs
Cut Burma Road
Chang Adviser Says
Chunekine Will Fight
Until Final Victory

Regardless of the temporary for
tunes of war, China will continue
fighting Japan until it achieves
final victory, Owen j. baltimore,
personal political adviser to Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek told
White House reporters after seeing
President Roosevelt today.
Mr.. baltimore, Just returned from
six months at Chungking, said that
holding Of the Burma Road was
vital to effective cooperation among
the United Nations, but that its
possible loss would not determine
survival of China as q fighting coun-
try.
After nearly five years Of de-
fensive war, the Chinese are closer
to victory today than ever" Mr..
baltimore said. They have main
tanned themselves by every ingenious
method, and have developed a
wonderfully effective defensive tech
nique. If the Burma Road is lost,
China will be able to continue Tight
ing and will do So"
China 4 Major Power.
He emphasized that the Chinese
were prepared to do their full share
in holding the important supply line.
Recalling that China had been
considered the underdog in this war
from the beginning. Mr.. baltimore
pointed out that the Chang Kai
shek government was now considered
a full member of the Big Four among
the United Nations, and that China
had made itself major world power.
He indicated that one Of the i'm
portant uses of the $500, 900 900 loan
just made by the United States to
Chungking would be for the further
development of production and conf
munication facilities within China.
Currency sterilization also is to be
q major use of the fund
A bin appropriating the money
was signed by the President today.
Mr.. baltimore said he expected to
return to Chungking for an indefi-
mite stay.
Alaska Defense Discussed.
Directly after seeing Mr.. Latti-
more the President conferred with
Ernest Gruening, Governor OF
Alaska.
Mr.. Gruening told reporters that
he had discussed Alaska's place in
both defensive and offensive war
plans.
A Dutch general and admiral also
saw the President today on mill
tary and naval matters" but they
would not hint what those matters
we're. They are Gen. r. Dyxhoorn
and Rear Admiral J. w. Termytelen,
who came to the White House with
the Netherlands Minister. DR.. A.
Loudon.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Australians Count on u. S.
For Aid, Cecil Brown Says

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 tP.-Cecil
Brown. c. B. S. reporter speaking
from Sydney, Australia. declared to-
day that because Of the imminent
fall of Singapore and the Japanese
threat to the Dutch East Indies
Australians now feel there is only
one method to ward of an attack
on Australia herself-"They are
counting on the United States to
keep the japanese out"
The argument voiced most often"
Mr. Brown added, is that America
should fight from Australia, not so
much for this country as for Amer
lea herself.
IF the Allies are driven out of
Java and even Northern Australia
then all of the vital bases for air
attacks on the Japanese positions
will be gone The japanese then
must be attacked by sea from New
Zealand, Hawaii and the West Coast
of the United States, thousands of
miles away"
Mr.. Brown said the impending loss
of Singapore had brought from many
Australian newspapers the sharpest
criticism against Great Britain's
conduct of the war. The kind
of criticisms of the mother country
which never have appeared here be-
fore.
In the past few days scores of
people have told me that the chaos,
defeats and constant retreats must
end and end at once. . . Much of
the peoples bitterness comes from
the fact that their men were forced
to tight in Malaga and Singapore
with very meager air protection.
That hasn't gone down very well
with a country which sent its men
to Crete"
Mr.. Brown said the Australian
government has just ordered COM
plete organization Of men and money
for defense. They say that within
six weeks the men and women work.
ers of this country will be either in
the army, engaged in war work or in
essential industries"
But, he added, 'the people here
know that the salvation of this
country depends on overseas troops
and ships and airpianes from other
countries"
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Racing Results
HiuIeuh Park

By the Associated Press.
weights: msidens: a-yesr-oids; 3 fuTionss
Yolandita GJohnston) 14.70 so 400
La Richie (Arcaro) 14.00 500
Betty Leon iDe LarD $50
Also e' rsnooptimism. Beth B.. Porter's
Tea Moonmiss' Linden GIL Prize Darn
Peyif sy snd TSi0sf Mrs y p A. 3. wid.n.r entry
fField.
SECOND RAcE-.Purse: $1,000; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up; g turlonss,
Flaming High (Coule) 1910 $50 40
Pause tMehrtens) 4.90 $50
Puro OFo tMcCreary) 7.3O
Also ran React. Dcty Step, Friar's
Scout. Rissa. Commixion. Millmore. Stimuli
Tellemof1, Cherriko.
THIRD RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming;
4-year-olds and up: furlonss.
Halcyon Boy tGarzal $50 40 $40
Weisenheimer lHaskelD $50 $50
Uncle Walter day $50
Also ran-Bulldineer. Shadows Pass, Con-
nausht Boy Angler, One Tip, Sherron-
Ann, Mar lie. Commencement.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse. 81 200: claim
french ins tysaTr0'eS horn wooi snf Ss5o
Prairie Dor (Moore) 1880 1000
Down Six tMehrtens o.so
Also ran-British Warm Cuckooman.
Tony Weaver, Aaron Burr, General Jack.
Justice M. Jimson Belle.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Senate Unit Approves
Inquiry Into Transfer
OF Federal Workers
Tydines Resolution Voted
Despite Roosevelt Order
For Similar Survey
Earlier Story on Page A-s.)

Earlier Story on Page A-sD
The Senate Appropriations
Committee late today made a
unanimous favorable report on
the Tydings resolution for an
investigation to find out how
many employees can be trans
ferred from non-defense to de-
tense agencies to avoid further
enlargement of the Federal
clerical force here.
Earlier, President Roosevelt an
nounced he had directed all depart
ment heads to make a similar sur
vey Of personnel requirements, but
Senator Tydings said this afternoon
he would still seek Senate approval
of his resolution.
Chairman Glass filed the favor
able report of the appropriations
group. after which the resolution
was sent to the Audit and Control
Committee, since it calls for an
allotment of $4,000 from the con-
tingent fund for the inquiry
When the Audit Committee re-
ports the resolution will be ready
for a Senate vote. 1t directs the
Appropriations Committee or any
subcommittee thereof to make the
investigation.
Action came while the Senate
was in the midst of heated debate
over the need for economy in nom
essential Government activities.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
WeIders Beat Pickets
In Union Fight al
Tacoma Shipyard
Dozen Policemen Cont
QueII Workers; Prisoner
Freed From Petrol Cor
By the Associated Press.

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 13.-
Between 40 and so pickets seek
ing an independent welders
union at the big Seattle Tacoma
Shipyards were. beaten, their
picketing signs torn from them
and then they were chased over
the tideflats in a clash with A.
F. L. welders coming of duty to-
day.
About q dozen policemen on duty
at the yards were unable to stop the
fighting. One of the A. F. L. welders,
arrested and placed in patrol
wagon, was freed by his fellow
workers.
Conditions outside the shipyard
gates were normal In about two hours
and no pickets were seen.
The fighting started when one
shift left the yards about 10 minutes
after other shifts of hundreds Of
men went through the picket lines
to work
Charles L. Brinkerhoff, spokesman
for the striking welders. said last
night in announcing plans for
picketing. this morning that about
800 men still we're out.
In the melee today, Mr. Brinker-
hof was knocked down and beaten.
He suffered body bruises and a cut
above an eye A fellow picket, in
trying to protect him. was knocked
down on top of Mr.. Brinkerhoff and
kicked in the head.
Welders have been asking an in
dependent status because they
claim they must pay dues to a num-
Der Of A. F. L. unions as they change
from one welding job to another.
The A. F. L. unions have closed
shop contracts with the shipyards,
and some welders have been dis
charged for non payment Of dues
as provided in the pact.
The walkout started more than
two weeks ago with about l,100 men
out.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
U. 5. Refugees
Continued From First Page ]

she asserted. They had no planes
to protect them"
Mrs. Hanna brought her daugh-
ter. Carol Ann, 6.
I'VE were wiped out by the war"
Mrs. Hanna said, referring to the
dental clinic her husband had es-
taolished in Penang.
Mrs Paul Stewart Of Portland,
Greg. and her two children, 3,s
and 9 months old, both born in
Singapore, arrived.
She told Of seeing planes being
transported to airfields near her
home. but they never got into the
air."
Mrs. Ruth Lester. San Francisco,
Calf, whose husband, Carleton
Lester. an executive Of the American
President Lines. is in Australia,
arrived with her Malayan cat.
Mrs. Benson told Of being in a
department store at Penang when
the first Japanese bomb dropped
80 feet away. The back of the
store caught fire We just simply
stood STILL" she said.
I'VE got the last ferry out Of
Penang Our car was loaded with
debris, but could still travel. Some
Aussies fsoldiers) unknown to US
gave us petrol from their trucks"
Evening star., 1942-02-13

had told him that for a small pay
ment annually until the end Of his
third term in January, 1945. he could
receive a Federal annuity amount
ing to half-pay.
S502,000 Appropriation Cited.
In further justification for the
annuity plan. Mr. Ramspeck cited
an appropriation of $502,O0O this
year to pay retirement compensa-
ton to Federal judges who are not
required to contribute to a pension
fund.
The Georgia member also said a
survey showed that IS per cent of
members of the House serve less
than three terms of two years each
and that a person must have served
at least five years to benefit under
the annuity plan.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Pan-American Setup 10 Halt
Colony Shift Now in Effect

A convention adopted at the
Havana conference of American
foreign ministers in 1910, setting up
machinery for the taking over of
any European colonies in this hemi-
sphere to prevent their transfer to
another nom American state, was
proclaimed in effect by President
Roosevelt yesterday.
The Presidents proclamation was
issued, the State Department an
nounced, after notice of ratification
by two thirds of the 81 American
republics had been deposited with
the American Union, as re-
quired by terms of the convention
to put it in force.
The IA governments which have
ratified the convention are the
United States, the Dominican Re-
public, Costa Rica, Brazil Peru,
Panama, Ell Salvador, Haiti, Guate-
mala, Argentina, Venezuela, Colom-
bia, Ecuador and Honduras.
Under the convention, the threat
ened territory would be placed
under a provisional administration
representing all the American re-
publics.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Firms Claim Advantage
On Far Northern Front

HELSINKI, Feb. 13 [P.-Finnish
newspapers said today that Fin
lands troops have continued to hold
the upper hand in fighting at the
far northern flank Of the Russian
battlefront and only await q big
spring push by Germany to uncork
their own offensive.
Meanwhile, German-Finrish
trade treaty covering transactions
for 1912 was signed here today.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
bennett Finally Goes
Before Jury Probing
NaziPropaganda
Deputy MorshoIs, Lawyer.
Two Doctors Needed
To Get Him to Appear
BULLETIN.

District Court Justice r.
Dickinson Let's late today or
dered Prescott bennett, chair
man of the Islands for War
Debts Committee, held under
$500 bond as a material wit
ness for the Government in
the forthcoming trial of
George Sylvester Viereck, in
dicted Nazi agent.
Prescott bennett, involved in the
operation Of isolationist organiza-
tions which the Government al
leges were financed by the Nazis,
was taken before the special grand
jury investigating German propa-
ganda this afternoon-but not un-
til two doctors, a lawyer and a
number of deputy United States
marshals had visited him.
Mr.. bennett failed to appear be-
fore the jury yesterday, claiming
OF District Court was informed this
morning that the witness had again
failed to appear.
Deputy Coroner Sent.
Justice Let's issued an attachment,
and deputy marshals were sent to
Mr.. Dennetts home at 1916 Ver-
mont avenue NV. There, they re-
ported, they found him in pajamas
and saying he felt very bad. He
wouldn't bulge, they reported.
Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
Murphy was then sent by the court
to give Mr.. bennett an examination.
The attachment, under circum-
stances which bewildered courthouse
reporters. was withdrawn.
DR.. Murphy reported that he could
flnd nothing wrong with Mr.. Den
nett. That did not satisfy the wit
ness mother, Mrs. Mabel F. Den
nett, who summoned a private doc
tor.
Jury Complains to Judge. &.
The physician showed up as did
Mr.. Dennett's lawyer Deputy mar
shals waited, while those concerned
went into a huddle. The decision
apparently was in favor of DR.. Muir
phy-for Mr.. bennett soon ducked
out back door.
He went to District Court and a
short time later went over to the
Municipal Court Building, where
the grand jury is holding its ses-
sions.
The jury complained Wednesday
to Justice Let's that Mr.. bennett
was not a cooperative witness. and
the justice warned him that he
would have to answer questions
fully.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
By the Associated Press.


Germany risked two-thirds Of her
known capital ship strength in run
ming the Dover Strait gauntlet in a
protracted battle by which three
heavy warships escaped to new bases
in Helgoland blight.
In addition to the 26,000-ton twin
battleships Gneisenau and Scharn-
horst, which fled with the l0,OO0-ton
cruiser Prinz Eugen from Brest, the
Germans also have the $4,000 ton
battleship Tirpitz Soviet planes
were reported to have damaged the
Tirpitz at Danzig last November 6.
The Tirpitz is sister ship of the
Bismarck, destroyed by British naval
and air units after she had sunk the
British cruiser Hood last May.
Two additional battleships were
under construction when the war
began. Their status is unknown.
Whether one of these was the
new German battleship" pictured
in German newspapers last August
18, or whether the captions pub
lished at that time referred to the
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Germany Risked Two-Thirds
Of Capital Ships in Fight

Tirpitz, was never officially made
clear.
The Germans also have two pocket
battleships, actually l0,000-ton cruis-
ers, the Luetzow and the Admiral
Scheer.
The heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
Is one of four such vessels In the
German fleet.
In addition, the Germans have the
following units. according to James
Fighting Ships, British naval
manual:
Two aircraft carriers, four cruisers
-four more building, IA destroyers
(others building. IL torpedo boats
flour more building, and an unde-
termined number of submarines.
British and United States naval
policy precludes any estimate OF the
number Of German submarines sunk.
James recapitulation of German
losses before the Bismarck sinking
shows:
One battleship, four cruisers, IA
deStroyers, two torpedo boats, two
minesweepers and eight trawlers.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
up. Line DISCHARGES
All It's Jap Employees
By the Associated Press.

OMAHA. Feb. 13-W. M. Jeffers,
president of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, said today that all japanese
nationals working for the railroad
were dismissed yesterday as pre-
cautionary measure" against pos
sible acts of sabotage. He estimated
less than 100 employees, most of
them in Wyoming, were affected.
The japanese were given five days
to find other employment, wages
covering that period, and offered
free transportation to where they
wanted to go.
He explained that many lived in
homes on railroad property, and it
was believed necessary to remove
them. Most of the employees were
section hands and track walkers.
TT affords protection not only for
us but for the Japanese nationals" "
Jeffers added. I'VE did it to pre-
clude any possibility of sabotage
from that source. 1t is purely q
precautionary measure"
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Nozis Chop Down Trees
In Famed Puris Park
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress.
NEW YORK, Feb. l3.-They're
chopping down the trees in the Bois
de Boulogne, famous park in Nazi-
occupied Paris. the Vichy radio re-
ported last night in a broadcast
heard by N B. c.
Foreign dispatches have told of
q German shortage of timber.
VICHY. Unoccupied France, Feb.
13 (P).-Thousands of wooden paw
ing blocks in the Place de la Con-
corde, Paris historic central square,
have been ripped out to be used as
fuel for wood-burning trucks, news
papers reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
EIGHTH RACE BR WN
BOMB, NAVARN, HERE
SHECOMFS

BROWN BOMB is real
sleeper in the final and will like
the long race on the turf. Ap-
pears magnificently placed and
in a soft spot. NARAVIN, win
ner of his last. is strictly the
one to fear. HERESHECOMES
drops down trifle and her con-
sistent form gives this one Q
fighting chance. q
Evening star., 1942-02-13
CastIe May Be Mice Form

Establishment Of a guinea pig and
mice farm at Lennox Castle, Scot
land. has been proposed by the
Glasgow Corporation Health Com
mittee to provide animals for the
purpose of incubation. The pro-
posal was prompted by an acute
shortage of these animals.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
FOURTH RACE-ALSAB, SIR
WAR. BRIGHT WILLIE.

ALSAB should show tremendous
improvement after the miserable
race in the Bahamas. Might be a
hard horse to trim this afternoon.
SIR WAR seldom runs bad race
and the top one cannot make any
mistakes. BRIGHT WILLIE
showed an excellent effort last
out and should show.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
FuirGrounds

FIRST RACE+Purse. $500; claiming; g.
year-olds: 9 furlonss.
Memphis tGeorge) 1l.6O 3.eV SD
Piplad Brooks, 2.4O ~
Mack's Prince tMaddenp 2oO
Time, 1:1sas.
Also rari-Lou Swift, Fandansle, Task
Setter, Cisco Miss. Don Briar. Wild Duck
and Bright Honey.
Evening star., 1942-02-13

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