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Service Draft Law
Written at Secret
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Military Sessions
WASHINGTON—The selec
tive service draft law for our
next war (if and when) has
already been written at secret
powwows of the nation’s mili
tary and legislative experts.
Here are its principal provi-
Bions:
On a day to be named by the
president, providing congress pass
es the enacting legislation, every
American-—-with a few notable ex
ceptions—between the ages of 18
and 45 will appear before a local
board of drafters and sign up.
F. D. R-—or his successor—will
then pick as many “male citizens”
as he deems necessary for the fray.
Almost al] persons even remotely |
connected with the existing mili
tary, naval and diplomatic estab
lishments, including the vice presi
dent, will be exempt from registra
tion. Since Garner is now ap
proaching 70, the paragraph
specifically exempting him has a
comic touch. But perhaps the next
V. P. will be younger. |
“Conscientious objectors” get a
better break than they did 25
Yyears ago. Nobody who “belongs
to any well recognized rellgiou:l
sect whose creed or principles for- |
bid its members to participate in|
war in any form” need serve in a |
“combatant * capacity.” But the
president may assign them to shin
ing soldiers’ buttons or currying
army mules—or to a factory en-|
gaged in production of munltlons.]
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Recent disclosures that the ad
ministration contemplates sensa
tienal expansion of health, insur
ance and social security benefits
was the worst political “leak” in
years at the capital. Prospective
sponsor Bob Wagner, normally a
tight-lipped individual, talked out |
of turn. Here is the political back- |
ground:
If the foreign crisis fails to
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WAR IN THE AIR
Intensification of German aerial
activity brought Nazi warplanes
to the Paris area early today and
caused a 55 minutes air raid
alarm. Paris anti-aircraft batteries
fired for 15 minutes before the
“al] clear” gignal was sounded.
The alarm was sounded shortly
after midnight and the all clear
German Planes
Cannon-Armed
BERLlN—German airplanes,
understood to carry rapid-fir
ing cannon, shot down five
French planes, the high com
mand announced Thursday just
pbefore Adolf Hitler joined high
army officers for an important
meeting at the chancellery.
The Nazi fighting craft were
described reliably as bi-motored
Messerschmidts, which carry
cannon and four machine-guns,
with a crew of two or three
men. They are capable of about
300 miles an hour and generally
fly in wedge formation for pro
tection of other planes.
signal sounded at 1 a. m. Search
lights played in the sky, and
watchers, who did not rush to
bomb-proof refuges, saw tracer
bombs burst in the air.
The alarm in the Paris area
followed renewal of great aerial
activity by both the French and
Germans.
While German and French
planes flew in increasing numbers
in fine weather over the western
front, Nazi ships appeared over
northern France and the French
announced eight Nazi warplanes
had been shot down. Their report
coincided with British dispatches,
confirming that three German
planes had been shot down over
British territory since Monday.
DIES IN AUTO CRASH
OKANOGAN, Wash. M. C
Williams, 50, a Blackwell Co. exec
utive here, was almost instantly
killed Wednesday night near Riv
erside, when his car collided with
sn automobile driven by Oliver
Walker of Omak. Walker was in
eriticl condition at Omak hos
pital.
SIOO Fire Damage
At Star Co. Plant
¥iremen battled a blaze on the
roof of the Star Iron and Steel Co.
building, 435 East 11th st into
submission late Wednesday after
noon. Damage to the one-story
frame structure was confined to
SIOO. The fire was caused by a
spark falling on the roof, and
resulted in the alarm at 5:45 p. m.
Don’t Fail To Read
The Times Daily
For News, Features
and Pictures
VOL. 36, NO. 291,
Senator Thankful
As He’s Recovering
Thanksgiving day meant more to U. 8. Senator Homer T.'
Bone than to some other residents of Tacoma. The senior senator,
for one thing, was thankful he now is recuperating from a hip
fracture which resulted from a fall in his home last August. He
also is thankful the United States thus far has not become en
tangled in the European conflict. Phote above was taken by
The Times photographer at the senator's Prospect hill home and
shows Bone in his library, where he keenly follows world events.
Although Sen. Bone now is recuperating rapidly, the number of
visitors still is strictly limited. With aid of a steel brace, he hopes
soon to be able to walk with assistance of a cane. He hopes to be
able to travel south soon to continue his convalescence, and next
January to -resume his duties in the nationsl congress at
Avoid Hate Mongers
Nation Is Urged
American Churcl;—;{;;urchy Advises
21 Million Catholics
WASHINGTON-—A Thanksgiving day statement of the
Roman Catholic church’'s American hierarchy Thursday
praised peace efforts of President Roosevelt and Pope Pius
XII and urged the nation’'s 21,000,000 Catholics not to be
come “victims of hate mongers.”
“The first line of defense against | free negotiation and free accept
involvement of our nation in the|2P¢®
'misery of war is aloofness from
’emouonal entanglements,” said the
statement on behalf of the two
‘cardinals, 17 archbishops and 109
bishops. |
“From the first moment of his
pontificate, our holy father, Pope
'Pius XII, labored unceasingly to
| prevent the outbreak of war. When
ide.plu his entreaties, his prayers
and his diplomatic counsels the
dread conflict was finally initiated,
he set himself resolutely to miti
gate its horrors, |
OFFER GRATITUDE |
, “For such devotion to the cause
‘of peace, we desire to offer the
'august pontiff the expression of
' our profound gratitude, and to rec
i ommend that our people, emulating
ihia example, join in the effort of
| their common father.
! “We note with gratification the
’eflom of our governments to save
| Europe from the cruelty of war,
| and of its expressed determination
;topumctbewuyto(pe‘ce'°'
| “In the present crisis it is neces
|sary for all men to devote their
mightiest efforts to reconstruc
tion of a just order in society,
whose disruption has brought the
world to its present pass. * * *
ichbcdtctlph'ltolcn.lndeo
| liberation in eur own nation. * * *
| WHOLE NATIONS MOBILIZE
“Perhaps the most appalling
thing in modern warfare is the fact
that its tragic sufferings are
| visited not only upon combatants,
| but as well upon women and chil
{dren, the weak and the infirm,
/young and old. No longer do
|armies alone march in battle, but
whole nations are mobilized for
tota] and unrestricted warfare,
“Peace with justice is the stated
'objective of combatants in the
| present strife, But no peace can
| endure unless justice is tempered
|with charity. Peace achieved
through outright victory and de
feat may easily be nothing more
than an armed truce. We recognize
that the sanctity of international
| contracts must be restored, but
there must be first a sanctity in
the contract itself generated by
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SEE AMERICA'S TASK |
“If force is made the instrument
of acceptance of a contract, lmi
force is inevitably invited as an
instrument of its rejection, |
“As the steward of great gifts
from Divine Providence, our nation
has the moral task to minister to
the common welfare of the people
of the western hemisphere, espe
clally through preservation of
peace and cultivation and promo
tion hose high moral principles
wh*n vigor to political and
sOC fe.”
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Bonneuville Boss
Expects Soon To
S it
erve Two Cities
PORTLAND, Ore. The ultimate
energizing of the cities of Portland
and Eugene with Bonneville power
is largely a matter of time, ac
cording to Administrator Paul J.
Raver.
Dr. Raver said completion of a
eontract with Portiand General
Electric company was near, and
expressed his belief satisfactory
service arrangements ultimately
would be concluded for the city
of Eugene.
Chief hindrance to the final
signing of the P. G. E. contract is
the disapproval of President
Franklin T. Griffith, of the Port.
land company, to a 30-day can
cellation clause, and a second pro
vision giving Bonnevilie a blanket
right to use P, G. E. lines to sérve
| public agencies anywhere in the
latter's territory, Dr. Raver said.
| The administrator said he would
|go to Eugene in the near future to
' confer with the municipal water
‘and light board on the matter of
| Bonneville service.
i ke
f WEATHER
Cloudy tonight, Saturday. Tem
peratures: High, 58; low, 41. Sun
rises, 7:26; sets, 4:2%.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMRBRER 24, 1939
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Talesmen Dismissed;
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Case Probably Will
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Be Tried Late in
January, Forecast
After more than six hours
of deliberations, which at
times reached the point of
loud, angry shouts, the jury
in Superior Judge Ernest M. Card's
court announced shortly after five
o'clock Wednesday evening that
agreement never could be reached
by it as to whether Chauncey F.
Hurd was under influence of liquor
when his car struck Mrs. Ruth M.
Fuson last Jan. 2 on St. Helens ave,
Deputy Prosecutor DeWitt C,
Rowland sald Thursday morning
he would ask to have the sensa
tional case set down for retrial at
the earliest possible date
That probably will be townard
the end of January, he said,
since there ean be no jury
trialy in December.
The 40-year-old Ruston tavern
operator alternately paced and sat
tensely in the third floor corridor
of the courthouse from 10:30 Wed
nesday morning, when the jury of
seven men and five women took
over the case, until it was dis
charged by Judge Card in the
evening
His trial on a charge filed Jan. 3
was the scene of dramatic recount
ing of the horrible accident the
evening before, when his car hit
Mrs. Fuson as she and her husband
were cm-‘n the street in fromt
"Temple' theater and tore her
rvight leg off at the knee
Mrs. Fuson recovered from the
injury. During the year a §7.500
civil settlement was made with her
by Hurd.
IN MID-WEST
CHICAGO Loyola university
selsmograph recorded “some dis
turbance” shortly after » a m,
today, when shocks, believed to
have been an earthquake, were feit
at Springfield, 111, and St. Louls,
Mo.
-4 .8
KANSAS CITY, Mo—Slight
earth shocks were felt in western
Missouri and eastern Kansas, and
in the Kansas City area at 915
a. m., today.
Residents here sald the earth
movements were sufficient to
rattle dishes and disturb furniture.
Persons at Leavenworth also re
ported feeling the quake. No dam
age was caused,
ADAMBARTH, 70
Adam Henry Barth, who as one
of the Northwest's leading Soclal
ists of 30 years ago, was looked
upon as & “rafical” and campaigned
vallantly for mayor of Tacoma,
died Wednesday in a Tacoma hos
pital st the age of 70
Barth was one of the leaders,
(among others, Senator Homer T.
Bone) in the “liberal” movement
of thoge days and over a consider
able period he wielded a wide in
fluence. He wag a forceful, highly
intelligent speaker and was greatly
respected as & leader of the labor
ing class
He was an iron molder by trade
and a native of Ohio. He had
been a resident of Tacoma 40 years
at the time of his death lLocally
he was a member of Iron Molders
union No. 180
With his family he had resided
at 3518 So. M st. Surviving are
his wife, Marietta; a daughter, Miss
Louise Barth, three sons, William
and Robert of California and Harry
of Tacoma, and five grandchildren
Piper's will announce the funeral
arrangements
IN SNOWSTORM; KILLED
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Norris
' Johnson was killed instantly &
mile south of Fairbanks last night
when he attempted to land his
private plane in & blinding snow
storm. His brother, Carl Johnson
of Virginia, Mino,, survives him,
“Miss Washington™
Weds Easterner
“Miss Washington” will be “Mrs. Washington” from
now on. Annamae Schoonover (above), Seattle beauty
who was runnerup in the recent Atlantic City beauty
contest, has announced her en ment to James Danly,
Yale graduate from (Zhicuo.“‘flq will honeymoon in
Hawaii, following their Thanksgiving day wedding.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS I
Extra! “Blondie’’
Xira. ‘
- Seeks Divorce
But Don’t Be Alarmed, Folks,
Dagwood Is Not Involved
Penny Singleton, the u:;;s; who plays the role of Blondie
in the movie version of the comic strip, sued Dr. L, Seroggs
Singleton, a dentist, for divorce on the ground of extreme
cruelty. Her complaint said she became ill from worry over
his lack of attention , . .
Eisie Crabtree, pretty leader of |
the University of Nevada band, i
in Hollywood and residents u.cfly'
awaited a peek at her famous
dimpled knees. She will lead the
annual Santa Claus pre-Christmas
parade tomorrow night !
Premier Mitchell ¥. Hopburn, of |
Ontario, believey Canada must do
much better i she in to stop
Americans from making bh.‘
about Cansda's war "‘"““‘“‘i
In an address at St. Thomes, he
said Americans already are start
ing to laugh, "\Vceu‘tud-»i
hind the American eagie, and we |
certainly are not making th‘;
progress that is necessary” He
said he believed & mechanized bnoi
of 2,000 men could defest the whole
Canadian army. “Why,” he added, |
Wenatchee Man and Wife in |
- Bomb-Shattered China City
| THE ORIENT
| Chinese military dispatches
Thursday reported appalling de
struction and beavy loss of lite &t
;Nnmun-. Kwangsl province caph
tal, now under atiack by Japaness
columns which landed on the gulf
of Tongking two weeks ago.
Ten Japanese sir ralds s day
| have been staged against Naoning
immmm—-an.mcum
reported,
Alr raid alarms in Nanning bave
been simost continucus, the Chi
| nese said. Large portions of the
city are in flamwes, Casusition sre
. ALBANY, N. Y. M. Norbert
A. Platfenbach's Thanksgiviog
dinner guests experienced an eye-
Joiter- a zipper-equipped tutkey.
The ingenious bride of last June
hit upon the zipper iden 1o Reep
the bird and stuffing intact. Sbe
sewed one of the slide fasterners
arcund the entrance to the gob
bler's stuffing cavity, inserted
dressing. zipped the zipper and
placed the modernized bird in the
| oven. |
« THREE CENTS IN TACOMA
“some of our men haven't been |
mw.m«mmi
they signed up.” . . . !
The Goneourt academy st Paris '
awarded ta 25000 frane Gustay
Geolfray prize to Whiless Les.
besque, TO-yeur-old Ploard poet, |
Latin scholar and linguist , .
Yueh Mws, 02, & judge of the!
Chinese appeals court whom the |
Japanese have been gesking 10 sone |
trol, was assassinated at Shanghal,
The assassing escaped . , .
Secretary of Labor Franees
Perking announced st Washington
that a survey of 13 principal cities |
showed retail prices on staple foods
conlinued to decline during the
wesk ending Nov. 21. “The price
decline of the past few weeks for |
sugar, lard and mesis contioued
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known to be grest, bul the almost
constant presence of Japanese
bombers has made it impossible to
count the bodies
Dr. and Mrs. D, D. Colfin,
of Wenatehoe, Wash., are the
only Americans known to be
| in Nanning. They are attached
| te the Seventh Day Advestist
s wadomn
Th: Japanese wers reporied o
be unly W miles from Nanning,
which -is defended by Gen. Tesl
Ting-Kal, who beld Sbanghai for
six weeks agsinst the Jupunese in
1932
Abandon Search
For Lost Child
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Ay
thorities Thursday sbandoned
organized search for 4-year-old
frwin “Souny” Maxwell, missing
since Sunday somewbere om the
sagebrush hills near Klsmath
Falla |
Police officials said, however,
they were continuing to check the
“Jungile” area on the city's outs
skirts, but could report no clues
to substantiate & theory of abduc
| ton or viclence, |
German Planes Drop
Latest Lethal Campaign Responsible for
23 Sinkings Since Saturday; “Mag
netic” Mines Also Blamed s
- Eim fon of warfare ?fl : 2 “fi"
tensification AR F, 018
ships ";";ff the British Isles and in th%-h“
Satu ¥, VA Ty s
The parachuts minesa starth
ing new Naml development in mod
orn warfare - was disclosed Wy
Hritish sources as reports were re
ovived of five more ship sinkings
and an the Dutch government pro
tooted againet CGreat Brilatn's on
ders to retalinte against Germany
by seining exports of the releh.
Belglum aiso was sxpeoted to pro
tent. &
'ORUTES DISSOLVE, RELINY
Two Nasl airplanes were he
Heved to Bave sown sen mines In
the Thames estusry st night,
elther as an experiment or &% part
of & brosd program. i
~ Naval sources said they belleved
the mines planted by sirplanes had
imm&mnw
of the recent shipping 3
A new form of “magnetie” mine
Also was blamed for the sinkings.
Experta said they belleved the
parachutes dropped from the
planes dissolved 1n the walsr. The
parachutes presumably wers de
signed o prevent damage to the
delioate mechaniam of the mines,
the British sald |
STEAMER I 8 VICTIM |
Naval experts claimed the sow
ing of the parachute mines had
been confirmed, and expressed he
tief that they —as well ae magnetic
mines laid by U-boats-—were e
AMNTERDAM, Hollnnde
The Duteh government today
strongly protesiad te Grend
Britain againat the Allisd ovéer
M“d“’”
n&o”.’m-‘
seversly hit the oo -
ors” A simiine profest wis o
peeted from Belgium,
“The Nothorinnds govern
| wnt, through v ajmiy's
minister ot Lendon, today
strongly protesied againet
prisals the Rritish government
i-umunu..-uuun
;“Mwflnfim
] ly and partiouinrly bt the nen
| ral powers—those whe recelve
| German goods ss well an these
who transpert Germas goods,”
he governmentnl press serviee
1 wnounced,
“Attontion s being drawn to
e fact that the contemplaied
Britiah reprisale are yory W 0
sessant s far ax Holland »
wnenrned, ss they repoviadly
we taken after some shipping
Nasaters, of which loss of & Wy
Duteh passenger ship (the ¥
won Bolivar with B 4 dend) was
i far the most imporiast.”
sponsible for the Kngiish const
shipping disasters, including five
more reported today,
The last two reportad were the
trawier Nulby, sunk by » mine, and
the stemmer Durine, sunk by Ü
boat action earlier In the week.
Three others had been reported
mfl"m.
TRAWLER I 8 SUNK
The four veamsls were the Greak
feeighter Elens K., of 4078 tone
which sank off the south sosst,
m-um“hz
& woman, wers rescusd; the
truwier Nalnt Clalr, which struck
# mine 0 the English channel and
sank todey, with 11 mes missing:
the British stenmer Gernldus, of
2400 tons, sunk Tussday off the
cast const, where the crew of 26
was picked up by & Beitieh war
ship, and & French teswier, snk
Monday off the soulheast cosst,
with probable loss of nine of the
10 persons abosrd,
40 MEN ARE LONTY
The besching of the British de
wiruyer Gipey - sevenlh warship
lost by Brilain sinee the war be
gan - after the vessel siruck »
mine, wes disciosed inte yesterday.
Abuut 40 men were lost. 1
The Beigian and Dulch govern
mvnumwmufloh’i
mal representations to Britain
concerning the NBritish arder o
seize German exports on the high
sens, when that order s formally
sl
Disphiches from Tokyo indicat
dm:mmm]
ot & liner off the east const this
FOOTBALL FINALS ‘
Akron 6, John Careoll 28,
Ohio Wesleyan 7, Baldwin Wal
lace 22 ,
Maryland 7, Syracuss 10, i
.:‘mm by the belligerent N
'
PROPORAL TURNED BOWN
In the Hritish house of commans
Cerraan prisoners be put on Rl
Nazis Scuttle '
Another Ship
CAPR TOWN,; Seuth Alvies |
mwmug
rwmumr
had esonped Saturday from
Lobite, Cyew and passengers
whre saved,
ahips a 5 & detorvent agninst iegal
Nast mine lnying.
“Hueh setion wonld he ecairary
1o the convention governing treats
ment of prisontrs of war, lo which
e majesty’s «government & A&
party and which (hey will continue
to cheerve.” he 10 the pres
posal by Wiy Cookie, son
wwrvative.
MINK GETS GIPsY
enth warship i the war, the
ton destrayer Gipay, which, the
in shallow water after steiiing &
It was fearsd 40 man wers lost
Twenty-one and e wery
! o AT i
;
SHP IN PAGIRG
| &
! SOB
MANILA--The stesmer Protens
‘W-u&dhm‘
assistance ot 5:34 & m., PET toe
day, reporting » leak in the engine
rouk, seeording to an BOS inters
ceptad by the Radie Corpersiion
of Ameries.
shandoning ship,
mum-‘m
longiiuds 107 51 enst,
The position given would plece
the ahip off the sesat of French
Indo-Ching. Thers was no indieas
ton in the beisf message whal
had demaged the ship, ner its full
identity
There are these ornft whish
bear the name Proteus, sl of
which operate in the far sast. One
v s U 8 nevy tenker, the athers
British snd Norwegien steamers.
. .
WASMINGTON - The navy de
partment suid todey et
collier, Proteus, has heen ol of
oommission vinoe Oot. | and hehee
conid not have sent the BON hesid
in Manils.
- Christmas
- Carols
0 COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
“0 all ye faithiul,
T
0 come come ye to
antedotes 1781, lfih*% {
unknown. In France it was used
s & processional hyme by the
monks on thelr way to sancluaries
for the Christmas Miduight Mass.