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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
Trying to Avert
Ferrv Strike

SEATTLE - Gov. Clarence ID.
Martin, who settled Puget Sound
ferry strike two years ago, stepped
in Monday in an attempt to prevent
another tie-up scheduled for mid
night Tuesday over wage and
hours.
The governor and w. T. Guerts'
Portland. mediator for the Federal
Maritime Labor board, called upon
the Inland Boatmen's union and
the Puget Sound Navigation Co
to have unlicensed personnel Of
the ferries meet again and take q
secret vote on q proposal to amend
q working agreement.
TIE appeal was addressed to
Capt. Ajax M. Peabody, head
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
CUSTOMS COURT HELD
BY new YORK JUDGE

Judge William J. Keefe of New
York presided over the semi-annual
session of the u. S. customs court
here Monday.
Thirty-six cases were on the
docket, "a of which dealt with re-
quests for reassessment of duty on
imports. Decisions on these cases
will be rendered later in a three
Judge court in New York.
Judge Keefe will preside over the
customs court in Seattle Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

Arrivals and departures key
noted weekend activity on the
Tacoma waterfront, leaving a to-
tai OF seven ships In port Monday.
Comings and goings were so
frequent both Saturday and Sun
day that there was movement on
the bay virtually all the time.
Port piers received the brunt OF
the movement. and had four ships
tied up Monday actively working
cargo. Eight arrivals and seven
departures were listed for satur-
day and Sunday.
Motorship Hero
The Margarethe Bakke, grace
full, black hulled Norwegian motor
ship of the Knutsen line, moved
from her mooring In Seattle to
Tacoma Monday morning. She
bcrthed at Port piers. where she
busily started loading plywood.
Other new arrivals at Port piers
were the Granville, Kosei Maru
and Seattle. The Granville arrived
for a two-day stay, taking and
leaving cargo. She discharged
lumber and logs. and was taking
a cargo of paper for Manila.
The Seattle loaded about 800
tons of wheat. also plywood and
logs in preparation for her de-
parture. She brought cargo OF
potash for this port. The Japanese
ship was loading lumber and logs
Monday.
Two ut Smeiter
Orher ships included the Hoegh
silverstar, at Centennial mills, and
the Tyndareus and Hazelside' both
berthcd at the Shelter dock, where
they discharged ore. The Silver.
star was the only new arrival oil
the three.
Departures included the Deiit
dyk. the Erris, the Lima, the Feiis
Taussig. the Amur, the Point saf
Pedro and the Peter Helms.
ships In port Granville, Marsa
rethe Bake. Seattle and kosei MAI
At port piers: Hoesh Silverstar, a
Centennial mills; Tyndareus an'
Hazeiside. at smelter.
ships due: Monday. Maine, Shaife
No. 1: Aakiki, Port piers. TUESDAY
II. r. Mccormick. Mccormick dock
point Ancha, Shaffer No. /. Coas
Shipper. ehaffer No. 2,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
PAIR TO FACE
KIDNAP CHARGE

KLAMATH FALLS. ofe.-iMo
men were held in klamath rshs
county jail today awaiting removal
~ Colorado where they VIII %
charged with kidnapping l4-yesr-
old girl I'D
They are Jack Mallette, a. anu
raw Dunbar. 40. accused of seduet-
ing Katherine Katzdorf. Of Pueblo.
1rnou his arrest Msllette declared
he had married her in Hillside, ore:
They were found by sheriil
lI1ovd Low at ranch near klama'n
Falls. where they and the girl ma"
worked for the last ten days
Mallette said he and Dunbar ief'
Pueblo. taking the girl with them. M
He and the girl were married oy
Justice of the Peace Fred Mes
he said. He displayed a paper pur-
porting to be license. but OFFICER
said the writing was nearly iliesi'
BILE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

ton. d. c., and her condition was
described by Or. Paul r. Dickens
as "precarious." He said Mrs.
Cummings Is suffering from high
blood pressure and her illness has
been complicated by an unfavor-
able heart condition. 49,.
Bob burns, the bazooka- playing
hiilbiliy, leaves Hollywood Thurs
day for his native Van Buren,.
Ark, to attend leading citizen"
day. He win be guest of honor at
4 prcview Of his latest picture,
~Our Leading Citizen" s.. As
Hollywood romances 80. Frankie
Darro and Aloha Wray, young film
players, hold some sort Of record.
They were married after having
been engaged eight years. :.
Yehudi Alenuhin, young violin vir-
tuoso viii become q father next
October, his father. Moshe Menu
hin. announced at Los Gatos
Cal. =.
Movie Actress Monica Bannis
Ter was awarded a divorce from
Inward Cherkesc, song writer
after she charged that her hus
band, author Of In the Magic o
the Noon," beat her and used pro
fame language. One day. Oh
said. che went home and founs
him moving out. =. Funeral serv
les were held at Hollywood TO
DeryI Mercer. veteran actress q
London's Drury Lane. New York
Broadway and Hollywood's NOV
ies. She died at the age Of 81.
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hearing went on ash had been
intended at the beginning.
Adjournment was made at noon
and the hearing was to be re-
sumed during the afternoon.
Under the plan proposed by the
telephone company. business tele-
phone rates would be increased 81
a month and residence rates %
cents.
Proposed Changes
The Tacoma exchange is at
present divided into two rate areas
the Tacoma and the Lakewood.
The new plan would create three
more: the Granite area, to include
Falkland, Brookdale. Midland; At
las area, to include Lake Killarney
Surprise lake, Trout lake, Five
Mile lake. Jovita and a part OF
Geneva lake; and the Crestview
area, to comprise Browns Point
Dash Point, Adelaide, Lakota anc
Mirror lake.
Excepting the Tacoma area
each of these districts would have
a local and extended rate, the lat
ter offering no additional charge
on calls outside the local area
although the basic charge woul'
be proportionately higher than thu
local service only.
For instance, Crestview dis
trict telephone user Of EXTENDED
service could call Tacoma or At
las with no additional charge
while the same person on loca
service would have to pay fiv'
cents additional in each case.
Many other rate changes ar
/ also being considered
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
More Criminals
P0sinq as G-Men

WASHINGTON - G-men aren't
popular with the underworld, but
more and more criminals like to
impersonate them and other gov
eminent officers, according to
Justice department statistics. The
department in the 1888 fiscal year
convicted 22s impersonators of fed
eral officers-14 per cent more
than in the preceding year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
H Z RES MORE A BIO u L
PHONE RATE HEARING
8 T ARTS ON PAGE ON Z
,ering Problem.

pany procedure. agree with Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Johnston.
Engineering Problems
do you think" asked Garrison,
that We should go into all these
engineering problems in each local
community"
Eyes. l do" Pettus replied. I'VE
don't understand, and If all these
things aren't explained how are
we going TO know whether we
approve Of the change"
WELL" Garrison said, obviously
impressed, lit appears that there
is enough interest here to hold
some of these engineering pro :
lens in Tacoma as well as Seattle.
Wen take 1t up with Mr.. Schaaf
(Ferd J. Schaaf, director of the
commission) when he returns from
the east"
Asks Condition
II. ]. Albrecht. 622 So. Grant
ave. then stood up and gave his
views, pointing out that nobody
could possibly know what he
thought Of the change II he did
not know just why 1t was pro-
posed. lis the company on the
verge of bankruptcy, or WHAT
he asked.
Garrison said that was the serv-
ice commissions duty to decide.
"why are we meeting here to.
day." the irrepressible Mr.. John
ston wanted to know at this point
ITO give Tacoma residents ar
opportunity TO present beliefs OF
the effect of the proposed rates OF
the business and social life Of th'
community"
Burroughs was still on the wit
ness stand. but silent.
Housewife Speaks
Then Mrs. Seymour Todd. 3s2'
So. ] st. spoke up: I'm a house
wife" she said. land I can tel
you the effect it will have on tn
social life of the community. Tn
telephone company. to which
have paid IS month for Is years
will have IS less instead OF $50
more. And there are lots Of house
wives like me-"
Garrison halted the meeting
"All testimony in this hearing
supposed to be under oath. /
the interest OF more orderl
hearing, all testimony will b
given under oath only"
Burroughs stepped down. an
although there were a number
other minor Interruptions, n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

cruiting for the Chinese army In
Japanese-occupied territory and
that he believed tn was associated
with -Anglo-Soviet activities"
Tho British consulate gen.
eral rctorted that the entire
abatement In which the charge
was made els full Of lies from
beginning to end"
A formal statement issued BY
the Japanese army press bureau
entitled extra new" said:
CAS- adverse British feeling
toward Japan has been agEra-
vuted, the British consnl gen.
eral has been watching for IN
opportunity to instignte re-
saliasery action against Japan.
Recently British consular
authorities succeeded In establish.
ing close contact with the Soviet
consulate at Shanghai with a view
TO exchanging information regard
ing Japan.
consequently n has been
learned that surprise attacks
against Japanese airdrsnses
and arms supply depcts IN the
Shanghai Marking area, BY
making use Of Chinese conn
mnnlst guerrilla forces, are
being contemplated.
According to reliable informa'
tion tho sum appropriated for re
quircd expenditures amounts t.
about 1900 yuan ($1.35o)
month. which IL to be given the
Chinese communist party through
the Soviet consul general"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

A new outbreak Of the feud be-
tween Safety Commissioner East
wood and the civil service COM
mission is set for 1880 o'clock
Tuesday evening. This time II is
about the commissioner failure
to employ certified eligibles as po-
lice radio operators.
The commission announced Mon
day that tuesday evening it would
conduct an investigation into the
radio operators situation. Secre-
tary C. A. Anderson said 1t was
not a hearing. but an ''investigs-
ton" called by the commission
ers themselves
In Room 100
The session will be held in Room
100, city hall--the large civil serv-
ice examination room.
The commission charges that
since June 20. when final ratings
We're approved and certified to
Eastwood, he has kept three non
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
ACCUSE RUSSIA
OF GIVING AID
Japan Alleges British
Also Lending Help
To Chinese

SH NGHAI Japanese
army authorities alleged to-
day that Russia was financing
a Chinese guerrilla campaign
against japanese airdromes
and supply depots in the Shan
ghai-Nanking area with the
support of British authori-
ties"
A Japanese army spokesman as
serted that Gen. tn Yuch-Sen, now
ri Hong Kong. was directing re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

LONDON - French British
military missions win leave for
Moscow probably this week,
Prime Minister Neville Cham
l,crlnin announced Monday In
the house Of commons.
The Missions will discuss
military. naval and air co-opcra-
ton by The three powers II they
achieve = defensive alliance and
are forced into war 10 carry II
out.
Chamberlain said discussions
arc proceeding IN Moscow with
the aim Of reaching . political
agreement.
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fContinued from Page Onel

CONTINUED from Page Onel
fore a coroners jury Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at
Piper's chapel. The youth is sur
vived by his father, Gust Ahlstedt,
Hot Springs, Mont; his mother,
Mrs. Mable Mcfarland. Route 4,
Tacoma, and a sister, Mrs. Ronald
Johnson, Tacoma.
Three Victims
The three accident victims be-
lieved in serious condition are John
Mazza, 81, 354l So. l. st; Charles
Grogan, 81. Route /, box $3.50. Ia
coma, and Grace Hartke, Is, of
Orting.
Mazza is under observation in
st. Joseph's hospital, where he has
remained unconscious since his ar
rival early Sunday morning. He
was driver OF car that skidded on
a gravel road and overturned near
Five Mile lake. Wally Brebner,
81, 6Is So. 18th, a passenger in
the car, suffered cut head.
Brebner tagged down another car
and Mazza was removed immed-
lately to the hospital. Brebner
was permitted to return home fol-
lowing treatment. Mazza sustained
a probable skull fracture and other
injuries.
Has skull Injury
Charles Grogan was under OBJ
servation in the county hospital
with q skull fracture. He was hurt
in an accident at 96th and Pa
cific ave. about ITO a. m. Sunday.
Officials were investigating the
accident. said to have been a COLI
sion with another auto. Pat Gro
gan, sr., "a, also living on Route l,
and Pat Grogan, jr.. 81, of Silver
ton, Ore, were hurt in the same
mishap. The former sustained a
broken leg, and the latter suffered
from conclusion and shock. They
were believed not seriously hurt
according to county hospital at
taches.
Six persons were involved in
spectacular crash early Monday OF
the Surprise Lake highway neal
Epps Place, a quarter-mile nortl
of Edgewood.
In Critical shape
Miss Hardtke and Albert E
LaChappelle. 26. 1854 Fawcet
ave. were the more seriously in
jured of six young persons in
car that smashed into bank in
turn of the road. Both are in tn
hospital, Miss Hardtke in critics
condition. LaChappelle sufferin
with possible rib fractures and
laeerated scalp.
Also hospitalized was Margare
Nelson, 81, 1871 Tacoma ave
who sustained a broken nose. Tw
sailors who were hurt were re
leased following treatment. The
were Raymond Alex Noel, ~, OF
the U.S.S. Tennessee, who is sui
ering face decorations, and Thoma
Tribell. U.S.S. New Mexico, bruise
and cut. The sixth victim wa
Betty Olson, is, of Orting, VIII
suffered abrasions but was nc
hospitalized.
Were Hitch-Hiking
/ Miss Olson told Deputy Sheriff
, Mclean and FRANKIE that she an
the Hardtke girl were hitch-hikin
, to Five-Mile lake about Q p. n
when a car driven by LaChappell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
RIrunING PERMIT

r. f. Frances was granted a
permit Monday to construct a
81, 500 residence at 305 East
10th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
Were Hitch-Hiking

Miss Olson told Deputy Sheriffs
Mclean and FRANKIE that she and
the Hardtke girl were hitch-hiking
to Five-Mile lake about Q p. m.
when a car driven by LaChappelle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

pany procedure. l agree with Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Johnston"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
MAKE THIS A SAFE
HOLIDAY SEASON

Scarcely ever has there been a year
end holiday in Imperial Valley that was
not saddened by some tragic automobile
accident death on valley highways or
among valley residents travelling else
where
Those of us who have escaped injury
and death so far cannot recall the Others
whose lives and usefulness have been
sacrificed on the altar Of motoring care
lessness during the year, but We can re-
solve that in the remaining days of this
holiday we shall drive safely, protecting
our own lives and those Of others.
The New Years holiday, which records
reveal to be one Of the most dangerous for
Imperial Valley drivers. is Just around
the corner. 1t need not be dangerous, nor
even unpleasant 1t can be the safest,
sanest traffic holiday Imperial Valley
has ever had. All that is needed is the
exercise of motoring courtesy and COM
mon sense on the part of every valleyite
who gets behind the wheel of an auto
mobil.
Don't leave it up to the other fellow to
see that you are not involved in an acci-
dent. Don't depend on the other driver
TO see that you are not smashed up. See
to it yourself!
Imperial Valley need not write down
the beglnnlng OF 1910 IN blood spilled on
its highways-if every motorist makes
it his personal Job to see that the high
ways are safe. Imperial Valley need
not wait until January 1st to write one
resolution:
1--WE shall make New Years holiday
from death on our highways, by driving
safely, carefully and sanely."
But, above all, don't read this, think
what grand resolve that would be-and
then GO out and expect the other fellow
to take it. Do it yourself. You might
save your own life. and few others.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
CLEAR AWAY The DEBRIS
LEFT FROM 1899

Speaking of New Years resolutions,
why has no one ever instituted the prac-
tice of using the last week of the old year
to clear the decks so that the new resolu-
tions will have clear field when their
time comes?
More New Years resolutions might be
kept if the old cobwebs were cleared
away before the good deeds for the COM
ing year are projected. You cannot just
sit down, say Il will be better man in
1940," and leave it at that. If you clear
away few of the misunderstanding
wipe out few old grudges, cancel few
old mistakes and clear the skids general
ly for a fast start into the New Year,
you'll have lot better chance of seeing
your resolve turn into fact.
There's no better time to do it than
in the week between Christmas and New
Year's-a sort Of a No Mans land of
weeks, if you want to call it that 1t is
the week when the world generally marks
time, waiting for January 1st. 1t is the
week when businesses clear up their rec
ords, take stock Of their holdings, mark
off their bad debts and get ready for
the twelve months TO come.
Why shouldn't individuals take inven-
tory tOO2
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
DO WE WANT BOYS
TO BE TYPICAL?
(Woman's Home Companion)

Recently this (periodicaD raised its
voice against the notion of selecting the
best American mother" on the ground
that in our diverse society there can be
no fixed standard Of motherhood Now
we wish to object to the recent attempt
to choose the typical American boy
A nationwide contest resulted in the Sc
lection Of a lad from Louisville He IS
the son of a mail carrier who also has Il
farm. He wants to become radio en-
gineer and he is going to save his fifteen
hundred dollars prize money for his edu
cation. That's fine! We're all for him.
But at the same time we object to sin
CLING out him or any other boy as ''typi-
cal" As a matter of fact some thou
sands of boys in New York City objected
also They found out that no New York
boy was listed among the finalists so
they held an election of their own with
nine thousand voting. They finally Sc
lected nine-year-old from the "IIells
Kitchen" tenement district. He is label
ed 1.-The typical New York boy" And
that's wrong too
Boys from farms and boys from slums,
prairie boys and mountain boys, the son
of the Maine lobsterman and the son Of
the Hollywood star, immigrant stock
whether of the twentieth century or the
seventeenth, Indian, Negro, Creole, or
phan-asylum boys such as Babe Ruth was,
silver-spoon boys as John D. Rockefeller
junior was-they're all boys and they're
all American, all different and all valu-
able, each having his own bit to do in
building our national life. We should be
thankful for their differences and glad
that our nation is one in which individ-
uals can develop as individuals. Above
all things we should resist every tendency
to stress the typical" or to standardize
our youth.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
MISSING FELLOW TRAVELLERS
(Ontario Report)

Here is a significant bit of news At
the Institute of World Affairs, conduct
ing its 18th meeting at the Mission Inn,
the friends of Russia are conspicuously
absent for the first time in years. Miss
ing are the "liberals' who wish to i'm
press on us our very mistaken idea that
we in the United States have an excellent
form of government.
The reason for the failure of these
fellow travellers" to appear is clear.
Their avoWed interest in freedom has
been thoroughly discredited by the Stain
Hitler pact and more recent events in
Poland and Finland.
1t is now evident that it is no longer
smart to be red" The revulson Of
public feeling is teaching the psuedo
liberals that they are ridiculous in the
eyes of the world. That they have been
not only ridiculous but vicious for a long
time has been recognized by many Amer
leans. But the Qualification Of commu-
nistic methods came TO many people only
after Stain teamed up with Hitler.
For the Russian-German non-aggreS-
sion pact, we in America who wish to
cherish free enterprise should give
thanks. 1t has done more to Straighten
thinking and to show up actualities than
any amount Of argument. 1t has taken the
communist from the ranks Of the true
liberals where he sought TO hide and has
placed him with the termites where he
belongs
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON Although the
heat is on for reduced expenditures
as never before in the history Of the
New Deal, there are grounds for
suspecting that when the dust set
ties the budget will look quite &
bit the way it looks now.
1t is certain that the President
gives every indication OF being de-
termined to slash the budget. Bud
get bureau workers who reduced
various department and bureau es-
Inmates TO what they thought was
absolutely rock bottom have been
startled to find the White House
cutting them still further.
But Congress votes the money
after all. And in some fields, at
least, there is going to be plenty
of pressure on Congress to be lib
eral
Take agriculture, for instance. Es-
Inmates for the department as a
whole mot counting the AAA pro-
gram are said to be coming down
25 per cent at the presidents insis-
tence. But the farm organizations
can be depended or to howl long
and loud over that sort Of thing,
and Congress can be depended on
TO listen
And while no Agriculture Depart
ment employees would dare protest
publicly at reductions ordered By
the president you can't keep them
from quietly seeing to it that the
farm organizations understand the
full weight of the cut.
An Illuminating case in point oc-
CURED just the other day. Appro-
priations for the National Youth
Administration are scheduled tC
drop by 30 per cent, according to
reliable reports. But at the same
time these reports were beginning
to circulate, a group of industrial,
educational and labor leaders were
issuing report declaring that there
should be an immediate increase
IN public expenditures to take care
of the nations 100000 jobless
youths. A committee headed by
Henry I. Hartman, former head of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26

the U. s. Chamber of Commerce,
was named to study the matter and
recommend to Congress the amount
of money needed.
If, then. the White House sub
mits a drastically reduced budget,
and Congress-acting under pres
sure from back home" and from
this, that and the other pressure
group-puts the budget back up to
something like its present size,
what happens? Well, in that case,
the president who by that time
will be sternly on record for cutting
expenditures) won't have to listen
tc so much balance the budget talk
from critical Congressman at the
national political conventions next
June.
You can get pretty good line
on how things are going to be
watching the administration leader
ship in the House and Senate dur
ing the coming session. A Well-trim-
med budget handed in by the presi-
dent won't mean much, unless it is
followed UP by steady determined
pressure for economy on the floor
and in the committee rooms.
The Liquor crisis which the
war brought upon the German
embassy, has been solved at last.
The Washingtonians who attend
the embassy's parties like to drink
things like whiskey, sherry wine,
champagne and SO on. The en-
bassy laid in a big stock of such
things last summer; then the war
came. and the embassy people real
lied that their stock had been
bought almost entirely in England
and France And it simply wouldn't
do to serve enemy" drinks.
A way out was found when the
embassy was able to make swap
with a Washington liquor dealer,
who took the English and French
wares off the embassy's hands and
gave it a full stock of American
products in return. SO now the en-
bassys guests drink American Whis-
ky, wine and champagne.