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Evening star., 1939-10-22


bia, and Nine. Pumarejo, the Min
lister of the Dominican Republic anc
Nine. Pastoriza, and the First Sec
retary of the Rumanian Legation
and Nine Bonesco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Young Will
liams, formerly of Alexandria, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Eleanor Moore Will
liams, to Mr.. Yancey Coleman Hines
Of Greensboro, N. c., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richelieu Coleman Hines OF
Wakefield, Sussex County, Va Since
leaving Alexandria the Williams
have lived in New York and Atlanta
and now are living at Mansfield, q
colonial estate, built in 1740, in Din
widdie County, Va, few miles from
Petersburg, where the wedding will
take place in December. The BRIDE
elects father formerly was on the
staff of the Governor of Virginia
Miss Williams attended Washington
Seminary in Atlanta, Brenau Col
lege in Gainesville. Ga, and the
Katharine Gibbs School in New
York City. For two years she has
lived at the College Womens Clut
at Jackson Heights, Long Island
Mr. Hines is graduate of the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute in
Blacksburg.
Bids Issued for Wedding
OF Miss Anne Corbitt.
Invitations have been received
from Mr.. and Mrs. James Howard
Corbitt for the marriage Of theil
daughter, Miss Anne Middleton
Corbitt, to Mr.. Lamar Wight Little
of Miami Beach, Fla, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cowles Little o1
Atlanta, Tuesday, October 81, al
noon in st. Paul's Episcopal Church
in Suffolk, Va. Mrs. Corbitt for.
merly was Miss Roberta Ansley Of
this city and is sister of Mrs. w
Albert Smoot.
Mrs. Jack Gordon Maize of Pitts.
burgh is visiting her parents, Judge
and Mrs. Robinson Moncure, anc
will remain until after the marriage
of her sisters, Miss Marion Mon.
cure to Mr.. Robert Duncan anc
Miss Marguerite Moncure to Mr.
Clyde c. Lamond, in Christ Church
Thursday.
Miss Sarah Carter entertained a.
a shower Tuesday evening in honol
of the Misses Moncure; Wednesday
evening they were honored at ar
al fresco supper and costume barr
dance given by Judge and Mrs
James Reece Duncan and toda,
the Misses Moncure were guests O
honor at luncheon given by Mis-
Elizabeth Apperson and Miss Jam
Stultz at the George Mason Hotel.
Mrs. John S. Arnold will enter
tain at tea Tuesday in honor O
Miss Jacquelin Randolph Smith O
Fredericksburg, who will be mar
ried next month to Mr.. A. Slate
Lamond of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T. Gauz,
and the latters daughter, Mis-
Eleanor Wallace of West Chester
Pa, are guests of Mrs. Gauze's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sidney Doug
las. They were joined here by En-
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Notables to Attend
Se9OVia Musicale

The Greek Minister, Mr.. Demetrios
6icilianos; the Military Attache of
the Cuban Embassy and Sonora de
Munilla and the Commercial Attache
of the Brazilian Embassy, Senior
Paulo G.. Gasslocher, will be among
the many distinguished guests who
will attend the musicale Sunday
evening of the Segovia Society. The
Minister is an honorary member of
the organization, which was founded
in honor of Andres Segovia, the great
Spanish guitarist.
Evening star., 1939-10-22

Col. and Mrs. Krynitsky
Entertain 50 at Tea Today.
Col. Alex Krynitsky and Nine.
Krynitsky have invited about so
guests from Somerset and Washing
ton to tea this afternoon to meet
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Neville Mumtaz, who will
spend the fall and early winter at
the Krynitsky home in Somerset.
Mrs. Mumtaz is the former Fora
Krynitsky, and today's tea is one of
several for her and Mr.. Mumtaz
since their marriage in late August.
Nine. Krynitsky has asked Mrs.
Willis j. Nolan of Somerset and Mrs.
Saharov to assist in receiving the
guests and to alternate at the tea
table. where tea and little cakes, for
which Nine. Krynitsky is famous,
will be served.
Among the guests will be some of
Mrs. Mumtaz's friends from George
Washington University, where she
was student for four years
Miss Helen Amiss of Chevy Chase
Terrace will 60 to Norfolk this week
to be the guest of Miss Jane Cox,
daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Ormond L. Cox, who recently moved
to Virginia from Annapolis, where
they had lived for the last five
years.
Miss Cox Is a former resident of
Chevy Chase. having lived here
while her father was on duty at the
navy yard.
Mrs. Carl Barclay of Bethesda has
gone to Philadelphia to spend sew
eral weeks with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dulin
Return From California.
Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Dulin, jr,
have returned to Friendship Heights
after six weeks on the West Coast
While in California they stopped
In Coronado for a short visit with
Mrs. Dulins nephew, 1t. John
Bogley, U. S. N, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bogley of Friendship
Heights. They also visited Mrs.
Gordon Griffin and 1t. George c.
Cairnes, who were both residents
of Friendship Heights some years
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McGill
of Brookdale have as their guest
Mr.. McGill's sister, Mrs. Townsend
6canlan of Woodstock, VT, who is
spending the week here en- route to
Dunedin, Fla, where she will spend
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. David R. Starry
have opened their home in Drum
mond after several months in Ver-
mont. Mr.. and Mrs. Starry will
be in Drummond for the winter
with the exception of a few weeks
which they will spend in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Perry of
Bethesda will be joined this week
by Mrs. Perry's mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert Joiner Day of Portsmouth, Va,
who will spend several weeks here.
Mrs. Charles Reed, who lived in
Bethesda for many years, has closed
her home and moved to Williams
port, Pa, where she will make her
future home. Mrs. Reed is a for
mer resident of Williamsport.
Mrs. E. L. Robertson of Drum
AioAio WALL ~ W I lol lud IleAt week
to spend several months at her win
ter home in Fort Lauderdale. She
is making the trip South with her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Claude Loveless,
. who will return to her home in
Orlando after an extended visit
with DR.. and Mrs. Robertson.
Mrs. John E. Malone, who has
been the guest of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles T. Malone, of Somerset for
several months, will leave next week
for her home in Lakeland, Fla.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Forum on industrial Unrest

Industrial Unrest" will be the
subject of a symposium conducted
by the Civic National Forum at the
Whitelaw Hotel at 4 pm. today.
Attorney A. L. Taylor will preside.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Club to Hold Weiner Roust

The Kappa Club will hold a weiner
roast today at Great Falls. Miss
Mary Shaw and Miss Betty McGet.
tigan are in charge Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1939-10-22
Niece Of Huzen Named
Secretary to Wheat

Announcement was made yester-
day of the appointment of Mrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
KENT VICTOR
IN TOURNAMENT

Donald Lamka Of Kent, member
Of a winning debate team and
victor in the extemporaneous
speaking contest, captured indi-
vidual honors in the College of
Puget Sound sixth annual high
school forensics tournament held
Friday and Saturday.
Lamka teamed with William
koivisto to give Kent first place
in the cross-question type of de-
bate, then triumphed in extern
poraneous speaking with his
speech. The Men OF 1888"
Stadium high school, represented
by Gerald Meier, Samuel Bait,
John Braman and Betty Binns,
won in the university style OF de-
bate, defeating in the finals
Bellevue team composed of Will
lam Hatch, John Godfrey, Frank
Miller and Glen Asher.
Kent won in its division by de-
feating the Puyallup team. made
up of Marie Jones, Henry Perfield,
Margie Roscoe and Frank Hama
walt.
In extemporoneous speaking,
second place was won by Miss
Roscoe of Puyallup, who spoke
on The Debut Racket" and third
place was taken by Meier of Sta
dunn, whose topic was The Tricks
of the Trade
The two-day tournament was
participated in by approximately
200 students from rs schools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
CITY EMPLOYEES
RALLY TUESDAY
Joint Session To Hear
Talk by Prof.
Rath

Employees of the city Of Taco
ma. in a meeting believed To be
without precedent. will hold a joint
session Tuesday evening at the
Eagles hall to hear a talk by Prof.
r. J. Rath Of the College OF Puget
Sound faculty.
Eleven hundred city employees.
200 Of whom are affiliated with
six sponsoring organizations. have
been invited 10 attend the session
with their families and friends.
Prof. Rath. who studied Euro
pean affairs at first hand and has
spoken several times in Tacoma on
world affairs, will have as his
topic: THE Fate OF Workers
Under Fascism."
The joint meeting IL being spon-
sored by the Tacoma Municipal
Civil Service league and by five
labor unions whose members are
employed by the Electrical
Workers, local 4S3; City EN-
ploycs. local 1879, Fircfighters.
local 81; Municipal Employees, local
1852. and Technical Engineers and
Architects. local 20. Electrical
Workers union. IL was announced,
relinquished its regular meeting
night for the joint session.
, In addition to the featured talk.
brief play entitled "Socialized
Medicine" will be presented by the
VIA adult education project.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

The Tacoma Light sales crew
last year broke all previous rec
ords for the sale Of automatic cleo
trio water heaters and insulated
storage tank units, claims Harold
Partlow. manager Of the Tacoma
Light sales division.
We find" says Partlow. that
the public not only wants but IS
demanding the convenience OF hot
water always on tap. Modern liy-
ing requires an abundance Of not
water. and with a Hot-O-Matic
Unit. you simply turn the faucet
and plentiful supply of hot water
at an even. uniform temperature
is available for every requirement.
day or night, without one minutes
attention. The modern electric
water heater will always deliver
hot water at the most efficient
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
NARROWS BRIDGE Will
Be TOPIC AT MEETING

The Nsrrows bridge will occupy
attention of members of Pacific
Northwest chapter. American So
ciety of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers when they convene Tues
day evening Mt 6 o'clock At the
Tacoma hotel
Clark Eldridge. state highway
engineer, will be the speaker. He
will have as his topic, The Taco
ma Narrows Bridge"
Reports of delegates to the
recent convention held at Pitts
burgh will be heard c. w. May
Is president OF the chapter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

1t was the Todd shipyards that
brought 10 Tacoma J. c. Lowe and
r. e. Trowbridge. who joined in
1921 to establish the Midget
Heater and Speciality company.
Now. II years later. Tacoma has
been able to witness the creation
of a new industrial payroll, de-
yeloped by an organization whose
products are beginning to earn
wide recognition in the electrical
manufacturing field.
r. r. Trowhridce, president of
the Midget Electric company of
Tacoma, was born in San Fran
cisco He came to Tacoma In 1904
with his parents and received his
education in this city. His first
employment was with the old
Gamer Furniture factory. as
laborer. Later he entered the
electrical field and was employed
by the A. 2. Smith company in
1908.
For n time he also worked for
the Milwaukee railroad, but when
the Todd shipyards opened. he en-
tered the employ of that company
and worked there steadily for
eight years. 1t was while so en-
ployed that he met Lowe. who was
machinist foreman in the Todd
plant, Both were young men with
vision and penchant for expert
menting with an adaptability for
working out mechanical and cleo
trical problems.
Made Practicable
While still in the Todd plant
these two began working on an
electrical water heater. In 1922
they had II completed to the point
of practica bility and began manu-
featuring few each month in
small shop at 1921 Pacific ave.
When the Todd shipyards closed,
the two men opened the Midget
Electrical company at 3411 Pacific
ave, its present address. and
established a general mechanical
and electrical plant where they
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

The Midget Heater and thermo-
stat is the basis of the new Midget
automatic electric water heater
and storage tank, said Kent. Con-
tinuing he declared:
The new type Of Midget stor-
age tank has been restyled and i'm
proved to provide every wanted
feature. It's two hsaters and per-
feet insulation, make 1t the ideal
unit. and we have decided TO push
product. not alone because IL Is
Tcoma-made, but because II has
passed the most severe tesn with
highest honors. We have found
this Midget unit to be the equal
or superior of other nationally
known units on the market.
Keeps Heat In
we wish To particularly call
attention TO the fact that this
storage tank IL insulated with
Unfit, and that this material al.
lows less heat to escape than any
other unit tested. This Of course
will result in q saving on cleo
tricity to those customers who tn
stall the Midget Tank unit.
This Unifil insulation Ia pur-
chased In Tacoma and Is 20 eff
Gent that you can place = small
quantity in the palm Of your hand
and then turn a blow torch on your
hand without danger or without
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

being able 10 even so much as feel
the heat coming through As a
result. when used to insulate the
Midget Storage tank, 1t makes the
tank into q giant thermos bottle
that keeps the water inside hot,
once II has been heated.
Flexible Unit
we also found that the New
Midget storage tank and auto
matte electric hot water heaters
used In the unit. provide the most
flexible unit tested. We are proud
that Tacoma is able TO produce
such splendid electrical appliances
and we feel that we would be do
ing the people of Tacoma an In
justice were we not to push the
sale of this better equipment"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Six Competing in
BurmeiSter Finals

Six students were TO compete
Monday afternoon in finals Of the
Burmeister oratorical contest at
the College of Puget Sound.
The contest. sponsored annually
by A. o. Burmeister, Tacoma at
torney. will offer first and second
prizes Of $40 and IS for each of the
mems and womens divisions.
Finalists include Charles Gleiser,
Dcwane Lamka, Kenneth Sulston,
Barbara Healy. Margarita Irle and
Dorothy Padfield
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Light Department Breaks
Former Record for Sales

temperature for the electric dish
washer. another unit that viii soon
be found in every home.
Electrically heated water Is
stored and kept hot Just Ike a
giant thermost bottle. The quick
heating elements and the auto
matte thermostat controls and the
tick insulation insure maximum
efficiency in operation Every
member Of the family will thor
oughly enjoy the convenience. de-
pendability and safety of electric
not water service. II will bring
new comfort and satisfaction to
your home"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
FLIGHT COMMANDER
To GET FLYING CROSS

WASHINGTON-The war de-
partment announced today that
Major Caleb V. Haynes has been
awarded the distinguished flying
cross for plotting the army's "su-
per flying fortress" to Chile with
emergency medical supplies for
earthquake victims.
Haynes was accompanied on the
flight by a crew of 10 men.
The award win be presented TO
Haynes upon his arrival at Lang
ley field next Tuesday on his return
flight from Santiago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
4 WOMEN FACE
STATE CHARGES

Four women, arrested Saturday
night by Sheriff Bjorklund's aides
in an asserted house of i'll fame,
were at liberty Monday under bond
and facing state charges Of vag-
rancy.
The quartet was taken into Gus
tody following two raids on a
rooming house at 1205I2 Pacific
ave
At liberty were Joan Colby. %;
Ruby Bennett, IS; Bubble. Lewis,
&c, and frankie Jones, IS.
Raiding officers included I'm
dersheriff Clyde Knowles, Deputies
Charles Mcdonald, George Kupka
and Earl Cassidy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Engineers Viii
Hear Prof. Rath

Prof. r. J. Rath of College OF
Puget Sound will be speaker at
meeting of the Tacoma Engineers
club. to be held Wednesday noon
at Hotel Winthrop. His topic will
be National Socialism in Ger
many and What 1t Means to De-
mocracy." Prof. Rath recently
toured Germany and Austria and
will tell of his own experiences.
according to Walter j. Ryan, pro-
gram chairman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
ROBBINS TO ATTEND
METHODIST MEETING

Charles A. Robbins, bursar Of
the College of Puget Sound, will
leave Tuesday for San Francisco
to attend a conference from the
western jurisdiction Of the United
Methodist church. He will be one
Of three lay delegates from the
Pacific Northwest conference of
the Methodist church. Others will
be DR.. Dwight letters, University
of Idaho, and Chaplin Foster, Che
halls editor.
Delegates from the church will
be DIR. J. B. Magee and Rev c. w.
MacCaughey, both of Seattle, and
DR. Carl X Mahoney of Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
PLANE CRASH KILLS 4
BRIGHTON, Eng. Fo

BRIGHTON, Eng. = Four per-
sons were killed Saturday when
Royal Air Force plane crashed into
a bungalow near here. The dead
included the pilot and a mother
and her two children who were in
the house. The bungalow was set
afire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Sen. LEE NAMED WHIP
BY J. HAMILTON LEWIS

WASHINGTON J. Hamil-
ton Lewis, D., ILL.,, today an
nounced the appointment of Sen.
Josh Lee, D.. Okla, as an assis-
tant whip of the senate ma jority.
Sen. Sherman Minton. D.. Ind, is
the other assistant whip.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Midget Electric Co.
Develops Large Line
Expert Craftsmen Develop Electrical
Heaters and Supplemental Cadgets
That Are Sold Throughout Country

For years the Tacoma light department has sold and
commended Midget electric water heaters Verne
Kent superintendent of Tacoma Light said the total
into the thousands.
I'VE have found them to be low in operating cost and
frouh free" he said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

commonplace throughout the coun-
try today. The Tacoma built cleo
trical water heater is one of these
units, while electric heaters of
other kinds and the first electric
range were built in this city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Automatic Tank Type Water
Heating Unit Is Held Best
City Light Superintendent Kent Praises
Tacoma-Made Midget Electric Heaters

OF great advantage to a city is the establishment of
large industry that brings in expert craftsmen who in time
branch and become heads of separate manufacturing
enter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

not only developed their own in
ventions but also developed and
manufactured many specialties for
other men with ideas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
COBB TO TRY FOR
 NEW SPEED MARK
Englishnlan Held A u { o Record Last Year
 For 12 Hours

Salt Lake City, June 8-UP)- Once the speed bug gets into mans blood, it is tougher to exterminate than & termite in an old house, SC this summer John Cobb, burly Eng fish fur dealer, will lead another as- sault on the land speed records over the Bonneville salt flats.
 The Bonneville Racing association announced today that Cobb, who held the record for about 12 hours last year, will sail from London August for another attempt to send his 31s ton Railton racer across the salt wastes faster than six miles a minute.
 Gus P. Backman, secretary of the body that controls racing over the flat salt beds. said Cobb should ar rive here about August 12 and that he had reserved racing privileges for August IS to September l.
 Last summer Cobb and Captain E. T. Eyston waged a dogged duel that saw the records change hands twice and the speed increased from 3l1.42 m. D. h. to 357.5 m. p. h., in less than three weeks. Eyston f1n- ished on top with the latter mark the day after Cobb had blazed over the measured mile twice for an aver age of 350.2 m. p. h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

husband still believes there are only Is hcies on course. Mrs. Jack Sabol, wife of prom from White Plains. N. Y, assures the press with dimpled seriousness that Jack doesn't smoke, drink or cuss. To which Edward Angus" Dudley re- plies give Jack time. He'll discover that 18th excavation"
 And since we are speaking of spouses, let us shift to that hand- some he-man who is sometimes known as the husband of Viola Dana"
 Jimmy Thomson is his name. Jim- my is known as the Blond Bomber Won Spaulding" because he happens to hit round object harder and farther than Babe Ruth, Tommy Hitchcock, or any other mortal man. He is the longest driver golf ever has known. J. T. is being rated as run ner-up to Sir Walter Hagen in popularity among the pill pounding populace. People like him because he is the first guy to kid himself For example, someone remarked that Stockton Rogers of Ponte Verde. Florida, at 16, was the young est player ever to compete in the open. Jimmy said, T must stymie you on that assertion. I was but IS when made my debut in the open, back in 1925 at Worcester. Now I am 30, and look how I've im- proved. I didn't even qualify for this open. Time marches on"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Senator Points Finger

that game politics racket by those who get their living it, but boxing it business and will racket its that impressed the National Boxing Association follows:
 Pertinent condition. Also observations recommended the executive committee the National Boxing Association of America.
 The brought the Senate bill S2O47 On the forenoon of Friday 26 May the S20 (Senator Brbours bill revoke the that prohibits transportation boxing films xacty unanimously recommended at the September 1887 convention of the White Spngo the testimony at the hearings repeatedly developed
  with professional boxing"
 During Senator Johnson of Colorado with plenty subsantang testimony that the following with boxing
 (a) Boxing has moved from sport" business" fast becoming racket"
 (b) It reaching the monopoly 
 Co It has along thinking people beginning to ask Does the commission control the ter control the commission"
 (d) The of boxing the boxer owned by With leading contracts lighter If promoter in Minnesota money seating capacity the facilities to stage worlds heavyweight bout between two evenly matched could Minneapolis without cutting in getting
 
 (e) That the boxing fast reaching stage where the various commissions getting togeth-w clean its own house we are going to have to do it for them
 When baseball found to be rong baseball Judge Lands Boxing should enough fo the same or soon by law otherwise nore professional boxing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
'Poosh Elm Up Out

New York, June. 8-(UP)-Tony Brains Lazzeri, once the main cog in the New York Yankee infield, was casting about for another major league job today after his third un- conditional release of the year.
 Released by the Chicago Cubs at the beginning of the season. Poosh- -Em-Up Tony caught on with the Dodgers, who let him go May 13. He was signed the next day by Bill Terry, who was having plenty of trouble around the Giants third base.
 He was hitting around .290 for this season. compared to his lifetime average of .292, but he was charged with two errors in the Giants 7-1 defeat by the Cubs yesterday.
 Terry announced Lazzeri's release immediately after the game, and said Lou Chiozza, utility infielder, would get the Giants third base job.