davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
WARSHIP CRUISES TO
EUROPE ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON-Two forthcom-
ing cruises of warships to Europe
have been announced by Secretary
of the Navy Claude A. Swanson
today. The ships will visit several
European ports, but none in Ger
many, Italy or Spain.
The new destroyer Jouett, will
sail on a shakedown cruise from
Boston March I. and the battle
ships New York, Texas, and
Arkansas will carry 1.040 mid
shipmen on their annual summer
cruise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
Bride Mines Gold
for Wedding Ring

MELBOURNE when Mrs.
Katherine Allen decided that her
wedding ring was not large enough
to be symbolic of what marriage
really meant to her, she simply
went to the Bendigo gold fields
and dug up enough gold to permit
jeweler to fashion her ring into
what she thought it should be.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
Plane Can Carry
1000 NeU Bombs

LONDON-A new type incen-
diary bomb, which is so light that
one large bomber could carry
1000 of them, was described by
A. r. Astbury. technical adviser to
the home office. at a London
conference on air raid precaution
materials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
L.EGIS.I.TGHT
POLITICULARS
ny Tacoma Times staff Writer

CAPITOL. Oympia-The public power fight Will De re
newed in the lower house this week result of senate
passage of bill substituted for the measure backed by
Washington State Grange and Washington Public Districts
Utilities association The senate substitute includes pro
visions advocated by operators private companies
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
THE CORE

Townsend mass meeting Sixth
and Steele st, X. c. hall, Wednes-
day, March &, s p. m. DR.. Hal c.
Long. state representative. will be
the speaker. Everybody welcome.
Special invitation TO business apd
professional people. DR.. Long will
also speak at Community hall at
Midland Thursday, March 9th, 8
p. m. tady.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07

Center. with a great roar
the Lillian noses down into
the sea and plunges to her
grave. Bottom, the Lillian's
crew on a tugboat, nearing
Brooklyn, after being taken
off their ship by the Ger
man freighter Wiegand,
which the Lillian rammed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07

As the American freight
err Lillian, top, begins its
death plunge % miles of
the New Jersey coast, the
crew gets away in a life
boat, lower right. a half
hour after the Lillian ram
med another ship in the
fog-bound Atlantic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07

adv.
ROSlCRUClAN MEETING
The Rosicrucian study public
meeting will be held Wednesday,
March s, at p. m. at 2Tis No.
2ist ST. The topic will be Or
der of the Holy Grail and Its
Interpretation"
Fruit trees, rose bushes, shrubs.
Puget Sound Nursery. 92ol Pac.
(adv.)
3 cans best Norwegian Fish
Balls. soc. Cow Butter Store. adv.
TACOMAN IN CAST
Dick Haley. 2eol No. 2eth St.
Tacoma. will play the part of one
of the clerks OF the court when
Elmer Rice's play. Judgment Day."
Is presented on the Pomona coll
lege campus in Ciaremont. Calf.
March 10 and IL. Haley. fresh
man this year. is member OF the
Thespians. freshman dramatic
group.
Funeral flowers you can afford.
Garden Shop. Rhodes Bros. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07
WALSH WILL SPEAK

Frank J. Walsh. industrial engi-
neer for the Tacoma Chamber OF
Commerce. will speak at the meet
ing of the Tacoma Engineers club
at the Hotel Winthrop Wednesday
noon. His subject will be The
Present Status of Tacoma's Air
Service"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-07

Twenty-Five countrywide public
utility districts. including several
in southwest Washington, vitality
are interested.
Here is what Puyallup's pioneer
public power grangeman, Fred
Chamberlain, has to say:
The effect, II not the design,
of SB200 Is to Illustrate the
entire public power program
In this state and to deprive its
people of the benefits OF Bon
neville and Grand Coulee
dams.
Power generated at Bonneville
dam" asserts Chamberlain. is
reserved to public utility districts,
by act OF congress. until after Jan.
!. 1871. If the PUBS are not sue
cessful in acquiring properties and
placing them into operation by
that time. the benefits of Bonnie
willie will be left almost entirely to
the private companies.
THE original bill was sponsored
by the grange and commissioners
of the % districts, in order TO ex-
pedite this program. Its purposes
were to bring the law of the state
relating to revenue bonds and war;
rants up to date. in order to inn
prove the marketability of such
bonds and effect substantial saw
ings in interest rates.
However" Ch a m er ! a n
charges. provisions were inserted
in the substitute bill designed to
defeat the purposes of the original
bill. Stripped Of camouflage,
these provisions stand out as fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Paintings Of Nearby
Scenes on Display

Oil paintings of nearby scenes
along the Potomac River, Harpers
Ferry, w. Va. and the Blue Ridge
Mountains, are now on display at
the Clarendon Library, $3.50 Wilson
boulevard. Arlington. Va, it was
announced today by Miss Eleanor c.
Leonard, county librarian.
There are 10 paintings on display.
The artist is Garnet w. JeX of
Arlington, former student at the
Corcoran School of Art and the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
and who took his master of fine
arts degree at George Washington
University. He has been a staff
artist for Nature Magazine and the
United States Public Health Service.
Several Of his exhibits have been
seen in this vicinity.
The display is one of series spon-
sored by the library. The exhibit is
on view each day from 9 am. to
> pm. and Z pm. to 9 pm. On
Saturdays it is open from 10 am.
to noon.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Pollution Abatement
Plan Is Studied
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va. March 24-A
tentative plan for the abatement of
pollution in the Potomac and its
tributaries, which may be presented
to the next General Assembly, was
studied by the Virginia Commission
on Interstate Cooperation at a con-
ference yesterday.
The proposed agreement has been
drafted in an interstate compact
drawn up by special committee on
the Potomac River basin.
The committe was organized un-
der the auspices Of the Council of
States Governments. It's plan would
lead to pollution control through the
enactment of uniform legislation in
tho cte+o~ ffen+~I -"s-~ -~.,raaria.
ton of fund not to exceed $4,000
year by Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and the
District of Columbia would also be
required
The program would be carried for
ward through a proposed Potomac
conservancy district.
Virginia, it was estimated, would
be called on for approximately
81, 400 annually if 1t entered into
the agreement.
The commission voted to con-
tribute 81 500 to the Council of State
Governments as membership" fee,
and discussed plans for attendance
at national conference on Inter
state trade barriers" in Chicago,
April 5, 6 and Z.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Funds 10 Modernize Office
OF Tax Assessor Asked

Mechanization and modernization
Of the District tax assessors office
as recommended three years ago by
a committee of District officials and
civic representatives, is contemplated
under an appropriation of $28, $40 re-
quested in a supplemental estimate
sent to Congress late yesterday by
the Budget Bureau.
A total of 26,l00.70 was asked,
which includes also $4,000 for a
girls gymnasium in the new Coolidge
Senior High School, under construc-
ton at Fifth street and Sheridan
avenue, and $22 $3.50 for relocation of
auto-teSting stations now under con-
struction.
The Budget Bureau explained that
plans have worked out for rearrang-
ing the work of the assessors office
to use specially designed recording
machinery and the latest improved
Office equipment.
The gymnasium at the Coolidge
High School was included in the
original plans, but had to be elimi-
mated because all original bids ex-
ceeded the authorization. District
officials, the Budget Bureau ex-
planned, believe the gymnasium is
an essential feature Of the new
school building and should be in
cluded while the school Is under
construction.
Plans for the auto-testing stations
have been changed to provide for
adequate storage space in conjunc-
ton with the buildings, to avoid con-
gestion on streets leading to the
stations.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Utilities Unit 0. KS
End Of Greenbe|t
Direct Bus Service
Shuttle Substitute Will
Go Into Operation
On April 8

Abandonment of direct bus serv-
ice between Greenbelt, the Govern
ment's low-cost housing community
in Prince Georges County and
downtown Washington, was ap-
proved today by the Public Utilities
Commission at the request of the
Capital Transit Co.
Effective April 8. the transit COM
pany will substitute shuttle bus
service to operate between Green
belt and the Berwyn station on the
Maryland line of the street car
service Of the Capital Transit Co.
Sequel to Recent Ruling.
The change was planned by the
company as sequel to the recent
ruling by the Controllers ONCE dis
allowing renewal of the contract
between the transit company and
the Farm Security Administration
for the payment of subsidy for the
present bus service to and from
Greenbelt. The subsidy has
amounted to between $500 and
$1,000 a month.
The company plans to operate
three shuttle buses between Green
belt and Berwyn station. having q
headway Of or 10 minutes In rush
hours tn make connections viii, &i,e
soaeet cars. and headway Of hour
in off-peak periods.
Pass Price to Be Raised.
Under ruling by the Maryland
Public Service Commission as to the
zone in which the Greenbelt service
will be operated. effective April 8.
the company explained the price of
the weekly interstate bus pass will
be increased from SITS to 81. The
cash fare, now 80 cents. will be "a
cents. The token or ticket fare, now
80 cents, will figure out at 80 5-6
cents. However, if tickets are fur
nished in dollar lots the price will
amount to % 1-3 cents instead of
the present Is cents.
Under the changed operation,
transit company officials said, the
trip to downtown Washington will
require from Is to 20 minutes longer
than under the present direct service.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Pharmaceutical Group
Elects Officers

DR.. w. H. Whittlesey was named
president of the District of Colum-
bia Pharmaceutical Association at a
meeting of the organization last
night at the Wardman Park Ho-
tel.
Other new officers include DR.. l..
F. Bradley, DR.. S. Higgers, DR.. A. L.
Suter and DR.. Morris Goldstein,
vice presidents; DR.. Raymond Wat
son, secretary; DR.. Roger Lusby,
treasurer, and DR.. Harley Baker and
DR.. w. Paul Briggs, members of the
Executive Committee.
DR.. E. F. Kelly, secretary of the
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton, discussed the new order of
American pharmacy. His. address
was followed by an open forum dis
cussion.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Events in Europe
Serious Menace 10
Peace, Says Hull
Coils for Cooperation
Of All to Strengthen
World Structure

Secretary of State Hull said today
recent developments in Europe
have been of a nature seriously
to threaten the peace OF the world"
Back from a Southern vacation,
Mr.. Hull, at his press conference,
called on every citizen and group in
this country for loyal ! 4qpf 4eq9pftoRssEati2o3 p
Striving 81 to strengthen the threat
ened structure of world peace"
Urgent Need for Support.
New evidences of international
lawlessness," the Secretary said,
make it all the more clear that
never before has the support of all
nations for law and order and sound
economic relations been more ur-
gently needed than at present"
Mr.. Hull said that having followed
closely developments at home and
abroad during his temporary alb
Sence. L have, in common with the
general public here, been profoundly
shocked at the recent developments
in Europe"
His statement was in line with a
condemnation of Germany's acts in
dismembering Czecho-Slovakia. is
sued by Acting Secretary Sumner
Welles during Mr.. Hulls absence
last week.
Efforts to Continue.
After calling attention to the
urgent need for international sup
port of law and order, the Secretary
added:
I'VE in this country have striven.
particularly during recent years, and
we shall continue to strive TO
strengthen the threatened structure
OF world peace by fostering in every
possible way the rule of law and
the building of sound economic re-
lationships upon which alone peace
can rest.
Every citizen and every group in
this country will, I am sure, CO.
operate Loyalty and Fundamentally
IN this great and urgent task"
Mr.. Hull said the full substance
OF the new trade agreement between
Rumania and Germany had not
been available to him as yet, and that
he would have to study all the i'm
plications of this move before COM
menting on this Governments at
titude toward it.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
J. H. Comedian Dies;
Former u. ). Attorney
Succumbs at 80
Funeral Services
Scheduled for
Tomorrow

John H. Connellan. 80, a former
attorney of the Department of JUS
tice, died Wednesday at his home
in the Brighton Hotel, 2123 Cali
fornia street NV, after a short
illness.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in st. Thomas the
Apostle Church. Burial will be in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Comedian formerly was in
charge of decedents' estates under
the office of the Alien Property Gus
todian. He came here for that duty
in January, 1918. after the former
Attorney General, the late A. Nit
chel Palmer, then alien property
custodian, expressed the wish for a
philadelphia lawyer with trust
company experience to come tc
Washington to have charge of the
decedents' estates. Mr.. Connellar
continued with the Office until il
was abolished in 1884 and the work
transferred to the Justice Depart
ment.
Subsequently, Mr.. Comedian con.
tinued as an attorney in the De-
partment of Justice until he resigned
August 81. 1887.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr.
Comedian read law and was ad-
mitted to the bar in September
1870. In the 80s he served as dep
uty receiver of taxes in Philadel-
phia. In 1888 he opened law Offices
IN Denver, Colo. but left there after
year to return to PHILADELPHIA
For many years afterWard he was
connected with the Equitable Trust
Co.. serving as a member of its
Board Of Directors. He resigned in
1912 to resume the practice of law
when the company was consolidated
with the Continental Trust Co.
Mr.. Comedian was married in Oc-
tober, 1882. to Miss Alice w. Matlack
OF Philadelphia. She died in 1928.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
10 u. S. Betters Win
$l5O.OOO Sum Eoch

NEW YORK, March "a R-The
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes TODAY
won s3,714,810 for ticket holders in
the United States, including $3.50 900
each to 10 whose tickets were drawn
on Workman, winner of the Grand
National Steeplechase at Aintree.
Seven others won $75 900 each on
MacMoffat. which finished second.
and nine more won $4,000 each on
Kilstar, third.
Besides the pay-off on the winning
horses, 469 other ticket holders in
the United States who drew horses
entered in the steeplechase won
1850 each whether their entries
ran or not. Also, 713 had drawn
consolation prizes paying $500 each
and 26 had drawn residual prizes
each worth $4,210.
The prize money to be paid in
the United States was approxi-
mately half the total prize fund
OF $6,710,00O, taken from a total of
$12,141,735 received from the sale
OF sWeepstake tickets at $3.50 each.
The Sl50,0O0 Winners.
Ticket holders in the United States
on Workman, the winner. were:
M. B. Doolan, Pelham Country Club
Pelham Manor. N. Y; Montana.
$3.50 White Plains avenue, the
Bronx, N. Y; 10 10, 1155 Hoe ave-
nue., the Bronx, N. Y; Harry Kane
los, 205 West Eighteenth street. New
York; Lucky at Last, 1904 Union
turnpike, Jamaica, N. Y; An Appeal
to Saint Rita. 1926 Madison avenue.
New York; Two Happy Brothers.
130 East Fordham road, the Bronx,
N. Y; Margaret ct al, 1864 Woody
crest avenue, the Bronx, N. Y:
Tim stromer, 500 East Eighty-sixth
street, New York; Just Must Win.
1922 Amin street, Philadelphia.
Seven ticket holders in the United
States won $4,000 each on the
second place horse, MacMoffat, They
were:
J. A. Hallet and ]. A. Crotty, 40
Wall street, New York; Us Two. $50
Shepard avenue. East New York. N.
Y; Sigis, 174 Ellis street, San Fran
cisco; John Davis, 753 George
street, Baltimore, Md: Two Friends
Indeed, 1911 North Fulton avenue.
Baltimore; Edward Haywood, 1898
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Woshington-Lee High School
To Use Recordings in Course
Stor's Compoien
Is Endorsed by
Instructors

The recordings of the symphonic
masterpieces being made available
in The Stars music appreciation
campaign will be incorporated in
the regular course of music in
struction at the Washington-Lee
High School of Arlington, Va, an
institution with an enrolment of
more than 1000 students.
In announcing this today Claude
M. Richmond. principal of the
school, and Miss Florence Booker,
music instructor at the institution,
gave their wholehearted indorse-
ment to the campaign. The WASH
ington-Lee School was among the
first to recognize the educational
value of the opportunity offered by
The Star, the principal said.
He recalled that Immediately after
the campaign was launched he went
to see Miss Booker to authorize
purchase of the collection of re-
cordings for the schools library.
1t developed that the music teacher
also had seen the announcement
of the campaign and was on the
point of making the same sugges-
ton to him.
Il think the campaign is the
finest thing The Star has ever
done" Miss Booker said in express
ing her approval of the movement.
Sees Aid for Pupils.
Prof. Richmond said he believed
the symphonic recordings will be
great aid in our music courses
and will make possible a better
musical education for many of the
students who have never had the
opportunity Of enjoying fine music"
I'm very fond of good music
myself" he added. and l intend
to obtain an entire set of the rec
ords for my own use. I can see
that thousands of people will be
enabled to familiarize themselves
with the truly great musical classics
as result of The Stars offer"
Miss Booker said that when she
first heard the first composition
featured in the campaign, Schu-
bert's Unfinished Symphony" she
was amazed" at the quality of the
recording.
When !. was buying the 'Unfin-
ished,'" she said, Il remarked to
the clerk at the counter that there
must be a trick to it somewhere.
The price was so low that just
couldn't believe the records could
be of such high quality"
Is Required Subject.
The music appreciation course at
the Washington-Lee School is a
required subject in the seventh and
eighth grades. In the higher grades
music is an elective subject. There
are 435 students in the seventh and
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Symphony Broodcosts

Through the cooperation of
the National Broadcasting Co.
The Star is presenting over
WMAL each weekday morning
a movement from one of the
symphonic compositions fea-
tured in the music appreciation
campaign. The program on
which the recordings are heard,
'Today's Prelude" is scheduled
daily except Sunday from $50
to 7:25 am. and The Stars re-
cordings may be heard at ap-
proximately 7 am.
The recordings already re-
leased in the campaign may be
obtained at the special booth
In the lobby of The Star Build
ing each weekday from 8 am.
to 6 pm. The booth is closed
on Sundays.
Evening star., 1939-03-24

eighth grades now studying music
appreciation, with many more TAX
ing the course of their own free
will.
Miss Booker said the school al
ready has a library of recordings,
but that 1t does not include any
of the selections offered by The
Star.
Recordings Of the three symphonic
works released since the campaign
was inaugurated are available at
the special music appreciation
booth in. the lobby of The Star
Building. These groups of records
include Schubert'S Unfinished, ;"
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" and
Mozart's symphony No. 40 in G
Minor" the latest release.
Evening star., 1939-03-24
Senate Committee
Votes $513,188,000
Army Supply Bill
No Material Change
Made in Air Corps Funds
Approved by House

The Senate Appropriations Conn
mittee today approved a $513,188, ,882
Army Supply bill, providing some
of the money for the defense pro-
gram. The committee added $13,-
800, 900 and made no material change
in funds already approved by the
House for enlarging the Air Corps.
AS the bill came from the House.
it carried either direct appropria-
tions or contract authorizations to
bring up to 1880 the number of new
airplanes scheduled for delivery be-
tween December 81, 1888, and June
30, 1910.
A part of the sos ,737 900 total for
all requirements of the Air Corps
represents the first step toward in
creasing the number of planes from
the old objective of 1890 to the new
goal of 5000 fixed in a separate bill
recently passed and now awaiting
signature.
The Senate committee added
81 ,000,0 900 to the Air Corps item for
experimental research.
Of Wore N. -. i. L. OHtS.
Another important Senate change
was the adding of approximately
81 300, 900 for expansion of the r. o.
T. C. in schools and colleges. This
step was taken on motion of Sem
ator Overton, Democrat, of Louis
lana, and will make possible 54 ad-
ditional units, with necessary su.
pervision and advanced courses for
more students.
A House provision allowing s33 $50
for administrative promotions for
War Department employees was ap-
to let the department decide within
what brackets increases should be
granted. The House bill limited the
money to promotions for persons re-
ceiving $1,000 a year or less, who
have not been moved up in accord
ance with the Classification Act.
In taking out this condition. the
Senate committee contended it
would lower the morale of higher
paid employees who have more ex-
perience, bear much greater admin
istrative responsibility, are more ef-
! flcient in their work, but who have
not had any promotion for as long
as 10 years.
Discretion Allowed.
The department and committee"
the report continued, ARE both in
accord with the principle that every
consideration should be given the
lower paid employees with a due re-
gard for the maintenance of q
satisfactory morale of all employees.
For that reason the committee has
left in the bill the money to make
administrative promotions, but has
left application of those funds to
the department..
| One of the largest increases the
Senate group made was s6000,000
as a first installment toward a Sl6,-
600 900 program for the replacement
of worn-out machinery and arsenals.
The Senate committee also grant,
ed the National Guard an additional
sl,375 900 for construction work at
camps to be selected by the depart
ment. 1t also allowed $6l0360 for
work at a camp at Fort Sill, Okla.
The bill probably will be taken up
in the Senate early next week.
Evening star., 1939-03-24

The disturbance that was some distance
SCUM OF Nova Scotia Thursday morning
has fa moved nnorth-northeastward to New
Iounoiand with greatly increased intensity
Botwood. 2S76 inches Pressure is reis.
lively Tow, ar/ falling slowly over the Plains
states the Rocky Mountain region. the
Lake region. Devils Lake, N Oak. and Swi1:
current; Sasketchewan, 29.90 inches and
Lamar Colo. 20. 92 inches. Pressure remains
low over Hudson Strait. Resolution Island
T'6O inches, and over the Gulf of Alaska
juneau. 29sS inches Pressure is high from
ward in Ontario and western Quebec and
from Texas and Arkansas eastward. Churcn-
X Manitoba 30 SO inches. and Macon Ga.
JOIb inches. Precipitation, mostly light,
has occurred from California eastward %
the southern Plains States and western
iowa. The weather has become warmer al
most generally east OF the Rocky Mountains
and the temperature is now considerably
above normal as far east as the Appalachian
region.