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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10

She was brilliant student, but
found time to take part in nu-
merous extra curr!cular activities.
Many Activities
She won three-year athletic
award, was chairman Of the Fell
lowship department of the Girls
club. and was member of Stadi-
ana, girls athletic honorary;
Triple S. activity honorary; Thes-
plans. dramatic society; Debate
club. and Speakers bureau.
Braman. whose name will be en-
graved on the Journalism cup as
the outstanding journalist in the
class. is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. P. Braman, 1901 No. 18th st.
Debate Champion
He rose from copy editor OF the
World last fall to editor-in-chief
this spring. He was a member
of Student council, Fourth Estate
club. Ski club. Debate club. of
which he served as vice president,
and Quill and Scroll, national prep
journalists honorary. He was
school debate champion and also
was awarded first honors at the
annual College of Puget Sound
debate tournament.
Mladinov. Columbia scholarship
choice. is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
John Mladinov, 22f2 No. Proctor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10
new CHARGE At
PORT ANGELES
PORT ANGELES. WASH

EVHI n ~ T. u y - Nash.-
Charges Of transportation Of
public funds and second degree
forgery were on file IN superior
court today against Fay r. Wood
former Clallam county chief
deputy auditor.
The charges. filed Thursday by
Prosecutor Ralph Smythe. alleged
Wood took $3.50 Of county funds
and then. a. cx-officio clerk. testi-
fled his personal I o. L, was cash
smythe said approximately
100000 in shortages had been
concealed in this manner.
Ten persons, including State
Auditor Cliff Yelle. have been
charged with offenses in the
tangled affairs Of the county treas
urer's office. The shortages were
first discovered after former
Treasurer Walter Barr last Janu.
airy admitted defsleations Of S3s.-
900. He is under sentence OF Is
years in state penitentiary.
Wood pleaded guilty last Febru-
airy to charges OF making false
entries in county records and was
sentenced 10 six months In the
county jail. He has been free on
bond. pending a rehearing June IL
before state supreme court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10

Above pictured Of announced
the seth
school, held the armoy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10
Mrs. Ida Doster
Is Presented Pin

Ranked as dean of all United
Air Lines traffic personnel in the
Pacific Northwest. Mrs Ida s.
Doster. traffic representative for
the company here, today proudly
displayed a diamond-shidded gold
service pin which testifies to 10
years OF service with the mir line.
Responsible for booking hun
dreds OF Tacoma citizens for their
first flights sloft, Mrs. Dostcr
joined United Air Lines in Febru-
AIRY, 1929. At that time. the com.
pany's predecessor divisions were
operating the Pasco Salt Lake
and Seattle-Los Angeles routes In
and out Of the Pacific Northwest.
Since then Mrs. Doster has seen
the whole growth Of air transpor-
tstion up to Uniteds present or
gsnizstion with its Msiniiner trans
ports flying on fast and frequent
schedules between Tacoma Seattle,
California. the Midwest and East.
A native OF Minnesota. Mrs. Dos
ter came to Tacoma In 1928 as
Pierce county district secretary
for the Automobile Club Of Wash
ington. She has held this position
along with her post Of United
traffic representative at her office.
772 Commerce st
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10

don Rose. ~. Of sif So Frsee IT,.
was being held In city jan Friday
for investigation Of auto theft
Detective George nurseson and
prowier Car ofncer n c. Mar
shah. who arrested Rose. said ne
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-10

was driving . car which had been
reported stolen ~ Douglas Ftts-
simmons. s5ip No. teth IT. Rose.
the officers reported. confessed
that when ne was bat 10 years IT
age ne received . suspended sen
ssnre for theft n . car
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Eastman Chairman
OF ice lulu Ist

WASHINGTON tersta e
Commerce Commission Thursday
revised its administrative setup.
and elected Joseph Il. Eastman
chairman Cor three years, begin
ming July /.
The new chairman succeeds
Marion Csskie. whose one-year
term would have expired next
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653 SENIORS
GET DIPLOMAS
Presentations Ma d e
by Dr.. Norton of
School Board

Stadium high schools 56th grad
uation exercises were held Thurs
day night at the srmory before a
crowd OF more than $500 persons.
Diplomas were presented by DR..
L. P. Norton of the school board
to SIS seniors.
To Russell Soper and Charlotte
Ann Thompson went the Richard
Graft Memorial and A. A. L. w.
awards, respectively given snnu-
ally to the outstanding senior boy
and girl in the class.
John Brsman, editor OF the
Stadium World. school newspaper,
was the recipient of the Journalism
award. A scholarship to Prince
ton university was given to May
nard Miller. class president, and a
four-year. $4,000, scholarship to
Columbia university was awarded
to kremlin Mladinov whose
brother Joseph, was given the
same honor two years ago.
Colorful Affair
All award and scholarship win
ners were announced by Principal
f. F.. Perkins as the climax of the
annual colorful affair.
The school orchestra opened the
program with two numbers, Over
ture to William Tell" and "Pomp
and Circumstance March"
Rev. Carl A. johnson gave the
invocation. Robert Huston was
heard in a vocal solo, THE
Trumpeter," followed by Thelma
Bratrud, Mildred Christensen, Vir-
einia knight, Irene Corbett and
Margaret Terry in a special ar
rangement by Clayton johnson,
school musical director, of Deep
Purple"
Panel Discussion
With Harold Schweinler chair
man, a panel discussion was pre-
scented by four speakers, each at
tempting to answer in a different
way the question, Education for
What"
Betty Binns spoke on Our
selves" Helen Phil on Our Money
Problems" Maynard Miller on "All
of Us" and Robert Elliott on Our
Associates" Miss Binns and FL
lott spoke as scholastic leaders,
Miss Phil as faculty choice and
Miller. students choice. Schwein-
Ter. Elliott. Miss Binns and Miss
Phil all tied for valedictory hon
ors. each completing three years
of study with straight AS"
Also An Athlete
Winning the Graft Memorial
gave a fitting climax to a bril-
liant high school career for Soper.
In addition to being better-than-
average student, he was a member
of the Tiger track team for three
years, establishing a new city
record for the low hurdles and
winning the state championship in
the same event at Pullman a
couple of weeks ago.
He also played forward for two
years on the basketball team, was
member of Hi-Y, boys honorary,
student council, Big S, athletic
honorary of which he was presi-
dent, and World and Tahoma
stats. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. H. Soper, All No. Saith st.
Charlotte Ann Thompson, win
ner OF the A. A. u. w. award, is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
X. Thompson, 1917 No. Cakes st.
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Discussion Of local sffnirs y
scheduled to entertain members ~
General welfare club No. 1 Friday
evening II 7no7 so. IN Il. rred
s. lambert viii preside.
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January / Under the revised
setup. however. he will relinqulsh
the chairmanship TO Eastman
July /.
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Suspected Auto
Thief Questioned

Arrested q; So. 5th ana stevens
sis late Thursday afternoon. Cor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Paul Leonard
Is Talked AS
ACandidate
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In th& Sir Walter Hotel.
Rv HENRY AVERHI,

Raleigh, May 13.-Latest political
gossip about the governorship race
to reach this correspondents desk
comes by way of a medium even less
credible and creditable than the
grapevine line; but inasmuch as
everybody else of even moderate i'm
portance has been mentioned as a
potential candidate for the executive
mansion, it's got to be a matter of
the more, the merrier, SO why
secretary of the Fair Tax Associa-
ton, be mentioned, too?
j. Paul is put into the picture by
an anonymous Writer-and as usual
rule the writer of an anonymous
writer is about as low as any crea-
ture that creeps and craWls. This one
appears to be no execution, as his
violent prejudice and dislike of the
very man he names as possible can
didate is strikingly obvious in every
line of the communication.
Despite this venom, it is clear from
the letter that there is really some
sentiment in regions adjacent to
Leonard'S home at StatesVille in fa-
vor of drafting the States most con-
scientious and consistent opponent of
the Saless tax as an anti-candidate
for governor.
81 have been in Newton, Lincoln
ton, Hickory, Granite Falls, Lenior
and little towns in this neighbOrhood.
It's true that there is talk about run
ming Paul Leonard as an independent
anti-sales tax candidate" writes the
unidentified correspondent, 81 under
stand one wealthy family in Cald-
well county is willing to put up
money for him. The talk started in
Granite Falls, little town, but has
spread"
Then he adds vindicticely, "These
d merchants ought to remember
what happened to Willard Dowell
when they tried to put him in"
Then the writer comedies at least
a bit Of intelligence and sagacity to
Mr.. Leonard: 81 think Leonard has
more sense than to be fooled by d
few small-toWn merchants who don't
know the ABC's of politics.
"There is somebody in Hickory
mailing out stuff favorable to him.
1t smacks of small fry-just what
Leonard IS. Imagine anybody think
ing he could gel anywhere as a can
didate. It's laugh SO why not let the
public get some laughs out of it, He
said in a speech that he never eX-
pected to be candidate; but l hear
he is listening intently now to the
small-fry merchants who started this
candidate bunk" erupted the bold,
bad writer who didn't sign his name.
Oddly enough, or maybe it isn't if
by any possibility the letter was g
cleverly concocted trial balloon de-
vlsed by some one actually friendly
to MIR. Leonard) there were pasted
on the back of the letter samples OF
stuff being mailed out of Hickory
These clippings were two editorials
from the hickory Record ana re-
Continued on Page FiVe)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

two groups, representatives from
the government, the State health Of
ficer, county health officer, city
health officers, representatives from
public welfare departments, the de-
partment Of agriculture, home eco
nomics, public instruction, parent
teacher groups, hospital boards, in
stitutions for the blind, mental and
child hygiene workers, civic clubs
and philanthropic citizens.
Causes of agranulocytic angina
still are unknown, DR.. w. M. B.
Brown, of Greenville, told the sec
ton on opthalmology and otolaryn-
gology of the North Carolina Medi-
cal Society today
In a paper read before the Sec
ton, Dr. Brown discussed findings
recorded by doctors who have made
q special study of the disease, and
gave an account of a case he had
treated. The doctor said his patti
ent was single woman of 43, whom
he discovered had the ailment after
he was called nito conversation by
dentist DR.. Brown said the dis
ease occurred principally in middle
aged women, and it virtually was
unknown in Negroes
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Putnam Is Kidnapped In Demand
About Book On Hitler death"
"ldeal" Health Plan Is
Offered State Doctors

Aboard S. S. Queen of Bermuda,
Enroute to Norfolk, May 13.-(AP)
DIR. Carl Reynolds, State health
officer, presented to the North Caro-
lima Medical Society today what he
termed the 'ideal plan" for handl-
ing health and allied problems
1--WE have our people needing
medical care in one group" he told
the doctors, returning from a vaca-
ton cruise to Bermuda. eve have
the medical profession to administer
that medical care in another group.
We must have the best available
mind to direct this most important
and vital element in moral, mental,
and physical, social and economic
welfare.
''To whom shall we turn for this
service? The unanimous decision
would be that the medical mind is
the better qualified. "This being
admitted, may I present to you
board of directors?"
This board, he said, should be
made up of the secretary and chair
man of the executive committees of
the State Medical and Dental So
cieties. Representatives from these
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

New York, May 13.-(AP)-Six
members of the southern group of
the bltuminous operators withdrew
To-Day from the Appalachian Con-
terence rather than sign the new
tWo-year contract with the United
Mine Workers Of America (CIO).
which includes the union shop clause.
l.. Z. Gunter, spokesman for the
southern operators, said the group
1irst voted mo- to tse proposal for
the union shop clause and then with
drew. The six are the Big Sandy.
KY; the Hazard, KY; the Kanawha,
W. Va; the Harlan, KY; the South
ern Appalachian of Tennessee, and
southwestern Virginia and the Vir-
ginia Coal Operators Association.
All are in the so-called volatile
group.
Gunter said there are $4,000 men
employed by the dissenting gruops
and that the mines produce about
45,OO0,000 tons a year.
The other members of the con-
ference signed the contract and the
mines will be reopened Monday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Farmers Of
State Missed
$947,OOO Sum

College Station, Raleigh, May 13.
Approximately $947 900 could have
been added to North Cardinals cash
farm income last year if growers had
taken full advantage of the agricul-
tural conservation program, E. Y.
Floyd, AAA executive officer at State
College, declared today.
The total amount available as cash
assistance for sOil-building practices
under the 1893 program in the East
Central region was $26,6OO,00O. Of
this amount, growers earned $2O,OOO,-
900, leaving $6,600,000 untouched.
"If growers had chosen to carry
out the additional PRACTICES" Floyd
explained, ''they would have receiv-
ed that much more money besides
further improving and conserving
their cropland."
For the entire East Central Region,
the sum of $6,6O0,O00 that was avail
able but not earned represented
around one-fourth Of the maximum
amount that could have been pocket
ed by farmers. However, even though
this money was left, the amount
earned in soil-building practices last
year far exceeded that Of any other
year in each State of the region
The practices in last years pro-
gram and those for which farmers
can earn payments this year include:
establishment of permanent pastures,
seeding of certain legumes and
grasses, turning under green manure
crops, application of limestone, ap-
plication Of super-phosphat to per-
manent pasture or in connection with
soil-conserving crops, terracing, and
planting forest trees.
Each practice is measured in units,
Floyd explained, and the soil-build-
ing goal is one unit of practice for
each $3.50 of payment IN connec-
ton with soil-building practices.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Sen. Norris
Opposed To
Vote On War
Nebraskan Says Ma
tion a | Referendum
Wouldn't Keep u. S.
Out of Conflict; He
Opposed E ntering
World War in 1917

Washington, May 13.-(AP)-
Senator Norris, Independent, Ne
braska, who fathered a constitution
al amendment abolishing "lame
duck" sessions of Congress, express
ed opposition today to another pro-
posed change in the Constitution
the war referendum measure.
Norris, said he doubted that the
proposal calling for vote of the
people before American soldiers
could be sent to fight in a foreign
war would aid materially in keep
ing this country out of armed con-
flict.
Il can't help but think that in the
World Wa the country was worse
than Congress-" said the Nebraskan.
the only member remaining who
cast a Senate vote against war in
1917. w -
Other developments:
ExpOrtatlOn of tobacco seeds and
plants. except for experimental pur-
poses, and then only by special per-
NIT from the Department of Agri-
culture, would be prohibited under
OIL passed by the House and re-
ported favorably by the Senate Ag-
riculture Committee
Tobacco state representatives who
packed the bill said it was designed
10 protect the domestic tobacco bus
mess from foreign production.
PERSONS found guilty of shipping
pants or seeds in violation of the
pill would face a maximum penalty
u So,oOo and one year imprisonment.
government experts reported to
PRESIDENT Roosevelt that there would
DC shortage of airplane mechanics
IN time of war and recommended
that existing facilities for training
skilled workers be expanded to the
unit OF peace-time practicability."
A seven-man inter-departmental
committee, headed by Oswald Ryan,
VI tle Slvlc Aeronautics Authority,
reported 10000 additional workers
(COntinued on Page F;vol
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Troops Are Sent
To Kentucky-C
Mining Districts

Frankfort, KY, May 13.-(AP)
Orders for 557 Kentucky Ma
tiOnal Guardsmen to mobilize in
Harlan county Sunday to enable
coal mI1es to resume operations
were issued today.
The formal order came after
Governor Chandler had declar-
ed the troops would go on
peaceful mission" and refer
ring to John Lewis, CIO and
United Mine Workers head, said:
mo one can tell our people not
TO work, and no one can come
into this State and cause trou-
ble."
Chambers statement came
after he had read Lewis state
ment that public. policy re-
quires that they keep those
mines closed" where union
contracts, which included the
union shop" clause, had not
been signed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Hollywood Publisher,
Widower of Amelia
Earhart, S e ize d,
Bound and Gagged,
and Found in Lonely
House; Refused To
Divulge Secret

Bakersfield, CAL. May 13.-(AP)
Bound and gagged, George Pal
mer Putnam, SO, Hollywood pu6-
Usher and widower of the. late Ame-
liza Earhart, was found in an in
completed house here today a few
hours after he was kidnapped from
his North Hollywood home.
Putnam, unhurt, said the kidnap-
ers demanded the name Of the au-
thor Of the anonymous book, "The
Man Who Killed Hitler" and sug-
geSted it would be "healthier" if he
ceased printing it.
A statewide search for the pair
and for Putnam's car, in which they
brought him here, was ordered by
sheriff's deputies.
Two Department of Justice agents
from Los Angeles sped here to
question the publisher, but declin-
ed to discuss the case.
''They were very decent to me-
Putnam declared. "They didn't t
rough me at all"
The publisher said he' refused
their demands and recalled ruefully
that he had Thought the other
warnings were fonies." Receipt of
bullet-ridden copy of the book,
two letters and a telephone call
threatening his life were reported
to Los Angeles police within the
past month, and on one occasion
he fired two shots at a man who
was climbing tree near his bed
room window.
"Tm a little upset, but Pm not
hurt" Putnam said as he. sat in the
sheriff's office here. Then he de-
scribed the events of last night
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Winston Head
OfT.P.A.Body
In This State

Fayetteville, May 13-(AP)- w.
R. Winston, of Raleigh, was elected
president Of the North Carolina
Travellers Protective Association at
the closing session today of the 42nd
annual convention. He succeeded r.
B. Davis, of Pilot Mountain.
High Point was selected as the
place for the next convention in
May 1910.
Besides Winston, other officers
were named as follows: Vice-Presi-
dents, O. E. Wilson, High Point; A.
A. Ruffin, of Wilson; c. ". Reach,
Durham; George Edwards, Rocky
Mount; c. w. Patterson, of Pilot
Mountain, and r. P. Rawley, Win
ston-Salem, secretary-treasurer, re-
elected.
The delegates went on a river trip
barbecue and dance last night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Protest By
Poland Made
Upon Danziig
Refusal of Nazi Sen
ate To Allow Poles To
Observe Pilsudski's S
Death Arouses Nation
Sharply

Free City of Danzig, May 13.-
(AP)-Poland protested to the Nazi-
controlled Danzig Senate today
against the Senate's order forbid
ding a memorial service here last
night for the Polish hero, Joseph
Pilsudski
The Senate had stopped Poles in
Danzig from assembling to honor
the late marshal on the grounds the
meeting might cause trouble. Po-
lands protest was delivered this
morning by the Polish commissioner
Chodacki to the president of the
Senate, Arthur Greiser, and was
based on the assertion that the
Danzig government could not guar
artee the peace"
The text was not made public, but
i was said to have been Every ener-
getc"
The Danzig Senate replied to the
protest that no written request had
been made for memorial service,
and that it seemed unWise to hold
an open air meeting, in view of the
strained situation. 1t asserted that
meetings in rooms or halls were not
forbidden
Polish newspapers, drawing their
own conclusions from Warsaw's
steps, said that if the Senate feels
IL cannot be responsible for order,
then the Polish army ought to be
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

will call a senatorial harmony meet
ing' shortly to do some harmonic
ing. Which rather gives the impress
sion that he believes a good bit of
it is needed-that he really does
hope for intra-party peace, but rec
ognizes that there isn't much of it
at present.
The proposed conference will help
to clarity the situation, anyway.
Either the divergent Democratic
groups will be brought together or
it will be made Enthusiastically ap-
parent that there's no possibility of
such a get-together.
Of course, each side will be glad
to win the other side over Each will
receive its erstwhile opponents with
open arms, if the latter. will do all
the yielding, But will either side do
any yielding? It's much like the Eu-
ropean situation Herr Hitler is per-
fectly entranced with the idea OF
peace-if he gets everything he wants
Continued on Page Fivel
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Georges Liner Halted
By Fog In Mid-Atlantic

Surrounded by icebergs that could
not be seen from her fOg-shrouded
decks, the vessel was almost help
less to make westward progress Most
of the time, even the nearby escort
cruisers were invisible from the liner.
She had one good run, about a.
M, when the fog lifted partially in
bright sunshine. She Immediately
speeded ahead, but within 20 min
utes the fog came down again and
she had to stop.
Ships officers admitted that even
if the fog lifted shortly it would be
impossible to reach Quebec on sche-
dule.
Fog has swirled about the gleam-
ing white liner almost continuously
since early Thursday, and the yes
sci was able to proceed little more
than $50 miles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

Aboard Empress Of Australia, May
Press)-FOg again
halted The Empress of Australia to-
day, and it appeared the liner carry
ing the King George and Queen
Elizabeth on their visit to Canada
and the United States would be
day late in reaching Quebec.
The vessel was fogbound in the
iceberg zone, $50 miles east OF Cape
hace, Newfoundland, and 1,O8O miles
from Quebec, where she was due to
arrive at 9:30 a. m. Monday 1t was
not believed that she could dock be-
lore Tuesday
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mac
Kenzie King announced that the royal
visit to the Canadian capital, sche-
ouled for May II to 20, would be
S1hortened bv one day because OF the
liners delay.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13
Bill Conn Easy
Winner In Match
Staged at Garden

New York, May 13.-(AP)-
They're going to have supply big
ger game for Billy Conn, the Pitts
bUrgh kid, after the terrific beating
he dealt out to Solly Krieger, the
MIA middleweight king, in their
12-round bout at the Garden last
night. He must have proved to
nearly everybody's satisfaction by
this time that he can knock the
daylights out of all the 160-pound-
ors they can throw into the ring with
him.
Krieger didn't belong in the same
ring with Conn, even though Billy
plainly wasn't at his best. He has
been troubled with infected tonsil5
lately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-13

IGS, SpcdhS nope
fully of the pros
pect that any split
which may exist in
his party's ranks
will be all fixed
up in plenty Of
time for 194O's
election.
Nevertheless, the
Michigan senator,
in his chairnlanly
capacity, supple
ments this optimis-
tic utterance with
the announcement
fha ha prOhah1V