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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-23
MRS. HOMER MARK

Mrs. Homer Mark. wife Of Ho-
mer Mark. proprietor of the Homer
Mark funeral home in Belling-
ham, died suddenly in Seattle
Thursday. She. together with her
husband. was very active in affairs
pertaining to the mortuary. She
was also active in Eastern Star
activities. Other than her hus-
band. she leaves one daughter.
Funeral services viii be held Tues
day afternoon at ? o'clock from
the funeral home in Bellingham.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Mrs. Anna Brown - Saturday.
AIS p. m. Mellinger's chapel. Rev.
r. Leslie Smith officiating.
William z. Enthusiastically, :
p. m, from the Pentecostal church
in Mossyrock. Wash. under direc-
tion Of MeIlingers.
Charles keefer-Graveside serv-
ices in orting cemetery, Saturday
10 n m: John r. Thompson camp
No. ]. U. S. W. V. officiating
burial under direction OF Buckley
Kings.
John C. Ladwig- Saturday, l:3C
( p. m. from Piper's chapel. Rev
W. A. Moore officiating. buris
Mountain View burial park.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-23

A cute little "Ducky Doll" or Princess Doll
with full layette in a mirrored carrying
case. Ducky Doll vets her diapers-gOes
to sleep. Handsome case with cOmpart-
ments and striped cover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
OLD WORLD LOOKS
 TO U. s. FOR HOPE
Democracy Must Work to Preserve Civilization
 Says Prof. Shepard

Emphasizing the political im- maturity of Americans as e whole, Prof. Odell Shepard of Trinity col- lege, speaker at the last of the community forums at the Water- bury Women's club last night, said that democracy must exist though its aristocfacy, meaning by this not the rule of the nobility, the rich, nor the banks, but the rule of the best.
 In the hope of inspiring in Amer jeans the zeal for political thought that exists abroad, particularly in England, Prof. Shepard said that at Harvard and Princeton young men are being trained for government service This Is one of the most hopeful things that is going on in our social life." The speaker de- clared.
 Summarizing his talk, which dealt for the most part with ideas and ideals of democracy as they have been exemplified in history, Prof. Shepard said: Democracy Is the only form of government that will work in the long run. What is now going on in Europe and other parts of the world, particularly in Ger many. Italy, and Japan, is only temporary. The eyes of millions of Germans and Americans are look ing towards America for comfort. If democracy won't work, nothing will, and if 1t should fail, civilization will not last"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

other than power or storage dams to the numbers of 30,000 were built as part of a flood control program, Ninety miles of Irrigation canals were dug, and improvements were made on 400 miles of existing canals,
 They dug 320 tunnels of one sort and another, built TOGO miles Of fencing and erected 96 fish hatch- cries. They put up some i20 monu- inents and historic markers, planted upwards of i2,000,000 trees on l4,000 acres of land in various reforeSta- ton projects, made 1900 miles Of firebreaks in the forests and laid out 2240 miles of forest and fire trails.
 In addition to these new jobs they made repairs and improvements on existing assets. While they were building those 2400 schools, for in- stance, they repaired i7000 old schools. While they were laying out those 700 new playgrounds they were improving 5000 old ones.
 But all of this Is an admittedly incomplete picture of the actual physical results of the WPA pros gram from 1t beginning,
 Copyright, 1889, NEA Service, 1ne)
 NEXT; WPA mistakes and . study of things the WPA program has taught It's directors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
LOUIS PASSENGER
 CONCERT SOLOIST
Noted Violinist to Appear on Federal Music Pro.
 ject Program

Fritz Mahler, nationally known conductor, will take over the baton Of the Bridgeport Federal Symphony orchestra next Thursday evening at 8:l5 o'clock when that unit of the WPA Federal Music Project is pre- sented at Central high school, Bridgeport, in the third concert Of its mid-winter series. Louis Persin- ger. yiolinist, will be guest soloist on this occasion.
 The guest conductor has chosen Bruckners Symphony No. { in E flat major, known as the Romantic Symphony" A nephew of the great Gustav Mahler, who has been called the successor of Anton Bruckner, his presentation next Thursday eve- ming will be of outstanding interest, 1t Is anticipated, to the music lovers in the southwestern section of Con- necticut, Fritz Mahler is well known to the coneert-eoing public In this section since he conducted the chamber orchestra made up of Metropolitan orchestra and Phil- harmonic Symphony men last sum- mer for the Dunroyin Mozart Fes- tival at Ridgeheld. Of that ap- pearance Noel Strauss said in the New York Times: MT. Mahler's ani- mated treatment of the orchestra did much o maintain the vivacious impression of the performance, all of which was admirably done" MT. Mahlers reputation as conductor has preceded his coming to the United States from Europe. His New York appearances have borne out with enthusiasm the advance rec ports.
 Louis Persinger, faculty mem- Der since 1880 of the Juilliard Grad uate school succeeding the late Leo- pold Auer, studied with Eugene Ysaye In Brussels, and Jacques Thi- baud in Paris. After his London engagement, the London Standard commented: "A musical star of the first magnitude" and another critic termed him "a new Ysaye". He will play the Beethoven violin concerto in D. major, Opus 6l. Single admis- sion to this concert will be as usual 40 cents, while student tickets will be 25 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
CHASE PHOTO CLUB
 SPONSORS EXHIBIT

The new Chase Photo club of the Chase Brass x Copper O., will sponsor an amateur photographic exhibit in the Grand street office building the week of April 3. Em- ployes of the company are invited to enter prints inu the exhibits four divisions.
 The classes follow: Children and baby prints; sports and hobbies; scenes: still life studies. Judges will be Harry Hard, local photog- rapher; Thomas R. Goodman, photographer for The Republican, American and A. 0. Reher, photographer for the Chase Brass x Copper Go. Ribbon awrds vii be given.
 Officers chosen at a recent meeting were: President, W. A Amelung; treasurer, George Jaeg- CT, and secretary, Miss Lynne Spender. The bylaws commit tee consists of Pauly Leichtle. R. A. White, and Miss Marion Phe- Ian. The salon committee in- cludes H B. Breeding, A. F. Moredock and D. K. Crompton.
 Amateur users of miniature and larger cameras and movie cam- eras are eligible to join.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

job from the start; the rest came and went as private employment fluctuated.
 The level of WpA employment has swung up and down, When the program began in August, 1895 there were 252,000 workers. By the end of November WPA had 2,445, ,954 people on its rolls. Low point came in September, 1887, with i,45i ii2 workers on the rolls, and the high was reached in October, 1888, when counting some e0,000 workers who were paid out of WPA funds but were employed on other federal propects-it touched 3,337,678.
 During its lifetime WPA has put through at least 250,000 projects At any given time there are usually about 10000 projects under way,
 What do these projects include? What has this army of workers turn- cd out in the way of finished pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
BY BRUCE CATION


 Tho balance was contributed from the federal treasury, and includes approximately $i84, ,750,000 spent on the National Youth Administration which, while not technically a branch of WPA, is supported from WPA funds.
 Wages accounted for $5,l05, ,402, ,000, Administrative expense came to $23i, ,343 900. The balance of $i,5i7,- 800,463 went for materials and equipment, one billion of which came from localities.
 So much for the cost. What did the country get out of it? FLUCTUATING
 FIGURES
 According to the best official es- timate, approximately 6,780000 per- sons held WPA jobs at one time or another. Nobody knows for sure, but WPA authorities etimate' that per- haps 100000 of these stayed on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

DISTRICT HONORS REV. EINAR KRON Local Pastor Elected Clerk At MiddIetOwn Meeting
 Yesterday

Carl II. Thompson represented the Zion Lutheran church Of Wa- terbury together with the pastor of the church at the annual district meeting in Tabor Lutheran church In Middletown yesterday. Rev. Einar Kron was chosen clerk of the dis- trict with Rev. Mir. Hanson, pastor of the host church as presiding offi- cer and the Rev. William R. Frond- berg as president. Pastors and lay delegates from 22 churches of the AuguStana Lutheran Synod in Connecticut were present.
 The September meeting of the dis trict will be held in the Bethlehem Lutheran church Of Thomaston. This church was represented at the meeting by Kenneth Johnson, and Salem Lutheran church of Nauga- tuck was represented by John c. Gisslander
 pr. David B. Lawson, recently ins stalled as president of Upsala Col- lege ia East Orange, N. J., and Karl J. Olson, treasurer of the institu- ton, were at the Middletown meet- ing and presented the need of an increased endowment fund at the institution.
 Mrs. Axel Forsell, Mrs, Charles Swenson, Mrs. Marie Anderson, Mrs. Albert J, Johnson, Mrs. Alfred Cederholm and Mrs. Andrew Ander- son from Waterbury attended the annual gathering Of the Women's Missionary society of the Hartford district. which met simultaneously. Mrs, Forsell participated in the missionary program presented in the afternoon.
 The next meeting Of the pastors of the district will be held In Hart ford on March 2i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
JAPAN ASKS SHOW
 DOWN ON RUSSIA
Japanese e Ambassador Wants Soviets to Settle
 Dispute on Fisheries
BY II. o. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Tokyo, Feb. 10 - tU,P) - Jap- anese Ambassador shigenori Togo at Moscow has been instructed to seek show down on the siberian fish- cries dispute in which Japan and Russia have been deadlocked for weeks, 1t was understood today.
 Togo was ordered to inform Max i'm Litvinov, Russian foreign com missar, that Japan was prepared to take drastic action unless m accord was reach, 1t was understood.
 The new instructions, admitted officially to be important, were sent by Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita'
 Before he acted Arita visited Em- peror Hirohito, as Is the practice in matters of grave moment.
 Tn addition there were conferences among Army, Navy and foreign office leaders.
 Japan Determined
 The newspaper Asahi, of inde. pendent liberal tendencies, asserted that Russia would be informed that Japan was determined to continue fishing of the Russian coast and that the Russian government must accept responsibility in the event fishing without formal agreement is inaugurated under armed pros lection.
 They came after months of nego- tiation, and weeks during which no progress at all had been made in & matter which Japan regards as of first importance.
 It was indicated that an acute situation was in prospect. Not only have Russian and Japanese-Ma chukuoan patrols ciashed numerous times during recent weeks on the Siberian frontier, but only two days ago parliament there was a full dress debate in which members re- solved that the government must take drastic action, even by force if necessary to safeguard Japanese interests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
How Women
 in Their 4O's Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her change tusually from 38 to 62). who fears about hot flashes. loss of pep, dizzy spells, upset nerves and moody spells.
 Just get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and If you need reliable .'WoMAN'S'' tonic take Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. made espeetalib lof tpomeH. It helps Nature moro viacity to enjoy life and assist calm. ing iittery nerves and those disturbing symp- toms that often accompany change of life.
 Pinkham's ie WELL WORTH trying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

headquarters la Geneva In 1929 Dr. Clarke became administrative secretary 10 the national health council in New York, Prom 1885 to 1887 he was loaned to the New York city department of health where he organized and directed the city's syphilis md gonorrhea con- trol program. In July 1887 he be- came executive director of the Am- erical Social Hygiene association.
 Dr. Clarke is exceptionally well qualified to speak on syphilis. Dr. Andrew o. Swenson and Dr. Edward J. Godfrey Of Waterbury will open the discussion after which there will be an opportunity for ques- tions and general discussion from the audience.
 The public is cordially invited to attend and there will be no admis- sion fee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
HEALTH OFFICERS
 WORK PICTURIZED

Dr. Franklin M. Foote, of the state department of health. showed sound motion pictures of the work of health officers in new districts at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club in The Elton yesterday after noon.
 Leading role in the film is taken by Dr. Howard S. Allen, Woodbury medical examiner, who portrays the efficiency of district health officer in comparison to the days when a physician had to take care of his own work and the community needs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
DR. (. W. CLARKE
 SPEAKS AT FORUM

pr. Charles Walter Clarke will be principal speaker at the forum to be held by the Waterbury Medical association this evening at 8:15 D. m. at the Medical association build- ing, 30 Central avenue. His subject will be We Can Control Syphilis"
 Dr. Clarke after serving in the army during the World war return ed to direct the department for combating venereai diseases in the league of Red Cross societies, with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

ductSp
 It is a hard question, Tn the first place, WpA is now in the process of making tabulation. The figures are not complete, and the best this writer can offer Is Q set climates which he worked out after extended consultation with the WPA statisti- cal division.
 In the second place, you can't re- duce the results of the white collar projects to black and whiten WHEREIN
 SOME STATISTICS
 Approximately l4,600 public build ings have been erected Among them are some 2400 schools, 570 gymnasiums, no stadiums, 70 hoSpi- tals, 70 jails, from 800 to 900 court- houses, 40 firehouses, ll0 airplane hangars and 30 armories. In addi- ton, Improvements or repairs were made on 39,000 other public build- ings, and 38000 acres of ground around public buildings were land- scaped.
 The WPA men built some 32,00C bridges and 100000 culverts, 10000 miles of country roads and T60C
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
MYRNA's ROOM CHANGED

Myrna Loy's portable dressing room was completely remodeled bee fore she started work on Lucky Night" with Robert Taylor. The dressingroom is in light tan with brown trimmings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

miles of city highways not count ing 1900 miles of roads in parks and cemeteries. They built oi60 miles of sidewalks and paths, 28,000 miles of roadside ditches and 1000 parks. They laid out 100 airports, and made Improvements on i60 old ones. They built 1900 athletic fields, 700 playgrounds, 400 swimming pools, l20 golf courses. 5000 tennis courts, upwards of 300 horseshoe courts, 60 skating rinks and some two dozen ski jumps.
 They put up i20 outdoor theaters and 30 band shells. They laid 4,800 miles of water mains, aqueducts, distribution lines and the like and built 900 storage tanks, reservoirs and cisterns. They erected 400 sew age plants and 300 pumping stations and e million sanitary toilets. Tn c mosquito control campaign they dug 9000 miles of ditches and drained 100000 acres.
 MILES AND
 MILES
 One hundred and forty new docks and piers were built, and eight miles of breakwaters and tetties, Dams
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

Russia reports it led the world in the manufacture of combine harves- ters last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

Koenrad, native 120 years old, still acts as milk boy" in Boshof, Sonth Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-16
Figures Give True Picture Of What WPA Actually Has Done
Cost of Projects From Mid.l035 to January lo30 Is Headed Toward Seven Billion Dollars

In of Big Issues the Biggest Issue before Coness just relief S5000OOO0 Presi dent insists the opposite side the relief question there bill before Congress WPA altogether and give relief Cutting argument for against . special columns from Washngton-each column In isf-gvng simple clear picture of the WPA; what has done what has failed to what FIRST expenditures number employed, classification of SECOND WPAs mistakes. THIRD, worthwhile projects FOURTH, WPA research and It's future Number One appears below
 BY BRUCE CATION
 Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent Washington, Feb. 16-Uncle Sams WPA job stands out of the biggest undertakings the government shouldered.
 From it's beginning in md-1935 down to the first of January 1939 the WPA has cost grand total of $6854 545463 Of ths cities counties and states made direct of S1 03A h4R.000.
Evening star., 1939-10-06

Literally hundreds Of fluffy dots woven (not
printed in fine cotton morqusette. They're 30
inches wide to the pair and 2M yords long.
Ivory or ecru Wide full ruffles 1ie-boeks with
bone rings included. Anniversary Speeol!
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Evening star., 1939-10-06

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08

Looking Forward" by DR.. Charles
MeAllister, dean of the Episcopal
Cathedral of st. John, Spokane. was
much enjoyed by the audience. Dr.
McAllister told the graduates that
America is becoming known as a
nation of conformists. nation of
average men, the majority being
average, and for them to be in the
minority, be above the average, re-
tain their sense of humor, especial
ly the ability to laugh at them
selves; dare to be self-reliant and be
scrupulous and honest in their scru-
tiny of themselves.
The Junior High School Chorus
sang Crowds" a Serbian folk song,
and Sleeping Beauty by Tschai-
koWsky. Superintendent A. L.
Dean presented medals to Ruth and
Roy Crush and also scholarship to
the Greater Universities of Montana
to Roy Crush. Mr.. J. H. Coffman,
chairman of the board of trustees,
presented the diplomas to the 10
graduates and also to the eighth
grade graduating class. The Troy
school band played two selections,
Largo by Handel, and Builders
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08

business depression Bell declared.
THE small home is now big bus
mess. Its wonderful modern values
are mainly responsible for this po-
sition But it is the demonstrations
of these values, in actual building,
during the past three years, to-
gether with information persistently
broadcast by building and financing
organizations, and by the press,
which have convinced the public of
the values contained in the modern
small home. .
THE National Small Homes Dem
-eHstFation, which is represented by
Western Homes Foundation in six
Northwestern states, reports that
1000 retail lumber dealers are now
using and sponsoring the twelve
NSHD designs of 1899 These are
for homes costing between $4,000
and $4,000. The National Small
Homes Demonstration and its West
ern branch are nonprofit organiza-
tons. They were formed by build
ing industry interests simply to
demonstrate modern designs for
small homes of low cost and to dis
tribute IIlIOI1fldlIull Oil llDlllG Dulid-
ing and home ownership. The dem
onstration homes they are present
ing this year represent the result of
three years of experience and in
vestigation in the housing that pri-
vate industry can offer the 30 per
cent of American families, who can
afford to pay only Sl00 per day
and less for home ownership"
Typical of the values offered in
the 1889 small homes are those en-
bodied in the NSHD No. lie design,
presented by Western Homes Found
alton this week. This is in the ser
les Of two-story homes. 1t has been
named THE Ethan" The Ethan
home blends modern features with
Colonial design, uniting values of
shelter, use and beauty in house
that can be built for $500 to $4,000
in most localities.
The width of the house proper is
but II feet, inches. Yet, with the
L design that effectively blends liv