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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Chief Stock Issues
Steady; Trade Light


Rail .......... z1-56. off e.o9
Utility ........ 2s.1i. up o.os
IS stocks 1890. se.62. off col
Stock sales Appropriated $50. 900
shares Saturday compared with
90. 900 shares In the short session
the previous week. Curb stock
sales were 1000. against $1,000
shares the previous Saturday.
NEW YORK = Leading issues
held steady In light trading on the
stock market Saturday. while spe-
cial stocks were mixed.
Chrysler issue held around the
previous close after recovering an
opening loss Of y point.
After the close Friday. directors
Of the company reported net In
come for the first nine months OF
the year at s7.22 q share. against
31.5S in the corresponding period
Of 1ess A dividend Of 81 was de-
elared, bringing the DIVIDENDS Tor
the year to IS q share.
Chrysler now has gone into heavy
production after a shutdown Of 55
days because Of labor trouble. Gen.
eral Motors was barely changed.
Rubbers were narrowly mixed.
U. 8. steel and Bethlehem moved
only y point. steel operations In
the coming week are expected to
hold around the present level OF
e4.4 per cent Of capacity.
Great Northern preferred sold
down to 26a off a point before
meeting support. Most Of the utili-
ties had minor gains.
(ouotations courtesy Dean Witter D
Co, washington bldg. members
New York Stock ExchanFe)
High Low Close
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
BANK CLEARINGS

PORTLAND, 0re.-Bank trans
actions: Today's clearings. So, So4,-
oss.46; balances. $2.4e3.67s.3o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Kansan, Centennial: Katrina
Luekenbaeh, Port piers; Paul
Luekenbach. Port piers; Point Are
ma, St Paul mill; Lake Frances,
ST. Paul mill; Providencia, smell
ter; Tonsberfjord. smelter; Amur,
smelter; West Shipper, Sperry
Point San Pedro. Mccormick
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Ships In Port

drawn the CPR fleet from trans
Pacific service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
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New Flftt Pun Last
Noon Quarter Moon Quarter
Dec. 10 bee. 10 Dec. 2s Dec. >
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Gypsy Chorus Sings
To Capacity Audience

The return of the Gypsy Chorus
to the Sylvan Theater last night
drew a large crowd of music lovers,
as in the past years. Practically
every available reserved seat was
filled, with many reclining on the
slopes of the Monument Grounds.
In the cool of the evening, under
the starless skies, the gypsies made
their entrance singing gay song,
as has been their custom in the
past, marching in a procession COM
posed of men, women and children,
headed by a gypsy wagon and a
big, shaggy dog. And as the gypsies
came up the steps to take possess
sion of the stage, they broke into
colorful groups, between two tents
placed at points of vantage, a
grouping so natural as to always
create the illusion of gypsy camp
life.
But it was the acting and the
singing of certain numbers that
formed the keynote of the enter
tainment which Ell Captain Robert
Frederick Freund prepared for his
audience. Of the solos, his rendition
of the Ave Maria" by Schubert
may be well termed the climax of
the evening. Yet there were other
numbers which found favor with
the audience, such as the accordion
solo by Sylvia Kaplowitz and her
duet with Mr.. Freund, who seconded
Evening star., 1939-07-26

of spectacle the screen yet has pro-
duced.
AS war correspondent covering
hostilities between Warner Bros. and
Walter Wanger over whether Ann
Sheridan shall be an oomph girl
or no, this department is COM
PEELED today to report that the
former has brought up reinforce
ments in the form of Eastern tele-
vision engineers. With a fine dis
dain for the Wanger effort to de-
oomph Miss Sheridan, the tele-
vision battalion has created a new
title for the Texas girl. To them
she will henceforth be known as
the "televoomph girl"
A televoomph girl, in case the
meaning is obscure, is defined by
the creators Of the word as "the
movie star perfect for television
because she may be televised ef-
fectively from all angles"
Funny thing-well then, another
funny thing-about the whole situ-
alton is that when the title was
conferred upon her there were a
lot Of angles from which Miss
Sheridan could not be televised ef-
fectively. She was wearing plaster
cast, a sling and blinking a black
eye, the result of her work in an
other one of those prison pictures.
According to this departments
espionage division, Andy Hardy bu-
reau, Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer is right
about Miss Helen Gilbert, who pops
up as the love interest in Andy
Hardy Gets Spring Fever" From
now on, the man says, Miss Gilbert
can forget her cello lessons, the
ones that landed her a place in an
orchestra and brought her to the
attention of studio officials. .
From Hardie Meakin a wire, to wit:
I'VE are opening with Ginger Rog-
ers in Bachelor Mother Thursday
night at 6 pm. If you so advise
your readers twill be appreciated. {"
So, Mr.. Meakin, appreciate.
The RoXyettes have another
dance surprise for their practically
universal public. Of all the
dances they have done at the Earle,
and that's virtually an infinite va
riety, they never got around to the
hula. But that will be taken
care OF on Friday. :. 1t is the native
Hawaiian hula, none of your Ameri-
can corruptions of the dance. .
The cast of Irene" Capitols musi-
cal starting Friday, arrived here to-
day to put the finishing touches on
rehearsals, which began some time
ago in New York. =. . A new dance,
the back to back" will be fea-
ture of Second Fiddle" which
opens at the Capitol Friday.
Evening star., 1939-07-26

cusses the story with English Au-
thor James Hilton. He discusses his
role with English Actress Flora
Robson. He discusses the action
with English Director Edmund
Goulding. He talks with the little
English boy who portrays Muni's
son. Il bet he's warning the mop
pet against picture stealing) 1t
Is hard to recognize Mum. He
wears no makeup, except for a
broomlike mustache.
The last time Miss Robson came
to Hollywood for "Wuthering
Heights") she created history by
renting a tiny apartment for $50
month. She has now gone one
better-"Now I have only one room
That's all I need" she tells me.
Externally Yours" One hun
dred fifty delegates to the American
thoracic surgeons convention are
watching Loretta Young do her part
OF disappearing act with Magician
David Niven. There are six takes
OF the scene, in which Loretta has
to be carried by Niven. This is
easy work." says Niven. "Six times
OF carrying Loretta is only 600
pounds all told. I had to carry
tons OF Merle Oberon in 'Wuther-
ing Heights" divide Merle's
weight into 2 tons and you'll get
how many times she was carried by
her ex-fiance.)
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-07-26

as an a." took IA days to make,
cost 100000, and crossed s5OOO,O 900.
The current Thin Man" has an
expenditure of 100000 for script
alone, with a schedule of 80 days.
This Is how the picture opens.
You will see drawing room in a
train. A bag marked "Mr. Nick
Charles" falls down, followed by
bag marked Mrs. Nick Charles. :"
Then comes a tiny bag marked
Mick Charles, jr" Then a rubber
fire hydrant marked "Asta" (the
dog. Cute?
Myrna 10y, Mrs. Thin Man, who
grabbed herself a European vaca-
ton between pictures, tells me,
There was less war tension in
Europe than here-but it's good to
be back"
Director Woody Van Dyke stops
grumbling for a second about his
script-"Im planning my retakes
already"-to tell me he has made
an average of three pictures year
for the past 13 years. q thought
it was more) Woody has taken a
beach house for the summer. but
tells me he loathes the beach. (This
is Van Dykes bad day. I ask him
why. TOO many horizons" he says.
Il hate horizons-had to look at too
many"
X
'We Are Not Alone" Paul
NUM- is smoking a pipe between
| takes-to keep in the character of
an Englishman. He will not talk
to any one but the English people
on the set (this does not always in
clude English reporters. He dis
Evening star., 1939-07-26

her also in her bit of clever acting,
and those by Erma Calvert and
Mr.. Freund, Ann Evans and Everett
Palmer. Another operatic number
featured Beatrice Holland in
Bizets Carmen" and Mr.. Palmer
in an aria from Flotow's Martha. I"
John Wilson, bass, scored in the
Cry of the Exile" by Ward Evans
and in the Leoncavallo's Mat
tinata"
The dancing of Poppy Callahan
enlivened the action which on the
whole Jagged at times. While
LISTS 'Liebestraum" was not a
wise choice, La Paloma" and
Dark Eyes" were sung by the
chorus effectively, with obbligatos
supplied by George Perkins and
Geraldine Thompson, violinists,
heard in duet earlier in the eve
ming. Myrtle Alcorn was the eff
cient accompanist and contributed
to the enjoyment of the perform
ance. E. de S.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Tab Twelfth Night
Next at Sylvan

William Shakespeare's Twelfth
Night" in a tabloid version will be
the next attraction on the summer
festival schedule, to be presented
next Tuesday night at the out
door Sylvan Theater by the Wash
ington Players.
The festival version OF Twelfth
Night" is the same as that staged
at Chicago in 1885 and at the
Globe Theaters at the San Diego
and Dallas Expositions. The WASH
ington Players production is being
produced by Bess Davis Schreiner
and directed by Carlton Ayers.
The cast next Tuesday night will
include a number of well-known
local players familiar with Shake
spearean roles, among them Maurice
Jarvis, Thomas M. Cahill, j. Ed
mond Veitch, John Van Sikken,
Wade Robinson, Hugh c. Smith,
Clarence Ruebsam, William Milton,
Paul Whippeau, Adele Whiteside
McNaughton, Yerby Pannill and
Elinor Evans.
Evening star., 1939-07-26


of the cinema's great masters. If
1t is propaganda, which it undoubt-
edly is, 1t is more in the nationalistic
than Communist vein, but more
important is the fact that it is excel
lent entertainment in the best
Eisenstein manner. There is no
better manner in the opinion of the
most scholarly analysists of direc-
torial artistry.
Alexander was great and color
full figure in the 18th century, when
knighthood was in flower, and great
sprawling Russia was the object of
the cruel, greedy Germans on the
west and the cunning, acquisitive
Mongols on the east. Russia needed
hero then and found him in the
brave, handsome Prince Alexander.
He makes just as majestic and SEN
sational hero in Eisenstein's pic
ture in 1899. especially as played by
Nikolai Cherkassov, "honored ar
tist of the U. S. S. R." Whatever
their political beliefs or antipathies,
women .moviegoers will find M.
Cherkassov tranScending their
dreams of what knights must have
looked like.
The Eisenstein method is the same
as that which made "Potemkin" a
sensational film over a 10-year pc
riod. 1t makes minimum use of
dialogue, goes in for the most spec
tacular pictorial effects. In this
particular case, the climax is found
in the battle between the maraud-
ing German forces and the Russian
peasants, the most titantic conflict
between medieval armies ever
brought to the screen. Much of
Eisenstein's great fame as a picture
maker is built upon his skill in the
employment of masses of actors, but
his reproduction of the battle of
Lake Peipus is perhaps the best
thing he ever has done in this re-
spect
Alexander Nevsky" is the story
of a warrior, but it is not without its
touches of romance and comedy,
although neither of them have been
allowed to get in the way of the
major theme of Russia's first great
battle for freedom.
A splendid musical score helps
Eisenstein's picture to attain its
lofty place as one of the finest bits
Evening star., 1939-07-26

AWAY, says BIZ, WHO, III SplCe OF
Director Van Dykes apprehension
concerning the script of the present
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Now a Vacation

Edward G. Robinson has COM
pleted his starring role in M-G-M's
"Blackmail' and is preparing for
vacation abroad. He sails on the
Normandie August 2. Taking no
chances on being trapped in a pos
sible war, Robinson says he has ar
ranged to have an airplane wait
ing at all times to take him and his
family to neutral port should
hostilities break out.
Evening star., 1939-07-26

opus, believes
that this one
will equal it's
t wo predeces-
sors. "Those two
Thin Mans have
grown into a
legend. Ev cry
one now thinks
they were better
than they were. !"
Well, they were
pretty good at
that.
The first Thin
Man." made in
1884 as a "B,"
released in 1885
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Mr.. Van Dyke Has a Bad Day
On tAnOther Thin Man. Set
He Grumbles About Both the Script
And Living at the Beach;
Mr.. MUM Goes British
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

Another Thin Man" The big Powels
return to picture making after
every visitor to the seask Swell
and III be able to question
Bill He looks fine fatter the
illness is a little tirednes around his
I've been chasing the Thin been
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Russia's History Inspires
A Spectacular Photoplay
Alexander Nevsky,' at the Little,
Is Dramatic Entertainment
In Best Eisenstein Manner
By JAY CARMODY,

Americas past is not the only that is rich in inspiring motion
picture material Any notion to that effect which
oped by the historical drama which
IN recent months be thoroughly dpeed at the Little Theaer this
with majesty
lesson
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Hicksboro News
BY MISS FLORENCE b. WOODY

The teachers and official meeting
of Island Creek Sunday school will
hold its regular weekly meeting with
Mrs. Elbert Nelson Thursday night
with Ebert Wilson leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert of Richmond
Va, spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Plat.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Shanks were
Sunday dinner guest Of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Tippett of Henderson.
Mrs. Eugene Hicks who has been
confined to her room with flu, is
able to be up again.
little Thomas Gill of StovaH spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Jones of Dexter.
Misses Sybil, Ruby Ray, and Willie
Mae Shotwell of Stovall spent a few
days the past week with Miss Edith
Tippett.
Miss Alma Green and Mrs. L.. ].
Shanks spent Friday in town shop
ping.
4 Leon Gill and family were Sunday
afternoon guests of Mr.. and. Mrs.
H. s. Woody.
Mrs. Sidney O'Brien's Wednesday
guests were Mrs. Hampton Rice Mrs.
Greenway and Mrs. Bud Stainback
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Gill of. Sto-
vail were Saturday night guests OF
Leon Gill and family.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Evidence Of Desire
For Peace Asked
Continued from Page One.)

Continued from Page One.)
tossed the question into the lap of
the Italian premier.
Both London and Paris interpret
cd Hitler's emphasis on economic diff
ficulties as an indication Germany
needed peace to consolidate the ter
ritorial gains she made in 1888 thro-
ugh the annexation of Austria and
Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
In Italy, the speech brought JOY be-
cause of Hitler's promise to fight for
Italy if an theological war were
launched against her. Millions thro-
ughout Europe listeneed to re- broad
casts OF the speech. Poor reception
prevented it from being widely heard
in Russia.
The reaction in the principal cap
itals was:
London was evident relief
in government circles that Hitler
made no war threats. His demand for
colonies had been expected, and 4,ri-
tain was treasured by his statement
he would not go to war for them.
Paris-A government spokesman
called the speech mild, while Foreign
Minister Bonnet said it was much
more moderate than expected"
Rome-Jubilant fascists said the
speech showed the Rome-Berlin axis
to be more solid than ever.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Mrs. Gill HOnored
At Party Saturday

Mrs. w. ]. Woody honored Mrs.
franklin Gill, of Stovall, at miscel-
aneous shower Saturday afternoon.
An interesting contest was conduct
d, with Mrs. Horace Hicks, of Bull
ocks, as prize winner Then each
guest composed some advice for the
ride, which was very amusing when
read aloud.
Everyone went into the room where
he presents for the honoree had been
placed. She opened them and found
many attractive gifts.
Refreshments were served in the
lining room by the hostess and other
attendants.
Guests were: Mrs. George Register,
IRIS. Arthur Campbell, Mrs. John
campbell. Mrs. Myrtle Hobgood, Mrs.
Fannie Register, Mrs. Horace Hicks,
I'll of Bullock; Mrs. Tay Cults, Mrs
CAROL O'Brien, Miss Evelyn OBrien,
and Mrs. Tommie Gill. of Stovall;
Hiss Laura Gill, Mrs. Sidney O'Brien
Mrs. F. A. Tippett, Miss Edith Tip
oett, Mrs. II. H. Averett, Mrs. Gar
lett Satterwhite, Mrs. ] e. Jones, Mrs
=. j. Shanks, Mrs. M. D. Woody. Miss
Alma Green, Mrs. H. S. Woody, and
Miss Florence Woody, all of Hicks
boro; Mrs. Roy Breedlove of Oxford
and Miss Judy Hicks, of Bullock, and
Mr.. and Mrs Franklin Gill.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Meredith Alumnae
Celebrate Schools
Fortieth Birthday

The Henderson, arrenton Alumnae
chapter of Meredith college has sche-
d1'led a meeting Friday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, to coincide with the col
le2e's 10th birthday celebration.
Alumnae of the college will spon-
scr a broadcast over station WPTF'
from 4 to 4:30 o'clock that afternoon,
as their contribution to the traditional
Founders Day observance, which
commentaries the chartering of the
college in February 1891. The broad
cast will be in the form of an original
sl1it, in which heads of the school and
Allmnae officers will take part.
Gov Clyde r. Hoey will make the
feature address of the public exer-
cises to be held in the college audi
forum Friday morning at IL o'clock.
Birthday messages from alumnae will
be read at that time by President
3 ever.
The local alumnae meeting, which
viii be one of the many being held at
that time over the State, will be held
in Warrenton, at the horne of Mrs. HI.
A. Moseley.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Demonstration Club
Federation Meets

The County Federation of home de-
monstration clubs met Saturday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock in the basement
of the Perry library, with the fol.
lowing clubs being represented: Bob
bitt, Dabney, Middleburg, Floydtown
Flat Rock, Bear Pond, and Aycock.
The president, Mrs. L. E. Barnes
gave a very interesting talk or
achievement attained through the
federation of home demo rstration
work.
Mrs. ]. X Plummer, county de.
monstration agent, led a discussion
of several interesting features, includ-
ng the Triangle federation rce.inc
which will convene in London, Eng
land, this summer
A full hour of business followed
with the election of officers for tho
coming year as follows: Mrs. L. e.
3arncs, president; Mrs. r. A. Scott
vice-president; Mrs. T. P. Hester. sec
rctary; Mrs. E. o. Young, treasurer.
The meeting adjourned, and the fed
nration will convene again on March
10.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Address Of Hoey Tonight
Is First If Kind Since
Ehringhaus 1888 Appea
,t>ontinued from Page One,

tt>ontinued from Page One.1
M. Broughton, of Raleigh, who ap-
peared as representative of the AS
ISOLATED General Contractors He was
acting in his capacity as attorney and
advocate, but there is no doubt that
more than a little political signifi-
canoe will be given his appearance in
any capacity.
H. B. Caldwell, master Of the State
Grange; tR. p. Raleigh, Winston
Salem, president of the State Travel
ers Protective Association; Fl. Nc
Neill Johnson, of Willard president,
and H. A. Caps, of Rock. Mount,
secretary of the North Carolina Rural
Letter Carriers Associat1on; and nu-
merOus others protested vigorously a.
gainst any policy of the StaJa to di-
vert highway funds to general pur-
poses.
They particularly objected to the
establishment of diversion as a per-
manent policy, and argued that to per
NIT the diversion of 100000 for tn
avowed purpose of balancing the COM
ing biennium's budget would be, in ef-
feet, just that.
Sponsors of the good roads bill' in
both houses submitted statement ir
which they contended that the pro
posed diversion of 100000 is not, as
alleged, only the application of three
per cent sales tax to gasoline sales.
but is in fact the equivalent of a sales
tax of at least six per cent on the
product.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
Missionary Group
OF Shocco Meets

The Woman's Missionary society OF.
SIocco Methodist church met with
Mrs. c.. J. Fleming on a recent after
MON. with large percentage of the
members present.
Mrs. Richard Pritchard was in
charge of the program. Mrs. J. B. Prit-
chard read the scripture and the
meditation Talk" was given ny Mrs.
Thomas Harrington In very interest,"
| ing manner. In conclusion Ms. Har-
rington read the resolutions of Am
bassador Josephus Daniels which
made Quite an appropriate ending to
| her discussion. 80"
The missionary topic, "Ne'y Hori-
IONS of Sacrificial Service, wos given
| Jointly by Mesdames Vernon Flen1
! ing, Brooks Turner, Roy Avs "'le, AMI
William Lewis Fleming. The lives OF
| four men and women, who hive sac
rificed everything in service or 9th
IS, were portrayed in the . talks.
| After the singing of a hymn, Mrs.
| Fritchard led in New Years prayer.
Mrs. c. ]. Fleming presided over
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31
18th Grade Idea
Facing Difficulties

Continued from Page One.3
tendent Of public instruction and al.
most every one else advocating a
twelfth grade, these more realistic
souls are not sticking their collective
neck out with pessimistic ardor-damp
ening statements, but on the quiet
side they are expecting more than a
little inward amusement when it
comes time to set up the machinery
for a twelfth grade.
Governor clyde r. Hoey recon-
mended in his address to- the General
Assembly the gradual establishment
of a twelfth grade over "a four-year
period. The School Commission GEN
tlemen shake their heads quite dub
iously over this. Their notion is that
any plan for State support OF an ex-
ira grade must not be as obviously
discriminatory as, the. four-year.. idea !.
The first and most evident tsaifficul-
ty would be to. determine 4 which
fourth of the schools should get the
new grade; and when this had been
done, think Of the howl ri would
go up from the threes " gut
in the coldes 4; WITH ~ ~ Fl.
AS q matter OF t4sV< Dfe are al
ready 4established some twenty-five
grades, supported by local funds. 1t
is the BELIEF Of the school Commits
sion mefl" that the first result Of an1
staggered plan Of Introducing thI
twelfth grade';would have as IT'S firsk
practical effects nothing at all ex
cept transfer of the burden. Of the
grade from local to State funds Thi$
wouldn't suit them a. 'bft. sn5'''a. Jf'f
In short, School Commission menu
bers (many of them, at any rate}
| just didn't see how there can fairly
and legally be any gradual establish
nient of the twelfth grade at the
States expense. It must be done all
at once, on a basis of equality of
treatment to all, or else not at ALL
They point out that there should be
comparatively small appropriation
for establishment of some twelfth
grades on an experimental basis, a
plan. which is ruInored to have the
backing of some high Department OF
Public Instruction officials, at least
i There are already twelfth grades in
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-31

the State and there can be no reason
to establish others as "experiments"
when there are already at hand
plenty of experimental laboratories
in the shape of the existing grades.
Behind the reported experiment"
plan is seen a movement to have
some 100000 or so appropriated, per-
haps to be matched by Federal funds,
over which control would he given TO
the Department Of Public Instruction
rather than to the School Commits
sion. In that event, the viewers
with alarm" contend, the money
would be spent more for building a
J. Official machine than in setting up
the twelfth grade.
In short, these folks don't think
there is an earthly chance to estab-
lish the twelfth grade gradually. 1t,
therefore, comes down to a whole hog
or none proposition, in their opinion.
And on this basis the twelfth grade
runs smack into the obstacle which
has everything else more or less up
II the air-.noney.
Nobody, apparently, has made any
scientific, thorough study of the cost
)f twelfth grade, but Lloyd Griffin,
School Commission secretary, can be
induced, by long and patient ques-
Joining, to estimate it at from $780,
20O to S1,O9000O."
And where's the State going to get
hat much coin of the realm?