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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
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county hospital far the ~
covery of william Thomas, ~
year-old Puyallup resident
Who received . fractured akua
late Tuesday evening whtle
riding = bicycle.
iIe WA struck down during
4 COLLATION. which involved
thrve automobiles Il intarneo.
ton Of 18th 1t. and the kIvsr
road in the vnlley city.
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snes fnr shock - result n ~
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ysettusfi@a ~ the aeeident ueaI1
~ continued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
DETROIT SENDS
YOUNG PITCHER
TO MINOR CLUB
After Tuesdays Fail.
ure Ex-Seattle Man
Is Optioned to Tole-
do, American Assn.

DETROIT-Freddy Hutch
inson. the Detroit Tigers
100000 rookie pitcher from
Seattle, was released on option
today to the Toledo club Of the
American association.
Hutehinsons release was an
nouneed by Walter q. Briggs.
president OF the Detroit Baseball
Co. lie said the i9-ycar-oid right
handler was optioned with a ~
hour right Of recall.
Hutchinson made his first msIor
league start yesterday against the
New York Yankees. In two-thirds
Of an inning he gave up -four hits
and eight runs. lie walked five
men and had the bases loaded twice.
Hutchinson was purchased last
winter from Seattle. Of the Pacific
Coast league. where he won rs
games and lost seven IN his first
full season as a professional ball
player. His earned run average was
2ts. which caught the eye Of Tiger
scouts.
Whes the trAAs finally wss
sunouncet, the chubby -fnerd
Md WAS hailed ~ the "etoe.-
0O0'' rookie. Seattle vas paid
. reputcd s50.00e cash md
three players.
In training camp ut Lakeland,
Fla. Hutchinson WAS not sensa.
tionsI. Manager Del Baker sd-
mitted he didn't expect q we'll.
seasoned. major league hurier In
the youth. but decided 10 give him
several chances In exhibition games
in hopes he might develop. as did
Bob Teller OF Cleveland.
Opposing batters agreed that
Hutchinson needed more experience
In the minors before coming into
the big leagues. His fast ball was
trifle slow. his curve was not
exceptional. and his control was
questionable.
Walter q. Briggs, IT,. sice
president Of the Detroit club,
said HutchIBson's showing
against the Yankees Was not
solely responsible for the a~ei-
sioa 10 option him 20 the
Tigers farm club.
They need him At Toledo. and
he needs work every day" Briggs
said. He has been Wild In batting
practice. and regular work may
cure that-we hope"
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston. $50. OO0 QI0 sI0-5 ia 2
80. 000 600 oIo--i 81
Auksr and Peacock. Hudsiin,
zuber 81 and Hemsley. Pytlsk.
.o0o 600 ,0i--s q o
Chicago 80. 900 90 LOO 3 o
Caster 4 Wagner, Dietrich and
Silyestri.
NATIONAL LiAGus
Chicago E. 0t0 100 0sI--i S O.
Philadelphia ezt 600 Ioa--4 . O.
Whitehiii. Root ~ and Hart
nett. huleshy and Davis.
1ie oeo 100 10 d
New York 0O0 10 zos-s q
Vandermssr. Weaver 80. Walters
90. and lombard. Schumacher
Brown ~, Melton 81, and Dan
ning.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. post
poned. cold weather.
~ Louis at Boston. postponed,
cold weather
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

Not only has Martin not eashed
his monthly pay check Of $500;
neither has he cashed his monthly
check for $500 for operating the
executive mansion.
This has been his practice since
ne took office in January, 1888. At
that time he gave no explicit rea-
son for his proposed personal poll
ley, but it was assumed that. as
wealthy man. he wished to give the
state the benefit Of mis- services
gratis.
A three-wsy fight for the non
PARTISAN nomination for state
tencd superintendent involving
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

~ recipes any sptfsnt ran turn
in. Thsy can be rsrlp~s fbs usest
or FISH dishes. vegetables, desserts.
cakes. psss. breads. candy IN feet,
anything.
One thing. though. Check yssr
recipes carefully for accuracy and
completeness. The Times hopes -
pabiish most. perhaps all. of The
rseipes. and many housewives viii
Try them out
Mali your recipes 10 Peggy
Green. care of The Tacoma Times.
Maybe your fssarifs rseipe Nsii
win sns Of ths prizes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
ENLISTMENT IN NAVY
6 YEARS AFTER JULY |

WAsHfsGTOs The navy. in
an order effective July !. To-Day
extended the base enlistment
period for u. g. seamsn from four
10 slx years. 10 insufe psTmansney
Of enlisted strength and protect
the sossrnmsnts Investment ia
training cost
The order has besn under eon-
sldsfatlon for many months Of
ficials sald the navy IL rseslsins
about IL applications for every
applicant accepted. the highest
ratio Ia history, and that they felt
this IL an opportuHs time Ia IN
woke the new procedure, 10 pro-
tsct high personnel standards ia
the service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
People In
The News
Body Of 7-Year-OId
Taken Out of Box
Frightened Thief
Leaps Z Stories
Amelia Earhart's
Widower May Wed

The body of seven-year-old
Ralph Lee Hodgson at Spo-
kane was taken today from a
small box in which he was
while trying to get
clothes out of it. The lid fell
down and latched after he had
crawled inside. He suffo-
Gated
The turbulent married life OF
Tom Brown and Natalie Draper.
both young film STAR. ended in an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

Cam tAed
tition In superior
court 70 change
the name Of her
grandson. Roma :
nsff s~rgei Trot-
SKI, q 10 Robert
Herman Ltikians.
on grounds that
his present name
Is social han
dieap The boy
il the son o. Ka-
nI a n o Trot sky
self described
nephew Of Leon
Ifotsky. ex ell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
: Army Deserters
Get Prison Terms

r0kILAsD--Thrse young Hsn
Fr&nelseo army dss<ftsfs, Ia sud
den move. Wednesday changed
their pleas TO guilty on charges
srlzins from their bsncltry ia the
Northwest and rseslssd ssntsnees
from five 10 - years In Oregon
state penitsntisry.
The three iT-yssr=old sifl com
psnions Of the ex-soldiers on ths
recent bandit dash through four
states we're committed Tuesday To
Oregon state training schooa for
Issria q xsifn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

Pierce county's present supefin-
tendent. already IS under way
although the September, 1910. elee-
ton still is some distance off.
according To word from Olympia.
II In . foregoHe conclusion
that the preAsnt saperintend-
eat, Stanley y. Atwood. will
run for reelection. His oppo-
nents. according TO present
Indications, viii be State Sen
ator Pearl Wansmaker, Of
Coupexiiie, and Mrs. Louise
Taylor. psppery little Pierce
county schools head.
Senator Wsnsmsker led the fs1ti-
Continued on psse 10, Coiuss2 %
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

tress. gave birth to son In Lon
don.
Gordon Jones. football star a.
University Of California and u
Los Angeles Bulldogs professional
team, vas signed IN a movie con-
tract by Paramount studio on the
strength Of his support Of Dorothy
IAmour in Disputed Passage =.
Mrs. Marie Aichinker Of Richmond,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

At Los Angeles police today said
grief over her husbands recent
death caused Mrs. Evelyn A.
O'Neii, 20. 70 end her life BY jump
ing from a 10th story window Of
down town hotel =.
George Palmer Putnam. husband
Continued on Page Z. Column D
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holidays. Brown wound up quar-
relling with her. or ignoring her /.
A Negro who invaded Mrs.
Gussie shores apartment in New
York today was so frightened
when she screamed that he leaped
from window and plunged five
stories to his death. In his cloth
ing detectives found a chauffeur's
license issued to Henry Guyse, OF
7S4 Maynard ST.. Seattle
Laura La Plante, movie ac-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

interlocutory de-
cree of divorce in
vor OF Miss
Draper after she
testifie d late
Tuesday in supe-
rior court. The
a C ress told
Jud re Clarence
NJ. Hanson that
Brown was tenn
peramental an d
I at frequently,
when they start
81 20 nalehRata
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
BANDIT FORCES
OPERATION At
POINT OF GUN!
Crude Surgery, Minus
Anaes thetic, Car
ried Out as Armed
Thug, Girl Look On

CHICAGO - DR.. Sigmund
Hirschfeld stood at the point
of a gun in a dimly-lighted
rooming house today and per-
formed an emergency opera
ton with a razor blade on a
bandit. The man was wound
ed last night III a gun battle,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
Times 1859 Recipe
Contest Opens Today
Baskets of Groceries Offered ~ Prizes 10
Housewives; Many Will Be Publishsd
ny PEGGY GREEN

What's your favorte recipe II may be worth 80 10 you
Every housewife has and maybe n lot more
The Tacoma Times them for ia 1893 Recipe Book
fheh will be published about the end Of this month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
$4,000 To Governor
Is State Obligation
Martin Hasn't Collected His Salary
or Mansion Expense; Mrs. Taylor
Reported Planning Candidacy


Among State of Washington obligations that to Governor
Clarence D. Martin just about $4,000 in cold hard cash
NJ the realm And if he left office today he could collect
immedatev and in full should he wish to- For that matter
he wished he could collect anytime in office or out
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
committee VOTES FOR
BATTLESHIP PROJECT

WASHINGTON Houss naval
affairs committee today fsyorabiy
reported . bill authorizing ezpen-
diiure Of - 800 900 To mOderniz<
and fseondition five IS. 600 ton
aal,issEkp4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
BINC CROSBY, BORN
HERE, HAS BIRTHDAY

Bing Crosby was 35 years old
Tuesday. The seven youngsters
who are working with Crosby at
Hollywood as members Of a news
boy gang in the picture, The Star
Maker" presented him with cake.
Crosby was born May 2, 1904. in
Tacoma. He attended Gonzaga
University at Spokane and in
tended to become a lawyer. but he
turned to grooming instead.
RANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma S2 s24 600
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

PARIS - - n~vavumruo
vsA''uAss ; s'~sss ssaas. =
s~ettse non1 -. onn9on9 -
Saon~ens 1870 ss~nuo -
- ~~~<~. 49, 1900.
-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
STOCK BUYER ms LII

COfFAx. wnAh. Dorsey Mar
tin. 30-year trucker and such
buyer. died from : .tS-caliber htl>
lot wound authorities ~ w. -
Inf1,cte4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

Truth is dl,cdys strange,
stranger than fiction. -
From Lord Byron's "Don Juan"
(Canto IA. Stanza I0D.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04

~ n,1Ss s., UP TO $4,000 OR % ~.
~ ~ JAIL FOR MTrw7r,ysr - lays lays
-.MfNT. 0s DEs-. I. 4 .rIr,.s -.
LIBRARY per,r,.,..,., = iey4s OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-04
Weather Forecast

Cloudy tonight, Friday.
Temps: High, IS: low,
80. Sun rises +:5i: sets
1898.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20

s$1acCOrS 1nVOlVeQ III CndC nOC pOCdJC
issue, the All American canal prof.
ect.
While the subject of the All AM
erican canal has ceased to be q
gun -toting" matter in Imperial
Valley, it has lost none of its
warmth at Bard. To the farmer
in the field whose ranch lies within
the shadow of the mammoth ditch
it is a question of first degree in
terest, regardless of whether he
looks upon the All American as a
threat or a harmless fixture upon
the horizon.
Chief concern at Bard is for the
water table and there are as many
degrees of concern as there are
farmers. They range from this:
Turn water into that All Ameri-
can canal and in no time at all
the seepage will drive us farmers
into rowboats!"
To this:
Turn water into the All American
and it will sop a few acres and
that's all-but we do need drainage
We need it bad"
In number of ways Bard is a
unique community and it's citizens
represent as colorful a crew as will
be found anywhere. In the begin
ming the entire section was Indian
land, but about 1910 the need was
felt for a modern means of irriga-
ton and the Reclamation Bureau
formed a project by which the
Indians traded about 1000 acres
in return for an irrigation system.
This section was opened to home
stead with about ITO 40 acre and 20
Continued on Page 8; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Defeated Measures
To Be Revived

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 20.
(UP)-Gov. Culbert Olson said to-
day that measures defeated at the
regular session of the legislature
providing for reorganization of the
state government, including removal
of liquor control from the board
of equalization, will be submitted
to the coming special legislative ses-
sion.
The governor, speaking to the
various state department heads at
a public meeting of the governors
council, emphasized also the "abso-
lutte necessity of a new revenue
program
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Parley, May End
River SqudbbIe

tending sessions climaxed by move
to draft a new contract between
Arizona and other basin states.
The resolution, offering one oi
the brightest hopes of solving the
water controversy since Arizona re-
fused to ratify the Colorado river
compact in 1926, provides drafting
a contract whereby Arizona would
join in the compact
An Arizona committee was ex-
pected to go 10 work at once on a
rough draft which will be sub
mitted to a subcommittee of one
representative from each of the
seven states. Arizona committee
men expected to present the first
draft about Jan. /. Later, the con-
tract will be presented to the Colo
RADIO River Basin committee of IA
for approval.
A resolution, passed by the com
mittee of IA at Denver authorizing
the contract, provided that it would
not be executed until approved by
the Arizona legislature and Arizona
has ratified the colorado river
compact.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Delay Puts 0swa|t
Trial Tentatively
At Election Time
YamatOda Case May Go
To Trial at Same Time
Ell CentranS Ballot

Possibility that trial of the
controversial Yamatoda kid
naping case, involving Ell
Centre Police Chief J. Ster-
ling Oswalt, may coincide
with or fall near the date for Ell
Centro city elections in the spring
was seen Monday.
Although details we're lacking, the
United Press in Los Angeles re-
ported that a fresh continuance
had been ordered and Jan. 2 set
as the time when a trial date will
be set.
Oswald, as well as a Los Angeles
police lieutenant, Ell Centre Special
Officer Paul MateuS and number
of Japanese, are under federal in
dictment charged with abducting
H. Yamatoda, reputed coast gaming
chieftain.
Indictments were returned Sept.
6 and since then Oswalt has asked
Continued on Page 8; Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Valley Prepares
For Thanksgiving

A THANKSGIVING sun will shine
down upon Imperial Valley Thurs
dav and find:
Universal closing of businesses
and schools; turkey in nearly
every pot.
Warren Currier, acting chairman
of the Ell Centre chamber of COM
merce merchantile trade relations
committee, announced that virtually
all merchants would fall into line
and close doors.
County Superintendent of Schools
E. L. Hiteman said that all rural
schools would be closed Thursday
and majority would close Friday
as well.
In Ell Centre, school classes will
end Wednesday at 2:30 and not take
up again until Monday, according
to Superintendent Guy A. Weakley
The high school will give a special
assembly Wednesday while in the
elementary schools each room will
have small celebrations.
Ell Centre churches will give
special services in recognition OF
the day. A union service repre-
senting all Protestant churches will
be held Wednesday evening at 7:30
at the First Presbyterian church
Other churches will have individual
services.
A football game between Ell Cen
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20

by car NOV. l3 as ne walked ALONG
the highway near Meloland.
Two persons were injured Sunday
night on the highway five miles
east of Westmorland in three-car
collision, Highway Patrolman Walter
Walsh said.
Fred Hutcheson, employe of Para
mount studios in Hollywood, was
blamed for the accident in which
Guy Adams of Brawley suffered a
basal skull fracture and James
Tucker, also of Brawley, suffered
an injured knee. Hutcheson drove
a new car he was bringing from the
east head-on into one driven by
Adams. Adams was towing another
car behind his machine and al
three tangled. Walsh said.
Walsh gave Hutcheson a traffic
ticket for passing when he did not
have sufficient clearance. A. L
Peters, Calexico truck driver, told
Walsh ne saw the accident. The
injured persons were taken to a
hospital in Indio.
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
War Concentrates
At Sea as Allies
Tighten Blockade
Fourteen Ships Sent to
Bottom in Nine Days
By German Mines
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News Editor
The sinking of seven more
merchant ships over the week
end with loss of close to 200
lives emphasized Monday the fury
of Europe's economic death strug-
gle.
Fourteen ships have gone to the
bottom in the last nine days and
about 121 have been lost in less
than three months of war, with
casualties far exceeding the dead
in land or air conflict. OF these
vessels, the Allies have lost SO or
315,000 tons; the Germans eight
or $4,000 tons and neutral countries
A or $4,000 tons.
The figures as contrasted to neg.
| ligible military losses texcluding the
Polish campaign illustrated the
kind of war being waged in Europe.
Primarily it is recognition of the
lack of profit in direct military
thrusts against the vast land de-
fenses on both sides and an at
tempt to take a short cut to the
luIlQdillcIlUdl IllcdIlS VI VlCJOIy III
any big modern war = economic
strangulation.
Thus, the allies have held back
the hundreds of thou2znds of SOL
diers who might have been expected
to spill their blood against the forts
of the Siegfried line. Instead, they
have methodically undertaken
campaign of blockade such as de-
stroyed Imperial Germany quar-
ter of century ago after millions
of soldiers had vainly died in seek
ing that objective.
The Nazis have chosen to fight
back with the same weapons in
stead of battering out their strength
against the French Maginot line,
which Webb Miller, in a dispatch
from the western front, describes
today as an impregnable buried
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Negro Tried for
Shooting Ranc|ler

Roy Gist, Los Angeles Negro, went
to trial in superior court Monday
on charge of shooting j. E. Harsh
man in the ankle Oct. l during a
dispute over dove hunting at the
Harshman ranch six miles west OF
Brawley.
The Negro was charged with as
saulting the well known Imperial
Valley rancher with a 10 gauge
shotgun. Harshman accused the
Negro of ignoring 30 "No Hunting
signs posted along his property
and will visiting the ranch again
after having been ordered off.
Jurors were being selected when
the noon recess was called Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Argument Splits
Forester Family

A family quarrel among heirs of
the late E. E. whispering Ed
Forester, Was taken to court this
weekend to prevent it flaring into
open violence, officers said.
Amzie Bridgers, 18, stepson of
Everett Forester, was released on
his own recognizance Monday after
he was arrested on a complaint
charging him with disturbing the
peace. The complaint was signed
by Elmer Forester, brother OF
Everett.
Young Bridgers was said to have
armed himself with a gun during
quarrel over the advisability of
turning cattle on one of the For
roster fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
Prosecutor Says
Kuhn Knew Guilt

NEW YORK, Nov. 20. CUP) An
assistant district attorney, called by
the defense, testified at the Fritz
Kuhn grand larceny trial today
that the German American bund
leader had planned to flee to Mex
leo because he was sure he would
be convicted"
The witness was Milton Schilback
whom Defense Attorney Peter L. F
Sabbatino questioned concerning the
raising of Kuhn's bond to $50,00C
before the trial.
Schilback said he obtained a
court order that Kuhn be held in
$4,000 bail on the strength of in
formation that the defendant, ac-
cused of stealing $1,98l.75 from the
bund, was planning to leave the
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20
TubercuIin Test
In State Complete

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 20.
(UP)-Director of agriculture w. B.
Parker today announced that the
last remaining untested dairy herd
in California, located near Los Ba-
nos, had been completely tuberculin
tested by state veterinarians.
DR.. C. U. Duckworth, animal in
dustry administrator, revealed the
testing program began in 1881 and
resulted in testing OF about 1,200, 600
dairy cattle by the United States
bureau of animal industry and the
state department.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-20


German secret police who sought to
tear down the Czech flag they had
hoisted, the students held out for
hours against artillery, machine
guns and hand grenades, it was
learned.
Lending credence to the report
was dispatch from Berlin that
Hitler has summoned Baron Kon-
stantin Won Neurath, Reich's pro-
tector for Bohemia -Moravia, and
State Secretary Karl Hermann
Frank, Neurath's assistant, to Ber-
lin to report to him on last weeks
disorders.
A number of the highest Nazi
storm troop chiefs have been sent
to Prague to take charge of "restor-
alton of order in the protectorate,"
it was reported reliably at Berlin.
In Paris, the newspaper Paris
Soir said that Otto Strasser, exiled
leader of the German "Black Front
predicted that Hitler would be over
thrown by a revolution in Germany,
out said the time is not yet ripe
for revolt.
The London Daily Herald pub
lished a dispatch quoting a foreign
official who left Prague after last
weeks demonstrations, the an
nounced execution of IL persons,
and the declaration of martial law
in four areas
The official asserted that there
had been severe fighting for several
days, chiefly between Nazi storm
troopers and students, and that
many more than IL had been killed
or executed. He reported that 18
| students were shot against a class
room wall and that their bodies
/ were left there as warning. Artil-
| lery was fired on the workers quar-
ters to end the outbreaks, he re-
ported.
The students fought off German
secret police and storm troopers
for hours by showering them with
desks, buSts of Adolf Hitler and
other missiles from windows
The informant said the trouble
started last week when students
broke up the lecture of a new Nazi
professor because he insulted them.
They pelted him with books and he
fled. The students then barricaded
the university against the Gestapo
men who arrived in three buses.
"The rebel students were given
until afternoon to pull down the
Czech national flag and surrender"
The informant said They refused
and two armored cars arrived and
Continued on Page 8; Col. a.