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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
MAIN STREET
Goings, Comin9s AVID Doings
of Tacomans as the Re-
porter Found Them.

Homer Post recalling old plays
he has seen in football games
Leo Yuckert walking casually
through corridor. seemingly with
out a single worry-RObert Hutch
inson and Harry Werbisky seeking
the return of baseball to C. P. s.
Howard Carlson subscribing to the
adage that silence is golden-Rob-
ert johnson aspiring to be an ex-
pert ice skater, like his brother
Carl - Ken Hayashi dabhling in
Spanish - Dick Jarvis, bag-pipe
artist, serenading the night owls
Myles Barrett pursuing Robert
Bond around ice rink - Fred
Marchetti winning a friendly game
Harry Jessel explaining why
shoes are going up in price-Fred
Oakes parking his car-Bill Dough-
erty recalling good old theatrical
days-Fred Woodwork making
Saturday call-Dr. Andrew Grim
sted walking down hall - John
Jones jr. on way to work-Hal
sanford meeting friends at lunch
time-Lee Merrill busy with Com
munity Chest campaign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
3 TACOMANS
GO ON PATROL
oLYMPIA-seventeen new state

OLYMPIA-Seventeen new state
patrolmen were sworn in Tuesday
by Justice Walter B. Beals OF
state supreme court and issued
their commissions by Gov. Clar-
ence D. Martin.
The men have Just completed
several weeks training course in
traffic laws and regulation and
criminal procedure. All formerly
were office clerks with the patrol
before joining the active force.
They will be assigned for the
next two weeks TO go with expert
enced patrolmen and learn the
ropes In the field. After this
training. Chief Harry C. Huse will
assign them to regular duty In
various parts Of the state.
New patrolmen sworn in Tues
day were Dan Deck. Spokane; ]
Mere Fluke and Bob Grimstead
Tacoma; Henry Huovila, Gray
lands; Howard p. Hurd, Seattle
p. d. Kaufman, Walla walla: Al
len NJ. Huest. Kelso; Stacy Matt
son and z. C. olbertz, Olympia
]. E. Merely, jr., Mason City
Marvin A. Paulson, Tacoma; Chas
Roetker, Mt. Vernon; Morris K
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
CHURCH DINNER
ON WEDNESDAY

A capacity audience is expected
at the weekly dinner to be held at
the First Christian church on
Wednesday at $50 p. m. Members
and friends and especially the
young people viii gather for the
sixth In a series Of 10 weekly
dinner meetings in the church's
Forward the Church" campaign.
Mrs. J. Warren Hastings. wife
Of the pastor Of the University
Christian church of Seattle. will
speak on the subject. "Today's
Youth and Tomorrow's Church"
The community sing at the din
ner tables will be conducted by
A. o. Andreasen. Earl Miller Of
the young peoples group viii play
accordion solos.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02

Housewares
Fourth Floor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
Three jailed At
School Are Fined

Convicted of drunkenness, two
men and a woman were fined SIS
and costs each in police court
Tuesday afternoon and committed
to Jail in lieu of payment of the
fines.
Officer Bill Cordell of the motor
division testified that Frank Nc
Mike, %, Peter Brown, 21-year-
old laborer. and Miss Grace West,
Is, 2344 So. l. ST., were arrested
on the Stanley school grounds after
their car damaged an embankment
Monday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02

Holman arrived on the stream
liner City Of Portland and stimuli
taneously II was revealed he had
consented TO keynote a ''McNary
for President" rally in Portiand's
municipal auditorium Wednesday
night.
Holman. explaining his vote
against the neutrality bill which
the senate passed Friday, said he
and George Washington saw eye
to eye on a national policy Of avoid
ing entangling alliances abroad.
Congress ought 10 worry
more about America and less
about Europe NJ . time like
this, Holman ndmonishcd.
The rally booming Sen. Charles
McNary for the 1910 Republican
presidential nomination win draw
delegations from Salem. McMinn-
willie. Newberg. Oregon City and
other willamette valley towns, ac-
ccrding to r. A. Mckinley. presi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
SNOW SMASHES
C0L0NY'S HOPES

PALMER, Alaska-The m o s I
freakish weather in rs years Tues
day smashed hopes of Matanuska
colony farmers for salvaging their
snow-crusted crops.
Heavy snow began falling late
Monday night and four inches lay
on green feed and produce late
Tuesday.
A Chinook wind Monday had
bolstered courage Of the federal
settlement. A thin snow blanket
began to melt and l.. s. Stock,
manager Of the Farmers Coopera-
tive, said go per cent Of crops and
hay on the ground could be sal
vaged. BY nightfall. however, the
chinook had faded and snow again
poured out of the sky.
John Bugge, who has spent the
past quarter-century in the valley,
said the weather was the most
freakish in his memory.
Cattle herds. already thinned by
butchering in the face of a crop
shortage, were expected to be cut
the limit. as less than half OF
planted feed was available.
Some families already had re-
turned their stock to the corpora
ton, as privation became certain
for them.
Losses would have been avoided,
according to Carl Rasmussen, Sec
rotary of the cooperative. II crops
had been planted earlier. Delay, he
said. was due to inadequate equip
ment. He said there was only one
seeder for each 10 farmers and
only half enough horses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
Forty And Eight
Will Hold Dance
On Friday Night

The 40 and Of Pierce county
will hold its annual autumn sup
per-dance on Friday, Nov. 3, at
the Firs. Dancing will begin at
$50. at which time cocktails viii
be served. A fun course chicken
dinner will be served at midnight.
Each year these parties have in
creased in popularity and this
year is expected to exceed all
others.
Under the general direction OF
Dale Kiehl, who is chairman OF
this event, he has assisting him
other voyageurs, including George
A. Allen, f. II. Van Fossen. c. II.
Burrows. VIM. Haines. B. B. Bus
selle. Robert Falling. Kari Hill
Harry Rowen, II. C. Tollefson
VIM. Leitch, NJ. r. Thomas. Chas
Doucette and Chas. Delling.
The 40-s has restricted thess
dancing parties to its own organi'
zation and their immediate friends
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
Firemen Lose Their
Shirts In Blaze

WATERMAN, Mass. - Firemen
lost their shirts last night when
$1,000 fire swept a wooden fac
tory building.
The shirts. made by Leavitt
Shirt company, were to be shipped
to fill a fire department order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
QUEzON WARNS
ISLAND PEOPLE

MANILA "A blunt admission
that the Philippine islands pos
sibly might become victim OF
aggression after 1t gains its COM
|plete independence, was voiced to-
day by President Manuel Quezon.
when he indicted Teofilo sison into
the newly-created cabinet post OF
secretary OF defense.
Quexon recalled ths partition Of
Czechoslovakia and Poland and
declared that "even should the
Philippines arm every male, II
would not assure the islands
against becoming a victim of ag-
gression."
While he reiterated that he was
proceeding with program which
anticipates complete independence
from the United States by 1916,
Quezon said the time was ripe for
America TO undertake negotiations
for neutralizing the Philippines.
Quezon urged the Filipinos not
to develop over-confidence in the
infallibility of a neutrality treaty.
international treaties have
been violated repeatedly" he
said. 'It Ia conceivable that
Philippine neutrality win be
violated. However, neutral
ity treaty would at least Inn
prove the moral position OF the
Philippines
II was reported without con-
firmation that Quezon already had
written privately to President
Roosevelt. urging he undertake
measures to assure neutrality fol-
lowing independence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02

dent OF the McNary Tor President
club. which Is directing the meet
ing.
Senator McNary consented last
week TO toss his hat in the ring as
Oregon's favorite son candidate
but said he was doing II to help
unity" Republican forces rather
than with any hope Of nomination.
Holman said he was prepared to
fly back to Washington If neccs-
sary but emphasized that congress
was determined TO adjourn after
the house disposed Of the neutral
lily measure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02

Large Bake-oven Casseroles
with beautiful chromium frame,
priced at $2.00--now at Burnett
Broa. Christmas Sale for 9sc.--
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02
Congress Ought to
Uorry Abolt U.s.


PORTLAND 0re.-Oregons junior L. S. senator Rufus
G Holman returned from the special session of congress
this week and commenting the neutrality BILL said the
United States is making mistake any time it monkeys"
IN European affairs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-02

Snyder, Spokane: William Todd,
Wenatchee; Arthur B. Veleke,
Lynden: C. L. Westenhiser, Ellens-
burg; Dewitt Whitman, Seattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81. tUP)-
The U. s. court of appeals today
upheld the National Labor Relations
board IN an important challenge
of board powers which may have
a bearing on the congressional drive
to amend the Wagner Act.
The court sustained, in 2-l de-
cision, a board order invalidating
a closed shop contract between the
International Association OF Mach
inists (AFL) and the Serrick Corp,
Muncie, Ind, which covered the
companys tool room employees.
AFL officials indicated they would
appeal the case to the supreme court
since it has been cited by them as
an example of alleged board bias
in favor of the rival Congress OF
Industrial Organizations and OF al
legged arbitrary action by the
NLRB. The Serrick case often was
mentioned in senate and house Ia
Dor committee hearings when the
AFL sought major changes in the
labor law.
NLRB officials said they believed
the decision might have an i'm
portant bearing on dozen other
cases in which the board has set
aside closed shop contracts between
employers and the AFL on GROUNDS
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21
Keel Laid For
New US. Sub

VALLEJO, Cal, Nov. 81. (UP)-
The new S6,0o000 submarine Gud-
geon did not have the benefit OF
gala ceremony, which usually marks
the start of construction of naval
vessels, when her keel was laid TO-
day at Mare Island navy yard.
Rear Admiral David Bagley an
nounced new navy regulations, out
growth of the war IN Europe, barred
all visitors from the yards.
The Gudgeon will be a companion
to the S. S. Swordiish and S. S.
Sturgeon recently completed at Mare
Island.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21
State viii Retire
Warrants Issued
During April

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 81. CUP)-
AS the state prepared to sell s2,205,-
900 worth of new registered war
rants today, Controller Harry B.
Riley announced that S4,262, ,370
worth of the paper issued in April
will be retired on Nov. %.
This ratio should soon balance
the budget if it could be kept up.
Riley said, but unfortunately new
warrant issues have been coming
more frequently than the old ones
can be called. Several sales have
been held since the last previous
retirement.
The two transactions will leave
the total of outstanding warrants at
s66. 6.e33 ,945.
The paper being retired carried
rates of 1.25 and 1.33 per cent and
cost a total of s54,l29 in interest.
Later issues cost up to four per
cent, but the rate dropped to three
per cent at the latest sale, immed-
lately after the Nov special cleo
ton, when the threat of the Ham
and Eggs pension plan was removed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21
Court Of Appeals UphoIds NLRBin
Case Affecting Wagner Act Repeal

that the employer illegally aided
the federation to head off CIO
organization campaign.
Judge Wiley B. Rutledge, jr.,
President Roosevelt's latest appoin-
tee to the appeals court and men,
toned for a supreme court vacancy,
wrote the majority ruling which
said that the evidence fully sus-
tains the findings of the board
that the employer unlawfully as
sisted lam to organize the tool
room and secure the closed shop
contracts" He was joined by Judge
Justin Miller, Chief Justice D. Lawr-
ence Groner dissented.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21
Dies Stands Up
Bay City Group

Those who answered the sub
penas were Henry Schmidt, presi-
dent of the San Francisco local of
the Longshoremen's union; John
Shoemaker, a longshoreman; Harri-
son George of the Peoples World;
William Schneimann, state secre-
tary of the Communist party; Elmer
Hanoff and Frank Spector, describ-
ed as Communist officials.
Schmidt, who wore red handker-
chief lust for decoration sent a
letter to Mayor Angelo RosSi on
another matter during the day,
explaining he was registered as a
Democrat and not as Commu-
mist.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 81. CUP
Six waterfront union and Com
munist party officials responded to
subpenas issued by the Dies COM
mittee on un-American activities
late yesterday only to find the Dies
offices empty and no arrangements
made for a hearing.
After waiting a few minutes, the
six left the empty offices in the
appraisers building.
Rep. Martin Dies, chairman of the
investigating group, was in Detroit
and George Hurley, his representa-
tive here, was believed TO be in Los
Angeles. A package addressed to
him lay on a desk in the head
quarters.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30

Pedestrian Faults

THE National Safety council has
l. charged pedestrians with a
large share of the responsibility
for traffic accidents that killed &c.
500 persons in 1887. Of this total
Is, 400 were pedestrians.
In Accident Facts" a statisti-
cal review of 1887, the council
said: "Many pedestrians show ut
ter lack of caution in their use of
streets and highways. Combined
state reports for 1897 show that in
81 per cent of all fatal pedestrian
accidents the pedestrian either
was violating a traffic law or was
acting in an obviously unsafe man.
ner. In non-fatal accidents pedes-
trian faults appeared in SO per
cent of the cases."
The council described such
things as jay-walking, failure to
observe traffic lights, drunken
walking, walking with instead of
against traffic on rural highways,
crossing streets in the middle of a
block as pedestrian faults"
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
Many Reasons Why the
Hen Laws Eggs on Floor

Floor eggs are Objectionable for
many reasons. They are likely to
be broken and bring about the egg
eating habit. Then, too, they are
often fouled And of great impor-
lance to r. o. P. breeders, they
cannot be credited to the hens that
lay them.
The primary reason for floor lay
ing is lack of sufficient nests, ad-
vises a poultryman in the Montreal
Herald If hen is ready to lay
and the nests are all occupied she
will do the next best thing-lay on
the floor. So the first preventive
measure is to provide plenty of
nests.
Another reason is comfort If a
hen ignores an empty nest and lays
on the floor, she is probably more
comfortable there.
The type of trap door may be an
other reason for floor eggs. There
is usually a higher percentage Of
such eggs where the nests are
equipped with the old type swinging
door that is held in place with a
trigger. This makes a rather cum
bersome trap and the hens appear
to fight shy of it. Either thin ply
board or metal drops seem to be
least Objectionable, being light, cas-
lily worked and positive.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
Tenderfoot Triumph
IF EVER Americans deserved t

IF EVER Americans deserved the
title ''tenderfeet," it was the
band of emigrants. led by John Bid
well, which left Missouri in May.
184l, for the West. They had heard
of the riches of California but knew
nothing about the country they must
cross to gain their promised land.
Once they reached the Great Salt
lake, they believed they could float
down rivers that were supposed to
flow to the Pacific. So they took a
big supply of tools to build boats
when needed.
Guided by Thomas Fitzpatrick,
the fur trader, and Father De
Smedt, the missionary, they reached
South pass in Wyoming safely.
Then, despite warnings against try
ing to cross the desert of the Gen.
trail basin, they turned off from the
Oregon trail and headed south
west.
Soon they were in a bewildering
country of salt plains. Food and
water supplies ran low. Cruel mi
RACES lured them on. But some
how they managed to survive and
reach the Humboldt river in Me-
vada. They followed it to the Hum
boldt Sink and turned south to the
Carson river. BY the time they
reached the Walker river they were
forced to kill the last of their oxen.
Six weary months after leaving
Missouri they reached the rich San
Joaquin valley. Theirs had been an
epic journey. For the success of
the Bidwell expedition pointed the
way for the first thin trickle of
emigration to California that began
soon afterwards and reached its
high tide in the Golden Days of 40.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
Unlucky North Pole Seeker
Elmo Scott W atson

ON OCTOBER 25, 1888, an auto
~ mobile in Washington, D. c.,
struck down and killed 71year-old
man who, for 20 years, had defied
the numerous pitfalls of death in
the frozen North and who once just
missed sharing in the honors or Of
discovering the North pole. He was
Evelyn B. Baldwin.
Baldwin first went beyond the
Arctic circle in 1893 as meteorolo-
gist with Capt Robert Peary's Sec
ond expedition to Greenland. On a
previous expedition. Peary found
what he thought was royal road
to the pole" via independence bay.
Baldwin suggested that a better
route lay through Kane basin. But
Peary decided otherwise. Ironical-
ly enough. when Peary did make his
successful dash to the pole, several
years later it was by the very route
which Baldwin had suggested.
In 1897 Baldwin was en- route to
accompany the famous Andree bal
loon expedition to find the pole when
Andree, suddenly favored by good
weather, decided to start, without
waiting the arrival Of Baldwin's
ship next day. On July II, the ILL
fated Andree sailed away, never to
be heard of again until 1880 when a
party of Norwegian explorers found
his skeleton.
But this narrow escape from
death did not daunt Baldwin. In
1898 he was second in command OF
the Wellman expedition which
reached the then ''farthest north"
of 81 degrees and 80 seconds be-
fore turning back. Baldwin then set
off with several companions and dis
covered new land, named Graham
Bell land.
In 1901 he made his supreme at.
tempt to reach the pole with the
Baldwin-Ziegler expedition. 1t failed
because his supply ship did not ar
rive in time and only good luck pre-
vented the entire party from perish
ing. Before he could finance an
other expedition Peary discovered
the pole and Baldwin's career as al
explorer ended.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
FARM
Tories
TAR OIL EMULSION
FOR APPLE APHIS
Spraying Early Advised to
Kill Eggs on Trees.
By Arthur J. Farley. Professor of
Pomology Ruteers University.
WNU Service.

Any period of warm weather IN
the spring is an ideal time for the
application of tar oil emulsion
spray for the control of apple aphis.
This material, if applied at the prop
er strength, will kill the aphis eggs
now on the trees.
The stock emulsion, as received
from the manufacturer or dealer,
will contain Sc, 83 or SO per cent
actual tar OIL This should be di-
luted to provide 25 per cent actual
tar oil in the diluted spray. Grow
ers who have had difficulty control
ling the apple aphis would do well
to apply one of the tar oil emul-
sions while the trees are dormant
and the temperature is above freez-
ing, since the treatment offers one
of the most effective methods Of
control
Plans for applying tar oil emul-
sion should be made early enough
to insure the completion of the job
by the time the fruit buds appear
silvery. since the use of such mix
ture after that stage of bud devel-
opment may cause serious injury.
Furthermore, the application Of ex-
cessive amounts of material should
be avoided in the interest of safety
and economy. 1t is important, how
no hn no
coated with the spray, since any
aphis eggs which are missed will
not be killed. Best results are OBJ
tanned by floating the material into
the tree with the wind in the form
of fine mist
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
Watch for Corn Bugs

With a large amount of stored
corn, it is especially important to
watch for insect damage, says the
Prairie Farmer The two past mild
winters have caused such insects to
increase. Dry corn, stored in dry
crib, well ventilated, is not likely
to be damaged by insects. First
indications of damage can be de-
tected by finding holes in the ends
and along the sides of the kernels.
If a crib of corn becomes infested,
it should be fed or sold, or if it is
to be fumigated, must be shelled
and treated in a tight bin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
Bad Boy of the MayAower

a MONG the Pilgrim Fathers who
4 came over on the MayhoWer
was John Ellington, accompanied
by his wife and two sons, Francis
and John Jr. Early in that historic
voyage young John disgraced him
self. While playing in the family's
cabin with his fathers fowling
piece, he fired the weapon close to
an open key of powder. only the
Lords mercy saved the ship and
the entire company from being
blown to pieces" writes pious
historian of those days.
After the Pilgrims had settled
Plymouth, young Johnny got into
another scrape. He wandered off
into the woods one day by himself.
When he failed to return, a party
set out to look for him. After a
weeks futile search, it was learned
that he was in an Indian village 20
miles south of Plymouth.
His mother shed tears of graft
tude when friendly Indians brought
him back, but some of the Pilgrims
were ''sorely vexed" because he had
put them to all this bother. No
doubt, he came by his trouble-mak-
ing honesty for his father was that
kind of man. In fact, John Billing
ton, senior, has the unenviabIe dis
tinction of being the first person
hanged in Plymouth colony. He
quarreled with young John New
comm, waylaid him and shot him
down. For this willful murder by
PLANE and notorious evidence" he
was hanged on September 80, 1880.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30

Most playful of all wild creatures
are offers. for even when full grown
they cannot resist anything in the
shape of ball that floats
Baby badgers romp together, puff
ing out their fur until they look like
black and white balls. then bounc-
ing round and round on their short
stiffened legs. A favorite game is
for one to mount fallen tree, and
its companions to try to pull it
down, relates Oliver G. Pike, F. z.
S.. in London Tit-Bits Magazine.
Young polecats play similar
game. but are far more graceful.
AS they prance around, their slender
backs are arched. and they look
most attractive in their rich dark
brown glossy fur. Badgers, pole
cats, stoats, and weasels have very
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-30
Wire Fence so Years Old

II was an Illinois farmer named
Peter Sommer who first tried to
make woven wire fence, says the
Keystone Steel & Wire company.
That was so years ago. He first
tried stretching smooth wires be-
tween posts, and weaving in cross
wires by hand. That worked pretty
well but took too long, so he de-
veloped machine. Operated by
two men and boy, some 10 rods
of fence could be made in a day.
The fabric had small square open
ingS.