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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
; Big Dances
At Century

The quest Of new Saturday
night band. old timers night and
the annual Presidents Birthday
Ball. Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day nights respectively, will be
the "order of the day" for those
who love to dance and for those
who know of the good work the
money they spend for tickets will
do 10 alleviate the suffering Of
countless paral ysis victims
throughout the country.
Saturdays program calls for
the appearance in the elimination
contest of Gaylord Jones and his
"Cosmopolitans," a truly different
and entertaining band of versatile
musicians who will vie for the
favor and votes of those attend
ing Saturday. Sunday from 8:45
to 11:45 p. m, Walter Rose and
his masters of the old time dane
ing repertoire will entertain the
old time dancing group of Tacoma.
Monday, many hundreds of Ia
coma and Pierce county folk will
honor the presidents birthday and
bring happiness into the lives of
the unfortunate. Music and enter
tainment for the occasion will be
furnished by Walter Roses orches-
ira.
So that everyone will be able
to attend the Century management
calls attention to the bus service
direct to the ballroom from 18th
and A SITS. Buses leave on the
hour, starting at 8;45. returning
directly after the dance. with
transfer privileges to city busses
on return trips on all three nights.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Ritz Brothers
At Kay St. Nou,

Damon Runyon popular sports
columnist, takes the sport of kings
for a ride with the daffy Ritz
Brothers in Straight, Place and
Show" hilarious comedy which
is now playing at the Kay st.
The Rites are off land how to
the races. where they buy horses.
es. In fact, they are little "horsy'
es. In fact. they are a little horse"
themselves by the time the big
race begins.
Richard Arlen. Ethel Norman.
Phyllis Brooks. George Barber are
also in the cast.
Movita. John Carroll are seen in
Rose Of the Rio Grande' with An
tonic Moreno and Don Avardo
in the cast. and the latest and
greatest in the historical Techni-
color series. Declaration Of indie
pendencs. share the bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Room Service" Has
Marx Bros. and Love!

The romance between a small
town author and hotel managers
secretary in New York is threaded
throughout the uproarious antics
Of the Marx Brothers in Room
Service" the fun-film adapted from
the Broadway stage success of the
same name and currently showing
at the Beverly
Ann Miller is cast in the femi-
lead. while Frank Albertson is
seen as the hayseed author whose
first brain child is accepted for
production by Groucho Marx. a pro-
d.cer of questionable reputation.
Harpo and Chico play his nimble
assistants who are also involved
in a plot to promote an angel
for the show before their creditors
close in. Lucille Ball contributes
new brand of fun-making as the
Marx maniacs' star-to-be. RKO
Radio produced Room Service"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Conversation
Winners Listed

Five dollars for first prize in
the Hard Boiled" conversation
contest which ran in The Ia
coma Times Thursday, January
10. Went to Arthur G.. Rogers of
34ll So. nth ST.
Contestants We're asked to
fill in blank spaces for a CONVEX
sation held between Wallace
Berry and Robert Taylor, fea-
tured players in stand Up and
Fight" M-G-Ms roaring film
story of the first railroad in the
United States.
The following 10 persons will
be awarded q pass to see
the production which has been
moved over to the Blue Mouse
theater for a second weeks
run.
Gene Cascone, 6605 So. Mont
gomery St; Chester Barlow
1902 Ia. 4Tth st: Art Freed. RI.
5. Box A. Puyallup. Wash; A.
q. Hanson. 1919 No. Nisscher
st; Mrs. Llewellyn Thomas,
his So. Attn st; Ida Caruso,
S24 Es. s6th st; Alvin Rayourn,
12iSl. Tacoma ave; Ken Hay
ASH. 1910 Tacoma ave; Mrs.
NJ. c. Lamb, Ri. 2. Box 4oS,
Tacoma. and Ed Nelson. Ri. 2,
Box 254. Tacoma.
The passes are IN the mail
and should reach the winners
sometime Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Louie Grenier
At Winthrop Nou,

The gay. lifting music OF the
Rocking Rhythm" orchestra will
be danced to at the Hotel VIM
throp tonight. 1t will be the first
Of an indefinite number of en-
gagements there for Louis Gren-
icrs popular orchestra.
Musical background has been
furnished by this orchestra for
individual clubs throughout the
city. and those who have danced
to the music will attest to its
popularity.
George S. Schreiner. manager
of the Winthrop, warmly praises
the group.
THE quality OF the music is
such that we know he will enjoy a
popular engagement at the VIM
throp," he says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Story OF Wild
Horses At Shell

One of the most spectacular se-
quences ever recorded by the mo-
ton picture camera. rivaling the
tabled stampede of the great buff
falo herds of generation ago, is
shown in Grand Nationals king
of the Sierras." which is now
at the Shell theater. This is the
stampede of over 1000 wild mus
tangs. within horseshoe shaped
prairie fire, who are being driven
into a great horse trap in the nor
thern part of Arizona.
This great herd of wild horses,
whose ancestors were brought over
by the Spanish padres. had become
the bane of the ranchers and farm
ers of that section. destroying their
crops and impairing their grazing
lands for domestic animals. The
situation at last became so serious
that the government last year de-
cided the mustang herd must be
rounded up and its depredations
ended, and arrangements were
made accordingly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
EpWorth T o
. Present PIay

The Other One" a one-act
religious drama. will be presented
at Epworth church tomorrow night
at 7:30 in the church auditorium
at South 9Th and Anderson SITS.
Charles Pollom plays the lead
ing character supported by Jack
Dean Tuell in this story of modern
times when two tramps plotting
crime are stayed by the presence
of THE Other One."1
Dean Tuell has directed the play
which is the first of series OF
dramas to be produced by the
Epworth church. There Is no adj
mission charge.
Little Women" the beloved
Alcott novel, will be the next pres
entation, Feb. "a, and will be
directed by Ruth Webster and
Dean Tuell, followed In the same
month by one-act religious
drama coached by Charles Pollom.
"Larola," missionary play, will
be directed by Jane Pearson for
March and the Easter play will
be THE Alabaster Box" with Alta
Hawk as director. In May, the
group presents pioneer drama
depicting the progress of the
building of Epworth through the
80 years.
The Epworth Drama League is a
new drama organization with its
workshop at the church. The Off
GERS are: Charlene Russell presi-
dent; Jack Potter. vice president;
Glenn Collins, business. Alta
Hawk. secretary. and Ruth Web
ster, director. Plans are being
made to interest other church
groups in a national Methodist
organization for church dra-
matics
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
a

II was anything To get back
At the power trust" which
opcraed the interurban. Fam
lilies with the means bought
cheap flivyers and carried their
neighbors free or for the price
Of the gasoline. The new auto
mobile owners thought that
was the only expense.
The competition continued twt
or three years and as the bus serv
ice improved interurban business
diminished. The company ult
mately was compelled to abandon
the electric cars and go into IN.
bus business.
Next to go were the lines north
of Everett. Why the Seattle.
Everett line should have continued
TO operate when 30 per cent of the
passenger business was done by
the busses has been something Of
mystery.
One of the complaints of inter-
urban operators concerning the
bus competition was that the pub
lie built the highways for the
busses while the electric cars were
operated on private rights of way
paid for and maintained by the
companys and paid taxes as we'll.
This situation was reflected in
the state legislature where bills
began to appear at every session
increasing the costs OF bus and
motor freight competition.
With the decline Of the inter-
urban service to the north there
vanished several promotions that
promised great wealth in the OPP
Grafton of electric lines from Ia
coma TO Olympia, Portland and
way points. There also was prof.
ected monorail line along the
waterfront between Tacoma and
Seattle that would pick a passen-
ger up In one city and land him in
the other in 30 minutes.
r. J. Fclt's Pacific Traction
line to American lake was the
first unit of what was to be-
come an interurban system
serving Southwest Washington
and the Columbia river area
and making Tacoma the busi-
ness center of the territory he
tween Puget Sound and the
Columbia.
II seemed like great idea but
the hard surface roads and i'm
proved BUSES. each new model
tending more and more to the
streamline, knocked the bottom
out of the investment value.
Those who still believe In the
dream that the development of
Bonneville. Coulee dam and other
power resources in the Northwest
will make electric current almost
too cheap to use, are wondering If
that day will bring back the cleo
trio interurban lines. Probably
lot. for with flivver In every back
yard and the price of a gallon of
gasoline in the family till, what
chance would there be?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

Louis Hayward, young aristocrat
who learns spOrtsmanship the
hard way" in "The Duke of West
Point stirring story of Uncle
Sans military school now showing
at the Music Box.
the spotlight as the instrument
for the rise and fall of the hero,
hockey takes things over in most
exciting style.
II Is the old, old story Of
the cockey guy who finds II
so very difficult to get his
feet on the ground and to real
i've that there are some ideas
I'm his head which do not add
up and like his prede-
eessors, Louis Hayward learns
the hard way.
The action is well sustained and
those who see The Duke of
West Point will probably agree
it is good screen entertainment.
The other feature stars slow
and-easy Joel McCrea in story
of sailor who didn't fare very
well when he ventured out on
anything more than the park la
COON.
Andrea Leeds, sweet and pretty,
plays opposite Joel in a story
which qualities her for a com
mission in the Northwest Mounted
Police . she gets her man. even
if she has to wait until he is
seasick to accomplish the feat.
The hillbillies are on the loose
again. running wild, but in good
company. Yes. once again the
mountain folk are ably portrayed
by the Weaver Brothers and Ell
viry in Down in Arkansas" which
had its Tacoma premiere yesterday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

Two devil-may-care n wsreeI
photographers. ready at moments
notice TO take their lives in their
hands or girl in their arms !.
Brian Donlevy and Wally Vernon,
heroes in "Sharpshooters," now
showing at the Riviera.
at Mike Barovics Riviera theater
Having captured the customs
and traditions of the backwoods
people better than any other team
on both the stage or screen, the
Weavers do a right smart bit O.
actin in their latest picture. which
tells of the headache the govern
ment suffers when il attempts to
better the living conditions of the
Arkansas people by constructing
dam in the middle of their little
community.
Famous for their musical
ability which resounds from
washboards, and other home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
.WorldLaug
With Ruggles

To Hollywood. via Los Angeles
San Francisco. New York, and all
points west
a somewhat circuituous route n
cover a distance Of some ten miles.
but Charlie Ruggies made it.
Ruggles. who is featured In Uni
versals farce comedy. His Exeit-
ing Night at the Roxy theater.
was born in Los Angeles. Al the
time. Hollywood was merely a
stop on the street car line that
ran west out of the city, through
orchards and bean fields.
Ruggles started out in life TO be
a druggist. He didn't like the bust
ness. and decided TO become an
actor A friend painted a glowing
picture of the delights OF an actors
life, so Charlie went to San Fran
cisco and became a thespian
He returned to Los Angeles.
played in stock companies there
until he acquired a reputation, and
then went To New York where he
soon became big comedy star.
BY this time. California had be-
come the center of the motion pic
ture industry, so Charlie came to
Hollywood where he proceeded to
become screen celebrity.
ut was long trip he says,
but I made it"
Charlie is seen as befuddled
bridegroom in His Exciting
Night" which presents him with a
cast that includes "Slapsie" Make
Rosenbloom. Marion Martin, Ona
Munson. Georgia Caine, Frances
Raymond Parker. Benny
Baker. Stepin Fetchit, Regis Too
mey and Stanley Hughes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

made contraptions. the Neav-
Prs strut their stuff. EivtrN,
pigtails and all. does most OF
the yocals.
Dedicated to the harum scarum
cameramen who have a constant
Irritation with the undertaken,
"Sharpshooters. the other new
Riviera attraction is pyramided
with thrills. Every click of the
camera turns UP another sdven-
ture in a small European country
where they change rulers as often
as we change our socks lat least
we hope sol.
Brian Donlevy Lynn Bari and
Wally Vernon assure us that a
cameraman position is usually be-
hind the eight ball or that he may
invariably be found residing IN
some city's bastile b. l..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Former Soldiers
Enlist in Reserve

Recent change in regulations
governing enlistments in the regu-
lar army reserve. has stimulated
rapid increase in enlistments for
that organization.
EN-soldiers who enlisted in the
regular army reserve through the
local office during the past few
days are: Nathan NJ. Smell. 1857
So. X St: Charles r. Walker, Rt.
4. Box 390-B: Hans A. Christensen,
s02 So. C st; Earl f. Sage, 1928
So. 96th st, and William ]. VIM
cent. Box AL, Puyallup.
The Army Recruiting office. 2io
Bankers Trust bldg. will give full
particulars concerning this organ
ization.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
THREE BULLETS

When Murray Alper, Eddie Mari
and Lon CLANCY, il, playing the
auto-racing team called The Three
Bullets in Road Demon" muffed
their lines during a scene. Director
Otto Brewer promptly dubbed
them The Three B. b. Shots
Road Demon" is the second of
10th Century-Fox's Sports Adven-
ture series and is now playing at
the Temple theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

Nat Pendleton claims Sandow,
his 2oo-pound Great Dane. is Hol-
lywood's most talented canine
linguist. The dog understands and
will obey commands given in Eng
lish, French, Spanish and German.
says the Metro Goldwyn Mayer
actor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

Naturally. the general complex
ion of the production is similar TO
those which have gone before.
with here and there new twist
10 liYen up the continuity. How
ever. instead of football holding
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
VACATION IN SNOW

On completion Of her featured
role In -Four Girls in White" Ann
Rutherford plans TO vacation for
ten days at Big Bear. The Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer actress plans to
spend most Of her time skiing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
H55Hz:5Faaey2z@ @

Last Of the lnferurbans
Is Ceased"
SfresmIines and Concrete
Win the Fight
Seattle Tacoma Owners
Let The Bars Down
0resf Transportation
Dreams Blow Up
IN a few days-February 1.-The
rout of the electric interurban
lines in Washington by the gas
powered streamline buses and
automobiles will become complete.
On that date the last interurban
IN the state. operating between
Seattle and Everett will quit
One by one the electric inter
urbans have been crowded out by
improved highways, the automobile
and the bus.
When the first interurban line
was promoted nearly 40 years ago,
and electric cars began to take
the place of the long drives over
poor roads. the inadequate between
cities service of the railroads and
the slow boat service. we thought
the ultimate in transportation had
been reached. The first line In the
state, operating between Tacoma
and Seattle, was completed in the
latter part of 1902 and was a 60
ing concern from the start.
Real estate promoters paint
I'd alluring pictures Of the joys
Of q suburban home or co,in-
try estate with hourly trans
rortatIon service. Small towns
sprung up all along the line
and the commuter business
soon was producing q bigger
revenue than the through traf-
fic. Beginning with the early
morning "trippers" which
brought the city workers to
town In time for the seven
o'clock whistle that was be-
fore the era Of the six-hour
day. nearly every train car
ried capacity loads.
The company gradually extend
ed operations from Seattle TO
Everett and on up to Bellingham.
There was talk of pushing on to
British Columbia when the first
menacing cloud appeared on the
interurban horizon. The hard sur
face road between Tacoma and
Seattle had been completed. Other
roads were building north into the
territory served by the electric
lines. The automobile had come
into quite general use.
The first effect of the COMPETE
ton was to cut down the through |
traffic. The interurban operators
sought TO check that trend by Of
fering better service - limited
trains between certain points, and
"parlor" cars with colored porters,
and in one instance club" car.
All this added to the expense
and the operators sought to bal
ance the budget by raising the
local fsres. That proved to be an
invitation to the catastrophe. Fam
lilies from Milton, Jovita, Pacific
City, Edgewood and Algona moved
to town. Those who remained in
vited the operators of for-hire cars
to get into the field. and for a
while they put up with service
that would not have been tolerat-
ed on the interurban.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
West Point On Parade
AT Hamrick's Music Box
Down in Arkansas" Holds Top Spot al Mike 6arovie
Riviera; Weaver Brothers and Eviry Featured
in HiIoily Story With Musical Flare

Uncle Sans military academy at West Point has made
the movies again this time under the title Of The Duke of
West Point" with Louis Hayward Tom Brown and Richard
Carlson as the big three and Joan FOntane the role
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

nj = n = CIV " 49,
RENERLY-The Marx Brothers
and Lucille Ball IN Room
Service " also john Howard ana
MARY Carlisle in touchdown
Army
COMM NIFTY Fred Asiaire
and Ginger Rogers IN Care
free. also Jane Regain and
Colin Tapelv IN "Booloo."
KAY STREET-The Ritz Broth
ers and Richard Arlen in
Straight Place and Show
also Movita IN Rose OF the
Rio Grande
PARk-The Dionne Ouintup-
lets and Jean Hersholt in rs OF
Kind also the Lone Ranger
in The Missing Spur"
PROCTOR-The Dionne Ouin-
tuplets and Claire Trevor in
Five OF Kind also Captain
Wallace Creswell in KILLERS Of
the Sea "
REALART DICK Purcell and
Mary Brian In NAVY Blues.
also The Dionne 0unituplets
and Jean Hersholt in Five OF
a KIND
REN-Jane Withers and Gloria
Stuart in Keep Smiling. also
Richard DIX and Chester Nor
ris in SKY Giant
SHELI-Rex. King of the wild
Horses In King OF the Sier-
ras". also Enrol Flvnn and Joan
Blondell in The Perfect Speci-
men"
SUNSET The Dionne Ouin-
tuplets and Jean Hersholt IN
Five OF Kind also Peter
LORE and Rochelle Hudson in
mfr. Motto Takes a Chance"
TEMPLF-Shirlev Temple and
Charles Farrell in Just Around
the Corner" also The Gambinis
in Road Demon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS

BILE MOI Wallace Beery.
Florence RIee and Robert Tay-
lor ia stand ID and Fight
u 30 80. 8 -. 3 so sos,
iO-25
vi ~IG B0N-Joan Fontalue
Duke ~ Yes POINT ~ so.
: 20 7.50 i 20 also Andrea
Leeds and joe McCrea in
Youth Takes Fling IL 30.
3 90. 30 10 90
RIVIERA The Weaver Broth
ers and ElYiry IN Down IN
Arkansas 40 sos 40.
1855. 10 IS. also Brian Donlevy
and Lynn Bar In sharp
shooters Il 80. $50. 425.
6 .45 $40
RONN-B ash Rathbone and
Boris Kagloff IN son OF Frank
enstein. Il Sc ? 30 5 % 3 %.
II as. also Charlie Ruggles and
Make Rosenbloom in HIS tx
citing Night l.i5. 4;l5. tbs.
10 Is
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-08-17
Big Attraction to Tourists.
Ten Percent OF WPA
Roll Are Veterans

Slightly more than 10 percent of the
total number of WPA workers in Min
nesota are veterans of the World war,
it was disclosed today.
A total of 5,283 veterans having
17,O46 persons dependent upon them
for support were engaged in WPA
employment as of last July 5, S. L.
Stolte, acting state administrator, an
nounced today. They comprise 1905
percent of all WPA workers and 11.65
percent of all male workers. The per-
centage is considerably greater dur
ing present reduced quotas because
veterans have preference status.
More than half the total veteran
load is comprised of unskilled work.
ers-2, 1868 or 5419 percent, Mr.. Stolte
said.
BY districts, employment of veter-
ans by WPA is as follows:
District l, Duluth, lob or 8.29 per-
cent of total employment in that dis
trict.
District 2, Detroit Lakes, 566 or 8.94
percent.
District 8, Minneapolis, 2,724 or
1894 percent.
District 4, New Ulm, 499 or $40
percent.
District S, ST. Cloud, 531 or 7.94
percent.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-08-17
ECONOMICS OF WAR
(The st. Paul Union-Advocate)


1t may seem high-minded and noble
to talk about an economic war on
dictator countries rather than say it
with bullets, but it is just another
way of sticking our neck out and
asking for actual war.
Consequently Americans should
look with care into the propaganda
that is leading us battleward.
Russia is now fighting Japan in
Siberia. Japan is trying to dislodge
England and France from Asia. Eng
land and Soviet Russia would like
our help.
England, France and the United
States are selling war materials to
Japan. Soviet Russia sells Japan
nothing. Russia wants other coun-
tries to stop trading with Japan in
order to make Stalinism safe in
Siberia. So Communists in the United
States have their orders to stimulate
the boycott movement against Japan.
American Labor has drawn a line
boycott goods manufactured in Japan,
but do not boycott raw materials
needed by American workmen. Com
muniSts would eliminate that line.
AS for the scrap iron we are SELL
ing to Japan, we know that much
of it is going into China, some of it
in the form of shells. It is not going
into a munitions reserve to fight the
United States. At the same time the
United States has put silk on the
list of necessary war materials. When
Japan gets control of Asiatic iron
ore supplies she can stop her imports
from us. When the du Points develop
Nylon as satisfactory substitute for
silk, we can stop importing silk. Is
that the zero hour?
Let's face the facts. If we must
60 to war with Japan in order to
check an evil force in the community
of nations, let's tackle the job with
our eyes open. We don't have to do
it as catspaw for Stain.