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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02

during this early month.
There are various patching
jobs that need attention
which ought not TO be put off
until later on. Look to your
hardware and your plumbing
demands! Your neighbors
will marvel at your using
your time to such good ad-
vantage, and when spring
cleaning does come to YOUR
house, you will be mighty
glad these other small duties
are out of the way.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02

the earth. He has been termed
The Pope of Peace, and
rightly. May his successor
have the concern of all faiths
and of all men in his heart
as did those countries about
him and hope the time will
come when peace will con-
quer in reality.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02

The recent statistics show
us that the death rate is fall
ing. 1t doesn't make any
difference how lousy the
show or dull the book, you
usually want to finish it Just
to see how it turns out!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Bruckarts Washington Digest
In u. S. Alone of All World Is
There Real Freedom of Speech
Disturbing Signs Recently Indicate All Is Not Well Admin
stration Trades Against Press Become Frequent;
Concerted Effort to Get Rid of Critics.
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg Washington u e.

mission are pretty sickly lot OF
government officials. The appoint
ments the commission has made
also do not constitute list of men
tai giants. Q
Well, you ask, how does this have
anything to do with President Roose-
velt's denunciation of the newspa-
pers. Where does it touch free
speech that may be adverse to the
New Deal administration?
The answer lies in a belief. now
held by a great many observers in
Washington, that somewhere in the
administration is a concerted effort
to get rid of the critics. There is
little political pressure that can be
exerted upon the newspapers, be-
cause they will speak their views
through their columns, but with the
radio, government supervised, Ii
censed, weighty club over its head
at all times, the situation is differ.
ent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
PETER breaches TO
GENTILES

LESSON TEXT-Acts 10:30-48.
GOLDEN TEXTBOOK unto me, and be
We saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
am God, and there is none else.-Isaiah
1922.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02

WASHlNGTON.- One of Ameri-
cas- greatest and most glorious ira
ditions is the jealousy with which it's
citizens guard the right of free
speech and free press. There is
no nation in the world now, and
there never has been one, where
such freedom for expression of opin-
ion is accorded as we have in the
United States. For proof, if proof
be needed, simply take the old atlas
and examine the countries, one by
one, and abundant evidence will be
found. Here, alone in all of the
world, can an individual or group
have its untrammeled say.
There have been some signs late
ly, however, that are disturbing.
do not mean to over-emphasize
them by discussion of them, but
the greatest lesson that l have
learned is that the American people
will correct conditions, or prevent
their development, if they know
what the facts are and find them
adverse.
Durlng the last several months,
there have been frequent TRADES
against the press of the nation.
Some of the denunciations have
come from President Roosevelt in
reply to press criticism of some of
his policies. Other administration
spokesman have followed the Presi-
dents lead. Notably among them,
and certainly the most vicious, is
the secretary of the interior, Harold
L. Ickes, who seems, in this in
stance, to be the lord high chief
verbal executioner of opposition
writer's and newspapers.
Mr.. Roosevelt's recent assertion
that some newspaper owners are de-
hberately disappearing the facts
and Mr.. Ickes' assertion that "our
newspapers are not as free as they
ought to be in a democracy" con-
stitute serious accusations, even aft
er one forgets how constantly Mr..
lckes gets out on a limb. It seems
to me, therefore, that there ought
to be some Qualification of the situa-
ton. 1t might be asked, and prop
erly, believe, why Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Ickes do not point out those
newspapers that are charged, in eff
feet, as plain liars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Presidents Trusted Adviser
Drafts Reorganization Bill

So, to link the Roosevelt denuncia-
ton OF newspapers and the Wheeler
radio bill, one has only to know that
Chairman Frank McNinch, the
Presidents most trusted radio ad-
wiser, largely drafted the Wheeler
reorganization bill. That measure.
it should be added, reduces the
communications commission to a
membership g 'hree. The. ,uld
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Once He Laughed at Them,
But Things Haze Changed

a lew years ago, Mr.. Roosevelt
dealt with the few editorial criti-
cisms in masterful fashion-bv
laughing about them. That was the
attitude of most department and
agency heads. But things have
changed now to the extent that edi-
torlal criticisms and unfriendly sto-
rles, or stories that include informa-
ton beyond the handouts released
from government sources, become
the subject for vitriolic attack from
government quarters.
have no idea how long the cam.
paign against the press NAV run
1t surely has plenty of momentum
now, and there is plenty of money
available for "press relations"
work. Mr.. Ickes said that the mod
ern newspapers can "dish it out but
cannot take it." wonder if Mr.
Ickes "can take it, after dishinp II
out.
1t has been my conviction ALWAYS
that the best censorship that Amer
lea can have is the censorship of
the newspaper reader and, more re-
Gently, the censorship of the radio
listener. No newspaper can 90 on
and on when its columns carry un-
truthful or unsound material. The
radio can not go on unless its pro-
grams are proper and popular. be-
cause it continues to be easy to turn
Off the switch and silence the speak
er. Nor are we, in this country
compelled to listen to some denna'
gogue in Washington or in a state
capital.
And all of this leads I'D to tho
question; is there an attempt being
made at censorship? If there is +
is time for us all to know about Il
Western Newspaper Union. -''
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Radio NelOs Commentators
Eliminated From Air Wopes

Some things have happened lately
that bear recounting. Just as an
example, and to cite only one case.
Boake Carter is off of the air as
news commentator. He was Sc
we're, and, at times, a vindictive
critic of the New Deal. A former
friend of the New Deal, DR.. Stanley
High, recently wrote in the Satur-
day Evening Post that Carter was
kept out of new contracts by the
administration.
There have been frequent recur.
rences of the rumor, too, that w. ].
Cameron, who speaks for the Ford
Motor company, was marked bv
administration trouble shooters "a
a speaker who ought to be eliminat-
ed from the air waves. Mr.. Cam
eron continues on the air. Gen. Hugh
5. Johnson, former MIRA boss, is a
pain in the neck for the New Deal
as well, but nothing has happened
to him, yet.
Other rumors of the type could
De mentloneu, but l was asked how
any body in the government would
dare to interfere. The same letter
asked how such ends could be
achieved.
A few paragraphs earlier, re-
ferred to governmental supervision.
licensing, etc. That is the answer
to the question. Any radio station
gets a license for only a short Pc
Rod. Renewal of that license de-
Ponds, according to law, upon COM
pliance with federal communica-
tons commission regulations and
the laws provisions. This would
seem to leave only a limited dis
cretionary power. 1t is a case, how
ever, like the army officer making
an inspection of buck private's
barracks: if he wants to find dirt. he
will find it. In the case of the radio
station, its owners live in dread of
censure-and, suspect, they are
generally amenable to suggestions
from headquarters in Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02
Administration Seeks to
Get Rid of the Critics

Now, to turn abruptly from one
phase of the situation to another.
attention should be directed to the
recent bill introduced in the senate
by Senator Wheeler, the Montana
Democrat. The bill proposes re-
organization of the federal commu-
nlcations commission, the agency
that controls radio. Radio, of course
is the 'free speech" Just as the
newspapers are the "free press"
that is one of the guarantees of the
national Constitution.
There can be no doubt that the
federal communications commission
is shot through with dissension.
There is no doubt that it has de-
veloped one of the worst messes in
government supervision of any in
dustry. 1t is a shameful situation.
and there appears to be no solution
except to get rid of the bulk of the
personnel, from the commissioners
on down the line, until all trouble
makers have been eliminated I
have written frequently in these col
umns that the best law can be de-
stroyed by selection of buns to adj
minister it; and the general an
praiSal here is that the members ~
sne FEDERAL communications COM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-03-02

De admins. 1--we assistants" ap-
pointed for each of the major types
OF communication, and, thus, one
Individual becomes car of radio,
another of wire communication and
so on. And, while the members of
the commission must be named "by
and with the advice and consent of
the senate" the administrative as
sistant may be anyone who has the
necessary political pull.
l repeat that the statements re-
lated above represent the belief of a
good many persons.
One of the swift changes that has
taken place in this country is the
switch in the attitude of the bulk of
the newspapers. 1t will be recalled
that when Mr.. Roosevelt and the
New Deal took over the govern
ment, there were so few editorial
criticisms of the Presidents pro-
gram that any outcry was negligi-
BILE In effect. The corps of news
writer's who attended the Presidents
twice-a-week press conferences ac-
cepted his statements without equiv
ocation, or without question. II was
press relationship more friendly
than any other President ever had.
Then, some of the New Deal ideas
proved fiops and editors started ask
ing questions. Their Washington
correspondents searched deeper
than just official handouts. It was
about this time that the personnel
OF various agencies for "press rela-
tons" began to undergo expansion.
Time after time, well known cor
respondents were hired, and they
could not be blamed because the
jobs were lucrative. / was offered
one. BY coincidence, of course, the
quantity Of statements for the
press" increased. accordingly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
State Unfair Trade
Practice Act Needs
Ueto, Mr.: Governor
iEditorial)

10 Governor Clarence D. Martin:
A few representatives of specific businesses
INTO which gradually have crept unfortunate
practices, started out this year to correct these
abuses through legislative action.
They introduced a measure that would
remedy these specific ills And, by shrewd lobby
ing and clever manipulation on the part of
friendly legislators, they got it through both
houses before the public generally knew what
was going on.
They called their measure III. B. 2s2) the
Unfair Trade Practice Act. 1t now is before
you, either for your signature which would
make 1t law, or your veto which would nullify it.
In calling upon you to veto the bill, The
Times believes it is acting in accord with the
wishes of the great majority of the public.
These people, busy with their daily labors have
had neither the time nor the opportunity to
journey to Olympia and lay their opinions be-
fore the legislators. But they have expressed
them frequently and vocferously to the news
papers and in every other way available to
them.
These are the people, Governor Martin, who
will be called upon to pay the bill if this meas
ure becomes law. And so The Times believes
their opinions should merit your consideration
These people believe:
THAT this bill, if intended merely as
fair trade practice act, goes dangerously far
beyond its scope.
THAT it should provide merely that mer-
chandise shall not be sold at less than cost.
THAT when the legislature attempts to set
up arbitrary methods of determining costs, it
is getting into something not only impractic-
able but charged with dynamite for all indus
try and all consumers.
THAT the measure, now set up, permits
group in any industry to set up costs for the
entire trade on which prices will be based. In
the light of past performance it can be taken
for granted that cost figures so arrived at
will increase prices. And it can also be taken
for granted that the ultimate consumer will
have to pay them.
THAT the present measure, instead of be-
ing fair trade practices act is just the OPP
posite, opening the door in its cost setup pro-
visions and encouraging fraud, book manipula-
ton, ALLEGATION of salaries, withholding of divi
dends and other practices in the field of "un-
fair practices the measure is designed to pre-
vent.
THAT the bill tends to legalize price fixing
and encourage business racketeering and, as
such, is dangerous to the buying public.
In the light of the above, governor, The
Times believes with this great majority of the
public that H. B. 282 should be vetoed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
POSSE CLOSES
IN ON KILLER

| POWELL, Wyo. --- A hun
dred possemen. on snowshoes
and armed with big game
guns. conyerged today on =
remote section Of the Bear
tooth mountain. 10 miles
northwest Of here. the sus-
pected citadel Of savage Earl
Durand. 26. fugitive killer who
is known 10 mountainous A
the "Tarzan of the Teton
Range"
They stsiked him A. h~ had
zialked. with gun and bo1 and
arrow. Wild beasts and game AMI.
mails Of the mountainous country
where he has lived primitiyeiy for
years
DursBd. who killed Unaefshsrin
y. NJ Baker and Town Marshal
Charles ". Lewis here Thursday
night during a lsilbrsak. Has
armed with two long range hunt
Ing rifles and quantity ~ am
ppnition. A deadly nsrksmsn. he
yaa determined not 10 be taken
alive
he has been known 10 live for
months In the mountains on the
faW meat Of elk or deer
Dursnd had been convicted here
early this week for posehlnx and
sentenced ~ six months
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20

Coast guardsmen who brought
the bodies here after they had beer
found in the plane by a woodsman
were able to reconstruct from the
death scene some Of the things
that transpired A moment before
the plane crashed in the wilds. Il
miles south of Juneau. the night oil
Feb. II, enroute here from Fair.
banks.
Died At Controls
The body Of Pilot Alonzo Lion,
Cope, famed for his many mercy
flights over Alaska, was found
with his lips held rigidly against
the mouthpiece of his radio send
ing equipment, his earphones still
on his head.
Clocks on the planes instrument
board were stopped only few sec
onds after Cope's frantic last radio
call-"We're fighting heavy storm
NAV crash"-was picked up by
radio operators here and else
where.
The other five bodies-those of
John Chappell, 40. Juneau; Earl
Clifford. As. and Ernest z. Elk. 30.
Juneau; Jack Lennon. Is. Butte,
Mont, and George Chamberlain.
Al. Anchorage-were held stifily
frozen in their seats by straps,
bearing evidence that Cope had
held little hope of svefting the
crash and had warned them.
Coast guardsmen were led 10
the scene by Charles Ashoy. woods
man. He had found the wrechase
near Doty's cove on Grand Island
The plane had struck with terrific
force.
Married Tacoma Gri
A tragic climax was gwen 10
the crash with news that MIS-
f. z. Elk. the former EDITH June
Carlson of Tacoma. sailed only
last Thursday for brief visit
home. She was aboard the North
land, bound from Junesu to Ts-
coma. at the time Of her husb2 nj s
death, according to Mrs. Carl h.
Berslund. 1l16 So. 25th st. Mrs.
Eks sister.
Provided Mrs. Elk hears Of her
husbands death. 1t is likely she
will return to Juneau from Ketchi-
kan. Mrs. Bergland said.
FIX. accompanied by his wife,
left Jan. Il for Juneau. He wss
to be stationed there for five years
in the employ Of Swift 4 Co. The
Kstchiksn journey was his frs.
assignment on the new Job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
.lIGH I

WASHINGTON - ] o h n
Nance Garner refuses to dis
cuss his presidential prospects
for 1910, but he cannot pre-
vent a colored servitor on the
house side - "Bathhouse
John from predicting that
the Texan will be the next
president. And Mr.. Garner
doesn't object seriously 10
such fancyings.
As handy man around the
house gymnasium. John Is a
Capitol Hill character and an old
acquaintance of the V. p. He
hasn't missed Sunday evening
church services more than three
times in 81 years. He sWears that
he predicted William McKinleys
election TO the presidency when
the latter was only a member of
the house. and that he also picked
Calvin Coolidge when the latter
vas governor of Massachusetts,.
In May of 1897 he reached the
solemn conclusion that Garner
would succeed Franklin d. Roose-
Welt in the White House.
John frequently visits the No. 2
man on the senate side. and re-
Gently he recalled his forecast.
Said he Il heard five political
experts on the radio last night
mis- ed church to listen in-and
they all said that you would be
the Democrats nominee next year.
Nodding his old head. he added:
That makes il well-night nnani-
nous. Mister Vice President
The fresh hatch Of feuds
among the presidents advisers
depicts wildly the discomfort
and despair prevailing among
New Deal Democrats. Al
rncst everybody IL suffering
from nerves - II begins 10
appear that Roosevelt - or
Democratic - triumph seems
out Of the question next year.
The Garner bloc barely conceals
its scheme TO checkmate the presi-
dent even at the cost Of party
victory next year. FEC Chair
man MoNinch went 40 far as TO
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
u BEST DRESSED
WOMEN ARE CHOSEN

NEW YORK fashion scsd-
envy today announced its annual
selection of the countrys best
dressed women" from u fields
Of leading designers.
The winners.
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
society.
Bette Davis. screen.
Joan Bls inc. radio.
cobina Wright, j.. supper clubs
Benay VenGta. stage.
Yolanda. dancer.
Oss Johnson. explorer.
Fernando Wsnamsker Mum,
debutante.
Mrs. Adam Gimtel. business
world.
POSE hampton. opera.
Alice Marble. sports.
Kitty Carlisle. lsted az All
American
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
EIGHT SUFFER
HURTS IN CAR
CRASHES HERE
4 Portland Persons
Among Injured ~
Machine Overturns
on Puyallup Ave.

Seven automobile passen-
gers and \ pedestrian were
recovering Saturday after be-
ing injured in three separate
traffic mishaps in and near
Tacoma Friday night.
-Four Portland residents were
hurt when their rsr overturned III
Pnyallnp ave. and East q at. and
three persons received minor In.
jnries In q rollisson on the Noun.
tain highway.
Those hurt In the Puyailup ave.
crash were Mrs yvette Arnold.
30. who had two broken fingers on
her right hand. laeerations about
the head. and a possible brain con-
eussion: Leo q. Arnold, -, deep
liberation on the chest and bruised
left leg. Mrs. Gladys Arnold. "A.
cut left foot and broken left fih,
and w w. Arnold. 10. bruised
right foot.
Police. who removed the injured
persons To Pierce county hospital.
said tho car. driven by Leo Arm
old. overturned while he was At.
tempting To turn = corner. Three
Of the passengers were released
from the hospital after receiving
emergency treatment. but Mrs.
Yvette Arnold remained for treat.
ment Saturday. Her condition wss
not believed s-rious.
Trailer involved
The Mountain road accident in
volyed = car driven by Rogers
Hunter Of Route 2, box $40, Puy- |
silup. and n car and trailer. the |
driver NJ which Was not identified.
Hunter and two passengers,
Ruby and Juanita Wheeler. both
pf Route I. box 3s6lH, Tacoma,
were taken 10 Pierce county hos.
pltsl by State Pstfolman y. N.
peders~n. Jusnits Wheeler WAS
admitted for treatment. and tbs
,thers were reIsssrd after being
treated for cuts and bruises.
Hunter told Petersen his ear ran
nto the rear NJ an unllGbted trail
", The other driver. spps rsniIy
unaware that his trailer had been
struck. did not stop after The
collision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20
Den1OcrQcieS To
Mten7pf To Halt
Hitler Progress
King Carol Asks Dvitish Aid .
Stop Csrmany's Demand That All
Economic Resources Of Rumania
Be Turned Over 70 Hitles Reieh
~ liNrun poann

The European situation ct 4 glance:
LONDON-BritAn and France. united IN 'Xlup u1o1ore
drive send protests To Berlin against annsxatioM q Cnh
slovaks United States and Russia reported 10 have sere
with them not to recognize conquest BrAh cabinet sum.
moned Rumanan sources report German plan "a dominate
humana abolish her industries and absorb I'll hog natural
products; Bucharest and Berlin deny H.
PAKlS-Rohert Couondre French ambassador Ia Derjin
has been called home and will arrive here Monday M
announced officially tonight.
ROME-Thc Italian press resumed liz campaign II prn-
test against French treatment Of Italians In Tunsa today,
win virtually all newspapers In the country announcing no
observation-disclosures reported IN have called 70 three
army corps in Transysana bordering CarpAhc ukrao A.
Hungary. because If tension S
LoND0Ncr.st Britain sss Franc. -. 49,, ...-1.
10 berlin today against Adolf Hsrs Cssehanlsvaklaa -.
guest and were understood 10 hsvs bssM aed ~ As Uns1
states and Russia In refusing reeoxnilioW.
Despite deniss In Berlin Bucharest reahls .orcea
here insisted that Fnehrer Adolf Hitler made strong eco
monte demands on Rumnns and that Rana mas rsjsrtsd
them s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20

Northwest Atrlipea In Sest-
tie said . department NJ rom
merce pilot, Grant Brsddtch.
flew over the wreck and tdeut-
flied the Inflated ship n the
Boelng strstliner. built for
Pan American Always.
Braddick said the tail III the
huge plane apparently fell off.
Two eye-witnsssss. Clarence
Hearty. Tacoma reaitor. and Ar
thur Jacobsen. Alder storsksep<r.
said they counted eight bodies on
The ground
both eyewitness said The
plane apparently fell apart
while flying high In the air.
Healy thought a wing fell off,
Jacobsen believed the tail sar-
faces cau,@ off. Both HesIy
and Jacobsen we're driving
along y mountain highway
when they saw the plane plum
met To the ground.
Name. Of the crew we're not
Immediately available, but
Julius Bzrf and Esri fsrgu-
son, both Of s<sttie, Members
~ Boeing's engineering staff,
have b~en alternating ~ pilot
and co-piIoi Of the ship. FER
guson has flown ths four Is
passenger Boeing trzssoesAnbe
clippers repeatedly.
A soon Al saW the big snip
go down | hurried and called the
stats patrol IN Tacoma and the
; mDBlsnce at National Jacobsen
Told The Times
DIR. VI. Peterson of National
reached the plane at,hin not
more than Is minutes. Nut
there Mas nothing he could do.
The bodies were all scattered
and msngIsd."
Jacobsen said he was working
outside his store when he first mo-
iced the plane. His ls-year-old
'2ughier brought out her field
,isfsea a few moments later she
pas To gee the great air giant fall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20

Light rains Tonight and Tuesday
Temperatures: High. 80; io~. ~.
sun rises. Sis; sets. s:Zl
Tides Tensors0w
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20

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