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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
Times Hare Changed!

Remember "The Birth Of a Nation" starring Henry b.
WalthaH that eaday colossap achch enjoyed such
gears ago? Remember the story IT told
of the freeing OF the and of the bitter conflict betceen
the North and the South? And do you remember hoW 1t
uas hailed as a masterpiece Of the times?
Well yesterday Robert F. Allen, Denver heater owner.
fined S400 and sentenced to 120 days in jail
because he showed the picture in his theater.
police judge found him guilty Of violation of city ord
nance prohibiting the showing motion pictures contrary to good
prejudice calculated disturb the peace
Aliens attorneys have appealed the case.
Big Money, But You Can Haze IT.
They tell the boys make $4,000 day whether they're
under five minutes several hours and after having
of them work the NarrOws Bridge construction
I'll take vanilla
Thursday had the privilege Of seeing the big project
TIA the 1Cdter route he best 1cdy to take At M as 0dS
quest on the motor launch MaYyland being operated
By Ray Miller and Nike GaidoSh on Sunday sightseeing
cruises around the Ndrrows Bridge construction.
In the party Ned Edris, Bill COnnor Murray Boggs
Harold FeuradO The Marya land seats AZ passengers
and is making Commute excursions from the end OF
Sixth every Sunday afternoon.
1t as obrOS that close Inspection OF the PROJECT as IS
afforded By boat the ideal to see Whdts gong on
aud under.
1t just happened that when approached the pier
construction the mainland end diver working IN
about 80 feet of water We could the white bubbles on
the surface, indicating his location.
Standing by for few minutes, noticed the attendants
the barge taking the lines and about ten minutes later
up those hardy souls without whose and
such marve the Narrows Bridge would forever
remain engineers dreams.
As soon as the diver was taken from the he
rushed tank the mainland where he again
submerged while the gradually decreased to that
of normal conditions . 40,
Maryland" operate until the
completed afordng opportunity to follow
its from start to finish and at very close range
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

Tonight Joe Thomas and his
Dukes OF Rhythm are back in
town from their tour 70 play for
the final spring dance sponsored
hv the So. Tacoma Business Mems
oiub 10 De held al K. p. hall, SIND
81. and So. Tacoma way.
The sensational swing masters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
Dukes Return To Play For Dance

have an inviting array OF selec-
tons TO present for the approval
Of attending ballroom patrons and
everyone Is invited 70 attend.
The entertainment Will be pre-
sented in cabaret style with Naomi
Wheat and Elmer Strong. two Of
Joe Thomas popular vocal stars,
featured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

UNI OueO.
Dark Sands" starring
Henry Wacoron. Wallace
Ford, and PaM Robson, Gre
ates for the screen a true
story ichich icdS uncovered
By an expedition into the Sd
hora in 1888. the story Of a
Negro deserter from the
A.E.F. 1Cho became the leader
Of a powerful desert tribe.
Like many grotesque tales
which inevitably follow in the
b a X wa $ h of war. Dark
Sands" is truth that is
stranger than fiction. In ii
one feels the romance of the
Sahara. and the singing Of
my Way" and Deep Desert"
by Paul Robson makes one
wonder if perhaps he isn't
closer to "hOme" as the chief
of a nomad band than he was
as a dOuyhbOy of the A. T., +.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

from the shores of "Old Man River
the bill with Sands Peter latest thriller
titled Mr. Motos Last Warning If have the reprebe
Peter his escapades will the
trend of affairs this OF international
intrigue which he 1t questionable
Peter has had capable supporting cast than his
good fortune this feature at the Riviera Ricardo Coz
Virginia Field John Sanders and Joan Carol
stake their lives the of their several
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

With Fate" the Joe X lsro~n
fib.tickicr also set for a Sunday
opening 81 he Temple thesssr
Others In tho cast include Leo
Garlic. Wayne Gibson and stem
Iuna
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
BOY COLLECTS sNAkES

~ s1ss' ossDs pbbs
The hobby OF Paul II. Stevens.
i5-year-old high school student,
Is collecting live snakes Is
housing them In bureau drawer
in his bedroom. His ambition In 10
own a boa constructor.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

disappear without treatment or can easily be
covered by the hair. The deeper 'port-wine
stains are darker in color Nothing can be
done about these but unless they are on the
face it does not matter much.
Other birthmarks are made up of larger
blood vessels and are raised above the skin,
forming a tumor made up mostly of dilated
veins. This kind can be removed in various
ways, by radium, freezing or surgery. The
choice of method depends on the exact size
and location of the mark. The best treatment
may leave white scar but this is less notice
able than a raised purple mass. There is some
danger of rupture of the veins and loss of
blood, so these brthmarks usually require
treatment even if not in conspicuous place.
Many babies are born with rupture. or
acquire one soon after birth. This is most
common at the navel. and here it is easy to
hold in place by folding in the skin and apply
ing good strapping of adhesive tape. This
needs changing every ten to fourteen days.
1t is best to have physician apply the strap,
the first few times at least. The small straps
with a button or coin are useless.
The ordinary hernia in the groin is best
treated with properly fitted truss. The good
instrument manufacturers make a contract
for a year, at moderate cost. changing the
truss as the infant grows. If the truss is water
Evening star., 1939-04-30

"a De ALL want our offspring to grow up
" without physical handicaps. But
W unfortunately some infants are born
with defects due to abnormal development.
y Even superficial study Of embryology
leaves one astounded that things do not 60
wrong more often, so complicated is the
process of growth, from a single cell to a full
sized baby. Some of the congenital defects
are incompatible with life, some are so severe
or deep-seated that nothing can be done.
Others can be treated with more or less per-
feet results. But besides the anomalies with
which the baby is occasionally born there are
many defects which develop later, and which
are preventable by proper care. We cannot
avoid the first variety, since they are pure
accidents, the fault of no one. Maternal inn
pressions never mark" the baby in any way.
But the parent who allows his child to develop
awry after birth is directly responsible. and
may pay for his neglect with lifelong regret.
OF fthe deformities that occur at BIRTH club
foot is one that needs early correction. The
milder grades may be cured by manipulation
and strapping; the severe forms need plaster
casts. The important thing is to have the
defect corrected promptly, and not to wait
under the false impression that the child is
doomed to be a cripple.
Harelip is so named because the upper lip
Evening star., 1939-04-30

is split like that of the rabbit family. 1t is
often associated with cleft palate. Both of
these are caused by the failure to unite of the
various embryonic folds that form the face
and roof Of the mouth. The harelip is usually
= repaired in the first year, the time depending
on the childs condition. The operation on
the cleft palate is generally postponed until
later These children are difficult to feed and
require skilled handling from birth and the
best of judgment as to the proper time for
operation But they should not be neglected,
nor should the child be allowed to grow up
with these distressing deformities, since the
voice becomes unpleasant. making the victim
conspicuous and self-conscious.
Some babies suffer from the deformity
known as crossed eyes. or squint. OF course,
mothers worry needlessly because the baby's
eyes wander about more OF less independently
at first, but this is not permanent. Moreover,
since the babys eyes can focus at very short
distance. he often turns both eyes inward.
almost as if he were trying to look at the end
of his own nose When his attention is at
tracted to something at distance the appar
ent squint disappears.
The baby whose eyes are actually crossed
has persistent turning in or out of one eye or
the other and cannot fix both on an object at
once Many parents think he'll outgrow it"
or that it can be attended to when the child is
older Actually an eye that is not used be-
comes blind so that the child who always
uses one eye. and mentally discards the image
of the other one, will lose the sight of the
neglected eye.
A child with squint should be taken to
good oculist as soon as the trouble is recog
nized BY binding the good eye with patch
or with drops, the child can be forced to use
the bad one and so retain its sight. Correction
of the vision with glasses, or even an opera
ton on the muscles of the eye, may be needed
eventually. Certainly no child should be
,allowed to grow up with the conspicuous
handicap of crossed eyes. and early and con-
tinued attention should be given to prevent
the loss of vision.
Infants may have birthmarks of different
kinds The midest is slight pink mottling
along the hairine of the forehead on the eye
lids, or at the nape of the neck. Most of these
Evening star., 1939-04-30

proofed and felt pad worn under it., no
irritation occurs 1t should be worn constantly
for year or more until the baby learns to
walk steadily and has got past the tumble
bug" stage An operation may be necessary
later. but mcst of these Tuptures in infants
can be cured permanently by truss.
Protruding ears worry mothers much more
than they do doctors A small net and tape
cap or a bit of adhesive will hold them in.
They usually flatten out, and are not as bad
as the mother fears, after the baby is old
enough to sit up most of his day. If they re-
main unsightly, the plastic surgeon can take
a tuck" in the back of the ear. but there is no
hurry about it.
Bowegs are another thing the mother fears,
and almost every baby is thought to have
them, for the lower ends of the legs do seem
to curve in during the early months. When
the baby begins to walk he spreads his legs
far apart, and the apparent bowing seems
worse If let alone these curves straighten out
as the baby grows, in the vast majority OF
cases, and braces are rarely needed. Real
bowlegs are mostly due to ricketts,, and that is
easy to prevent, by sun on the skin. cod-liver
oil or substitute, good food and good hygiene.
A neglected case of bowlegs may need opera
ton
There is not much arch to the infant foot.
When he begins to walk with wide straddle,
his weight comes down on the inside of the
foot, where the arch should be developing,
and tends to make fat foot. BY this time he
should wear shoe with good sole, and he
may need tilt or wedge to raise the inside
of the foot This should be in two pieces, one
under the ball of the foot, the other for the
heel The physician should prescribe the exact
shape and thickness of these wedges.
Proper massage and passive" motion of
the baby's foot by the mother several times
a day will help When the child is old enough
to cooperate, foot exercises can be taught
him, and will do much to strengthen the foot
and raise the arch. They must be continued
regularly, and for long time - perhaps for
months or years. Few parents have enough
patience or persistence to make the child keep
at it. The adult who has weak feet suffers
pain, fatigue and disability, which are no
CONTINUED on poss 12)
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Detects and even deformities can often
be cured or corrected, says this eminent
physician and children's specialist
bY Charles Hendee Smith, NJ. y.
New Yuk Ut~aHrD Dksa~
Of the HtsasAts dkoi iSsvk.D fkAeHui
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Not now" turning her face
away. I'm afraid Karl can tell
by looking at me-
Il didn't know kisses were
visible to the naked eyes" laugh
ing a little.
They're something. l felt that
one down to my toes with a
breathless sigh.
HIM n--the boy must be good.
Keith remarked, touching her hair.
Again the electric shock.
Hilda said. He's SWELL her
voice throaty, aching with love.
Keith was immensely flattered.
Just why he could not have said.
Heretofore there had been no COM
plant with his love making tech
nique. Why should he care what
Hilda Gregson thought?
At the Hartley Beach hotel they
went to the top floor and down
the narrow, uncarpeted hall. Hilda
tapped lightly on the door before
opening IL. At her first sight OF
the shabby room she gasped
Flowers, candlelight, cocktail
shaker and two glasses, tiny cheese
waters, huge stuffed olives, salted
nuts. And Karl, straight and smil-
ing and so very dear.
Hilda said. Father. this Is
Keith Carhart," with little catch
/ in her voice. She was unutterably
proud of them both.
The men shook hands. Kari
charmingly hospitable. Keith defer
entail and at case. Karl poured g
drink for Keith and himself. He
handed Hilda glass of orange
juice.
No cocktails for the littlt
lady" he said as she helped her
self to an olive. Keith laughed
pleasantly. The girls he knew
were only temporarily without
cocktails.
Karl thinks I'm too young,
They sat down and the CONVEX
sstion went on. Karl subuy lee
Keith TO talk of his home anC
family.
My father is John Carhart.
Keith told them. He and Mimi
his wife" hesitating almost i'm
perceptibly over the mention o
Continued on Page IA. Column s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
Try to Settle
Cannery Dispute

SEATTLE - Representatives of
the Alaska Canned Salmon Indus
try, Inc. met with officials of
Machinists' and Cannery Workers
unions today in an effort to settle
the dispute that threatens to tie up
one of the Pacific coasts biggest
industries.
Meanwhile. Maritime Federation
of the Pacific continued picketing
operations of all packers who have
not signed agreements with the
unions involved. Pickets were re-
moved from the Alaska Red
Salmon company this morning af-
ter it agreed to a contract.
Two steamers. picketed for a
time yesterday, were en- route to
Alaska ports today after union sof-
ficials were convinced no cannery
supplies were among the vessels
cargoes. The ships were S. S.
Baranof and S. S. Tongass.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
Good Taste
Today
r., EgUIV post
BY EMILY POST
WRITING PAPER

Dear Mrs. Post: Why arc shades
OF pink and green tabu colors for
writing paper and yet good taste
includes varying shades of blue :?
I have a yen for all sorts of color
in paper and would like an ex-
PLANTATION of why colors are so
limited when it comes to writing
paper.
Answer: At the present moment
the entire country Is so completely
in the grip of a color epidemic
that the established precepts of
taste are upset (much as they
may be if knee-length skirts be-
come the fashion,. Therefore,
since we are at least temporarily
affected by fashion, it seems that
a certain shade of dusty pink is
being tolerated by most of us, If
not approved by all Green has
always been tabu, and to the fas-
tidious it is still tabu. Blue and
violet. on the other hand. have
had the stamp of approval be-
hind them for generations. Why
this should be so, I don't know.
DINNER AT LITTLE TABLES
Dear Mrs. Post: Is 1t improper
TO use a goblet type of glass on a
bridge table when serving dinner
at little tables?
Answer: No. A goblet with a
high stem is perhaps more easily
upset than a glass that stands flat
on the table. but this is the only
objection ] know OF. You might
! fill one of your goblets and
tumbler too, and then joggle the
bridge table TO see.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31

Ten thousand bags Of Philippine
sugar will be Tacomas share Of
the inbound freight being discharg-
ed in Puget Sound by the Swedish
motorship Sandman Of the Salem
line.
The Sandman Is expected 10
shift from Seattle TO Nsterside
Milling Co. in Tacoma Thursday
evening. and will probebly remain
here two days discharging the
sugar cargo. No outbound loading
has been scheduled. and It was be-
lieved the vessel viii remain idle
in the Northwest for time after
her cargo from the Orient is IN
loaded.
Another ship coming here from
the Orient is the Sydland Of the
Philippine Madrigal line. She Is
coming here Friday for about three
days work at Sperry dock and
Port piers. Which call will be
made first has not yet been an
nounced.
ship Not Listed
Released from Seattle Wednes-
day when an anti-scrap iron picket
line was dissolved, the Japanese
steamer India Maru Of the YAM
ashita line finally reached Tacoma
Wednesday night, eight days be-
hind schedule.
Cottonwood logs and timbers
comprised her only cargo at Ia
coma, and she was expected TO sail
from Port piers Thursday evening.
Although she had been at Seattle
nine DAYS as the center OF DEM
onstration against shipment of
scrap metal to Japan. marine pub
locations did not mention her pres
ence in the Northwest until the
dispute ended Wednesday.
The Norwegian steamer Romu-
lus. plying to the west coast of
South America for the Latin
America line. locked at Defiance
mill to load lumber Wednesday
night. Length of her stay in Ia
coma is uncertain.
New Service Starts
Loading lumber and general
cargo for the east coast, the Susan
V. Luckenbaoh was at Port piers
Thursday. The Pacific Exporter
will dock at the Port Friday for
European cargo.
Omitting Tacoma on her first
voyage, the Isthmian liner Steel
Inventor viii inaugurate the lines
new Gulf of Mexico service by
sailing from Seattle April 3. She
will be followed by the Mobile City,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
TO GRADUATE
ON SATURDAY
Tacoma Officer Will
Get Diploma at
FBI School

Saturday will be commencement
day for Richard r. Mace, young
Tacoma policeman who has been
going to school under J. Edgar
Hoover at Washington, d. C, since
January.
The annual session of "G-men
college" attended by picked men
from police departments IN each Of
the nations major cities, closes on
that day, according to word re-
ceived Thursday by Public Safety
Commissioner Holmes Eastwood.
Mace. who joined the local police
force in January Of 1887. left for
Washington last Jan. 4 after being
selected by Eastwood To represent
Tacoma at the school. He informed
Eastwood he would leave for Ia
coma next Monday, but will take
his annual vacation before return
ing To his duties here on April 10.
The annual Oman college is
officially known as the National
Police academy, and is conducted
by leading members Of the fed
eral bureau of investigation for the
benefit of local police departments.
Glasses are conducted in the JUS
tice department building.
Mace has written to me several
times" Eastwood said, but he
says classes kept him so busy there
wasn't much time for correspond
ence. They sent me an invitation
TO attend the graduation exercises,
but | won't be able to 60"
Henry Warren was the first Ia
coma officer to graduate from the
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
People In
The Neus

Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain and Mrs. Chamberlain en-
tertained the king and queen at
formal dinner in London last night
To Hollywood. used to any.
thing a green beard is no novelty.
Actor Frank Morgan donned one
and walked two blocks on a bet
with Bert Lair. another actor, that
that he wouldn't arouse com.
motion. No one recognized him,
hardly anyone stared, and Nor
gan won new hat :.
BY request of Warden r. J.
Lloyd, the Rev. Silas 4. Thweatt,
who said he converted Al Capone,
was banned from preaching hence
forth at Terminal Island federal
prison at San Pedro, Cal. The
action was taken because the story
reached the newspapers and the
prison has a strict rule against
publicity regarding inmates >.
Gus Sonncnberg, former Dart
mouth football player and pro-
fessional wrestler, was reported in
fair" condition at City hospital
in Boston after suffering head in
juries in a title bout" with Steve
(Crusher) Casey of Sheen, Ire
land, in Boston Garden. Sonnen-
berg was unable to rise after
Casey hurled him to the mat. head
first, and then pounced on him =.
Charles Franklin Stilwell. rs. a
brother-in-laW of the late Thomas
A. Edison, who helped the noted
inventor perfect the incandescent
lamp, died at Avon, Conn, after an
illness of several years. He had
been blind since 1908, the result of
lamp explosion in the Edison
laboratories nearly 10 years be-
fore =.
DIR. John II. Brinkley. who made
a fortune off old men seeking the
vitality of youth, was denied dam.
ages by Del Rio, Tex. federal
jury, which decided he was not
libeled in DR.. Fishbein's article
challenging his abilities as a sur.
geon. He had asked S250,0O0 for
THE shame. humiliation and ems
barrassment' which he charged
was caused by the article published
in The American Medical associa-
ton magazine "Hygeia."
Harpo. the silent one of the
Marx brothers. IS legally the faith
er of 2-year-old boy. The movie
madcap and his wife. Alva. re-
ceived the final adoption papers
for William Wollcott Marx
Harry Gould. a writer, charged in
a lawsuit that the film hit "Gunga
Din was pirated from script he
submitted to a studio in 1884. He
sued RkO studio and others, ask
ing federal court injunction
against further showing Of the pic
ture and an accounting of its
profits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
Plyavood Industry Hurt by
Shipping Logs to Germany

The Pacific Forest Industries
said Thursday Germany is in "des-
perate need of high-grade soft
wood logs for its veneer manufac-
turing plants and has found the
Pacific Northwests fir "peeler"
logs best suited for plywood.
The result, according to Man
ager Axel II. Oxholm of the in
dustries group, is depletion OF
"peeler" logs which are found only
in Washington and Oregon.
Germany a few years ago
was the second largest market
for American made Douglas
fir plywood. Dictator Adolf
Hitler ordered Germany 10
start manufacturing plywood
instead of importing il.
Under these circumstances
Oxholm said, we are killing our
trade in finished products by fur
nishing our foreign competitors
with the raw material which they
cannot obtain from any other
source.
Now that President Roosevelt
has come out for the conservation
of high-grade Douglas fir timber
such as needed by the domestic
plywood industry. we are hoping
that congress will pass the peeler-
log bill so that we will obtain
much-needed relief"
Wilbur Keblinger, American con-
sui general al Hamburg. Germany
reported to Oxholm that large pur-
chases of Douglas fir peeler logs
have been made in the Pacific
Northwest because of the diff
Guilty in obtaining logs from other
countries.
Gcrmany's imports of ply
wood from countries other
than the United States in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-31
I,&1MH9ad&$EN
10000 Bags of Philippine Sugar
Will Be Unloaded in Tacoma

which takes freight at Tacoma
MAY ; for New Orleans, Houston
ard Mobile.
FOUR SHIPS ASSIGNED
Word that the L. s. maritime
commission has assigned four 20
year-old ships TO service between
Puget Sound and the Orient has
been received by Northwest ship
pers from Washington. D. c.
The ships are the steamers Cold
brook. Collingsworth. Satartia and
Capillo all slightly over 5000 net
tons. and operated until recently
BY the American Republics line.
They were reported due TO arrive
on the Sound In - days.
Previously. the commission was
reported dickering for four vessels
Of the Scantic Inc, but the deal
evidently was not contaminated.
The ships when AMI If they ar
rive will furnish "stop-gap' serv-
ice until the maritime commission
builds new vessels for Oriental
service.
ships In port West Nilus. McCor-
mick dock Hanley. St. Regis dock
Talthyblus sperry dock. Romulus,
Defiance mill. India Msru and Susan
V. Iuckenbach. Port piers Coys and
SilYerwaye, smelter.
ships due: Thursday-pacific Ex-
porter, Port piers. Northholm. Baker
dock. Sandman Waterside Milling
Co Friday-Point Bravo and sgd
land. Sperry dock. Chincha, St Regis