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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-21
BREWSTER FLASHES

A few years ago young Williams
was a Chronicle newsie.
VISITS NEwSIE
Mrs. Eastman and her daughter,
Ruth. OF Brush stree, visited Isaac
Joe Davis at Maybury sanitarium
where he has been confined for
some time. Isaac Joe is one of
Brewster Citys most progressive
Chronicle newsies.
LINCOLN DEMONSTRATION
Mrs. Lee EarKins was one OF the
mothers who afforded the Lincoln
school demonstration last week.
Mrs. Larkins' daughter, Ruth. was
one OF the most outstanding per-
formers in the event.
ILL
The community regrets that Mrs.
NJ. Rueker OF 1925 Mack avenue is
on the sick list.
James Black OF 1908 Rivard
street is also i'll.
PASSES
Funeral services were held last
week for Edward Horton Of 1913
Rivard street from Coles funeral
chapel. Surviving Mr. Horton is
widow, Mrs Estelie Horton. RivsFd
street extends its deepest sympathy
10 The bereaved Members OF The
floral committee are due credit for
their fine work in soliciting floral
offerings They were: Mrs Leslie
Macmillan, Mrs. Annie Bell Myers,
Mrs. Belle, Ed Clawson and. Mrs.
Lucy Davis.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-21
Flint, Mich.

guests Included Messrs and Mesdames.
A. Haley, L, Haley. R. Beck. C. W
Kemp. W. c. Ross and daughter, Z. Mo-
Ian. +. Bluford, James Lott. T. Jen-
nings, Misses R. Price, suerene Lows
cry, Madames S. McCarter, E. Baldwin.
F. Harper, Messrs. H. strong, C.
Roberts. 1. Johnson, J. Spears. L.
Jennings. NJ. Graham, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. Childress and Johnnie Lowery.
Mrs. Minnie Jeffries was hostess Of
the Smart Set bride and delicious
luncheon was served.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-21
VISITING

Thomas Williams OF Ala Bloom
field avenue. Pontiac, Mich, motor
ed to Detroit last week, as usual.
-Ssonuie" as ne is known really en-
ioyed meeting again the girls and
boys With whom he used 10 play
when Brewster City was a dream,
He will visit while there the YM.C.
A, the Brewster Center and other
recreational places because in Pom
tiac he is known as star basketball
player, and no mean football player.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-21
PLAYBOY'S
REVELRY.

ny THOMAS BobIoN

Typical OF the season, snow IL now
covering the sireeis..''.- People hurIy
hi'her and ;hilher carrying UNI
Drel,as' co.hdlng win each other re-
peatedly ....s. Traffic becomes as stu
as an eieh;-day clock that has not
been wound IN month Never
iHeless' the SOCIAL wheel Tevolve'......
Hence on Saturday, January IA we be-
took ourselves TO the Mayfair ballroom
where the Five Grand club served a
swell mea and a local orchestra played
dance music for US.
Jimmy Clark. Thomas Johnson.
Jonn O'5yer--.-EYf.e Vaughn. Mar
-11r-e- Richardson Tlomszor
EVELYN FlnueU....Jin Daugherty
....JHiia Wright. Classic Hgsd---''---
Frank Cloverald. Aurels osiesby-
truly beautiful las and a graceful
dancer....,Henry Green,'...Winlired
DeGrasse. Dorothy Tyner.... Dan
Carter Beatrice Cobb-cu,e in q
black chak-striped, frock with match
ing hat. Bess NJ. WilSon..... Rico
Johnson and Louise DAVIS,
vAGABoNDING
Met the Ralph Andersons doing ifeiF
Weekend shopping Helene Annette
sitting atop high stool at the bar
Of one of the downtown niteHes PIN
ing for Elmo Scott ...... The hank
H7rrlsses entering their abode '''''.
Maurice Murdoch taking in the scene
on Palmer, Marion Chorus Cir
Harris rushing 10 make The second
show at club Piautatfon~'--La%rene e
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-01-21

Il requires our solar sun" sys-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
Germ Of College Idea
Planted In 1850

This year the college enjoyed the
largest enrolment In its history,
all students attending during the
year. The new library building
was dedicated May /. June 20,
the Pacific Lutheran College asso-
citation. the corporation which owns
the school. meeting in Los An
geles. authorized the organization
Of . four-year college Of educa-
tion. with initial four-year offer
ines this fall.
Because Of the addition Of the
ninth grade in the Parkland public
school, the college will no longer
offer the ninth grade in its high
school division. Liberal Arts Of
ferings in the the junior college d.
vision viii be expanded as con-
ditions permit, and the pre-nursing
course win be continued.
The "Choir Of the West" from
this institution fittingly repre-
sented the Washington state
Golden Jubilee association at the
Golden Gate International Exposi-
ton At San Francisco In June.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
Noss Has 200 Beds

new name the Tacoma General
hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

Paclfsc Lutberan college had ~
conception in the minds Of Nor
wegian Lutheran pioneers IN the
ysar 1eee, the birth date Of the
state a Warrington. Five years
later they petitioned church au-
thoriti<s for permission 10 esfab-
iiah . Lutheran school on the west
coast. which became known ~
Pacific Lutheran university. The
name was changed to Pacific Luth.
eran Academy and Business coli
lege IN 1898 and to Pacific Luth-
eran college, the present name. In
1920.
Falkland. In competition with
other Puget Sound sites, was
selected. and the present large
main building Wa erected there.
Actual school work began In Oct.
1894. with Rev. ,. Harstad ~ first
prueldent. Succeeding President
Harstad wsrs Rev. o. q. Green's
berg. Prof. n. J. Hong. Rev. J. u.
Xavier, REV. o. J. 0rdai. and DR..
o. a. TineelstaA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

City ownership and operation Of
electricity and water systems had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19


since then a local power plant
and nurses home were construct
"a On the block and in 1926, tho
east wing was added, bringing tho
capacity to 200 beds.
Under the long management oy
z I Cummings. administrator ths
institution has been kept wen
ah,east Of modern practice IN
medical and surgical science ana
has maintained the highest ratings
awarded by the American College
Of Surgeons. ~.
Latest addition to facilities Is
the Rust Memorial orthopedic
ward Just newly established this
wear. There are fully equipped
laboratories. physio-therapy and
x-ray facilities Of the latest types
obtainsble.
The hospital is operated on an
omen staff basis. Miss Harriet
Klein is director of nurses who
number 100 students and 80 grad
yates.
The corporation has long con-
tinued with S. NJ. jackson as ia
president and guiding inspiration
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

s23. 900 for a new building, erected
on So. X St, on the site now occu-
pied by Tacoma General hospital
of which 1t was an immediate
forerunner.
Built in a period of frame con-
struction it housed 100 beds. 1t
served the city well into modern
times, but with the election of
S. NJ. Jackson as president in 1912,
new era dawned for the insti-
tuition. Under his leadership the
old building, which had become a
firetrap, was torn down and the
new structure providing modern
equipment with $50 beds in fire
proof structure of impressive white
brick succeeded with, however, a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
MOntanans Plan
Session Sunddy

Former residents of Montana
will meet at Fortuna park, near
Seattle, Sunday for their annual
picnic. A variety of outdoor con-
tests are planned for the program,
one of them being "honey and
feather" affair. Ten bathing girls,
smeared with honey, will try to
apply feathers TO the others. Dane
ing will start at l o'clock. Gates
open at 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

b nome Cost Sl.oo per IilOntn
Today for that much money q
Tacoma citizen can light his en-
tire house from cellar to attic,
operate innumerable casual gad-
gets for easing the housework,
keep an endless chain of chatter
and music running out OF his
radio, and maintain constant freez-
ing temperatures in his refrig-
orator.
Fifty years ago the private COM
pany was just getting its engines
and generators in shape to extend
service to = few small motors for
use in industrial processes. Last
year the city's system derived .
revenue Of almost $500, 900 from
the sale of over 200 million kilo-
watt hours of current to 4,s42
commercial and industrial power
users.
Not SO Years Old
City ownership and operation Of
electricity and water systems had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

Fannie c. Paddock Memorial
hospital was founded IN April,
1882, by Bishop John A. Paddock
as a memorial to his wife, who
had died at Portland the year be-
fore. A two-story dance hall had
been purchased and converted into
a hospital to fill one of the old
towns greatest needs. Some of
the money had been raised among
her Brooklyn. N. Y. friends by
Mrs. Paddock before she came
west on her Inflated journey.
Incorporated In 1887
In 1887 Bishop Paddock and
other community leaders incor.
porated the hospital and raised
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
FEARS GRAPE SURPLUS

FRESNO-Aram Saroysn, Fres-
no agriculturist, advanced a pro-
posal 10 cut down the anticipated
heavy surplus Of grapes in 1883
by stripping the fruit from every
second or third row of vines before
II ripens. thus reducing the current
crop by one-hslf or one-third.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19

not yet become an accomplished
fact so years ago. But AZ years
ago this month a citizens COM
mittee was appointed to investi-
gate the feasibility of building and
operating a municipal plant.
Early in 1898 the committees
report advised purchasing the ex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
LONG COLOR CHART

cameraman Hal Rosson had 10
work out a list of relative color
values that covered six pages for
the guidance of wardrobe and set
designers for 1.-The Wizard of o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
Pioneer Hospital Had
Humble Beginning
Modern Tacoma General IL Out
Growth of 1882 Memorial

Out of an incident in Tacomas pioneer history several
before Washington became state out of the need oil
poneer peope far from the modern facilities Of eastern
United States came this cys first hospital basis Of the more
than ample facilities of regional Importance available here
foda
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-19
City Light OlHstrips
GroUth of Tacoma
Fifty Years Ago, Citizen Paid $1.55
A Month for 16-c.p. Light.

to think about the wonderful utility of electricity Supply
ing of private enterprise then less than three
years ago. and dim little 16candepower carbon light in
Evening star., 1939-06-15
Navy Press Officers
Aide Commended

Miss Helene M. Philibert, civilian
assistant to the Navy Department
press ofdcer, has received an oficial
letter Of commendation from Secre-
tary of the Navy Swanson for EN-
cheney and attention to duty IN con-
nection with the recent visit Of the
Atlantic Squadron to the Worlds
Fair in New York.
Miss Philibert assisted 1t. Bernard
L. Austin, press of1icer, in setting up
. temporary press ONCE in New York
for the event, in operating special
information service and In conduct
Ing tours Of the squadron.
Evening star., 1939-06-15
zoning Area Change
For Sports Arena
IsApproved
Commission Transfers
Residential Square to
Permit Building

Change in zoning OF a large
square bounded by I, K, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-f1fth streets
NV, to permit construction Of q
$3,0O0,000 sports arena, was ap-
proved yesterday by the zonine
Commission.
The property was changed from
residential so and 80 &C" area to
first comercial 80 &C" area, sub
ject to acquisition of the neces-
sary land for developments Of the
arena and approval OF plans by
the Zoning Commission.
The commission decided it could
not change zoning of an unim-
proved triangular piece of land
bounded by Western avenue, Mill
tary road. Belt lane, and Forty
second street NV, which was de-
sired for erection of a 100000 home
for aged women, But applicants
were directed to apply to the Board
OF Zoning Adjustment for a special
exception. The board, 1t is under
stood, will hear the case June 81
on an appeal to change the area
from residential 40 "A" restricted
area to residential 40 "A" semi
restricted.
Changes approved by the COM
mission included:
Extension of the first commercial.
40 &C" area to premises at 30l1
Eighteenth street NE.
&C" Area Extended.
Extension of the first commercial.
&C" area in parcel 214-98, square
6643, southeasterly for IS feet, SUBJ
ject to dedication of Alabama ave-
nue. in front of the property.
Change from residential 40 "a
restricted area to residential 40
"A" area Of three lots on north
side Of Riggs road east OF the right
Of way of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad NE.
Extension of first commercial 60
&C" area district to include rear
residential portion of eight lots To-
Gated on east side of Connecticut
avenue between Veazey terrace and
Van Ness street NV.
Extension Of residential 40 CA
semi-restricted area district south
of Crittenden street and east OF
Tenth street NE. to include all
property zoned residential 40 "a
area within area bounded by Riggs
road and Eastern avenue; by the
boundary line of the "A" restricted
area district located east of Four
teepth street, and by a line 100
feet north of and parallel to the
north line of Taylor street, by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad NE.
Six Pleas Denied.
Subject to certain specific re-
strictions, the commission also ap-
proved extension of first commercial
60 &C" area district in square 5579
to include five lots on west side
Of Twenty-seventh street between
Park place and Pennsylvania ave-
hue Sc. Restrictions include plac-
ing of no entrances or exits on
Twenty seventh street side of the
building, and that approval Of plans
be obtained from Engineer Com
missioner.
Extension of first commercial use
district In square 5733 to include
parcel 214/68 located at the south.
east corner of Twenty-fifth street
and Good Hope road Sc. This IL
subject to dedication OF Twenty
Evening star., 1939-06-15
fifth street In front Of the prop

NTH street In front Of the prop
erty.
Six proposed changes were denied
by the commission. The most hotly
contested was a proposal to change
from residential 40 "a" restricted
area to first commercial 40 &C" area
or residential 10 "B" eight lots on
east side of Laurel street between
Eastern avenue and Walnut street
NV.
Other denials included:
Proposed extension Of second
commercial go ID" area district In
square 1868 to include lot 821, west
side of Champlain street between
Kalorama road and Euclid street
NV.
Residential Proposals.
Proposed extension of first COM
mercial use district to include four
lots on south side Of Columbia road
between Mozart place and Seven
teenth street NV.
Proposed change from residential
40 "A" and "A" restricted areas to
residential 40 B" area of four lots
in the square bounded by Tunlaw
road, Thirty ninth and Calvert
streets NV. This also was hotly
contested.
Proposed extension OF residential
40 "A" restricted area district on
both sides Of Eighteenth street be-
tween Shepherd and Taylor streets
NV.
Denied without prejudice against
a new hearing on the filing Of plans
for specific development of the prop
erty was the proposed extension Of
"A" area district in Square 2726
to include the entire square bounded
by Fourteenth street, Concord ave-
niue, Military road, Sixteenth street
and Fort Stevens drive NV.
Adjustment Board Meets.
Also meeting yesterday, the Board
Of Zoning Adjustment held there
was no error in the decision Of the
inspector of building in authorizing
Evening star., 1939-06-15

issuance to Claude Livingston, jr.
Of building permits for construction
Of II single-family dwellings In the
500 block Of Fern place NV.
The proposed construction had
been opposed by the Citizens Asso-
citation Of Takoma Park, D. c.
The board adopted the opinion Of
the corporation counsel on legal
questions raised by the association
In its decision. the board said
adequate light and air is provided
around all of the dwellings involved
In the appeal, and the erection OF
these dwellings will not unduly over
crowd the land or cause undue con-
centration Of population. nor will
they affect adversely the health,
safety or morals Of the inhabitants
Of the district in which they are
located"
The board said, however, that 1t
was in sympathy with the intent
and purpose Of the appeal"
Several Appeals Heard.
The board also heard several
other appeals. The Takoma Park, D.
c., Citizens Association and prop
erty owners near sol Fern street
NV. objected to proposed estab-
lishment Of an educational institu-
ton there. Harry Wender, repre-
senting the Chillum Heights Citi-
zens' Association, led a group to
appeal from proposed establishment
Of gasoline service station at First
and Kennedy streets NV.
John G. OLaughlin appealed for
permission to establish an educa-
tional institution at 1774 Massachu-
sets avenue.
The Phillips Memorial Gallery ap-
pealed for permission to establish an
educational institution at 1900
Twenty-flrst street.
Evening star., 1939-06-15
Airline Opens School
To Train hostesses

In preparation for the addition
Of stewardesses to the flight crews
Of a feet Of new airliners now on
order, Pennsylvan,a-Central Air
lines, operating from Washington
to the North and West, has opened
hostess school under direction
Of Miss Adele Jenkins, former chief
Evening star., 1939-06-15
hostess for Transcontinental and

hostess for Transcontinental and
Western Air.
The school has been opened at
Pittsburgh and all members Of the
class have been selected. Hostesses
will not be added to the flight
crews Of the Boeing airliners now
operating on the routes out OF
Washington, but will be aboard
the new Doughlas DC-5 high-wing
monoplanes now on order.
Evening star., 1939-06-15

Decrease in trafilc between italy
and her African possessions caused
slump in Suez Canal shipping
last year.
Evening star., 1939-06-15

Adjustment Board Meets.
Also meeting yesterday, the Board
Of Zoning Adjustment held there
was no error In the decision Of the
inspector of building in authorizing
Evening star., 1939-01-27
Census Reveals Trend
OF Wholesale Volumes
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-Whole-
sale distribution in the United
States mounted approximately 80
per cent above 1885 figures in 1887,
w. P. A. census survey of business
showed today, but a sharp decline
came in the first half of 1898.
Electrical goods, with a 663 per
cent increase, led advances in vir.
tually all lines during 1887 as COM
pared with statistics of the last
regular business census in 1885.
Other durable goods, such as
plumbing and heating equipment.
construction materials, machinery
and automotive. also showed large
gains. The smallest advances were
in dry goods, clothing and tobacco.
The cross-section survey made by
the Bureau of the Census with
funds provided by the w. P. A. in
dicated that the merchant whole
salers who take title to the goods
they buy and sell did a gross busi-
ness exceeding $4,000 100000 in
1887 as compared with S12 800, 1853 900
in 1888 and $29 ,288, $4,000 in 1929.
Wholesale outlets owned by manu-
facturers apart from their plants
and operated primarily for deliver
ing their own stocks did approxi-
mately $10,000,O000OO in business
during 1887, comparing with $7,446,-
014,000 in 1885 and $4,965 ,45O 900 In
1893.
Evening star., 1939-01-27
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, JAN 27.-The bond
market moved hesitantly up the
price scale after early indecision to-
day and by midday small gains
dotted the list.
With the market wary as fresh
news from Spain and elsewhere in
Europe came through, prices were
Influenced either way by compare
lively small orders.
The low-price rail division-lately
open to sellers attacks-attracted a
coed share of the buying, and frac-
tional gains were lined up by loans
Of Baltimore g. Ohio, Nickel Plate,
Missouri Pacific, Illinois Central,
Erie, st. Paul and Atlanta & DAN
Vile.
Small gamers in the higher brack-
>ets included Pennsylvania General
41as, Armour of Delaware As of 1855
and Texas Corp. 3l2s.
International Mercantile Marine
IS stumbled over point and mod
est losses were posted by New York
Central IS, Shell Union 3l2s and
Bethlehem Steel 3a4s.
In the United States Government
section losses of as much as 3/32s
of a point were in the majority.
Dealings were sluggish, however, as
the market watched the congress
sional battle to pare the w, P. A..
appropriation.
Prague 712s tumbled among for
eign dollar loans and French 71as
we're marked down over a point
Small demand lifted German 5l2s
a shade.
Evening star., 1939-01-27
General Cigar Nets
$1,207,1S1 Profit,
S1.81 a Share
1888 Income Compares
With $1,673,e30 for
Previous Year
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-General
Cigar Co. reported today for 1898
net income Of $1,207,18l equal to
$1.8l a share on the common stock.
This compared with $1,673,930, or
$3.50 a share, in 1887.
Paraffine Companies.
Paraffine Companies, Inc, reported
for six months ended December 81
net profit Of $7oo,663. equal to s1.37
a share on the common stock. This
compared with $898,731, or sl.7s a
share, in the comparable period a
year ago.
Atlantic Refining.
The Atlantic Refining Co. and its
subsidiaries reported a profit Of $4,-
$4,000 for 1888, as compared with a
1887 profit Of $9,942, 900 after de-
duction Of interest, depreciation,
taxes, etc.
The company said that after pro-
vision for preferred stock dividends
the profit per share on common
stock was s1.4o, as compared with
1881 for 1887.
Evening star., 1939-01-27
Penn Mutual DiscIoses
Large Gains in Year
Suecial Dispatch to the Star.

ooeclal Olspatch to the Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-John
A. Stevenson, president of the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co., an
nounced the company ended 1888
with total assets of STOP 900 oOo
representing gain of S34,5OO. 900
over 1887.
During the same period the Penn
MutuaIs insurance in force increased
S23 ESQ, 900 and now reaches the to-
tai Of 81 ,95l 900 900.
The company's present dividend
scale will be continued, the amount
to be paid as dividends to policy
holders during 1899 amounting to
sl1 100000. One of the important
factors in enabling the company to
continue its present dividend scale
was its extremely favorable NOR
tality experience, the mortality ra-
ito being the lowest in the COM
panys history.
The Penn Mutual's income during
the year was in excess of s118,OOO.-
600, and the company's surplus for
mortality and investment fluctua-
tions increased $500 900 during the
year, this surplus now standing at
$50, 900.
Evening star., 1939-01-27
Foreign Exchanges

NEW YORK. Jan. 81 !lP.-The Neither
lands guilder took another nose dive in
terms Of the dollar today.
Under a stream Of selling orders-most
OF them originating abroad. according to
International banking houses-the Dutch
unit dropped .16 Of cent in continuation
of weeklonE sinking spell.
Aside from some commercial inquiry
attracted by the low rate of around 1874
cents, the guilder met with only limited
support.
The fight OF. capital from Amsterdam
apparently involved foreign-held balances
interests were selling the currency.
Weakness in the guilder started week
ago about the time Berlin protested shoot
ing at the residences Of Nazi ofdcials in
Holland.
Other foreign moneys showed little
while the French franc dipped OO,'. of
a cent. The swiss franc was unchanged
and the belRA shade up.
Late rates follow:
Great Britain IN dollars. others in cents
Great Great Britain; a67i:; So-day bills, a $50:
SeR York IN a ny YsE sesum
1891; Czecho- -Slovakia. 3.43; Denmark,
many. 4O.1b; benevolent 5000: travel.
5;26h; Yugoslavis, 2.34: Netherlands.
sartasa sa54 N9rssy a34s PHans sn,n 1ss5
ssGsd u.s. Alssssina sSsssn prss s5s
Mexico City. 2O,25n; Japan 2727: Hong
Kong. 29.16; Shanghai 1887 Rates in
spot cables unless otherwise indicated.
n-Nomlnal.