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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
MORE HOSTELS
TO Be BUILT
Overnight shelters
Will Bring Bike
Riders to NV.

Bicycle. riding visitors from all
parts Of the L. $. as well a. from
foreign countries vii BE- no novelty
in Tacoma and the Pacific North
west next summer
\ string q new overnight shell
tefz. known As hostsls, for mixers
and hleyelsts. viii ho ready for
use ~ summer. according 10 Miss
Nancy Iran Rcasonef, new field
worker for Seattle in the develop
ment II hostcls and John q, Han
ma ield secretary They had just
arrived from the American Youth
nestels Inc headquarters al
Mortified. Mass
Hnsteis offer youthful bicycle
travellers and mixers overnight &C.
eommodations In farm houses Al
an extremely nominal cost, usually
81 day. including meals
They were inangutated four
years ago, Last year ist hos,cls
IN eight regions accommodated
q 600 young people, There arc
now only l. hostels In the Pacific
Northwest. but that number viii
be rapidly increased before sum
mer. Miss Reasoner said
The hostels are located Is 90 10
miles apart. connecting the olym-
pic peninsula with Victoria and
Vancouver. y. {
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
FIFE MOTORIST
IS FINED $3.50

After being warned by Justice
Clarence Layton he was lucky"
not to be facing more serious
charge. Phillip Benn. H'ycar-old
Indian OF Fife. was fined $3.50 Mon
day afternoon for reckless driving
Judge Layton ordered nenn's
drivers license revoked for period
Of 90 days
Benn was taken into custody
Sunday afternoon by State Patrol.
man 6 T. Mckinney after the
Indians automobile was involved
In an accident on the seattlc.Ts-
coma highway. near Fife, Benn
entered plea Of guilty 10 the
reckless driving charge.
Billy Mccarthy. 52-ycar-old In
dian. also of Fife. passenger In
Benn's vehicle. was sentenced TO
serve 90 days in Pierce county Jail
by Layton after he entered a plea
OF guilty 10 n charge OF being In
toXioated on a public highway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
BY DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director. American Institute of
Public Opinion

NEW YORK - An explanatory
survey by the American Institute
of Public Opinion offers an an
swer today to the question
What books of all time have the
greatest interest for contemporary
Americans
Though library charts and pub
fishers records show which books
are in greatest demand with the
book buying publics. very little
has been known about the aver
age American book standards.
So to selected cross-section Of
men and women in every state and
every walk of life --farmers, chauf :
feurs. telephone operators, relief
ers and their wives-the Institute
put the question: What IL the
most interesting book you have
ever read ," The answers indicate
today that:
!. The most popular single
book on American bookshclvcs
i the Bible.
,. Pressing the Bible closely
at the present time is Gone
With the Wind" Margaret
Mitchelrs accommodating
novel of the South and the
Civil war.
Nearly one person in five, Of
those having opinions, named the
Bible. 1t was ranked first by men,
by persons over 30 and by South
erners. Mid-Westerners and West
erners.
Gone With the Wind" came
first with women, with younger
persons and with Fasteners and
New Englanders.
After the two leaders, the books
most often mentioned are:
Anthony Adverse" by Hervey
Allen.
The Citadel" by A. J. Cronin,
British author.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
ASK II CIVIC
CLUBS TO AID
Narrows Span Cele.
bration Will Be
Held Jan. %

The University Place Improve
ment club. in celebration Of the
beginning Of Narrows bridge con-
struction, has extended invitations
to - Tacoma civic clubs 10 take
part in a program Jan. IS. which
viii include draft horse race.
dance in the University Place
schoolhouse and other entertain
ment.
The celebration will open with
the draft horse race at 30 p. m.
Each invited group has been
asked to enter horse. weighing
not less than 200 pounds. and a
rider to weigh not less than $50
pounds.
Entries will run a course six
tenths of mile long. with the
finish line to be at the 9th ave.
approach 10 the east end of the
Narrows bridge site.
r. w. Bradford is chairman of
the celebration committee. He is
being assisted by r. NJ Hartzell.
Lester Msgoon. c. L. Stout,
George McGinnis. Mrs. A. c. Gas
and Miss Anne Leland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
DdhHd Society
TO Elect Jan. 10

The annual meeting of the
Washington Dahlia society will be
held al p m Thursday, Jan ~,
at the home Of MI and Mrs. Glen
Dunlap. 543s So. Yakima ave.
Officers will be elected for the
current term.
Mrs. J. " Lee. president. will
show colored slides Of Northwest
gardens Members and flower
lovers. Interested. are invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
Fat Girl
Laughs and
Grows Slim
Without Starvation Diets, or Back -Breakiss.
Bending and Rolling Exercises.

Here's way that works hand in hand
with Nature in getting rid OF ugly TAT due 10
an internal deficiency. Just eat senslbly aud
take Marmola Prescription Tablets a day.
according to the directions, until you have
lost enough fat 49, then stop.
Msrmols Prescription Tablets have been
sold 10 the public for more than thirty years
More than twenty million boxes have been
distributed during that period.
biasmola is not intended Is n cure-all for
oil ilments This advertisement is intended
only for TAT persons who are normal and
healthy otherwise and whose fatnes. i,
caused nv hypo-thyrodiSm With accompany.
ing subrormsl mo,aholic rates. No Other
reprrscntstion is made as 10 this treatment
except under these conditions and according
TO the dosage IS recommended.
We do not make any diagnosis a. that j.
the function Of your physician. who must
he consulted for thst purpose. The complete
formula is included in very package. Get
. box Of Msrmols today from your druggist
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

then. no match for the smooth and
nuhacious Wall street bankers.
In February. 1890. Giannini an
nounced he was retiring again and
that Elisha Walker was named ms
chairman Of the board of Trans
america.
Transam rica by this time
owned shares In almost every Inn
portant bank In America and In
the great banks Of London, Paris
Berlin. Italy. Sweden. Belgium
And II owned the most amazing
and heterogeneous collection Of
assets hotels. apartment houses
office buildings farm lands. oil
lands. security affillates. finance
companies. Insurance companies.
utility stocks Tho great Bank ~
Italy In California had become the
Bank Of America.
Then on September ~ Elisha
Walker summoned the nevspsp per
men and announced that Trans
america would dives, Itself Of all
its hank holdings and cease 10
control banks Giannini protested.
A fight occurred among the Off
Gals
Next day II was announced that
Gisnnini was out Of TrRnsa
that he. his aon and brother had
been Jeff of tho board Of directors
and were replaced by representa-.
lives Of Lee. Higginson A. co Wall
Street had taken Ciannlni for q
ride.
But not for long Re declared
war on Walker. The big decisive
battle whA fought at Wilmington.
Del. in which state TtAnm mefica
vas Incorporated Charges we're
made Court inlunetions we're
issued.
The opposing armies ~ stock
holders lined up IN Wilmington On
February IS. 1882 one ~ the
camps occupied two floors ~ the
DUPONT hotel. with a headqus rtsfs
resembling that ~ national
political party when the battle
Of the ballots II the stockholders
ended that day Giannini had Won
and Elisha Walker was out Iis
had hls empire hack Re bad
Travelled Up and down California
among bis italian stockholders and
gotten the needed proSiss.
Bu, IL Vas = shaky empire then.
Tie depression vas hitting low
tide snd banks and holding com
panles ard business we're In dis-
treas everywhere What vas going
On behind the scenes of Trans.
america no orr knew No one
knows yet The company's ahseis
had been written dawn from
81 lily 900 O00 70 1902 900 no.
And fhe day Ciannlni routed
Waller. ne RFc secretly made =
loan - thf Bank - Afnerics ~
IS 900 100 Before b. got through
II had loaned he Cisnnini com
panIes 800 900 600
NtkTi 6isBniai the Giant ~
builds hi. banking smpifr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
MUSCULAR
Ri EUMATlC
PAINS-ACHES

II takes more than lust a salve" TO
bring speedy relief. 1t takes a counter
irrifanf" like good old soothing, warm
ing Musterole to penetrate the surface
skin and help 10 quickly relieve the painful
local congestion and aches due to colds.
Muscular lumbago. soreness and stiff
ness generally yield promptly.
Better than the old-fashioned mustard
plaster. Musterole has been used by
millions for 80 years. Recommended by
many doctors and nurses. In three
strengths: Regular. Chidren's mild
and Extra Strong, 40t. All druggists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
BATTLE OF The TITANS
STARTS ON FACE ONE

assets. Ciannini had gone in for
both branch banking and holding
company banking.
The Bank OF Italy was a branch
bank corporation operating
nearly 800 branches in California,
But there was another corporation.
called Bancitaly Corporation,
which owned stock in the bank and
also stocks in all sorts OF other
corporations insurance land.
building. security. utility and other
corporations.
No law permitted r bank state
or national-to operate branches
in more than one state But by
the use OF the holding company
Giannini could operate branch
banks on both coasts
SO great was the magic of his
name that at this time a Wild spec
ulation famed up In Giannlni bank
stocks. In February. 1928, Bank
Of America stock sold for $3.50.
In April il sold for 81 500. Hectic
trading occurred in Bancitaly Cor
poration stock IN California and
New York. II went 10 1928 =
share.
Ciannini begged people not 10
bid 50 high-thc stock was not
worth II. ne warned But America
was speculation crazy. Then the
stock broke IN price, sank 100
points in a single day, and thou.
sands were ruined.
In June. 1928. Giannini was in
Italy He had acquired bank
and branches there Banea dita-
liza. News came that he had a
stroke. II was reported he was
dying.
There was panic among lnyes-
tors and speculators His associ-
ates were alarmed. II is said that
his right-hand man had 10 20 down
10 Wall street with his hat IN his
hand and beg for help lie got IT..
the story goes. from Elisha
Walker. Of Blair a. CO But he
was forced 10 pay = heavy price
Perhaps the inside story II this
will be told when the SEC re-
hearses the matter next week In
any case. In due time Ciannini re-
covered his health and returned 10
New York He organized q new
holding company, the Trans
america Corporation which took
over all the vast holdings Of Ban
citaiy. And then Giannlnl an
nounced that Transameriea had
purchased Blair 4 Co. an old
banking house still owned. until
then. by an eccentric recluAe Nh0
lived IN ducsl retirement In Der
muda. But the house Was dom
mated by Elisha Walker Giannini
said he needed financial brains IN
New York
He got more brains than he bar
gained for. Ciannini Was. up 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
Alaska Queen Musher' Visits N. w.

Mars Ioyce. Queen ~ Alaska"
i pictured as she arrived In the
Pacific Northwest On route 20 sun
Valley. Idaho. Wrapped In
parka. Miss Joyce il seated beside
one of her II husky dogs she
brought with her. Miss Joyce,
Americas champion woman
musher. once mushed from Juneau
10 banks alone. She win re-
main at the Idaho winter resort
with her dogs and sled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
PROVED TOUCH
At EXECUTION

CARSON CITY. Srv. Dominica
Nadai. srpuxe<f toughest prisoner
WIN sver occupied death row ~
ne Srvsds r~nfs~nsi<ry. proved
thr truth ~ she description today.
Ne lived Fnr ia minutes IN
the prisons execution ehamn~r
filled 18th deadly hydrocyanids
gss
~Ssdsl ssid ne vas tough and
Ne proved Il Warden William
Lewis ssif ~fIs heart action
continued ar IL minutes after
Ne ferelvsd his first whIff ~ the
fumes "a gsr - I know that -
the innxezf sseF rrsered ~ Z
ststhcseape IN . xss execution.
Lat prisoner executed IN
Nevada recorded heart movements
for Ia minutes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

ard children and cid men RENAME
al That &as dssnusalsslnx n me
fighters IN fne field whe Thought
~ shssF helpless teyed enes n~tn9
hlnwn 10 Rita
ilrlnser u hsek aune nnw, and
hes not lsavin9 again n any
efhef AmTrtesn noYs feel The urge
to 50 sdssntsrtnx. nsfnss advises
'rm "a IrAxe Wars slnne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

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asfanasblas fsaalss Red fh,. M W y.
Hsassy Dfsfas 81 Nsssfs Nsss
al w. - RaAsn nsssf esrsd 70 ssi
asffslnE ane sfensd g. 4riaHr si4gs.sa
ssd is.flll IL az 'ha an pst Ton
49, fTsirg D. Fsfcss G0idsn Msfssi
Dsseoftf5 - ssin.d -.iShs. "A. I b.iieys
= - sglsaaf sffsffs - ssslogsa, sa1
~ ie1ks1 sfd acfs4 - efsrsai s1r
siiazsfh.r" b. a. the efs. Hof. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
Don't Fight In Spain"
Declares N. w. Volunteer
n, RrRr paHtaNES
Srok A>E. Wash

SPOKANE. wash.-It viii he long time before Helmsr
Hunt 2yearnd local youth leaves the United States again
to fight in somebody elses war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

Wed have given = hundred
buck. for . meal like this over
there" Young Hunt said. Roast
veal. peas. mashed spnds and his.
cuitsi ! suppose most Americans
figure that's just everyday focd.
hut not where ! just cappe from"
Of approximately 1000 American
men and boys who went over. and
one ~ the comparatively few who
have returned.
Crossed In Night
Il signed up on The loysilst side
In Spokane. young Hunt said.
The Spanish government fur.
nihhed bus transportation To New
York and from there we were
taken by ship "a regular linal 10
LaiIavrc, France We sped across
France by train but were taken off
near tho spanish border.
"a bunch Of Va crossed the
border IN IN. dead OF night. walk
Ing all night and part Of the next
day"
After months training. Hell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18


fluonce People" by Dale Carnegie
THE Good Earth. by Pearl
Buck. 1888 Nobel prize-winner for
literature.
BEST SELLERS AND CLASSICS
The 1888 survey shows pre-
dominance of recent fiction best
sellers, plus a strong representa-
ton of popular classics. Only one
book in the first 20 was originally
published between 1900 and 1880,
that book being Jack Londons
"Call OF the Wild, published in
1903.
The complete list of leaders is
!. The Bible
=. Gone With the Wind
5. Anthony Adverse
4. The Citadel
5. How 10 Win Friends and In
fluence People
6. The Good Earth
!. Ben Hur
\. Northwest Passage
.. Little Women
10. \ Tale OF Two Cities
II. Les Miserables
10. Magnificent Obsession
Is. Adventures of Tom Sawyer
u. Treasure Island
Is. Count of Monte Cristo
Is. Robinson Crusoe
II. Iyanhoe
1S. The Green Light
10. David Copperfield
20. Call of the Wild
The survey shows that the Bible
is much less popular with young
people than with their parents and
grandparents. The following table
shows how the interest in the Bible
declines with younger persons IN
the survey.
Pet.
Naming
Age Bible
Fifty and Over ........ $40
Forty-nine To Thirty. =. l7@o
Under Thirty ........ $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
TAKE OFT LICENSE.

In Port Orchard marriage
license was issued TO Nels r.
Anderson. 30 and Elsie NJ Brandt,
80. both Of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
70; ;c5 THIN AND PALE?

OHE Of the well
known medical
nsen in he US N4s
the late DR. y v
Pierce d Buffalo.
Y. NhO noted
daily in hit medical
practice that many
u he prescriptions
prepared from roots
ard bzFss such a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

Helmer. though young IN years.
has seen II months u active ssfv-
Ice on the Lasallst side II The
Spanish civil conflict. lie "a. one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
"Gone With Wind" Trails
Bible in Interest of Public

How to Win Friends and In
fluence People, by Dale Carnegie
THE Good Earth. by Pearl
Buck. 1888 Nobel prize-winner for
literature.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28

Dean Smith replied tina. We had
eross-examined the University Of
ficials last Wednesday. | told him
| begged to differ, but what the
applicants and l really wanted to
know If he were going to issue
a perrit to register. He then re
Piled that he could not permit
the boys to register because of
tho State law against it. I then
said you refuse to allow
them to register because the
State law forbids white and
Colored being in the same school.
Dean Smith replied, that | knew
it as we'll as he did, and that [
know why he could not permit
the boys to register j. P. Hess,
secretary of the Board interrupt
ed and said that neither Dean
Smith nor anyone else had au-
thorty to say why the boys YER
no. being registered, except to
say that the Board was still con-
sidering their cases. | then said,
IT appeared to me that their
answer to our request would be
that the Board was still consid-
eripg it and that there vas a.
State law against it, Dean Smith
said that there is a State law
against it and that did I want
the boys and the University to
violate the State law. I told him
that there was a difference in
opinion as to whether the State
law would be superseded by the
Federal Constitution and that I
did not propose to argue the
case today"
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28

School in order to stop the MA
CPS court fight to equaiize the
salaries of white and colored
teachers here, the association
moved in on the board again,
when Melvin o. Aston, a regular
teacher in the same high school
filed a petition with the board
Thursday 81 asking that his and
than his other Negro teachers
salaries be eoualized with whites.
With the filing of the petition,
DIR. J. M. Tinsley, of Richmond.
Va, chairman of the Joint Com
mittee TO Equalize Teachers
Salaries in Virginia announced
that the Committee has paid to
Miss Black, the sum of her salary
for the current year.
miss Black has lost her job
because of her efforts to secure
the equal protection of the laws"
he said, "another teacher has filed
q similar petition. Others VII
come forward. This campaign will
b continued until justice is Sc
cured
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28

Tennessee could. Dean Smith then
asked him if he would be willing
w go 10 some other school cone
parable to u. T., within Or with
out the State, If the University
would pay the difference in cost.
Saunders replied that since he
was a citizen of Tennessee, he
would not be willing to go out of
the State. Dean Smith then asked
would he be willing to go to
some other school in the State
say A. & l., it is a good school.
Saunders replied No to A. & l.,
because they did not offer the
same facilities that u. T. did.
Dean Smith then wanted to know
would he be willing to go to Fisk
if tho same facilities were pro-
viGed there that are provided at
U. T. Saunders hesitated and then
said, | am a Knoxville boy and ]
could live cheaper here at home
than | could at Nashville. Dean
Smith replied assuring that we
would pay tire difference in ex-
penses including cost of living &
pay transportation, ETC. Saun-
ders replied hat he would like
to think it over, but on the spun
Of the moment, he did not see any
reason why he would not go to
if equal facilities were pro
vided and the University or The
State pay the difference in ex-
penses.
81 then Interrupted and said
that the men We're not there to
be cross examined and give their
depositions, but we're there to
register and naturally were will
ing to give any information bear
ing directly on their applications.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28

advancement of Colored Peo-
pie will no5 accept appeal 10
prevent admitting qualified Ne
to University of Tonnes
see. Supreme Court in Gaines
dtcision and not acceptable 10
Negroes. Pnocted with filing Of
cases of qualified men who re-
fuse scholarships and have been
refused admission to University
of Tennessee"
DIR. Leon A. Ransom, member
of the associations National Le-
Gal Committee said "We are pre-
paring to file a petition f. man
damous to force the sche~I to
open its DOORS"
NAACP attorneys who have
charge of the case include: Mr..
Ransom, Carl Cowan, and Alex
ander Loo,by. The following story
Of what took place on the Uni
versisy campus last Tuesday Is
told by Mr.. Cowan:
eve were fortunate in seeing
Dean Smith in his office soon af-
ter we arrived. Secretary Hess
came in within a few seconds. !
introduced the men, stating what
department or school each mar
had mado application. ! also STAT
cd that each man desired a per.
nit to register. lie then asked II
they were the same men who
made written applications; all
replied yes He asked each their
names and then passed a card
for each to sign. | don't know
whether he did this to compare
signatures or not. The conference
in substance was this: Dean
Smith asked which n OF the ap=
plicants was spokesman; | replied
none; that the men were in front
Of him and he could ask any one
Of them Or all Of them anything
he wanted to know concerning
their applications. Fortunately he
picked out Homer l.. Saunders.
and asked him why he wanted to
come to the University of Ten
nessee. Saunders replied that he
was a citizen of the State of Ten
nessee; that he wanted to do more
work in physical and health edu-
cation; that Tennessee A.. & I.
College could not provide him
the work and the University of
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28
NEGRO AGRICULTURAL
ID VISIT FARM
CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 (ANP)
Negro agricultural leaders from
II southern states visited the
Farm Credit administration We'd
nesday as the guests of cornelius
j. King, special assistant to the
governor of that organization.
They were accompanied by w.
N .Elam, agent for special groups
vocational education division of
tho Office of Education, depart
mona of the interior.
Gov. F. f. Hill, A. S. Goss, land
bank commissioner; and C. R. Ar
mold, pli9duction credig commits
%sioner, who addressed the group,
were presented by E. B. Reid, di-
rector of information and extern
sion, who served as chairman of
the meeting. Other FiCA offici-
ais presented were S. D. Sanders
ccopera i've bank commissioner;
A. C. Sullivan, deputy intermod-
late credit commissioner; and
Milton Hygfi, assistant director
of the credit union section.
Mr.. Reid welcomed the agricuI
tural leaders and discussed GER
lain of the recent FCA publica-
tions which he thought would De
of value to teachers of agricul-
tural subjects.
In addressing the group, Gov.
Hill emphasized, among other
things, the importance of educa-
zion in the proper use of credit
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-28
STUDENTS BARRED BY
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
NAACP TO FILE MANDAMOUS
ACTION IN CASE

New York Oct. 26-0n Tues
day, Sept. &c, six students who
have applied for admission to
graduate schools of the Univer-
.sity of Tennessee, in Knoxville
made a final attempt to register
when they visited the campus OF
the school in company with their
lawyer, Carl Cowan only to be
told again by Dean Smith, that
they could not do so, because the
trustee board had not yet acted
upon their applications.
In the group which arrived on
the campus at 2:30 pm. Were:
Homer l.. Saunders, Clinton M.
Marsh, Walter S. f. Hardy and
Ezra lotion, all of whom were
applying for graduate work in the
arts and sciences: and 2. L.
Smith and Joseph M. Michael,
both law school applicants.
NAACP Refuses Presidents Offer
In reply to an appeal made
last week by President Hoskns,
of the University that the NAACP
instruct the students to withdraw
their applications and accept out
of-state scholarships pending ac-
ton on the part Of the Tennessee
Legislature to set up separate
facilities within the state, Thur
good Marshall, special counsel
for the association made public
the following telegram which was
sent to Attorney Cowan:
National Association for