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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

vertical lines embossed into the
wood relieve the monotony Of large
surfaces and enhance the beauty
Of the grain. At 16-inch centers are
three vertical stripes. each stripe
consists Of q grouping Of seven
parallel lines. forming an attrac-
tive. modern design.
The ceiling design Of En-
bosacd streamline ID q pattern
formed BY criss-cross lines 10
give an aIl-over square effect.
Paul T. A. Lemcke, owner and
manager Of Piywood Sales and Box
company. IL enthusiastic about the
new product Embossed West
board" he says. makes the use
OF plywood paneling appropriate
for all types a walls and parti-
lions. All the beauty Of natural
wood grains IL retained. while the
embossed patterns soften and add
distinction TO these panels.
'Westboard u produced by one
Of the largest and best-known ply
wood manufacturers In the North
west. Only choice Douglas FIR goes
into the manufacture Of West
board. and this panel has been
lauded by architects, home builders
and cabinet makers.
I'VE are creating an attractive
room at the Show Of Progress,
Lemcke said. showing uses OF the
new Embossed Streamline West
board and the two other patterns
that have been widely accepted
since their introduction year ago.
Our office at 2e11 So. Alaska st.,
ID being refinished in the stream
line paneling and viii be ready for
public inspection after Dec. 1st."
The Embossed Westboard
line II available ut cabinet
shops and retail lumber deal
err throughout Pierce county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

When there is a shore breeze off
wet bar, these spiders release a
long web until the wind catches It,
and then they go on a little trip.
Here the wind had suddenly died
down, leaving them stranded on
the river. They are able to run
across the water quite fast, using
q sort Of hop. skip. and jump.
Ordinarily. they don't bother US,
but this time they must have been
tired Of holding themselves up on
the water. for. whenever we got
within ten feet of one, he would
take out for the canoe and try to
get aboard.
Don't Like EN-
Now. harmless or not, we don't
like spiders aboard the canoe. and
we spent the best part Of an hour
zig-zagging our way through the
field Of them. Whenever one would
suddenly set out for the canoe, II
was signal for Bob to use his
paddle in an effort to discourage 1t.
Sometimes he was successful and
sometimes they managed to elude
the swinging blade and get aboard,
where they would hide in the
duffle.
When they became so numerous
that Bob was unable to handle
them on both sides, Louise shoul-
dered her paddle and took care Of
one side. After awhile 1t became
something like a game. Probably
q score out Of hundreds managed
to get abroard and both of us were
jumpy and itchy.
Quite q Town
Arkansas City was quite a town
at one time, when 1t was on the
river and the steamboats, landed
right In front of the now deserted
railroad station. 1t looked as
though fully half the buildings in
the town were deserted and, 1t be-
ing Sunday, practically no one was
In sight.
We had just 20 cents with which
to buy provisions. and Louise man.
aged to talk her way into the back
Of a Chinese grocery store. Incl
IDENTIFY. there are quite a few of
those in this part of the country
and 1t is quite a novelty to hear
a Chinese speak broken English
with a southern accent.
BY fast talking. Louise man.
aged to buy half a loaf Of bread,
q few wieners, some nickel tobacco.
and mailed a letter. Those provi-
sions, IL they can be called such,
should get Us into Greenville, pro-
vided a bad storm or a sustained
head wind doesn't catch us.
Cut-offs Worry
Before We started the trip we
were aware that the river between
Memphis and Baton Rouge was
filled with a score or so of cut-offs
and, at the time, they had worried
US. Several individuals from whom
We had sought information had
warned US that no small boat could
expect to live in the swirling eddies
generated by the fast current.
You see, the Mississippi has an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Son Is Born To
Widow OfPlane
Victim At Alder

When the tragic test flight
crash of the Boeing stratoliner
took the lives of 10 men near
Alder last March Is, the COM
pany's young aeronautical engi-
neer, Benjamin Josephus Pearson,
went to his death knowing he left
not only a widow but a child to be.
To his widow, who is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Cole of
Tacoma, the child was born Satur-
day at Swedish hospital in Seat
ue-a s-pound 7-ounce boy.
He will carry on the name OF
the father he never can see, as
Benjamin Josephus Pearson II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

display will feature the latest
models of kitchen and home
heating equipment operated by
gas. Furnaces, air conditioning and
other devices will be shown.
Tacoma's extensive furniture in-
dustry will be well represented az
will the food manufacturers, lum-
Der, woodwork and building ma
terials, stokers and furnace equip
ment, mattresses. pianos, in fact
the newest in almost every line in
which Tacoma citizens are inter.
ested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
TRAIN CRASH KILLS 43

BERLIN - Officials announced
Monday that - persons were killed
and 90 injured In a collision of two
passenger trains between Lang
lieren and Rosengrund. near OPP
peln. Prussia, during the peak of
Sundays traffic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
.UAPPY-
BlRIH DAy
MONDAY. NOV. Is

MONDAY, NOV. Is
Mrs. Ruth Fox, Route l, Box
Is, Sumner.
Mrs. Emma johnson, 500 80.
I NJ.
Mrs. r. Hornschuch, SIS 80.
3lsf nj.
BILLY Herman, tbs Ea. B5th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Blame Auto for
Crashing in Door

Police Sunday were investigating
what looked like earthquake dam
age, except for the fact there had
been no earthquake at that time.
At $40 a. m. they discovered the
front door of the used car ware
house of the Munson Motor COM
pany at 3s15 South Tacoma way
had been smashed open. Officers
reported that a car evidently had
backed into it. Inspection of the
premises showed nothing missing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Carries Mail IS
Years; Steals
SILL; One Year

PORTLAND, Ore.--Clifford G..
Cutting. Hood River. carried u. 9.
mail for So years. but shortly be-
fore he retired embexzled S7.11
given him for . money order. To-
day Cutting was under sentence
to one year In federal prison for
his misstep. Probation was re-
fused.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

hi~hSs " the hiiic lHIouknout its
length. When a mile-long cut Is
made through a narrow neck Of
land 1t sometimes makes a differ
ence Of from Is to 20 miles. Four
times 20 are so. In other words,
that mile cutoff theoretically has
a fall Of nearly seven feet, instead
Of the usual four inches. The re-
suit il swirling yellow torrent
that seriously hampers even the big
towboats at certain times Of the
year.
Water Il Low
Hearing those stories, we were
prepared to stick pretty much to
the old channels and not run a
chance Of dumping over and los
ing our equipment and possibly
ourselves. But our fears were
groundless.
The present stage Of water is
the lowest in Mississippi history,
and nearly all the old channels are
clogged with sandbars. The cut
offs. from two to ten years old.
have adjusted themselves to the
sudden fall and, while fast. there
Is little or no danger connected
with running them.
However. during high water sea-
son some Of them must be very bad
for small boats and, at those times,
1t would be well for canoes and
such like to stick to the old chan
nels, which would be full Of water
at those times.
River Leaves Town
These cut-offs were the only
thing that made 1t possible for
Bob to paddle into Greenville that
same day. Instead Of the expected
80 miles. 1t was a bare Is. At that,
we nearly swept past the town
without realizing 1t.
Greenville used to be on the
river, but some years ago the river,
with a little encouragement from
the engineers made q cutoff of its
own and now flows several miles
from the towns waterfront. How
ever, 1t left the old river bed in
tact and the government keeps 1t
dredged out, creating q sixable har-
Dor Of still water that Is one Of the
best In the valley.
The shute leading to the city is
five miles long and angles gently
into the river. II one doesn't know
1t Ii there, 1t IL hard to see IL.
Because Of the high wind, we were
hugging the opposite side Of the
river and had no idea we were any,
where near the town, when Louise
happened to glance across river
and saw a steamboat chugging out
OF what looked like nothing but
the river bank.
Crossing Rough
Bob quickly swung the canoe
and made a rough crossing before
the current, rather fast there,
swept us below the entrance to the
shute. Had that happened, we
never would have been able to get
back up.
1t Is five miles up the shute-
Lake Fergeson, 1t Is called-to the
towns waterfront, a busy spot with
a big government yard, barge ter
minal, and lumber mills. The yacht
club, one Of the finest on the river.
was right in the middle of things
and we found q cordial welcome
there.
While Bob remained there to
check up on the motor. Louise went
into town to pick up the mail.
There was absolutely nothing
wrong with that little motor. The
yacht club mechanic clamped 1t on
his bench, spun the flywheel a cou-
pie OF times and off it went. To
this day, none of US have been able
TO figure out why the darn little
thing would not start on that loney
bar near Rosedale.
MORE IATEpN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Lvr1dS Battle
Spiders ON River
Ugly Invaders Repelled; Canoeists Pad
die Up Shute, Land at Greenville, Miss.

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

GREENV1ILE Mississppi-A mile from the land
ing at Arkansas City, the river literally covered with
spiders Not black widows of course but what believe
is popularity known the wolf spider They are the big
brown hairy that look something like baby tarantuas
Harmless but obnoxious
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Streamlined Paneling to
Be Shown at Progress Shoev

Embossed Streamine newest addition to the line Of En-
eossed Westward win be displayed at the Show of Progress
by Pvwood Sales and Box company, local jobbers.
This "streamndr paneling public buildings Fine
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Napoleon,
you're Just
an old
Daday

Tors Of thinking Is being
IL done these days about the
national defense. Lets have
faster battieships." says the sail
q. -SPeedier airplanes," says
she dyer. Put wheels on the
doushboy," says the soldier.
Mobility's the thins.
4 4 4
Wherefore the oil industry
by developing into . great
cootibutor toward the peace
and haPPiness Of mankind -
has become the naion's might
lest bulwark in time Of war.
Mobility on sea or land or in
the air is spelled with three let
ssrs ell. Sill bright Is the
rule Of Napoleon, . strong but
bygone character, that to win
IN war You must get there first
with the most men. But his
inchworm notions Of travel are,
eh. - obsolete.
4 4 4
Because lis geared to q busy
peace, because IFS Practiced in
neeting vastly changing needs,
national in sooPe-the oil in
dustry Is always ready for an
emergency. Its = Peacetime
army Of . million persons. YET
this vial armament cost Uncle
Sam NOT one penny. Instead, IL
bears the heaviest Of al tax
burdens
4 4 4
Private enterprise has created
IN she oil industry . pruning
hook and plowshare which are
also Americas sword and buck
Ter. lis an accomplishments
which Napoleon, with all his
ssaina couldn't even imagine.
Standard Oil Company
of California
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Products Exhibition
OPENS Tuesday at .
Tacoma To See Weeks Display Of Latest
In Local Products, Equipment

Things that Tacoma makes and sells, and that Tacoma
people would wish and buy for their homes, will
constitute amazing display opening the Lions second
annual Show of Progress Tuesday at o'clock at oath and
Pacific ave.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
Woll Will Address
Trenton Unionists
RECOMMENDATION Of Labor Is
Feared In Case Of
Emergency

Trenton, N. J.-Matthew Woll, natl
onal vice president of the American
Federation Of Labor, will address a
meeting in Carpenters Hall, North
Clinton Avenue, Friday night at
o'clock at which time opposition will
be voiced to the industrial mobiliza-
tion plan presented by committee
appointed by President Roosevelt.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Mercer County Central Labor Union
and is said to be the first on record
opposition to the plan. A
number of local manufacturers will at
tend and join in the general protest,
it was declared.
Woll, who will deliver the principal
address, will bring message Of
President William Green, Of the
Federation Of Labor, and
also outline the position of the AFL
at its last convention.
All members of Locals 35, As, 49,,
81, and 169 of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters are urged
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
U.S.EmPIoyes' Compensation Commission
Continuance as Independent Body Urged
Cincinnati Convention Commends "Humone and Synpu
thetc Manner In Which the Federal Workmens
Compensation Law Is Administered
BY President James NJ. Duffy, First
Vice President E. L. Wheatley and
InL,, nSMn1lov

BY President James NJ. Duffy, First
Vice President f. L. Wheatley and
John O'Malley.
The recent annual convention of the
American Federation Of Labor at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, reiterated the demand
of previous conventions that the
United States Employees Compensa-
ton Commission be preserved as an
independent establishment of the Gov
ernment.
The resolution, sponsored by ten
national and international A. F. Of L.
unions, some or all of whose members
are Government employees, pointed out
that the establishment of the Com
mission was originally promoted by
the American Federation Of Labor
and that the commissions admins
tration of compensation laws coming
under it's jurisdiction has been highly
commendable.
Text of the Resolution Adopted BY
The Convention
The text of the resolution follows:
Whereas, The United States En-
ployes Compensation Commission was
originally established largely at the
urging of the American Federation
of Labor to administer the Workmen's
Compensation Law covering Govern
ment employees and since it has SUBJ
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
Should Liverpool
Tolerate CO. Union
McCrorY Five and Ten Tries
To Fight Retail Clerks
With Social Club

Strange indeed are the doings on
East Liverpool's famous Diamond. To
start at the beginning, the employees
of the J. G. McCory Co., local "five
and dime,' joined the international
Protective Association of Retail Clerks
(AFL) during that organization
drive some four weeks ago. This was
done with the idea of receiving better
wages and improving working condi-
tions.
Miss Quinland, a personnel director
of the firm, was hurried to East Liv-
erpool at once and with Mr.. Kleeves,
district manager from Pittsburgh, in
terviewed the girls individually, apply
ing the pressure in an attempt to
break down the spirit of organization
that was quickly taking a firm hold.
1t was pointed out to the girls that
they should affiliate themselves with
the firms social rganization-in re-
ality company union. In East Liv-
erpool!
At a meeting held in the city hall,
(Continued on Pace Six)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30

sequently been charged with the duty
of administering Federal Workmen's
Compensation laws applicable to long
shoremen and other harbor workers in
private industry, workmen in private
employment in the District of Colum-
bia, and the large body of workmen
employed on Federal emergency pro-
jectS; and
Whereas, The United States En-
ployees' Compensation Commission
since it's establishment has consist
emily performed its important func-
tions in a humane anG sympathetic
manner that reflects credit on the
system of administration of Work
mems Compensation legislation by an
independent bipartisan commission;
and
Whereas, The increase in the num-
Der of employees now within the scope
of Federal Workmen's Compensation
laws and the possible extension of
such laws to other employments with
in Federal jurisdiction makes the ad-
ministration of these laws a matter
of greater interest to the American
Federation Of Labor; therefore be it
Resolved, That this Fifty-ninth
Convention of the American Fedora
tion of Labor reaffrms its approval
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
Federal Indictment Of Union Officials
Is Undermined BY U. S. Court Decision
Ruling Destroys Bass For Recent Indictment of Union
Officials On Charge of Violating Antitrust
Laws Says Judge PudwuY

Washington, D. ca Federal Dis
trict Court decision just handed down
in New Orleans destroys the basis for
the indictment Of union officials in
Washington, D. c., and St. Louis, Mo-,
under the antitrust laws, Joseph A.
Padway, counsel for the American
Federation Of Labor, declared in a
statement issued here.
The indictments accuse officials of
the Teamsters Union in Washington
and the Carpenters Union in St. Louis
Of conspiracy in restraint of trade on
account of jurisdictional disputes and
strikes. Mr.. Padway pointed out that
Federal Judge CASTOR l.. Porterie in
the New Orleans case ruled:
"Such competition between labor
unions is lawful and the acts pleaded
in furtherance thereof, even to the
extent of threatening strikes in fur
therance of such lawful object, are
lawful and proper. There can be no
conspiracy to perform lawful acts in
furtherance of lawful purpose"
Mr.. Padway represented group
of building trades unions in New Or
leans who were sued by members Of
the c. l. o. because they refused to
recognize the jurisdiction of the c. l..
o. over certain types of work and
threatened to strike if the work went
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30

to C. I. o. members. The C. |. O.
charged violation Of the Sherman
antitrust law. Judge Porterie dis
missed the suit on Nov. 2.
Department of Justice Policy
Criticized
In discussing the decision, Mr.. Pad
way said:
"This is highly important ruling,
not only in it's immediate results but
also as it effects the new notion ad-
vanced recently by the Department
of Justice that it can proceed to in
dict union officials under the anti
trust laws on the basis of jurisdic-
tional strikes.
"This policy is a reactionary and
retrogressive mistake. 1t flies in the
face of the liberal construction placed
on the antitrust laws as they affect
labor in the last rs years. AS Judge
Porterie stated in his decision:
Historically in the United States
the tendency is to make it harder and
harder for the activities of labor to
form the basis Of violation of the
Antitrust Laws. See Clayton Act of
1914, amending the Sherman Act Of
189O.'
Quotes From Clayton Act
"Let us see, as the Judge suggests,
Continued on Page Two)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-30
Buy American-Made Goods Campaign Is
Making Splendid Progress In Minerva, Q.
Knight Describes
Wdr-Tirne Europe
A.F.of L. Fruternul Delegate
Found Powers Prepared
For Long Conflict

BY President James NJ. Duffy, First
Vice President +. L. Wheatley and
John O'Malley.
On the opening day, October 2, of
the recent annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor in Gin
cinnati, Ohio, President Green read to
the delegates this cablegram from
Felix H. Knight, president of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Carmen of
America and thirteenth vice president
of the American Federation of Labor,
who had been chosen as one of the
fraternal delegates to represent the
American Federation of Labor at the
British Trades Union Congress which
met in Bridlington early in Septem-
Der:
Boarded ship Saturday now
anchored Bay of Biscay shallow water
waiting for the tide to take us in
hope to see you before close Of con-
vention."
Mr.. Knight did not reach Cincinnati
until the morning session of the con-
vention on October 13, when he was
presented to the convention by Presi-
dent Green to make his report.
81 know l express your sentiments"
Mr.. Green told the convention, when
l say that we are happy beyond meas
ure over the safe return of Brother
Knight and his good wife from Great
Britain. They arrived at New York
yesterday. l know they must have
travelled thousands of miles across
the Atlantic with feeling of grave
concern and apprehension. The re-
ports received regarding the dangers
to be encountered by those who travel
the high seas between our country
and Europe indicate that such trips
must be regarded as perilous indeed.
The attacks made by German sub
marines on vessels have been sudden
and startling. l know their expert
ence must have been extraordinary,
but we are glad they are back. We
are pleased beyond measure over their
safe return. They came direct from
New York safely and are here in our
convention this morning. 1t is with
feelings of the greatest pleasure and
supreme satisfaction that l present to
you our dear friend Felix H. Knight,
fraternal delegate to the British
Trades Union Congress, for the pur-
pose of speaking to you for few
minutes-Brother Knight"
European War Shortens Trades Union
Congress Proceedings
Mr.. knight then gave this interest
ing account of his experiences in
Europe and the difficulties confront
ing his return to the United States:
81 shall take this opportunity to
express my appreciation to the con-
vention for having elected me in the
last convention in Houston in my
absence.
81 arrived in Bridlington, on Sep
tember 4, during the hectic times in
Europe. Due to war having been de-
clared, the Congress cut short their
deliberations.
"The first thing on the program
was the address of the Mayor. Who
Continued on Page Two)
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Fish Fry TuesddY
For Local Union Is

On Tuesday, December Local
Union No. 16 will hold a Fish Fry
after the regular meeting is over. All
members of the local are invited to
attend this affair. We assure you
there will be plenty Of fish to go
around and you may be able to come
back for a second helping. The fish
will start their march along the tables
at $3.50 promptly. Just tell the little
lady you are eating out and come
prepared to fill up.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements will also have some en-
tertainment for you along with the
dinner. Brothers Lloyd Slower,
Everett Bunfeld, Elmer Smith, Carl
Meeks and George Bowyer will see to
it that everyone is well filled and
satisfied.
Don't forget Tuesday, December 5.
20. c. 16.