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by the state. Arthur J. Palmer of New Haven, a grocer was then challenged by the state after being questioned exclusively by the state.
 No questions were asked of James Farren of Naugatuck, who was ac- ceptable to the defense, but not to the state. Albert J. Schreck, 33, of New Haven was questioned only by Alcorn and challenged by the state.
 Former Mayor Donovan
 The name of former Mayor Dan- iel Donovan of Meriden was again brought into the proceedings by MT. Alcorn while Daniel M. Begley of Meriden, a retired saloon keeper was on the stand. Begley, who since prohibition has sold gro- ceries and dry goods, said that he knew Daniel Donovan and interro- gated by Alcorn said that he under stood the former official to be in Ireland. He was challenged by the defense with no questions asked.
 The state accepted Kingsley T. Leighton of North Haven, a major in the engineer corps of the reserve officers association, and veteran of the World War. But the defense challenged after he testified that he had formed 8 general opinion, admittedly not based on any fact. A republican, and grand juror of his town, he said that he never does any grand juror work because the first two grand jurors are lawyers.
 Quickly Excused
 Judge Inglis excused Ernest c. Linsley, North Branford who told Attorney James D. 0. Murray that naturally" he believed the defend- ants guilty.
 The state challenged Andrew J. Bissell of Guilford, 8 carpenter, former employe of Cheshire fac tory.
 MT. Bissell said that he remem- bered a Tommy Kelly" working in the mill with him, but when Alder man Thomas P. Kelly stood up in the courtroom at the request of counsel, he said that he could not identify him as the same man.
 The court excused Howard c.  Stepp of East Haven whose hearing was affected.
 Alcorn Willing, Not Defense
 After brief questioning, Special Prosecutor Alcorn agreed to accept Charles s. Sargent, Seymour insur- ance man. The defense declined.
 James Murdock of Meriden, re- tired bus driver, was challenged by the defense, bringing to close the 17th day of the trial and making a total of 359 veniremen who had been questioned in the six weeks duration of the conspiracy trial.
 The adjournment of court yes- terday found peremptory challenge statistics as follows: Court, 86: de- fense 136; state 126.
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ures in domestic policy he invented 8 fairy tale about a threat against America by orderly states. His provo cative speech inspired Senator Pitt man to the unclean fantasy of a starving Germany-proof of the spiritual and mental undernourish- ment in leading quarters of the U. s. A. under Roosevelt's rule."
 Adolf Hitler's next public engage ment is his annual new year recep- tion to diplomats, which is to be held Tuesday.
 Hitler customarily makes a brief address in reply to the greeting of the dean of the diplomatic corps, and there was speculation whether he might make some remark that would indicate his reaction to President
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Twelfth Juror Chosen As Chimes Hit Twelve
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juror questioned yesterday. The state offered to accept her as the 18th juror, but the defense chal- lenged without questioning. Mrs. Vance was the 348th venireman to be questioned.
 The defense also challenged Miss Nellie E. Simons of Meriden, who was neither questioned by them nor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-06

In memory of IS local men who were among the 265 victims of the Gresford Colliery disaster four years ago, a bronze tablet has been placed in the church in Gresford, England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-06

Mount Asama, Japan's largest ac-' tive volcano, threw up @ 4000-foot column of smoke, accompanied by violent underground rumblings, during Its recent eruption.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
Stocking Filters
Giuen,Assistance

Voluntary contributions to aid
the Stocking Filters in their an
nual program of bringing happi-
ness to less fortunate children and
families of Tacoma are now being
received from employees of Tacoma
firms.
Appreciation for these voluntary
contributions was expressed Mon
day by John D. Cochran. chairman
of the Christmas committee, and
l.. L. Hodgert, exalted ruler of the
lodge.
Employees of the National Bank
of Washington, anxious to be iden-
titled only as friends of Stocking
Filters" sent in subscriptions total
ling $3.50.
From the Tacoma Dairy has
come a contribution of $40, sent in
by the following employees: G..
Cavelti, c. r. Noble. Jack Kaegi,
Ed Boyce, Arthur Toporke, w. l..
Loucks, Mel Davis, Lester Pearson,
Don Gordon, c. H. Robinson, Mar
tin Zehnder, Shirley Roberts,
Charles N. Iversen, L. J. Erhart,
Frank J. Brennan, Herschel Rum
ming, Earl Moore. lone Dale, Reba
d. Olson and d. II. Smith.
Families whose names have been
submitted as worthy of receiving
aid this Christmas are now being
Investigated by members of the
Stocking Filters. Many calls are
being received for old clothing,
bedding, kitchen utensils. beds and
these are now being sought. Stock
ing Filters maintain headquarters
at the Elks temple, Main 1912.
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Hitch>hiking Youth Enroute
To Portland Is Aided Here

Sixteen-year-old Billie Henry
was small for his age, but what
he lacked in stature he made up
for in courage and unerring de-
termination.
Billie was on his way to his
home near Portland. ore.-the
place he had been trying to reach
since he left jamestown, N. D.,
on Nov %. He had 10 hitch-hike
most Of the way and he landed in
Tacoma broke, hungry and soaked
to the skin.
The youth sought the aid of
Major Earl NJ. Williams. comman-
der OF the Salvation Army in Ia
coma. late at night a few days
ago. Billie had just walked from
near Green Lake. through Seat
tie. and past the County airport.
The last food he had had were
some rolls about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Clothing Dried
Relieved az his heavy, soggy
luggage. the youth was taken TO
a restaurant nearby and given a
good, big hot meal. while his wet,
outer clothing was drying in the
kitchen.
Billie had been working on a
farm near jamestown since June
and had been earning 81 a week.
On Nov. rs. when he started back
for home. he sent his mother SIS,
and then started hitch-hiking.
Just before he got TO Butte.
Mont. q man picked up, but
robbed him Of 81. leaving him only
rs cents. That rs cents was
stretched" by the plucky youth.
lasting him untA he got 10 Ia
coma. He has completed two
years OF high school and Ia return
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
LIBRARY HALL
ASSN. MEETING

GIG HARBOR-The Burley La
brary Hall association win meet
Tuesday evening at the Library
hall.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Gig
Harbor win meet Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. John
Carlson. Plans for the Christmas
program will be made.
The Gig Harbor Oranges, subor-
dinate No. AS and Juvenile No.
135 have postponed their meetings
until Dec. ~ when they will hold
a Christmas party.
The Tuesday Bridge club will
omit the December meetings, gath
ering again in January.
Mrs. S. ]. Lundh and Mrs. A. l..
Moore were joint hostesses Mon
day afternoon at bridge party at
the Katherine Anderson clubhouse.
The Busy Bees. Burley's All
club, were guests of the leader,
Mrs. Katherine Anderson, Sunday
afternoon at party.
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Moral Re-Amament And Youth

that papers commented on the
change.
In newspaper offices. Phillips
talked 10 the editors; 23 Of them
signed a manifesto pledging them
selves To responsible and construc-
tive journalism.
MIRA brought him IN touch with
trades union leaders and Industrial
ists- The change in them has been
the beginning OF a new policy in
Swiss industry.
This summer to the second world
assembly for Moral Re-Armament,
In California, came a message
signed by the leaders of all five
parties In the Swiss parliament,
unanimous in their endorsement of
MIRA as the basis for a healthy
democracy. Behind their signature
lay the patriotic craftsmanship of
young man still In his early
twenties.
Youth Il Vanguard
From the start, youth has been
In the vanguard of MIRA and in
the work of the Oxford group,
which has laid the foundations and
supplied the dynamic force for its
rapid growth. Cynical, thrill-seek-
ing. postwar undergraduates
found In this new spirit an answer
to the morning Observation-Disclosures
fore, and in the task of remaking
the world something more exciting
that the usual Saturday night date.
They discovered, as I did, that
the first essential Is a united fam
lily. In my family, my father and
I were pretty tight-lipped about
ourselves; We kept a convenient
wall of reserve between each other.
Because Of MIRA, I decided to sit
down with him and stop kidding
him about what was like; just
told him the truth. 1t brought
back the warm friendship between
us which had been lost. II has
freed the whole family from petty
conflicts to think constructively for
our city and our nation.
Everywhere today, from homes
that are secure. youth are going
out TO bring a new, workable an
swer to the world. In Scandinavia
In China. Japan, Australia. every
where, they are pioneering on
farms, inside factory walls. behind
office desks.
Job for Unemployed
Young millworkers have bettered
their working conditions and rela-
tons with the boss by bringing
honesty into their plants. A young
employee in large firm, by apply
ing MIRA, was able to avert a
ruinous price-cutting war. A young
fellow. typical of the nations UNI
employed youth, quit hanging
around street corners and got busy
bringing MIRA to the fellows
around him. MIRA" he says,
leaves no time for crime"
These young men and women
and millions like them have re-
placed the drift to destruction with
the drive to construction. Their
fighting and creative instincts are
satisfied on the front line of the
greatest war in history--the battle
for a new world order.
Next: The Man Behind MIRA.
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ENGINEERS 10
PICK OFFICERS
Election Wednesday;
Christmas Party,
December IL

members OF tne iacoms I'm
meers ciuo "ih eiect oIilce'n' =
their inncneon meeting wednesday
noon = me ao'ei "snlnrop
nere y tne saste - propoeed =,
me nominating oomm'ttee' hes acc
~ James ". "ahsce'
PRESIDENT. Henry ". Loren; m ~
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shower, his clothes dry and he was
ready for bed. which was provided.
The next morning he slept
soundly until about IL o'clock.
Before starting out again on the
last leg of his journey, he dropped
in to say goodbye to Major VIII
liams. He was given sufficient
money to last him until he reached
home. A sincere thank you" q
boyish grin and with head up Billie
started down Pacific ave. happy
because Of the helping hand he
had received from the Salvation
Army.
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BY LORING T. SWAIN. JR.

BY hOkkNG I. SWAIN. JR.
college Graduate. Class Of 1881
In Europe and In the Far East
today, millions Of young men are
giving their iives--for WHAT The
men manning camouflaged ma
chine guns. gripping the wheel Of
ten-ton bombers. sighting anti-air-
craft guns. are mostly In their
teens and twenties.
! spoke the other day with a
young Chinese fellow Of 21 who
has seen active service behind bar
ricades. War can drive a nation
to sacrifice" he said his face set
grimly. But why did not peace
demand Of our nation such sacri-
flee before II was too late ?"
Must we youth continue to be
the fodder for war. or have we
yet . chance to become the fabric
Of q new world7 Must we be
drafted 10 die for an old order
Of things. or can we enlist to live
for new one? ID there any cause
which can demand OF youth now
the sacrifices which will make pos
sibie . just peace and a lasting
peace and enable US TO be the
builders Of q new civilization?
Today up and down America
and across the world millions Of
young men and women are finding
In Moral Re-Armament the cause
Asbcve all else which promises
'outh the highest adventure and
4 he deepest sacrifice for construc-
b We ends.
One Of the young men who has
4 iven a lead In this new enlist
nj ent " Bunny" Austin. popular
n avis cup tennis star. He had
I'd sted the thrills and excitement
ct tournament tennis. travel, a
Id ppy marriage - everything that
md kes for success and happiness.
"Nst." he says, when war threat
END d my wife. my daughter. all
can I'd about. with destruction. ten
mis- was not much help"
Hrom leaders OF his nation, he
leaie 1ed about the colossal task
Modal Re-Armament was under
takih z. Irrevocably he committed
hims III to It, and, as he puts II,
"fouA d In MIRA all the adventure
and s,omradeship Of war. without
the u'astage."
Mobilize sportsmen
DUNN this past year he has
mobili red leading athletes In many
counti les In ''sportaman's front"
to set the pace for the youth Of
the Y orld. Together they have
spoken about MIRA to crowded
stadiuns at football games and
athletic contests.
The work Of MIRA is being car
ried fol ward by young men and
women In every walk Of life and
In ever. country. They are dis
covering where their unique con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
PULP GROUP ELECTS
NILES N. ANDERSON

Niles M. Anderson. assistant su-
perintendent Of the st. Regis
Kraft Co. In Tacoma, was elected
first vice-chairman Of the Pacific
Coast division. American Pulp q
Paper Mill superintendents asso-
citation. at its weekend session In
Longvicw.. Chairman was Anton
p. siebcrs Of Longview; second
vice-chairman, n. 4. Norwood Of
Vancouver. Wash, and secretary
treasurer. Albert s. Quinn Of
Seattle.
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| tribution lies In the life Of thell
nation and what 1t means TO pio-
neer az leaders.
II was a young fellow In Swift.
zeriand. not yet ~. who played a
large part in bringing the new
spirit OF cooperation and unity
which the leading Swiss paper
notes, In It's recent review Of the
year. as an outstanding national
achievement.
Sometimes In democratic coun-
tries explains Philippe. telling
how IL came about. young people
feel they cannot do anything until
they are 40 or so years old and
have a reputation and experience.
Or. as In my country. they have
tried to do themselves what the
older people should be doing. Now,
through Moral Re-Armament, we
have found how to inspire the
older people to do their job better,
instead of trying to push them
out Of their positions. Young peo-
pie can really become spiritual
statesmen"
Just what did he do TO achieve
these results?
Puts Country First
Philippe had long seen that
change was needed IL his country
split by nationalities and Sec
tional divisions--was to survive.
His convictions had even carried
him into the streets to fight
against people Of other parties
where not only words but machine
guns spoke.
II found II was no good fighting
against people," he says. What
we must do is to change them. But
/ saw II was impossible to bring
any new spirit into our national
policy unless l was willing to sac
rifice for 1t. It meant putting the
remaking Of my country before
my personal ambition, my career.
money. my personal comfort and
private life"
Philippe started first with him
self. and then with the other eleven
members Of his family. Then he
began to plan how he could reach
the real leaders Of his city and
country-in the press, in industry
AMI In politics. He studied the
problems they had to deal with.
and saw how they could be solved
II only this MIRA spirit could be
multiplied. With one or two intro
auctions. he went to the capital
at Berne and got In touch with
members OF the cabinet and par
Lament. in every case" he says,
"one Of the tasks was TO have
creative ideas to give them and
to help them to put these ideas
into action"
Inspires Government Policies
All the time. he was gathering
around him a group OF young fell
lows to work with him. Together
they produced through changed
lives among newspapermen, indus
trialists and public officials, the
results which made other leaders
OF his nation welcome his counsel
and help. The new spirit began to
permeate parliamentary speeches
and policies. II was so noticeable
In the conduct OF the next elections
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
BUDDHIST SERVICE

An English Buddhist service win
be held at S .. m. Tuesday At the
Tacoma Buddhist church. 17iT
Fawcett ave. with Rev. Sunya n.
Pratt speaking on The Eesriy
DAYS Of Buddhism"
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Thanks Mai. williams

ing to his studies the first OF the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
HYDROCARBONS BLOOM

Mrs. Elmer Phillips. Of SAT 50.
b0th IT.. reports that her rhodo-
dendnons are In fun bloom, also
her primroses. This v one Of the
many instances IN which flowers
have bloomed here at this time Of
year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05

coed Lieut. Gen Albert J. Bowley,
Maj. Gen. Walter c. Sweeney Of
Fort Lewis is in command Of the
9th army corps area Bowley re-
tired Nov. 30.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
IMPROVEMENT CLUB

The Hawthorne Improvement
club will elect officers Tuesday at
7:30 p, m. at its meeting in the
Hawthorne Townsend club rooms
at 300 East 30th ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05

ing 10 his studies the first OF the
year.
Thanks Mai. Williams
Back at the Salvation Army
headquarters Billie was made at
home In the Boys club quarters
where he played ping-pong with
club members while water was
heating for his bath. A good hot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05
SWEENEY IN COMMAND
OF NINTH CORPS AREA

Pending the arrival Of Lieut.
Gen. John L. De Witt at San Fran
cisco, who was designated to sue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-05

II you're not using II. sell It with
q Fast-Action Times Want Ad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25

also how little consolation a bal
anced budget would be If an unfor-
seen emergency should find the Ma
ton inadequately prepared to defend
itself.
But the latest budget-balancing
plan, put forward by Senator Tyd-
ings of Maryland, rests on a prin-
ciple to which Congress should give
serious consideration. It would not
prevent Congress from appropriating
more than the estimated revenues
when necessary, nor would it compel
the levying of taxes sufficient to meet
the excess within the ensuing year.
1t would, however, require the Con-
gress and the administration which
incurs a deficit to assume a definite
responsibility for its amortization by
authorizing tax schedules calculated
to retire the bonds within not more
than fifteen years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
THIS AND THAT.
By Charles E. Tr1ceueU.

Building program as you 60, either
by playing an instrument or phono-
graph, requires a certain amount Of
musical memory.
Many proficient musicians have very
poor musical memories. It is probably
a deficient sense of the linear qualities
of music.
Which way do you see melodies in
your minds eye?"
Some regard them as horizontal, some
as vertical, and still others as perspec-
tive, that is, from front to back
1t is probably that the music lover
with really good memory sees compost
tons of all sorts as more horizontal
than anything else.
The best memory sees music in all
dimensions, the mind becoming sort of
musical loom.
Although written music is not really
music, but merely the symbols of music,
to the questing mind it becomes some
thing very like it. Beethoven, deaf, had
music when he composed, when he wrote
down what came from mind and heart.
The intricate weaving of mind and
emotion in music is what makes it great.
What makes it enjoyable may be very
childlike. Many of the worlds best
loved folktunes are so simple Young
ster might have evolved them. In music,
too, we are dealing, often, with pre-
cocious children; Mozart, at 8, composed
works which would have done credit to
grown men; in fact, very few of his
elders could have touched them.
Y
To build ones own program is per-
haps the height of musical enjoyment
1t means that both improvisation and
variation, two of musics most lovable
stunts" if one may call them so, are
brought into play.
Here it is not at all necessary to be a
genius, although in the past the geniuses
showed most at these games.
1t is astounding to realize that per-
fectly unlettered modern musicians have
brought these arts back into circulation.
Old rag-time players started it, newer
Swing" musicians continued it. They
could not read music, hence made a
virtue out of necessity.
Their improvising (Which is really
swing" or the swinging away from
music as written was an interesting re-
turn to the days of Bach, as strange as
1t may sound
Those who deprecate Swing" music.
or refuse to understand the good in hot
jazz" are turning their backs on some
Thing good in music. 1t is helpful sign
OF freshness and spontaneity, and from
1t will grow freer and better musical
America.
The player at the piano, or phono-
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Peace on Earth "

History will have to write it's tally
before the full aspects of President
Roosevelt's latest act in the cause of
world peace are realiZed-an effort
on his part in which he appeals for
the cooperation of Catholic and
Protestant, Jew and gentle, recog-
niZing, as he does, the common OBJ
jective of each and every spiritual
group. The Presidents appeal is
designed to unite for the benefit of
mankind, and to consolidate the eff
forts of the two last remaining great
forces of worldwide import organ
lied religion and the United States
of America. With nearly two thirds
of the people on the globe living in
state of war, and with every other
major nation involved, it is fitting
that the full power of these two
should be united in the effort to
bring about new world.
Appointment of Myron c. Taylor to
a post equivalent to Ambassador to
the Vatican will have it's own place
in the political history of the
Nation. 1t is one of the important
factors in the coordination of the
major religions in the cause of
peace. While the designation of Mr..
Taylor may we'll be looked upon as
a recognition of his outstanding work
in the past in the cause of human
betterment, the present is not the
time to consider rewards and &C
colades. It is time for action and
effectiveness. For this purpose the
President made a wise choice in the
selection of his personal representa-
tive to the papal court.
Religion in the American sense,
consisting of the practice of living
doctrine and the recognition of the
right of ones neighbor to worship
his God according to the dictates of
his own conscience, has been denied
within the past generations to COM
bined populations far greater than
that of the United States. Whole
populations see their future men and
women offered a substitute consist
ing of mixture of paganism and
atheism. With the United States,
so powerful as world political force,
and the free Christians and Jews of
the world representing the spiritual,
a new hope arises this Christmas
Day for a rebirth of the ideal of
"Peace on Earth"