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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
JAPAN WANTS
PEACE BADLY

MN NoRk--Ncw Workers With
excellent Par Eastern contacts
would not b surprised "a see Japan
make = sudden meve Ter peace
with Chlns. Il such move -
made it vii be literally emhcllish-
81 with Oriental fAce-SAying de-
Viees 10 make It appear that Japan
mas Won = glorious victory. hut II
the same time the terms offered
10 China viii be much mllder Than
those originally contemplated.
For instance. the settlement
would implicitly recognize the
continued existrncr II Chang
ksl-shek's government. ~herr-
a. IL has hitherto been eno ~
the major japanese aims to
wipe Hang out Of cxlstcncc.
The japanese authorities arc Sc
riouslN alarmed by American and
British financial aid - China.
They privately fear that indefinite
prelongAtion Of the China met.
dent viii ruin them Their whole
campaign was rrcdiesied on the
idea ~ a quick and easy victory.
The economic strain - becoming
steadily more stringent
Drastic Action Urged
The hot headed school Of Jkpa.
nese militArists Is urging drastic
action such ss the seizure or
threatened seizure Of Hongkong
10 discourage western "meddllng'
in the Chinese situation
Hut there's another influ~n-
tial element In the Japanese
government - mst ss hard
boiled hut somcw hat mare
realistic - " hish feels that
such brash measures would he
suicidal because the, would en-
tail crushing economic rrpris-
ais. This element advocates
ending hostllliles A. aulokl,
and on as favorable terms ss
possible.
Peace would he followed hy a
consolidation Of lspan's position In
China, especially in the building
w VI AaUtiAA t1NIfNUAtA
for future Japanese use, so that
Nippon will later he IN far
stronger position Ia challenge the
western world.
New Offensive Seen
The attitude Of this group Is the
background for the reports of an
imminent japanese bad for peace.
II the hid Is made and rejected
ms IL might he chances are "
would be followed by n violent and
desperate offensive in a final ef-
fort TO score clinching triumph
in hurry.
The tactics likely TO he used In
such a case would make II difficult
for the western powers including
ourselves TO escape embodiment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

Donald Wakefield Smith To the
National Labor Relations Board /,
as having UNDERWATER the con-
firmation of former Gov Frank
Murphy as attorney general. and
as having approved in advance the
prospective nomination of Fred II.
Brown. lame duck senator from
New Hampshire. 10 be comptroller
general
Opposed 10 Deficits
II is possible that Gamers d.
rect connection with all that may
have been oyer-estimated. But II
is obvious here that on one issue
Mr.. Roosevelt rebuffcd the vice
president and is willing to fight.
That issue is combination of
spending, deficit financing. unbal-
anced budgets and relief methods
II is tho prime question on which
Mr.. Roosevelt and Garner dis
agree
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
GOLD OUTPUT HIGHER

WASHINGTON Gold prodse-
tion in the United States and ito
territories reached q record high
n iess the treasury department.
reported tasisy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
F. R. SMART IN
HIS HANDLING
President Will Leave
Congress On Its Own
To Help Business

NEW YORK -- Keen observers
agree that President Roosevelt IS
showing political wisdom in leav-
ing congress on It's own al least
in The carly stages Of the session.
and that this should be helpful to
business sentiment ana business
activity.
However. they point out that
business. II freed from the threat
Of hurdensome legislation and gov
ernmental interference. viii also
be on its own 10 demonstrate
the social and economic effective
ness Of individuahsm. For five
years business chiefs have con-
stantly insisted that private enter
prise, II let alone. would restore
prosperity and solve the uncmploy-
ment problem
Hitherto they have had the
excuse that the governments
attitude would not permit
them TO function freely. but
now Ii looks as II il will be
squarely up to them TO prove
their case.
Astute critics contend that most
business leaders still refuse TO rec
oGnize that the nations power TO
consume has been getting more
and more out Of line with produc-
tive capacity for the past IS pears,
Nor do they realize that
each wave of so-called pros
pcrity in that period was ac-
companied by increasing debt
and dangerous credit initiation
which brought greater distress
when II collapsed. The defla-
ton of the "new era" credit
boom has never been COM
pleted.
So far. it is claimed, business
has evolved no program that has
promised even an approach to
stabilized economy. If it fails to
produce such a program now. un-
der circumstances which give il an
opportunity to demonstrate its So
cial responsibility and initiative.
the chances are that its respite
from political RECOMMENDATION Will
be brief
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
GARNER PUT
over MURPHY

NEW YORK Exceptionally in
formed New Workers report that
Vice President John y. Garner had
lot TO do with President Roose-
velt's selection of Frank Murphy
rather than Robert II. jackson to
succeed Homer Cummings as attor-
ney general.
Garner likes and admires the
former Michigan governor per-
sonally, although he disagreed with
the latter's tactics during the 1887
sit-down-strikes in auto factories.
On the other hand, he was opposed
to Jackson's promotion because he
feels that the solicitor general is
altogether too intimate with the
Corcoran- Cohen CLIQUE.
Decisive Factor
So Garner told the president
without mincing words, that he
would have a tough time getting
Jockson past the gauntlet of SEN
ate confirmation, whereas there
would be no serious objection 10
Murphy. He also stressed the an
gle that the west and south would
object TO another New Yorker in
the cabinet. F. d. r. recognizes
Gamers tremendous power on
Capitol Hill and evidently decided
not to challenge it on this issue,
especially as Murphy was entirely
acceptable to him. The N.P.'s in
fluence was therefore a decisive
factor in his choice
This backstage development IL
lustrates the point, noted by Ray
Tucker in our Washington column,
that Roosevelt and Garner-while
fundamentally in opposition to
each other on many issues-wlll
make every effort TO keep their
disagreements under cover.
Hope TO Dominate
Each hopes to dominate the
Democratic party in next years
Campaign. If they fought each
other publicly. it would split the
party wide open and virtually as
sure Republican success in 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Gasoline Alcohol
Blend LaU Sought

OLYMPIA-Rep. Jurie y. Smith,
D. King, said today he planned Ia
re introduce gasoline alcohol
blend bill in the house shortly in
an effort to put the farmers on
their feet"
The bill was introduced In the
1885 session by Rep. Smith but
failed OF passage. Surplus crops Of
farmers would be utilized in the
manufacture of the alcohol that
would be blended with the gaso-
line.
Rep. Smith said the resultant
motor fuel would be far more eff
cient than gasoline alone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Breakfast Group
To Meet FRIDAY

Members Of the Tacoma Break
fast Group will meet al 7.s5 a. m,
Friday In the main dining room Of
the Hotel Winthrop. The subject
for consideration will be Mega
tive and Positive Forces in Per
sonal Life" with Frank Power
giving the principal message, fol-
lowed by a round-table discussion,
Sam Wilson viii preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

all members Of shs Y. NJ. y. c.
are members % the ranch corr
porstlon.
Ceiofed movies % life on ire
ranch win - shewn At ths mneh-
cen and new members viii 10 IN.
irpduced
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

The vice presidents intimates
insist he Will not seek the leader
ship OF any anti-new deal move
ment There are. in fact. some
grounds to believe that Democrat
dissension will be less instead OF
greater as the 10th congress de-
velops
But hope of party peace is
founded primarily upon a chance
Of White House tactics. That
would involve assigning congress,
especially the key committee chair
men, a greater part in shaping
legislation to be presented.
Long Conflict Seen
Failing developments along those
lines, the party warfare promises
to be prolonged and bloody. And
Garner on showdown would be
expected to side with the con-
servatives.
Gamers strategic position
in the 18th congress practi-
callN assures him of an oppor-
tunity either TO instigate re-
bellion against MIR. Roosevelt
or effectively TO check II II n
die-hard conservative fringe
attempted to make more trou-
bic than lis numerical strength
warranted.
Gamers position has changed
tremendously since the 1882 cam
paign. Conservative Democrats
We're surprised and frightened by
the nomination OF "a Texas wild
man for vice president A politi-
cally minded but impertinent east
erner met Mr.. Roosevelt in Chi
cago few hours after the New
Deal ticket had been nominated in
1882 and shouted:
What do you think Of that
medicine man they picked for vice
president ?"
StabiIizing Factor
Garner is regarded now by many
Democrats as stabilizing influ-
ence in Washington. Polls have
shown him consistently high among
choices for the 1910 presidential
nomination If Nj. Roosevelt were
not a candidate again. What Gar
ner would do If Mr.. Roosevelt
wanted a third term is not known
except that he is a party man
first to last. But even party 10y
atty scarcely could keep him on
the reservation If any other 100
per cent New Dealer than the
president were put up.
Capital dinner table gossip
already assumes that Garner
Is exercising a limited veto
power on White House actii-
ties.
He has been yariously portrayed
as having persuaded Mr. Roosevelt
To hold up the denomination Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

held IN connection with the lunch
eoa q The Tacoma Young Mems
Business club al the Hotel Win
throp Friday roeu. FIFTEEN ranch
trustees sfr 20 ~ elected
NndeF rev bylaws u The club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Garner Master StrategiSt
OF Conservative Democrats
BY LYLE {. WILSON

WASHINGTON-Nce President John \. Garner is be-
coming recognized today the inevitable master srategs
of conservative Democrats if there genuine 193940 bolt
away from President Roosevelt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Ranch Board In
Annual Meeting

The annual meeting Of the
Jessie nyshn Ranch. Inc vii he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Yelm to Sponsor
Benefit Program

YELM-A skating party for the
benefit of the kindergarten will be
sponsored Tuesday by the pre-
school.
The Townsend club elected new
officers this week. Mrs. j. A.
Kelly was elected president; Mrs
Margaret Dull, vice president, and
Mrs. Beulah Wilson, secretary
treasurer. During the meeting,
Mrs. Ted Higgins entertained with
vocal selection, accompanied by
Mrs. o. G. Brown. A talk on
taxation was given by Mr.. Brug-
gen. The club will elect an ad-
visory board Wednesday.
The Elizabeth Jones circle of
the Ladies aid will meet Wednes-
day at the home of Miss Lamby
Jones.
The Washington Education asso-
citation met Thursday in the l. O..
o. f. hall. After dinner. which
was served by members of the Re-
bekah lodge. the group heard a
violin and cello duet by Bonny
Jones and Eileen Stanton, accom-
panied by Juanita Miller. Mrs,
Kindschy, former grade school
principal of Yelm, is president of
the association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
TO GET
MORE PLANES

SAN DIEGO - Hasty prepare
tions were under way today at the
North Island navy air base to
ferry" Is previously unassigned
combat planes to navy aircraft
carriers in the South Atlantic
Caribbean area to serve as replace
ments for craft disabled while
participating in fleet maneuvers,
navy officials revealed.
Valued at 100000, the planes,
all recently delivered to the local
air base from their factories, were
requested in an emergency order
from the navy department.
The ships will be organized into
one detachment under command of
1t. Comdr. Dixwell Ketcham, Off
Gals said
In flights of five each they will
take off early next week and fol-
low the southern transcontinental
route to Miami, whence they will
make the over-water hop to their
assigned carriers
Naval officials admitted the
emergency order for immediate
dispatch of the planes indicated
extensive d age to aircraft
attached to the U. S. S.
Yorktown, Enterprise
and Ranger, now participating in
fleet problem Xxx.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
1 aI&l|MH93@5SzII
Orient-Bound Ship Coming Here
Next Week to Load Varied Cargoes

The British freighter Bonning-
ton Court, formerly operating be-
tween the Pacific coast and Europe,
will have a new destination when
she makes a scheduled call at the
Tacoma harbor early next week.
The vessel is now unit OF the
Salem line, plying to Japan, China
and the Philippine islands She is
posted TO reach Port piers Tuesday.
Several other ships bound for the
Orient are expected to be Tacoma
callers within the next week or 10
days. They include the Silver
Java, Pacific liners Hoegh Silver
star and Salawati, the Pleasant
vile of the Klaveness line and the
Besholt Of the States line.
Due From Europe
The German steamer Isar. new
TO Tacoma. is tentatively listed to
work at Port piers Wednesday.
loading freight for continental
Europe. She is a vessel Of 1857
tons net. She is one of two North
German Lloyd freighters coming
here next week, the Schwaben be-
ing scheduled for Thursday.
Recently swung into Puget
Sound trade by the Mccormick
line, the freighter Brookings will
all at Mccormick dock in Tacoma
on Monday. The Brookings for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
CARNEY HEADS
SEARS, R0EbUCK

ATLANTA, Ga.-The board of
directors of Sears, Roebuck 4
Co, at it's annual meeting today
elevated Vice President Thomas j.
Carney to the presidency succeed
ing Gen. r. e. Wood, who will be-
come chairman of the board
Wood succeeds Leasing ]. Rosen-
valid, who retires both as chairman
and as a member of the board.
The board declared a dividend
of rs cents share payable March
10 to stockholders of record on
Feb. 10, 1899.
The board also appointed Donald
M. Nelson, vice president in charge
of merchandising. as chairman of
the executive committee and ex-
ecutive vice president.
Julius Rosenwald, II, Theodore
v. Houser. and Gordon B. Hatters-
ley were named to the board for
the unexpired terms of Leasing
Rosenwald, Vernon J. Bert and
Max Adler.
Other new officers were Houser,
vice president In charge of mer-
chandising. and Hattersley. vice
president in charge of operations.
Houser succeeds e. j. Pollock. who
will remain as a director.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Guilty Kidnapers
Doomed To Death

NEW YORK Death sentences
will be passed Monday on Demet-
rius Gula and Joseph A. Sacoda,
both 27 eliminating one of the
strangest kidnapping cases ever
solved by ]. Edgard Hoover's fed
eral bureau of investigation.
They were convicted last night
under a five-year-old state kidnap-
ing statute that had never been
used before and was used in this
case because no corpus deficit
could be established to prosecute
them for a murder. They fed their
victims body to furnace in
which it was entirely consumed.
They kidnapped Arthur Fried, 81,
White Plains, N. Y, sand dealer,
from his automobile on the night
of Dec. 4, 1887, held him prisoner
four days in Sacoda's tenement
apartment, shot him and disposed
of the body in the basement of
the Ukrainian hall, where Gula's
father, Denis, was manager.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
FlOWer Expert to
ShOU Color Film

Walter r. Dimm of Portland,
well-known Pacific Northwest
flower fancier, will speak in Ia
coma Wednesday, Feb. 8, under
the sponsorship of the Tacoma and
Pierce County Leagues of Gar
den clubs and the Poole Seed &
Implement Co. The place will be
announced later
Originally ii was planned for
Dimm to speak Monday, Feb. 6,
at Jason Lee. but the guest wired
the committee in charge Saturday
asking for two-day postpone
ment.
Dimm will show several reels
of color film taken by himself at
various flower shows and gardens
on tour of England, Belgium,
France, Holland and Italy last
year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
LEROY STATUS
STILL IN DOUBT

Meeting of State WPA Director
Don G. Abel and B. r. Leroy. Ia
coma zone supervisor of employ
ment. which will decide whether
Leroy gets back his position of
zone coordinator or goes out, was
deferred Saturday until after the
weekend.
Leroy still held Saturday that
his demotion early in the week
amounted to firing him. but said
he would return IF and when, l
am offered the same position from
which I was released with the
same authority as that now grant
ed my successor. Mr.. Began"
Harold Began, part owner of
the Puget Sound Seed Co. in Taco
ma and deputy administrator to
Abel, was placed in charge of the
Tacoma WPA office last Tuesday
afternoon as zone coordinator and
Leroy relieved of that part of his
authority
Began agreed Saturday he had
talked with Abel but said the state
work-relief head expressed no
opinions.
Leroy, not as reticent about dis
turbance of the WPA office here,
of which he has been ranking of
ficial for the past two and a half
years, insisted that he either be
openly fired or reinstated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
-aAPP
B0RIfDAV
SATURDAY. JANUARY %

SATURDAY, JANUARY %
Harry Haugland. 1928 So.
Cushman ave.
Harold (BfD Foster, Ashford.
Gloria billiard. Alp Park ave.
John Manley, ir., 64th and
Waller road.
Jimmy Pellegrini, S07 East
26th ST.
o. Berg, Salmon Beach.
Mrs. Doris Omat, Spanaway.
Eleanor Kelvin, 6209 So.
Oakes st.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 80
Miss Leslie Ross. Route 5, Box
1856, South Tacoma.
Carl Christensen, 1901 East
18th st.
Wilma Nelson. III So. 5lst ST.
Delnita Foster. 1888 So. { st.
Mrs. Cora Hammel, Eatonville.
Mrs. Sadie Guske, Eatonville.
Eleanor Breiwick, 1918 So.
2lst st.
Robert Drath, 801 Ea. 85th st.
Fred Schroeder. 4519 So.
9th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
EXPECT STEADY
MARKET PRICES

A steady produce market next
week was predicted by wholesalers
Saturday as they looked for regu-
lar shipments from California fields
but no new crops are due.
More oranges were in from
Riverside, Calf, at the same low
prices.
Another mixed car of cauliflower,
celery, endives, radishes and green
onions was expected in from the
south before noon.
Local wholesale egg, poultry and
butter prices ended the week with
out change
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30

merly operated to California from
Columbia river points.
Several more offshore freighters
are listed for arrival next week
at Port piers. They include the
Cairnvalona, Axel Johnson and
Nyhorn. all operating to Europe.
kansan Due Friday
The American Hawaiian liner
Kansan is expected to work at
the Sperry dock Friday. Baker
dock Saturday and Milwaukee
dock No. 2 on Sunday. lifting cargo
for the Atlantic coast.
Shaffer dock No. ! will have
two ships bound for Gulf ports
the Henry d. Wilton and Point
Estero-on Sunday The Harpoon
of the Shepard line is due at the
same dock Tuesday TO load for
the east coast
Because of labor disturbance
at Hilo, Hawaii, the Matson Nav
igation Co today notified shippers
that cargo destined for that port
will be taken only with the under
standing that delivery may be
made at Honolulu or another Ha-
waiian port If the labor trouble
continues.
SHIPS IN PORT
Mobile City. Shaffer No. l. Port
land. Defiance mill: James Griffiths.
Centennial dock: Lake Francis and
FL Cedro, St Paul mill; Condor. Port
piers.
SHIPS DUE NEXT WEEK
Port piers 49, bennington Court.
Tuesday fsar. Wednesday; Schwaben
and Cairnvalona, Thursday: Axel
johnson. Friday Eyhorn, Kenmar
and Dorothy Luckenbach, Saturday.
Baker dock-Northholm and South
holm, Monday; Virginian. Thursday
Lurline Burns. Friday; Kansan. Sat-
urday
shaffer No. Coast Miller. Tues
day.
Mccormick dOck-Brookings Mon
day. Peter Helms. Tuesday; Point
San Pedro Wednesday; Silverado,
Friday.
Sperry dock-Peter Helms, Tues
day. Virginian, Wednesday; james
Griffiths and Loeb Katrine. Thurs
day; Kansan. Friday; Hoegh Silver
star. Saturday; Pleasantville, Sunday,
Feb. s.
st. Regis dock-Mobile City. Sun
day; Sidney M Hauptman, Saturday
Defiance MILF Captain. Tuesday.
Milwaukee No. .. - Los Angeles,
Monday; Kansan. SUNDAY, Feb. 5.
Smelter dock-Indra. Sunday
Shaffer No. Henry D. Wilton
and Point Estero. Sunday, Harpoon,
Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
REDISTR|CTING
BILL IS FILED
Wide Mergers for
Schools Sought
by Educators
BY ARTHUR l.. sCHOENI

OLYMPIA - Widespread merg-
ing of school districts in a state
wide reorganization program TO
reduce the cost of education is pro-
vided in a bill drafted today by the
state planning council for sub
mission Monday to the legislature.
The bill is one OF three recon-
mended by Gov. Martin in his
legislative message. The other
two will be filed later next week.
One calls for broadening Of voca-
tional education and limited state
aid to junior colleges during an
experimental period of six years,
and the second for reorganization
OF the state department of educa-
ton and county educational admin
istration.
The redistricting bill II ex-
pected to stir the most debate
of the three and Ia regarded
by educators as potential
dynamite" although they hold
II Will Improve education and
reduce Its cost.
The 26th session was in adjourn
ment as the third week of law
making came To n close. Neither
house thus far has passed major
bill, but the governors three-meas-
ure old age pension program is
scheduled to go on the senate cal
endar Tuesday. Indications are
IL will be one of the most fought
over programs this session.
Under terms of the redistricting
bill, county district boards of nine
to IL members and a state board
of five members would be APP
pointed
They would have large powers to
order districts to merge. The
county boards, within year and
a half, would be required to file
with the state board a comprehen-
sive plan of consultations and
changes in district boundaries.
They would hold public hearings
In the districts. Their reports
and recommendation would go to
the all-powerful state board, which
would have power to order the
districts merged. buildings closed
and outstanding debts properly adj
justed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
NORTHWEST LIVESTOCK

PORTLAND-Hogs. Saturday
none; week 2.440. Compared week
ago, market around 25c higher
after losing part of early advance.
Good to choice 165-215 ID. drive
ms mainly $685., early sales up to
$3.50 and over, carload lots topped
at $3.50; over and underweights
penalized soc and more: packing
sows S6.00-S6.50: feeder pigs $3.50
$500.
Cattle: Saturday none; week
1880. calves las, Compared week
ago. steers fully 25c. instances soc
higher. other classes uneven but
mostly steady; bulk fed steers
SS.35-S9.25 common grades $3.50
$3.50. few thin stockers $3.50
down: bulk common to medium
heifers S5.25-S7 so. top Ss.15. Low
cutter and cutter cows S3.25-S 90,
common to medium grades $500
$3.50, good beef cows S6.25-S7 90;
bulls S5.25 to 5000. good beef bulls
to S6.25, cutters down to $3.50.
vealers strong to SC higher, top
$1,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-30
Denies Rumor
SANTA ANITA PARK. Calf

Movieman Louis B. Mayer denied
another rumor today: That he is
considered as the new president
of Narragensett track in Rhode
Island.
Mayer. who a week ago also de-
MED report that he offered ST.
600, 900 for Man O. War. said the
Narranagansett report is entire
ly untrue as fas as l am con-
cerned."