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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

an attempt to prevent her from
forsaking the movies to 60 on a
stage tour as "Salome." The stu
dio claimed that Miss Lamar,
who started In films in the nude
role of Ecstasy" is trying to
break her M-G-M contract. -.
hurry Guggenheim, 81, finan-
cier and philanthropist who died
at New York last week, left S.
000,00 to the hurry and Leonie
Guggenheim foundation, a chari-
table dental clinic for children.
His widow. Leonie Guggenheim,
was bequeathed all household and
personal effects. real property,
and life interest in the residuary
estate. ..
Al Jolson is in Cedars of Leba-
non hospital at Los Angeles for a
rest and treatment of a trouble
some cold which forced him to cut
short a visit in the east a week
ago. The nanny singer" has not
been in his usual good health, &C
cording to his friends, since he
was sued for divorce by Ruby
Keller last month.
Lyle Talbot, movie actor, has
been sued for S700 a month sepa-
rate maintenance by Mrs. Mar
guerite Cramer Talbot, forme
New York socialite. She accused
Talbot of causing her "grievous
mental suffering" The Talbots
were married March rs, 1887, and
separated a month ago. They
have no children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
Be Quick To Treat
Bronchitis

Bronchttis. acute or chronic, Is an
mfihmmatory condition Of the mu-
cous membranes lining the bronchial
tubes. Even II other medicines have
failed you may get relief now with
Circumcision Chronic bronchitis can
develop II your chest cold is not
treated and you cannot afford to
take = chance with any medicine
less potent than Circumcision which
goes right to the seat Of the trouble
20 help loosen and expel germ laden
phlegm and aid nature TO soothe
and heal raw, tender. infiamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Circumcision blends beechwood
creosote by special process with other
time tested medicines for coughs.
II contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist TO
sell you bottle of CreomulSion with
the understanding that you are to
Ike the way 1t quickly aliays the
cough. permitting rest and sleep. or
you are TO have your money back.
See that the name Creomuision Is
on the bottle and you viii get the
genuine product and the relief you
want lAdvl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

Kermit Roosevelt, son of the
late president, Theodore Roosevelt,
told newspaper correspondents at
London that soon he would become
a British subject. Roosevelt was
a British captain in the World war
and last month was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the British
army. He said he considered that
the war aims of the allies consti-
tute a clear cut, moral issue"
Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Cal,
spokes an for congressional
Townsendites who was elected in
1886 with support Of advocates of
the defeated "ham-and-eggs" pen
sion plan, said at Washington that
advocates of bigger and better old
age pensions would oppose any
presidential candidate next year
who Stands on the present social
security law" He said pension
groups were gaining strength in
all states and that they ARE going
to control the elections next year"
Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio
has sued Actress Hedy Lamar in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

improved by projects totaling
81 200. 900. These included a s4.-
100000 craving dock now under
construction. Projects authorized
but not yet financed will augment
the total, the congressman said.
He disclosed he had been in
formed the Bremcrton yard was
the only yard capable of mod
ernizing a battleship and that five
such ships were to be modernized
at a cost of $500, 900.
The increased activity was ex-
pected to boost the payroll from
6.i00 civilian employees to at least
1900 men. remaining at that fig
ure or more until October, 1e41.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
Mrs. Roosevelt Keeps Card
Catalogue for Yule Gifts

kerchiefs she bought in New York
recently, she said. but 100 boxes
Of three handkerchiefs each. They
are part OF the gifts she and the
president win distribute at the big
party they give for White House
employees.
Mrs. Roosevelt hopes "a great
many" Of her grandchildren (there
are nine) win be here for Christ
mas. She particularly hopes that
her daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger,
Seattle, will be here with her chill
dren, Anna Eleanor and Curtis
Roosevelt Dali. and Little John"
Boettiger. the youngest Roosevelt
grandchiid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

wAsHNGrON-Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt keeps = card cata-
1ogue instead Of q Christmas list
- she won't duplicate presents.
she revealed today.
The catalogue lists every present
che has ever given to each person
On the list. She hasn't any idea
how long the list IL. and she isn't
going to count the cards.
She has almost finished her
Christmas shopping, except for
some things she win buy at 4
refugee sale IN New York. =
Czech refugee sale here. and q
sale for the blind In New York.
That wasn't 400 mems hand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

ldCklIlR Oilil OllC iiiiDk OiilCL
A group VI American and Bril-
tish newspapermen has been taken
for its first tour through the inner
most recesses Of the Maginot line.
From the entrance on a hillside,
over a great steel drawbridge.
through a series of vast steel doors.
we went down until the ground
was as far above as the top of
seven-story building would be from
the street.
AZ Days. Then Rest
The men in these forts do AZ
day stretches underground, then
have a rest. Over long stays pro-
duce a melancholy that the men
call "betonite" -concreteitus
For many of the war correspond
ents ii was the first time in their
lives they had heard gunfire. And
We were to learn that "all quiet
on the 'front.' doesn't exactly de-
scribe it. There is a continuous,
though random, artillery fire. The
seasoned soldiers don't notice II
but newcomers do. Every minute
or two. we heard a sound like the
distant banging of a heavy iron
door. This "gruump," the soldiers
said, was the explosion of German
155s-six inch shells. Nobody
seemed to know where the shells
were falling or with what effect.
Streets Are Wide
An officer pointed to a church
steeple on a hill four miles ahead
and said the Germans bombarded
it exactly at 10 a. m. and p. m.
daily, as regularly as clock-work.
Nobody knows why but the same
thing was done in the World war
and called morning hate" and
Afternoon hate"
The streets of this underground
city are as wide in places as New
York's Holland tunnel. In this one
fort there were IL miles of streets,
some of which had double track
electric railways. We walked over
mile to get to the depths and
found the soldiers committing by
bicycle.
As a safeguard against a gas
attack, the fortress has apparatus
for sealing rooms and raising the
pressure of the air inside to keep
gas out. Also there are hutches of
rabbits, which die Immediately on
breathing gas, to give the alarm.
Strengthen Defenses
Impregnable as the Maginot
forts now seem, with their rows
of machine guns and artillery;
their steel and concrete roofs of
immense thickness; the belts of
steel tank traps protecting them
from the front and great masses
of artillery behind, there still are
tens of thousands of men hard at
work strengthening these defenses,
digging new trenches, stringing
barbed wire and setting up new
gun emplacements.
At one point we were shown the
biggest guns ever had seen. The
barrel alone weighs 100 tons. The
shell it fires is as tall as a man
and weighs as much as an automo-
bile. Yet despite its size, we stood
within 10 yards of it without MOTTO
ing it because of the camouflage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
HEAVY DEMANDS ON
METAL INDUSTRIES

T0LEDO-Metal industries here,
spurred by the heavy demand for
iron and steel products. are operat-
ing at capacity. 1t is believed that
about $4,000 more workers are
employed now than at the same
time last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
British Tramps
Want Gas Masks

MANCHES Il X, Eng.-Gas
masks are the cause Of a problem
IA problem that has brought the
wrinkle Of worry to the usually
untroubled brow of the tramp.
They are given q gas mask when
they get TO an institution. but are
not allowed to take II with them
the next morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22

influence OF liquor. He smelled
strongly Of it and staggered"
On a large chart of the street,
witnesses showed how Hurd's car
skidded as far as the doorway of
the Bonneville hotel after hitting
Mrs. Fuson at the intersection.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
ANCIENT indian
COIN DISCLOSED

sALISB URY, Rhodesia-A
bronze coin, $500 years old. which
originated in Northwest India,
has been found by a native of
Southern Rhodesia.
How 1t got to Rhodesia II q
mystery.
The coin was identified by Brit
ish Museum authorities as belong
ing to the Kusham dynasty Of
Northwest India. One side of the
coin shows the image of Kusham.
ruler of Havishka. who flourished
about 80 A. d.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
SAYS DRIVER STAGGERED

Burgeson said he went over the
car with Hurd and between the
back right bumper and fender
found blood and flesh from the torn
leg. said the officer:
He said he was late and was
hurrying back to his tavern. I'd
say he was very much under the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
WON SCHOLARSHIPS

Ann Sothern won two scholar
ships for original musical compo-
sitions while she was a student
in high school in Minneapolis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-22
French Soldiers
Live In Buried City
Men at Front Reside Underground;
Have Electric Plant, Railroad, Water
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Correspondent

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE SAAR FRONT
Passed by Censor)-French soldiers at the front live in
buried city, extending 55 feet into the earh-a city complete
with electric plant railway water and sewerage systems
venating systems, hospitals and amusement places and
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Dad What Others
OGdu Say.

(WHITE) OR LIGHT HAIR,
LIGHT EYE BROWS. EXTREME
LIGHT SKIN is THE ALBIN0.
UMBER COLOR NEGR0) -
A BROWN, AND FROM ANoT-
HER DARK SKIN PERSON.
VARIOUS OTHER NEGROES
IN DIFFERENT C0LORS) -
There are /, 2, 8 shades darker
than TIMBER color of skin. And
there are the Reddish skin Ne
groes.
The darkest skin Negro, is as
much a mystery as the so called
white or Caucasian; their color, is
a mystery also.
There are many various colors
between these colors discussed;
they are crossed and mixed, and
again mixed and crossed. Caucas-
ians are not white, but,- the light
est flesh color. The darkest shade
of human color is dark, which is
not black.
1t is strange to see and know
from one mother and father, there
are 5 or more different shades in
color in the p~osterity; science says,
this is, /, 2, 3 to 5 generations
back; and color blending from
grand and great grand parents.
Two persons of similar color; their
~posterity will be near their eolors.
This is as science proves, that,
all the world is kin. In three steps
in 65 years make a Caucasian a
Negro and a Negro a Caucasian.
For instance; in q years a Mulat-
to is born via Caucasian and Ne
gro In AZ years a 0ctoroon IS
born via Mulatto and Caucasian. A
Octoroon and a Caucasian obliter-
ates the Negro. And vice versa,
in q years a Caucasian is a Mulat-
to and in AZ years, he is Brown
skin. And a Brown skin and Oar
kest skin Negro %obliterates the
Caucasian.
This is some history.
A gift from E. Shanklin
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Rally on Anti
Bias Bills

Springfield, Ill, July 10 (CNA)
Springfield, home city Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, was host this week
to representatives Of the race
which Lincoln freed and which is
now asking legislation to enforce
the rights guaranteed to all Amer
lean citizens by the Constitution.
More than 100 prominent Chica-
goans, headed by Nathan Brascher
executive director Of the delega-
ton arrived here to press for the
passage of several anti-bias bills
and to oppose the ~so-called Public
Housing Service Corporation Bill
which would allow real estate in
terests to condemn private pro-
perry for the construction of fur
ther Negro barring residential
districts. The delegation was Of
fieially welcomed by Springfield's
mayor. They were met at the State
House by Chicago's five Negro
legislators, Senator William A.
Wallace; State Representatives
Ernest A. Greene, A. Andrew Ter
renee, William ]. Warfield, and
Cbar1as 7 Jenkins.
The delegation urged the pas
sage of Senator Wallace's bill to
outlaw restrictive housing cove
nants which force Negro tenants
into unsafe and vermin-infested
areas. They also backed a bill es-
Enlistment a commission to in
v~estigate the social and economic
conditions Of Illinois Urban Ne
groes.
On their arrival, the degelates
paid a visit to Lincolns tomb. Re-
preventative Jenkins laid a wreath
the monument of the Great
Emancipator.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Costly Fiasco

IN sharp contrast with the
stringent regula ions laid down
for private utilities" observes the
New York Times, 'the recently is
sued report of the Loup River
Public Power District in Nebras-
ka, known as a unit in the Lit
tie IVA, is of particular interest
For the last four months of 1898,
the report shows, this public pow
er project, which, up to the end of
1888 had cost SO, 732,OO3, had oper-
ating revenues of S20,O1S, opera
ting expenses of SCI 1884 and inter-
est on bonded indebtedness Of $11O-
053. Total expenses were thus
S171,437, which means that during
that brief period the project suf-
fered a net, cash loss of more than
$3.50, 600.
And this isn't all of the story
by a long SHOT. his public project
pays nothing in taxes. The report
lists nc provision for depreciation
of equipment or for amortization
of its bond obligations-provis-
ions which the law insists be made
by any private, regulated utility.
So, the loss to the taxpayers is
actually far greater than shown.
To quote the Times once more.
"From the figures, it is obvious
that Nebraska's incursion into the
public power field is proving to be
a costly experiment to taxpayers
and the showing would be poorer
if more complete accounting was
used
What is true Of this "Little IVA"
is true to a greater or lesser X
tent of all of the other tax-sub-
sidized government projects, large
and small. None of them pay more
than nominal taxes. None of them
use the standard, clear accounting
methods required by law of pri-
vate utilities. All Of them can run
to a public treasury for monev
when they incur losses. They T
not subject ito state regulation.
All of them are given valuable
special privileges and services
ofree' by government.
There, in all its naked made
ouacy, is that much Wanted pow
er yardstick." These govern
ment projects are costing the tax
payers billions, directly. They are
costing many millions more in loss
of taxes-and many millions more
in the operating deficits we all
must help pay. What a costly fl
asco this policy of state socialism
has proven to be.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

THE 5 PLAIN NATURAL PIG
MENT COLORS ARE: BLACK;
WHITE; BUUE; RED AND VEL
LOW: FROM THESE ALL COL
ORS ARE DERIVED. YEGETA-
BLES IN COLORS; FRUITS IN
COLORS; FLOWERS IN COL
ORS. BIRDS; FISH; ANIMALS
AND INSECTS, ARE ALL IN
COLOR PATTERNS: AND COL
ORS.
PEOPLE AND THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN DESIGNATED
OCTOROON NEGRO) OFF
SPRING OF MULATTO AND
CAUCASIAN (WHITE)
QUADROON NEGRO OR FAIR
MULATTO) = OFFSPRING OF
OCTOROON AND LIGHTEST
SKIN MULATTO NEGRO
MULLATTO NEGRO OFF
SPRING OF NEGRO AND eau
CASIAN (WHITE)
MAROON NEGRO) OFF
SPRING OF BROWN AND MU-
LATTO.
FAIR BROWN NEGRO) A
LIGHT SHADE OF BROWN
MEDIUM BROWN NEGRO) -
is THE EQUILIBRIUM OF ALL
COLORS.
BROWN NEGRO) OFF
SPRING OF DARK NEGRO AND
MAROON.
ALBINO NEGRO) = FREAK
OF NATURE, ALL COLORS
BLEACHED. LIGHT SKIN,
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
PROBE PREJUDICE IN
ARIZONA INDIAN OFFICE

New York, July 1.-The United
States Department of the Interior
is conducting an Investigation in
the anti-Negro activities of James
NJ. Pyle, deputy special officer at
tached to the U. S. Indian Service,
located at Tucson, Arizona Off
Gals of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People stated here today.
The Investigation is being I'M
dertaken at the direction of Inter
Tor Secretary, Harold Ickes, fol-
lowing a complaint launched with
the department by the NAACP.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

Gold, as anyone will agree is a
pleasant commodity to have. But eco
nomists have been wondering for some
time If it isn't possible to have too
much of it-so much, indeed that there
is a danger of it becoming economical
~ valueless.
The case in point is the U. S. gov
eminent. Five years ago we had a little
more than 10000, 10000 ounces of mon
etary gold. Today we have over double
that amountA31 100000 ounces. And
the yellow metal is still coming into
this country from abroad at an accel-
Grating rather than a diminishing
rate. Hardly a week goes by without
a gold shipment.
IF this gold were melted down into
a single ingot, it wouldn't be as i'm
posing a spectacle as you might ina
CINE. It would make a bar measuring
62 by 20 by 20 feet. But that bar would
have the incredible value-at our arti-
ficially established gold price of $50
per ounee-of over $15,OOO,OOO,000
More important than the mere
money value of our gold is that it
represents pretty close to go per cent
of all the monetary gold in the world.
Almost equally important, as the U.
S. News points out, is the fact that
the remaining forty odd per cent is
extremely badly divided. England and
France have the bulk of it. A number
of small powers have some. And three
of the great powers, Germany, Italy
and Japan have practically none-not
more than 4 per cent of the total.
Gold is flowing into this country
for a variety of reasons. One is that
under our law, the Treasury must ac-
cept every ounce offered and pay S35
for it in our currency, whether it can
be used or not (and today, our gold
reserve is almost infinitely greater
than our requirements, figuring on the
most conservative basis). Another in
creasingly potent reason is that Eu-
ropean capital is frightened over the
possibility of war, and wants to get its
money as far away from the scene of
pending hostilities as possible. The
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Youth Congress
Hits Bias; Asks
Passage of Anti
Lynching Bill

NEW YORK, July 13-(CNA)
Over fifty Negro delegates hail
ing from all sections of the coun-
try participated in the Fifth A
merican Youth Congress, which
closed its sessions here this week
after adopting a progressive pro-
gram of action for the defense and
expansion of democracy.
The Congress adopted a Creed
of American in which it reafirmed
the principle of unity of all youth,
regardless of race, color or creed.
The Negro delegates participant
ed fully in all sessions of the Con-
gress, in the Senate sessions, and
on the floor of the Congress, and
joined with the huge majority Of
the delegates in rejecting the man.
euvers of a reactionary bloc, IN
der the guise of an attack on all
relationships.
In the panel on "Inter-faith and
Inter-Racial Cooperation" DR..
William Pickens, field secretary
of the NAACP, assailed the dis
tortion of Negro history in stand
ard American textbooks and ur-
ged the youth to learn the truth
of Negro contributions to Ameri-
can civilization. The congress went
on record for the holding of a
Race tolerance Week annually be-
tween the birthdays Of Abraham
Lincoln and George Washington.
Among the Negro delegates pre-
sent were: Harriet Pickens, de-
legate from the National Profess
sional and Business Womens Club
of the YWCA; Dorothy Height,
William P. Robinson of the Non
Partisan Lobby, Washington, D. c..
Pearl Walker, Detroit branch the
NAACP Youth Section; Jeanette
Weleh, National Negro Congress
of Detroit; Alice Senhouse, Inter
national Workers Order; Wendell
Green, Young Democrats of Cali
fornia; Claudia Jones, Tommy
Jones, National Negro Congress of
Brooklyn and the Citizens Civic
Affairs Committee; Thelma Dale,
Southern Negro Congress Bar
rington Dunbar, Catholic Social
Action Group; Moran Weston,
Committee to establish Youth Cen
tiers in Harlem.
Miss Pickens was elected nat
ional treasurer of the American
Youth Congress, and the following
Negro delegates elected to the
Cabinet, the highest governing bo-
dy of the Congress: Edward E.
Strong, Southern Negro Youth
Congress; Thelma Dale, one of the
two southern Regional Represen-
tatives of the Congress, and Har-
old Innes, of the Washington, d.
S. Youth Council. As national trea-
surer, Miss Pickens is also a mem
Der of the cabinet.
Among the resolutions adopted
by the Congress were several adj
vocating passage of the Anti-Lyn-
ching Bill, and inclusion of Negro
history in the textbooks in the
schools of the nations, as well as
condemning %jimcrowism and dis
elimination in the major baseball
leagues.
-oOo--
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

outlook then, is for our gold imports
to continue to soar. Even today, it is
coming in at the rate of 100000, 900
a week-and if that rate were to be
continued, in three years we would
have every ounce of monetary gold in
the world.
And that's what has the econo-
mists puzzled. 1t is obviously possible,
especially in the case of war, that we
may find ourselves with practically a
complete corner on gold. No other
country would have enough to be worth
mentioning. And in that event they
would have to tie their monetary sys-
TENS to some other standard of value.
Already that is being done in the fas-
cist countries with their. infinitesimal
gold reserves. Germany, for example,
has virtually announced to the world
that it can and will get along without
gold. And by the use of the barter sys-
TEN, blocked marks" ETC., it has got
ten along SO far. Whether it can keep
going in the future without further
imperiling its more or less lottery eco
nomic structure is a matter for con-
lecture.
It is hardly a matter for conjec-
ture, however, that if all the other
powers, finding themselves without
gold, got together and decided to re-
wise their monies and trade to fit some
other standard, it could eventually be
done. And then we would find our
selves with about 5000, OO0, 900 worth
Of gold which was useful for ornament
and for almost nothing else. But that,
of course is not an imminent possibility
France and England, which still are
the great financial powers of Europe,
have shown no inclination to throw
gold overheard. And the fact that gold
has been the symbol of sound value
and security to the human race for
tens Of centuries would likewise make
its adjustment as the primary instru-
ment of international trade and the
mainstay of ~currencies, extremely diff
ficult.
Some talk is going the rounds
about the possibility that this govern
menr might use its huge gold reserve
to bring initiation. 1t certainly could be
done, But, judging by the cautious,
"non-experimentaI' attitude of the pre-
sent Congress, there's small danger of
any significant initiation occurring
soon.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
SHANKLIh WRITES

THE WORLD IS SET IN COL
ORS: WITH EVERY CREA-
TURE, OBJECT AND ARTICLE,
IN AN ORIGINAL PATTERN:
AND COLOR, BY OUR CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE, AND MAN
KIND