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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
DeMolays To Haze
Moonlight Cruise

Members of Tacoma chapter,
Order OF DeMolay, are looking for
ward TO a cruise that will start
at Point Defiance at p. m. Sun
day, July Q, for the DeMolay sands
pit on Fox island.
At the sandspit there will be
n swimming party and picnic. after
which members and their friends
will cruise back in the moonlight
at a. m. Reservations are beng
taken by Ralph HARDWOOD, GA
3474-J.
On Thursday evening an after
chapter dance will be held in the
roof garden of the Masonic temple.
Refreshments viii be served.
DeMolay boys and their girl
friends are going to Hi-Dive, Sur
prise lake, on Wednesday. Those
going will meet in front of the
Masonic temple at I p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

five states; and by adopting civil
rights statutes setting standards
for municipalities, by prohibiting
ordinances in conflict with con-
stitutional guarantees.
How necessary are these re.
straints upon the cities is evident
by recent survey conducted by
the Civil Liberties Union showing
that in no city in the United States
are the guarantees of civil liberties
more than half observed or pro.
tected.
1t is as true today as ever that
eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty; that laws and court deci-
sions do little more than reflect
the public will. That will, to be
effective, must be organized. Unity
between the A. F. of L. and c. I.
o. will, if achieved, furnish the es.
sential basis for labor's civil rights.
Organization in other fields in
equally significant in our liberties
are to remain the vehicle or peace
full progress in the race between
democracy and reaction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
2 DEAF MUTES
MARRIED HERE
Unusual Ceremony Is
Performed by JUS
tice Layton

Justice Clarence Layton's office
was the scene of an unusual we'd
ding ceremony Monday when
Charles Alva Pendleton and Ruth
Rowens Brooks, Kitsap county
residents. were married.
Both the bride and groom are
deaf mutes-but the inability OF
the Judge to give the usual ques.
tions and the lack of audible an.
swers did not affect the enthusiasm
of the happy couple. The bride
and groom read the questions in
the book held before them by
Justice Layton. and nodded their
heads in answer. And the couple
chattcd merrily, before and after
the ceremony, with the witnesses,
also deaf mutes, in rapid sign
language.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
S3,644 DAMAGE
SUIT IS FILED

An accident that occurred
December s resulted in the filing
of a s3,6446o damage suit in SUI
perior court late Monday. Thelma
Koch. 62-year-old plaintiff. is suing
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Torgerson.
The plaintiff alleges that she was
permanently famed when she was
struck by the car driven by Tor
gerson. She was walking across
South Tacoma avenue, at the inter-
section Of South 18th. at the time.
Her left leg suffered such serious
injury that she was forced to use
a brace and walk on a crutch, she
stated in the complaint.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

control our own progress and well
fare. Now, $50 years after the
submission of the Bill of Rights to
the states. democracy in the
United States-though it is on the
defensive elsewhere in the world
is stronger than at any time in
our history.
How increasingly alert the
American public has become to
the defense of our Bill of Rights is
shown by new forces and new adj
vances. The conservative Ameri-
can Bar association and its affili-
ates all over the country have re-
Gently created committees on the
Bill of Rights to watch and act
when violations occur. The de-
partment of justice has designated
civil liberties unit especially to
investigate infringements upon our
rights wherever they may break
out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
Shorty" Fornili
Lc0Ucs For S. F,

TO make . survey Of the auto
mobile activities in California and
to attend the fair At San Fran
cisco. o. B. Shorty Fornili,
owner Of the Community Garage,
left Tacoma Sunday night by
automobile for the southern state.
He i being accompanied by his
family and expects to be away 10
days or more While in San Fran
cisco be expects to visit his friend.
Mayor Angelo Rosai Of that city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
THANKS COMES AFTER
DELAY OF Y YEARS

SANTA ROSA. Calif.-About %
years ago. Mrs. Sarah Dunbar was
one Of many women who made
comfort bags" and sent them to
soldiers at the front in the World
war. In one of hers. she enclosed
q note asking the recipient to write
her. Recently the reply came from
Tommy w. Boerman. an English
tommy. who explained that he had
mislaid the address and only found
it recently.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
BY ROGER y. BALDWIN
Director, American Civil
Liberties Union

THOMAS JEFFERSON once said
L that If he had 10 choose be-
tween a government without free
speech and free speech without a
government. he would take the
latter. For on free speech ali lib
erty depends; without il We invite
the rule OF tyrants. In all the fan
fare of the Fourth reminding us
of this nations early struggles. we
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
OLD CUSTOM REVIVED;
LEAD COW TO CHAPEL

TKFN, O.-The favorite stunt
Of college men Of an earlier gener-
ation-that Of leading = cow to the
college chapel = was repeated 1t
Heidelberg college here
A half-doxen students carried
out the traditional trick ct 5
O'Clock In the morning. When the
first student groups arrived. the
COW was grazing contentediy and
refused to leave. Tiffin police were
called to return the animal b NJ
owners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
DISORDERLRY CHARGE
BRINGS TODAY TERM

Found guilty on charge of
being disogderly, Paul Drake OF
1920 So. 18th St. was ordered to
serve 10 days in city Jail Monday
afternoon by Police Judge Joe
Mallery.
Drake was arrested on com.
plant of his wife, who testified in
court her husband allegedly threw
two kettles of hot water on her
Sunday afternoon, then assertedly
hit her with a mop stick and threw
a chair at her. Drake denied the
allegations when he went to the
witness stand in his own behalf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
Autos NOU Used
To Hunt Coyotes

MERCED-Coyotes in this area
have good cause to become auto
mobile shy. The reason is a new
way of hunting the animals origi-
mated by. several local men who.
using automobiles. corraled a large
coyote much in the style Of the
old-time roundups Of horseback
dayA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
Preserve Liberties
AndOw independence
Free Speech Necessary, Without 1t
America Invites Rule of Tyrants

The
Constitution
England
Denying
doera,ey refused his draft
the American
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

The decision for the first time
put the power of the federal gov
eminent behind the protection of
those rights against attack by
local law. and put new life into
the long-disused civil rights state
of 1871. For the past two years.
the senate civil liberties committee
has been bringing to light VIOLA
tons of the civil rights of labor.
and setting forth the necessary
cures. Profiting by the lessons
abroad. the United States is more
alive today than ever TO protecting
the Bill Of Rights.
Yet loyalty to the Bill of Rights
demands protection of the rights
both of Fascists and Communists
II we are to maintain unimpaired
our democracy. 1t also demands
that the law should proceed swift
ly against all forms of violence or
! preparations of violence. While
the American Civil Liberties Union
defends the civil rights of Nazis.
1t is championing a bill in con-
gress to prohibit military training
by them or drilling with arms, as
involving a threat of force.
The maintenance and extension
of the Bill of Rights demand today
popular support for national leg
islation. Chief among them are:
l. The passage OF the bill to per-
init the federal government TO in
tervtne in cases of lynching.
2. The maintenance unimpaired
of labor's rights to organize and
collective bargaining In the ma
tional labor relations act.
8. Restrictions through federal
legislation on the use of state
troops In strikes, combining them
to cases of demonstrated lawIess-
ness.
4. Extension of freedom on the
air by law and regulations Of the
federal communications commits
sion so that all points of view may
be fairly presented.
). Taking from the post office
department the control of matt;r
excluded from the mails, and plac-
ing II In the courts.
"LIBERTY'S PRICE
is VIGILANCE"
THESE are the federal measures.
L In addition, the states have
the opportunity to strengthen the
Bill of Rights by restricting the
use of injunctions in labor disputes,
as have II states; by creating
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

can get no better
picture of the
strength of our
democracy than
from the state of
free speech. free
press and related
rights.
The heart of
our freedom is
still the Bill of
r ! & h I S. Only
while we may all
S p e a X, publish
and a sc m b | e
freely can we
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

ee seAt oAc many CONFLICTING
factors in the French comeback
that make it difficult, IL not inn
possible. to judge its underlying
strength until the showdown
comes.
There is. for instance, the deter
mination of the government to
foster the idea that France and
the newly-formed security front
are now so strong that the totali-
tartan states viii never dare risk
a war. Yet only this week Premier
Edouard Dsladier went out Of his
way to make public declaration
that the danger is greater than at
any time since the World war and
Paris became a center for hints of
an early Nazi thrust at Danzig.
There Is = return of capital
that flsd abroad due 70 war
fears. and there Is an increas-
Ing attitude Of defiance to-
ward Italy.
Armaments are being built at a
faster and faster pace. the recent
$500, 900 900 arms loan was over
subscribed in four days and French
experts are beginning to speculate
optimisticzlly on whether their
army could break the supposedly
impregnable German Notifications
in the Rhinelsnd.
In the long run. Paris looks
TO London for almost all final
decisions just as Italy looks to
Berlin.
Thus, there may be much beat
ing Of breasts and many strong
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

The storm Of the night befor,
had been something Of a falss
alarm as far as Sanish was con.
ccrned- True. II did rain for awhile
but the heavy part Of the storm
was some distance across the
river and passed US by.
For the first time In days we
were able to get right into the
heavy current. which was running
q good seven miles an hour. Con-
trary to what most people think.
such = sct-up does not give us a
cruising speed of perhaps eleven
or twelve miles an hour. II Is true
that = canoe can be easily pad
died five miles an hour in still
water. and five and seven are
twelve. But somehow that's not
the way It works out.
Run Across Miners
We figured that way at first,
but after studying our table Of
distances md computing hours
and 20 forth. we found that a six
mile current will run W about
eight miles IN hour as long a. the
going 10 good and We are able to
stay In the current. We can't ex-
plain II. We just know It to be a
fact. We suppose water friction
has something to do with It.?
Shortly before noon we came
upon q spot along the river where
several men were working with a
placer mining outfit, or 20 it
looked to us.
Going ashore to investigate we |
found they were sluicing for coal.
that Ia. washing away the ten or
twelve feet Of top dirt to expose
a vein Of coal. The foreman fig
ured It would take him two weeks
work to open up about four thou
sand tons Of coal.
This vein was IL feet deep and
extended for miles under the hills.
The man said he didn't expect to
live to mine half OF II.
Coal Il Plentiful
The Ignite coal business Is one
Of the mainstays of North Dakota
but 1t Is a rather low
grade Of coal. and most Of Il Il
consumed locally at anywhere
from q dollar and q half ton to
two and \ half. Although It does
not last quite a. long a. ordinary
soft coal. II makes . fine stoker
Bet-up because II breaks up %
easily.
A few local companies are try
ing to make coal briquets. but a.
yet 1t lint on = profit making
basis. Mixed with a little oil to
keep II packed. = successful meth
ID of manufacturing briquets
would open wide the coal business
pf North Dakota. There IA enough
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
French Confidence Growing
AS Her Strength Increases
BY JOE ALEX NORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

France is trudging along the road back from Munich
ouwardy confident that from the odds will against
an aggressor in Europe and increasingly impatient to get
done with it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
Pass Little MiSsouriys
Mouth In ~ Dakota
Bad Weather Bring One Blessing to
Lynds; Mosquitoes Are Frozen Out

.a.ers Note: This the
o.
Hashnren
In
benton Mont
sppear exclusively In The Tacoma Times
ELBOwOODs BRIDGE. North Dakota-we were awak-
ened rather late the morning but one look outdoors
US scuryng to the boat getting loaded for quick start
AT last the wind had turned and blowing the north
west This meant all day awnd us and chance to
make up small fraction of our lost time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

mes.
'orth Dakota-We were awak
ling, but one look outdoors sen
ing it loaded for a quick start
I'd was blowing from the north
.ailwind for US and a chance t,
r lost time.
coal in the state TO last for hun
dreds OF years.
Many of the ranches mine theil
own coal either from a surface mins
or 4 shallow shaft. Much Of the
coal can be seen along the hills OF
the river valley.
Town II Sparse
With the exception Of the back
water section Of Fort Peck, we
saw fewer ranch houses today
than at any time on the voyage.
Although we are in the confines
of Fort Berthold Indian reserva-
ton, we expected them to be nu-
merous, not only inhabited by
Indians but by white ranchers OPP
Grating on leased iand.
We think We did pass the town
Oh inoepenaenoe, put there Is. like
20 many river 'owns' very little
'eit. a rev houses scattered far
oack from tne pank' with no rail-
roaa 10 connect tnem with the
'u's,oe wor'o. we understand that
- ne" hnaoilann are almost
murray supported oy tne govern
nen1' so IL really should be called
'cpenoence.
Jus. AFTER SIX O'Clock we round
"a a long Demo ana OH IN the dis
ance we could see the rant out
me OF tne Eipo"ooas pridge. IL
vas sun gooo seven or eight
mics away put that bridge repre-
ented o. miles SINCE ten o'clock
nat morning.
"Snaps" Two Deer
That will give some idea of how
re could travel II the conditions
'ere right. II will also give the
eader some idea of what kind of |
'eatner we've been having, when
mas taken US nearly SIX weeks
cover less tnan 100 miles.
As we passed the mouth OF the
tue Missouri' iive miles above the
riaee, we happened 10 glance AT
10" sano par on our lett and
acre were TWO oeer-the first we
Ad seen. ihey saw US al ABOUT
= same ime' Out tney merely
i'ed tneir heaos ana stared al
wi'nout moving.
neins careiuI not 10 make any
iouen move Louise focused hcr
ame1s' wni'e BOD .r'eo 10 ease
. canoe nearer 20 'nat penk. sne
Aay snAppeu 'ne p'e'u.e irom
you. iour nuno.eo rect l. shouid
one OF our pest pictures Tor
70 nsnt IAN Vi .ne oeer was
''u'y outlined skains. the pr'Rht
'een OF tne smah WILLOWS IN the
AcAs'ouno'
Stop At Bridge
We had been told that we would
e deer all the way down. but,
iough we had been on the river
9TH early and late and had seen
II OF tracks, these were the first
lat offered a picture. II just
bout filled out our review Of ami
al life along the river.
The only animal missing is the
,bcat. and we're not optimists
Tough to think well be able to
t picture Of one of those shy
tie beases.
We had been told about ranch ,
st north Of the bridge where we
uld leave our equipment while
went into town, and we put in
ere. We had been led to believe
at the little town Of Elbowoods
- only q mile from the river.
i the ranchers assured US that
was all OF four miles from the :
d OF the bridge. and we were a :,
lie from that.
Mosquito Tales
That bit Of news dropped Elbo-
,ods from our itinerary. and we =
epared to make up our beds in
e workshop Of the ranch.
In our research for the trip we
d read a good deal about the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
SUPREME COURT
is ALLY

THE u. S. supreme court recent
L ly topped a series of monu-
mental decisions favoring civil lib
erty when it sustained and extend
ed the injunction against Mayor
Hague and Jersey City officials to
prevent interference with freedom
Of speech and assembly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05
"LBERTY'S PRICE
is VIGILANCE"

THESE are the federal measures.
L In addition. the states have
the opportunity to strengthen the
Bill of Rights by restricting the
use of injunctions in labor disputes,
as have II states; by creating
state labor relations boards, as in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-05

again. Wntn freeman came
through in 1928 he found them
bad. In fact. everyone who has
written about this section of the
river has found them bad except
the Lynds. It's about the only
thing they can say in favor Of the
cold weather.
The night We spent at the Elbo-
woods bridge brought few of the
little pests to light. but not in
bothersome quantities. We hope
that the high water has washed
their eggs away down river where
the fish can eat them.
But we are bothered some by
dy that looks good deal like the
common ordinary house fly. This
fellow really gets down TO business
and bites. His bite stings momcn-
tarily. much like that OF q deer
ny. but ii leaves no swelling nor
constant itch like the mosquito,
% Ne guess we are lucky, at that.
(MORE LATERl
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Crowd of 1000 Watches Pilot Land
Transport Ship on One Wheel

BURBANK. Cal, Aug. 81 (UP)-.
While a fire truck and an ambu-
lance waited beside the runway.
and a crowd of 1000 gathered to
watch a Western Air Express air
liner circle for two hours over
Union air terminal last night with
a crippled landing gear.
Finally when the gasoline was
about exhausted. Capt. c. G. Nc
Kenzie decided to chance a cne-
wheel landing of his big plane with
its lead of four passengers and
three crew members. He swooped
the two-motored Boeing down onto
the grass beside the runway. The
crowd cheered as he balanced the
seven-ton craft on its one good
wheel for 200 yards to check the
speed. Then the ship slumped on
the right side where the landing
wheel was buckled and the right
wing tip caught the ground and
spun the plane in a circle. One
propeller was snapped off, and a
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Hitler Demands
PIebiscite

Continued from Page Il
plebiscite, an international COM
mission composed of Russia, Britain,
Italy and France would be placed
over the territory in the mean
time, as was done in the Saar Basin
which Hitler recovered.
Poland would get a free harbor
at Danzig and full railroad facil-
tiles to the Danzig harbor.
A Polish German commission
would be set up to work out details
OF relations between the two ma
tions, including the fixing of the
boundaries of Gdynia which would
not be in the plebiscite.
Meantime, the Polish military and
police would be evacuated from the
territory involved.
In order to guarantee free traffic
between Germany and Danzig and
East Prussia, OF between Poland
and the Baltic sea if the plebiscite
were won by Poles, an extraterri-
torial motor road and a four-track
railroad to East Prussia is guaran-
teed to Germany. Poland, on the
other hand, would be guaranteed
similar highway and railroad facili-
ties to the Baltic.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31

WASHINGTON. Aug. 81. CUP)-
The justice departent today ac-
cused l3 film corporations and 54
individuals, including high rank
ing executives. of conspiring to mo-
nopolize distribution of motion pic
lures in southern California.
Assistant Attorney General Thur
man Arnold announced that the
department had instituted Grimm
al proceedings in the U. S. district
court at Los Angeles, alleging that
the defendants were violating a
1880 consent decree prohibiting any
conspiracy to restrain trade. Con-
viction would carry sentences of
Imprisonment or fines, or both. in
the discretion of the presiding
judge.
Arnold, head of the justice de-
partments antitrust division, said
the government had considerable
evidence" that the conspiracy had
resulted in the monopolization by
Fox West Coast Theatres of the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Mass Evacuation Of Helpless Started
From Cities of Great Britain

The evacuation. unprecedented,
taken to safeguard the lives of those
concerned against air raiders, will
include priority" classes in all ci-
ties and towns in the governments s
evacuation zone.
About 100000 school children
will be affected in London and the
big provincial cities of England and
Scotland.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Norma Shearer
Sails For Home

PARIS. Aug. 81 CUP)-Norma
Shearer. American motion picture
star, sails for home on the liner
Manhattan TODAY. having cut short
her third visit to Paris. She said
Parisians were so full of cheerful
ness and good humor that she found
it hard to believe war was immin-
ent
I'm leaving" she said. convinced
that everyone wants peace. and
I'm hoping and praying that war
will be avoided. It may seem
cowardly fer me to go, but if we
Americans can't help. We owe 1t
TO the French to relieve them Of
The responsibility of having Us
here"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31

LONDON, Aug. 81. (UP)-Great
Britain will begin tomorrow the
mass evacuation of children, mo-
theirs. eXpectant mothers. blind
people and cripples from cities to
cafety areas, the ministry of health
announced today.
IN addition the government an
aounced that starting at 7 am. to-
morrow nine main exits from Lon
don will be made one way streets
outward to facilitate movements Of
persons who want TO leave London
Is rapidly as possible by road.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Plot TO MonopoIize Distribution
Of Movies in So. Calf. CHARGED

first run and other early run thea
tres in virtually every desirable To-
cation in southern California The
evidence. he said. indicated major
motion picture producers granted
Fox West Coast more favorable
terms than independent exhibitors,
and in addition offered the theatre
chain prior rights to negotiate for
release of films.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Youth PIunges
Over Falls

FRESNO. Cal, Aug. 81 CUP)-
Forest rangers we're searching the
south fork of the Kings river today
for the body of James Price. II
a Beverly Hills Boy Scout, whose
mis-step sent him plunging over
Mist falls late yesterday.
Mist falls is in the far end OF
the Kings river canyon. The can
yon itself is located within the
Sequoia national forest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Boy to Recover
After Operation

COLUSA, Cal, Aug. 81 UP)-
Physicians believed today baby
boy would recover ana be entirely
normal following an unusual and
delicate operation to replace within
the infants body the entire intest-
mal tract which was outside the alb
dcmmal cavity at birth Aug. %.
Hospital attendants said the case
was similar to that of Maria Cor
azon Rafael, born recently in Manila
with her heart exposed. No opera %
ton was possible on the Rafael in
FAINT and she died six days after
birth
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-31
Bridges Defense
Reds, Witness Says

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81. CUP)
"A former Communist party or
ganizer testified today that he had
sat at Communist meetings with
Harry Bridges, west coast CIO lead
er. 20 or 80 times"
The witness. Miles Humphrey.
said that not only Bridges but his
entire defense are Communists"
Humphrey was the governments s
first rebuttal witness in the de-
portation proceedings against Brid-
ges being heard by examiner James
Lands at Angel Island.