The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-22

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address Of writer Only initials
will be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: Who PLAYED the
part of Jeanette MacDonald's
brother In the picture Rose
Marie James Stewart or Jim
mie Ellison A READER.
Il was James Stewart.
Mr.. Fixit: Is the popular
metropolitan opera soprano, kir-
stem Flagstad, married. II 80.
to whom. and does she have any
children: Also what IL her
age? Is there such rank In
the army rs lieutenant COM
mander rs there Is In the navy
l.. r.
Kristen Flagstad Is married to
a lumber merchant named Henry
Johansen. She has one daugh-
ter, about Is years old. The
singer herself was born In Nor
way in 1895.
The term lieutenant comman-
der Is used only in the navy.
Major is the equivalent rank
In the army.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me II there are any agate
OF petrified wood shops where
these rocks are polished and
sold, or II there Is anyone In
Tacoma dealing In such work.
FRS. II. W.
Only Tacoma agate dealers
whose names have come TO our
attention are Goes Agate Shop,
at SOB So. 60th St, Garland 05s7,
and Herbert Ostrander, 4730 So.
Washington ST.. Garland 2095.
Mr.. Fixit: viii you please tell
me some Of the parks, like the
Lion park for example, where
there are swimming pools and a
woman attendant during the
summer vacation: / intend to
rent house next month and
would like 10 move near n park
like that In Tacoma. A. A.
Tacoma has no real outdoor
swimming pools. II by Lion
park you mean Wright park,
between 9th ave. and Division.
the pool there Is only for wad-
ing. There are eight other Ia
coma parks with wading pools:
jefferson playfield. No. 7th and
Monroe: Ferry park, So. 14th
and Sheridan; Mckinley park,
on East 35th; Lincoln park,
just west of that high school.
Alling playfield. at So. Goth and
NJ SITS: Harmon playfield on
Fern Hill. at So. SD and | sts.;
South park, in South Tacoma,
and Manitou park, In the Mani
tou district.
Mr.. Fixit: We also have bed
bugs In our house and have
sprayed with kerosene many
times and also tried the cor
rosive sublimatc recipe with no
uck. You mentioned the pro-
fumigating job. Would
You please tell us where you can
lind out about that and what II
would cost IA we ARE mt our
Wits end trying home remedies?
MRS. l.. f. $.
The Sprague Fumigating Co.,
n the Washington building,
Main 1896. can give you full in
1t would be impos-
'ible to estimate the cost with
,ut knowing the size of your
house. The larger the cubic
foot capacity of your home the
greater amount of cyanide gas
IS required.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you inform
me ms 10 the value of a Life
Vol. LVllI, No. 1921,
Dec. 81, 1911? And of Ken
Vol l, No. L: Also,
are Fortune magazines from
1891 and back of any value:
II so, what value: Who must
with In order to
sell these publications:
l.. r., PUYALLUP.
There would be no set value.
1t will be up to you to show
your wares TO ms many second
hand magazine shops as you can
find and get as much as they'll
give. Places you might try are
Swans Magazine Mart. on So.
18th St. just below Broadway.
and the 18th st. Magazine Mart,
just above Fawcett ave.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you kindly In
form me where l can get some
information In regard To
the political. economic and social
conditions In Russia
JACK.
II we were looking for that
ourselves, we should
stick to periodicals in that few
books on the subject contain
material later than 1895. A ses-
sion with the readers guide to
periodicals at the Tacoma pub
lie library should get you q
satisfactory list of magazine ar
ticles. No one authors opinion
On such a controversial subject
should be accepted anyway.