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The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Raymond Pigeaud Is First Allied
 General To Die

PARIS, Nov. 13 (P)-Shrilling air raid warning sirens sent the civilian population of Paris for cover for the seventh time since the war started. Military sources announced that German reconnai ssance planes had flown into the area. The announcement said the planes were driven off by anti aircraft fire but didn't specify the number of planes involved.
 General Raymond Pigeaud.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Finn Delegation To Soviet Russia Returns Home

HELSINKI, Nov. 13 (Ho) - The Finnish Foreign Office announc- ed that it's delegation at Moscow would return home tonight, sus- pending the lengthy negotia- ions by which Russia was seek ing concessions in Finland.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Dimond Opposes Dr. Cruening
 As Non-Resident

WASHINGTON, Nov. II (P) - Delegate Dimond said he asked President Roosevelt not to renew the recess appointment of Dr. Er nest Gruening as Governor of Al aska but to wait for the regular session of Congress before any action toward filling the post and after the Democratic Divisional Committees at Juneau, none of which went on record as appos- ing the appointment of a non- resident.
 Dimond said he felt sure the action had been communicated for Interior Secretary Greuning's appointment was not submitted at the special session of Congress because of the Presidents desire to limi, the work to the neutral fly bill
 Deogate Dimond said he had nothing personal in his opposi- Ion 10 Gruening's appointment out based 1t entirely on the de- sire of the people of Alaska. He said "Doetor Gruening is very well liked in Alaska and if we must have a nonresident for a governor, I am sure he will fill the bill"
 Dr. Gruening said he talked with secretary Ickes and had been informed that the President expected to give him the recess appointment or send his name in at the regular session. Gruening told reporters he preferred the recess appointment If appointed and woud refer to go to Alaska as soon as possible even if 1t en- tailed returning to Washington fer confirmation" He said he had no personal knowledge of opposi- tion 10 him in Alaska or else where, if il was said opposition likely came from local interests which had other ideas about the goVernorship.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Barracks of Hitler Guards Burns

KRFUZLINGER, Switzerland. Nov. 13 lP)-The large barracks of Hitler's elite guards were burn ed down last night at Konstanz, Germany, just across the front fer from here.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
2 Nazi Passenger Trains Collide

OPPELN, Germany, Nov. 13 lP) - Forty-three persons were. known killed and sixty injured in collision of two passenger trains between Langlie-BenRos- enpra1.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13

Division Commander and holder of the Croix de Guerre in both
 the World War and this war died of wounds. His is the first death of an allied general in ten weeks of the war. No details were given as to when and where he was wounded
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13

You can save 200 by paying six
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The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13

The Nome City Council will hold regular business meeting 'aaiaht at the City Hall at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
A = Foot Sai|fish on the Line!

WHEN you set the hook in big
w soiIfish you've started something.
It moy toke 30 minutes, it moy take
z hours to finish it-os it did in this
bottle with q 7-foot 8-inch soil in the
blue voters Of the Gulf Streom off
Stuart. Fla. These pictures BY EIwood
Boxer. Stor stoff photographer, show
how 6O-pound eomester gave the
oneler oil the fight he was looking for
bv his onties in ond out Of the voter.
The soil in way is slow storter. He
doesn't erob the bolt. usuoIIy muIIet.
at once. He first stobs it with his long
bill. After on intervoI. thinking he hos
killed it, he picks it up Then you set
the hook-ond the bottle is on.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
SURVEY SHOWS
NEED FOR WORK

The extent TO which the home
owners of America may benefit
under the modernization provisions
of the national housing act is re-
vealed in recent government sur
vey of urban housing conditions
which covered s million family
dwelling units.
Illustrative of the scope of long
needed modernization work are
statistics from the survey showing
that 20 per cent of The properties
lacked private bathtubs or show
ers. 40 per cent lacked central
heating plants. per cent were
without running water, Is per cent
had neither gas nor electric cook
ing equipment, Is per cent lacked
inside flush toilets, and 40 per
cent needed minor repairs.
Applying these percentage fig
ures on nationwide basis, the
Architectural Forum has esti-
mated that American home owners
need 81 million bathtubs or show
ers, 2 Z million flush toilets, 3 mil
lion heating plants, 81 million
modern stoves, and million sinks.
Funds may be obtained from
qualified lending institutions under
the property Improvement credit
plan OF tAes=federal housing adj
ministration for modernization of
homes to relieve this widespread
need
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

were averaging between So 900. ).
900 and S23. 1000. 900. The figure
was las per cent above the CORE
spending week year ago.
Even more remarkable thar
this sharp rise in winter months
Is the fact that a steadily in
creasing proportion of appliea-
lions represent new homes 10 be
constructed under FLA inspee-
ton" Mr.. Mcdonald said.
About SO per cent Of the mort
cages in the last weekly figure
were homes to be constructed,
whereas our average a year ago
was only about 30 per cent.
New Homes Started Weekly
Furthermore. between / 800 and
1,750 new homes have been start
ed each week this year on the
basis of mortgage-insurance COM
mitments previously issued. This
In a remarkable total for the win
ter season and seems to forecast
unusual later activity.
Our figures on mortgages Sc
lected for appraisal have consis-
tently proved To be an early
barometer of home-building activ-
ity. Various checks throughout
the entire period of the FHA's
operations have borne out these
trends with significant regularity.
"A year ago our figures were
also rising although they started
from a low base. The national
housing act was amended and
liberalized on Feb. 3, 1898, and the
effect of these amendments began
to appear late that month. BY the
of March the weekly total
Of mortgage-insurance applications
had crossed the $40, 000. 900 mark,
and 1t remained there consistently
until the last part OF the year"
The following table shows the
and amount of mortgages
selected for appraisal on one to
four-family dwellings since Jan. l.
with the corresponding
weeks Of 1898.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
FILA CONSIDERS
LIFE OF HOMES

Due 10 deterioration and obso-
lescence. there is a limit to the
period of usefulness of a home
which is taken into consideration
bv the federal housing administra-
ton in its examination of property
offered AS security for an insured
mortgage. according to Admins
traitor Stewart Mcdonald.
This decline and eventual dis
appearance Of utility may occur
gradually or rapidly, . Mr.. MELON
aid said.
Two Phases
The usefulness of home
evolves itself into two phases: II
the total economic life and ~ the
total physical life of a structure.
The total economic life of a home
is the period between completion
of the building and the disappear
ance OF its ability to produce serv-
ice or net returns over and above
fair return on the land value
On the other hand the total
physical life of a home is the
period between completion of the
building and the time when it is
no longer fit or safe for use or
when it is no longer practicable
to maintain it in safe disable condi-
ton.
Considers Six Factors
Economic life of a home can
never be greater than the physical
life. 1t is predicted the remaining
economic lives of homes given as
security for mortgages to be in
sured by FILA, considers the fol-
lowing six types of factors:
Il. The economic background of
the community or region and the
need for accommodations of the
type represented.
"2. The relationship between the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

Tacoma's water department is
now in process of almost complete
reconstruction, according to Com
missioner of Public Utilities Ira S.
Davisson. This program, planned
months ago, is now we'll under way
and benefits of the rebuilding pro-
gram are being felt by Tacoma
labor and business.
Commissioner Davisson says he
was well aware of the financial
strain that this major program
would place on the Tacoma water
department, but three important
factors weighed heavily in his de-
cision to proceed at this time.
They were, first. the creation of
100000 man hours of work for
Tacoma labor at the full union
scale of pay, nj a time when Ia
coma labor was in need of em-
ployment. Second. the reduction
of Tacoma fire insurance rates, sc
to 90 thousand dollars year upon
completion of the program. and
third. that by doing the work now
federal matching money would en-
able the improvement to be made
without L. I. D. assessments
against abutting property.
Total cost of the present pro-
gram now under way is S1,576. 00C
and the sum is earmarked to
make extensive improvements in
the Tacoma water department
supply and distribution system"
In recent weeks. the people of
Tacoma have been forced to notice
that many of the city's down town
streets have for short periods
undergone rapid destruction from
air hammers, as workers rushed
installation of large iron water
mains following the removal of
old and outdated smaller mains.
These new mains will improve
water pressure and volume in diff
ferent areas, and in case of fire
will provide adequate water SER
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
Troubles NeUer
DO Come Sinqly

TOLEDO, Ore.-Johnny Walker,
of Barview, is having hard time
in his tussle with the law.
Several months ago he was ar
rested for netting fish below the
legal deadline and sentenced to
spend a few months in the Lin
coin county jail here.
As he was about to be released.
he got into a fight and beat up a
fellow prisoner. The judge fined
him $40, which he had to work
out in jail.
While on his second lap in Jail,
Johnny confessed to killing year
old heifer belonging to someone
else, Now he's on his second week
in the state penitentiary. serving
out a years sentence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
Realty Sales of
Mason Announced

The following is a list of sales
made recently by the c. F. Mason
Co.
For A. G. Braem, Is acres on
Mountain highway to W. Pollack.
For l.. Brobeck, property at 3416
No. 26th ST. to Carl Harm.
For f. G. klumb, property at
1927 Pacific ave. to G. M. Edwin
son.
To F. G. Klumb. property and
grocery business at 4o65 Pacific
ave.
For G. c. Deerson, acreage at
Algona to w. II. Dubendorf.
For f. J. Campbell. house and
5 lots at Goth and Park ave. TO
c. f. Reynolds.
For B. f. kirkebo, property at
2623 No. 30th st. to j. Cvitovich.
For NJ. Smith. property at 1919
SO. l.. st. to 3. +. Kirkebo.
For Marsh g. Sons, grocery bust
ness at 26i1 No. Stevens.
For w, Fl. Jarmon, property at
1851 East f ST.
For r. b. Robbins, the fine
home at 3s40 No. sth to w. H.
Jarmon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
SHOULD STUDY FUELS

Prospective home owners should
make careful study of the costs
OF the fuels and service available
in the community In which they
plan to buy residence.
The degree of comfort and the
convenience to be expected from
individual fuels should be bal
anced against the relative costs
A logical choice of the fuel to be
used for heating. cooking, and
other uses may then be made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
new METHODS OF
BUILDING TESTED

The federal housing administra-
ton investigates new methods of
construction to determine whether
those methods and materials are
acceptable on homes given as Sc
curity for mortgages insured by
FILA.
One complete structure involv-
ing the new method must be
erected and subjected to normal
weathering and occupancy for a
test period before any rulings on
new methods and materials in con-
struction will be issued by FHA's
technical division.
To procure ruling on new
methods and materials, proponents
who have erected structure
should advise FHAs technical di-
vision In Washington as To its
location and data available for in
spection. A complete written de-
scription, specifications, technical,
data, laboratory test records, ex-
perience records, and complete
set of detail drawings showing es-
sential features of the construction
should also be furnished. Included
should be at least one isometric
assembly drawing giving full de-
tails OF the construction from foot
ings to roof, including wall open
ings, inside and outside corners,
and bearing and nonbearing parti-
tions.
Favorable rulings do not mean
approval or endorsement by the
federal h using administration.
Such rulings are simply decision
as to the acceptability of such
methods for purposes of FILA
mortgage insurance and are issued
for six months period and may
be renewed or revised.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
DID FINANCE
PLAN 0UTMODED

- Because most American families
eeosive THAR income in small
periodic installmcnts. the old home
Financing system. predicated on
the theory that families would be
able to accumulate lump sums of
money to repay their mortgage in
.s@rre ehtednoas. was entirely out of line
nth modern conditions. declares
i ederal H ousfng 6. Administrator
tewart Mcdonald.
- Ine old short-term high-interest
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
FISHERMEN'S UNION
MEMBERS WILL VOTE

Beginning with the meeting
Thursday, members of Tacoma
local No. I, United Fishermens
Union of the Pacific, will ballot for
local and Puget Sound district Of
ficers until March 81. it was an
nounced by Anthony f. Vlahosich,
agent.
Vlahovich urged all members to
attend the semi-monthly meetings
because of important problems
arising Members, he said. are do
ing their part to promote the fish
ing industry and 10 safeguard the
rights of the common laborers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
Predictions for Building Rise
Verified BY FILA Statistics

Predictions that 1899 should
prove the most active home build
ing year in a decade find striking
confederation in figures on the
federal housing administrations
home-loan insurance operations.
Administrator Stewart Mcdonald
said.
Applications for small home
mortgage insurance have increased
each week since the year-end holi-
days, Mr.. Mcdonald pointed out.
rising from SIS. 400. 600 in the first
week Of the year to S21, zoo, 900 in
the week ended Feb. IL.
This volume of mortgages Sc
lected for appraisal In the years
nlxfh week compared favorably
nth the high levels reached in the
most active weeks last spring and
summer, when these applications
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
REALTORS To
HEAR 0xH0LM

Axel Oxholm will be the princi-
pal speaker at the meeting of the
Tacoma Real Estate board Friday
noon at Hotel Winthrop. according
to James II. March. president Of
the group. Oxholm will tell the
board the importance of the pro-
posed law 10 limit the exporting
of peeler logs which are used for
the manufacture Of plywood.
Chief of Police Langseth will be
introduced to the board by Com
missioner Holmes Eastwood. and
will tell what he is doing to pro-
tect vacant properties from van
dalism, March said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
3 Million Hours of Labor
Created by Water Project

vice during the heavy demand
period. The program conforms to
urgent recommendations of the
National Board of Fire Under
writers, and in addition, gives to
the city of Tacoma an adequate
and permanent water supply sys-
tenn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

buildings and the immediate en-
yironment.
80. Architectural design. style
and utility from the functional
point of view; the likelihood of
obsolescence attributable to new
inventions, new materials, ana
changes in tastes.
q. The trend and rate of change
of the neighborhood.
%. Workmanship and durability
of construction; the rapidity with
which natural forces cause physi-
cal deterioration.
IS. Physical condition and prob
able cost of maintenance and re-
pair; the policy of owners and &C.
cupants and the use or abuse to
which structures are subjected"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
FARES REDUCED

Tacoma air travellers planning
flights across the Pacific today
were advised of 20 per cent re-
duction In air fares and substan-
TALLY speedier schedules from the
Pacific Northwest TO Honolulu,
Manila. Hongkong and ether points
in the Far East.
"Scotch marmalade." Cow But
ter Store. (adv.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

Members of Tacoma section OF
the American Society of Civil
Engineers will meet for dinner
meeting Tuesday at $50 p, m. at
Lakewood Community cent ter.
Speakers viii include j. B. Fink
and Charles Bartholet.
Fruit trees, rose bushes. shrubs.
Puget Sound Nursery. 920l Pac.
(adv.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
THE CORE
GETS 7-DAY SENTENCE

Ike Adams, 2s-year-old Negro
transient, received a seyen-day Jail
term Tuesday afternoon when he
told Police Judge Joseph Mallory
he fried to hook" ride on a
passenger train because he missed
the freight train to Portland. He
was charged with trespassing on
railroad property.
r. Better Business Is Here. Last
week the Cow Butter Store, Pac.
and jeff. had the best trade in five
years. Good butter and fair prices
ring the bell. tadv)
Funeral flowers you can afford.
Garden Shop, Rhodes Bros. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
MAIN STREET
Goings. Comings and Dolngs
OF Tacomans as the he
p0rter Found Them.

Ruth Bedford observing BIRTH
dav-H. Red Coppock waving TO
friends Carl 0stlund waiting for
elevator Lathrop and Luther
Wright leaving for Wenatehee-
Ralph Woods greeting friends
". :. Greathouse and Robert Abel
hurrying to courthouse-Dr. :. \.
Ambrose chatting with James
Milone-Bud Loveall hurrying 10
work Kelly Carlton listening to
organ music Herb Schneider
walking down South Tacoma way,
enjoying spring weather - Dean
Nichols talking automobiles with
friends Sutherland, jr.. be-
ing urged to eat-Harry Jessel
hailing friend-Hal Henning shaw
ing - Meryin Morrison boarding
bus-Freddie Cakes parking car
Mary Rathfon at telephone-Ruth
Asl<ew talking about niece-Olga
Anderson laughing - Mrs. Ralph
Haskell holding 1000 aces in three
handed pinochle game at home OF
Mrs. John Mcmillan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09
AppREss RorARY CIuR

BLACK Sheep" win be the title
of talk by 1t. Col. John C. Hab-
kirk, secretary of the Salvation
Army's prison department. before
the Tacoma Rotary club Thursday
noon in the Hotel Winthrop roof
garden. A vocational talk will be
given by Lyman Hall.
Spring Flowers-Hinz Florists
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

THESE figures 90 not lncluue
large-scale rental-housing mort
cages or property improvement
loans" Mr.. Mcdonald explained.
January was the largest month
in our history for large-scale
rental housing mortgage insur-
ance. Short term property-im-
provement loans insured under
Title ! of the national housing act
are averaging around $4,000 n
week.
Significant Mllestones
Several significant milestones
have Just been crossed. We have
now insured more than $3.50, 000.-
900 of property-improvement loans
under Title I Small-home mort
Cages selected for appraisal under
Title II have now totaled more
than $500. 900, 900. Small home
mortgages accepted for INSURANCE
have crossed the $1,7b0, 600. 000
mark.
Mortgages accepted for insur-
ance also are running well in ex-
cess of 100 per cent above last
year. These figures do not in
clude a large amount of new con-
struction now being undertaken
by builders to whom the FILA haf-
issued conditional commitments.
These insurance commitments will
become effective as satisfactory
purchasers are found to finance
these homes under the FILA plan.
"Altogehtre our figures indicate
that 1899 is getting off to flying
start in contrast to the poor outset
for 1898; but last year, In spite of
the slow beginning, proved after
all to be the best year for home
construction since 1890"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-09

TO MEET TUESDAY

Spring Flowers-Hinz Florists
Evening star., 1939-09-12
Armour Declines
Miss Perkins Bid
To par|ey on C. !. O.
Union Accepted Her
Invitation; Packing
Company Tells Stond

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Armour d
Co. announced yesterday 1t had de-
clined Secretary Of Labor Perkins
invitation to confer with her 4 Sec
ond time regarding the company's
long dispute with the G. I. o. Pack
inghouse Workers Organizing Com
mittee.
National officers of the P. w. o. G.
had announced they would attend
the conference, which Miss Perkins
proposed to hold In Washington
Wednesday.
1--WE are entirely agreeable to
having appropriate representatives
meet with the Secretary and her as
sistants to discuss any new phases
of the labor situation in our plants"
the Armour statement said, "but
we cannot see that any good purpose
would be served in attending a con-
ference which will necessarily have
for its object a discussion Of col
lective bargaining on a national
basis"
The P. w. o. c. has repeatedly
threatened to call strike unless
Armour & Co. came to terms. The
last deadline for the strike, which
Miss Perkins said would be serious
and contrary to public interest" was
Labor Day.
Armour's statement added:
1.-The company's position was and
still is that it will bargain collec-
lively with its employees in the man
ner prescribed by law and with the
employees In the bargaining units set
up by the National Labor Relations
Board"
A previous meeting in Washington
with the Secretary Of Labor resulted
in the P. w. O. c. agreeing to bar
gaining discussions on local plant
basis rather than on national basis,
which the union had demanded at
first.
Evening star., 1939-09-12
D. {. Red Cross Chapter
To Be Advised Of Needs

The District Chapter Of the Red
Gross will be kept informed by an
Advisory Committee appointed today
of the extent to which its co-opera-
ton will be needed In meeting en-
ergencies arising from the world
crisis.
The group was named by Edgar
Morris, general chairman of the
Washington Red Cross roll call.
The roll call organization plans to
keep in close touch with chapters
throughout the country.
The 1899 roll call, September 28-
October 10, is designed to equip
the local chapter with membership
funds to meet requests of the Amer
:can Red Cross and Of other chap
tiers, Mr.. Morris pointed out.
Two members of the new Advisory
Committee are from national head
quarters-James l.. Fieser, vice
chairman in charge of domestic
operations, and Walter Davidson,
assistant manager of the Eastern
area Other members are Melvin c.
Hazen, president of the District
Board of Commissioners; Mary l..
Sperry, president Of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co.. and John Saul,
president of B. F. Saul Co. Mr..
Sperry was chairman Of the roll
call in 1887, and Mr. Saul was chair
man of the General Business Com
mittee in that year.