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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-28
One Occasion When Devils
Performed Useful Service

ard there Vas a further DELAY.
Finally Signor Betuni vas seen
pushing a small piano onto tho
stage while Tuens assisted the
conductor 20 climb up cut OF the
orchestra pit
While the piano Vas being
turned around. the slant OF the
stage caused il 10 turn over.
Now. behind the wings were the
rest 81 the company waiting u go
on for the next scene. among them
several attired 10 represent de-
mons. As the piano upset. out
rushed half a dozen OF The devils
10 help set things straight an I'M
usual occupation fer the satanic
brood.
When silence was obtained and
Titlens finished her song. there
was more uproarious applause. but
IL was after the opera that tks
climax came. The crowd OF stu
dents who had filled the gallery
FASTENED to the stage entrance
where Madame Tltiens' carriage
was waiting They cut the horses
loose and in place Of the traces
fastened two long ropes grasped
by two files Of the shouting stu
dents. and the prima donna was
thus escorted down the street.
Unfortunately the two lines Of
volunteer horses did not have an
understanding concerning the route
and when they reached the corner
one went one way and one the
other. and the carriage came to
sudden stop against building
After some parleying the two
teams agreed on the same route
and they finally arrived at
madame's hotel There the en-
thusiastie students threw their
coats on the pavement. making a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-28

operative Fued Distributors n
America. aas formally approved
We 10 not want any more laws
q any sind Whatsoever excerpt
ihosr clearly in tbe public interest.
and this means the immediate ess.
ssssea q all sxltattoa fef dis
crlminatnfy iax laws
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PACE THREE

Johnson Reeves IL Wilmington
nel, : president Of the crxAni1n-
tim Other officers are connected
with Hfswefv firms affiliated with
He'd AMI White stores the Ifs<ie-
pendent tsraxrra Alliance, Clover
Farm Stores ard other refsileR
eencA kruaps af stores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-28

p = Navter. Spokane. Wash.
~ United Retail Merchants. Inc.
= national group II retailer owned
stores a a tiee president u the
council
Thc following platform laid
down n in7S ~ Hector IAae.
executive vice president ~ tbs Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-28

ThcreS Taens.
highly esteemed
both As a drs-
matte and ora
toro singer She
sang al ov er
Europe b efore
the kings and
queens but IL
remain c O for
Dublin. Ireland,
II show real en-
thusiasn over
er wonderful
voice.
On the last
hi Of her
series OF per-
fer m an c in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-28
SCRIPT DFCIPIIFRFD

TT'NTN'hNU y WV J'"I -"IH
manuscript on bark dug up st
Podgorny in Saratof province. has
been declphered by Prof ~ A..
Pope Monaghan language schol-
ar, revealing the tablet 10 contain
lyrical dialogue between moth
err and son. II i one Of the oldest
manuscripts Of Mongolian poetry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
MALLERY FINES
7 AUTO DRIVERS

Three drivers charged with con-
tribntlng 10 the holiday traffic
hazard By driving while under the
influence Of liquor appeared hefcFe
Judge Joseph MAliery in police
court Tuesday afternoon. Two
were convicted. the third won =
continued hearing.
Boyd Brock. n. ssis So. Huson
st. and n. A. Farley. -. tsoi So
A st. were fined $50 and costs
each and their drivers licenses ~
voked for a year. Clifford r. Fiest.
%. 500 So. Steele a., Was to face
a continued hearing Wednesday
after his sister and father declared
blame for an accident was not
wholly his
Brock, WPA worker whose ar
rest kept him away from hls wife
and children Christmas night.
drove the car that eollided with
+. b. Farnum's machine. iniuring
Mrs. rarnum. The rarnum car
caught fire after the accident
Farley. according to testimony,
was seen driving by Police Lieut..
Amundsen. who was unable 10 stop
Farley before the latter's car
struck a parked automobile At zoos
So. X ~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
BONUS IS PAID
BY BREWING co.

OLYMPIA--A Christmas bonus
amounting TO not less than q full
weeks salary or wage was paid
by the Olympia Brewing company.
Olympia. to all its plant employees
and staff throughout the western
states, according to an announce
ment today by Peter c. Schmidt.
president.
This was the second such bonus
of the year. the first having been
paid in June. In addition the
company has presented It's em-
ployes with Thanksgiving turkeys
and Christmas baskets.
A noteworthy example of the
splendid spirit Of mutual coopera-
ton and regard between employ
crs and employees at the Olympia
Brewing company took place at
the Timwater plant Thursday af-
ternoon when the entire personnel
voluntarily assembled TO honor
Peter G. Schmidt, president. and
Adolph ID. Schmidt. vice president
and director of sales. To them
was presented bronze-framed
parchment, autographed by every
brewery employee. and bearing the
following inscription of loyalty and
appreciation:
ITO Peter G. Sc h m | d and
Adolph ID. Schmidt, we express
our sincere gratitude for the
thoughtful consideration shown US
throughout the years and pledge
our continued friendship and 10y
atty"
Coinciding with this gratifying
expression of good will. the olym-
pia Brewing company this week
mailed dividend checks OF 10 cents
per share to its stockholders.
which brought their returns for
1899 up to 90 cents per share.
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tongue and wear their native cos
tunes. (Their dress is at least COL
orful and probably comfortable,
even if somewhat baggy to West
ern eyes.) Pidgin-English is the
principal language aboard the
"Boschfontein."
Unusual Features
Two things among the ships
equipment particularly caught our
attention: an oddly-shaped work.
boat carried on davits at the port
quarter, and the swimming tank.
The former is a common Dutch
design, we were told, but seldom
seen elsewhere; it has no stem, the
bottom planking being continued
to the gunwale forward. It's called
a vlet.
The swimming tank is actually
the trunk of No. hatch, fitted
with a rubber tarp to hold the
water; a swimmer therefore does
his stuff midway between the main
and promenade decks. yet is out
in the open. Tricky.
Rare Experience
Built in Rotterdam in 1928, the
'Boschfontein" was originally a
steamer-and 65 feet shorteri
In 1884 she was relieved on her
regular un-Netherlands to South
Africa - and put into Flushing
Netherlands. not New YorkD
where the new bow and new diesels
were waiting on the wharf.
The motors were installed all
right. but a drydock was needed to
enable the old bow to be cut off
and the new shipped.
But nothing daunted, the old
bow was cut off. anyhow, and
the new one lifted onto the
"BOsehf0ntein's" fOredeck with
a derrick. Thus she carried
her strange cargo TO Rotter-
dam and a drydock.
IN general appearance, the pres
ent bow looks very much like an
ice-breaker.
However. the ship is designed for
and operated in the tropics. It
seems the new bow is for speed
gives her one extra mile, or 16lz
knots nowadays.
Trayelogue
Dutch names are a mystery 70
US; they're either q fafhom long,
or a single syllable, II seems. Jaw
breakers. But We noted the Bosch
fontein" halls from sGravenhage.
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The effect of foreign crises on
the presidents popularity was like
wise revealed earlier, at the time
of the Munich crisis, when there
was a rise of more than six points
in the popularity index in space
of a few weeks.
The increase since last spring
and summer has come not pri-
marily from the great mass OF
voters in the lower income levels.
On the contrary. the rise in the
presidents popularity resulted
from shifts in sentiment among
the middle and upper income
groups, of which the latter had
always been the most hostile TO-
ward the administration.
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The StOrk Brought to:
M and Mrs. Norris S. Langl0w

Mr.. and Mrs. Norris S. Langlow,
Port Gamble, daughter, Nov. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur C. Paul
son. sol So. Cushman ave, son,
Nov. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl D. Bently,
Puyallup, son, Nov. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon w. Pascoe,
Chehalis, daughter, Nov. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Thaden,
<024 So. G St, daughter, Nov. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. w. William
son. 2525 So. G St. son, Nov. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Romig,
zoos Es. 64th st. son. Nov. 30.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A. Law.
s247 SO. Warner St, daughter,
Dec. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Hicks,
1915 Grove Place, son, Dec. 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil T. Pratt,
1926 So. Cakes. daughter. Dec. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w.
Trail, RI. 3. Box s27, daughter,
Dec. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Domenick cusato,
s03 So. Cakes, daughter. Dec. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin T. Ander-
son. 14141s So. 18Th St. daughter.
Dec. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Hawkes.,
Port Orchard, daughter, Dec. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph F. An
derson, 725 So. Verde St. daughter.
Dec. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest L. Foster,
1928 So. 41st St, daughter, Dec. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy J. Coming,
5045 So. Sheridan ave, son, Dec. 2
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G. Schrib-
ner, Ri. 4. BOX 7s3-B. son, Dec. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan o. Swanson,
Estonvilie. daughter. Nov. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Reins,
Ri. :. Box 1O4. daughter. Nov 2s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward n. Ram
beau RI. 5. Box SAT, son. Nov. %.
Nr. and Mrs. Raymond c.
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ASKS DIET
TO INCREASE POWER

TOKYO Emperor Hlrehito
asksd the dict Tuesday 20 make
every effort - expand Jerzns
power - that the situation IN
east ASIA esn ~ fully stsealssed
Tn emperor. DRESSED IN army
uniform. made bic formal visit n
the dist. n its Seth session since
Ispo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
ARTICLE BY TACOMAN
IN PHONE MAGAZINE

High Country Adventure. -
written by Donald f, Klumb. Ia
coma, appears in Christmas issue
Of the Pacific Telephone magazine.
The article is accompanied by pic
lures Of Mr.. and Mrs. Klumb at
Indian Henry's Hunting Grounds,
Rainier National park. Klumb Is
in the plant department of the Ia
coma district OF the telephone
company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Rails To Cross
Caspian Steppe

MOSCOW = A railway me =
nov heinz iAsd acFux@ re Cs<p1zn
atspps u wlfi Iink ne noFtk-
eastern eeest a. ne Caspian -
vita ne orznhurx railway. thn*
providing foF th@ Knka 81 snl
Caspian fssh ~ shnrtezs outlet =
The Industrial cent<fs a savisz
Russia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
Tourist Trade
In 1889 Large

SEATTLE - Nearly 100. 600
tourists visited Washington thss
year and spent seo.ooo. 90 IN the
state, the Washington state Prog
res commission said today. The
commission also revealed lts 1910
advertising budget had eeen set At
500 onn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28

While simple enough TO a Dutch
man, we suppose, nevertheless we
had to be told the peculiar spelling
is simply the Dutch method OF
arriving at The Hague, capital Of
The Netherlands. HOLLAND is a
province. or state. of The Neither
lands. Incidentally
Mr.. S. Els, second mate and our
informant, Tuesday was bemoan-
ing - besides being away from
home for Is months-the fact that
we Americans have only one day Of
Christmas. Seems that he'd have
two days If he were home. But he
said he's glad to swap. ia, work.
workout better than mines and
Submarines. ia? Moo"
Here for the first time this
week, the "Boschfontein" IL
under the houseflag Of the
Silver-Java Pacific line. Her
regular run henceforth includes
Puget Sound and ports Of the
Pacific Coast, Philippines,
Netherlands Indies, Straits
Settlements, India and the Per-
sian Gulf.
Included in her outbound passen-
ger list this first trip is the troupe
of Balinese dancers. which per-
formed recently in Tacoma.
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thority on inter-
n a ito nal rela-
tions, at least.
For his Off
GERS are Dutch,
as is the black
& a n g, but the
sailors are Chi
n e s e a n d the
s I e W a r DIS are
Malays.
The two latter
Orientals speak
I h e ir n a { i've
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-28
President Holds Popularity Gains
Noted Since European War Began
63.5 Pct. of Voters
Questioned Approve
Roosevelt Stand
BY. DIR. GEORGE earIJp

PRINCETON, y. J.-On the ev.
Of the 1910 session of Congress
soneduled to open during the
coming week, Franklin d. Roose-
welt continues to hold popular sup
port as president today. In the
American Institute OF Public Opin-
Ions December survey of presi-
Dental popularity, e3.5 per cent of
voters questioned throughout the
nation said they approve Of Roose-
welt as president at this time.
This represents a slight rise
from last months index. when
the vote of approval was 62.7 per
cent. With the president about to
enter the last year of his second
term, his popularity is a little
higher than it was when he was
reelected in 1886 with 62.5 per
cent Of the major party vote.
This indication of his con-
tinued personal prestige
should not be construed. how
ever, as a public endorsement
of third term. While 6S.5
per cent of voters polled APP
prove him as president at
this time, other Institute sur
veys over the past year have
found not more than one-half
to two-thirds of this number
declaring they would vote for
Roosevelt for a third term
against an unnamed Republic
can candidate.
The significance of the Deem
Der poll lies in its relation to the
trend of sentiment since war broke
out in Europe. In August, just
before the hostilities, Roosevelt's
popularity in Institute studies had
reached its lowest point for the
summer-56.1 per cent. With the
declaration of war in September,
his popularity index jumped four
points. In October, during the
special congressional session,
which dealt with the embargo is
sue, it increased another four
points, for a total gain of eight
one of the sharpest rises ever noted
in the Institutes six-year index
of the Roosevelt popularity. 1t
was clear that the war crisis had
worked to boost his personal pres
tige with voters to a remarkable
degree.
The next month, November,
when the embargo crisis had been
settled, showed a slight falling off
in the index, but the gain in De-
cember indicates once more the
continued effect which war crisis
can have on the popularity of an
administration in office.
The trend can be noted in the
following table.
'In general do you approve
or disapprove today of Roose-
welt as PRESIDENT"
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there, either.
Capt. A. T. L. Dolmans COM
mands the 472-foot, twin screw
motorship. and he has a crew of
40 souls to assist him in the intri-
cate duties of maintaining an eff
cient floating hotel.
But besides being a first-class
sailor. Capt. Dolmans must be
something of a diplomat-an au-
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ROoth. $3.50 So. State st, son.
Dec. !.
Mr. and Mrs. Mogens Clement.
Sos Ea- 3 st, son, Nov. IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis ]. Newman,
PuyallUp, daughter, NOV. q.
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newcomer to these waters the "Boschfontein is fur
nishng habues of waterfront with good deal to look
and gossip about Unlike American vessels the big Dutch
passenger ship has definitely cosmopolitan atmosphere
Evening star., 1939-11-19

More than half of Finland is COW
cred with pine forests.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Of N. r. Hewitt cf Southport, q
co!ored member of the crew of the
Southland, 100-foot fishing boat
south bound from Ocracoke to More
head City with a cargo of 800, 900
menhaden, which lay in Is feet Of
water.
The tug Especo. headed north
from Wilmington to Norfolk, Va,
with crew of six, suffered no dam
age in the collision, and after stand
ing by the wreckage of the fisherman
until after daybreak, proceeded on
it's voyage with the barge Espee in
tow.
Carteret County authorities listed
the dead as E. j. Fulcher and his
brother, Charlie, both of Stacy, in
this county, and the following col
ored crewmen: Hewitt, Joe Eagles,
Robert Lee, Henry Clarridy. julius
Tootle, James Marlborough, Jim
johnson and John Wilson.
Ten members of the Southland's
crew escaped death.
Capt. F. T. Dunbar Of New York
City, master of the Especo, and
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Boy Offers 10 Join Hunt
For Fathers Slayer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. ia 13-year-
old boy who shot and wounded
colored killer after the latter had
slain the lads father in grocery
store holdup, today offered to join
police in their hunt for the slayer.
The police declined his offer, but
the youth, Pasquale Addante, vowed
that if the killer were ever caught
he would put his eyes out"
After the gunman shot and NOR
tally wounded Vito Addante, AZ, the
youth seized his fathers pistol and
enaged in a duel with the intruder
last night, firing seven shots. The
gunman, wounded in the side, knee
and arm, appeared at a hospital
shortly afterward, but fed before
a nurse could summon the police.
Policeman Frank Dewitt said at
the inquest that the killers arrest
was expected soon, since he was be-
lieved to have been wounded so
More than half of Finland is COW
cred with pine forests.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Research Exhibit Shown
In Agriculture Building

An exhibit illustrating the fields
of research engaged in by the Bu-
reau of Chemistry and Engineering
of the Agriculture Department is
on display in the patio of the de-
partment's administration building.
Open to the public from am.
to 4 pm, the showing has work
ing models of an improved cotton
gin, fertilizer distributor and plant
ing machine. Also shown are bio
logical specimens tn at include
plants, insects, grains and seeds.
Illustrations are displayed show
ing standardized laboratories to be
used in four regional research Of
fees now being construct d
throughout the country by the de-
partment The exhibit will be open
until December /.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Insanity Believed
Caused by Confused
Nerve findings
TodpoIes' Experiment
Shows How Shock
Often Cures Ills
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.-An
experiment giving the first physical
cue to the nature of insanity, indi-
eating that it's seat is in the ends
of nerves, was announced to the
American Philosophical Society to-
d.
These nerve ENDS are Oh peculiar
shape, resembling tendrils of plants.
They grow, in clusters, out OF the
ends of nerve fibers, like slender
threads unravelled from the end
of a thick string.
They reach out separately, like
parallel bridges, to connect with the
neighboring nerve fiber. The novel
experiment which shows their pos
sible connection with insanity was
reported by DR.. Carl Caskey Spei-
del, professor of anatomy a- the
University OF Virginia.
Used in Shock Treatment.
He discovered how these endings
are affected by metrazol, which.
along with insulin, is used in the
new shock treatment that has cured
many hundreds of human mental
cases. Metrazol is a synthetic chem
ical derived from camphor. Like in
sulin in overdoses, it throws the pa
tient into coma and convulsions close
to death.
DR.. Speidel gave the metrazol to
tadpoles, whose tails are so trans
parent that the nerves are visible.
These nerves are built on the hu-
man plan.
The chemical caused prompt dam
age to the tadpole nerves. This in
cluded destruction of the tendril-
like nerve endings. That the metra-
zol was probably acting as it does in
humans was partly confirmed by
evidence of muscular convulsions in
the tadpoles.
If the tadpole metrazol was stop
ped in time, new endings grew from
the nerves and formed new bridges.
The result was a realignment of
nerve channels. DR.. Speidel called
this new deal in the nerves.
Confirms Sakel's Theories.
This rerouting of nerve channels
is a physical confirmation of the
brain geography explanation of in
sanity given by the discoverer of
the shock treatment, DR.. Manfred
Sakel.
From watching the recoveries of
nearly 1000 shock-treated persons,
he concluded that mental trouble is
probably due to confusion in the
geography of the countless nerve
channels in the gray matter of the
brain.
The shock, he said, seems to tenn
porarily eXtinguish these channels.
Afterward new connections are es-
tablished, and often the new chan
nels are in a less confused arrange
ment, with the result that sanity
reappears.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Of villanova, Pa, a brother, pic
tured the stricken AL as nervous"
but in good spirit and without a
grudge against anybody"
Capone was admitted to the hos
pital Thursday after serving seven
years in Federal prisons for viola
ton of the income tax laws. His
treatment here is expected to take
at least three weeks, perhaps longer.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Pi Delta Epsilon Elects

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 18 R.-
Delegates to the annual convention
of Pi Delta Epsilon, national collie
giate journalism fraternity, elected
Dale H. Gramley, head of the de-
partment of journalism at Lehigh
University, president today to sue
ceed Robert H. Mcneil, publications
director at Virginia Polytechnic In
g.;
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Dr.. FischeIis to Speak

DR.. R. P. Fischelis, secretary and
chief chemist of the New Jersey
Board of Pharmacy, will discuss
Drug Control in the Public Inter-
est" at 8 pm. tomorrow at the In
stitute of Pharmacy, 22l5 Oonstitu-
ton avenue, DR.. Orlando G. Hall,
president of the Washington branch
of the American Pharmaceutical
Associa ton, has announced.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Coast Guard Hunts Bodies
Of 10 Drowned in Collision
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BEAUFORT, N. c., Nov. 1.-TWO
Coast Guard crews strove today to
recover the bodies of 8 of 10 fisher
men who perished in collision last
night between their menhaden fish
Ing vessel and barge-towlng tug
miles north of here In the inland
waterway.
After hours of effort only one body
had been brought to shore, that
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Army to Get 295,000
Pounds Of Turkey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Uncle Sam
started preparing a 295,000-pound
turkey today for his boys in the
Army around the world, from New
York to Manila, when they observe
Thanksgiving Thursday.
The 1926, 900 members of the Civil
ian Conservation Corps will get
$4,000 pounds of the bird
With all the fixings in both cases,
of course.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Visitors Barred
AT Capone Hospital
Suite in Baltimore
Former Gonester Faces
Indeterminute Period
Of Treatment
B, the Associated Press.

By HSSUCIHCeu FTeSS.
BALTIMORE, Nov. ia mo
visitors" sign decorated the door of
AL Capone's Union Memorial Hos
pital suite today as the former Chi
cago gangster headed into an in
determinate period of observation
and treatment for brain malady.
DR.. Joseph E. Moore, Capone' s
physician, reported no change in
his condition and furnished no elab-
Grafton on yesterdays statement
that the old overload of the illicit
liquor business was "chronically but
not acutely ILL.,"
In the first statement from a
member of the family, John Capone
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Capt. John A. Guthrie Of More
head City, master Of the south-
land, each asserted he had given
Evening star., 1939-11-19

the proper warning blast upon meet.
ing, and alleged that the other had
failed to observe the signal.