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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy Hanrk Music Box 0no1O
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS
FIRST SHOWING


Bile MOt>E ~ Errol Flynn
and Donald Crisp ~ The
Dawn Patrol. 1905. 2 as 20.
TAO. . SO.
IAKEW - Guzzl LAntsch-
ncr Walter Piml and Hella
Hartwich IN Salon 7 20.
9 20
SIC BON - sabu and Raw
mond Masses n Drums - SIS.
IS. : IS 10 So also Judr Gar
land and Freddie Bartholomew
II Listen Darling Il 30 so.
8 10 2 80
RINIERA-PaFick Knowles and
Rochelle Hudson IN Storm
over Bengal ITO 3.50 as.
Q 90 also Frankie Darro and
Judith Allen in Tough Kid."
L as 2.20 500 7 IS 1915.
RONY - Loretta Young ano
Richard Greene IA KENTUCKY
Il .55 SIS 6s55 so. also The
Jones Family in Down on the
Farm. Il so 2:45. 545 $40.
Return SHOWING
BENERLY-Bob Burns and Fay
Banter IN The Arkansas
Traveller. also Edith Fellows
and Cliff Edwards In The
Little Adventures
COMM NIFTY - Wayne Morris
and Clare Trevor in Valley
OF The Giants also Robert
Young and Lew Ayres in Rich
Man. Poor Girl"
NAY STREET - Loretta Young
and joel McCrea in Three
Blind Mice ." also Jackie Cooper
n BOY or The Streets
PARk Spencer Tracy and
Mickey Rooney in Bows Town
and The Lone Ranger m "Heigh
Ho-Silver
PROCTOR -- Don Ameche and
Arleen Whalen In GATEWAY
also Martha Rave and Bob
Hope IN Give Me A Sailor"
REALART 49, Bing Crosby and
Fred MacMurray IN sing You
REN-Don Ameche and Arleen
Whalen In Gateway also
WAYNE Morris and Priscilla
Lane IN Men Are Such Fools
SHELL - William Gargan and
Jean Rogers In Reported Miss
ing. also Lewis Stone and Tom
Brown in The Man Who Cried
Wolf "
81 NsET-Sonja Henie and Joan
Davis in MY Lucky Star also
Shirley Ross and LLOYD Nolan
in Prison Farm.
TEMPLE - Priscilla Lane and
Jeffrey Lynn in -Four Daugh-
ters." also Gloria Stuart and
Michael Whalen in Time out
For Murder
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

singing team IN ecnHlCoiOI
The new picture also marks 2
departure upon the part Of Miss
Macdonald and Eddy from such
of their previous triumphs as
Naughty Marietta. Maytime
and Girl OF the Golden West. in
being modern comedy. the screen
play having been adapted from
the Herbert operetta BY the famed
comedy writer's. Dorothy Parker
and Alan Campbell.
Victor Herberts lovely music
sbounds in the picture with Miss
Macdonald and Eddy heard in
eight musical numbers. among
them "Mademoiselle." On Parade. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

Through miscarriage of JUS
tice, the young westerner played
by o'Brienl is sent to the peniten-
tary for holding up q stage-coach
with his father. Although both
men are innocent of the crime, a
crooked cattleman and dishonest
sheriff are behind the frame-up.
a fraudulent coroner's jury calls
ii suicide. With his father dead,
O'Brien's defense breaks down,
and he lis sentenced to prison. Up
on his release on parole, the young
man and two friends conduct a
secret investigation, despite the
towns efforts to run the ex-convict
out of the section. How they III
nally manage TO obtain the nee
essary evidence TO pin the stage
coach robbery and murder on the
crooked rancher and his pawn, the
sheriff, provides dramatic moments
in this action-filled story.
Kay Sutton has the romantic
lead opposite O'Brien, while the
supporting cast includes Walter
Miller, Fred kohler 81. and FREQ
Kohler jr.
Ladies in Distress the other
new Riviera film. is the exciting
and amusing story of small
town mayor. played by Alison
Skipworth, and her efforts to rid
her city of racketeers. How big
time gangster from New York City
comes to her aid and literally runs
every racketeer out by out-thiev-
ing the thieves, furnishes hila-
rious climax to the picture. Polly
Moran figures strongly in the play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

the aid Of race officials and stable
owners, Director David Butler was
given every facility to make this
one Of the most dramatic sporting
events ever filmed.
Kentucky" n romance of The
Blue Grass country, is said to have
captured the glorious tradition OF
that state. and love all fire and
pride is the glamoreus theme OF
the story. Loretta Young and
Richard Greene are seen as the
two young lovers who are born to
the traditional cnmity between
their families which has carried
over since the Civil war.
Walter Brennan. a c d m y
Award winner. also has a sizable
role in the film. He portrays a
testy old southern gentleman who
knows more about horses than
anyone in Kentucky.
Pa Jones has let himself in for
a peck of trouble. and there are
bushels of fun and excitement as
the whole family pitch in to help
him out in Down on the Farm,
latest of goth century-Fox's de-
lightful Jones Family series, also
opening today at the Roxy.
The excitement starts when Dad
helps Roger with one OF his chem
istry experiments In the cellar, and
the disastrous results compel the
whole family IN eniov the hasni-
tality of Aunt Ida's farm while
their home is being repaired.
The familiar Jones Family of
Jed Prouty. Spring Byington. Rus
sell Gleason, Ken Howell. George
Ernest. June Carlson, Florence
Roberts and Billy Mahan has been
by Louis Fazenda as
Aunt Ida, Eddie Collins as Cyrus,
and Doris Bowdon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

Lola joined vaudeville with Gus
Edwards revue Made several
hit shows on Broadway -. crashed
pictures in 1928 she has been
in ever since except for time
out for two marriages both
flopolas Rosemary and Pris-
ella adopted the Lane name.
toured with Fred Warnings band
for IL weeks then a year on
the radio then to Hollywood
with the band to make Varsity
Show" busy in pictures ever
since Lola is a good torch singer
and yearns to travel :. Rosemary
would like to give voice lessons
and design clothes :. Priscilla is
the Coincidence of the family =.
they are teamed at the Temple
this week in -Four Daughters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
FOOTBALL TACTICS ON SET

Ronald Reagan has finally made
use of the football tactics that he
learned in college A scene in
Smashing the Money Ring" sec
ond in the new Warner Secret Serv-
ice series, called for him to twist
and dodge his way through an
army of Mexicsns without being
caught-which he did successfully
in one take.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Famed Victor Herbert
Operetta In I echniColor
"sveethesr+s Msrks Fifth Co-Starrins Appearance or
Screens Popular Singing Team; Frank Morgan Kay
BoIoer and Florence Rice in Supporting Cast

The outstanding musical treat of the movie season
comes to the Music Box heater Friday with the fifth CO
starring appearance Of jeanette Macdonald and Nelson EDDY
in "Sweethears Elimination of the noted Victor herDelt
opereta and marking the first appearance OF the Dp""
siron taar in Techn nr0dnctl0n.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

anon in downtown Seattle and is
highly recommended by Louis
Harter and Dorothy Hughes,
prominent local dance instructors
as having a unique and highly
popular style of rhythm No in
crease in admission will be charged
according to Century manage
ment News of note concerning
the big names in nationally known
orchestras will be announced
shos.ly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

Wooden Shoes" Every Lover
Must Meet His Fate. summer
Serenade. Pretty as Picture.
Sweetheart" and Little Gray
Home IN the Vest Miss Mac
Donald dances with the limber-
footed Ray Bolger, new and orig
inal Albertina Rasch ballets and
striking chorus ensembles arc other
hiehHehts in a picture filled with
music and color.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

In the MANY years that newsreel
companies have bern filming the
running Of the Derby, no shots
have been made in anything but
black and white.
The huge Technicolor cameras
have now captured every CLINT of
brilliant color 10 be found in Amer
ica's premier turf classic. With
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

one out of every five persons
killed in road accidents in Eng
land is a child under IS years Of
age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
George O'Brien to Riviera
Friday In 'lawless Valley
Strong Action Role for OBrien at Bsrovic House To
morrow Kay Sutton in Feminine Lead; Allison Skip
worth and Polly Moran in Ladies in Distress

How young rancher rehablitaes himself in his home
after being released from prison the theme of RKO
Radios "Lawless Valley George OBrens newest starring
picture opening Friday at the Riviera theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
CLUB TO SEE FILMS

Two newsreel type sound films
will be shown at the Friday noon
meeting Of the Young Mems Bust
ness club at the Hotel Winthrop
through the courtesy of the Allen
Motor Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
MOUNTAIN VIEW
FETE June II

All the strawberries and cream
a person can eat It's an old Noun
tain View custom. a festival start
ed by early settlers and continued
with increasing popularity and in
terest until
Sunday. June II, the women Of
Mountain View community will
start serving freshly picked. ripe
Strawberries and thick, rich coun-
try cream, from 80 O'Clock on
until everybody's served and salts
fled.
That's the official word from
the district occupying the hill north
Of Sumner and Puyallup and east
Of Tacoma where fine homes and
rich farm land look down upon
the whole Puysllup valley.
A program significant Of the
day will begin at $50 O'Clock in
the afternoon when the friendly,
peaceful neighborhood celebrates
its strawberry harvest.
Begun as purely a neighborhood
affair, II now attracts visitors
from Tacoma. Seattle, Puyallup,
Sumner and all the nearby COM
munities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02

regulars couldn't stand for that!
So Col. George Wright, stern,
hard boiled and efficient army
man. moved into the field against
the Indians.
One OF his smartest moves was
to stop the sale OF ammunition to
the Indians. Then Colonel Wright
took the initiative in the war away
from the Indians.
Heretofore. most Of the whites
actions had been defensive.
Now Wright moved out-equip-
ped with a new rifle which could
shoot further than the rifles the
Indians possessed.
Two pitched battles were fought
one on the Spokane plains, the
other at Four Lakes, a few miles
further south. Wright won both.
Wright used destructive meth
DDS; hard measures which struck
terror into the hearts of the
Indians.
He captured 500 Indian horses
"Shoot them" ordered the col
onel.
Indians were captured. and
others surrendered. Hang them"
ordered Wright.
This was before the Civil war,
and Colonel Wright gave a dem
onstrston of the terroristic meth
DDS later adopted by General
Sherman in his march through
Georgia.
He broke the heart Of the In
dams. For years. the very name
OF Colonel Wright struck terror
into their hearts.
Wright. whose policies stood for
violence. died a tragic death him
self, A recruiting officer on the
Pacific coast during the Civil war.
he was drowned In 1865. along with
his wife. when a ship went down
off the Columbia river.
Next: The Pig War.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
II ERE'S MORE ABOUT
TWO LOCAL HOLDUPS
STA RTs ON FACE one

model Oldsmobile sedan. He said
the car bore license plates with n
orange background and black
numerals.
Junkerman told police both ban
dts wore blue bandana handker-
chiefs over their faces. He said
they appeared to be between rs
and 30 years Of age. each wearing
dark hats. khaki-colored shirts and
blue bib overalls. The bandit who
looted the till wa about five feet,
three inches tall, weighing 1875
pounds. while the other was five
feet, six inches and weighed about
40 pounds.
Carl Hague. who operates a
service station at 101 Puyallup
ave. was the second Tacoman to
encounter a bandit.
He told Prowler Car Officers
n. c. Schnugger and C. Paul that
shortly before 1:3o q. m. car
stopped at the west side of his
servies station and q man about
fiv. fat .ix incb.. tan v.,.h,nv
ian rourd. about an y..r. ~ 40.
ana wearing . dark hin. xipp.r
shirt. \ Iisht-colored oyerco.t and
lirht-colored hat rot out
The man. with his hands
th,,,st In NJ. overco.t nocL.
ets order.S H..ue n a.t,ck
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02

When the Indians soundly de-
feated the troops of Col. Edward
Steptoe at the famed battle of
Rosalia, they were delighted, feel
ing that they had the whites on
the run.
But strangely enough. by win
ming this victory. they actually
brought about their own defeat.
Because, up to this time. the
regular army hadn't paid very
much attention to the Indian war,
considering IT sort Of personal
feud between the settlers and ter.
ritorisl militia against the Indians
who had been ousted from their
lands.
But at the Rosalia battle, the
Indians had defeated a troop Of
regular army soldiers-and the
army felt Its reputation was at
stake.
Imagine handful OF Indians
defeating Uncle Sans troops. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
WPA TO DIG IN
CLOVER CREEK

WPA will dig into the bottom
Of Glover Creek again in a new
channel clearing project, it was
announced Thursday by State Ad-
ministrator Don G. Abel. This
time the work will be near Park
land. A channel project on the
temperamental stream last year
caused it TO sink into its gravel
bed in the Lakewood district and
run underground for a mile or so.
II has come back to the surface
since.
The new project will use s21, Gil
in federal funds. drainage district
No. 2 providing s9,509 for ma
terials. Other new WPA jobs to
start soon in the county are a
sl2 .434 buildings and grounds pro-
ject at Buckley high school. the
district paying 81 ,1e6; and a s3,441
job on the Woodland school
grounds near Puyallup. The dist
riot will contribute s1,147 there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
Problems of Finance,
LIAR Divide JOLOns
Congress IL Building Toward Show
down; July Adjournment Due

WASHLNGTON-Mid-Juy adjournment plans for con-
ess based today abandonment of further neutral
y action at this session. and speedy showdown business
deterrent taxation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
INJUNCTION GRANTED
IN DIVORCE ACTION

An injunction against husband
defendant John Herbert London
was signed by Superior Judge
Robert f. Evans late Wednesday.
eoincident with filing OF a divorce
action by Dorothy London. Claim
ing her husband repeatedly has
beaten her black and blue with
his fists until she feared for her
life. the last time on May %, and
that he had burned several of her
dresses, coat and other belong
ings. Mrs. London asked to have
her husband restrained from mo-
testing her and from going on the
premises at sos So. L St, where
she now is living.
A final divorce decree was
granted in superior court Wednes-
day TO Bradshaw from Emilia
Stupur.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
THE CORE
AT MANITOU PARK

The park travelling thester will
present a show at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday at Msnitou park. The
show ia made complete with a
seven piece orchestra. lighting ef-
fects. public address system, stage
and talking pictures.
Fruit trees. rose bushes, shrubs.
Puget Sound Nursery, q20l Psc.
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
JAIL SENTENCE FIRST
UNDER WACE-HOUR Law

WHEELING, w. Va.-The first
Jail sentence under the federal
wase-hour act was imposed in fed
eral district court Wednesday in
the case Of the Standard Trousers
Co., Inc. whose officers were &C.
cused Of failing to produce rec
crds demanded by the wage-hour
administration.
Federal Judge William r. Baker
fined the company $500 and costs
on q contempt Of court charge, and
sentenced Sanford Lerner. vice
president Of the firm. to six
months in Preston county Jail, the
sentence to be suspended IL Lerncr
pays the fine and produces the re-
quested records at Pittsburgh Of
flee Of wage-hour administration
by June Z.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02

Approximately sl.7oo. 600. 900 Of
corporation and manufacturers ex.
cise ievies expire this year. some of
them June 80. Before that date,
the house is expected to have start
ed . tax plan Of some kind through
congress.
but. II New Deal forces pre-
vail. u win Be limited to mere
resolution continuing the ex-
piring levies 1t present levels.
There also Is discussion OF a
house compromise on the bitterly
disputed corporation surplus tax.
one Of . group Of levies which ex-
pire Dec 81. II has been suggested
that tax on undistributed profits
be reduced from Its present ga per
cent to Ia per cent. That would
leave the principal intact but
would almost abandon 1t In prac-
tice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02

Senate conservatives profcssed
no interest in such a compromise,
and stood pat on their promise To
eliminate the levy entirely at the
first opportunity, which scarcely
can be postponed beyond mex,
month.
All concerned appeared Ia he
reconciled 10 postponsment Of
neutrality legislation until next
year. although the cash-and-
carry provision Of the existing
act pertaining 10 materials
other than actual implements
of war expired this month.
Postponement would be per-
mitted on the assumption there
Will be no war at least until
congress convenes In January.
There is a group in congress con-
WINGED that President Roosevelt's
sympathies or policies would lead
the nation into conflict II general
fighting developed In Europe. That
group would be willing to sit here
through the summer with an eye
on the White House. ready to check
any bold presidential move.
The tax dispute lies about where
last weeks White House confer
ence left 1t. except that efforts are
being made on the house side to
find a method Of adjustment less
embarrassing to the administration
than surrender TO the ultimatum Of
senate conservatives.
Congress also must act shortly
on vital fiscal policies. including
the treasury's $4,000. 600. 900 sta
bilization fund. dollar devaluation.
authority to issue So
000. 000. 900 Of grecnback money,
and silver purchase. These powers
Of the president also will expire
June 30.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02

III MEET IhOkSDAh
Lewis and Clark post No. 2ls
Regular Veterans Assn. will hold
its monthly meeting at 1880 p. m.
Thursday In clubroom 4 at the
Hotel Winthrop.
"Sproule's Coffee untried. Joy
denied ADV.
$. s. OFFICERS MEET
There will be a meeting OF the
Sea Scout Officers at 7:so p. m.
at the Hotel Winthrop. The COM
missioners will meet at $50.
Funeral flowers you can afford.
Garden Shop. Rhodes Bros. adv.
UNION LEADER TO TALK
II. s. MeIlvsigh, of Tacoma Gen.
trial Labor council. will speak on
youth in Unions" to Tacoma
Young Peoples Vocational Guid-
snee forum Friday evening in
Room sos of the Y. NJ c. A.
Bedding plants, HIM. Florist.
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
TACOMA GIRL TO GET
MARYLHURST DIPLOMA

Miss Sally Hunt, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. L. ]. Hunt. 701 No.
J It.. will receive the degree Of
bachelor Of arts at Maryihurst COL
lege commencement June /. Dur
ing her four years At college, Miss
Hunt has been prominent in dra-
mates and In social affairs. She
Il president Of Aquinas hall this
year.
DR.. and Mrs. Hunt motored to
Narylhurst for commencement.
which will be presided over by the
Most Rev. Archbishop Edward d.
Howard. ID. John p. O'Hara
viii b speaker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
State WPA Quota
Staus at $4,000

wPA officials said Thursday
State Administrator Don C. Abel
had informed them the state
W'PA quota during June would re-
main at 34.0o0-the same as in
May.
The administration wa. quoted
further as saying that the quota
after this month would depend
upon congressional action.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-02
He Got 241,393
COstleSS Votes
WATERBURY. Conn. - Mrs

WATERBURY,. Conn. Mrs.
Sally saffian waited mony months
to become a citizen and when she
was stricken with pneumonia it ap-
peared her desire would have to
be postponed. Hospital attendants,
however, wheeled her into superior
court on stretcher.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-27
ANSWERS.

|. The 1889 legislature appropriate
ed a contingency and emergency fund
of S5OO,00O.
,. One year in the State and four
months in the precinct, or election
district in which he offers to vote.
3. The budget commission report
shows a total per capita cost of 1921
for each inmate Sixteen dollars of
this is from the institutions own in
come and S305 from State appropria-
ton. The average number Of inmates
for last year was 473.
4. Constables at Wilmington in
1867 were subject to fine Of twenty
shillings for "refusing or neglecting
to walk the streets, in turn, in time
of Divine Service near the place
where the same shall be performed"
5. Daniel NJ. Barringer, Of Concord.
Congressman Barringer was first APP
pointed by President Zachary Tay-
lor in 1849 President Taylor died the
next year and was succeeded by Vice
President Willard Fillmore, who re-
appointed Nh Barringer.
6. In 1888 Prior to that time the
work of this office had come under
the duties of provost marshal. The
act provided that the county court
recommend three justices and from
these the governor appointed Sehr-
iff. Later in the month it was found
the act did not abolish the provost
marshal'S office and another session
was held within the month to do this.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-27
TODAY In HISTORY

1755-Joseph Salvador, English
Jewish pnilantlMopist, buys 100000
acres of land in South Carolina for
$4,000 for a Jewish settlement
1842-FathcI edward E. SOrin,
French Catholic missionary, lays
the foundation ii .Notre Dame Uni
Versity as an indian mission sta
ton.
: Historic victory Of Gen.
George A. Custer over the Indians
at Wasnita liver.
1873-Compieton Of the nearly >
mile long doosac Tunnel through
the Hoosac Mountains, near North
Adams, Mass.
1879-Edison lights his laboratory
with an electric lamp-an epoch in
electric lighting
1911-Three new American Car
dinals created.
1918-The American Army of Oc-
cupation spends Thanksgiving Day
on German soil
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-27
OTHERS VIEWS
IN ANSWER TO MR.. WRIGHTS
LAST TO THE DISPATCH.


To the Editor:
Mr.. Wright continuously intimates
that we are living in democracy.
Nothing could be more false. We
have never lived in a democracy.
This country is nothing but a pure,
unadulterated plutocracy. This coun-
try and England are plutocracies,
France being nigh onto Socialist. Mr..
Wright should become better oriental
ed.
You could take a million ''simol-
cons" and lead Comrade Stain right
off his high and mighty throne.
l have been trying to show Mr..
Wright something for a long time, id
est, in spite of what the preachers
say, there is still left Darwin's t'sur-
Vival of the fittest," where the strong
live and the weak perish. "Dog-eat-
dog and until the poor dog starts
gnaWing on the rich dog, Mr.. Wright
Will never see come about what he
wishes to see.
Postscript, for Miss Addie Young:
Such a pity that we do not hear more
from Still Water" it runs so deep
and thick.
FRANK l.. FAULKNER
Henderson, Nov 26, 1889.