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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Southern fir fees"
UlN Perform Here
To Feature Ted Rankin and Others on
July % at Mueller-Harkins Field

Direct from the Golden Gate In
ternstional exposition al San Fran
cisco. the Southern Air Aces. ="
featuring Tex Rankin. worlds
champion plane sumter. will ap-
pear in a thrilling l5-sct, air show
at Mueller-Harkins field Sunday.
July %.
The spectacle in the clouds will
Climax the Golden Jubilee cele-
bration here, July 1923. and is
being presented in conjunction with
the Young Mems Business club,
which last summer staged a SIM
Har show with memorable success.
Art Cook. secretary of the Y. NJ.
b. c. is chairman.
Air enthusiasts. OF course. need
no introduction to Rankin. List
ing his accomplishments and rec
ords in the air is practically full
days work in itself: he has been
flying for ~ years, holding COM
mercial license No. 1855; his 1877
consecutive outside loops have
never been equslled; he has been
in the air 10000 hours and has
Travelled more than a 1000. 5000
miles; he made the first nonstop
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

The Kodiak base has heen de-
scribsd by u. q. navy officials ~
the most important Of thfes-isnd
program Of land. sea and air de-
tense In Alaska.
BY presidential proclamation.
Nov 20. 1887. Womens bay, five
miles from the village Of Kodiak.
was set aside for a base which
would accommodate 100 long range
patrol bomb~rs. = personnel of
I 200 officers and men and . coast
guard station.
Recently congress passed = bill
authorizing construction 81 base
At the cost Of k2.T53 600
An air base will he ests biiahed
in southwestern Alssks. and q de-
stroyer and submarine base was
outlined ~ Dutch Hsrbof. situated
on the Island Of Unsissks.
Kodiak base. however. wili he
Alaskss chief dscfnss. II 10 lo-
Gated stratesleally. IL virtually lm-
pregnsbie against land assaults
and has possibilities for land.
locked anchorage, free from Ice.
The entrance TO the bay il mar
row and banked on either side by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
TRANSPORT IS TONS
OF FOOD TO CAMPS

A refrigerator truck body that
uses no ice or other refrigerant
was completed yesterday al the
WPA state warehouse terminal
near Salmon BAY. Seattle, to be
used in transporting IS tons OF
food daily from the nearest ac-
cessible railroad point at Creston.
to the various camps of the huge
Works Progress Administration
clearing project above Grand
Coulee dam.
To feed more than 400 men
now engaged in clearing the fu-
ture lakc-bed Of the ISL mile
Coulee Dam reservoir, the ice
less refrigerator truck will be
packed each day with hundreds Of
pounds Of chilled meats and other
perishsble foods trans-shippcd
from food express cars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
silver CHANCE
TO AID MIN|Nc

ot.yMrts Aes,cn II the tinted
states senate Roasting price 81
domestic. nslnsd aver frcm etss
eents an ounce - TTss rsnts wsll
AID wsshinxsea state msnsns
greatly u fsnsIiy saupsssi w sons
gsrss. Thomas NJ ttill sssp~syt~sr
~ msrss ard niassx. said tesFav
state officials had wfstten th<
Washington eennvsssson.l fssszs
zion asking thsW u support the
Nessffsn bah mr. a. snesvaa~si
pTses ~ silver stii s~sss sa~ hishef
price weaid rF~vtte = mss0ta "
prtfit seF N4nv msses naw npsF
stink At . iass We sl>o sais q
would enshte others to expand ard
sgurlcy asnFe narr. and wunid pesx
NIT lead ara siee rrur~stsssl
whlsh sise have s@ms silver. IN
increases apesstlcns
The senate neesssa tina SILVER
price IN voting en = manesssy MI
already r~s~~a ~ The hnus~ IRE
measure row x~es snts conferences
ecnmsttss. where the fsn~i price
wsII h~ agreed urssn. HiII s&lss
wsshsngteu's entire sslsestlen
worked hard fer the higher silver
prize.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
3 PROJECTS IN
PIERCE COUNTY
Falkland, Gig Harbor
and Roy Will Get
WPA Funds

Plans for three wPA projects
for Improvement. extension and re-
pair Of school buildings and
grounds in Pierce county were an
nouneed Wednesday by Don G.
Abel. state administrator. Park.
land. Roy and Gig Harbor viii
benefit.
Federal and district sponsors
funds will combine to start the
projects by July 10.
The largest ALLEGATION is for
Parkiand grade school. where 80
men from completed projects win
install new windows. lsvstories.
fountains and doors and construct
corridors and rebuild stslrways.
kalsomining. plastering. floor
sanding and general refinishing
are included. Federal funds amount
to 1886, and the districts con-
tribution for materials is s. .0s9.
At Roy, double tennis court
will be built as a feature OF
reereational and school ground inn
provements. The project includes
clearing and landscaping. Work
starts this week and win continue
until September. with A.s57 In
WPA funds and Si.lt3 in local
funds aiding the construction.
A three-months project at the
Gig Harbor high school schedules
tennis courts to be constructed as
part of a program TO provide more
sports activities. The WPA alloca-
ton is S2.e25. the districts 1854.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
kidneys OF P0IS0Ns
ANDST0P GETTING UP NIGHTS

healthy activity into them, get as
cent package OF GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Capsules and take as d.
rected.
This harmless. tried and true medi-
cine gives results-you should feel
better in a few days. as this effective
diuretic and kidney stimplant drives
excess uric acid from the BODY which
is often the ssgravation OF Joint
agony sciatica and ncuritis.
Don't he an EASY MARK and ac-
cent a Substitute-Askf for Gold Medal
HaarIem oil Capsuics--right from
Haarlcm In Holland. GET GOLD
MEDAL - the originai-the genuine.
Look for the Gold Medal on the box
Il; cents. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

high land. ons 81 these promon.
tories was marked off for fariifieas
ton, the other for The base Itself =
ramp. hangers ard shops.
To-day 70 u. =. army airplsne
engineers loufneyed do~n the coast
Of southwestern Alaska abroad the
coast guard cutter Alert h study
possible sites for an cir base Their
hinkst was r. take them frsm
Juneau 10 Alths.
Coast guard headquarters In ae-
attic sspressed keen lntsfsss whsH
informed of President Hoossvslt's
request
Creation Of a coast guard base
81 Kodiak VAS . part ~ = program
Of rcvsmping recently started with
creation Of central offios In
Juneau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
TO TURN OVER CAVEL
AT ROTARY MEETING

The new directors of the Tacoma
Rotary club will take over at the
meeting Tuesday noon in the Hotel
Winthrop roof garden. Retiring
President Harry Brown will turn
over the club to 193e-40 President
Nels E. Johanson, Vice President
Bert Sweeting, Treasurer George
Busch and Directors Jess Bunker,
Allan Crutcher, Lou Field. Darth
Ludwick and Tommy Thompson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
THERE'S STILL SNOW
AROUND PARADISE Inn

All hotel. dining room. cabin
and stage transportation facilities
Of the Rainier National Park Gu.
are now In full summer operation
as highways To Paradise inn and
Sunrise lodge in Rainier National
park have bern opened. peraons
planning July tth vacations In
this superb recreation area may
make reservations Immediately at
the Tacoma offices nj shs company
Snow stlfi covers mile high
high meadows around Paradise
inn and sunrise lodge. but the hard
surfaced reads 10 these resorts are
entirely free from snow and ample
parking areas have been cleared
Mt the hotels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
County Hospital
Records Checked

wrA white esslisf workers are
assisting tho effise personnel #
rssfve ooanty hospital in sh~esinx.
frsrrsnTsnx and fling Esewns svs
xaFsilns patlsnss and hospital
operations from ipso rhs psetset
viii centlnus until the middle AZ
December with ss.sis feasrsi fuass
and stif county nlsas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
GO SEE the QUALITY CHART
THAT TELLS the FACTS
ABOUT Three" QUALITY!

0F"ALLTHREE" low-priced cars,
OPlymouth has a 2 to lead in quail
ityfeatures found in high-priced cars.
High-priced cars do resemble each
other in IS important features. Plym-
outh alone among low-Prieed cars
gives YOU so many of these features.
Ofthe IS, the Plymouth"Roadking"
has 20; the Plymouth DE Luxe" "a!
That's proof It'sthe one low-prieed
car most like high-prieed cars!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
iNHRES SE0AHS
HH5 H65

DELIVERED ISDETRoIT. Prices include
all federal taxe,; transportation and state,
local taxes. If any. not included.
EAsYTo BUY. Nov 10 the time to trade
Your present car will probably cover . large
p.rt Of Ply mouth' low delivered pries-bai-
snes in low monthly instaimsnts- See your
Plymouth dsaIsr!PLYMouTH Division OF
cHRYsL Err CORPORATION, Detroit. Mich.
unf = majoa DouEv o0emM anavEm ~.
e.U.S. MrWoG. TuueSoAvS. 70 - 49, EpSt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

flight from Canada TO Mexico. he
has appeared as double In
many movies. including Test
Pilot TOO Hot to Handle" Sky
Giant" Men With Wings and
numerous others.
DELAYED Chute Jumper
Although Rankin is the star.
several others in the company de-
serve top billing. There Is George
Cook of Hollywood. Cal. who holds
the American record for delayed
parachute jump of 10000 feet.
Here he viii don bat wings" and
fly until dangerously close 10 earth
from a distance of 10000 feet.
Then there is Bernsrdine Lewis
King of Beverly Hills. Cal. only
woman smoke writer in the nation
and considered one Of the outstand-
ing feminine scrobatic pilots in
the L. s. She Will pick hand
hGEGHitl NlA Nflf kitHiib WIN NhN
wing of her plane for the show
here.
Also To Appear
Others in the troupe include
Paul tGus) Quinn. who Will loop
and stunt $4,000 pound tri-
motored plane; George Bormet of
Chicago, who is to present a one
act comedy entitled. How Not TO
Fly An Airplane,' Dick Rankin
of Portland, who will present a
series of dead-stick acrobatcs:
Bonnie Gibson of Chicago. famed
as the man who crashes through a
flaming board wall while sstride
the hood of speeding automobile;
Jimmy Cook Of Los Angeles. who
does special "Slide For Life"
Harry Crosby. specislizer in speed
dashes TO whipstalls while travel
ing ESQ miles per hour; Fred
Schumacher. director of fireworks
and sound, and Bob Wilson, master
of ceremonies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Live a Healthier. Happier,
Longer Life

= Thousands OF men and women
wonder why backsche bothers them
why they have to visit the bath
room often at night--why flow is
scanty and sometimes smarts and
burns.
ANY one OF these symptoms NAV
mean that your kidneys and bladder
need attention now before these
minor symptoms NAV develop into
serious trouble.
To flush out excess waste poisons
and acid from kidneys. soothe your
irritated bladder and put more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Alaska Defense Development
Finally Getting Under Way

KODIAK Alaska-President Rooscevlts request to
for $500 600 with which to start construction of coast
guard base and air station Kodiak island marks another
step in the development of Alaskan defenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
Modem People And
Ancient Superstitions

Could there be any connection between these things
The world today governed less by and by
instinct and momentay feeling than at time in recent
years.
Rev. R. Baene and Dr. H. L. Goudge, British Church of
England dvines who have studied the superstition stua
ton and written q recent pamphlet about it.
Tom Paine philosophical father of his country thought
he dawning, $50 years ago. THE Age of Reason He
believed he could day coming when would
late their affairs sensby saney without passion, and in
the sweet light of pure reason
For while it seemed that this might almost true
Paine dreamed it. But today farther away than
More and the affairs of todays world SUBJ
sute buster for brains impulse for intelligence filters
for Judgment, and rancor for
Whole peoples today ruled by the idea that to settle
human problems by the exercise of cool somehow
degenerate that the really redblooded way to settle
problem to work up temperature of 104 and then grab
club and knock the off anybody who happens to be
standing in the way.
What has all this to do with the growth of superstition
envsoned by the learned English devnes? Just this 1t is
in such world that growths of superstition flourish
applied to affairs That why the campaign of the
British clergymen to stamp 1t out is timely one.
They believe that all supersttions forms of mental
disease" We wouldn't know about that but it certain that
the extremely supersous live in world which they have
unnecessarily filled with and restrictions Life is
troubles and grefs To fill with purely imaginary dangers
threats and terrors with usory omens
and pornts Of good fortune is to suffer unnecessarily
Fortunately, mans superstition is another mans
laughing stock Nobody believes them ALL Why, imagine
going around knocking wood refusing to walk under
ladders ait with Is at the table do anything Friday
shake hands threshold Huh! Such fooishness! Or
worrying shout spifing salt
Wait minute! THAT'S unlucky Unless you throw
q pinch of it your left shoulder
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
PULSE OF. THE PUBLIC

airport of which we can be
proud.
So far as which street should
be the main artery to the air.
port and the west end, there
should be no disagreement.
Whether it be 9th ave. or 18th
st. one travels over, will depend
on where one happens to be
when he goes out there, or his
destination when leaving.
Both streets will be needed,
and form splendid arterials to
connect with Pearl St, as the
eastern boundary, which should
be made into a wide boulevard
through from 9th ave. to Center
st
This will allow patronage to
the 18th ST. district, through to
X st. and downtown, as well as
to 9th ave. and downtown, and
other districts like the 26th and
Proctor. the North End and other
sections.
Traffic flowing over the bridge
will have choice of highway,
whether southbound to South
Tacoma and beyond, or local.
The prospects of aviation and
airport development are so great,
with mail. express. freight, per-
ishables, passengers and local
schools and student work. that
we have not kept up with it.
Unselfish cooperation by all
can produce an industry in the
west end that we all will benefit
by. and that will help sustain
many fine homes which should
be built on some of the other
thousands of acres available for
this purpose.
l still say, Tacoma future is
in the air.
NJ. J. McCASLIN.
Chairman, Aviation Committee,
Young Mems Business Club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
URGES BACKING FOR
GENERAL WELFARE ACT

Editor, The Times: While con-
gress is in session we should all
write our representatives asking
them 10 support our human
itarian bills. If we want proper
legislation passed now is the
time to act. If we don't act now
we will have no right TO kick
later on how they" run the
government. I'm suggesting the
General welfare act as a good
bill TO support. 1t is pending
now in congress as H. r. IL.
We must have a security pro-
gram on "pay-as-you-go'
basis. Even the president has
recognized this fact, and yet he
offers the present inadequate,
impractical social security act.
The social security act is de-
fective: the reserve which II
contains is all wrong. We must
pay our debts as we so along
rather than shifting them for
ward on the future generations.
JUNE A. BULLAT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Where Dogs Are Fed
Peers and lobsters

STARTED either by volcanic &C
~ ton or prolonged rains, dis
astrous mountain slide recently
brought death TO scores in pic
turesque st. Lucia, tiny island in
the British West Indies. So the
land believed to have been dis
covered by Columbus in 1902
made the headlines.
But ST. Lucia rarely does that.
There is no great commerce, no &C
tivity there to put il in the news
papers. For the most part its Co.
900 inhabitants, largely Negroes.
lead prosaic life, engaged IN the
gathering and the shipment of
bananas, sugar, copra. lines, Ca
Gao, nutmegS and logwood
Much Of the island is uncult-
waited, wild beautiful garden in
the Caribbean. Fruits, flowers
and countless varieties of spices
grow IN abundance. Food is so
plentiful that the ordinarily ex-
pensive alligator pears and lob
slers are fed regularly to the house
pets. Everything grows lushly
under the hot tropical sun OF 81.
Lucia.
Castries is the only town OF
consequence on the island. AS a
British naval station and capital
il has long been fortified, is con-
sidered one of the best defended
spots in the British West Indies.
Its harbor is landlocked. provid-
ing exceptional and strategic ia
cilities for the Royal naval forces
as well as an important harbor for
commercial shipping
St Lucia was created by VOL
canic action. Volcanoes may de-
stnoy il again, but meantime life
goes on there remote and undis-
turbed by the troubles of the rest
of the world. The harbor al Port
Castries is shown above on a cur
rent stamp of the island
| Copyright 1898. NEA Services. Ine-)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04

Editor. The Times: The people
Of Washington have been good
TO the government They pre-
scented the government Camp
Lewis. now Fort Lewis; they
presented the county airport,
called McChord Field. Why not
name the Narrows bridge
Washington Army and Navy
Bridge at Tacoma"
The federal government has or
will put real money into the
construction and the state viii
put more.
But in the first place let's
build them q road from the east
approach down Sunset Drive 10
New Tacoma cemetery, crossing
Chambers creek at the west end
OF the Washington state hos
pital, south on the Bslches lake
road. crossing Military road on
the north side OF U. s. Veterans
hospital. then direct southwest
To the main entrance 10 Fort
Lewis. 60 feet wide. paved with
cement, lighted with sodium
vapor fog lights and named
Navy and Army road
D. e. BEACRAFT.
RI. !, Box 22T.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
AIRPORT IMPORTANT
TO TACOMA'S FUTURE

Editor. The Times: l was
quite interested in the Times
letter by Mr.. Arntson regarding
the Narrows project now under
way. his suggestion to secure the
site for an airport. and what
streets should lead to it.
What we should be primarily
interested in is to secure the
airport site as quickly as pos
sible and provide facilities that
would invite airlines service and
not leave Tacoma cut off the
airlines' map any longer
The opportunities of such a
development are manifold.
Being close in, with mini
mum loss of time and expense
going to and from same, bus and
taxi service available for patrons
and visitors, Tacoma has IN her
grasp an opportunity few cities
can boast of for an airport.
The civil aeronautics author
ity has declared this site highly
satisfactory for the develop
ment OF q fine airport.
II is not necessary that Ia
coma spend huge amount of
money on this project.
The important thing is to set
this site aside. do some work on
il 10 put part in useable con-
dition. and improve il as time
and means will provide.
This should not exceed $780,
600, including the purchase price.
as much could be done with
county and city machinery and,
once Tacoma has taken over the
area. federal assistance viii be
available to eventually make an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04

more humane if it is impossible
to get near enough to the ami
NAL to use a revolver. Most
animals destroyed by the hui
name officer are put into the
monoxide tank.
We have discussed the use of
the shotgun with the law en-
forcing officials and find in their
opinion the use of a rifle too
often endangers human life. The
quarantine officers point out
that they are a law-enforcing
agency enforcing an order from
the state department of agricul-
ture and that this state depart
ment insists on the use of the
shotgun.
The dog at Dash Point was
shot by county health deputies
upon complaint of not one. but
several persons living there. The
owner had previously been
warned. We all know that in
times of excitement and distress,
seconds seem like minutes. No
doubt those who witnessed this
shooting are sincere in believing
the dog suffered longer time
than it actually took for the sec
ond shot to reach a vital spot
and kill him.
Men working for city pound
or county health carry creden-
tials and will show them on re-
quest of any animal owner.
We have asked both city and
county health departments to
make written report to the
press that the public may be
advised of rabies cases in city
and county.
MAY we say further. that the
Humane society has often sug-
gested a lowering of dog tax,
but the police department does
not agree.
On recent visit TO the pound
/ made an effort to locate the
owners of certain dogs there.
To one who wrote me last week,
l will say it is financially i'm
possible for me to pay the nee
essary So per dog to purchase
release. How can the owners
neglect claiming some of OF those
fine dogs down there?
To those who have written me
without kindness, or signature,
let me say have given over u
years of my time. use of my
car. typewriter and telephone
without salary or expense
money. in promoting humane
work. l make no apologies to
anyone.
MRS. f. L. CLOUGH, pres.
Tacoma Humane Society
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-04
Your HEALTH
BY DIR. NORRIS FYSHBEIN

OF the numerous members of
the family of green vegetables,
water cress is among the most
ancient. 1t was used by the an
cient Persians as well as by the
Greeks and Romans. The IA
nous historian Xenophon adj
vised Persians to feed water
cress to their children if they
wished to improve bodily
growth.
Among British writers in the
10th century, water cress was
recommended as reme dy
against scurvy. We know to-
day that scurvy is caused by
deficiency of vitamin c in the
diet, and we know also that the
leafy green vegetables are an
excellent source of this vitamin.
Water cress is a plant which
grows usually where there are
fresh brooks with gravel bot
toms. It belongs to the family
of vegetables which includes
cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brus-
sells sprouts, mustard, turnips
and radishes.
An English writer in the 10th
century said, THE eating of
water cress doth restore the
wonted bloom to the cheeks of
old-young ladies'" We know to-
day that the chief value of this
vegetable lies in its content of
four of the well-known vitamins.
II is even a richer source of
vitamin B and G than are let
tuce, cabbage and spinach, and
it is also rich source of vita
Minis A and c.
Like other leafy green vege-
tables, water cress is also a USE
full product because of its con-
tent OF important minerals. 1t
contains, weight by weight, cell
cry, head lettuce, and even a
greater percentage than is found
in that most widely reputed
source of this mineral: namely,
spinach.
Now, watercress is not a vege-
table out of which people would
make full meal, or even a large
part of one; it is. however, ex-
ceedingly useful in the diet as a
component in salads of various
kinds simply because it has a
pungent flavor and a most APP
petizing appearance.
More recently housewives have
learned TO include water cress in
sandwiches and as an appetizing
addition to meats at luncheon
and dinner.