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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-19

Miss vooros. q former Brooklyn
leader of the youth organisation,
told the committee Of her expert.
ences with ths bund affiliate. shs
was born IN drm~hy. bvt u nor
an American citizen.
Asked BY Chairman Marlin
Di~s. D.. Tea. In tell ~ een-
dislens In tho siris' ramp
which wss adjacent Ia . bass'
bund camp. she snidi
The boys and girls did
things they shouldn't DO"
she said she quilt the move
menf beesuse ''fhe leaders
wouldn't let me alone"
THE immorslity ~ the entire
movement appalled, you" suggest
ed Rep. Joe stafnss. D.. Ala. 10
such an extent that -~-"
III Disguised me . she said.
Miss voofos testified she became
leader Of the girls youth group
after the death 81 Title Koch.
former leader.
Miss Koch disd. she said. n
pneumoaia contracted because shs
stayed up 81 night 10 guard ihs
girls camp. which wss near ths
boys camp.
she said complaints about tbls
caused the leader of the youth
movement. q Mr.. Dsnkelachsr. 20
hold a meeting
mir. Disiselseh<r laid .s 10
60 WHERE people couldn't sc
us.T she said.
but Hitler. in 'Nsin ksmpf,'
!. against immortality" Dies
said.
But that's what They call
pure" Mis- tseres ssid.
'wheH iwe people 10 together,
and ihey don't rurb fhsir nal
Drsi Instincts. that's pure"
You have testified 10 q most
astounding state of affairs" Dies
said ! think that before "a get
through ws ought 10 hear sems
u these other people VINO might
know something snssi y. Yos
know. Of course. that this com
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AWAIT REPORT
ON Poo JURORS

After thfss nlxhss ard siuoee
three days asiih~fstios, N fso'
Pies Gas 4 OH CO. mali ffssd Jury
sfIll esx without . verdict rrsssy
afternoon.
Th< eight aofs<a and fossf uA<n.
sf,s are d<esdsng the f&iss u eight
msn. each charged sifh - eo.zats
~ mail fraud ard conspiracy. flied
hack into the gury fosm n ths
federal bssiidlnx 81 , :. N. Friday.
after spending their tnifd nlsht
ln q downtown hotel,
Their verdict could fex1it N
each u the defendants being ssnt
To prison for 81 years and given
finss totaIinG $4,000
Ths case was turned over 70 me
jury Tuesday sftsrnooa ~ All
O'Clock. II n<kaD on ~. vaiun-
tinsss dsy. Fen ~
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the mental uplight she 80 much
needed.
Although Janet Reed was all
alone. miles from any friend or
relative, she Was not entirely alone
that night. 20 far a. other human
beings were concerned just across
the paved highway from where
she sat stood huge motor inn
with an oil station. rest rooms. res
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The truth is. they're probably
right. A movie version of Bert
Ditmores story wouldn't stir a
critic and, likely as not, be no
bowling success at the box office.
It's real to Bert Ditmore.
though. Hes living II, and it's not
a happy story.
In his cell at the city, Jail Fri
day, Ditmore had time to look
back over his life. 10 has had
some amazing twists. Some OF
them have been for the good.
Ditm0re entered q barber
college la Portland. Ore. in
1854. He didn't call himself
Ditmore then, aud he didn't
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The craft became Z sDstsoo
plane when y. 4. MArsA1 Nm
Moses. ~ Mona. kooksd oennaee
10 taxa out two inssBs pessons
and Iva eegviSte1 nee. Ths een.
vsetea men Oil ~ deIlvefet -
Mcneil istssd fsa<ssI psnitenlnry.
~hsrs shsy vii ssvs thetr ssn'
tsness.
II vss ths fsfss tins prisoners
had bees flown out ~ IN tsfrt-
tofy. hss<s sid n wss ns<e~asfy
bsssuss n~ Mss uAasie h mshs
reservations es hCsss isaving
Nome
Ths psisss ptsase1 - sssp
~ Nh1sskss~s. Sshse Teest~
sss,. m rsssee tssssss. = e..
IN rssss h yarsmnns enss -
Nsif lstss<-
hto1 ana Jsffefd ssid thev
may return win : shspmeet ~
high lsst gasoline Tar ths Jsoas
nsse 'feusd-th~*wovid ses1wtlt
flisr. whs are s<heauIed = iemSe
Tokyn nsxt wsst. arriving -
Mons Aus - for tkssr fsrst step
sfssr crossing ~ rstsf< eeess'
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tell anybody he was mdnted By
Oklahoma City police for as
soult aud attempted murder.
He cos ,coHted, as they say,
badly"
As a full-fledged barber. he
went to work In Portland, later
moving to Vancouver, Wash. Dit
more, only 80 years old IN 1894,
fell in love with Vancouver girl.
She was the daughter of lumber
yard operator and she was pretty
and. no doubt, popular.
They were married. Ditmore
took over the barber shop at the
army post exchange in Vancouver.
Before long his business forced
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Pilots Ham MIFow and Jack
Jeffofd. wsii.knsv'n Alaska fsssae
filters from Nome had aboard the
plane Jack skAns. WIN ~As en-
route 20 Mayo Brothers clinic ~
Rochester. MINI. for . brain
operation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-19
Final Baseball

AMERICAN LgADtiG
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fFOg4tssn snHinxsI. Fiixsim-
mons. Hutchinson ~ and Hay.
worth. Phsips fiot. sullivan and
MssL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-19
VOLUME OF idle BANK
FUNDS BREAKS RECORD
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - Federal Re-
serve board today reported a rec
ord-breaking volume OF idle bank
funds. sufficient To provide theo-
reticsl credit expansion Of <32.-
7Oo. 600. 900.
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BOY VICTIM N
Gun ACCIDENT

Oa-tMetA--~Dssn thsnn<n< ~,
~ss kiiisd pssf tls hons % bud
fsy Thsssasy sfisfness vh~n ~
esI,s@s rf,e M Ire naads - Wnt1ss
nsf1sin. ~. vss fife1 sexldsetetiy.
Th< nsys vese shooting ~
s>stsles a. the s<sek. 4 fesity
flrsnx psa wss hsxmsa for sss ~
tiaens
me esii~t ssrsfk ih< ny sehssA
ne Ger ana ~ ds@d shesly It.
ssfusFd
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Policeman
CLASH TAKES
FAMILIAR TONE
Nazis Charge Terror
ism, Begin Count
ing Refugees; Say
Settlement" Nears
BULLETINS


PARtS---The French for~ig1 Of
Nee received Information tonight
of further German miiitar, prep
Afntions. including landing Of
troops in east Prussia.
BERLIN - The fs>en National
z~isung. personal organ Of Field
Marshal Hermann oeering. Mani
No. 2, said today Of reports 81
atrocities" ~ Poland against
minority Germans. Reports from
those frontier districts make n
clear the Polish government no
longer IL In position 10 control the
situation in Upper sile>ia." Part
Of the Silesian frontier was chased
today On both Polish and German
sides.
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Love Thumbs A Ride
BY PRISCILLA WAYN
CHAPTER ONE

The girl a bench in the small triangular park at
the crossroads of the Trsnscontinenta highway.
An ambitious road maintenance had planted grass
and shrubbey there and had placed bench for
tired EIDE sfriap
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II like Amy in time of trou-
bic. Others tell you just 70
call on 'em If there's anything
they can do. but Amy rolls
up her sleeves and starts
doin."
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"Prison Plane" Flying From
Alaska to Federal ssPen' Here

FAIRBANKS. Aiaska-~A tri-motored stinson Airplsne
reared away today for Seattle Of the WORLDS moee
unusual long distance flights. II combination mercy
and prison plane.
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70. Year.Old Charges immortality
In Bu7d .A010ng Boys, Men, Girls

wAshNGToNBusom Helen vos 10 Dies committee cult the
GX thu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-19
GOOD Citizens" Past
Drugs Him To Court
Specter of Misdeed Puts Prison Shadow
Between Young Man and Young Family
BY Edward r. Meagher

THE story of Bert T. Ditmore is they threw of
Hollywood years ago. Too stereoyped they would say
too DID, hum-drum being modern and devasatngy
cynical, say That's definitely corny"
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Pair saturday night and susdz,.
Temperatures; High. ~; ie~. -.
sun rises. BIB, s<ts. Tia
Tides Tomofsow
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

GermanyS quarrel WI n
Poland reached the stage to-
day of a violent press CAM
paign against Polish "atroci-
ties" on Germans. and Nazi
warnings that settlement of
the Danzig problem is now
possibly a matter of days.
well-informed Berlin Nszis said
Friday that tho dispute between
Germany and Poland now had be-
come serious, and that settlement
of the panzig problem was no
longer a matter Of weeks but pos-
sibly OF days
They further Indicated that I'M
less Poland stopped alleged terror
ism against minority Germans
described in screaming headlines
by the inspired press II might be
necessary for Germany 10 inter
vene. The manner of Intervention
was not specified.
NAILS DETERMINED
II was asserted more openly and
more firmly that Germany now
must have the Polish corridor.
which Is poland's outlet TO the sea.
and that there must be no con-
ferenoes or compromises.
Charges Of terrorism against
minority Germans began 10 take
on the exact tone Of those that
preceded the Sudeten crisis a year
ago. Nov Nazis asserted thou
sands Of Germans were fleeing the
terror" IS II had been alleged
last year they fled The terror
In Czechosloyak Sudetenlsnd.
FuGITIsEs COUNTED
Polish terror against Germans
continues without dimlnution."
said the official news agency.
Everywhere those Germans who
have not been arrested have been
compelled to hide IN the woods or
IN other refugees 10 escape the
hatred Of the Poles. The number
Of arrests swells hourly and al
ready IL well over 600.
The number Of German min
GRITTY fugitiyes from Poland. up
10 the beginning Of August,
reached 7e.535. For the ma loriiy
Of refugees. temporary work Was
found in Germany. At the mo-
ment about t,ssi peopi. have been
accommodated in 10 refugee
camps"
- FIRM
fszi sources asserted refugees
mad been fleeing from Poland II
he rate Of 900 q week for the
asst two months
Poland pfofessed 10 BE- Dndaunisd
by the German attacks. The Polish
press and political quarters de,
risred Poland will fight u at
lacked. or II there u violence in
Political quarters. echoed by
warsaw newspapers. answered
German demands for a solution II
ne Danzlg problem Friday with
that Poland vas de-
lermiDed 70 fight IN event she Vas
STACKED or IN event u German
to take Dsnzlg.
COMMENT QroTED 4
Polish newspapers had main
aimed q temperate zttiinde ana
mere were no polemies Never
.bsIess they cd not try 70 conceal
rom their readers the snti-Poiish
,nslaugbts u the inspired Ger
nan press and the typical COM
neHt was made by the influential
iegspsper Kuf1er warkzawski:
1t would b. great mistake Il
ne Germans think France and
treat Britain viii approach Poland
with advice. az both DID In the
Continued On Page 4. Column ~
BANK TRANSACTIONS
Evening star., 1939-04-02

RN COLONIAL days no one specialized
in dentistry. True - dentistry
was practlced to some extent but
only as a side line Actors, merchants.
hairdressers and engravers sometimes
took it up in order that a few extra
dollars might be added to their in
comes. Their dental instruments were
generally limited to wrench and
miniature chisel.
A session with an early dental
surgeon meant an experience that
only the staunchest and vainest cared
to repeat. Our Colonial forefathers
suffered greatly from defective teeth
because of sheer neglect or because of
Evening star., 1939-04-02

the unbelievably harsh methods that
we're used for whitening and cleansing.
One of the tooth powders that was
used was composed of snuff. crushed
coral. tobacco ashes and gum myrrh.
Some of the authorities OF that period
even recommended that the teeth be
secured with hardened cake of mixed
pumicestone. alabaster. brown sugar.
rose water. and cuttlebone.
Toothache was a most common
ailment One remedy advised was an
application Of paste made Of gun
powder, birthstone and butter Miss
ing teeth were often replaced with
sound human teeth. As late as 1890
Evening star., 1939-04-02
THEY WEREN'T J0BLESS LONG

which, for few cents would improve
the appearance of the electric switch.
Los Angeles. California: A book
keeper who had lost his job persuaded
the owners of a number of independent
service stations to allow him to take
over their bookkeeping. His price
ranged from ten to thirty-fve dollars
a month, depending upon the amount
of time required for the work. With
half a dozen such accounts, he in
stalled a desk, chair and fling cabinet
in light truck and went from job to
job in his own travelling Office.
Butte, Montana: A house painter,
unable to find work. decided to forget
about the big jobs - and 60 after the
small ones. And he went from house to
house, offering to paint woodwork.
The price for each job was small. but
he found enough work to keep him busy.
-WHIThEv WILLIAMS
Evening star., 1939-04-02

which took the life of her daughter.
Mrs. Dale Dunham
Lebanon. Ky: Funeral services were
held here for MIR. and Mrs. Turner
Rakes' SIX children, who we're burned
beyond recognition in fire which
started when the father poured coal
oil on the smolderlng embers in the
kitchen range.
Maryrilie. No.: Going downstairs
early in the morning to speed up the
fire so the children wouldn't catch
cold, Leo r. Ross was showered with
liquid flame when the kerosene he
poured into the stove exploded. He
was dead when hremen arrived and
two other members of the family were
badly burned.
Kingsley. Iowa: Max Fallon, promi-
nent farmer of Henry township. is IN
St. Joseph's Hospital in d critical
condition from burns and exposure.
Pouring kerosene on the hot Goals of
the kitchen range. Mr.. Fallon was
enveloped in flames when the vapor
exploded. Temporarily blinded and
half-conscious, he wandered about.
thlnly clad. tor five hours until he
stumbled into a neighbor's home
Ray City, Okla: A father and his
two children lost their lives in fire
at their home early this morning when
kerosene exploded while being used to
pep up cookstove fire.
Memphis. Tenn: N. G. Littleton
died in the hospital here tonight of
burns suffered in an explosion which
occurred when he attempted to re-
klndle a fire with kerosene Alarmed
Evening star., 1939-04-02

tor on the opposite side, but it is a
much better idea to use two lights
or even three - just so you can stop
the lens down further for greater
depth of focus
1t is also prudent to keep the SUBJ
ject as close to the mirror as possible
for this same reason. You may find
occasions when it is necessary to place
him even closer than he would nor
mally stand in using a mifror. but this
won't matter as long as you don't get
an awkward or forced pose in the
finder. In other words, your eye may
Evening star., 1939-04-02

tell you that he's too close to the
glass, but If you place your camera
properly, that won't show in the
picture.
These pictures can be taken with
flash or flood bulbs as you prefer. and
there are no exposure complications
not covered in the standard directions
for the use of these lights. In short,
there's no reason why you shouldn't
introduce a little variety in your
album with mirror snapshots, because
they are very easy to do - and loads
of fun.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

the reflection only - or at six feet if
you show both subject and reflection.
In either case, don't crowd up too
close with your camera. And stop
down the lens as far as possible in
order to get the greatest depth. OF
course, the subjects back can be
little fuzzy without doing any great
harm, but the sharper everything is,
the more you'll like the finished print.
This usually means moving the lights
in close or using more light when It is
available. It's no trick to make these
snaps with a single light and refec-
Evening star., 1939-04-02

Now anyone who is out of job?
These men were, too, but they
ID aren't now.
Santa Barbara. California: Rather
than 60 on relief, a man made house.
toulouse canvass. offering to polish
shoes at five cents pair, white and
sport shoes. ten cents. Since there we're
usually several pairs that needed
polishing in every household, he found
a ready-made market for his services.
particularly since his price was only
half the customary toll.
Portland, Oregon: An unemployed
electrician capitalized upon the ever
present desire to modernize the home.
He visited the older sections of the city,
offering to change the old-fashioned
push button electric-light switches to
the latest snap type. at nominal
charge. He carried with him several
varieties of new and shiny wall plates,
Evening star., 1939-04-02

by the blast, neighbors found MIR.
Littleton lying on the ground amid
the wreckage of his house, which was
completely destroyed.
Poplar Bluffs. No.: A mother and
four children were burned to death
when the home of p Willard was
destroyed by fire early today. The
blaze originated when Willard at
tempted to hasten fire IN coal
stove with kerosene.
Garter. Moui: Four young children
persisted in the flames and their
mother and two others are expected
to die from burns they received when
oil exploded as it was poured into
wood fire.
There are eighty Lone other clippings
If you like more! They are supported
by titty-Six other deaths from this
same bit of Fatal Foolishness reported
by one Detroit insurance company.
Not very pleasant reading, perhaps
- but mighty persuasive in putting
over the truth that it is bad business
to pour oil on troubled fires.
Relatively safe at normal tempera-
lures. kerosene gives off an explosive
vapor when heated to 100 degrees.
and that is precisely how the trouble
starts when this liquid is used to
speed up reluctant fire in the kitchen
stove.
You've been dong that tor years
without mlshap?
Surely - so had all the others
covered in this brief summary.
Why not cut 1t out before you have
to stop the hard way?
Evening star., 1939-04-02

advertisements appeared in news
papers for live teeth" These ad-
vertisements were. of course, directed
to those SO financially pressed that
they would be willing to part with
their healthy teeth for a price, BY a
process OF migrating the so-called
live teeth" we're lodged in the pa
tents jaw. Paul Revere was one of
those who augmented his income by
setting teeth"
These artificial teeth were of little
value for eating. They were intended
more for display and as an aid in
talking.
"A. R. ARMSTRONG
Evening star., 1939-04-02

4 HEN Edison put the gas
"" light in bottle so you can't
w blow it out" he eliminated
one common form of Fatal Foolish
ness, which caused a great deal of
grief in its day.
But we still have with us the twin
brother of that old suicidal trick of
blowing out the gas, to wit: speeding
up a fire in the stove by the use of
kerosene.
have before me ninety-one recent
newspaper clippings from various
parts of the country listing a total of
l52 casualties from this foolish prac-
tice. This is by no means complete
score. yet this fragmentary cross
section of human imprudence adds up
to eighty serious injuries. seventy
two deaths and we'll over $2OO. 600 in
property damage. Glance at some of
them - and shudder:
McG1egor, IoWa: MIR. and Mrs. Jay
Anderson and five OF their seven chill
dren were burned to death when
kerosene used on the kitchen fire
exploded and converted their home
into blazing trap.
Bedford, Ind: A 35-year-old mother
died after four days of suffering from
burns acquired when kerosene ex-
ploslon in the kitchen killed her two
daughters, Bonnie, a, and Norma, g
The mother was pouring oil on the
sluggish fire in the stove in order to
have larger blaze.
Eureka. Mich: Mrs. William Wright,
60, died in St. Johns Hospital. the
second victim of kerosene explosion
Evening star., 1939-04-02
SEEING DOUBLE WITH A CAMERA
by Fulton Williams
Pkote F.P.C.

dropping the tripod lower than usual
Ordinarily there is no objection to
shooting down somewhat on an in
dividual sitter. but where you'v got
the rigid lines of a square or rectangu-
lar mirror against wall, a tilted
camera may produce an ungainly dis
tortion - which can easily be cor
rected in an enlargement but not in a
contact print.
You must also be careful about un-
wanted reflections of other objects
in the room, particularly lights. To
detect reflections that your lens would
pick up. you should look through the
finder or the ground glass instead of
standing erect and looking directly in
the mirror &C you should squat in
front of the camera with your eyes
level with the lens If your eyes are
foot or more away from the position
OF the camera, you may miss things
which the lens sees.
The matter of focus is simple
enough. but it merits mention. If you
intend to show both the original sub
ject and the reflection in the picture,
then measure the focal distance to the
mirror But if you want to photograph
the reflection only. then measure the
total distance from the lens to the
mirror to the subject In other words,
if the subject is two feet from the
glass and the camera is six feet away.
set your focus at eight feet if you show
Evening star., 1939-04-02

- NE of the incest touches OF
variety for the family album
~ is the mirror snapshot:
picture of Mother and little Jean
smiling at you from the mirror in the
hall; a shot of the baby investigating
his visage in hand glass; even set
up of the cat enjoying his reflection.
And they're easy to make.
In the typical mirror shot the SUBJ
ject is about two feet from the glass
and a trif1e to one side, with his back
four-ffths to the camera, more or less.
Instead of placing the camera in the
dead center of the setup, shoot from
an angle slightly off center That is,
if the subject is on the right, you
move little toward the left so that
when you look into your finder, you
will see the reflection framed pretty
much in the center of the mirror. This
will also cut down glare from the
lights in the glass.
Your lights should be placed so
their rays are practically at right
angles to the subject. and at least one
should be close against the wall.
shining toward the subject, never to.
ward the mirror. Naturally. you've
got to be careful in placing your
camera so that the light doesn't shine
directly into the lens or give you bad
spots of glare in the glass. In most
cases it is also wise to have the camera
perfectly level, even if that means
Evening star., 1939-04-02
DON'T Pour TROUBLE ON a FIRE!
by Paul w. KeaxneY

4 YHEN Edison put the gas
w light in bottle so you can't
w blow it out" he eliminated