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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
Plan funeral
on WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Carl Elms of
Wollochet Passes
in Hospital

GIG HARBOR-Last rites for
Mrs. Anna stacia Elms. 81. Of
woIlochet. who died Sunday after
noon at a Tacoma hospital. will
be held at 10 .. m. Wednesday at
st. Nicholas Catholic church at Gig
Hsrbor with Rev. FIR. Nicholas
Hoen in charge. Burial will take
place at The Artondsle cemetery
under Perkins direction.
Mourned by q host OF friends,
Mrs. Elms had lived on the PENN
nula for over 35 years. and taught
q the old Gig Harbor grade school.
which later was divided In the
Crescent Valley and Lincoln dist
riots. and at the Artondale and
Midway schools. She was = MEM
her Of several organizations, in
GLIDING the Grange.
Survivors arc her husband. Carl
Films Of Wollochct; one daughter.
Nrs. Edith Stratton Of Portland.
Orc: four sisters. Mrs. Rose st.
Peter AZ California, Mrs. William
1Gojean and Mrs. William Dobson
Of Tacoma. and Mrs. Maria Marriott
Of Seattle: and two brothers. Jack
Hyncs Of Tacoma and Frank Hyncs
~ Seattle.
Herbert Austin Of Vaughn u
undsr treatment At the Gig Harbcr
hospital for injuries sustained
Monday moning in the woods when
he was caught under falling tree.
NJ. and Mrs. Claude Strobe who
week from Belfair moved into the
Shyissn place during the week end.
Jake SELLERS Of Seattle was .
guest Of Frank Shaw over the
week end.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26

has turned the city into one vast
week-long celebration continuing
through Sunday.
Both an English and Western
horse show and rodeo, complete
with thrills, will be held each af-
ternoon, Wednesday through Sun
day, at Civic stadium during Sc
attle's Potlatch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
Tennessee Picnic
To Be On Aug. 6

The annual picnic meeting of
the Pioneers from Tennessee will
be held Sunday. Aug. s. at Napa-
Vine. All former residents of Ten
nessee and their families will be
welcome. Coffee will be furnished,
according to the officers. J. r.
Morton, president. and Carrie
Phelps. secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
PLANS
PARADE FRIDAY

The most spectacular and beau
tiful parade in Seattle's history
will be held downtown at 10 a. m.
Friday with more than $50 units
of Potlatch decorated floats and
costumed marchers taking more
than two hours to pass.
All parts of the state. and all
Seattle communities are taking
part in Seattle's Golden Jubilee
Potlatch and Fleet Week which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
Amateur Astronomers Get
Their Inning on Thursday

In fact. evidence at present Is
strongly against animal life Of any
kind that we could compare with
our own.
1T is possible to see through
telescopes changes Of coloration,
green patches giving place to yell
low and yellow to brown. These
changes are probably due to vege-
table growth"
But Mars reddish hue Is at
tributed to deserts. The atmos-
phere is very thin. Oxygen has
almost entirely been absorbed.
the scientists say, so that actually
the air at what we'd call sea-level
on Mars might be compared with
that of our stratosphere Is miles
above sea level. It's generally
colder on Mars. so much colder, in
fact. that measurements indicate
temperature rarely rising above
so degrees r. at the equator.
LIGHT REACHES EARTH
IN 1gS SECONDS
But Mars is a little fellow only
4,216 miles in diameter compared
to the earth's 1900 miles and the
moons 2,160 miles. Yet for its red
color, 1t reflects light well and
makes for the telescope squinters
a wonderfully interesting study.
Light reaches earth from Mars in
1913 seconds. and with anything
like clear skies the Tacoma
astronomers are going to have no
end of fun. They've been practic-
ing, in fact, as Mars is visible on
all these clear nights of recent
weeks.
II may be identified as the
brightest "star" In the southeast
ern sky as soon as dusk sets IN.
Face south, lift your right hand IN
Hell Hitler" salute, and you II
almost he pointing at 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
Get Dollar Fines
For Siren On Car

Pleading guilty TO disorderly
conduct for having a siren on their
car instead of horn, Don French.
%. and George Heitz. "a, were
fined 81 and costs each in police
court Monday afternoon. They
first indicated a resire to contest
the charge. but changed their
minds when the court offered the
opportunity to settle for a minor
fine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
Band Concert In
Park Wednesdau

The Steilscoom City band which
is giving series of concerts in
the Tacoma parks. will be heard
at Wright park Wednesday night
at 7:S0 O'Clock.
There viii be popular and clas-
steal numbers under the direction
OF Conductor c. z. Rosevear.
Music under the stars these hot
summer nights has become very
popular with the Tacoma public.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
WILL CARVE new POLE

Laurence Webster, aged 90, and
Richard i. Temple. IS. Indians
from the Suquamssh tribe on the
Olympic peninsula west of Bremen
ton. win carve new 60-foot totem
pole for Pioneer square, Seattle,
under WPA project. just as soon
as q suitable cedar log can be
found
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
ACCEPTS new POSITION

Miss Sallie Egerton Wilson. al
Annie Wright seminary from 1929
SO. has been appointed dean of the
Marjorie Webster schools. Wash
ington. d. c. Upon leaving here,
Miss Wilson went to her former
home at Lincoln, Neb.
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NO EVIDENCE OF
ANIMAL LIFE

Astronomers generally believe
there Ii plant life and extensive
vegetation on Mars" said DR.. II.
Spencer Jones. royal astronomer.
In London. but there is SO far no
evidence Of human or animal life.
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Continued from Page one)

/
Thursdsy night As never before
to solve some OF Mars mysteries.
ABANDONED SINCE
DEATH OF LOWELL
Since the death of Percival Low
ell, the scientist who advocated
the theory. the scientific experts
have largely aban doned the
thought of life, as we know it, on
Mars. Telescopes and spectre
scopes and cameras and other deli
cate instruments have taken Mars
surface pretty well apart, but a
chance to check all these data at
such close range is an opportunity
not TO b. taken lightly.
For those who don't know II, the
planets of the solar system race
around the sun in circles or
eclipses at varying speeds. Near
est to the sun Ia Mercury. outside
the orbit Of Mercury Is that OF
Venus. the next tract outside Is
that Of our earth and the orbit
next outside ours Ii that Of Mars,
really something of 4 neighbor.
YEAR ON MARS
Is 6S7 DAYS
But Mars has a much greater
distance to cover; its year is 6s7
days compared to our 365 days.
and its speed around its orbit is
only Is miles per second compared
to our 1871 miles per second.
Right now Mars is starting Its
summer season in its northern
hemisphere and Its northern ice
cap 10 shrinking In size. The planet
10 known AZ the red planet" but
its color IL now more nearly a
deep orange with white at the
poles and blush green patches that
astronomers are inclined to believe
may be vegetation.
One thing the astronomers hope
to determine Ia whether those
patches are actually vegetation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26

Eddie Creviston, Mckinley Hill
youth caught as the fireong re-
sponsible for blazes last winter at
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
List States With
Separate Schools

The system of dual education in the
United States, that is, separate schools
for white and colored children reaches
as far north as the state of Delaware,
according to recent report.
The states having separate schools
include Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, North Carolina
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee
Texas, Virginia and West Virginia
Two other states have separate schools
only in the elementary grades.
They are Arizona and Kansas. In
Kansas they are subject to local op-
ton. -..
Probably in the District of Colum.
bia the schools are more evenly pat
termed after the white schools and the
teachers receive the same salary.
In many of the other states where
the white and colored children attenc
the same schools, there are no colorec
teachers.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOUSE
TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS

Miss Frances Fair of Nashville, Ten
nessee, has been appointed Head Girls
Worker at the Phyllis Wheatley
House. After a personal interview
with each applicant and thorough
study of various applicants qualifica-
tons and experience, the Personnel
Committee selected Miss Fair to fill the
position. She is a graduate of Ten
nessee A. & l. State College of Nash
Vile, Tennessee, class of 1885, and at
tended the University of Minnesota
this summer where she pursued
courses in social work Since gradua-
ton, she has had much group work ex-
perience working in connection with
Fisk University Social Center at Nash
vile, and the Y.W.C.A., of Birming-
ham, Alabama.
Mr.. Henry R. Thomas of Mime
apolis, Minnesota, was elected by the
Personnel Committee as Neighborhood
Secretary (the position formerly called
Personal Service Worker). He is a
graduate of the Omaha University in
Nebraska, and received his M. A. De.
gree from the University of Minnesota
in 1888. His experience includes worl
with the Douglas County Relief Adm
of Colorado, Assistant Boys Workel
at Phyllis Wheatley House, W.P.A
Research Worker under the Adult Ed
ucation of Minneapolis, and the Mime
apolis Department of Public Relief.
Miss Fair and Mr.. Thomas come full
ly prepared to help the settlement il
its efforts to offer this community
we'll rounded program.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
BookerWashington
Stamps For
Sale Soon
Tuskegee Institute Seeks First-Day
Sale of Series Honoring Founder

Tuskegee nstitute-Greatly coveted
by philatelists and others who collect
stamps as a hobby are sheets of new
issue being placed on sale for the
first time For that reason, there is
considerable rivalry between cities for
the honor of being designated as the
point of the first-day sale.
AS a tribute to its founder, and be-
cause of the honor and distinction in
volved, Tuskegee institute is seeking to
have its postoffice named as the point
of first-day sale for the Booker I
Washington stamp in the famous
American series, expected to be placed
on sale in the near future by the u. S
post office department.
Many places are seeking the honor
it is reported, but as yet no selection
has been made. Announcement of til,
places selected for the Washington
stamp and for the others in the serie
is expected soon from the office o
the postmaster general in Washing
! ton.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
ZYPHER WATERS INJURED IN
CRASH NEAR NAPIER, MO.
Streamliner Runs Through Switch
Smashing Into Freight

Napier, Mo.-Two dining car en-
ployes on the Burlington Zephyr were
one seriously, Monday after
noon about 40 miles north of St. Jo-
seph, Mo-, when the crack flyer
swerved through an open switch and
smashed head-on into a freight train
halted on the siding.
Albert 'Clay, age "a, Lincoln, Neb.,
was listed among those most serious
1y injured Relatives of Norman Cae-
sar, 2417 Highland avenue, Kansas
City, Mo-, had no further information
concerning his condition than injuries
sustained to the hand, back anC
shoulder.
DR.. D. c. Perry, Holt county cor
oner said that he was informed tina
the Napier station agent closed ,th'
switch to route the Zephyr through OF
the main track. A few minutes later
he said the brakeman unwittingl,
opened the switch for the freight t
move out, not knowing that tn
streamlined train was due to pass.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

By the way, the Federal Reserve
Board has indicated new confidence in
the stability of the Government Bond
Market by disclosing that the IL Fed
eral Reserve Banks sold part of their
holding last week in contrast to hugh
purchases in the three preceding
weeks. When Government bond prices
started declining after the outbreak
of the European war, the II banks
bought $4O0,0O0,000 worth of Govern
ment securities in three weeks to boil
ster the market.
Today's report, however, showed
that in the week ended September 27,
the banks reduced their holdings Of
government securities by $4,000, 600
trimming their total holdings to $2,8O4,
100000.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
NEGRO HEADS DRIVE FOR HAM
AND EGGS

Los Angeles, Oct, (CNA)-John w.
Fowler, chairman of the Affiliated Col
ored Democratic Clubs of California
and member of a pioneer California
family, this week accepted appointment
as chairman of the Negro Division, re-
tirment Life Payments Association.
81 accept the appointment and all Of
the appendant responsibilities" de-
clared Fowler, with a deep convic-
tion that we are waging crusade for
a righteous cause"
$50 it is / accepted the task of call
ing to the colors of Ham and Eggs
every Negro minister and every church
member in this state
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH
314 18th Avenue South

Sunday School ...... .l0:C0 A. M.
Preaching at. .......... 1000 A. M
BY the Presiding Elder, T. B.
Stovall Our First Quarterly meet
ing Sunday, October 8 at $50 P. M.
Rev. G. L. Hayden of St. Paul will
sing. Rev. c. F. Stewart and his
people, and Rev. H. Reddick and
his people are invited to be with us
and all friends in the Twin Cities
are welcome to our church.
Christian Endeavor. Bible class at
200 P. NJ. Evening Service at 500
P. NJ.
Rev. C. S. Spears, Pastor.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
FORD URGES U. S. NEUTRALITY
IN WAR

Is Angeles, Oct, (CNA)-Poland's
fate was sealed not by the German
Soviet Non-Agression pact but by the
refusal of the Polish rulers and their
British allies to accet the proffered aid
of the Soviet Union, James w. Ford,
Negro Communist leader, told crowd,
of 5000 persons whe packed the Olyn-
pic Auditorium here to celebrate the
10th anniversary of the Communist
Party of U.S.A.
The Red Army entered Poland only
after the collapse of Polish resistance
and the Polish state, Ford pointed out
the collapse of Poland, the Soviet
Union faces the necessity of taking
steps to protect its borders because of
the chaotic conditions in Poland, he
said
The Soviet action, he continued,
saved millions of minority people from
Nazi rule, with its theories of "aryan"
superiority. "These minorities, that
have been oppressed by the semi Fas-
cist Polish regime, were certainly
tickled to death when the Soviet Of
fered them assistance, especially with
the Nazi plunging deeper into Poland.
Even the San Francisco Chronicle re-
ported that these people greeted with
publication the entry of the Red Army
into their territory"
Ford declared against American in
volvement in the war and urged whole
! hearted support of President Roose.
yelt's efforts in that direction.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
Elks Lodge In
Century Parade

Those who wached Monday nights
parade and stood three hours in one
spot, were very much pleased with the
big showing that Ames Lodge No.
106 presented.
Although the parade was IS miles
long the patience of the crowd was
worth while to see this demonstration.
Elk. Ruler M. O. Cibben lead the
assembly with a group of p piece
band, with assistance of D.M.W. Burus
and Marjorette i. Anderson which
shows we are advancing to the utmost.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

nR GEORGE WASHINGTON
~ CARVER, famous agricultural
scientist, as he appeared on the
Strange AS It Seems program over
the nationwide CHS network re-
Gently. Dr.. Carver was interviewed
by Alois Havrilla, i11aster-of-cere-
monies. for the program, after a
dramatizatioii of his remarkable life.
Heard also on the same program
were Canada Lee, who followed
Rex Ingram as the lead in "Haiti,"
and starred in Orson Welles' Har-
lem version of Macbeth, and Bill
Attaway, last seen in the road COM
pany of "You Can't Take It With
You"
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

Great Falls, Mont, Oct, (CNA)-
Four thousand Chippewa Indians have
taken steps to establish their claims to
indemnity for lands which they charge
were taken from their ancestor half a
century ago, without compensation.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

Mrs. Syslesta Philips, we'll known
business woman, is very i'll in General
Hospital
The Ophelice Rice W.C.TU. was
hostess to the Fifth District W.C.TU.
at the Phyllis Wheatley House, 809
Aldrich Ave, Tuesday, October 2.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
Edward colneaSy

sources OF supply tor these commodl-
ties"
UNQUOTE.
You'll notice that the report men
tons manganese and that's something
which Is of great interest and i'm
portance to all Minnesota.
For they've discovered that it can be
produced on Minnesota's Northern
Iron Ranges, and obviously, something
has to be done about it.
Well, the sooner they open some of
the closed mines, the better people will
like it up North.
Any kind of mild boom on the
famous Iron Ranges would reflect on
all Minnesota business right now.
Officials of the Department of Agri-
culture today were studying with great
interest, crop reports from Minnesota.
They were informed that the years
corn crop, based on the September lst
prospects, is indicated at l8l, O,0OO
bushels, or nearly 100000 bushels
higher than the previous record set in
1882.
There has been a decided swing to
niger yielding hybred varieties, for in
1923 the acreage planted was some 500
600 acres greater than this year.
Paul H. Kirk, Federal Crop Stats
ticiah, has indicated that in the average
yield per acre, running this year ap.
promimately 40 bushels, as compared
with 38.5 bushels in 1921, is new re,
cord.
Flax-seed production for Minnesota
will establish a record for the State
that is expected to stand for severa
years. Minnesota's flax-seen produc
ton this year is greater than the entire
national yield of 8,l71,o00 bushels
year ago. Throughout the Nation thi
year the total is 7,246,000, with al
average yield of S.5 bushels.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

Mary Mason Post Daughters Rulers
Council of I.B.P.O.E.W. met at the
Elk's Rest, l48 Highland Avenue No.,
Wednesday, October a. Mrs. Vassie
Perkins and Carrie Neal were admitted
into the Council Mrs. Dora Pepkins
is the Loyal DIT Ruler.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
Henry Armstrong 10
Come To Minneapolis

Henry Armstrong, worlds fighting
est little man, who has made all sports
writer's colorful cognomen, little less
than descriptive, will lay his title on the
line at the Armory, October Is.
The unassuming Missouri mad
ness" who outgrew two championship
belts, but would defy anyone to take
them from him, is booked to fight
Howard Scott of Washington, DC.
Scott, who is considered no slouch
along the Atlantic seaboard, and has
fought plenty of good men to win his
spurs, was aching for his chance at
Armstrong.
The boxing record shows an impos-
ing number of names under his picture,
some of whom have made boxing his
tory during the past five years.
Bat Battalino, Davey Day, Ambers,
Cazoneri, and Zivic, are among the bet
ter known who have met the Capitol
City offering.
All in all it should be good show.
Henry Armstrong has fought SO
we'll, that few think of him as other
than fighter, yet we believe that he
has brought more real credit to his
race than any fighter who has ever
lived.
We say this fully aware of the spien-
did record set by our other idols, but
in this day of college boy enthusiasm
for the fistic wars, Henry has more
than held up his cultural end.
In England, sportsmen went to see
banshee from the lost colonies, and
having met him, made him member
of their exclusive sportsmen's club, an
honor seldom given any fighter, never
before preferred colored one.
His magnetic personality, his excel
lent English, and the gift of tenor
voice as soothing as his fists, would
give him entree into any refined circle.
Homeloving, he is usually accom-
panied by his wife and daughter.
Thrifty, he has saved some of his
money, and plans musical career
when he locks his dressing room door
for keeps.
Armstrong is expected to arrive in
Minneapolis Tuesday, to begin pre-
parations for his coming bout.
Meanwhile, Howard Scott, who has
caused doughty Senators, and other
Federal bigwigs to sit on the edge OF
their seats, plans to do what so many
have failed to do, lift the crown from
a moving machine in motion.
1t is expected that large crowd will
be on hand to greet the boy whom Los
Angeles claims, but Missouri owns,
when he comes to Minneapolis, with
his title in his hand.
Seats will range from $2.20, $l.65,
$l10, and S. cents.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07

Damascus, Syria, Oct, (CNA)-The
constitution of the Republic of Leban-
on has been suspended and its parlia-
ment dissolved "for the duration of the
War" by the French High Commits
sioner.
Twin-City herald., 1939-10-07
The ophelice Rice W.c.T.U.

The Ophelice Rice W.C.T.U. will
meet Monday, October 9 at the home
of Mrs. Hattie B. Douglas, 2805 Pills
bury Avenue at 800 P. NJ
Mrs. Alice Harris, 6l9 Sixth Avenue
North is very i'll at her home.
Mr.. George Walker, sol Aldrich
Avenue North, is able to be out again.
MIR. and Mrs. E. L Sims, 500 Aid
rich Avenue North, notored to Omaha
Nebraska.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-26
Bund Leader Enters Plea
OF Innocent to Charges
Fritz Kuhn Denies Theft of $14,548 of Bond
Funds; Claims Ignorance of Reasons for His
Arres. ~ New York Authorities

Earlier, he replied 'No" in the
same emphatic tone in the police
lineup when asked if he had mis-
appropriated bund money and made
false entries in the books.
'Then why were you arrested?''
Acting Lieutenant James Pyke ask
ed
II don't know yet" replied the 43-
year-old bund leader.
Kuhn was held in $4,000 bail, a
figure recommended by the district
attorneys office because Kuhn waiv-
ed extradition and voluntarily re-
turned from Pennsylvania, where he
was arrested yesterday.
II think the district attorney is
very modest in asking that amount
of ball." said Judge Cornelius Col
lins. eff it had been up to me l would
not have been so modest. But if the
district attorney is satisfied, it is all
right with me-"
In the police lineup Kuhn said ne
was president of the German-Amer-
ican Bund, native of Munich, had
been in this country fourteen years
and never was arrested before. He
said he formerly was employed as q
chemical engineer and last worked
at that occupation in 1896 in the
Dearborn, Mich, plant Of the Ford
Motor Company.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-26
Pope Seeks:
Conferences
For Europe
Vatican Thinks Peace
full Solution of Pres
ent Difficulties Is En-
tirely Possible; Gen
eral Meeting Suggest
ed

Vatican City, May 26.- (AP) A
Vatican news service said today that
papal diplomats had suggested to Eu-
ropes principal foreign offices that
peaceful solutions to Europe's Difficult
ties might be found through "gen-
eral meeting of interested powers" -or
through a series Of bi-lateral talks.
The news service said that "the
holy see has limited itself to using
normal diplomatic channels to in
vite interested governments to con-
slider in a pacific spirit the present
serious international moment, and to
seek with peaceful intentions the
solution of grave questions which
currently hang over the world"
"The holy see," it continued, "has
not entered in any way into consid-
eraltiions and specific appraisals of
questions which are today subjects
Of discussion in international con-
troversy. But it has, instead, insisted
for general and moral reasons, in
spired by the well-being of hu-
manity, that the enormous trial of
war, which there is reason to believe
would be more hOmicidal than that
Of 1914, should be by all means
avoided
Regarding practical proposals, the
holy see limited itself to recalling
that the peaceful examination of the
questions may be obtained either by
a general meeting of the interested
powers or by examinations, two by
two, limited to the nations which are
involved in various particular uues-
tiors''