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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01

land which can not be used for ag-
riculture. The forestry service be-
gan operations in Ohio in 1884, es-
taH.ishing five units. These were
Symnes Creek, Little Scioto, Mus
kingum, Macarthur and Hooking, all
in southeastern counties.
1t costs real money to break the
Ohio Game Laws these days. Two
Detroiters were fined $500 and
1920 sosts, each, at Upper San
dusky, for shooting pheasants from
a car, out of season and without
a hunters license.
A total of 39,354 WPA employees
in Ohio have been dismissed, report
ed DR.. Carl Watson August 22nd.
The dismissa.s left 146,141 on Ohio
WPA rolls on August 16, compared
with the peak of 287,000 for last
October. Those dismissed can re-
apply for jobs upon expiration of a
30-day period.
An order issued August % by
State Tax Commissioner w. E. Evatt
rd.uces the discount allowed to grow
ers and wholesale cigaret tobacco
jobbers for affixing sales tax stamps
from 10 to 5 per cent. The action,
which followed a survey of the cost
of affixing the stamps, will mean a
savings to the state Of 100000 a
year.
The Home Owners Loan Corpor-
alton reports the loss Of S56,000,-
900 on the sale Of homes taken over
by foreclosure. The HOLC reports
$4,000 sales Of foreclosed proper
ties. Barring a substantial upturn
in real estate values, the loss will
go we'll over 100000, since the
HOLC, in addition to the properties
already sold. has some $4,000 others
which it has acquired by foreclosure.
The fored osures, to date, represent
about one out of every seven of the
LOIS, 900 homes on which loans
were made during 1888 and 1884.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01

he Labor Day weekend is mon
us unless we have been unusual
.Mwise and careful, there are a.sast
humber Of repairs to be taken care
OF before the fall season sets in.
Let's start with the face. The
chances are the summer sun hasn't
done 1t any good. The texture Of
the skin is coarsened, there are q
good many new squint lines around
the eyes, ana the color is noticeably
darker. A series OF good facials.
either professional or at home. will
go far towards improving the skin.
Get q good cleansing cream and a
good light cream and use them both
regularly. You've got to get at this
and stick with 1t unless YOU want
Christmas to find you still looking a
bit ragged.
Rs-cendltlon Your Hair
How about the condition of your
hair? Did you, as suggested early
IN the summer. remember to keen ii
covered when Won were in the san
Tor any length of time or did Won
hing your nat aside with careless
abandon while relaxing on the
beachl II you did, your hair is
probably dry as straw and streaked
thousand different shades. So
you'll have to get to work on 1t, too.
A series of oil shampoos will help,
or, II you prefer, oil can be rubbed
into the scalp and left there over
night nnd then removed with good
shampoo. In cases of extreme dry
ness this latter course will probably
be more effective. A good hair col
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01

To all high school students, you are
invited to join the La Grenduer Club
at the Linden Center. 1t is mixed
group of well bred boys and girls.
Get your application in as soon as
possible for only limited number
of members will be accepted at this
time. To put in your applications
contact Mrs. Margaret Robinson of
Linden Center or Dona Chairman Of
the Dayton Forum, president Of the
club. Mail applications to 1872 S.
Williams st.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
From Department of State)
EARL GRIFFITH, Secretary

In producing figures to show that
25,850 liquor permits were in use
in July this year, compared with
27.614 a year ago, State Liquor Di-
rector Jacob Taylor said: "Ohio has
elamped down on issuance of liquor
permits to prevent return to the
evils of prohibition. We believe
proper control is necessary to pre-
vent those evils
I'VE looked to the state monopoly
system as something better than
prohibition" Taylor said, land we
want to prove that to the people.
We are granting no permits in areas
over quotas Compared to popula-
tion) and reducing the number as
fast as licenses EXPIRE" 698 permits
were cancelled the first six months
this year compared with 382 in the
same period in 1888. 398 townships
and incorporated towns in Ohio hace
prohibited liquor by local option
electins. To obtain a vote on 3.2
beer, petitions must bear the names
of 80 per cent Of the voters of the
affected area; for whiskey, 15 per
cent
South American canned beef,
which President Roosevelt described
as superior to the domestic product,
entered the United States in increas-
ing quantities during the first half
year of 1889. The Dept. Of Agri-
culture reported August 19 that i'm
ports for that period totalled Al
100000 pounds, compared with 3d.
100000 in the first six months a
year ago.
With an eye toward development
Of national forests representatives
Of the us. forestry service are
heading toward southeastern Ohio
Congress recently appropriated 49,
100000, removed restrictions on
forest land purchases and officials
said they tanned to buy up some of
the 100000 suitable acres avail
able in the state. Purchases under
the new program will be limited to
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01

small town may be, you will al
ways be able to find "plccd-o'
joint. This week Judge Henry l..
Stevens, presiding at the June Grim
inal term of New Hanover superior
court in Wilmington, lashed out q
blast at them. The Judge said he
wished the parents could see the
ioints where with whiskey sloshing
about, IL to 18-year-old boys and
gin s are half dancing, half stagger-
ing to the tune of some jungle mu-
sic" Speaking to law enforcement
officers, he said, II want you gentle
men to do something about this
while I am in this district SO that
I may operate on the other end
when they properly come before
me-"
| Won't BE Gone Long, Bub
'I"ll be back in a little while; !;
here's a cigarette-you just fake q
smoke and wait until return" That
| was what his boss told Eugene
Marsh, an Arson county colored
man, Friday, as he parked his car
!, on a street in Raleigh. So Marsh
waited two days without knowing
that his boss had forgotten where
he had parked the car and had re-
ported the matter to the police.
When police found the car Sunday
morning, Marsh was still waiting af-
ter 4s hours.
In Ro ,kingham, NC.
Sunday night, Mark Mccain, 2
| colored World War veteran and
member of the local CCC Camp, was
| decapitated by Seaboard train
few hundred yards west Of the de-
pot. He had been to Monroe to gel
letters of character for his wife who
| is charged with stabbing another
| colored woman to death at cafe
His wife, Virginia Mccain, was put
on trial Tuesday, found guilty and
| given ten years in the pen, but Judge
Sink instructed the sheriff to allow
her to attend her husbands funeral
! under custody Of an officer.
Going Home
| Singing hymn he composed in q
death row cell, "The Lord Just
Wants Somebody Edward Higgins,
26, walked firmly to his death in the
electric chair at Western State pen
itentiary, Eddyvale, KY, early Tues
i day morning. He was convicted
May 12 at Harrodsburg on a charge
of assault.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01

Whippin' Dust on Numbah Wun
Coming South from New York
last Thursday night, we stopped IN
the little city of Chester, Va, nine
n les north of Petersburg, on the
Richmond and Petersburg 'pike. /"
Being hungry and thirsty, we walk
ed into the first cafe we saw, an ex-
cellent roadside inn, sat down, or
dered a meal and cold bottle of
wine, and ii was served and enjoyed.
1t was white place of business,
there were no colored to be found,
Bit by bit, towly but surely, the
South is changing, or maybe 1t
was the press plates they saw on
the ear. You never can tell !?
And they won't.
The building happened to be just
aeross the road from the Winfree
Motor Co, Ford dealers, where the
state highway police usually "hang
out Before we were there 20
minutes, they received radio call
to investigate wreck two miles up
the road, We went along also and
found that high powered car tray
cling at terrific speed had sideswiped
a Ave ton New York Miami trans
port turck, hit two telephone poles
and slammed into tree. Only pieces
OF the drivers head couI d be found.
Within "a hours six other deaths
occurred within 60 miles Of this
spot on the same road. We remain
ed In Virginia two days and covered
them all. They whip dus' in high
powered cars on Number One. So
take it easy.
3l5 Cases of Fnfantile Paralysis
315 cases of infantile paralysis
were first stricken with the disease
have been reported in South Caro-
lima since asst November. Children
in Charleston last fall during the
tourist season. 1t was not known
Immediately in other sections, and
the disease spread. In most cities
children under IL years of age are
not al owed in any theatres or places
w'era large crowds gather. Three
cases have been reported up in NORTH
Carolina recently. Of the 315 cases
reported in South Carolina. great
number were stricken in Charleston
than in any other county. Children
visiting other counties fro mCharley
ton were faced in quarantine fol
two weeks.
u 4
Judge Stevens Lashes
"Piccolo" Joints
in North Carolina, no matter hoS
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-09-01
Rheumatism

RELlEvH PAIN IN FEW MtNUTHG
To relieve the torturing paia Of Rheuma-
tism, Ncuritis, Neuralgia or Lumbago. In
few minutes, get the Doctors formula
MURITO. Dependablc--no opiatcs, no mar
cotics. Does the work auickly--must relieve
cruel pain, to your satisfaction In few
minutes or money back at Druggists Don't
suffer Use NURITO on this guarantee today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
HERE'S MORE A BOUT
new LAWS EFFECTIVE

mend convictions against youthful
first offenders.
SBl27-The omnibus social Sc
curity bill.
HB2sO-permitting parole board
to keep criminals In prison aiter
they complete their MINIMUM
terms. -,
UDa,l-defining negligent driv-
inp ms A lesser offense than reck-
less driving. NJ.
Sub HBs92 - increasing cities
share of gas tax from nine TO 10
per cent.
Sub HBaa2-establishing honor
CAMPS for TRUSTEES at prison ana
reformatory.
SBlSS - Requiring county com
missioners to levy 4 mill Tor puphc
health purposes.
A number of major laws went
into effect two or more weeks ago
ms soon as the governor signed
them. They included ones feVis-
ing the compromising tax, boost
ine the price of liquor, giving cites
a greater share of liquor profits IN
creasing the state liquor board
power to enforce the law, provid-
ing for mine to-market roads, Tx
ing $40 as the minimum for Ole
age assistance grants. transferr'
ing control of vocational educa-
ton. providing for SUM clearance
and low-cost housing.
Others were: Opening the way
for formation of Columbia Bash
irrigation district and curtailinf
speculation in basin lands, author
izing operation of relief cannerie
by the state. providing for an IN
yestigation of highways aroun'
Coulee dam, setting up program
To rehabllitate Columbia rive
salmon. setting up soil eonserva
ton program. appropriatins 5000
900 for Bangs disease and tuoer
culosis eradication in cattle, regu
lating sale Of Gull apples an
creating state little AAA' 10
apples. and providing sS0o,0oo 10
a statewide investigation OF phon
rates by the state public servie
department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
Sjbelians Go
T O Falkland

As THE final program OF the
"A lyceum series at Pacific Luth-
eran college, the Sibelians, popular
male choral organization. VIII De
presented under the direction OF
Fritz Bernstein April 10 In Trinity
Lutheran church, Falkland, at
S:15 o'clock.
Sponsored by the student body
at Pacific Lutheran college TINS
years series has included VIDE
variety of entertainment. MISS
500 Yong, talented Chinese actress
was the first artist presented IN
the series. The popular Woodwino
trio of the Seattle symphony was
the third presentation. Wiifreo
Husband was next presented WIN
his illustrated lecture on the
cooperative System of Sweden.
This is the first concert OF the
sibelians this season. A concert
will be given in Tacoma some time
in May.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
Sloan
On Program
For Matinee

AIRS. CHANDLER SLOAN, who
Nl recently returned to Tacoma
from New York. will be vocal
soloist at the fortnightly concert
of the Ladies Musical club at
Weyerhaeuser hall Tuesday. April
&. at 2:15. Mrs. Sloan WAS presi-
dent of the club from 1917 to 1913
when she went to New York where
she was engaged In music actin-
ties for IL years. She was direc-
tor for the Friendly League for
Chritian Service, conducting n
chorus composed of the business
women Of the city: She also did a
great deal of radio and church
work. Her old friends will be glad
of the opportunity to hear her.
Pianist for the occasion will be
Patricia Simpson who win be pre-
scented in two groups. Miss Simp-
son In known for her splendid COM
mand of the instrument. She plays
with fine musical intelligence and
an understanding Of the composers
thought.
Mrs. Sloan and Miss Simpson
will be heard In the following pro-
gram.
Theme and Variations. op; "a
Patricia Simpson
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
Westminster
Program For
Sunday Night

TUNIoR girls choir Of West
minister Presbyterian church
will present an Easter concert on
Sunday evening, 1880. at Oakland
Presbyterian church. Their pro-
gram will include THE Old Rugged
Cross" George Bernard; Christ
The Lord Is Risen Today chas.
Wesley; Christ Arose Robert
Lowry: Jesus Thou Joy OF Loving
Hearts" st. Bernard; 20 Sacred
Head" Bach. IT'S the Spring oil
Souls Today" Arthur Sullivan
Accept Our Praise" Tails, ana
20 Lord BE With Us"
Members of the choir are kath-
eileen Dynent, Carma Coy, Neydine
Miller. Grace orvik. Barbara
Freisheim, Madge Spears, La Verne
Wahlouist, Joyce Templeton, Flea
nor Dorchester, Dolores Stillman'
Dolores hlquist, Lorraine
Templeton, Lucille Griffiths, Shir-
lev Freisheim. Dorothy Ann schut'
Director, Mary Machle, ana &C
eompsnist, Katherine Bell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
West Side Music eachers
Next To Meet In I acoma
Private instructors 70 Meet At College OF Puget Sound
April - Fine Arts Bill and Trend in Music
]. Education TO Be Discussed

tend. Under the new plan east
and west conferences will be held
on the odd years with a state
gathering on the even years. All
teachers win be able to attend one
OF the three meetings.
The conference win be held
In Jones Hall auditorium. be-
ginning ut 3 O'Clock with well
coming addresses by DR.. +. H.
Todd, president Of the college,
and Leonard Jacobsen, presi-
dent Of the Tacoma Mucsic
Teachers association. Pearl
Mcdonald, Of seattle, state
president, will respond.
Scheduled for the morning SEES
sion are discussions on the pro-
posed federal fine arts legislation
and the modern trend In music
education. Though nothing has
been heard recently OF the Coffee
Pepper bill. providing for the es-
tablishment of q federal bureau OF
fine arts, the association Is still
disturbed over some provisions OF
the measure which undoubtedly
will have an effect on the music
teaching profession. Equally OF
interest to the private teacher is
the growth of the mass production
music groups organized by various
commercial interests where part OF
the profit comes from the sale on
Instruments,
In the luncheon hour Carl Paige
Wood will review the meeting of
the national association at Wash
ington. ID. c. Following the lunch
con. ]. w. Bixel will lead round
table discussion on vocal study.
| Speakers at the afternoon SEES
sion will be Ira Dillworth, Uni
versity of British Columbia. and
Andrew Elwick, deputy state SUI
perintcndent of schools. Olympia.
The conference dinner will be
held at the Commons at 9 o'clock
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
Even Great
NJ Musicians
Like Humor
BY j. W. BTNEL

A famous critic mas Sdfis ~
ali music Is written with the m
.en,iou that Il shall be heard with
: STRAIGHT face" OF shall we say
mat composers, too, believe in the
I'D saving that all work and no
NAV makes Jack dull boy IN
sone OF their serious works we
find comical touches, and In
number OF the greatest composers
we find that their works are en-
.irely humorous in character.
OF the comical touches we nave
only to turn to Beethoven wnere
he in his Sixth Symphony, the
pastoral wrote more genuine care
free humor than is found in many
comedies. In the scherZo move
nent or Village Festival Move
ment - he gives d description Of
rural life with It's dances. Here
the village band has oassoonlsl
uho has only few notes that ne
can plav on his old instrument
which is A wreck, but these notes
he PLAYS with vim and determi,
nation over and over, and out OF
tune. apparently unaware that ms
nlaving does not harmonic with
the rest OF the players and tnt
effect IL one OF absolute hilarity.
We would hardly expect to inc
ANYTHING comic, from Johann Sc
bastian Bach. Yet in two OF ms
cantatas The Peasants Cantata
and the Coffee Cantata,' he Ii
slnposed to be very funny
But then, perhaps, the fun ina
day had to have its "Cantus tlr
mus" "fugues," counter fueues
double fugues, "fugues renVerse
and episodes and the rest.
Coming closer home, we find
mare modern example of real hu
NOR In a composition by }. N
paine s3s-19O6) at one time con
sidered Americas gre; test com
poser. In this composition ne eS
nloits the virtue of certain paten
medicine. prominent before IN
public about so years ago, an
tells all about the virtues OF Rae
WAYS Ready Relief" to a music'
setting of most musicianly chal
acter. The test is nothing but a
old newspaper advertisement
the patent medicine. The UTTER
uninteresting, insipid words are 81
to four-part chorus and bass rec
tative.
The certificate from the rhel
matte sufferer is given a dramat
agitato movement, and the pri'
of the medicine Is heraided
learned counterpart. The mus
cleverly takes of both the Hanae
ian contrapuntal and the mooel
romantic styles. The burlesq'
, solemnity of the writing is mn
itely comic, the whole ending WI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
viii Present Scenes
From Opera

Tacoma and Seattle members of
the Northwest Opera company viii
present an operate concert In the
auditorium of the Fisher Studio
building, Seattle. April 81, under
the direction of Maurice Dublin.
One of the numbers will be a selec-
ton from Cavaleria Rusticana In
character and costume featuring
Carmen Hill, Tacoma dramatic So
prano, In the scene between San
tuzza and Mother Lucia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01

THE Times herewith presents the
l. first photograph of the Adel-
phian Choral society, john PAU
Bennett conductor, in the new cos.
tunes in which the College OF
Puget Sound singers will appear
for the Latvian section OF the pro-
gram for the Northwest tour. First
appearance of the group In the
new costumes was at the 50th an
niversary dinner given by faculty
members for DR.. and Mrs. T.. H.
Todd Wednesday night.
Beginning with the first row ana
reading In the usual order, mem
hers of the chorus are the follow
ing: Winnie Richards, Walter Hop
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01

CAGES" for piano, orchestra anu
uoman's voice obbligato. was re-
Gently featured by the Boston
svmphony under Koussevitzky'
Under his anglicized name
n, Vernon Duke, he writes-
and has written - numerous
popu,ar songs. He says ne
docs 80 because Vladimir
pukclsky likes caviar. SYM
phouy won't buy caNi"r'
Catchy popular tunes Will.
nuke Ia a native of Pskoff or
pskov. IL you prefer. IL was lne
late George Gershwin VINO proven
IN. turning point in his career
turned his eyes and footsteps 10
America and opportunity nc
WAS visiting in Constantinopie III
1870 happened to hear In Il care
A Gershwin number II was MS
introduction to jazz. Inc eNpei.
sne. so moved him that he oeeioeo
tn emigrate to America, tiho ou,
a, first hand what jazz was al
about. moo and
lie arrived here In lsZz, eno
- after met Gershwin. The
meeting war profitable Tor nm
He began to experiment III 'ne
,a,v idiom. obtained a job mean
yhile at writing music for ma
rician in a burlcsque show TO t'ue
hin, over the struggle for reeoeh-
ton. .
posed the music for mus'eal
show called yellow Mask. Tor
which the late Edgar wallace
mystery story author. wrote tht
book. His tunes struck the fancy
OF the English producer D
, Cochran. who engaged nm 10 u
+ the tunes for revue MS ice wa,
: $50 pounds, and IT was the mos
money he had ever seen III M
: life The revue. however wal
: never produced.
4 Returning TO this country
p MIKE soou found his niche Ms
r popular songwriter. He com
e posed the scores OF seNe'a,
e Winter Garden shows, turned
out such hits rs 81 like the
2 likes Of You" april In
Paris" etc. A..
Today he is member OF IN
American Society of Composer
Authors and Publishers. divlae
his time between connecting nous,
totsy serenades In the America
manner and serious pieces IN u
classical tradition.
l The supreme courts eurrsi
consideration: on purely lurisol
tional point, OF the laws Of sever
states which attempt TO interfe'
with the practice Of AsCAf
charging fees for the periorih"i.''
OF copyrighted music written
it, members moved the New Noi
Times TO comment editoriaiiy'
81, the court could take dire
eosnixance OF the issue. II mig
make short work OF the VICE
prevalent theory that properly
not property when II belongs 10
author or composer
The Massachusetts state leg
lature in l7sS stated in a cor
= right law that there was no pr'
4 ertv more peculiarly a mans o.
4 than that produced by the ia'
III of his mind"
Small local radio stations "n
provide most Of the opposition l
decent copyright law do not
iect, according TO the Times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01

kins. Margaret Varnes. Frank
Marvin, Yvonne Conan. Wilioru
Woods. Kathryn Greasy, Asa May
lott. Betty Warner
Second row-Evangeline Utter
back. Evelyn Hopkins. Robert
Davis. Deborah Webb, John Carter,
Jane Hudson, Carl Heaton, Esther
Waterman. Tom Kendall, Anna
belle Lemm, Bettianne Wasser-
man.
Third row-Betty Peterson, Betty
Cook. Richard Mcknight, lrma
Jueling, Gale Sampson, Florence
barrow, Lyman Nixon, nay
Sutherland, Emerson Elder. ENID
Miller. Joan Schlesinger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-01
F Iteration
Convention
At Spokane

WITH headquarters at the Dsven-
w mort hotel. music people from
al "a re n the state will Estner
n snokane April 18th for three
dav session OF the 18th annual con-
yention Of the Washington stae
Federation OF Music clubs. MUSIC
the creative in education Is INC
theme for the convention.
An executive board dinner VIII
open the convention on WEDNESDAY
evening. followed by sacred con-
cert arranged by Mrs. Frank
Whipple of Bellingham. state CHAIR
man of Church Music Forums LOT
the federation. Thursdays pro-
gram includes an educational panel
arranged by VIM. Lloyd Roweis,
head of the music department OF
the Eastern Washington College
of Education at Cheney, and state
chairman OF Music in Schools ana
Colleges for the federation. Ihs
sneakers will be o. c. Pratt, super
intendent of schools, Spokane; NJ.
l.. Martin. superintendent OF
schools. Charleston. Idaho; Marlory
Miller. music supervisor, Lewiston,
Idaho. r. J. Fahringer, music
supervisor. Occur d'Alene, ldaho'
Virginia Idol, music SUPERVISOR
Walla Walla. Thorsten Berggreh
Spokane. and Retta Johnson, music
supervisor, Kent.
A luncheon program with Amer,-
can music as its theme, Will be IN
charge of Mrs. J. II. Templeton,
representing the music department
of the Womens Century CLUB on
Seattle.
Mrs. Helen Grove Smelling, ma
tional board member, from seat
tie. will preside at the -frlday
morning breakfast which has AZ
its theme, Wake Up and Sing.
Annual club reports will be fea-
ture of this program. During ths
: morning business session the state
: president will deliver her annual
message and talk by Edgar Z,
sherwood of Spokane will be heard
1 Miss Maud Williams of Bellingham
: state Junior counsellor, will con
| duct a panel regarding junior CLUBS
and will be in charge of the junior
1 convention which will occupy al
l dav Saturday.