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Evening star., 1939-06-28
Reorganization
Promotion Rule
May Be Asked
Acts Ban Threatens
To Discriminate
Aqoinst Workers

With final arrangements being
made for the transfer of more than
100000 Government employees at
midnight, Friday, when President
Roosevelt's reorganization plans one
and two go into effect, indications
today were that the Civil Service
Commission would ask Controller
General Fred H. Brown for some
clarification of the promotion ban
In the Reorganization Act itself
which is threatening to discriminate
against persons involved in the inter-
agency shifts.
AS the ban is viewed by commits
sion officials now, it would operate
to prevent a transferred employe
from getting the salary that goes
with the office if assigned to new
duties, while, on the contrary, if
such a vacancy were filled by all
employe just coming into the service
the higher pay would be fixed as a
matter of course.
Text of the Law.
The law reads:
ANY transfer of personnel under
this title shall be without change in
classification or compensation, ex-
cept that this requirement shall not
operate after the end of the fiscal
year during which the transfer is
made to prevent the adjustment of
Classification or compensation to
conform to the duties to which such
transferred personnel may be as
signed
1t was recognized at the outset
that this language set up a broad
prohibition, and employe organiza-
tions protested when the operation
of plan /, which carries the bulk of
the changes, was delayed until July
l, when ordinarily it would have
gone into effect week earlier. The
earlier date would have applied the
prohibition to the last week of the
last fical year only, while the later
date allows it to run through the
whole of the fiscal year 1910.
Another point due to be put up
to the controller general will in
Volve the status of those positions
which are in the course of reallo-
cation on July l.
There will not be many of these,
according to information from the
Classification Division of the Civil
Service Commission, but the point
on which the controller general
is expected to be required to pass
is whether transferred position for
which higher pay had been sought
before July may attain it after
that date if the work of reallocat ton
extends that far.
No Rush for Higher Pay.
Although the pay freeze" has
been in prospect for several weeks,
1t was said today there has been no
rush of Government agencies to OBJ
tain higher salaries for their per-
sonnel before the deadline.
The Classification Division has
been exerting every effort to dispose
of the cases before it, but only few
of these are catalogued as new"
the rest having been awaiting settle
ment for month or six weeks.
The promotion ban in the Re-
organization Act-which parallels
closely that embodied in the old
economy acts-has been matched
in some other legislation in the
present Congress.
Another broad ban l. contained
In the pending relief bill, but while
this will operate to prevent promo
tions within grades-by "steps"-it
will not halt advances from grade
to grade.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Pre-MuritoI Health
Tests for Alexandria
By q staff CORRESPONDENT of The star.

6y otdu Correspondent Oh Inc StAr.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 28.-
Following the recommendation of
Health Officer w. Lewis Schafer,
the City Council last night adopt
ed the proposed ordinance requir-
ing medical certificates showing
freedom from communicable dis
eases as a prerequisite to marriage.
1t was also voted to set up a mu-
nicipal housing authority to join
the United States Housing Author
ity's slum clearance program and
Mayor Richard L. Ruffner was en-
powered to name the five-man board
which will carry on the work here.
The ordinance suggested by DR..
Schafer will compel every one ap-
plying for marriage license to
present a certificate from a doc.
tor certifying an absence of dis
eases in a communicable stage and
a similar certificate must be sub
mitted to the minister performing
the ceremony.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Citizens Aid Asked
For Safe JuIv 4

The District Society for the Pre-
vention of Blindness today urged
citizens of the District to cooperate
in making Tuesday a safe July 4.
No fireworks are safe, the society
declared, and pointed out that in
the District last year 81 persons were
injured by them. Two of these re-
ceived eye injuries, it was said, and
in one instance an eye was lost.
The society urged parents against
permitting individual use of fire.
works by children.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Thief Steals $1,000
Slot Machine SIuqs
From Agency Here

1t looks like a tough summer
for the telephone company and
the owners Of slot machines in
the vicinity of Washington.
A thief broke into the Office
of the Silent Sales System-an
agency which rents coin-operat-
ed devices-at 635 D street NV.
during the night and stole $4,000
slugs.
The slugs are in five, ten and
twenty five cent coin sizes and
are similar to those used in
"one-arm bandit" slot machines.
!. Their value was set at $112.
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Why Must They Die? No. Al
OF Series OF Factua analyses OF Traffic

Analyses OF the 9th, 10Th and
32d traffic fatalities haze not been
published, pending completion OF
official Investigations. The first
t1Do mentioned ,Dere hit-run cases.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
C0lored Cergymdn's
Sentence Is Deferred
Judgment Held Up, Providing Play,
The Great Judgment" Is Presented

tel and sold tickets 10 The Great
Judgment" with much success -
about 81 900 worth.
Was Postponed
When May II arrived, the play
had to be postponed because Of
the unexpected visit Of a bishop
OF the church. May Il, u and ID.
II was postponed To May rs. Rev.
Alexander left the city May 4 after
the ticket campaign, announcing
that he had business in Walla
Walla.
Shortly before the night of the
2eth. according TO Rev. Monroe 5
story. he received word that the
plays cast was coming. Green
wich Coliseum was rented for the
evening. The audience arrived,
but the cast didn't. Rev. Monroe
announced sadly that Rev. Alex
ander had not produced.
Found in Spokane
On a fugitive warrant, Rev. Al
exander was caught in Spokane
three days later and returned pro-
testingly to Tacoma to face a
larceny charge. If the show didn [
60 on, he said, it wasn't his fault.
The Tacoma pastor, Rev. Mon
roe, a., then was arrested at his
home. s11 So. 18th st. but loyal
members Of his congregation soon
posted 81 900 bond and freed him.
He still faces a grand larceny
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
JULY WITHOUT
CAR FATALITIES

Police Chief Einar Langseth to-
day reported deathless July
traffic score to Safety Commits
sioner Holmes Eastwood. as he
compiled list Of activities OF the
police department for the proceed
ing month.
Thirty-four adults were IN
jured. and eight minors were hurt
In 246 traffic accident cases re-
ported for the month.
Police made total of 1.e0s ar
rests, with minor traffic violations
heading the list with 4 total of
1852 The second most popular
offense was drunkenness. 154 cases
being listed. Speeding took third
place. with IS violations.
Police recovered a total Of ST.
S00.50 In possessions. leaving an
uncovered total Of $4,s26.50. The
motor division reported 20 local
cars stolen and 20 recovered.
Sixfy-scven Of the city traffic
accidents occurred downtown; ITO
outside the downtown area. Cas-
ualties from other sources totaled
81. adults constituting 81 Of the
total. Two drownings, four adults
killed and one minor killed in other
ways constituted the death toll,
while 20 adults were hurt and six
children injured in explosions, by
firearms. machines and various
other causes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
HEADQUARTERS
WILL BE HERE
To Open Office for
Erosion Control
in Tacoma

Tacoma win become hesdouar-
tiers for erosion control and other
land use activities with establish
mcnt here within the next few
weeks of central office to direct
soil conservation service field OPP
erations throughout western WASH
ington.
Announcement of the centering
Of farm conservation activities at
Tacoma was made public today by
J. X. Christ. head Of the Pacific
Northwest region of the service.
Arrangements are being complct-
ed by II. B. Carroll. Washington
state coordinafor for the service.
and 1t is anticipated that bids for
office space will shortly be adver-
tiscd.
RealiRnment Of soil conservation
operations headquarters is in prep
aration for additional requests an
ticipsted from the passage this
spring of state legislation enabling
groups Of farmers TO organize soil
conservation districts for coopera-
tive attack upon their erosion
problems. Christ said Central To-
cation Of the Tacoma office will
assure more effective and eco
nomical cooperation with western
Washington land owners desiring
assistance IN adopting better land
use practices.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
HERE'S MORE ABOU T
LEUCH Is HANGED

blue striped tie when brought into
the execution chamber.
Leuch acas conricted OF
shooting aud killing his Wifo,
Lena. June /. 1888. Mrs.
Leuch knee of his affair tcith
an Olympia theater usherette.
Ieuch contended. however.
his wife committed suicide ut
their home In shelton, near
Olympia.
To his crimes of adultery and
murder. Leuch added Jail break
ing. He escaped from the Mason
county Jail at Shelton on June n
1888, but was soon recaptured.
Leuch was a policeman IN 81.
Cloud, MINI. and was an expert
marksman on the force. He was
discharged. however, for miscon-
duct.
By a strange QRirk Of fate,
Lench once applied for a JOB
as a guard IN the state peni-
Tertiary schere he tras erecnt-
ed. He made the application
soon after arriring IN Wash
ingtoa.
He worked in a lumber mill in
Shelton and continued 10 carry on
an affai. with an Olympia theater
usherette whom he first knew IN
Minnesota.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
BUILDING
union ENJ0INED

Tacoma building tradesmen were
under court restraint Friday from
picketing a hotel at 2316 Jefferson
ave. where the owner, Robert
Haddow. is doing his own repair
work with two assistants.
There was no opposition from
the union. against which the in
junction petition was filed last
Saturday, so Superior Judge Rob-
ert E. Evans granted the tempo
rary order, to remain in effect
until the dispute is settled on its
merits at a hearing next fall.
Attorney l.. B. Sulgrove stpu-
lated that the order might be
granted, but did not admit any
of the facts charged by Former
Prosecutor Harry II. Johnston,
whose complaint accused the
union members of forcibly exclude
ing Haddow from his own prem
Uses and later of locking him
inside the hotel Basis of the dis
pute was Hsddows employment Of
two non-union carpenters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
Hole INTEREST
RATES LOWERED
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON The Home
Oowners Loan corporation today
announced reduction Of its interest
rate on outstanding loans from 5
per cent to AZ per cent.
The Hole reduction followed
the action of the Federal Housing
administration, which this week
reduced interest on its loans for
private home construction from 5
per cent 10 IA per cent.
The Hole estimated that the
reduction will save from $4,000. 900
to Se,ooo,oo0 annually for its Dor
rowers. II is not retroactive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
F. D. SELECTS
SIX GENERALS

Brig. Gen. George Grunert, Van
couver Barracks. Wash, one Of six
army officers nominated Thursday
by President Roosevelt to be major
generals. is slated 70 succeed Maj
Gen. Albert ]. Bowley IN San Fran
cisco as commander Of the 9th
corps area when the latter retires
Nov. 30
Others nominated by the prcsi-
dent to be major generals are Brig.
Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, Col. Joseph
w. StilweH, Col Bruce Msgruder.
Col. Lloyd r. Fredendall and Col
Sherman Miles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
RETURNS FROM
SEEING FAIRS

Henry M. Garcia. manager of
Rhodes Brothers shoe department.
returned to Tacoma Thursday
after spending most of an 1s-day
vacation in the two worlds fair
cities--New York and San Fran
cisco.
In New York. Garcia enjoyed
most his trip over the city in the
famed Goodyear blimp. For more
than an hour the blimp scared
over Gotham's great skyline.
Travelling by plane. Garcia went
first TO New York. stayed there
eight days. and then went to Los
Angeles and San Francisco. The
weather was perfect. he said, but
Garcia came back convinced that
the real scenery is right here in
his home state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

Iron gates Of the Pierce county
Jail changed shut Thursday night
with the Rev. Wendell II. Alexan-
der on the fresh air and sunshine
side for the first time since May 81.
The 41-year-old colored minister
OF the gospel from Cleveland. o.,
won his freedom - somewhat
complicated sort Of freedom by
going before Superior Judge Rob-
ert f. Evans and pleading guilty
to defrauding approximately 1000
Tscomans OF the sum of 81 each.
Rev. Alexander. who came to
Tacoma styled as the presiding
elder of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church of Seattle,
got himself into Jail in the role
Of a producer who failed to pro-
duce.
Was 10 BE Benefit
THE Great Judgment" with an
all-Negro cast of singers from
Portland. was to have been pre-
sented May u as a benefit for the
Bethlehem Baptist church. So. 18th
and I SITS, in Tacoma, Of which
Rev. William l. Monroe is pastor.
According to Complainant Wal
ter West of the Better Business
bureau. Rev. Alexander moved into
town with crew of expert tele-
phone ticket statesmen. set up head
quarters in lower Broadway no.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
Private Property Abolition
Meets Approval of Bridges

SAN FRANCISCO - Harry
Bridges agrees with the Karl Marx
theory that private property
should be abolished, he testified
today at his deportation hearing
Thomas NJ. Shoemaker, govern
ment counsel, read an extract from
the writings of Marx favoring
abolition of private property and
asked Bridges il he agreed with
it.
Bridges said that he did.
Il don't see why a handful
Of individuals should control
the oil fields and the rail-
roads," the west coast Clo
director said. "They stole
them In the first place"
He qualified his statement con-
corning abolition of private owner
ship of property by saying:
THE big utilities, factories and
means of production should be in
the hands of the government
II favor government ownership
OF all those things.
There should also be minimum
wage guaranteed to all workers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
BARTON NAMED HEAD
OF COUNTY 40 AND 8

Leo Barton. past commander of
Edward B. Rhodes post. American
Legion, was elected chef de care
Of Pierce County yoiture. 20 and
8, legion fun organization. at the
annual meeting held Thursday al
Fred Crimm's summer place al
Surprise lake. Along with Harry
J. c. Berg. c. II. Burrows, c.
Doucette and J. Mulvey. Barton
was also named delegate TO the
state convention
Other officers elected by the
40 and s were: Paul Pearson. Puy-
aliup. chef de train. Harry Berg.
correspondent; Roy johnson, con-
ducteur: Mike Lynch. Of Sumner,
garde De Ia porte; Or. Homer Toll
lcfson. lampiste. Fred Grimm,
commits voyageur; and chas. Dell
ing. Puyallup. Charles Doucette,
Sumner. and Jenss Damien. Ia
anna. chewinot Wn1nhGHa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
EDUCATION UNNEEDED
FOR BEAUTY LICENSE

OLYMPIA - Acknowledgement
G. w. Hamilton today told License
Director Dave S. Cohn that a CON-
plete high school education was
not a necessary requirement for
beauty shop operators.
The license director, he said.
had discretionary authority in
granting licenses provided. of
course, that such student grad
uste Of a regularly-licensed beauty
school) has had some high school
6fzninins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
Mount TdcOma'S
Bears ActiUe

That IL is foolhardy for Rainier
National park visitors to leave
food in parked car was proved
conclusively Thursday.
A mother bear and her two cubs
smashed through rear window
in an automobile, owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Glenn zurfluh. Portland.
and helped themselves to food left
in the rear seat, ripping upholstery
and scratching paint in their eff
forts.
The Zurfluhs must stand the
loss; national park literature
points out that the government
can not be held responsible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
Hold Funeral for
Mrs. ". l.. DdUis

Last rites for Mrs. Margaret Ia
Davis were held Friday at ?. m
from the c. o. Lynn chapel. Kew.
r. c. Leonard officiated and the
services were followed by inter-
ment IN the Tacoma msusoiean.
Pallbearers were Rudy Myhan.
Louie Laursen. Robert Laursen'
Robert Dray. Grit Parlaman, +. Z.
Film and Frank Hail..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

apple tree went Mitchell. Behind
him was the bear. But not far
enough behind for Mitchelrs COM
fort.
Beleagured eight feet above
those gaping jaws. Mitchell won
dered whose was the next move.
1t was the bears. He decided to
scale the tree after Mitchell. For
tunately for the boy. the bear was
carrying an injured forepaw--
either caught in a trap or wounded
by a bullet. The stub prevented
him from making the ascent.
Dog Comes To Aid
Mitchell's reinforeements came
in the person of his small Spitz
terrier, .Inkie" Charging bravely
at the bear despite the difference
in size, Inlxie tried to save his
master.
The terrier baited the bear,
rushing in and swapping at the
animals headquarters. II didn't
help the bears temper, nor dis
courage him.
Mitchell tried to help, from his
ADVANTAGEOUS position. He broke
off limb of the tree and struck
at the bear. The bear didn't like
that. either. His temper grew
worse. Mitchell nearly lost his
balance in the attempt, and drop
ped the club.
Bear Finally Leaves
From then until the end. the boy
was torn between fear the bear
might climb the tree or turn on
Inkie and kill him. Finally the
bear stalked off. still mad, and
somewhat chagrined.
Mitchell finally clambered down
the tree, joined his dog, and went
in search of his father. Harry
Landos and a neighbor returned
TO the scene to hunt for the beast,
but the bear was gone.
Friday, Mitchell was studiously
avoiding the "old orchard"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

The right to work should be as
sured them"
Bridges deportation is sought
on charges he is a communist and
an undesirable alien.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

Pierce County Prosecutor Thor
c. roliefson was out of the city
Friday to attend his first session
Of the State Prosecutors associa-
ton. being held for two days In
Yakima.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

charge, identical 70 that against
Alexander.
Rev. Alexander. who had $1,000
bond over him. had no congregs-
ton.
Pleads Guilty
Thursday afternoon he sent for
Deputy Prosecutor Bill Goodwin
and they reached agreement. Rev.
Alexander pleaded guilty to lar
ceny by fraud; Judge Evans de-
ferred sentence for the period of
one year. When that time elapses,
if the prosecutor doesn't approve
the Rev. Alexander's conduct. SEN
tence can be imposed, for eonsid-
erably longer than so days. II he
does okeh it, there will be no
sentence.
That, said Goodwin, depends en-
tirely upon how good is Rev. Al
exsnder's promise that The Great
Judgment will go on. and the
Tacomans who bought tickets will
&c their dollars worth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05

20. until their marriage last April.
was Miss Barbara keplinger.
The trip Is their delayed honey
moon.
They plan 10 return 10 Tacoma,
by bicycle, about Sept. l.
Their combined packs weigh
about rs pounds. They are taking
bedding. cooking utensils. a rifle
and fishing tackle.
Sally, the fiye-moBths-old ter
rier. shown in the picture, was
left with neighbors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
CYCLIST SUES
AUTO DRIVER

Damage action Of S5,Osf. out
come Of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS col
lision June 20 on the Cisrk's Creek
road near Puyallup, was on fiie
in superior court Friday against
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Martin.
Suing is the injured girl, Gem
entine Hoffman. through her guar
dian, Zacheus Hoffman, Tacoma
railroad shop worker. Of 54oI So.
Alder st, who charges that Martin
drove his car recklessly over to
the left side of the road, striking
the girl after she had turned into
the driveway of a home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-05
H ERE'S MORE B0U T
BEAR TREES BOY

STARTS ON PAGE ONE
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Restaurant EmpIoye
Guilty in Assault

A District Court jury last evening
found Robert Smith, colored, guilty
of criminal assault on a young white
woman from Pittsburgh, Pa, in the
women's restroom of a downtown
restaurant here, recently. Smith
was an employe in the restaurant.
The foreman of the jury an
nounced the finding, guilty with
out the death penalty" to Justice
Peyton Gordon. Assistant United
States Attorney Allen j. Krouse had
told the jury that it might bring in
the death penalty If 1t so desired.
The jurors deliberated for four
hours.
Justice Gordon is expected to SEN
tence Smith soon. Smith was re-
leased from District Jail recently
by mistake, but was rearrested before
the trial.
Evening star., 1939-12-01

Phones Give Raid Signal
When Ulster had its first air-raid
warning no sirens were sounded and
al precaution arrangements were
made by telephone.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Coroner Is Probing
Death by Gas

The coroner's ofiice today was in
vestigating the death of Nicholas
Noviatch, 68, whose body was found
in q gas-fllled room on the third
floor of q rooming house in the first
block of K street NE. yesterday.
A rubber tube connecting a hot
plate with q wall jet was discon-
nected. Police said the tube ap-
parently had been released acci-
dentally.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-10-20
WX1M3 G1O1Nz~ q
EOR BI8W1UF1lz :]AN7M
BY Thor & rnton W. (R [f
Burgess 4AEAp

snake. He is inclined to be vain.
lie thinks a great deal of his per-
sOnal appearance. He has a hand
some black suit and is very proud
of IT, You may call him a thief
and worse, and he will only chuckle.
But when he happened to hear Sam
my Jay remark that Mr.. Black
snake was looking rather shabby
and must be having hard times his
pride was touched. He raised his
head and looked himself all over, a
thing he can do much easier than
most people.
Its true" he muttered. THAT
busybody, Sammy Jay, is right, I
am looking rather shabby. Not that
/ care what he thinks, but I do like
to feel well dressed. ! believe that
everybody should dress as well as
they can for their self-respect. I
always feel best when ! look best.
Sammy Jay is quite right, and it is
time / had a new suit. It is high
time. must see what can be done.
Sometimes l think I would like to
wear colors, but for my build /
guess there is nothing quite so APP
propriate as black. Then, black al
ways wears well, and it is very con-
venient when want to keep out of
sight in dark places. ] think will
get black again this year. 1t GER
tainly is very dresSy."
He said this just as if he could
choose his suit himself, when all the
time he knew perfectly well that he
could have nothing but what Old
Mother Nature provided, and that
would be black. It is, you know, q
very good plan to think you want
what you know you have got to
have, and this is what Mr.. Black
snake was doing.
Having fully made up his mind
that it was time to have a new suit,
Mr.. Blacksnake wasted no time. He
cut short his sun bath and started
out to look for a place to change
his clothes. He is very particular
about this. 1t must have every con-
venience and at the same time it
must be retired spot where he can
be sure of being undisturbed. Moth
ing annoys Mr.. Blacksnake so much
as being discovered changing his
clothes. So now he went about look
ing for just the right place, and all
the time he took the greatest care
to keep out of sight. This was Sc
cret he wouldn't have get oVt for
the world.
ct W. Burgess.-wNU Service