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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
R. J. CURTIN At
OMAHA MEETING

r. J. Curtin. general agent for
the Union Pacific Railroad Co. in
Tacoma. is one of $50 officers and
employees Of the line who are at
tending system traffic meetings,
which opened Monday in Omaha,
Ncb. This is the largest gathering
ever held in the west by any one
railroad in the interest of traffic
improvement.
Presiding at the gathering,
which will last three days, is Will
lam M. LETTERS. president OF the
u. p. At the opening of the first
session he announced all brass
collars" had been checked at the
door.
Groundwork for the study of
traffic problems was laid by special
committees comprised of represen-
tatives Of the railroad brotherhood
and men from the ranks Of the
operating and traffic departments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15

years under the direction OF
Fortune Gallo.
Meets the star
Perhaps our greatest thrill Of
the evening, surprising even the
viewing of the entire third act
from the wings of the thcater. was
the Introduction to the star OF
the performance Norma Greco.
young soprano OF the company
she's only twenty-two-who re-
Gently received an offer from the
Metropolitan Opera company in
New York. Miss Greco was as
beautiful and refreshing off-stage
as on and much is expected OF
her in the future.
Other members of the company
with whom we talked briefly were
Lyuba Senderowna. very charm
ing and talented artist. and
Mostyn Thomas and Harold kra-
witt, two superb singers with
sparkling and humorous person
alities.
Before leaving. we took a rapid
trip, through the aid of the stage
crew, from the shores Of the Nile,
near the Temple of Isis, to the out
side of the great judgment hall.
Our host explained to us how each
piece of scenery, no matter how
large or small, is kept in an exact
place all its own until it comes
time for it to become a part of a
kings palace, the temple of a
goddess or, perhaps, the dismal
vault beneath the temple. Then
as quick as a flash (well almost
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15

command TO report to the frontier
and three squadrons of Limoges
dragons are on their way to Per-
pignan.
On the Spanish side OF the border
the road was deserted except for
an occasional limousine carrying
government officials racing by with
flash of flags and official mark
ings. Further down. toward
Figueras, however, the traffic was
so heavy that the road was black
with trucks creeping along for a
few minutes and then hating
Above Nationalist planes whirred
and few minutes later we heard
the explosion of bombs as they
bombarded Figueras.
About 10000 refugees in Figue-
ras and $4,000 in Corona are home
less and almost without food.
Garages, roofs, sidewalks and
bridges are literally packed with
humanity This is Ike China, not
like Europe, / thought.
Two thousand refugees were
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15

First came women and children
by way OF Perthus. They were from
Barcelona. in tragically NAL
nourished state. They had walked
most Of the way. One woman, a
lean bue-cyed Asturian, said:
Were just a sample. There's a
half-million more coming. She
looked suspiciously at the garde
mobile who stood impassively along
the road.
Where's the bakery? I'll give
them my shoes for big loaf.
Long lines of coaches in the
stations of Cerbere and Boulou
are In readiness to take the
refugees 10 the concentration
camps that have been set up
In the departments Of Gard,
Vicnne and Nievre.
Five regiments of infantry and
Senagalese and Indo- Chinese sharp
shooters have received their orders
to leave at moments notice. The
garrisons of Montpelier, Carcass
some and Perpignan await the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
Young Democrats
Meeting Tuesday

Young Democratic club of Pierce
county will hold its monthly meet
ing Tuesday evening at s in Judge
Cards courtroom.
Actions taken Mt the last meet
ing Of the state executive commit
tee. held at Olympia, will be re-
ported and committee assignments
will be announced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15

that quick it is set up and the
show goes on.
The company, which carries
complete chorus o. "a voices. has
been on tour since September and
will continue on through March.
Vancouver, b. c. and Spokane
being the next stops. Gallo ex-
poets to return to Tacoma next
year, to play three nights instead
of two
"Supers' who supplemented the
aida cast t the Temple
theater Tuesday night-those very
necessary persons who carry the
spears and banners and fill in the
background were provided by
John Paul Bennett, director of the
Conservatory of Music, College Of
Puget Sound, and conductor of
the Adelphian Choral society. For
the most part they were selected
from the chorus and the college
speech class.
The same group will be with the
cast in "Rigoletto" Tuesday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
WORSE THAN
CZECH REFUGEES

All the little towns throughout
the Pyrenees-Amelie les Bains-
Mont Louis, Vernet les Bains, the
tiny village of the Canigou - all
have their quota OF refugees. In
some cases they are Galatians from
the other side of the mountains
who have come TO stay with their
French Catalan cousins. But the
great mass is still to come.
Last fall / saw the Czechoslo-
vskian refugees returning from the
Sudeten country that had been
their home and the Czechs migrat-
ing away from the Silician terri
tory near Teschen that was to be
occupied by the Poles.
II was painful and hearthreak-
ing sight. But thinking about the
hundreds of thousands of Span
isrds fleeing before the Nationalist
army, II seems TO me that they are
in an even worse plight. Those
Czechs still kept something of their
own country. they were fed by the
hope that somewhere in Czechoslo-
valia they could again build up
their lives. But the Spsnisrds who
cross the Pyrenees into France will
be without country.
Ahead of them lies the tragic
future of exile.
But they cannot turn back.
FRANCOIS columns are pushing
up the coast and inward from
the northwest. Before them
hss exile but coming ever
closer Is death. For the mo-
ment their problem Is to es-
cape death. 10 rest and to eat.
i spoke TO pretty young girl
in lie boulou. She was from
Madrid originally. medical
student at the university.
She has been an assistant In
military hospitals since the begin
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ming of the war and has been dec
Grated twice for bravery.
She is a captain in the Republi-
can army. She chatted with me
gaily. reminiscing about Madrid
and her life there as a student.
Shall you ever go back there ?"
l asked.
She shrugged her shoulders.
Not l." she said. Perhaps my
grandchildren"
Spaniards are capable of thinking
in terms not of themselves but of
the generations who will follow
them. That girl is dreaming of a
time in the future when Spain will
be free again. Not in her lifetime,
but some day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
JUBILEE BROADCAST
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The significance of Washington's
golden jubilee, celebrating so years
of statehood this year, will be told
by Leo Weisfield of Seattle, mem
Der of the Washington State
Progress commission, in state-
wide broadcast at $50 P. m. We'd
nesday over KMO.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
BY BEVERLY THOMPSON

An introduction to Mario Gallo,
a cordial acknowledgements wee
bit of conversation then a brief
request to 20 behind scenes-and
we found ourselves baclstage Of
the San Carlo Opera company's
opening night of Aida Mario
Gallo, our gracious host, guide and
teacher extraordinary, is the son
of Fortune Gallo head Of the
company. who is in New York at
the present time.
The purpose of our visit was to
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granted permission TO cross the
border one day and then the
permission was mysteriOusly
Cancelled. A more hopeless and
and bitter lot OF people ! have
never seen. Some OF these
people have come from San
lander: thence evacuated TO
San Sebastian. then TO Bilbao
and after that to Gijon.
When Asturias fell they came by
boat to France and made their way
back to Republican Spain, where
they were sheltered in Manresa and
other Catalan towns near Igua-
lada. This is the sixth time they
have been evacuated-they have
been moved from place to place
for two and half years.
In speaking to the refugees on
the border, ! found that they were
bitter not only against Franco and
his foreign allies but against the
Republican leaders who. they felt,
continued the fight when there
was no hope of winning. 1t should
have been over last May, they said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-15
THROUGH
THE PASSES

Officially. there arc only two
places where these refugees can
enter, Cerbere and lie Perthus. But
despite the snow and the dangers
involved in crossing the Pyrenees
at this season as well as that of
being shot by border guards, men
cross every night. Some of these
passes arc blocked with snow but
can be crossed on skis; others are
clear. About Is miles of tough
mountain walking will bring you
into or out of Spain. Perhaps the
Garde Mobile choose to ignore this
fact. but the natives are well aware
of it.
The fishermen of the little
village of Collioure can tell you
about the boats that come at
night without lights - little
fishing boats that have come
from towns near Barcelona
along the coast. They land
along Angeles PLACE which be-
Ing n summer resort Is almost
deserted at this season. Once
'NVN HdNS iuuutu tfE OuiN FisN
the passengers take Is OF be-
ing put into a Perpignan Jail,
which In contrast to being shot
by tho Nationalist Is consid-
cred a derisory danger.
One of the things that caught my
attention was the number of young
men with white hair. They were
prematurely old, worn out. They
are in the cafes. listless, and indif-
ferent. However, the rightist
Spaniards who have been sitting
about in the Cafe Palmarium and
Cafe Chatelet for the past year
and half have frightened up of
course. They talk loudly. drink to
Frances health and celebrate the
fall of Barcelona. The Franco spies
1--WE all knew who the spies were
Perpignan is a small town after alb
have taken off their false whiskers
metaphorically speaking and have
come out as openly agents of the
Burgos government.
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
Thanksgiving Day

Regardless of how much we would like to phrase our
Thanksgiving message in unusual way, we
had to get right back to the old however, old
things are usually the bes-old friends old faiths, old
ways of wording the feelings that are hearts
Notwithstanding the fact that the United States has
for the past few weeks, it still remains day of
offering thanks to God for the bounteous harvest
reap We do not wish you to think in terms of only cot
ton grain, etc. but every blessing we by day, by
hour by the smallest fraction of minute As we
have often sad every day in the year should be Thanks
giving Day. We feel it is fitting and proper The beauty
in the realization that the whole America paused
one day to give special thanks.
This year the whole America will not pause the
day will accept the Presidents proclamation
of November 23 while others will keep the old custom of
November 80, rather the last Thursday in November.
It seems to that what have tried to impress is
carried in the division of the states We have
ed people to feel that Thanksgiving Day than
table laden with turkey and fine things to eat,
than football game day off from work-these
minors-Thanksgiving to the Pilgrim Fathers day
which they called together the little surviving band
and gave God thanks for their lives and for maintenance
The food they prepared minor with them.
Although will celebrate the last Thursday from
the old custom, let do with intentions toward
God-wh prayers of Thanksgiving, for He has greatly
blessed us far beyond what have merited.
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01

sensaionalism juvenile deinquences, portrayed by
Ben Lindseys "The Beast Tenant farming in the South
disease dangerous unsantary conditions at time were
thought by these muckrakers having any philosophy
of reform but they just wanted to clean up things They
never thought in of fundamentals tried to
get behind consequences to the for such
corruption but their intense love of America made them
be content exposing conditions they instead of
the factors that made these conditions
Yet we should be thankful for what they have done
and are still doing. Imagine the plight of child labor if
wasn't for that scorchng story by John Sprague in
his Bitter Cries of Children Consider again the plight
of the tenant farming in the South if there weren't such
navs as Tobacco Road such books "You Have Seen
Their Faces" by Caldwell and Hamln Garland, Main
Travelled Road
The Muckrackers movement is still with Can you
make contribution Can you assist in the stoppage of
such detestable evil war? Are you conented with
white slavery? Do you adhere long working hours for
women? Do you appreciate race hatred? l muck
raker you?
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
The Muckrakers
BY CHARLES H. WILSON, Social Science Department,
Acorn A. & NJ College, Alcorn, Miss

Undertaking has been described the exposing of
and corruption for real ostensbe purpose of pro-
noting righteousness and social justice Undertaking
1.-THE inevitable result of decades of Indifference the
iegalities and mmoraltes attendant upon the indus
trial development of America, such the control of min
erals, lands water power, ingenously evaded faun
ngy deed the inadequate and feeby enforced laws of
the land
"The United States" said William Archer, writing
for the Fortnghty Review May, 1910 his impressions
of America is like enormously rich country overrun
by horde of robber barons and inadequately
Iced by the central government and by certain local
vigilance societies.
But there movement toward industrial
soidation in the form of trusts namely the Standard
Oil Company the livestock and dressed beef combinations
the coffee and steel trusts and they secured great ad
vantages their rivals from railroad favoritism In
dustria expansion undoubtedly had enriched the
try but the greater number of citizens knew the
difference of the per capita wealth of the country during
the nineteenth century increased from $500 to $780,
That onehaf of the people owned practically nothing
one-eghth of them owned 7-8 of the wealth; that
two-hundredth of percent 1000 monaires had
20 per cent of the total wealth. than 1000 times
their fair share Thus, according to William Allen White
in his book, "The Old Order Changeth" there two
governments constitutional government and bus-
government The authorities theoretically elected
serve the people, regarded themselves the guardians
of business, and it in the interest of business that
laws were enacted, interpreted, and administered.
Thus it took such muckrakers Ida Tarbe who
probed into the various devious methods that used
by the Oil trusts, and amazed the world with her two
volumes of the Standard Oil Company; as we'll as Up
ton Sncairs being animated by passion for social right
ousness wrote after intense study of the packing houses
IN the vicinity of Chicago, that famous book "The
Jungle which largely paved the way for the ma
tonal government passing the Pure Food Laws that we
now have.
Such problems race discrimination and sums in
cltles as characterized in Jacob Russ How the Other
Half Lives being designed to shock people and not for
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
Afro Hospital Asset 40 Race
Continued From Page I

lighter for them because though have health
tlcles through the health talks the radi
travelling instructors all emphasizing the Importance
keeping the body healthy, of spending for examin
ton and prevention Of diseases yet with all these a
to increasing knowledge of health the hospital
continue to be crowded This condition will always exist
We DO not have record of time when DR.. Mer's
practice was not lucrative Ofttmes doctors experience
difficulty in building their practice From the start Dr.
Miller the confidence of the public and
Der OF years he has had flow of grateful patients He
is fine example Of what happens when makes the
right choice in life In the medical profession as
failure to succeed is by not knowing what
is best fitted do He could not possibly have made
degree cf success in other field endeavor he
has done in the medical field.
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
Arnistice

Armistce Day found for the twenty-frst time the
flag of Peace waving American soil Although we can
almost hear the from the other sde see
the smoke clouds they ascend toward the sky hear the
terrible shreks and cries children as they
try to find breathe with little more ease
than could knowing that of kindreds blood
being shed there We cannot however feel we
are at Peace There is peace for nation when
other nations at We kept in fear
not knowing the day the hour America will be drawn
into the conflict On hegoher hand be peace
full knowing that thoseawho fighting regardless of
the country men, human flesh and blood which God
has made.
We asking all Afro readers to forget the man.
made policies of keeping out of and put trust in
God because will be when the nations of the world put
God in front and follow His way that peace will reign
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
The Guiding Star

Passing a Pie'uiN
of old Santa which brought to my mind that Christmas
is lust few weeks hence wondered just what could
give the readers Christmas story and the picture OF
the Wise Men travelling toward the East, led on by
Star, to my mlnd.
"a Star" says Carlyle sis beautful-it has congru-
it with the mighty space which it dwells 1t mas re-
nose No force dsurbs its eternal peace 1t has freedom
No obstruction lies between it and nfnty Byron speaks
of the being 'the poetry of heaven Emerson
refers to them preachers of beauty which light the
universe with their admonishng smile Addison describes
them as Forever singing they shine, the hand that
made is divine
With these beautiful sentiments of stars, can
clearly see there depth of meaning in the significant
that star guided the Wise Men to the manger OF
Jesus. What better than stars could God
have chosen to break the glorious to the world of
the dawn of of peace beauty justice and good
will.
Since the time the Wise Men followed the star,
asking the Truth since the time Herod sought
the child Jesus life have been seeking to destroy
that Truth.
1t was never arranged by the God of the Universe
that life should be like lake where paddle his
own canoe We linked together that others must
the consequences of actions For to suf
fer the consequences of his bad actions is thing
but when he realize that his actions may make
others suffer, that is quite another thing If he be
to to what end his selshness may bring others
that knowledge will doubtless his of honor
Jesus embodied this spirit and has been carried along
in the of life since Out from that life has
flowed to make people in every generation care
The desire for truth beauty and to love people is the
spirit of God in and is the spirit of Christmas.
Jesus born in manger under primitive condi-
tons under unsantary conditions and with only the crud
help the One who become the Savious ush
cred into the world This baby survived and will the
truth Although the spirit of Herod is abroad today; al
though the Herods are far every realm
yet they shall be vctors Ike the Herod of yeser-
day they seek eradicate the spirit of Jesus These kings
of niquity and rulers of darkness indirectly insd-
iousy attempt to undermine the spirit of brotherhood
democracy, peace and good will among They appear
in many roles and in numerous DISCUSSES Whatever claim
they make their vicious character their lust for power
their selfish ambitions and their enmity to righteousness
justice, and the more abundant life eventually break
through the masks they and the seductive philosophy
they teach. The crusades Of those who would overthrow
the best human life for the purpose of deformng h-
personality destined fail, therefore, within
few weeks shall be hearing the sweet tones of Christ
carols peang out the good tidings of Jesus birth
AS look toward Christmas let look in the direction
of the star so our lives may lead to Jesus.
Afro-American courier., 1939-11-01
Joe Lous' Ring Record Best In Boxing
History

One has only to look the ring record of Cham
pon Joe Louis to be convinced that it is the best in the
the long history of pugilism
Nobody has been able to bounce opponents off
the floor Joe has done since he became profession
al Bob Pastor equaed par for the bouncebonce
when he hit the deck six times in their last meeting Up
until that time Harry Thomas had been Joes best rub
Der man.
Joe knocked down Primo Carnera three times; Jack
Sharkey four, Harry Thomas Six; and Nathan Mann.
four Bob Pastor didn't go down at all in his first fight
with Louis but made for it by going down six times in
their second battle Here Louis bounce e record since
he became PROFESSIONAL
La gaceta., 1939-08-28
FRANCO BUSCA ORIENTA-
CION EN- ITALIA
Ell pdctO de Rusid CON Alemdnt1
hd sidO nttoy NAL recibid0

Madrid, agosto 28.-El r6gi-
men del general Franco mira
hoy hacia Roma en- busca de O.
rientaci6n politica, bajo la cr.-
sis creada por las demandas que
Alemania hace a POlOnia.
Sc da por SECURE que en- case
de guerra Espaha permanecera
neutral pero al mismo tempo
no Sc oculta que la decision de
Italia pudiera pesar mucho en-
el future de la politica interna-
ciOnal de Franco.
Los falanjistas espaholes han
recibido con desagrado la noti-
cha del pacto de no-agresi6n en-
ire Ell Soviet y Alemania.
Espaha, sin embargo no pa
reee impreSionada en- 10 mas MI
La gaceta., 1939-08-28
Ell EJE BUSCA Ell APOYO
DE ESPANA

Roma, agosto 28.-Aunque
actuando con c~autela, Italia o.
ia va dominana tambien por la
fiebre de la guerra. FL primer
ministro Mussolini confarenci6
con los jefes del ej6rcito y estos
lie informaron sobre los prepa-
rativos hechos.
Italia, sin embargo, da la SEN
saci6n de un actor que aguarda
ell momento de ser llamado a es-
cena. Todos los preparativos Sc
hacen procrrando no alarmar al
pueblo.
Roma y Berlin, segdn Sc dice,
van a pedir la ayuda de Fran
co para Ell Eje y esperan conse-
guirla.
La gaceta., 1939-08-28
Hitler ~toleraria la mediacion
de Mussolni en- ell problema
Insiste en- rechazar las negociaciOnes
directas con Varsovia
Otra carta de DaIadier para ell dictator alemal

PARIS, agosto 28.-Las no.
ticias de Berlin indican que
Hitler esta dispuesto a tolerar
la mediation de Italia, no la
de Estados Unidos o cuales-
quiera otra potencia neutra.,
en- ell problema de la disputa
por la possession de Danzig y
ell Corredor.
FL dictador aleman insiste
en- Que no sostendra relaciones
directas con Polonia y asegu-
ra que no Sc conformara 81 no
Sc lie ceden, sin mayor demo-
ra, a Danzig y ell CORRIDOR, a.
parte de otros "ajustes' terri
toriales.
Ell primer ministro Daladier
enviara hoy una segunda car
ia a Hitler, en- otro esfuerzO
para disuadirlo de que no va
La gaceta., 1939-08-28
PRESENTO SUS CREDEN-
GALES Ell MINISTRO DE
FRANCO

Bcgota, Colombia, agosta %.
-Aunqre arrib6 a esta capital
ell dia II de JUNO, hasta Ell jue-
YES pasado no present6 sus Gre
denciales, como ministro de
Franco, ell Sr. Luis Aviles y lis
car. A POGO de su llegada este
individuo intent6 coaccionar la
liberad de la prensa y todos los
peri6dicos Sc unieron para pc
dir qre Sc lie declarara persona
no-grata,
Ahora Sc tiene la seguridad
de que Aviies, en- ell future, no
tratara de mezclarse en- NADIA
que sc refiera a la libertad de Ia
prensa.