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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
MRS. WYE RETURNS
 FROM SkAGWAY ON
 }. }. YUKON TODAY

Mrs. Catherine Nye returned from Skagway on the Yukon this morning after a month in the Lynn Canal town.
 Mrs. Nye has controlling interest in the light and power plant of Skagway and has been attending to business affairs there,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

GENEVA, Dec. 1.-The Assem- ply of the League of Nations, after preIiminaries today, immediately took up Finland's appeal for aid and mediation ill the Russian Finnish conflict.
 The friendly delegate from Nor way, Karl Hambro was elected President of the League of Ma tions Assembly.
 Hambro immediately warned that the League must do it's utmost to halt the Russian Finnish war
 Would ExpeIl Russia
 South American nations are pressing for expulsion of Russia as an aggreSsor but there is not much hope that Russia will with draw her forces from Finland, no matter what action is taken on the issue by Finland.
 Action of the Assembly puts sev- eral nations on the spot. Turkey and Iran, both neighbors of Rus sia, wish to avoid offending Mos COW.
 China has received Russian as- sistance against Japanese invasion and abstained from participation in the Leagues session today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
MIpp0NS MAKING THREATS; DON'T
 LIKE BLOCKADE
ReprisaI Attion Hinfed for Allied Graft in
 TokyoWdfers

TOXIC, Dec 11.-Japanese news- papers war that if the Western AL lies attempt to seize German goods carried on Japanese ships, Japan will confiscate British and French ships in Japanese waters.
 The warnbsg, which was believed to be officially sponsored, recalled the Japanese threat to make re- prisals if the German export block ade was enforced against Japanese shipping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
MRS. SPENCER LEAVES

Mrs. w. w. Spencer. who has been visiting her mother. Mrs. William Fromholtz for the past week. left on the Yukon for the south to rejoin her husband who passed through Juneau last week on the Alaska.
 MT. and Mrs. Spencer summered in Goodnews Bay.
 Mrs. Spencer was given several social affairs during her visit here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
MINE SWEEPER
 SUNK; 4 OTHER
 SHIPS OVERDUE
Germans Report Sinking oi Two Big British Tank
 CTS in Sea Warfare

LONDON, Dec. 11.-New maritime losses are reported for the British.
 A small naval minesweeper was sunk by mine explosion and mer- chant vessel also was reported sunk.
 Four other ships are so long over due that the British said they must be considered lost.
 Germans said two British tank CTS totalling 1B,0OO tons were sunk in the English Channel, but the names Of the vessels were not dis closed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
TOUGH BREAK

ASHLAND, Ky, Dec. 11.-Observ- ing his 95th birthday, Zion Timothy Turner, former Alabama negro slave, said he still felt President Lincoln handicapped" him by giving him his freedom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11

 Prepare
 Defense
Commander in- { hief for All Military Forces
 Is Appointed

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1.-The Swe- dish Government Saturday night ap- pointed an active Commander-in- Chief of all Swedish military forces.
 The step is usually taken only in anticipation of an emergency.
 The new Commander -in-Chief IS Gen. Olof Gerhard Phoernell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
ToRPEDoEp IN WORLD WAR

Gainard's life of excitement goes back even to the World War. Then he was a junior officer on the troop transport President Lincoln. A Ger man submarine torpedoed it in one of the very few instances when our troopships had much of brush with U-boats.
 Captain Gainard didn't have the lead in that show, but was merely one of those who floated around in lifeboats until rescued. Fate that time selected one of Gainard's fel- low officers, Edouard Victor Izak. The submarine which sank the Pres ident Lincoln came along side and took Izak prisoner as sort of me- mento of the affair. Nowadays he is known as Representative Izak of California.
 Gainard first came to real public attention when his crew on the freight ship Algic mutinied in the harbor at Montevideo, Uruguay. They refused to lend hand at loading cargo being put aboard by strike breaking Uruguyan longshore- men. It wasn't a blood-letting mu- tiny. It was in the days of the sit down fever of 1887, and was more of a sit-doWn mutiny.
 Gainard was sick, but got up from bed and told the men to go to work. They wouldn't. He telephoned Jos eph P. Kennedy, then chairman of the Maritime Commission. Kennedy, now Ambassador to England, was not mild man.
 If they refuse, place the ring leaders in irons" he told Gainard. The mutiny ended.
 TOOK STRANDED HOM E
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11
Soviefs Given Twenty-four Hours to Accept Med-
 iation Plea
ASSEMBLY GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS TODAY, GENEVA
Several Nations Are Put on Spot When Issue Is
 Brought Up

BULLETIN = GENEVA, Dec. II. - The Assembly of the League of Nations has asked Russia to accept the Leagues mediation in the Russian-Fin- nish conflict and requested a reply within "A hours.
 The request has been tele- graphed to Moscow after an ap- peal by Finland's delegate, Ru- dolf Holsti, for "all practical support possible" against Rus sia.
 The Committee considering the Finnish appeal unanimous ly adopted the proposal which was submitted by Sweden.
 There is a prevailing 50-50 chance Moscow may accept.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-11

THE FRENCH ARMY is divided into the Metropolitan and the Co., lonial Armies.
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tContinued on Page Eight
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TOOK STRANDED HOM E

Came the European war, Cap- tain Gainard, a Maritime Commis- sion shipmaster, was one of those
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

output of the rice fields and fin
ally to augment the already con-
siderable number of hydroelectric
power plants in the three
foregoing regions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
STEAM HEATING
ON 21ST YEAR

Finishing its 20th year on the
job of keeping downtown Tacoma
free Of smoke is Consumers Ger
trail Heating Co, the institution
which is the reason downtown
buildings have no ehimneys.
They need no chimneys because
the heating firm. in its two dec
AIDES Of operations here, has ex-
tended insulated pipe lines to the
extent of almost seven miles under
the streets to bring them live
steam.
A central steam system does
great deal besides heat buildings.
Consumers steam is busy summer
and winter supplying hot water for
laundries. heating warming ovens.
pressure cookers. dish washers and
similar kitchen devices in hotels
and restaurants. 1t supplies steam
for auto cleaning. sterilization Of
utensils in diaries. vulcanizing
equipment in garages, and even
crab cookers for the waterfront
fish dealers.
From its central plant on Dock
st. at the foot of So. 18th, Consum-
ers Central Heating Co. serves an
area up the hill as far as Market
st. and north and south between
9Th ave. and 18th SITS. II provides
a metered service like other utili-
ties so customers pay in proportion
to the amount of heat they take.
paying more for a cold winter and
/ less for a mild one.
The company is entirely locally
owned. President is Roger w.
/ Peck. vice president A. f. Blair;
secretary-treasurer. Farlin B. Nye,
and additional directors. E. f.
Foote and Corvdon Wagner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
McChOrd Field
Beinq Inspected

At the direction of the 9th army
corps area commander, Col. Isaac
J. Nichol. regularly on duty as in
spector general of the Bird division
this weev is making the first an
nual inspection of McChord field,
now commanded by 1t. Col. Frank
w. Wright. Col. Nichol is being
assisted by Technical Sergt. James
r. Stack in the inspection of the
Northwest airbase, which will take
about a week to compile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
TRY OUT FOR
PLAY AT CPS.
"Bury the Dead" to
Be Given Nights
of Mar. 17-18

Tryouts for the play Bury the
Dead" which Campus Playcrafters
of the College of Puget Sound will
present Friday and Saturday
nights. March IL and is. are being
held daily under the direction of
Miss Martha Pearl Jones, head of
the dramatic arts department.
The play, a piercing cutlery
against war. was written in 1886
by Irwin Shaw, who was then %.
Critical and popular acclaim
marked Bury the Dead" as one
of the most significant contribu-
tions made to teh theater that
year. 1t was produced on Broad
way in the spring Of 1896 and
proved an immediate success.
Shaw's current hit. The Gentle
Folk" with Franchot Tone in the
leading role. is now being pre-
scented on Broadway.
TO world quaking with fear
At the ever-present thought of an
other catastrophe war. Bury the
Dead presents most timely
message" says Miss Jones.
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estimated resources.
Within a few DAYS of the end
of the first year of the second
half century, President Ed
ward ii. Todd announces that
the first goal in the program
of progress had been reached
in the completion Of the new
residence hall for women.
Besides being the first unit in
planned building program,
II also il one of the major
construction projects under
taken i'm Tacoma in some time.
Like others on the campus, the
new building is of Class A con-
struction throughout, and con-
forms to the Tudor Gothic type
of architecture adopted in the gen.
eral plan. On the ground floor are
the service room and a large activ-
ity room. The main floor includes
the lounge, office, guest room. din
ing room with a capacity of ninety,
and a kitchen. The second and
third floors contain sleeping rooms
for forty students, study rooms and
a hospital room.
The cost of the building ready
for occupancy, including the fur
nishings provided by the College
Women's League, is $4,000.
Formal dedication will take
place on Patrons and Found
ers' Day, Wednesday, Febru-
airy Is. A full days program
has been prepared, concluding
with an open house and recep-
ton in the evening and an
address by Bishop Titus Lowe.
With the first construction unit
of the program of progress COM
pleted, thought is now being given
to other buildings which the col
lege requires. These include a
building to house the Conservatory
of Music, Student Union activities,
and an auditorium with seating
capacity of not less than 1000. The
latter is intended to meet the pres
ent needs of Tacoma as well as
the future requirements of the col
lege and will be available for con-
certs, lectures, conventions, and
other public functions,
The College of Puget Sound grew
out of an inspiration of those who
transformed Tacoma from a COM
munity of nondescript buildings,
stretching a couple of blocks back
from the waterfront, to a city of
metropolitan aspect. Having es-
tablished commercial and indus
trial activities, the builders of
Tacoma next turned their atten-
ton to cultural developments and
the College of Puget Sound is one
of the results.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
BIRDS INVADE ship
TO ESCAPE GOODNESS

IONDON--The S. S. MARYLAND
presented strange sight when she
entered the Regents canal dock at
Stepney.
Hundreds of starlings, seeking
shelter from the snow and the
biting cold. clustered round the
funnel. the hatch covers and in
the engine room.
There must have been two or
three hundred starlings on the
vessel. and several hours after she
locked they were still clustered
thick in various parts of the ship:
they even found their way down
into the warmth of the engine
room dock official said.
The MARYLAND was held a day
owing to the weather. and we sup
pose that the birds, blinded by
the snow while flying. sought the
shelter Of the MARYLAND
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

Though il was from a group of
Methodists that the idea of an
institution such as the College of
Puget Sound first came, it was
community effort which opened
the school fifty-one years ago.
Among the donors were c. B.
Wright, president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, who gave 10000.
The Tacoma Land Company
donated several thousand dollars
worth of real estate, including a
site at South 21st and SITS.
On March Il, the institution that
it now the College of Puget Sound
was incorporated as the University
of Puget Sound The incorporators
were J. D. Caughran. Col w. H.
Fife. David Lister. Calvin S. Bar
low, the Rev. d. G. LeSourd and
the Rev. J. F. DeVore. The follow
ing week Allen c. Mason, A. c.
Smith. Thomas J. Massey, John S.
McMillin. Rufus Willard, c. P
Masterson. Isaac w. Anderson,
T. c. Sears and w. H. Sampson
were elected trustees. The school
opened the next fall.
In the early part of the first half
century the school saw many ups
and downs Twice it came near
closing. but Tacoma citizens re
CARELESS of UNCONVENTIONAL inter-
est, rallied and kept it here. In
one of those precarious periods DR..
Todd was placed in charge of the
school. The next year there began
development of the plan now rep
resented at North 18th and Warner
streets.
From the small beginning,
the school has developed into
one of the notable educational
institutions among the smaller
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
Will Tap Haly's
Four Major Lakes

RoME-1taly's four major lakes
soon will do their share in the ma
terialization of Premier Benito
Mussolini's ambitious program to
make the country self-supporting
in the shortest possible time.
Under the Duce's plans, the
waters of these lakes tMaggiore,
Como. Garda and Iseol will be
used for a triple purpose-to i'm
prove the pastures of Piedmont,
Lombardy and Venetia so that a
much larger quantity of livestock
may be raised, to help increase the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
MAIN STREET
Goings, Comings and Doings
of Tacomdns as the Re-
porter Found Them.

Miss Rosa Peterson telling about
the winter-blooming iris now in
blossom at her yard. 2124 So.
Ainsworth ave-. G. Calender
planning trip to San Francisco
Kenny Dahl recuperating from
back injury and hoping to 60 back
to work--Uarence Robson and
Dave Peterson waiting for defend
ant to appear in court - Earl
Brooks helping to deciphe
scrawled accident report-Harry
Keller being kept on the hustle
Marjorie Cooper wondering how
folks get their names in the paper
- Andrew Brevick waiting pa
tiently for traffic signal to change
Jess Denxler browsing through
medical books-Lyle Kelly hurry
ing to c. p. S. auditorium so as
not to be late for chapel program
- Austin Gibbons describing a
hearse-Audrey Albertson prepar-
ing speech-Lloyd Baker out for
walk - Robert Corliss talking
authoritatively on a variety of
subjects-Clair Hansen welcoming
dinner after hard days work
George r. Allen hero at fire
Edmond p. Richards telling about
receiving letter from his brother,
Turner, now in Los Angeles Dor
othy Tollcfson laughing - Maudc
Macdonald getting hungry. L.
Thompson answering telephone
Anthony vlahovich writing letters
Jean Parks disguised in black
glasses - Henry Matthaei. Bud
Rohrback and Bill Lecdom making
plans for Marquis clubs barn
dance-Charlie Hayner bound for
ice arena early in the morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
College Credits
For Candid Shots

TOLEDO. o. - College credit
now is being given at the Univer-
sity Of Toledo for candid-camera
work. Ownership of a camera and
access to darkroom are re-
quisites for the course, which COM
bines lectures with demonstration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
BLIND TO MEET SUNDAY

The Pierce County Association
of the Blind will hold its monthly
meeting Sunday at ? o'clock in the
Grill room OF the Olympus hotel.
This will be a social meeting and
all members and friends are cor
daily invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
New Dorn7itory Marks
Colleges 5lst Year
Girls Residence Hall, Which Cost
$4,000, Is Beginning of Program
Of Progress at Puget Sound School
By RICHARD ID. SMITH
Field Secretary College of Puget Sound

IVHEN the fiftieth anniversary OF the college OF Puget
Sound was observed year ago and the institution
started on the second half century of service Tacoma and
the Northwest definite program of progress adopted
The plan carefully worked out and included building
program that would the approximate needs of the school,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

Scenes similar 10 the views
above and to the left are expected
to be re-enacted following re-
establishment Of the Todd shipyard
on Its 70-acre site on the east side
Of Commencement hay. Pictured
here are the ways Of the yard
made famous during World war
days.
The above was q familiar scene
OF activity during some eight years
that the yards were operated and
during which more than two score
ships were built. including the ia
nous scout cruisers Omaha. MIL
waukee and Cincinnati for the
navy, many wartime merchantmen.
and In addition. a dozen great steel
barges. Average tonnage Of each
ship was 5000 tons. Early re-
vlval Of this industry Is expected
as a result Of the federal govern
ments policy of expanding the
American merchant marine.
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OF the country. In scholastic
attainment il ranks among the
highest. The property value
Is in excess of 100000. Per-
manent endowments are ap-
proximately S1,250,000.
For twenty-five years the coll
lege has operated on cash basis.
1t is one of the few institutions
which came out of the depression
with a balanced budget
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
LARGEST LEGISLATURE
ENDS BAN ON SMOKING

CONCORD. n. H.-Not only is
the New Hampshire legislature the
largest in the country, but it
aspries TO be the most comfortable.
Its 451 members have voted to
allow smoking during legislative
sessions. The proposal was spon-
sored by a woman non-smoker in
behalf of the women members"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
WILL MEET THURSDAY

The February meeting of Taco
ma Humane society will be held
Thursday evening at s o'clock in
the Y. w. c. A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
ORDER FURNITURE HERE

Allen Crutcher. general manager
of F. S. Harmon & Co. Tacoma.
has announced that the new
Baranof hotel in Juneau will be
outfitted with Tacoma-ma fur
niture from F. S. Harmon & Co.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Nelson One Stroke Uu
In Pinehurst Golf;
Cooper Ab|aze

PINEHURST, N. c., March 23.-
Byron Nelson, young Ryder Cup
player from Reading, Pa, led by a
stroke today as the North and South
Open Golf Tournament entered the
36-hole final round.
He shot a second-round 68 yester-
day for a total.
Occupying second place in the
$4,000 affair was Lighthouse Harry
Cooper of Chicago His second
round 66, six strokes under par, set
course record.
Slammin' Sammy Snead, the West
Virginia sharpshooter and pre-
tournament favorite, was in third
place with 141.
Cooper amazed the gallery with
his Comeback" His 66 broke the
course record of 81, held jointly by
Horton Smith, Denny Shute and
Ed Dudley.
Nelson's II on the first round
and Cooper's "a gave the Pennsyl-
vania Dutchman his narrow margin.
On each nine Cooper took two
strokes off par with 33's. His score
would have been at least two or
three lower if his puts had dropped.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Beauty Of Court
Rivals Casey
BY the Associated Press,

by tNe Associated freSS.
WICHITA, Kans., March o.
Casey struck out-and became
immortal.
Ludene Duke, 1888 tournament
beauty queen, duplicated Casey's
tabled performance last night.
She fouled twice. and missed
free throw in the final minute of
hectic contest the Tupelo, Miss,
team lost to the Pittsburgh, Pa.
sextet in the National Womens
A. A. U. Basket Ball Tournament,
18 to 10.
With the Southerners leading
by a single point, the second
round game was almost over
when Miss Duke fouled tiny Mary
Bradley.
The petite Pennsylvania miss
strolled to the free throw line and
tossed in the point which tied
the score. A moment later Miss
Duke again fouled and the Ale
gheny champions were in front
by a single point. Then Miss
Duke was fouled.
The clock was stopped as she
walked to the free throw line.
She missed.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
New Orleans Raisinq
Sugar Bowl Limit
To 10000 Seats
Drive on for $550,000
To Close Horseshoe,
Heiehten Stands
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-I
find this town in the middle of a
red-hot drive to raise $550,000 for
the purpose of increasing the
capacity of tulane Stadium to 10000
for the next Sugar Bowl game.
Wide Canal street is decked with
big signs yelling Buy Sugar Bowl
Bonds and Sweeten Business" and a
lot of the towns top men are hustling
around the warm pavements selling
the handsomely engraved debentures
to each other.
Soon Ready for Contract.
There's already close to $3.50, 900
in the pot, and several of the per-
spring team captains assure me they
will be ready to award the contract
shortly.
Tulane Stadium at present is a
horseshoe. All they need do to add
10000 seats is fill in one end, in
closing the arena, and lift the two
sides trif1e higher This can be
done very neatly before next New
Year Day, and then the local folk
think they will be ready to give the
Rose Bowl a fit.
The la'tt Sugar Bowl battle, be-
tween Texas Christian and Car
negie Tech, turned cuEtomers away,
and the hotels couldn't begin to
accommodate. the visitors. They're
going to take care of that. too. The
Pullman Co. plans to establish sew
eral sleeper cities" on the out
skirts, where the weary travellers will
be given all sorts of conveniences,
including baths and soda pop.
Have Wider Choice.
Where the Sugar Bowl folk feel
they've got it all over the Rose Bowl
is their greater fiexibility in the
choice of teams. AS Herbert Ben
son, president of the MidWinter
Sports Association, points out, the
Rose Bowlers are committed to using
the team that wins the Pacific Coast
Conference title, whereas the locals
aren't committed to anything except
bringing together the two best elev-
ems they can find.
Red Sawson, Tulane's coach, told
me he might supply them with one
of their Sugar Bowl teams next New
Year. He says he has a real good
one coming up from what he's seen
in spring practice.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ORLANDO, Fla, March 23.-
Walter johnson, Washington's
brand-new baseball broadcaster,
arrived in the Mats training
camp and the rockies are re-
garding him in awe and Won
derment Somebody asked
Walter If he were going to make
records and ship them back to
Washington, a la Arch McDon-
aid. Harry Heilmann and other
ballcasters Nope" drawled
Walter, them radio station fell
lers just said, Go down to Or
lando for two or three weeks and
just sit around and git the
background of a training camp"
which is like telling Hitler
to grow a funny mustache, be-
cause all Walter did was pitch
for Washington for % heroic
years and manage Newark and
Cleveland after he had hung up
his glove.
johnson is going to put on a
uniform this afternoon and take
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Johnson Joins Mats Workout to Check on Speedy Rocks
Bhodwoh. Griffith Experience; sporks Leadot Mon

his place among the dozen or so
rockies who have been quoted as
being faster than johnson" -.
1t doesn't bother Walter, he says,
to read those things in the papers
Many years ago the people
who make shotguns and test
the speed of bullets asked john
son to throw his fast ball
through the maze of minute
wires which comprise the speed
testing apparatus Walter
did SO and his fast ball was
clocked as having travelled 122
feet per second Il remem-
ber that" recalled Walter
Il had my coat and hat ON and
wasn't warmed up" .sthe dis
tance from the pitchers box
to home plate is only 90 feet, 6
inches, so figure out for your
self how much time the hitters
had to make up their minds
whether to swing. j
Clark Griffith was telling a
group of rockies about johnson
=. III q feller is fast" said Grit,