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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21
PARENTS MEET
IT CROMWELL

oIo nAHnOR--Mrs y. = e'cl~~
man. fssysliur. president II Inc
Pierce county pr. A. VIII -
Fu>ss speaker Friday evening ~
. meeting ~ The Cromwell PIT A.
a. Ire school house Election AZ
cffseers ~ir b. ssid faiiewsd w
. sselAl hsar
esls Harecr CrsAsss subordinate
Ne sss. ard Juvenile Ma Us. wsi'
meet Friday night Il Community
hall Subordinate ursnss snsss
wiii ~ Mr.. and Mrs v. Z RORY
ard Hohert A. Neey.
The Wemsa's sseiety ~ Me-
marital rrssnvtsvssn rhufsh will
inset Friday st the Aans a. Mrs
Charles rress for an sfssvn~on ~
sewing
Among preliminary track meets
being hsia Friday 9Th ~ ere ~
the Lincoln grade schooi
Mr. l. n Carlson waa ehoesn
Tuesday evening to neaa shs oss
Hassor Union high schooi PIT, 4.
for the COMING year Nh~ has held
Z number AZ offices IN the crpm-
veil PIT A. and u . past pvsst.
dent u that group. which joined
tbs consolidated dIssrtrt this year.
Serving with Mrs.. Cavlnna are the
retiring president. Mrs. o. q rark.
man. vice pr~sldsnt. Mr. ]. wright
uaylov. SECRETARY. and Mra n ".
Nerkhssmss. sressurvs.
traditional may. pole dance.
ntas tsauds 10 . member u the
graduating eiaas IN the Normal A..
visson. ahe 10 . graduate of eai.
lard high school In Seattle. and
attended wsshinston state salisae
one semester brfofs coming Ia
y. l.. G Hh~ hes h~sn arftvs In
college organisations. : member ~
the orchestra, Delta phi Kappa.
Coed club. and IL member AZ the
seniar play east
Committees s<lectsd fss the ~.
fair are Decorations. which IN.
cludes Eleanor Moss. chairman.
Ruth opstad. trma North. Arns
Maxi. Rodney Larson. Arns rsdsr-
son. construction. rhos LAssuu.
Rudolph Moeiler, Marvin Tom.
msrvik. walter rhippsny and Men.
meth Jahnsoa Jr. program. Olive
Hole. chairman, Marjafis Johnson.
bsrniee osiegssrd, chariptts uop-
sirud. caroiins Hoff and Virginia
Jahr. flower, Doris Nssvia. Mar.
Iorls psiin. Marceiia rredsrieh,
Dorothy Hackard and Lsnors Nas.
muassn; advsrtisinG. Marion iohw-
son. Mildred Tolisfson. Earl Pistt.
Mildred Malin and Anne LAssen;
cleanup. Walter Simonsou. nsrsii
Htildt. Ernie Pssrauit. Harold Pet.
erson. Gretchen bAehmann, Gracs
Manson. Norma Johnson and Ruth
nsnGston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21
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Act before il is too late Friday April 2sth will be your
last opportunity to receive complete analysis of your hand
writing.
you have already taken advantage of this splendid
offer, W0U STILL HAVE TIME TO OBTAIN A COMPLETE
ANALYSIS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21

representatives; Miss Lenore NAs.
mussen and Miss Anne Laasen.
freshman representatives. and Miss
Barbara Xavier and Miss Betty
Joe Forester from the high school
department
The festival this year viii be
held the afternoon OF May I. with
college Goods participating In .
program which Will include the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21

and real estate workers. Many
men OF this type are adapted TO
mechanical work and make splen-
did mschinists. printers or cleo
tricians.
WHAT TYPE SHOULD YOU
MARRY
This type should marry . person
interested along mental lines and
with at least n fair amount Of edu-
cation. They. themselves, appre-
ciate good literature. music and
art. II their mates had similar
tastes. their union together should
be successful.
.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Miss Davis to Retire
After 20 Years With U.S.,

Miss Annie Laurie Davis. an en-
ploye Of the Bureau of Insular AZ
fairs for II years. will retire Tues
day after 20 years in Government
service.
A native of Union Springs. N. Y,
Miss Davis became connected with
the Army Medical Corps at Fort
Benjamin Harrison. Ind. in 1917,
and subsequently served in the Of
flee of the Quartermaster General,
in the finance Office. in the Gov
ernment Printing ONCE and in the
Bureau of Insular Affairs. which
was recently placed under the De-
partment of Interior.
Miss Davis was designated a Ken
lucky colonel by Gov. Laffoon in
1888 in recognition of her work
with the Kentucky Veterans Com
mission. In addition to her Gov
ernment service Miss Davis has been
statisticion for the Army and Navy
Courier and secretary of the Span
ish American Atheneum She is a
life member of the Monroe Chapter,
Order Of the Eastern Star, Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Popular Price Art
Show Opens Thursday
Al Corcoran Gallery
Art School Principal
Reports Work Superior
To Last Years

For the second year the Corcoran
Gallery of Art is to hold popular
price' art exhibit so that young
artists may bring their work be-
fore the public at a price which
the average citizen can afford
The exhibition will open at 2:30
pm. Thursday and will continue
through November 23 1t is to run
concurrently with an exhibition of
designs for mural decorations and
sculpture under the Section of Fine
Arts of the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration Of the Federal Work
Agency.
Sponsored by Art School.
In the exhibition will be the work
of former members of the Corcoran
School of Art and advanced STU
dents now attending the school,
The showing is being held under
the sponsorship of the school.
Works of art displayed have been
selected by siX-man jury with
an eye to their appropriateness to
the average living room. Prices are
limited to from $5 to $50. Men,
bers of the jury are c. Powell
Minnigerode, director of the gall
lery; Charles c. Glover, jr., sec
ond vice president of the Board of
Trustees; Mathilde NJ. Leisenring
and Kenneth Stubbs of the school
faculty, and Miss Suzanne Mullet
and Robert Miller, school alumni.
1l8 Pieces Chosen.
Richard Lahey. principal of the
art school, said yesterday the jury
has selected 1l8 contributions out
of pproximately three times that
many for hanging in the exhibit.
The exhibit will be open to the
public daily until S pm. 1t will
also be open two evenings-Wednes-
day. November s, and Wednesday
November IS. from 73O until 10
o'clock.
Mr.. Lahey said the caliber OF
work done for the exhibit this year
is superior to that in last year S
exhibit. The contributions include
drawings. water colors, oils. models
and small sculptures, he said.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

tary engineer; G. M. Thornett, r. E.
Bondy, r. M. Brennan, DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent Of schools
J. T. Kennedy, Maj. E. w. Brown,
superintendent of police; Stephen
T. Porter, chief of the Fire Depart
ment; DR.. George F. Bowerman,
librarian of the Free Public Library !;
Health Officer George C. Ruhland,
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal,
Highway Director H. C. .Whitehurst
G. w. Pearson, chief clerk of the
Engineer Department; Capt. Hugh
P. Dram, director Of inspection, and
Clifford Lanham, superintendent OF
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Jobs in Steel Industry
Increase 10 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 28-American
Iron & Steel Institute reported an
increase of 10 per cent in employ
ment in the steel industry during
September as $4,000 employees were
added to pay rolls.
The average September working
force was 502,000-the highest fig
ure in almost two years-compared
with 45S000 in August and 43l 900
In September, 1898.
The steel industry pay roll in
September was reported at $69. 1885,
900 compared with $67,8940 900 in
August.
The August average of hourly
wage scale was unchanged at 84.7
cents an hour, compared with SO
cents in September. 1888.
The wage earners in September
worked an average of IS hours a
week, compared with 1862 hours in
August and 80 hours in September
1898.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Many Firms Change
Purchasing Policies

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 28.-European
war and the rise in domestic indus
trial activity have brought a sharp
turnabout in purchasing policies of
many companies.
A survey by the Detroit Pur-
chaser of industrial concerns in
that area indicates that, whereas
about half of the companies we're
buying on a hand -to-mouth or 30
day basis in July, less than 10 per
cent were doing so in September.
Almost three-fourths of the firms
surveyed were purchasing 80 days
or more in advance, three times as
many as were following such a pol
icy in midsummer. The proportion
Of concerns covering needs 80 days
or more ahead was about the same
as in the early months of 1897.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Red Cross Report
Cites Vital Role
Of Volunteer Work
TotoI Of l,430,2l3
Hours of Service
Donated During Year

The vital role of donated work in
the activities of the American Red
Cross was stressed yesterday in a
report from national headquarters
reciting that 531l5 volunteers had
given 1,430,2l3 hours OF service dur
ing the year ended June 30. 1899.
The report, which came from Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, national direc-
tor Of volunteer service. stated that
178,775 eight-hour work days had
been given without compensation
to chapters throughout the country.
Miss Boardman listed these ac-
complishments of volunteers:
Garments for the needy, including
6,2l0 layettes for infants. 342,849.
Surgical dressings for hospitals,
5,061.082.
Calls on the sick, crippled and
needy by the motor corps, 58.334.
Braille transcribed by hand for
blind readers, 3S2,355: Braille pages
printed by duplicating process, 507,-
1888.
Served in Relief Work.
The report pointed out that VOL
unteers also served in disaster re-
lief work as Office assistants, in
canteens during flood emergencies,
as health aides in charity and emer-
gency hospital wards and clinics, as
Gray Ladies visiting veterans and
members of the Army and Navy in
Government hospitals, in carrying
on recreation projects in Govern
ment hospitals and as family well
fare workers.
The production of garments for
the destitute and surgical dressings
attracted the largest number of VOL
unteers-34,723.
Volunteers contributed and packed
1885 bags for soldiers, sailors and
marines of the United States forces
IN foreign stations.
Many articles of clothing and sur
gical dressings were among the first
shipments sent to Europe for war
relief.
During the year Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson. widow of Admiral Grayson.
chairman of the American Red
Cross, was named assistant director
Of volunteer service She has been
active in Red Cross work for years.
New Projects Started.
New projects were started during
the year by the Junior Red Cross.
which has membership of 1856. .3O6
young Americans. National head
quarters and the chapters worked
out plans for preparedness COM
mittee of the Junior Red Cross Dis
aster Relief Corps.
Families aided in the civilian
home service program totaled l34.-
l03, as compared with 1880 dur
ing the preceding year
Chapters were active in aiding
families not eligible for public re-
lief. yet reported by case workers
in need of assistance. Families re-
quiring temporary relief were given
clothing and other necessities.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Chairman Frank Hurson and his
committee have planned series of
events which will be featured by the
homecoming football game between
Catholic and Tulsa Universities at
2:30 pm. Saturday at the university
stadium
The annual smoker, which will
open the program of festivities, will
start at $50 pm. Friday at the
Wardman Park Hotel 1t will give
alumni members a chance to be-
come reacquainted with one another.
After the football game. the univer-
sity's annual alumni dance is sched-
uled to start at 10 pm. Members
of the two university football teams
will be guests at the dance
Members of the Homecoming
Committee include Richard Galiher
Thomas Healy, Thomas Hannah,
Hugh Flynn, Joseph Parkhill, John
Bruton, Robert Bourne and Thomas
Higdon.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Aubrey Bedell Carter Of the office
Of the controller of the currency, and
second honorable mention was won
by E. F. Mashburn of the United
States Coast Guard.
Mr.. Carter, club president, an
nounced the subject of lantern
slide lecture at the next meeting on
November % would be Practical
Christmas Cards by Photography"
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Camera Contest Winners
Announced BY Club

Winners in a color photography
contest among members of the
Camera Club Of the Treasury De-
partment Recreation Association
were announced yesterday. They
are:
First prize, George w. Kreis of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue: second.
H. H. Harriss of the public works
branch of the Procurement Divi-
sion, and third, John L. Du Bois Of
the Accounts and Deposits Division.
First honorable mention went to
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Two D. 6. Men Attend
Y. M. 6. A. Council

Leonard w. De Cast, general sec
retary of the Central Young Men S
Christian Association, and Hugh A.
Thrift, former president of the local
association and now a member of
its Board of Managers. are attend
ing sessions of the National Coun-
Gil of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Detroit
The council is the governing body
of the National Y. M. C. A. organi-
Zation. It's sessions began Friday
and will be concluded today.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Plan Turkey Supper

The Anacostia Junior Senior
High School will hold turkey sup
per Thursday at pm. and open
house will follow from pm. to
1920 pm, it was announced yes
terday. A continuous movie will be
shown from pm. to 9 pm.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Goucher AIumnue

DR.. Katherine Gallagher, profess
sor of history at Goucher College
and at Johns Hopkins University
will speak at dinner of Gouchel
Alumnae and friends at $50 pm
next Wednesday at the American
Association of University Women
1884 street NV. Her subject will
be American Education in the
Present World Crisis"
Reservations for the dinner may
be made with Miss Ruth F. Kim
ball, II Quincy place NE, it Is an
nounced.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Dinner Will Honor
Marion 6. Hururove

Marion c. Hargrove, retiring pur-
chasing officer of the District, will
be given testimonial dinner No
vernber l8 at the Mayflower Hotel
by District employees, it was an
nounced yesterday. His successor
will be Roland M. Brennan.
On the committee making ar
rangements for the celebration,
which will end So years of service
by Mr.. Hargrove, are Maj. Daniel
J. Donovan. auditor; Edward A.
Dent, assessor; J. B. Gordon, sani-
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Two Naval Reservists
Ordered to Active Duty

Two officers of the United States
Naval Reserve from Washington and
vicinity are among 81 which the
Navy is ordering to active duty with
the fleet for the duration of the
limited national emergency, not to
exceed one wear.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

L Z l z u I'd IlOn OF
the university's S
a n n u a ! home
coming.
Because t h e
university also
Is celebrating its
G o ! d e n jubilee
anniversary this
year, the Wash
ington Alumni
Chapter is plan
ming to make
next week ends
celebration the
largest in the
schools history.
H4 ea4~,;~~
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Catholic U. 10 Beqin
Homecoming Friday

Alumni OF Catholic University
living in Washington and the Allan
tic Seaboard States will return to
their alma mater Friday for a
l. ~
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Lightning Kills PeIicuns

NELSON, Nebr. (P.-Lightning
struck a flock of pelicans flying
across the Emil Scleif farm north-
west Of here, killing 80.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
GARAGE DOOR
HARDWARE

You may buy parts sepa-
rately! Complete hinge door
set-3 pr. hinges, door pull,
latch. foot bolt
and chain bolt, 81 %
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Hundreds of uses! Sturdy
and rust-resisting. 8 foot
high (36" wide, Sc
So. it, :. ~ or 80" A3e
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Cigarette Manufacturing
Gains 91296 in 18 Years
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 12.-The
research department of the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce re-
ported today that cigarette manu-
featuring in Virginia, which is
heavily concentrated in Richmond,
has increased 912 per cent within
the last 18 years and now accounts
for 3l.2 per cent of the industry's
output in the United States.
The study, covering the period
from 1920 through 1887, showed the
Virginia gain was far greater than
in North Carolina, the leading COM
petitive State in this industry, and
greater than that of the Nation as
a whole.
North Carolina still leads in the
manufacture of cigarettes, the an
alysis showed, but its margin over
Virginia has been reduced from as
times as many cigarettes as Virgin
las 18 years ago to IL more cigar
cites. While North Cardinals per-
centage of the national output re-
manned almost stationery, the study
pointed out that Virginias has in
creased almost threefold.
Virginia and North Carolina now
account for more than 83 per cent
of the national output, and Ken
lucky has entered the picture as the
third largest producing State.
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Shenandoah Nearinu
Height Of Beauty,
Park Service Reports
Food and Lodging
Facilities Available
Until November |

The National Park Service an
nounced today that Shenandoah
National Park and its Skyline
drive will reach the height of its
glory between now and October %
The foliage of the Blue Ridge
Mountains already is bursting into
a blaze of color, the service an
nounced.
The entire 104 miles of the drive
from Front Royal to Rockish Gap
is now open. The 40-mile section
from Swift Run Gap to Rockfish
Gap was opened this summer, COM
pletlng the drive to the northern
end OF the Blue Ridge National
Parkway, which will carry motor
lists along the crest of the Blue
Ridge to the Great Smoky Noun
talns in North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
Facilities in the park for provid-
Ing food, lodging, gasoline and oil
Will be available until November
/, the service announced.
Fire Danger Pointed Out.
The Park Service also took op-
portunity to announce that danger
of forest fire in the park and along
the Blue Ridge Parkway will be
great from now until the rains arN
SHOWS of winter have set in.
This year looks like a bad one
for the forests because of the long
spell of dry weather." Park Serv-
ice bulletin said.
The bulletin went on to say that
the service is somewhat better pre-
pared for the fire problem along
the parkway this year. Plans have
been drawn for a close working to-
gether of the Park Service and
other agencies and a new fire truck
has been put into service.
The Blue Ridge Parkway will be
closed but not always blocked to
traffic after November Is. it was
said today. 1t is thought that the
amount of traffic wanting to use it
would not justify the expense of re-
moving the snow and sanding icy
pavements. During open days,
when the road is not blocked for
obvious reasons, persons may travel
at their own risk, it was said.
Reopening Due in March.
The period of parkway closed be-
cause of weather" will end about
March Is and from that time on
tourists will again be encouraged to
use the scenic highway.
There will be 140 continuous miles
OF the Blue Ridge Parkway ready
for the next tourist season. This
unbroken stretch will begin at the
Bent Mountain Post Office, II miles
south of Roanoke, Va, and con-
tinue to Deep Gap, near Boone, N.
c. At the northern end of this
stretch the parkway will connect
with United States route 221 into
Roanoke and at the southern end
with United States route 421 into
Boone and Wilkesboro, N. c.
Wayside picnic and camping
areas at Smart View, Rocky KNOB,
Cumberland Knob and Bluff Parks
will be finished, including water
supply. next summer, it was said.
Evening star., 1939-10-12
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

In this charming family you will
find expert dancers and nimble-
footed fighters. During the winter
they wear snowshoes, shedding them
as soon as the ground is clear.
Drumming by the males is the mode
of conveying to the admiring fe-
males that marriage is in their
thoughts. Fierce battles are fought
in the presence of the grouse maid
ems, who seem to enjoy having a
ringside seat for the performance.
The plumage of the grouse is
dense and soft, well planned to
keep its owner snug and warm dur
ing the coldest weather. The shades
of red, brown, gray, black and even
green and purple make the grouse
inconspicuous as it darts in and
out from the low-hanging boughs
of trees. Flying is not resorted to
unless the circumstances warrant
such an effort.
Grouse are game birds, always
sought after by hunters. They wax
fat on grubs, worms, snails, berry
seeds and small insects. Sometimes,
when food is scarce, too many spruce
buds are consumed, which is said
to flavor the meat too highly and
spoil it for most people. This grouse
is very fond of spruce buds, hence
its name
AS general rule the lifetime of
a grouse is enjoyed on the ground.
During the winter snug quarters
are sought under the low boughs
of everygreens where the snow has
not drifted. Peeping from under
their green rooted quarters, the
grouse, with their long, white trous-
ers reaching to their heels and their
warm plumage, seem the very spirit
of the woods. Up at dawn, resting
during the day at intervals and
back home again at twilight are
the methodical habits of these birds.
Alas, this commendable routine has
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Rays Double Birth Rate
OF Some Forms of Life

Deadly to man when absorbed in
large doses, ultraviolet rays stimu-
late some forms of life to double
their normal birth rates, a woman
scientist of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition revealed today.
DR.. Florence E. Meier of the divis-
ion OF radiation and organisms made
her report after two years of exper-
imentation with colonies of Sticho-
coccus bacillaris Naegeli, kind of
green algae. She placed them in
quartz tubes and turned on them
stream of powerful rays at two
Evening star., 1939-10-12

upon the head and knock the crea-
ture out. Sometimes this grouse
will perch upon a low limb of a tree
bordering the path and even be so
guileless as to permit the hunter
to catch him. 1t is their utter un-
concern about strangers that has
diminished the number of these
beautiful birds of the northern
woods.
The nest may be found on the
ground and shows considerable
building talent and real intelligence
on the part of the builder, for the
nursery, containing 8 to IA buff COL
ored eggs with their reddish brown
decorations, is well hidden. The
f1eet-footed youngsters are so beau
tifully camouf1aged in their uni
forms of woodsy hue that they are
safer than when their colors are
more pronounced at mating time.
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Natures Children
Spruce Grouse
(Canachites canadensis)

often betrayed them, and, added to
this, their fearlessness and conf
dence In mankind have earned for
them the title of fool hen" not
very complimentary, as you can ap-
preciate.
The spruce grouse strolls along the
paths of its chosen haunts in the
most unconcerned fashion, and you
can almost reach out and pat it.
Sad to relate, boys have been known
to tap the grouse none too lightly
Evening star., 1939-10-12

thirds of the intensity that would
kill them.
Even grandchildren OF creatures
treated by the irradiation will show
the persistent effects of the stimula-
ton, she declared
Making no prediction that similar
results would necessarily follow if
experiments are undertaken with
humans, DR.. Meier pointed out
that the lively descendants of
treated creatures become shorter
and wider" than is usual in the
breed.
Evening star., 1939-10-12
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Enelish
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

j. M. S.-"The woman who drew
the plans" is the correct form. "She
drew the plans yesterday" "She has
drawn many others before" After
she had drawn them she went to
Europe" Her friends have drawn
plans also" In all the above drawed
would be incorrect, since there is
no such word.