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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
TWO Pc0 MEN
GWEN 3 YEARS

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
j. 5. HOLDS UP
DEPARTURE OF
GERMAN Liner
"Privateer ing" Sus.
pected; Vessel Had
Been Ordered Home
at High Speed
oBuLI.EruNs,

WASHINGTON - Prssi dent
Roosevelt said today the United
States has adopted policy Of
searching merchant vessels Of ma
tions which may become belilger.
ents. 30 as to avoid possibility Of
this country being held liable in
event those vessels should become
armed raiders on the high seas,
NEW YORK Customs m~a
completed an extraordinary In
spection Of tbe German liner
Bremen nj 5 y. m. today and re-
ported they found nothing ansiss.
The chip WAS expected "a sail ~
soon ~ clearance papers were
approved.
NEW YORK customs
agents, searching every inch
of the giant liner Bremen.
disclosed today they had de-
layed the sailing OF the North
German Lloyd liner TO deter
mine whether II was carrying
implements Of war prescribed
by presidential proclamation. !"
The search. unprecedented on
ships Of the luxury liner class,
seemed certain To delay the de-
psrture OF the Bremen until after
noon. although line officials had
emergency orders from Berlin to
speed off without passengers by
, a. m. today. hours ahead OF
schedule.
II was learned that II psssen-
gers. rounded up by immigration
officials and taken 10 Ellis Island
In taxicabs. were immigrants
undergoing routine examination.
and that they had no connection
with the inspection % the liner.
That agents were looking
for war materials wss dis
closed by Assistant Collector
Of the Port Gregory O'keefe,
who earlier had commented
You've heard NJ prissteer-
Ing. haven't YOU"
The cunard liner Aquiianis,
carrying l 400 passengers. most Of
them Americans fleeing the war
zones. arrived during the morning
after q trip under simulated war
conditions. Bisekouis were order
ed and no radio communication was
permitted from the ship. the captain
even confiscsting ANAL portable
radios owned by members Of the
crew.
Capt. Wilhelm Drechsei, marine
superintendent Of North German
Lloyd line. sngriIy asserted this
search IL outrageous
III IL . very usfriepdiy s~t..
he aid. No wonder people
abroad feed - they Do about
certain acts Of Americas.
The Bremen had been given .
thorough inspection only q month
ago, he said. adding IL looked ~
though the customs men were
taking ysestion on the Bremen"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
2l3,O29 GET JOBS
IN U.S.. DURING JULY

WAsHISGTOS--Plscemen OF
individuals in private Jobs during
July total 2l3.02e. an slI-time rec
ord for the months. the social
security board announced today.
July placements. the board dis
closed. were % per cent above
those for July. 1888. Men were
placed in 1I7.532 jobs. an increase
Of 500 per cent over last July.
and women in s5.ss7, a gain Of
40 per cent
The board said that placements
IN public employment showed
slight Increase. with Iz.ss2 jobs
filled. two per cent more than the
nun GER reported a year ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
GIRLS MURDER
IS CONFESSED!

LOS ANGELEs-D Deputy Police
Chief Homer Cross today en-.
nounced that DE witt Clinton
Cook, 7o-yssr-old typess,isr. had
confessed the City college campus
Staying last February of Anys
sosyevs. former zlerfsid FoilIes
dancer. and two other recent at
tscks upon women
Cross said Cook. who was xppre.
bsndsd early today after he AS
seen jumping from the window Al
w. y. wsrnock's home. also con
fessed the bludgcon attacks upon
Della Bogsrd. i7-yesr-oId dancer.
and Myrtle Wagner, i7-yssT-oId
housemsid.
When the youth was arrested he
had an is-inch piece Of pipe
In his possession. He wore tennis
shoes and carried several pairs 81
gloves and a pocket knife.
After his apprehension. his wife.
hrs. Lorraine Cook. and his
mother. Mrs. Ruby cook. were
arrested on suspicion OF grand
theft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
GIVEN LEADS WITH II;
rid" WARD MAKES Is

PORTLAND, Ore. - n ATTY
Given. Seattle ses shot an even
par IL today. to lead Northwest
a.pirants at the end of the fir''
"a boles of their 3s-hole qualifying
xo,,,d for the United States ANA
teur golf tournament
Hard on the heels OF Given Al
1Iderwood Country club were
Marvin BUD Ward. spoksnes
walker cup star. and scot'y
Campbell. Seattle. They csroeo
7a.. Gordon Haskell, Olympia
made . Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30

closest touch with the situation.
there Is no actual intimstion now
that he il planning another direct
move to throw the moral support
of this country In the balance for
world peace. .......
Watching Russia
Some administration officials
viewed the action of the supreme
Soviet council in postponing rsti-
fication OF the Russo German nom
aggression past as possibly most
significant act
Officials believed IL may have
been postpo indefinitely.
Failure Of Soviet Russia 10 ratify
the pact while Germany IL At the
height Of her dispute with Poland,
II was said. could postpons or
avert war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
YOUTH 3 STREET WCTm

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30

The government. he ssid.
Was Informed that German
mobilization WAS complete. and
that German troops in Sle-
vakia were now ready 60
march on Poland.
The spokesman said that in the
face Of threatening situation on
the Slovak frontier and incesssnt
pressure on other frontiers the
Polish government saw itself COM
PEELED TO take important military
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30

The Polish government, calling
up three more classes of reserves.
was described as most disturbed
by the German occupation of slo-
yakia.
Foreign Minister Josef Beck
summoned the Slovak envoy and
protested against admission of
German troops to sfovskia.
The foreign office spokesman
said the Slovskian situation was
aggravated"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
BASE BALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAS i.EAGGG
BOSTON 80. coo 0si e00---1 . o
Cleveland sos sis sss--t ~ .
L~fsbyrs, Hsving ~, ana be-
ssutsis. Peacock. Esssnstst.
suomms 49,. Broses 80. snd
Bsmsisy.
New York sis go ses---A n .
Detroit 49, fe1 col ELL ~ .
Donald, Chandler az Murphy
ts,. and Disksy: ssvsom. neksln
81. and Tsbb~tfs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
~. Issis -. eel ses seo--I q =
Bestos 49,. i0e ole ses---1 .
Wslland. Bowman IL. and
Owen. Erickson and Lpp<x.
Pittsburgh ~ Brooklyn. post
ponsd. rain.
Cincinnati 81 ss~ FORK. post.
ponsd. ain
Chicago ., PhIlsdeiphls. po.t-
ponsd. rain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30

FAobn te<s<fish Carl rFteseke.
Amsss<sa psinssr. ss<a Monday -
me- sems IN Hssmssay. NJ was
- pears Old
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30

Inc new brit1sh- Polish treaty,
signed Aug. rs. included a para.
grsph-Artiele 2-thst guaranteed
Poland against indirect attack BY
way Of some other country. such
as Hungary or slovakis. II pro-
vided that Britain would go to the
aid OF Poland II the Poles resisted
an indirect threat TO their security.
such a. might occur II Germany
attempted to dominate q neigh
boring country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
u !. Appr0Ues Stand
Assumed by Britain
Administration Officials Eye Delay of
Russia in Ratifying Pact;
Point to Significance

WASHINGTON - Government circles today expressed
warm but unofficial approval Of Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlains declaration to the house of that
Britain would stick by its pledge to Poland
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
WEATHER AND TIDES

Cloudy tonight. Thurs. Temps:
High. So. low, 40. Sun rises s:z7;
sets 6:5s.
Tomorrow Tides
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Fascist Press Urges Italians 10 Take
Refuge in Countryside, Fosd
Restriction Ordered
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The Fascist to-day urged Italians 10 lake rsfee IN
he countryside and the authoritative editor vwino CnydA
warned that the margin In which Italy work far penre
quickly dwndnE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-30
POL ES Threaten ACTION
AGAINST NAI ARMY ON THEIR BORDERS


An official Warsaw mmunque tonight said the German military
Sovaka German
Poland and considered Polish
Evening star., 1939-03-12

"A Modern Consideration of Labor
Problems"
Beta Sigma Phi, Epsilon Chapter
Wednesday, 8 pm. at Lee House.
P. E. o. Sisterhood-Tuesday, p.m.,
Chapter B with Mrs. G. L. Peck
ham, BIT Eighteenth street NV,
election of officers. Tomorrow, BIS
pm, Chapter E with Mrs. Roger
P. Hollingsworth, 5000 Cleveland
avenue NV. election of officers.
w. c. T. U.-Tomorrow afternoon,
522 Sixth street NV. Southeast
Union meeting. with Mrs. Lurana
Van Doren presiding. Tuesday
evening. All States Hotel. Central
1ota Sigma Union birthday party
celebration.
Woman's Auxiliary to the American
Institute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers-Tuesday, II
M, meeting, followed by luncheon
at l pm; speaker, Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor. by China Clipper to
the Orient"
Columbia Floral Circle-Tomorrow,
l pm, with Mrs. Antoinette L.
Fischer, SOP Oglethorpe street NV.
Washington Colony of New England
Women-Wednesday, 1890 pm,
luncheon with Mrs. Natalie R.
Fernald, 803 Taylor street NV.
Girls Friendly Society-Tomorrow,
7 pm, Epiphany branch, classes
speaker, Mrs. Walters, on Fash
IONS"
Woodbridge Book Club-Tuesday 10
am, at Woodbridge Branch Ii
brary; speaker, Mrs. Laura Wa
tiers. Travel"
Society of Free Lance Writer'S
Thursday, 8 pm, at Shoreham
Hotel; speaker, Representative
Bruce Barton.
Newcomb Club of Bethesda, Md
Friday, pm, luncheon at Kene-
saw Apartments; speaker, Marquis
w. Childs, Sweden"
Florence Crittenton Circle of Chevy
Chase-Tomorrow, luncheon meet
ing with Mrs. A. j. Somerville, 1920
Thirteenth street NV; speaker,
Miss Phippo, THE Medical Side
of Florence Crittenton Home"
Business Women's Council-Tues-
day, 8 pm, Covenent-First Pres
terian Church; speaker, Miss
Helen L. Lyon, "The Lure OF
South Africa"
Women's Auxiliary. Jewish War
Veterans-Tomorrow, 8 pm. Jew
ish Community Center, dance and
card party.
Pioneer Women's Organization for
Palestine - Wednesday, l pm,
Shoreham Hotel, fourth annual
donor luncheon.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
City Club to Hold
St. Patrick's S Party

A st. Patrick's Day card party
Thursday will be the principal So
cial event of the week at the Wom-
ems City Club. Sponsored by the
Tuesday afternoon bridge section
the party will be given in both the
afternoon and evening.
Mrs Ethel Dunmire Hartman
chairman, and Mrs. Meta Cole, vice
chairman, announce that number
of tables already have been re-
served and that the prizes and re-
freshments will carry out the ST.
Patrick's Day theme.
Lucille Pierce Ferguson, concert
pianist, will give recital at the
club tea today. Mrs. George East
ment, chairman of the Hospitality
Committee, is being assisted by Mrs
Grattan Kerans, Mrs. Harry M
Packard and Mrs. Mary liant
Couch.
DR.. Charles Pergler, dean of the
National University Law School, will
speak before the current events Sec
ton on Tuesday on the develop
ments of the Munich pact. DR.
Pergler's experience in political ano
diplomatic life includes service as
Czecho-S -Slovak Minister to Japan
and as secretary to DR.. Masaryk
former President of Czecho-Slo-
| vakia.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

In applicants seeking to work in
technical scientific research also
was noted.
DR.. Elizabeth Shull Russell, who
will continue her work in cancer
research, is only Is years old. She
Is cancer researcher at the Jack
son Memorial Laboratory, Bar Har-
Dor, Me.
Dorothy N. Davis, instructor in
astronomy at Smith College, who
received a $500 award to study the
spectrum of the cool stars, Antares
and Pegasi, also is only Is years old.
Other awards were made to Miss
Mary Elveback, mathematical con-
sultant at the University of Mime
sofa, 81 500 for a research project
in applied statistics; Miss Martha
Anne Goodwin, Atlanta (Ga.) social
worker, $1,000 to study interpreta-
ton of social statistics as means
Of community education; Miss Mary
McGrillles. instructor in French at
the University of California, $1,000
for a study Of the poetic influence
of Louis Racine; DR.. Josephine
Miles. poet of note. Los Angeles
l,500 to make a technical study of
emotion in poetry Of the 10Th CEN
tury; Mrs. Aase Gruda Skard, fel-
low at the Teachers College in
Trendheim, Norway, $500 for an
experimental investigation of the
social needs in children; Miss Isabel
Scribner Stearns. assistant professor
in philosophy in Smith College
Northampton, Mass, $500 to de-
velop a new system of metaphysics
based on a study of individuality.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Fague Springman
To Be Guest Artist

Fague Springman will be guest
artist at supper recital tonight at
$50 o'clock given by the Arts Com
mittee of the Washington branch
of the American Association of Uni
versity Women at the clubhouse.
Mr.. Springman, baritone soloist
of the Westminster Choir College
at Princeton, N. j., where he is a
senior. recently returned from a
Western tour.
Mrs. Robert Olesen, president of
the Washington branch, will preside,
and Miss Evgenia Botkin, chairman
OF the Music Study Group, will be
hostess. Among guests expected are
Hugh Stuart Smith, Mrs. L. F..
Ward and Mrs. J. Dudley.
Donald Edward McHenry, park
naturalist, will present an illustrated
talk on Some Wild Flowers Of Our
Local Parks" at the Monday tea at
%pm.
Mrs. Alice Evans will introduce
the speaker and DR.. Sara E. Bran
ham will be hostess, assisted by DR..
Ida Bengtson, DR.. Bernice E. Eddy,
Miss Dorothy j. Moran, DR.. Marga-
ret Pittman, Mrs. Harmon M. Rad
ley, Miss Grace A. Sandhouse, Mrs.
Ross C.. Thompson, DR.. Elizabeth
Verder, Mrs. Albert E. Warren, DR..
Ruby K. Worner, Miss Martha E.
Edwards and Miss Mary G. Mason.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Palestine Group
To Hold Donor
Luncheon

Dvora Rothbard, recently returned
from Palestine, will be the guest
speaker at the fourth annual donor
luncheon of the Pioneer Women's
Organization for Palestine to be
held Wednesday at / pm. at the
Shoreham Hotel.
During a six-month visit in Pal
estine Miss Rothbard. who is execu-
tive secretary of the national organ
lzation, made special study of the
work for women and also of what
is being done for young refugees
over l8 years old. She visited more
than 80 new agricultural colonies
established since 1885 and studied
industrial development also.
Chairmen for the luncheon are
Mrs. S. Bugatch, Mrs. S. Horvitz
and Mrs. A. Epstein. Mrs. B. Siegel.
Miss Anne Rosenthal and Miss Reba
Landau are chairmen of hostesses.
Natti Sadie, well-known pianist,
will present a musical program, as
sisted by several students of the
Peabody Conservatory OF Music in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1939-03-12

suggested 20 years ago by a group
of Washington women wNb antici-
pated enthusiasm for understand
ing between Latin American and
North American nations.
Miss Strehlneek, who received an
award Of $500, will study organiza-
ton and management of advanced
psychological laboratories with a
view to their introduction in Bra
zil.
In explaining why she wishes to
study in the United States, Miss
Strehlneek said: There is not a
single institution in this country
where one could do some advanced
work In psychology. We are great
ly under European influence, alto
gether philosophical. We have
many italian, French and German
teachers in our universities. We
need the influence Of the Ameri-
cans"
Miss Strehlneek is already prof.
cient in English, having received her
A. B. degree at Mary Hardin Baylor
College, Texas.
The committee making the awards
this year, which is headed by DR.
Katharine Jeanne Gallagher of
Goucher College. reported that sew
eral Of the wards went to young
women under 30 years of age. A gain
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Arlington Woman's
Club to Meet

Grace Sidenstricker Yaukey,
sister of Pearl Buck, will speak on
Life in China" at an open meet
ing of the Arlington Woman's Club
on Tuesday at pm. in the club
rooms on Columbia pike. Mrs. Yau-
key was born in China and spent
most of her life there. Writing un-
der a nom de plume she has con-
tributed articles to Asia magazine
and has completed book of stories
for children which will be published
in April.
This meeting will be open to
guests and friends of club men,
berS.
The home department of the club
will meet Thursday at pm in the
home of Mrs R. E. Royal, 1924 South
Court House road. The subject,
Home and Family Finance" will
be discussed by Joseph Marshall,
formerly director of the Better
Business Bureau.
Mrs. H. Lane Marshall, sister-in-
law of the speaker. will preside. The
roll call will be How 1 Stretch My
Dollar"
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Republican
Women to
Banquet
Congress Members
Will Attend Event
March 27

Several members Of Congress are
among those who have made reser-
vations to attend the annual ban
quet of the League Of Republican
Women of the District to be held
March 27 at 7:30 pm. at the May
flower Hotel
Representative Karl E. Mundt, Of
South Dakota, and Mrs. Robert A.
Taft, wife of Senator Taft, of Ohio,
are to be the principal speakers.
League activities this week will
include an informal morning meet
ing at II am. at the club house
at 1901 Seventeenth street NV,
and book review given Wednesday
afternoon by Miss Ruth Davis in
connection with the weekly open
house silver tea.
! Honor guests at the tea will be
Mrs. Warren r.. Austin. wife Of
Senator Austin, of Vermont; Mrs.
| B. Carroll Reece, wife of Repre-
sentative Reece, of Tennessee; and
Mrs. John M. Robsion, wife of Rep
resentative Robson, of Kentucky.
Alternating at the tea table will
be Mrs. Hugh M. Southgate, Mrs.
Mary Logan Tucker and Mrs. J. H.
BranSon.
Miss Clara McQuown will give
the second of series Of lectures
at the headquarters at 1880 am.
Friday.
Reservations.
Among those who have made res
ervations for the annual banquet
are Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
president of the league; Nine. Can
tacuzene, past president; Senator
Arthur Capper. Senator and Mrs.
Wallace H. White, jr; Representa-
tive and Mrs. U. S. Guyer, William
r. Castle, assistant chairman Of the
Republican National Committee.
and Mrs. Castle; Representative
and Mrs. Ralph o. Brewster, DR..
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, former
Representative and Mrs. Maurice
H. Thatcher, Mrs. Harriet E. Evans.
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Miss
Sara E. Woodward, Mrs. James G..
WentZ, Mrs Thomas w. Lockwood,
Mrs. Charles H. Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dawes E. Brisbine, Mrs. Har-
riet G.. Rigdon, Miss Margaret T..
Fraser. Miss Janet Fish, Mrs. Will
liam H. Breese, Mrs. James E.
Barnes, Mrs. Edison W. Briggs, Mrs
Samuel Blythe, Mrs. F. S. Ruther-
ford, Miss Ruth Harlan, Mrs. Daniel
j. Rumbough, Mrs. Blanche H. STAN
ley. Mrs George Madden Grimes,
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Mrs.
Golden L. H. Ruggles, Mrs. William
Morton Grinnell. Mrs. Howard L.
Hodgkins, Miss Bessie Orme Sweet,
Miss Lillian A.. Norton, Miss Anne
E. Kraft. Miss Carrie B. Allen. Mrs.
M. A. Klingman. Topeka, Kans,;
Mrs. Mary D. Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Scott and Mrs. Howard
Leroy.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
Fellowships Awarded
One of Ten A. A. u. w. Recipients
To Study in Washington

Announcement today Of the 10
winners of the fellowship awards
made this year by the American
Association of University Women
disclosed that one Of the recipients
will make part of her fellowship
study here in Washington.
DR.. Olga Hartman, research 20
ologist at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography. La Jolla, Calf,
who received $500 for study and
classification of American annelids
founds off the Pacific Coast, will
continue her research at the United
States National Museum as we'll as
the Osborne Geological Laboratory
at Yale University. the British Mu-
scum of Natural History In London,
and museums in Hamburg, Stock
holm and Paris.
She received the Sarah Berlner
research and lecture fellowship orig
inally given by the inventor, Emile
Berliner, whose widow lives in
Washington. Museum officials here
already have expressed interest in
her project.
The Washington branch of the
A. A. U. w. is particularly interested
in the Latin American fellowship,
which goes this year to Miss Olga
Strehlneek, assistant teacher of psy-
chology at the University of Sac
Paulo, Brazil Local members of
the A. A. U. w. are raising funds
to endow this fellowship, which was
Evening star., 1939-03-12

stringed instruments are especially
popular with them"
Her knowledge of the language
also opened to Mrs. Mendelson the
doors of many Chinese homes which
otherwise would have been mac
cessible. In this way, she formed
interesting contacts with the con-
servative families of Tientsin and
has gathered unusual data and in
formation on old Chinese customs
and traditions.
Gardens Ordered Complete.
A lover of flowers and gardens,
Mrs. Mendelson will remember, with
regret, the lovely garden she left
behind in Tientsin, although she de-
clares that now she Is back in WASH
ington she will pack all thoughts
of China In the locked chest Of
memory.
But my garden" she concluded,
unable to hide note of longing,
was so lovely There were over 200
chrysanthemum plants in the fall
and an equal number of roses in the
summer. And the wonderful thing"
she explained, "is the way one ac-
quires a flower garden in China.
would stop at the florist in the
morning and say, My garden has
stopped blooming When 1 returned
home in the evening there would be
garden complete with full blooming
flowers"
Although Mrs. Mendelson was un-
able to bring back the flowers from
her Chinese garden. she has brought
many rare souvenirs from the ORR
ent, including Chinese throne
chair which is over 300 years old
and at one time stood in the I'm
perial Palace of ancient Peiping.