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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
AT LAST!
the TRUTH ABOUT
LOSING FAT

NEW YORK. N. Yin a test by a
prominent N. Y. physician and nationally
known newspaper woman-25 women lost
a total of 1856 lbs. in 40 days. YOU, too,
can follow this SAME, SENSIBLE plan
right at home and here it is:
First of all go light on fatty meats and
sweets. Eat plentifully of lean meats. fish,
fowl. fresh fruits and vegetables. And for
proper functioning by removal of accumu.
lated wastes take a half teaspoonful of
Kruschen in hot water every morning. -
DON'T MISS A MORNING. = Kruschen
is made right here in U. S. A. from
And this is important! Kruschen is
NOT harmful. It is not Just one salt as
some people ignorantly believe. Rather
it's blend Of 8 active minerals, which
when dissolved in water make health
full mineral drink similar to highly effec-
tive Spa waters where wealthy women
have gone for years. A jar of Kruschen
costs only g. few cents and lasts weeks:
So, fat ladies-get some gumption! MAKE
UP YOUR MIND YOU'LL STICK to the
above Plan for 20 days-and just see if
you don't lose fat and feel healthier and
younger. You can get Kruschen at drug
gists everywhere.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04

moral stamina, so that his tone was
regrettably lacking in firmness as
he replied:
"Well, I don't know. You've GER
tainly given her fair, young name a
couple of black eyes"
'Only to the lawyer. And he won't
pass it on. He's sewed up, because
he doesn't want A. Leon to know
he's been butting in"
eyes; that's true. Monday, Cor
mines coming back, you say? I'll
take couple of days to think the
thing over"
The result of his cogitation was a
note which he drafted and re-
drafted before he finally presented
it in typed form, for her approval.
Gloria did not approve. Far from
it. She wanted her five thousand
dollars. She wanted the five thou
sand for Marine. She wanted the
other five thousand for Martin. She
wanted to get even with Lawyer
Gormine. She emitted what, from a
less alluring source, might have
been designated as a squawk.
81 never said I wouldn't hold out
for the money. only said wouldn't
sign his old paper without consult
ing lawyer. I'm going to get me
a lawyer"
"I'm good enough lawyer for
you," he retorted inexorably.
"There's the dotted line"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
"Blackmail, mayhem, and arson,

'Blackmail, mayhem, and arson
probably"
cpl bring the paper to you and
you can read it first"
Nothing and less than nothing
doing! Now, you list and give heed
to your Uncle Marty, kid. Don't
put your John Hancock to any.
thing that lawyer-man hands you,
unless you have lawyer-man Of
your own to o-kay it."
"You're trying to gum my play"
she objected almost tearfully.
"Promise?"
''What a sap I was to tell you
about i'll"
"What bigger sap you'd be to
60 to Jail. Promise?"
She looked up at him from under
her shining lashes, an effect which
had helped her win more than one
contest.
"Why should you care whether ]
go to Jail or not?"
"Pass it until later. When I'm
surer of the answer. Promise,
Gloria?"
With unexpected meekness she
said: "I guess I'll have to-"
He promptly kissed her. you're
right, you have to. Now what about
Marne?"
''We don't have to say anything
about it to her, do WEI" she plead
ed.
That "we' did something to his
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
IT hate to disappoint you, Liggy,
dear. but Pm afraid not"

IT hate to disappoint you, Liggy,
dear, but I'm afraid not"
"Miss Van Stratten," specified
Moby, making a valiant effort to-
ward recovery, els goin' to marry
A. Leon Snydacker, President of
Purity Pictures, Inc. You ought to
read the papers, Big Boy" he add
ed patronizingly. "They ran my sto-
ry on the buddin' romance all over
the place."
Budding pig's-foot," said Mr..
Morse with emotion. sThere's moth
ing to that. Is there, sweetie?"
''I'm not going to marry any
body" stated the girl.
"Then I might as well be going"
surmised Liggy dolefully.
Same here. Give me a lift as
far as the village?" asked Moby.
"Get in"
"Just second" requested
Marine. Nothing about this at
home, you understand, Liggy." He
nodded. "And, Moby, it would be
just as well not to spill anything
more about me toto the others.
It'd only stir up more complica-
tons"
"O-kay, baby" agreed Moby from
the depths of a shattered spirit.
Self-sufficient though Miss Gloria
Glamour was in LIES ordinary prob
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
Audacious Robert Stobo

Fl OUDINI was famous for his
ability to escape from almost
anywhere; Sergeant York was noted
for his ability to capture enemies by
the wholesale; but in pre-Revolu-
tionary days, Maj. Robert Stobo was
famous for both.
The French from Canada were
constantly arresting Stobo for sup
plying Washington with confidential
information about their plans. But
regardless of where he was i'm
prisoned he always managed to es-
cape.
After breaking out of a cell in
Quebec, he padded up the St. Law
renee river with three companions.
Camping one day on the bank, he
noticed small boat leave French
ship and make toward them.
He could easily have retreated
into the woods until they gave up
the search. Instead he and his
companions surprised the party
when it landed and captured the
group that had been sent out to cap
ture him!
Then, after waiting for darkness,
he had the further audacity to order
them all into the boat and with
guns at their backs, row back to
their ship as if he and his party
were captives. They were all aboard
the vessel before the crew realized
that it was Stobo's party, not theirs,
that held the guns. Once aboard,
he had the upper hand and forced
the entire crew of Is to surrender.
But this was only a good begin
ming. In command of the ship, he
set sail and pulled alongside an
other French vessel a mile down
the river. Without warning, he fired
broadside against the unsuspect-
ing vessel and forced it's surrender
too. Then he set fire to it.
Proudly he set sail up the St.
Lawrence and returned triumphant
ly to Colonial territory, having per-
formed one of the most adventurous
feats of his time.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
~ TIPS to
Changing Methods.

CERTAIN garden practice s
- widely followed a generation
ago have now been proved I'M
wise.
Gardeners formerly allowed
vegetables to grow as large as
possible. According to Harold N.
Coulter, vegetable expert of the
Ferry Seed Breeding Station, this
practice gave higher yield in,
pounds, but very often lowered
the quality of the vegetables.
Some vegetables, of course, like
tomato, must be mature to be pal
atable; but carrots, cucumbers,
beets, summer squash, turnips,
radishes and others are more ten
der and tasty when not much more
than half grown.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
AUTHOR OF
1T HAPPENED
ONE NIGHT

Gloria protested. She implored,
She stormed. She wept. He had
only one reply.
Gail"
'I'd 60 to jail for fifteen grand
"For how long?"
IT don't know. A year."
"This'd be ten. Maybe more"
"Sweet cheese'n crackers!" said
the girl, shaken.
Given for patient guy like me,
ten years would be long watt" he
pointed out.
"Wait for WHAT" asked Gloria,
wide-eyed.
"For you to come OUT" he ex-
planned with one of his rare and ex-
pressive grins.
"Oh!" said Gloria. "Well! In that
case - Lemme see that paper
again."
It ended in her signing the agree.
ment, expressly abandoning any
claim of whatsoever kind upon A.
Leon Snydacker, his heirs or as
signs. Martin had put that in to
give it legal favor.) But she in
sisted upon tipping her signature.
"No forgery for me-" announced
the suddenly cautious Miss Clam
our. "You see, I've got a special
yen now to stay out of JAIL" she
explained sweetly:
"That ought to be relief to Cor
mines SOUL" opined the young man,
addressing the missive to the lower
Broadway number given him by
Gloria.
1t was not. Instead it reused dark
forebodings in the mind of it's re-
cipient. What kid of game was this,
anyway? Was she holding off for
more money? And what did that
typed signature mean? This, above
all else, struck his legalistic and
suspicious mind unfavorably.
Prompt action was indicated. He
decided to 60 back over the ground
and sniff about for what he might
pick up. This time he took a night
train.
On the morning of his arrival, Kel-
sey Hare had gone to town to do
some shopping. Feeling no special
inclination to return to an atrnos-
phere conspicuously lacking in cam
araderie, he procured supply of
newspapers and magazines and sat
in the lobby of the Park House,
modify reading them. He was in
terrupted by the approach of an
austere and thin-lipped stranger in
black.
II am informed that you are from
Maiden Effort Headquarters"
"Who informed your"
''The young man behind the desk.
He further stated that you are Mr..
Templeton Sayles. May I take that
as correct?"
eff you like"
"Thank you" The black-clad one
sat down and drew his chair to a
confidential proximity, scrutinizing
the young man with analytical in
tentness. ''Mr. Sayles," he pro-
nounced, ''you have the appearance
of being a gentleman"
''Don't jump to rash conclusions"
II shall assume that you are"
AS he seemed to be waiting for a
response, Kelsey said: "No argu-
ment.'
This proved satisfactory to the
other, who proceeded: "Mr. Sayles,
I am Marbury Gormine, lawyer
of 120 Broadway, New York City.
Note the address, if you please"
"Got it, said Kelsey. "Though I
don't expect to need it,"
IA difficult and delicate mission
brings me here"
"Hmph! Anything to do with
me?"
II hope So"
II hope not"
"The fact that it may be financial
ly advantageous to you will possibly
alter your attitude"
AS an appeal to cupidity this
would have got nowhere. AS an ap-
peal to curiosity it was more eff
fective.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
Elmo Scott Watson
An" American Spahi

FEW Americans have ever heard
: of Marius Van de Weghe. He
stays pretty close to his tallow and
caustics, test tubes and chemicals
and other scientific apparatus in his
| laboratory at a soap company in
Chicago.
You wouldn't suspect that Marius,
young man of less than 40 years,
is an Ouissam Alaouite Cheri6en.
But that is what you are when the
Sultan of Morocco gives you med
al and says that's what you are.
Because Van de Weghe, while a
soldier in Morocco, displayed un-
usual bravery under fire, the sultan
knighted him. Van de Weghe was
spahi in the Moroccan army right
after the World war. A spahi is
cavalryman. During a fierce en-
gagement with rebel natives, Van
de Weghe rode back two miles into
enemy territory to bring back the
body of his slain commanding Off
GER.
The kind of men the soldiers were
Ai6ilGiil6 WCAO IllOoO wiz IO1 Jul Gu
their live captives and mutilated
those who were killed. Van de
Weghe's heroism prevented the ma
tives from burying the body of his
commander with his head protrud-
ing to be eaten by insects.
But there is nothing of the hero in
Van de Weghe's present demeanor,
now that he is an American citizen
and the head of family. When
ever anyone expresses amazement
that he would risk his life to re-
trieve a dead body he adds his own
amazement, stating that neither can
he understand how he happened to
do it,
Prince of Trinidad
/" T AMES l, PRINCE OF TRIM.
- DAD" is an impressive title.
The holder of it was an American
who married the daughter of Stand
ard Oil company magnate. He pre-
sented her with the entire kingdom
of Trinidad which they ruled togeth-
err with a firm hand.
Trinidad was easy to rule, of
course, because Mr.. and Mrs.
James Harden-Hickey, the Ameri-
can names of the rulers, were the
only human inhabitants. Their sub
jects were the land crabs, sea fowl
and snakes with which the place
was infested.
Trinidad is. an island 700 miles
east of Brazil in the South Atlantic.
Discovered by the Portuguese and
visited by the British, no power had
exercised active possession of it at
the time ''Mr. and Mrs. James I"
went there and proclaimed them
selves rulers in 1894.
But their reign over this small do
main that reeked with the odor of
dead fish, ended in January of the
following year when the British sent
the warship Barracuda there to
take over possession.
This wasn't the first time James
Hickey was thrown out of a
country. He established a newspa-
per, LIE Triboulet, in Paris in 1873,
and was so obnoxious in his criti-
cism of the republican government
that he was expelled from France
in 1880.
He died a suicide in Ell Paso, Tex
as, in 1898, just plain James Harden
Hickey, American citizen.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04
JapaneSe Marriages

Most Japanese are married ac-
cording to the rites of Shinto, the
religion of ancestor worship. Japa-
nese women usually are, like their
menfolk, followers of Buddhism.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-04

This bolero's got what it takes
to make you the star. Puff sleeves
ESQ feminine!) and a lacy stitch
that rolls off your hook with amaz-
ing speed! Use two strands of cot
ton. Pattern 6149 contains direc-
tons for making the bolero, also
illustrations of it and of stitches;
material requirements.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, 259
w. 18th ST., New York, N. Y.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

tor Of Emmanuel Lutheran church.
announces the beginning Of We'd
neSdsy evening services through
Lent The general topic will be
Redeeming Love"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
TWO DEAD, q
HURT IN WRECK
Runaway Engine Hits
Passenger Train in
Freak Accident

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia
Federal and state investiga-
tors will meet at St. Paul to-
morrow for an inquiry into a
freak accident in which a rum
away freight engine collided
head-on with a Chicago and
Great Western passenger
train.
The engineer and fireman Of the
passenger train were killed and -
persons were injured
The accident occurred shortly
before midnight Saturday at Ten
nsnt, Ia, 81 miles northeast of
Council Bluffs. Trainnen said II
was one Of the strangest accidents
In the roads history.
Steam Pipe Bursts
The passenger train. running
about so miles an hour on single
track main line. was en- route from
Omaha to Minneapolis. The freight
engine was switching on a siding
at Tenant when a steam pipe
burst. Fireman Ed Sharp. Council
Bluffs. jumped out Of the cab.
Bruised only slightly, he went 10
the aid of the engineer, John An
dcrson. Council Bluffs. who was
scsided.
As they reached the ground. the
engine started TO roll backwards
down the siding. pulling loaded
grain car. II crashed into the
middle Of string Of freight cars
at q crossiracks. derailing four.
Rcverse~ Direction
In some unexplained way the
throttle shifted and the engine re-
verscd its direction. II sped along
the spur. entered the main line.
and ran down the tracks for nearly
five miles. still pushing the grain
car. Trainmen estimated ii was
travelling between so and 20 miles
an hour when it crashed into the
passenger train.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

Tor the year. Wednesday morn
ing at $40 the Study club of the
council will meet with Mrs. John
Fraser of sos West Pioneer ave.
Mrs. Frank Nicholson is the
leader.
Mrs. Maurice Gray OF Puyallup
Heights was hostess Friday even
ing at surprise party for her
son. Maurice, celebrating his 18th
birthday. The evening was spent
playing games. concluding with re-
freshments. the center piece for
the table being a large birthday
cake.
Guests were Jean Humeston.
Naydene and Irwin Goelzer, How
ard and Vernon johnson, Arthur
Miller. Joyce Botsford, Eunice and
Edward Bsrth. Violet HARDER
linger, berta and Theresa
Spencer, and Lawrence Gray.
Fred W. Griffiths of Puyallup
win be speaker at the Chamber Of
Commerce luncheon Tuesday noon.
His topics win be Washington, the
Man and Washington. the State" "
Frank Hanawalt and Henry Per-
field. high school students. will
also be heard in orations on
"Americanism. which Won prizes
in the recent American Legion
auxiliary contest.
Mrs. A. NJ. Shaw of 424 18th st.
s E. will be hostess for meeting
OF the Women's council of the
First Christian church Thursday
afternoon. A potluck luncheon will
be served at 1880 and members
wishing transportation are asked
TO be at the church at noon. The
luncheon committee is composed
Of Mrs. c. r. Law and Mrs. Sam
Geppi. For the program members
will discuss hymns and their
origin.
Custer circle. Ladies of the
G. A. r.. will serve public chicken
dinner al Odd Fellows hall We'd
nesdsy noon. Cards will be played
In the afternoon.
Melinda Soles tent. Daughters of
Union Veterans, viii meet for an
all-day session Friday with Mrs
Arthur Easterly. 42i 7th ave,
y. w. A potluck luncheon will be
served at noon and in the after
noon there viii be a Washington"
program with members Of Tacoma
tent No. 3 as guests
On Tuesday afternoon a group
OF members viii meet with other
tents at a council in Tacoma TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
p. L. {. Debaters
Go to Mt. Vernon

Debating the question. Re
solved: that the United States
should cease to use public funds
Including credit for the purpose
of stimulating business" Pacific
Lutheran college debstors trav-
elei to Mt. Vernon Jr. college at
Mt. Vernon Friday.
Those who made the trip are
Ruth Opstad and Gerhardt Reitz
of the affirmative and Ida Mae
Hoss and Roy Anderson of the
negative. Gerald Mitchell. debate
manager. and Rev. Mikkel Lono,
vice president of the college, &C
companied the group.
On Thursday. Feb %. a women s
team from the college will meet
the University OF Washington
womens team al Seattle on the
question, How Can the United
States Best Promote World
Peace >" in problem solving type
debate. The girls who will make
the trip are Llewella Davies. Ida
Mae Hoss, Dorothy Peterson and
Pearl Walden.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

make plans for the district meet
ing TO be held in that city in April.
Ruff-Pagel Rites
In the presence of their imme-
date families Miss Elns Ruff OF
American Falls. Idaho. and Ed
ward Pagel OF Puyallup were mar
riod at the parsonage OF Peace
Lutheran church Saturday after
noon. The couple was ATTENDED
by Miss Olga and August Busse
of Puysllup. Rev. Erwin Jshr
reading the vows. Following the
ceremony a reception was held at
the home of the groom's mother,
Mrs Matilda Psgel Of 18th st.
S. w.
Mrs. Lucy Dechaux OF Route l.
Puyallup, and Bert d. McCallum Of
Tacoma were married Saturday
afternoon by Rev. Erwin II. Jahr
at the parsonage Of Peace Luth-
eran church. Attendants were Mr..
and Mrs. E. c. Brown of Puyallup.
The new home will be here.
Puyallup VIII he a CLOSED"
town "Wednesday. Washing
tons birthday, when all retail
stores. banks, city hall and
schools viii suspend activities
In honor of the Father Of His
Country"
The last in the winter series of
card parties sponsored by Rhodo-
dendron court. Order Of Ausranth.
viii be held AZ Masonic hall Mon
day evening az 5 o'clock. Grand
prizes for the season viii be
awarded az well as those for the
evenings play. Bridge, 500 and
plnochle viii be played
J. ". Jones Of Puyallup viii be
speaker az q dinner meeting Of the
Mems Brotherhood OF the First
Baptist church Tuesday evening 4
special music feature viii be a
group Of violin solos by Miss Dor
othy kits. Dinner will be served
at $50.
The first in a series Of Lenten
services will be held al Peace
Lutheran church Wednesday eve
ming az 7:45. continuing through
until Easter. The junior choir.
under direction Of Miss Caroline
Gerstmann, will sing each evening.
Rev. Theodore Brakeman. pas
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
Man Is Arrested
For Shoplifting

Held in the city Jail here on
shoplifting charges. a man identi-
fled by fingerprints as w. +.
Benkc. "a, was to be questioned by
FIJI agents Monday regarding an
alleged interstate auto theft.
Bcnke was booked at the Taco
ma Jail Saturday as Herman p.
Higgins. following his arrest on
charges of attempting 10 steal a
watch from a downtown drug store.
Detective Capt. Cliff Osborne
esid police records showed the man
was wanted In Missoula, Mont. on
charges Of escaping from Jail there
recently. Capt. Osborne said
Benke would be tried for petty
larceny here. but that hold or
der would be placed against him
II the federal government or Mis-
soula authorities wish to prosecute
him later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

One of those held was Gen.
Ciriloh Ortega, suspected of being
Rodriguezs co-leader.
The city was normal. and too
busy with celebrating its annual
carnival. which started yesterday,
to bother too much about politics.
The only sign left of the revolt
was the heavy guard at the gov
eminent palace. and the body of
Gen. Rodriguez which reposed in
one Of its rooms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

Rodriguez and four others
police officer. two civil guards and
a japanese struck by stray bull
let-were killed in the revolt and
eight We're wounded. including
three police officials who were in
the conspiracy and five civil
guards.
1t was strange revolt, appar-
emily confined TO a few people in
Rodriguez's party and executed
with audacitv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21

as o foreign South
Americas trade her domestic with political
first other. 1t
politics. and illustrated above various phases of the world battle
o
cf-Eycn
for a firm foohoId America.
Left bowJapan already effective
The notice nowery Spanish FeruJspan
expedition
center-Street
tive method Of marketing still pracced.
Upper ght-Soldiers speed through Latin American
stantly quash the threat of
restlessness against dcaton by aristocratic
rght-Amerc1n American nd
below centcrAmerican goods unload
of Italy
balances favorable shove L.
: NEST one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
BLIZZARD HITS
PROVINCES

WINNIPEG - Western Canad;
emerged slowly from the wors
blizzard of the winter today. TIT
storm swept across Manitoba anC
Saskatchewan, taking at least on'
life and Gripping transportation
facilities.
An official IS degrees below zers
was reported in Winnipeg. Dau
phin. Man. reported 40 below
At Brandon, Man. IS pass
engers left snowbound bus and
took refuge in a farm house. 4
number of other persons were I'd
ported missing but also were bd
lieved to have taken shelter ~
snowplow was dispatched fro1
Brandon to free the bus and re
turn the passengers TO Brandon.
Air lines cancelled their flight
and trains arriving in Winnipe1
from the west were as many as II
hours behind schedule.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
Revolt attempt Ends
In Killing Of Leader
Peruvian Government Quickly Puts
Down Abortive Revolution Effort

LIMA. Peru-Numerous civilian military and police sus-
poets reported detained the Panoptco pententary
TO-DAY the investigated brief abortve revolt
attempted early yesterday by Cen Antonio Rodriguez min
lister of interior and chief of the fascstke Union Revou
paria'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
Jubilee Singers Will Appear
At Puyallub Thursday Night

PufALLuP-Making their first appearance in Puyalup,
the international Jubilee singers of Chicago will be heard
the First Presbyterian church Thursday evening The
consists of quartet and aecompanst and has been making
appearances in the larger cities along the coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-21
Capt. Smith N0u
Is NilliOn-.NiIer

The coveted title Of million
miller" went today 10 Capt Joseph
r Smith Of United Air Lines as
probably the youngest commercial
air transport pilot ever to reach
that goal. Capt. Smith Is only 20.
yet he's flown the Pacific Coast
airwsy Of United for nine years
and he still hlinks the lights OF his
Mainliner planes IN greeting 10 his
mother. Mrs. Margaret Smith OF
Portland, as he flies over her home
on his regular runs up and down
the coast route. Officials report
that his 1000 900 air miles are
equivalent 10 more than 400 trips
between Seattle and san Francisco.