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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-22
U. S..T0uJR0pi An
SERVICE s S1R1D

~ WASesbNt1IOS. ~. 9e--fnn-
American Always lnsueurses6
commercial slrplsas services -
t~esn the United states sa11
Eurap~ to-day uhsa - sssne
Yankee e1sppsf~ tssk OF ~ ~
fifs, stage ~ IN ocean fiisbs -
&oufh~ faptoa.
ms tiis Ian flying n,st tnoh ~
firm NsnsAseet by II fo7 >. ~.
EDIT. - 'h~ 18th snplv~rsesy ~
Col. ch@fiss \. Lindh>rxh's spo<hst
fiixht from Ssw fesh 10 rAsts
nss<Hte~n pefsens. mssuners -
shs ess~ and employees - p~a-
American. ~ess abuAf1. Thsfs
ssfs m paying psaaaneees. ~
regulations provide npe4 nay
make the trip until 1--WE ru<znd-sssp
fiixhfs nave bsea eossoief@dL The
plane 1ss carrying . heavy Issd
~ mail.
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Announcement ~ elections and
appointment Of delegates a. the h..
ennisl convention sess IL ne made
during the afternoon. me shlp's
ofnesss banquet 10 In h held ~
q 10 >. m. In the Crystal ssliressn
Of the hos<i wiih Mrs NydlA Jsily
Case. ruy.iiiip. presiding.
Mfs CslIns MAJ Donald Ho1mae
Of Richmond. Va. honorary pseSi-
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rhe picture n the friendly
couple vas taken II San vrsncisea
they we're 10 arrive 81 Portland
friday fns . visit. ~ith sizing
scheduled At Nj Hccd
ressrn~.s~s -sss~~sAt Jsss>~ 4.
vsrtey huhbied wssh politics IN
San Francisco to-day. sisnultans.
eusly protesting he Vas only ~.
,enasns postal conferences ga his
nstiaa~ssle swing N~w tssh
rsss.lswA@ William thsssslss a.
rested fof ins,srsnE . Negro ~assn.
ING an animated sign II MI
uahinsss. hut the man was re-
leased IN eeur, whsn No turned
cut In he the famous tsr dancer
h,ms~if, watching sss cwr ishs-
ness ,.s
Dsst.0sALry CMAnGGU
gdsar ni~e nusrsssshA. threat
ening legal action against numer.
Qua ravssss floating around IN
boxing and wrestling circuits. to-
day ssiestaphsd Sahssy Wetesr
muller. tho rarsAn II the screen.
protesting his cavortins around In
. white satin bathing nlt
George kt1weit California stale
director IT Industrial relations.
must stand trial before . heard
Of delegates on charges ~ silsioy-
atty 10 the American Federation
Of Labor because IT testimony he
recently gave in Washington an
the west~oed lumber mill dis
puts
Etl.ioTr ENrp.ASNs
Col. william N~b,ess today held
$1,000 libel Judgment. after
Lns Angeles Jury decided that
false statements linked him with
CONTINUED IN Page s Column ~
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President Roosevelt VIII inter-
vsns IN ths neat European crisis
with an even more ringing appeal
70 the Har-makinx aieiatofs. He
Ia simply waiting for circumstances
70 act the stage. official deniais
regardless.
Despite Aussolinls sharp rotor,
and Hitlers sarcastic speech. the
presidents last appeal had 8 pro-
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
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MAKE APPE|l
! FOR RECOVERY
Cooperative Effove
20 Reseore Coed
Tisnss Urged

Officials II the National
Association Of Manufacturer
meeting with leading indus
trislists and employers ~
Tacoma Friday night snd xsl-
urday morning. outlined the
associations program for r.
covery and re-emplnymeat.
urging whole heasted euppsSa-
ton by al sIements At soeisty
capital. IAbor. agriculture
and novernment---to the eNd
IT restoring nocd times.
A dinn~s msstiau rrk14y mkrne
al the wlnshsee wss stten1p9 ~
Approximately Z hoH<1red ssnroey~
sss ~ rseema. nssttls us1 t5saye
iisstsor snd ~ Infaewal hses4.
fast eorssseees SATURDAY ~ ~
wlnshsap wss sttsHdea ~ sne~ss
~ leading srau4sssslssfs n tmAs
city.
rhe Tafc1a meeting Usa part
n . series held foiiewsus In La
Angeles so~fsveAss n IN y. A. n.
rns ss~1soa A<rs wss iosnsiy spsxps
sorea ~ IN aasee>stisn ~ IN
Industrial cnnfsvs~es snssd -
Tacoma.
eG~shsp IN meessssy
Theme fos In eoufsseeee V -
Coast u Coast Nscsup fof Ne
covery.~ and n. A n. sffirt>s
elaborated cn thas tsems n snsis
talks
N tsasss1vs essvasaeDso
ssssst ~ ~ ~ wessos - ~
esssssy asvtag - ~ spns1
sGntn. v~s1sss sno1s1uunne -
sse~skes ssnel1nueo una -
vessss1. npss1elun11y. ehe
spsahsss ssun1 sansvs1 -
sss1strssvs ieoos6se1~s ~ sse~
lag - . hsnhe - in1es1ev.
shnsses ~ ssNe - ~ sesss
~ bssstse@s shtsh hsmVss Ne
sssssabsss go sspsastsa. 80
s~sistse - ~ veeenes 80.
spsahisG ~ IN FRIDAY night
sssass4s snA informally discussing
pvpsssms 81 ssiavdsy's hs~Akfsse
lcsatis0sd m pnss 4 Cstpms -
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Ugh 7
F. D.'s Advisers Plan
New IS, 900, 600, 900
Spending Program

WAsut>cToN py..I-
a.. -, poo..y.I,is ,.,,...~h
st.f.,-. sa...se s-.1..
81" si s's' "'s's's az 9''s''s
nursing new spending pro-
gram designed 10 end al DOUBT
about the 1910 outcome. They
will shoot from three To five
billion dollars into the polltieaI
not IN aave the seu Deai fron
panubI,ean bsr,
a.. ..,. -
- 80 ~, ~ 800
,s..s.,.,... 49,. - go.
-. - ~, - '
.. w
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AUBURN WOMAN KILN
SENTENCED 70 LIE

Sup~ftor Judge Hugh Todd 10
day IL seattle senten<ed Lool1o
Thomas Wheeler. 81. cook. to servo
the rest II his life in the state
p~nissntisfy for the nurter n MF&
Daisy Mac Tiiiotson Mnofe. 50.
Ashland. Ore. last Decem5<s a
Auburn. Wheeler had pleaded
guilty.
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ORDER ATTACK PLANES

WAsHf>aTO> The var de-
partmsnt today placed = $1,000.
900 order for nss attack bombing
plznes. described a. the best Of
their type IN the world
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Flowers in Full Bloom-It's One of Amer
ica's Finest Drives-Don't Miss 1t!

IT'S rhododendron time in Washington
And all the famous Hood canal rhododendron area
these gorgeous native blossoms opening splash with
their brilliant color the green-waed highways and trails Of
that scenic paradise--the Olympic peninsula
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-22

Coz. Martin to Speak
FIT Convention Banquet
Business and Professional Women Will Hold
Climactic Event This Evening

Representatives Of so clubs in the state kept bus,
Saturday at the Hotel Winthrop where the Washington Fed
GRAFTON Of Business and Professional Women holding il
18th annual convention.
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Guardsman Faints AS King
Is Honored; Queen Speaks

OTTAWA-A tall guardsman tainted in the ranks today
Canadian brigade of guards through the ageod
ceremony roopng the coor in honor of the king and
queen of Great Britain.
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BASE BALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York 900 i0l 0ii--t " q
Chicago 80. 900 022 iss--s is--o
Melton. coffmsn ~ and Dan.
ming French and Msncuso.
Bo~ton O02 900 0si-- \ 3
Pitt~burgh. FOL ia 02s-r ~ !
Sullivan. Farley "a. Frank
house -. sboffner ~ and Lo-
PEI: Bowman, Brown ~ and Der.
res. Mueller.
Philadelphia 600 900 00g--2 = I
Cincinnati. 0So 093 l0s--1 ? o
Passesu and Davis, Coole. Moore
and lombard.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 800. 100 0l0 000--z q o
New York o0I 900 22r--5 = 1
Lee. Rigney and silvestr. Hi
debrand and Dickey
Detroit $3.50. 80, 900 0oo---5 0
philadelphia. 100 go osx--s 10 o
Rowe. Eistenstate ~ and Teb-
belts. Potter. Joyce ~ and
Hayes
1T. Louis roo oGl 5iO--s IL o
Boston. $500. 0I0 ts3 000--s IL
Kramer and Glenn. Calehouss.
Weaver IL. Diekman ~. Wade
~ and De6sutels.
& Cleveland 00e ttbz 8Ie--3 = 2
Washington 100 09s .0r-s II .
Felisr. Dobeon ~ AMI Hens
ley. Pytlsk Leonard and Guiliani
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ROOSEVELT Is YACHTING

WASHINGTON - Presi dent
Roosevelt. accompanied by AttOr-
ney-General Frank Murphy. left
the White House Saturday for
weekend Chesapeake bay cruise
board the yacht Potomac.
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
-seoma ...............s2.52s 600
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WEATHER AND TIDES

Occasional rain tonight and Tues
day. Temperatures: High. 50: low
a.. sun rises. s:e1; sets, 7;s5.
Tides Tomorrow
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Al l 80 .. nj. Monday VIII be-
gin the public telling of plot and
counter-plot. -Four persons have
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
PWA 4 BOON TO u. S.;
SHOULD BE CONTINUED

II there is any other New Deal agency
besides the Civilian Conservation Corps
that deserves perpetuatlon III one form
or another. it is the Public Works Adj
ministration. Yet, with the strange re-
verse order Of politics, officials III Wash
ington have given serious thought 10
diseontinuing PWA, even while they
went blithely ahead on the assumption
that the Works Progress Administration
"a far less worthwhile agency-will be
continued as 4 matter Of course.
The greatest drawback facing the Pub
lie Works Administration is that the
initials by which it is commonly known
are SO unfortunately similar To those
used to designate the Works Progress
Administration. Even the most careful
of US now and then say WPA when we
mean PWA, or the other way about.
The truth is. there is not the slightest
similarity between the two agencies.
WPA is relief agency, outright. PWA
is an organization set up to encourage
private industry and offer additional
employment through worthwhile public
works which might otherwise not be ac-
complished. The difference between the
two is, you might say, the difference
between job and the dole. They are of
altogether different economic schools.
PWA has helped build needed public
structures, dig needed canals and make
other needed improvements in practical
ly every part of the United States. I'M
perial Valley has been only slightly
more fortunate than most communities
in its dealings with this agency-but con-
slider what PWA has meant to the val
ley. The All American canal, for one
thing. The canal power system for an
other And besides these, there are
school buildings, city halls, gymnasiums
"a hundred other things which were
badly needed, but which would never
have been built had it not been for PWA.
The New Deal undoubtedly will go
down in history as marking a definite
change in the social and economic life
of America. 1t is safe to predict that
historians will write of the Public Works
Administration as one of the soundest of
New Deal innovations. Considering this,
it seems hardly wise to allow PWA to
lapse while other, less worthy agencies,
continue in existence.
Congress, we believe, should give SER
ious consideration to continuing PWA,
and possibly to making it a permanent
part of the United States governments
framework.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
Willis Thornton's Editorial On
4 Letter to the Shade of Mario Izzo

You won't be able to read this
letter. Mario Izzo, because you are
dead.
But we don't entirely understand
these things, and maybe there Is
some way you can know.
Do you know. Mario. that the
people Of your home town of Ali
quippa, Pa. are taking up COL
lection to get your body removed
from the potter's field, where they
buried 1t when you died?
That's because they have been
thinking about you lately, now that
you a1e gone. That's the way pee
pie arc They are slow to give credit
to the living, quick to praise the
dead.
But at last they do understand,
a little, that you were really a great
man. They didn't realize it when
YOU, as an elderly italian immigrant
too old to work. were sent to the
poorhouse where you died They
paid you $500 a week.
Only q few noticed that soon after
you began To receive the checks you
appeared on the streets, dabbing
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
WHY THE DAiRYMAk
NEEDS TO COOPERATE

Imperial Valley dairymen are reallz-
ing more and more that their problems
can best be solved through mutual CO.
operation.
Figures recently made available should
prove to anyone, dairyman or otherwise,
that something is wrong with the dairy
ing picture, and that the dairyman is
justified in cooperative action to i'm
prove his status.
In 1887, the California Department of
Agriculture says, the value of milk pro-
duced in California was S81, 100000
The wholesale value of dairy products
in manufactured form for the same year
was S414,748, 500.
Between the time it left the dairyman's
hands and the time it emerged from pro-
cessing plants, the milk increased in
value five times.
The dairyman has right TO complain.
Even considering labor costs, processing
costs and selling costs, it seems the in
crease should not be so great.
How the dairyman is to realize some
part of the profit made possible by him
self is an unsolved problem, but one
thing is certain. 1t can be solved-by
mutual cooperation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

WASRINGTON-The conditions
under which the rank and file of
government employees do their JOBS
are at last being brought out for
public view.
The immediate result is a sen
sation which hasn't had half the
attention 1t deserves. The ultimate
result may be a r-reaching change
in the whole system of government
employment.
1t ali started because Senator
Allen j. Ellender of Louisiana put
through a resolution to investigate
tie civil service system, and became
head of a five-man senatorial ccm-
mittee to make the investigation.
Working with only a $2500 APP
preparation and with no staff eX-
cept stenographer, the commit
tee, Ito date. has been given an
lmsaVory mass Of testimony about
favoritism in government employ
ment. Much more is to come.
No fewer than 10000 government
employees have sent Senator Ellen
Ger complaints about employment
conditions. and all indications are
that his committee has barely
scratched he surface.
The general tenor of these COM
plants is that petty bureaucrats III
certain government departments
and agencies rule their staffs with
dictatorial power and that the merit
system is repeatedly nullitied by
the office politics and faYoritism
these front-desk czars practice.
Among feminine employees, the
complaint is common that young
and pretty girls get promotion
where older women cannot get it.
In some cases, the complainants
charge that to win promotion a
young woman must "be nice" to
her boss. In others, it is charged,
petty bosses make a regular prac-
tee of borrowing money from their
subordinateS and refuse to repay It.
One sub-boss is alleged to have
insisted on stating his office solely
with red heads. Another. accord
ing to q complaint in BLENDERS
hands. refused to keep on his staff
any woman who die not have an
ample bust measurement.
Among male employees, charges of
spite work. of grudges long -remem-
bered. and of gross favoritism are
made. In certain offices. where
the employees are skilled techni-
clans and not just clerks, it is
charged that men have worked for
10 years or more without salary in
creases. although Congress has ap-
propriated money. for such increases
in their divisions.
The answer to that, according to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16

the charges, is that a lump sum IS
voted Tor the staff as group. The
top man apportions a lat raise to
himself and his faVorites and leaves
the men at the bottom holding the
bag.
BLENDERS committee has created
n minor sensation in government
offices here. The senator hopes tc
get The committees lie extended
SO that il may be a continuing Or
ganiZation.
But he sees the ultimate effects
of his committees work as being
valuable not merely to workers who
have been Disseminated against
hut to the caliber of government
work itself
I'VE get these complaints of peo-
pie who have worked 20 years or
more without promotion he says.
That may mean rank fay0ritism,
of course. On the other hand, il
may mean rank inefficieneY As
things stand now. there is no way
of wedding ogt Line clock watchers.
What VIC need is a revision Of
The law 10 make these instances 0l
fayoritism impossible and, also. to
make il possible 10 weed out The
clock watchers and the time-serv-
erS. II we can't do that, let's 90
Lac klo the old spoils system
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
JUST LOOKING ON
Riverside Press)

A great many Americans regard the
Central European shakeup as, you might
say, none of our business. We draw our
raincoats little closer about us and
pass by on the other side of the street.
We can't correct all the worlds evils,
and we can't reform nations whose
ideologies and practical methods We dis
like. '"Tis an awkward thing to play
with souls and matter enough to save
ones own" and We Americans just now
are very busy trying to save ours.
Just the same, as intelligent people
and part of the community of nations,
we can't nor do we, ignore what is going
on over there. When what happens in
Berlin or Prague, or Memel, or London,
or Paris, or Moscow, is known here with
in an hour, every civilized nation on earth
is our neighbor
We Americans, too, are merely trans
planted Europeans in large measure.
More than any other nation we are
part of the community of nations, with
roots everywhere. And today we are
probably more aware of what is going on
internationally than any other impor-
tant nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
WAR IN EUROPE;
NONE FOR AMERICA
I lOrange DaiIX NeWsl

The chief argument for involving this
country in European war-our duty to
rescue democracy-is knocked flat by
an analysis of military opinion in this
country recently furnished by large
press association
The most competent military opinion
in this country holds that democracy
in Europe is perfectly capable of saving
itself. This opinion holds that England,
France and Poland are far superior in
war resources to the central powers, that
Italy would offer slight resistance IN
general war. and thai command of the
sea and the air would shortly pass to
the western nations.
This view is supported by the histor-
ian, Charles Beard. writing in Mercury
as follows:
IF the countries of Europe that are
directly and Immediately involved i'll
preventing German and Italian domina-
ton are primarily or even fundamentally
interested in that operation they can
call the bluff and stop the peril within
48 hours. They can establish solidarity,
if that is their real and secret wish. They
have the men, the Materials the money,
and the power. But they do not establish
solidarity. And my guess Is that they do
not for the reason that other hopes,
fears and ambitions enter into their de-
signs.
Il insist that the business of prevent
ing German and Italian domination in
Europe is the business of the powers
Immediately and directly interested and
that they have the men, money and ma
terials to do the work. if that is what
they really want to accomplish
For the United States to rush in and
do what they obviously do not want to
do seems to me quixotic beyond anything
Cervantes ever imagined.
What, then, should the government of
the United States do in this situation?
First of all, its officials high and low,
should stop preaching, lecturing, and
hectoring the governments of other coun-
tries. They have done enough of that"
All of which suggests that war in Eu-
rope is much more remote possibility
than We are led to believe and fosters
the suspicion that we are being enter
tanned with war talk as a measure for
taking our minds off domestic difficult
ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16

TO look 1orWdro 10 earning a living.
How was a boy on crutcheS going
to earn q living? Devastating
thought.
because he couldn't get around,
he read a good deal. When his
eyes grew tired he listened to the
radio. He not only knew every
program on every Ne wYork sta
ton, but he knew the announcers,
the stars and just about all a listen
er could learn.
He graduated from high school,
but due TO financial reasons could
not attend college. On top of this,
he had to have a job. But boys
with timber legs couldn't get jobs,
let alone one having to hobble
around OH crutcheS.
The time came when there was
no alternative. He must have a
Job. What was he fitted for? He
asked himself, What do | know
most about?' He came to the con-
clusicn that he knew most about
radio. How could he cash in ON
that?
Act as press agent for them.
There! His decision was made!
He decided to go TO his fayorite
Tony Wons-for an interview.
He called at Tony's office and wait
ed until Tony came in. Il under
stand you are looking for new
press agent he said.
"Why--er-I'm not. l never had
one, lei alone a new one
Alber thought quickly. why
don't you get one and see how 1t
works out?'
WHO would l get?"
Me. I know quite bit about
radio. l know quite a bit about
you" He ratified off some interest
ing facts.
Wons was pleased. Here was a
fellow who was really interested in
him. Finally Wons said, See what
you can do in a week"
Alber hobbled out. His chance!
He determined to make a quick
showing. 1t was four o'clock In
lllC dlbSlllOOll. T1c tdlico up WV
morning papers TO find how late
an item could go in. Then he bor-
rowed a typewriter. wrote a story
about Wons, went to the newspaper
office and showed it. After rewrit-
ing it three times. it was accepted.
Next morning he called Tony;
Turn to page and look at the
bottom of the second column
Wcns was astonished. Amazing
speed! He put Alber on at SIS a
week. The next week he raised him
to $40.
Today Alber has fifteen clients
He has since been operated on and
now does not have to use even a
cane0
He took the subject he knew best
and put it to work for Alber. He
had really been learning his SUD-
ject for years, but without realizing
that he was doing something which
would help him earn living. II
you have to get job, try to get in
the field where you have stored up
knowledge. Capitalize on what you
have.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-16
Sacrifice Needed
To Make Economies
Declares Expert

If the people of California are to
avoid additional drains upon their
pocketbooks through taxation which
is increasing by leaps and bounds,
they must themselves be prepared to
sacrifice at least a part OF their
own claims upon government, Rich
ard Winter, editor of the magazine,
Tax Digest, declared in Ell Centre
Saturday
Winter, swinging through south
ern California on a tour Of observa-
ton, arrived Friday and planned to
leave Saturday.
Economy in government, he
said, lis a problem close to every
resident in the state. You need
only look at the figures to know
this.
90 Per Cent Boost
I'm 1888 the total of federal,
state and local taxes in California
was $449 1000
In 1880 the total was $854000,-
900.
THAT is 80 per cent increase
in five years.
"Or look at it this way. The per
capita cost of government IN Call
fornia in 1888 was S75.09. In 1898
it was S12540. And you must re-
member that per capita means
every man, woman and child. The
burden of the actual taxpayer is
a lot heavier For a family of four
you can figure that the jump was
from $3O036 To $501 60
The answer, Winter believes, lies
in such bipartisan economy cam
paigns as that new under way at
Sacramento.
The increase i'll taxes comes
from the tremendously increased
demand for governmental service
both for expanding existing func-
tionS and for creating new Ones
he declared. For instance, old
age pesionS and expenditures Tor
needy blind and orphans have add
cd SO millions of dollars TO the
states biennial spenling in the
last four years. Unemployment re-
lief has aided another tremen-
dous sum-
Only Way Out
Such economy is not possible, he
declared, unless various groups
sacrifice at least SGme of their own
claims upon government in the IN
terest of economy.
I'VE can't GO on saying that it's
ND to the other fellow he said.
"All of US will have to be content
with less
Turning to budget cuts now
pending in the state legislature,
Winters pointed out that the pro-
posed reductions do not represent
actual reductions in existing ser
vice. but would eliminate proposed
increases in service.
These budget cuts fer the most
part Winter said, merely cut
down the allowances for state de-
partments TO the expenditure level
of the present biennium.'