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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
Retail Stores To
Be ODen NOU. II

Retail stores In Tacoma will do
business as usual Saturday.
Armistice day. 1t was announced
Wednesday by the Retail Trade
bureau. Banks. city hall. federal
building offices and courthouse
win observe the holiday. however.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
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Gain of Is Per Cent Shown Over
1888 in Export of Lumber Products

Total exports Of lumber products
from the United States during the
first nine months Of 1899 showed
q substantial gain Of IS per cent
over the same period of 1888. ac-
cording TO figures released We'd
ncsday by the u. s. bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce.
Shipments totaled e40,05e. 900
board feet Of logs and lumber. both
hard and soft woods, at the end
Of the 1899 three-quarter period.
Sawed material accounted for
SIS. $50. 900 board feet and rough
timber for 6.sss, 900 feet. In
creases over the previous year
were 10 and II per cent. respec-
lively.
Most important export wood was
Douglas fir. with exports totaling
331. 275. 900 feet as compared with
232. 67e. 900 feet last year.
Imports OF hard and soft logs
and lumber for this years period
totaled 644,s34. 900 board feet. an
increase Of 81 per cent compared
with 1888.
Herbert, Tuttle Leave
Railroad passenger exports from
Tacoma Wednesday included two
local members Of the American
Association Of Railroad Ticket
agents who are convention-bound
to Florida
Frank p. Herbert, city passenger
agent for Great Northern and
Leslie Tuttle. city passenger agent
for Northern Pacific, will embark
aboard the s. s. Choo-C hoo for an
evening sailing 10 Chicago and
thence to Jacksonville, Fla, where
they will meet with about $50 Of |
their brethren.
During the three weeks they viii |
be gone from their home port their
itinerary will take them on sight
seeing tour Of Florida and on
side track over the briny to
Havana.
Manufacturing Boom
II an adequate supply Of raw
materials can be maintained In
Hong Kong. a current manufacture
Ing boom can be made relatively
permanent. according to cabled re-
ports from the Asiatic port.
shipbuilding, manufacturing of
paints and lacquers. and clothing
are leading the industrial rise.
Safe ut Kodiak
Foss company reported wednes-
lay that the tug Arthur Foss with
II tow arrived safely at Kodiak.
The tug delivered the sea-going
large Santiago with 10000 barrels
4 oil for the new naval base after
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
OXFORD GROUP MEETS

An MIRA Oxford Group meeting
viii be held at 1880 p. m. Friday
Nov. 10. at the home Of Mrs. Selma
Lindseth, SAG So. Yakima ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
TACoMAN ELECTED

Phil Bowman, Tacoma, has been
elected sergeant-at-arms for the
freshman class at Washington
State college.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
TO SPEAK IN SUMNER

SUMNER - The Sumner No. /
Townsend club. meeting at l. o.
o. F. hall Wednesday evening. will
hear an address by DR.. Hal c.
Long.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
FUNERAL SERVICES

George 5. Spray-Thursday. $50
p. m, from the Buckley King
chapel. Rev. Arthur Bell officiat-
ing: William p. Dougherty lodge
No. 224, F. & A. M. in charge of
services; interment, Mountain
View cemetery.
Ralph Storino-Thursday. Q a. m,
from ST. Rita's church. 1403 So.
Ainsworth ave; cortege will leave
Cassidy & Aliens at s:45: rosary
viii be recited at the church at
z p. m. Wednesday; interment
Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Anna Hagen-Private serv-
ices We're held Wednesday morning
at the home. 1902 No. Steele st.
under direction of Mellinger's. Rev.
p. b. Hoff officiated. Interment.
Tacoma cemetery.
Rev. William II. Greenawalt-
Thursday, p. m. from the Piper
chapel. Verne Spillman officiating;
body to be shipped to Goshen.
Ind, for burial
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09

successfully battling an Arctic
gale.
Steel Worker Charged
John Washington, 43-year-old
Seattle steel worker, was formally
charged Wednesday by FBI agents
with attempting to disable the
Alaska steamship company's
Mount Mckinley on Nov. 1.
Omen said Washington tried to
wreck the steering engine when
the snip left Nome with $40 pass
engers and $500, 900 In gold aboard.
Washington was arrested when the
ship locked at Seattle.
Recess Hearings
Hearings OF the Puget Sound
ferry strike were recessed We'd
nesday while attorneys for the
union and the operators prepared
briefs at the conclusion Of testi-
mony.
A final meeting Of the three
man arbitration board Is sched-
uled for Nov. ~.
Although no agreement was as
yet In sight. Federal Arbitrator
Wayne L. Morse. third member of
the board. is empowered to write
a contract which must necessarily
be accepted by both sides.
Meanwhile, Morse returned to
Eugene, Ore. until the final meet
ing.
Shipping Dull
Shipping through the port Of
Tacoma was unusually dull We'd
nesday with only two vessels work.
ing cargo and three expected to
arrive before Thursday evening.
The Norwegian motorship vigrid
is slated to arrive at the smelter
Wednesday afternoon to load 1900
tons OF copper ingots for vladi-
vostok.
Thursday the Point San Pablo
and the Roseville are due to load
general cargo and flour, respect
lively.
The San Felipe and the James
Griffiths continued Wednesday
with working miscellaneous car
goes.
ships In Port: San Felipe. shaffer
No. 1, James Qriffiths. Port piers.
ships Due: Wednesday D. m, vigrid.
lmelter. Thursday, Point San Pablo.
Mccormick; Roseville. Sperry mill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
KARL THIEBEL

Karl Thiebel, As, OF Route 5. box
26s, Fircrest, died Tuesday at a
local hospital. A native of Ger
many. he had lived here for Is
years, and was a member of the
local chapter, International Long
shoremen's association. Surviving
are his wife, Esther; a daughter.
Mrs. Dorothy Johnson of Fircrest;
a brother, William OF Hamburg,
Germany, and two nephews and
three nieces in Germany. Funeral
announcement by c. o. Lynn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
OBITUARIES
LIEUT.. DAVID II. McLAIN

The body of Lieut.. David r.
McLain, So, who died this week at
his home in Hope, Ida. is being
shipped to the Piper mortuary for
funeral services. A former Taco
man, he was a Spanish-American
war veteran and a SD degree
Mason. Surviving are his wife.
Sylvia; two sons, William of Stella
COON and Howard of Hope, and a
daughter, Miss Mary, also of Hope.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
INFANT HIGGINS

Bruce Carson Higgins. infant
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Hig-
gins. of 121slz So. Tacoma ave-,
died Monday at a local hospital.
Private services were to be held
Wednesday at 8 p. m. from Nell
myers chanel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09

See our National Education
Week windows all this week
showing actual classes from
Tacoma Schools starting
ut 1880 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
Hear Don Blandinq adv

II GUT 007e Dte1'UW0'tY adventure
poet speak at Rhodes Thursday, 1890 and o'clock,
Rhodes Sixth Floor. Meet him in the Book Shop
first floor, any other time Thursday See his new
pattern in Pacific Pottery 'Leilan,' exclusive with
Rhodes display on the fourth floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-09
Manufacturing Boom

Foss company reported wednes-
day that the tug Arthur Foss with
its tow arrived safely at Kodiak.
The tug delivered the sea-going
barge Santiago with 10000 barrels
Of oil for the new naval base after
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Lenuel 0. Gulliver
Is OutdiStanced

Lemuel @. Gulliver, in the widest
flights of the imagination of his
creator, Jonathan Swift, never
travelled so extensively as the film
that comprises Paramount's cine
matte record of his adventures. Fig
ures compiled by Dave Fleischer,
director of the full-length Techni-
color cartoon, disclosed that the
negative of "Gulliver's Travels" has
travelled 10000 miles by air-and
is still on the wing.
This unique record arises from
the fact that this is the film indus
try's first transcontinental ere.
alton. "Gulliver's Travels" was
animated in the studio of Producer
Max Fleischer at Miami, Fla, and
photographed there but the Aim had
to be developed in the laboratories
of the Technicolor Corp. in Holly
wood.
For eight months the negative
was shuttled back and forth be-
tween the two cities, spanning the
continent at least two or three
times each week.
Musical scoring by Victor Young
and his 100-piece orchestra and the
Introduction of sound effects into
the negative now is being done In
Paramount's Hollywood studios, &C
"Gulliver's Travels" promise to con-
tinue until q couple of weeks prior
to the Christmas release date of the
picture.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAM
November 26 ond2

IL noon-WMAI. Jan Peerce. tenor. shares the
guest spot with Antonio Coppola oboeist,
In concert at the Radio City Music Hall.
IL noon-WRC. Vernon Cranes story for children
concerns "Cherub, the Chick"
1:0o-WAdAL, The house of Stephen Crane, au-
thhor Of "The Black Riders" is Ted Ma
lone's stop on his Pilgrimage Of Poetry.
2:00-WNA1, Macbeth" Is the third and last
OF the Shakespearean dramas In the Great
Play series.
2:O0-WRC, The N. B. c. String Symphony
under Dr. Frank Black plays Miaskowskis
Sinfonietta, Op 80, No. 2.
2:30-WRC, Two experts in the detection of
propaganda discuss methods used in flood
ing this country with propaganda on the
University of Chicago Round Table
3:30-WJSV, John Barbirolli directs the New
York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
In broadcast from Chicago. The "Ro-
man Carnival" overture from Berlioz and
Beethovens Symphony No. Z, In A Major
COP. 92), are programmed.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
GERALDINE SPRECKELS.
: n ELS.
ASSOCIATED Press Photo.
BOSTON.


Associated Press Photo.
BY the Associated Press BOSTON
Geraldine spekes the beautiful heiress
nouced life glamour girl" and joined
The slender blond spreckles the
msgnate has yet to report
spkel incidentally having the same name
from whom later
Following the path spreckes
Evening star., 1939-11-26
De Mile Complains,
And Who Wouldn't?

The Cecil B. De Mile bungalow,
and the LIE Roy Prinz bungalow on
the Paramount lot are back to back,
and it causes some curious happen
ings.
De Mile called Prinz on the phone
today. II have, said nothing" he
admitted plaintively, while you had
people humping on tom-toms for
Typhoon'; I have borne up manfully
while you've had more people beat
ing native African drums for
'Safari'; but how in the world can
work on . script for Northwest
Mounted Police with that internal
caterwauling going on?"
Prinz investigated, and discovered
Eddie Rochester" Anderson prac-
icing on Q cornet for his new pic
ture with Jack Benny, Buck Benny
Rides Again." Prinz explained d.
Miles dimculty.
"What's the matter7" demanded
Rochester Cant hs % somswhsra
elsof~
Evening star., 1939-11-26
1t Takes Persistence
TOGet Into Films

Where thousands have failed, a
fox terrier, Of unknown lineage and
few histrionic talents, crashed into
motion pictures.
He baffled Director Victor Schert-
ginger and the entire Road to
Singapore" company, on location at
Lake Baldwin. A scene was being
shot In a jungle. and just as the
cameras rolled the terrier dashed
into the picture.
The director ordered him caught.
The dog ran into the bush. The
cameras rolled again, and in dashed
tho dog. Several times he was
chased away. but always managed to
trot back into the scene. Finally,
despairing of keeping him out Of
the camera, Director Schertzinger
left him in.
1T really doesn't make any diff
ference. We've already hired q
couple Of dogs for scenes; one more
won't hurt" he said.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

movie appearances now viii follow
her stage experience.
Mrs. spreckels is . singer, too,
and her manager thought 1t would
be wise for her to break In In q
musical to obtain stage poise rather
than risk facing New York's hard.
boiled drama critics for the first
time in straight play.
She lived in Turkey from the
time she was 4 years old until she
was II. Then she came back to her
family's home in California and
went to q seminary and later the
University Of California for two
years.
It was not until her marriage to
her cousin, Adolph Spreckels, and
her subsequent divorce that she be-
came active in the theater, however,
and from that time on she has
tried to give it her full attention.
She paints landscapes. too.
"But it's acting that I'm inter-
ested in and I only hope I can make
the grade" she said.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

M-1-M CdStlIl& CHueI, 8lanCeO
around Herbert Stothart's orchestra
on a sound stage one day.
What they saw landed Helen In
pictures. She still enjoys good mu-
sic, still thinks it would be nice some
day to play in Carnegie Hall.
But" she says, Il want to be a
good actress, first"
Helen is a product Of Warren,
Ohio, the daughter of a music pub
Usher. She reached Hollywood by
way Of Philadelphia, where she
studied at Curtis Institute on a
scholarship which her ability won
her at the age of IL.
Concerts took her to New York,
Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis-final-
ly to Hollywood Bowl. Here she
stayed, happy in her orchestra work
and occasional solo appearances.
Il never gave acting a serious
thought" she confesses, and
mean that. When q test was first
suggested the idea terrified me.
Finally consented, and here am.
I'm still not quite sure why"
Her performances in an Andy
Hardy and DR.. Kildare film won
her, in her third appearance, the
lead in Winfield 6heehan's Flo
rian." Naturally, she's pleased, for
''Florian" is intended to be one Of
Metros top productions in 1910.
There's just one rub.
Sheehan's famed Lipizzan stallion,
Florian, is featured. And Helen
and horses don't get along too well.
She frankly admits it's probably not
the horses fault.
I'VE just don't seem to under
stand each other" is the way she
put 1t.
Hollywood's favorite tea-table
sport matchmaking linked her
name with those of Wilcox and Lew
Ayres since she obtained a divorce
from Mischa Bakaleinokoff, film
musical director, November IS.
Because Helen is a woman, you
can draw your own conclusions, but
she says:
1T takes a lot of time to fall in
love. I'm much too busy now to
spare the time. And that's the way
it's going to stay"
Looking at her, one has a hunch
there will be those who try to
change her mind.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

S:eo-WOI. The subject, "The Neutrality Ac,
and the American Merchant Marine" Il
discussed on the American Forum of the
Air.
S:eo-WJSv. Fay BANTER, Nan Sunderland and
Orson Welles co-star in radio version
Of "Dodsworth."
S:0o-WJSV, Marion Anderson is soloist will,
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under
Wilfred Pelletier on the Sunday Evening
Hour:
Overture "The Ruler Of the Spirits"
. Don Fatale from "Don Carlos" Mss e0ei
Spanish Dance II Minor lorchestr.) or.nados
Servants Chorus from Don Pasauale"
Death and the Maiden the omnipotence." "''e'"
Miss Anderson Chorus and Orchestra
scherzo' from Reformation" Symphony
Eyery Time Feel the sorit;" eaeb1eee's'nn abeee
River" Honor, Honor Nero snirituals
The Bamboula" torchestra) Coierdge Taylor
Judge Eternal" (Mss Anderson. chorus,
orchestra, audience) - Holland
S:So-WRC. Romas Cant You Hear Me Calling
Caroline" is Frank Munns feature solo on
the American Album of Familiar Music.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

become an actreSS-and since she
makes her entrance in the very first
scene Of Cole Porter's saucy new
musical comedy, "Dubarry Was q
Lady," she has to be on time. She
Is on the stage for most of the eve
ming as member Of a girls sextet
whose chief functions is to provide
q beautiful background with music,
and she's proud of the fact that
she's been given a few lines to speak
since the shows opening.
One of the Nations richest heir
esses, Mrs. Spreckels carries a So
ctal Security card and has member
ship in two labor unions-Actors'
Equity and the Screen Actors Guild.
But this is no lark" she said.
I'm very serious about the theater
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Miss Cornpson
Would Play
Mothers
Casting Directors
Tell Her, However,
She's Too Young
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
Betty Compson, once q romantic
star, would like to play mother roles
now II casting directors would only
admit she's old enough.
IT ought to be just about the right
age for . screen mother" says the
former star Of such epics Of the ST.
lent screen as "The Miracle Man"
and woman To Woman"
II entered pictures at the age of
Is, and I'm 20 now.
But did you ever see q mother
In pictures who looked less than 557
Yet we have 16-year-olds playing
leads. Logically their mothers should
be not much more than 40."
Miss Compson, who confesses she's
been appearing in ''lots Of quickies.
and some nice ones at Columbia, !"
currently is working at M-G-M
studio for the first time in 10 years,
In picture starring Joan Crawford.
In her last picture at the studio,
she was the star and Joan was .
bit player.
That's the movie game" says
Betty, quietly. Still attractive, she
Is virtually q brunette counterpart
Of Gladys George In facial express
sion, appearance, mannerisms and
voice. She does look younger than
40.
Il can wear a gray wig If neces-
sary." she insists.
There's too much competition
for me to play glamour girls in
definitely.
And when casting directors tell
me I look too young to play mothers,
feel like asking them what the
makeup department is for"
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Two Scripts

Sonya Levien and Sheridan Glib
ney are occupied at the Walter
Wanger Studios with two Of that
producers forthcoming productions
Miss Levien has started work on the
screen play Of the historical epic $50
Calamity Cleaning" based on the
romance and adventure Of Gen. John
G. Fremont. Gibney Is completing
the screen play Of Dynasty of
Death"
$50 Calamity Cleaning" is from
the original story by Peter Ordway
and Harvey Thew. Dynasty OF
Death" is an adaptation Of the best
selling novel by Taylor Caldwell.
Both productions will be released by
United Artists.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Todoy's High Lights
IAN Time Pm. Unless Indicated,)

4:3o-WJSv, Charles Laughton, Elias Lancaster
Walter Mourant and other stars of the
stage and musical world appear on Pursuit
Of Happiness
4:4o-WRC. "Our Debt to the Indians" is the
title OF the Oldtimer.s story on the World
Is Yours program.
S:3o-WMAI. Pauline Pierce, mezzo-soprano,
and Giuno Carl, tenor, are the aspiring
singers heard on Metropolitan Additions
Of the Air.
S:oo-WOL, Emo Rapee plays medley of Cole
Porter selections as the feature Of Listen,
America.
6:3o-WOL. Sammy Kaye and his band appear
on the Show of the Week.
7:3o-WJSv, Helen Hayes and Frederic March
co-star In Enchanted Cottage" at the
Screen Guild Theater
Evening star., 1939-11-26

and intend to make it my life work.
I like musical comedy well enough
because it's great experience, but
I'm looking forward to . future as
q legitimate player"
At the age Of %. Mrs. Spreckels is
no novice to the theater, although
this Is her first Broadway produc-
ton.
1--WE acted In several stock COM
panies In California and played for
two weeks in.Los Angeles in Mary,
Wife Of Abraham a play about
Lincoln"
Last year she had a chance to
play In the movies with Bette Davis
IN "Jezebel" but q death in her
family prevented that-and any
Evening star., 1939-11-26
No More Hiding
HOLLYWOOD

After December / visitors to the
film city will be able to know just
what stars live in those ranch
homes In San Fernando Valley.
Heretofore, stars have had only
street numbers on their mail boxes
because all the valley is r. F. D.
But new ruling insists that after
December l Clark Gable, Spencer
Tracy, Robert Taylor, Alice Faye,
Warren William, Lionel Barrymore
and all others have their names on
their mail boxes.
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Long Fingernails
Won't Run the Life
OF Ann Sheridan
HOLLYWOOD.

~ the Associated Press.
The not-so-exclIsive Club Of
Long-Fingernail Wearers has lost
Ann Sheridan, she Of the "oomph," I"
as . member.
She let hers grow to an inch
and one-eighth. Then, slashing OF
an inch at one clip, she opined:
when found I was regulating
my day 80 I'd do nothing to en-
danger my nails, I decided things
had gone far enough"
Evening star., 1939-11-26
They're Not
What They
Used to Be
But Modern Girls
And Boys Are What
They Should Be
HOLLYWOOD.

ASAMx WOOO.
50 you think the modern boys and
girls aren't what they should be-
Or what they used to be? Well, they
may not be what they used to be,
but they're still everything they
should be-and more!
Listen to Jesse L. Lasky, veteran
Hollywood producer, who has Just
completed what Is perhaps the most
unusual personally conducted talent
search ever undertaken by a movie
executive:
''The modern youth is far better
prepared for q career than the
young men and women Of, say, two
decades ago." says Lasky.
"The boys and girls coming out
Of school today are far more intelN.
gent, far better dressed and possess
considerably more personality than
the youth of my time.
Put country boy and q city boy
side by side, and it's impossible to
tell the difference. There are no
more country people. Newspapers,
motion pictures, radio and the auto
mobile have contributed much to
this advancement"
In addition to registering his
great big pat on the back for the
modern boy and girl, so often abused
by overly-critical oldsters, Lasky had
some interesting observations to
offer on the results of his excursion,
which took him into l6 cities In as
many States.
Il may be putting myself right on
the spot" the producer declared,
"but it's a fact that we encountered
the greatest number of beautiful
women in the South. BY that /
don't mean to say that southern
women are more beautiful than
northern women. In fact, some Of
our, loveliest candidates were dis
covered in Nebraska, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. What I mean is that
the beautiful women seemed to turn
out in greater quantities in the
South.
"On the other hand, we seemed
to find more handsome young men
IN the North than anywhere else" 4"
Lasky said the greatest problem
Of his tour was attempting to cope
with the hundreds of ambitious
parents Of talented and not-so-
talented children who surrounded
his hotel in every city and literally
fought their way into his quarters
for interviews.
I'VE were absolutely deluged with
them," he said. Most of the chill
dren to whom we were forced to give
additions possessed real ability, too.
There were 6-year-old musicians,
5-year-old tap-dancers and singers,
fine little dramatic actors and
actresses. Many had no chance for
the careers their parents struggled
to attain, but surprisingly large
percentage really deserved opport-
unities. It was unfortunate that
our search was confined to leading
men and young leading women"
Lasky believes Hollywood pro-
ducers need have no worry about
whence will come the Robert
Taylors and Loretta Youngs of
tomorrow. He believes college
dramatic classes have gone far in
replacing the old-time stock COM
panies as training schools for those
who yearn to follow careers in the
movies. OF the Is young people
Lasky selected to come to Holly
wood, 8 are college graduates and 7
more attended college for short
time. With only two exceptions. all
are high school graduates.
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Evening star., 1939-11-26
They May Come Back
But They'll Wreck
Sound Tracks
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
By the Associated Press.
II boomers are coming back, as
fashions arbiters say, the thought
leaves designer Milo Anderson cold.
Looking at 1t from q film stand-
point, Anderson says he's thinking
OF the sound engineers contending
with the favored bloomer material
Of paper cambria.
why" he explains. under a mi
crophone. paper cambria sounds
like hail on q tin roof"
Evening star., 1939-11-26
With Charlie

Edgar Kennedy, slow burn"
screen comic, and Ray Turner, Negro
actor, will play featured comedy
roles in Charlie Mccarthy, Detec-
tive" Universal film which stars Ed
gar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy.