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Evening star., 1939-01-21

S e C on d term
as a member
of the National
Labor Relations
Board, but will
fight Senate ap-
proval on the
ground that Mr..
Smith does not
oss SIS tn e
necessary quail
if1cations."
This informa-
ton was fur
nislled by the
A. F.. of L. head
quarters today
IN r0rnoctjn,,
Evening star., 1939-01-21

Of-the-rOad course, and POSt-
master General James A. Farley,
who represents the machinery
as distinguished from the pro-
gram-of Democratic politics.
With a strong and unified
cabinet and q liberal majority on
the Supreme Court. the New
Dealers believe that they can
reorganize their shattered lines
and renew their advance on
1910 If their political chess game
Evening star., 1939-01-21
The Capital Parade
Sensations Billed as Monopoly Probe Show
Moves Into Insurance Company Dissection

By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
investigators
Committee will fight with flying
occasion the committees
begin hearings METROPOLITAN
Life, New York Life and perhaps other giant.
After the mild early hearings of the committee its
almost been forgotten. explore
the concentration of wealth and economic Apparently
that committee achieved
with its damatizing work The officials
and Exchange Commission in charge of the
suffer from the usual optimism mpresarios
Evening star., 1939-01-21

HE opinions OF the oriters onthis their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions are presented IN
The Stars effort to gDe all sides of questions interest to It's
readers although opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Whether or not the hearings

Whether or not the hearings
are quite so spectacular as the
investigators expect, they should
have their own special element of
drama. The insurance COM
panieS, with their immense re-
sources. have hired an array Of
legal talent which would fright
en- the Supreme Court itself.
They will be chiefly opposed by
one young man in his twenties,
Gerhardt Gesell, the son of a Yale
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Backs Teacher Puy Boost

The University Park (Md) Par
ent-Teacher Association has in
dorsed the bill in the Maryland
Legislature to increase salaries for
Maryland teachers. The group also
has decided to buy 200 chairs for
the school auditorium.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

very Spectacular" show.
Certainly the material they
have to work with could hardly
be more imposing. Their leading
exhibit. the Metropolitan Life,
has 100000 policyholders, con-
trolls about S5,o0O,O0O,OOO in as
sets, and invests an average of
ST 100000 every day. No greater
reservoir of concentrated eco
nomic power could be imagined.
One of the first pointS the g F. G.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

they will sacrificed pieces push
the king the checkate
the meantime they rely business peurepartculary big bui
pressureo Vice President
reconstructed fellow Southerners
out of date and injurious
Copyreh
Evening star., 1939-01-21
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Not since the court bill debate
in the Senate in 1887 has anything
like the bitterness over the Hop
kins omination-Harry L. Hopkins
Evening star., 1939-01-21
We, the People
White House, Losing Some Skirmishes,
Is Pushing Its Pieces Toward the King Row
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

While the New Deal has been taking terrible shelackng
Capitol Hill and while all Of the agencies Of publicity
seem to be stricken Of palsy the White House has been pushing its
pieces the board
These Felix Frankfurer Harry Hopkins
Frank Murphy Collectively they the dynamic
vera elements of the Deal Frankrter
Jewish blood with his young proteg
Evening star., 1939-01-21
A. F. L. Fight
Reuffirmed
On Smith
Green Scouts Report
Of Confusion of
Board Members
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

The American Federation of
Labor not only has not withdrawn
its opposition to the confirmation
of Donald Wakefield Smith for a
Evening star., 1939-01-21
War Aids Manufacture

War conditions in Japan have
caused large increase in the num-
Der of manufacturers of heavy in
dustry equipment in Toxic.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

long been 70 many a symbol OF
behind the scenes intelligence
pulling the legal wires by which a
befuddled Congress dances. Harry
Hopkins, professional social work.
er, reliefer and and spender-in-
chief, has been accused of every
variety of political skullduggery by
opponents of the Roosevelt work.
relief program. Frank Murphy, a
Catholic and a reformer, as Gov
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Grows Use Wire

Crews used wire to strap nest
to the iron standards of windmill
near Bloemfontein, South Africa,
then laid five eggs in it.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

The only elements remaining
Secretary Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
TO HoI.ip CAM PARTY

A card party will be held at $50
p. m. Thursday by Harmony Town.
send club No. 80 in the X. Of c.
hall at 9Th ave. and Steele st.
There also will be short business
meeting.
Two pounds Sunrise coffee. abc.
Cow Butter Store. adv.
APPLY FOR LICENSE
Application for a marriage Ii
cense was made at Port Orchard
by Frank Zacek, SIS. and Elsie
Zottman, 81, both OF Tacoma.
Hospital flowers. HIM florist.
(adv.)
GOING TO LAKE LOUISE
The Young Peoples Vocational
Guidance forum will hold Its meet
ing Friday in the form of wiener
roast at Lake Louise. Members
are asked to be at the Y. NJ. c. A.
at $40 Friday evening. A small
fee will be charged for transporta-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
LINCSTRANC'S
RITES FRIDAY

Final rites for Henry Lingstrang.
es. who died Tuesday at his home
in orting OF a heart attack. viii be
held Friday at p. m. from the
orting Funeral home. The Rev.
II. E. Rossell viii officiate at the
chapel and the L. s. S. Maine camp
will be in charge OF the services
at the orting Soldiers home ceme-
terry.
Lingstrang. a native Of Finland,
was a Spanish-American war vet
ersn and was member of the
u. s. s. Maine camp No. IS. He
had been a resident OF Orting nine
years.
Surviving ARE his wife. Hanna;
two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Wally
Of Homer. Alaska. and Miss Hilga
LinEstrang of Anchorage. Alaska;
two sons. Helgi Of Aberdeen and
Edwin, also Of Anchorage. Three
nieces and nephews reside in Sc
attic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
CONTRACTS FOR
6 BUS DRIVERS

RoY-The following bu. drivers
were given contracts by the school
board at the last meeting: Collins,
Francis Olson; spsnswsy, Elk
plain, Creendale. Carl Hansen: La
camas. Gordon Miller: Harris Lake,
Mckenns, Albert Brezichs: Domi-
mic Prairie. Walter Porsch.
Standard Oil Co. of Yelm was
given the gasoline contract.
The board also renewed the con-
tract OF Albert Brezicha for bus
mechanic.
The home economics room is be-
ing remodeled in preparation for
the new vocational department
which will be added this year.
The board took final action on
the budget for 1s3e-4O.
II was voted to build a fence
and turnstile at the south end of
the play field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
Toddy's Oddities

louisville. Ont. - Because
its members ailegedly paid more
attention to sampling liquor re-
moved from the blazing Lakeview
golf course clubhouse recently than
10 fighting the fire, the Toronto
township council has decided TO
make no payments 10 the local
fire department until further
notice.
COHAssET, Mass. - The first
act Of Spring Meeting" starring
Philip Merivale and Gladys Cooper,
was drawing to a close in cohss-
sets summer theater.
Jim. the family butler, was Josh
ing Sir Richards younger daughter
for her choice Of perfumes.
Suddenly the capacity audience
began tn sniff. An unmistskable
odor was drifting through open
windows.
A skunk had added a realistic
touch.
Pendieton, Ore.-H. f. Johnson,
lolling in his hotel room, heard a
crash in the street below. He
rushed 10 the window TO investi-
gate. The window was closed and
johnson suffered cuts on his head
and hand
The crash johnson heard was
collision OF two automobiles. The
drivers were uninjured.
LANSING, Mich.-Auditor Gem
ersl Vernon Brown couldn't be-
lieve 1t the first time. so he asked
f. J. Parr. director Of drugs and
drug stores of the pharmacy board,
TO say II again.
Il want" repeated Parr, ito
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
TRUCK, TRAIN COLLIDE;
z YAKIMA men KILLED

YAkIMA-Two men were dead
today following collision between
an eastbound Northern Pacific
passenger train and a truck at a
crossing near Yakima city limits
Wednesday.
Jess Byerly, driver OF the truck.
died Wednesday night In a hospital
few hours after the accident.
Theodore +. Siagle, %, Selsh, was
the other victim.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11

thought, he said. can become law
lessness.
Vast amounts of land in the
United States, and much OF that
in the Northwest. said Gill, never
can be useful for anything but
growing Of forests. In Europe, he
said, all such land would be kept
busy growing trees. Some day
we will come TO that here.
We can't afford to have the
land loaf. the same as we can't
afford to have the people loaf"
Going to Longview
Gill said American foresters
travelling In Europe have watched
governments and political systems
come and 20 over the years. but
the forests are kept carefully
groomed and free from fires and
go right on growing trees.
After his visit with the Weyer-
haeuser executives in Tacoma. Gill
will 70 to Longview and then leave
the coast to visit the forests in
Montana. He works with an adj
visory board Of the Pack founda-
ton. consisting Of 10 men in forest
regions Of the United states. On
the board In the Puget Sound re-
gion are Col. w. 3. Greeley, secre-
tary.manager of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, and Dean
Hugo winkenwerder Of the Uni
versity Of Washington college of
forestry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11

Something Of a human guinea
pig IL Professor ]. r. 8. Haldane,
above, noted British scientist, who
delights In experimenting On him.
self when probing certain ques-
tions. His latest exploit was TO
seal himself In an alright cham
her for l4h hours 10 discover II
victims aboard the Inflated Thetis
suffered pain during their last
hours. His conclusion to . London
naval board Of inquiry: The men
suffered no pain
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11

in conference with Charles 8.
Chapman. forester for the weyer-
hacuser Timber Co. in Tacoma:
w. II. Price. manager OF the COM
pany's reforestation and land de-
psrtment. and other executives.
Formed In 1921
The Pack foundation. established
in 1922 with the fortune OF the
Pack family which had spent three
generations In the numbering in
dustry, has concentrated most Of
its efforts In development OF private
forestry. Though the Pack for
tunes came from the lake states
and later In the southern pine re-
gion. greatest interest now Ia
taken in the Pacific Northwest
where the forests are OF greatest
Importance TO the population. Gin
said.
A permanent man Ia maintained
here studying obstacles to private
forestry-Bruce Hoffman. a former
forest service man--Gill noted, and
in addition there Ia the large Pack
Demonstration forest donated to
the University of Washington coli
lcae OF forestry.
PayrcIls NJ Stake
Forests in this part Of the ma
ton provide too much OF the pay
roll TO sacrifice them To fires, Gill
said. as he watched the cinders
drift over the city from Maury |
island.
Fire. he said. il the only one
thing In the world which can keep
these payrolls from being per-
manent.
Yet the cause of 20 per cent Of
those fires. said Gill, Is public
carelessness.
Sounds Warning
As long A. we permit fires like
this to go through the forests"
he said. 1T Is useless to practice
forestry. Care in cutting the trees
and planting them can do no good.
The foresters and the lumber
men are doing their part. But
the public Ia not. II Ia partly a
matter OF law enforcement.
In France and Germany, and |
other countries Of Europe, II the
law prohibits smoking in forests
as dangerous. the people don't
smoke in the forests. They know
their dependence upon them.
Il suppose II Ia that we still
are rich country. and there is a
lawlessness. probably
because we are a pioneer nation"
May Re Lawlessness
But that freedom from regimen
tation can be carried too far, Gill
feels. Carelessness and lack OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
RITES SET FOR
MRS. CUMMINGS
Former Cabinet Mem
ber's Wife Dies
in Capital

WASHINGTON - Funeral serv-
ices win be held here Friday after
noon for Mrs. Homer stille Cum
mings. 40. wife Of the former
sttorney-genersl. who died We'd
nesdsy night after an lines. of
several months.
Mrs. Cummings. one Of the most
popular hostesses in Washington,
became critically Ill last March of
high blood pressure and heart dis
esse.
Gay, witty and vivecious, Mrs.
Cummings gained a-host Of friends
because Of her easy informaitiy
and ready good-nature. She was
outspoken and frank. and some
times Debated foreign visitors.
who became critical OF American
customs. with quick conversational
thrusts.
Her breakfasts, dinners and aft
er-theater snppers. often OF an i'm
promptu nature. were eagerly
awaited events at Ruthven, her
home on a hill above Washington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
Forestry is Useless
If Fires Permitted
Pack Foundation Official Sounds
Warning a. He Finds Smoke Over CITY

we can't afford to burn over
cur forests"
That warning came from the
secrstary Of the Charles Lathrop
Pack Forestry Foundation. Tom
GIL Of Warrington, d. c., who
looked out over Z smoke and ash
covered Tacoma Wednesday after
noon with . shake Of his head.
GIN, former government forest
ranger and now. for many years.
4 world traveller IN his studies of
forest development and conservs-
ton. was not encouraged by his
18th yearly whit TO the Pacific
Northwest He was here to OBJ
nerve the recent developments in
the industry for the Pack founda-
tion and spsnt much Of the day
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
FARMERS INCOME
FALLS FOUR PCT.

WASHINGTON-Farmors had a
cash income of s2.s67 .000. 900 from
the sale OF farm products during
the first half of this year, the
agriculture department reported
today.
The income WAS four per cent
smaller than in the corresponding
period of last year when total in
come was s3,os4. 10000 Income
from crops in the first half OF this
year was six per cent smaller and
from livestock and livestock prod
ucts two per cent smaller.
Income by states this year and
the first half of last year includ-
ed: Washington, S52, 1874 ,000-S41.-
So, 900; Oregon. S31. 49,, 900 500
$4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11

have nv salary cut from So
0oo to $1,000. I used Ia hold
this job at $1,000 and that's
all its worth"
Brown. considerably taker
absck. said he was agreeable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
LEGION CONVENTION
TO OPEN ON AUG. Is

SP0kASE-Delegates from all
American Legion posts in the state
will be here August 1919 for the
veterans convention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
JUST THE CORE
CLUB WILL SEE FILM

City Light departments colored
film, Putting Our Fairgrounds to
Work" will be shown at the meet
ing of the Young Mems Business
club at the Hotel Winthrop Friday
noon. Walter Suttcr will speak.
See the Hayes Jr. Spray Gun at
The Garden. Shop, Rhodes Bros.
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-11
OUTDOOR CIRCUS

SEATrLE-An outdoor circus
will be held here the nights Of
Aug. 1927 as a benefit for the Sc
attic police dept. drill team.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Mrs. West in Maine

Mrs. r. Thomas West, COMMITTEES
chairman of the Gallinger Hospital
project of the Twentieth Century
Club, is visiting at Kittery Point,
Me-, and will return to Washington
the end of the month.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Young Wives Club
Meets Wednesday

The Young Married Women's Club
of the Y. w. C. A. will meet on
Wednesday for luncheon at the
home of Mrs. Irving j. Curran. 4O3
West Madison avenue, Hyattsville
Md. This club is open to all young
married women and provides an
afternoon of fun and relaxation.
The final informal Victrola hour
on the roof of the "Y'' is scheduled
for Wednesday evening, from Z
to 7:3O
Mrs. Virginia Sholar, recreation
secretary; Miss Mary Burnett, music
secretary, and Mrs. Eugene Sloan
a member of the Music Committee
will take charge of a program at
the Florence Crittenton Home on
Thursday, featuring cowboy songs.
Thursday another group will leave
the "Y" on Y. w. C.. A. conducted
tour to the New York Worlds Fair.
The group will not return until next
Sunday. spending three days seeing
both New York City and the fair.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
D. c.. Women Head
d. A. r. Committees

Two Washington women have been
named chairmenof national COM
mittees Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. Henry
M. Robert, jr., president general.
DR.. Jean Stephenson is chairman
of the Genealogical Records Com
mittee and Miss Aline Z. Solomons
chairman of the Art Critics Com
mittee.
Those from nearby places who
are chairmen of national commit
tees include Mrs. Harry K. Nield
and Mrs. James H. Dorsey, vice
chairmen of the Historic Trees
Committee, both OF Baltimore, Nd;
Mrs. Charles Blackwell Keesee,
chairman, Correct Use of the Flag
Committee. of Martinsville. Va; Miss
Claudine Hutter of Lynchburg Va.
chairman of the Student Loan Fund
Committee, and Mrs. G. w. S. Mus
grave of Laurel, Md, chairman Of
the D. A. R. Handbook Committee.
Mrs. Robert, whose home Is In
Annapolis. but who spends most Of
her time in Washington since taking
Office, is chairman Of the Executive
Committee. which heads the list Of
administrative committees.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Mrs. kay Leaves

Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay, president
of the Political Study Club. has left
for Mount Pocono, Pa, for visit
Of several weeks.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Profit on Party
Announced

Mrs. Frederic NeWburgh. president
of the Housewives Alliance, who was
in charge of reservations for the
Alaska Indian party given recently
at General Federation headquarters
by the District Federation, an
nounces profit of $125. This money
is the Districts first golden jubilee
birthday gift to the General FEEDER
alton. Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt is
chairman.
Prizes of Indian arts and crafts
work will be awarded at the Octo-
ber meeting of the District FEEDER
alton to the following clubs for sell
and gardens, civic art and European
galleries. Indian exhibits are also
offered and music loan libraries and
opera scores are available to feder-
ated clubs for small fee and trans
portation.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Mothers Memory
Club Planning
Benefit Party

The Mothers Memory Club. dedi-
Gated to the service of old people.
has met with such athletic ap-
proval that it now has become a ma
tional society with units in practical
ly every State in the Union.
Founded in Washington six years
ago by Mrs. Frank s. Ray of Silver
Spring, Md. in memory of her
mother, the club has worked quietly.
with little publicity. to bring cheer
and happiness into the lives of lone
ly old women in homes throughout
the city.
Residents of these homes are taken
for outings. automobile rides and
parties arranged for them at homes
OF club members; birthday ami
versarles are remembered with gifts
and cakes, as we'll as special remem-
brances on other holidays: the
small budgets allowed them by rel
atlVes or in the institutions, are aug
mented by small sums for spending
money and minor comforts.
The clubs objective is to do for
lonely old women what members
would do for their own mothers were
they living. Among members are
Jessica Dragonette and her sister,
Mrs. Nadia D. Lotus of New York
Miss Dragonette received the club
following party it sponsored to
hear her during a recent appearance
in the city.
A benefit garden party is being
planned to be held at the home OF
Mrs. Rossel Mitchell in August, pro-
( ceeds from which will be used to
further the philanthropic work OF
the club. There are no club dues
and funds to carry on the work Is
raised at monthly bridge parties
held at the meetings from Septem-
Der to July each year.
Officers of the organization are
Mrs. David Caldwell, president: Mrs
William Wagner. first vice president
Mrs. George Gonard, second vice
president: Mrs. George Middleton
corresponding secretary; Mrs
Mitchell treasurer; Mrs. Robert Car
roll, registrar; Mrs. w. r. Cole, his
torian, and Miss Eva Bullard, chap
lain.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
US. Army
Daughters
Plan Cruise
Society Sponsors
Annual Benefit
On Wednesday

While many clubs and organiZa-
tions suspend activities throughout
vacation months, the Society Of the
advantage of summer breezes and
moonlight to sponsor one of its most
important annual benefits.
Wednesday evening at $50 O'Clock
the steamer City OF Washington will
be the scene of one of the most pop
ular events of the Washington chap
ter's annual program-a moonlight
cruise down the Potomac, the pro-
ceeds from which will be used to
help needy families of Army men in
times of sickness, death, unemploy-
ment or financial distress
With many members of the society
from other chapters recently arrived
in Washington. accompanying hus-
bands or fathers transferred to duty
at the War Department, the Indus
trial College or the War College. the
cruise will give splendid opportunity
for service daughters to renew old
friendships and talk over old days at
other posts"
Organized at Fort Benning. Ga.
in 1928 by Mrs. Charles D. Roberts.
wife of Gen Roberts. the Society of
he Daughters of the u S. Army sup
piled long-felt need to hundreds of
women whose fathers or grandfath-
ers had pledged life Of service to
the Regular Army of the United
States. With the rapid change in
modern life, much of the old COM
radery known in the days before
the war" was lost to women and
girls who formerly had been held to-
gether by common bond of Army
ancestry. Mrs. Roberts organized
her original group with the purpose
of keeping alive the ideals, tradi-
tions and customs Of the service "
Only those over is years of age, who
are the daughters. granddaughters,
stepdaughters or adopted daughters
of commissioned officers of the Reg
ular Army of the United States are
eligible to membership.
Already there are Is chapters Of
the society, located In practically
every section Of the country, In
Panama and in Honolulu, all dedi-
Gated to the service Of Army life or
Army people.
Washington is headquarters OF
the society and the Washington
chapter holds a luncheon meeting
each month at the Army and Navy
Club. Officers of the national society
are: President, Mrs. Paul S. Bond (;
first vice president, Mrs. George W.
Cocheu; second vice president, Mrs
Seth Williams; registrar, Mrs. James
H. Beals Bogman: secretary, Miss
F. Elizabeth Wilcox, and treasurer,
Mrs. Leon M. Grant.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Miss Ethel Regan Reports
On London Conference
Relief Housekeepers Service In Norway
And Sweden Among Club Projects
Described to Delegates
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

Womens problems their ambitions and hopes much the
world
the Homemake Clubs recently
ference Of the Associated Country Of he World
During Resan discussed the problems and In