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Evening star., 1939-01-19
Summary of Todoy's Star

Foreign.
Police double guard of Chamber
lain's son after blast. Page Al
Loyalists repel insurgents west of
Barcelona. Page Al
Japanese fear long-distance attack
from U. S. Page AS
Cabinet shutting report denied by
Reich press chief. Page ALA
Notioaul.
Bailey assails Hopkins as Senate
takes up nomination. Page Al
Bills for dozen naval bases, including
Guam, introduced. Page Al
Administration gains ground in fight
over w. P. A. fund. Page Al
Senator Norris blames Congress for
w. P. "A. politics. Page Al
S. E. c. due to rule on Transamerica
probe broadening. Page AS
Frankfurter here. says he probably
will take oath Jan. 80. Page Al
Rescue vessels go to aid of propeller
less freighter Page Al
James Roosevelt becomes motion pic
ture company director. Page AS
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Bills for Dozen
Naval Bases
Introduced
Only Horbor Dredging
Proposed at Guam
Next Year
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt last Ueek
asked Congress to proDide for
Strengthening national defense in
nep OF threatening situations in
other parts OF the Dorld. He
particularly urged increase of at
least 5000 planes in Army air
force. American Ambassadors to
foreign countries, uisiting here,
and military experts hate eT-
planned need for rearmtng in Sc
cret testimony before commit
tees considering program. te.
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(See RELIEF, Page ABB
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(See MONOPOLY, Page A-3)
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(See BRAINS, Page A-14)
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aircraft would be used for new
planes, Gen. Arnold said Nearly
1900 of the 5000 would be combat
types
Other projected expenditures in
clude: $62,OO0,OO0 for construction
at existing air stations, and estab-
lishment of air bases in Alaska
Puerto Rico. New Hampshire and
Florida; s33,OOO,0O0 to add 1900
officers and $4,000 enlisted men to
the Air Corps present 10000 per-
sonnet; enlargement of technical
schools at Rantoul, Ill, and Denver
and $3,000,00O for additional re-
search.
The increase in enlisted strength
would include 1900 flying cadets.
Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff
was another witness before the COM
mittee yesterday. With Gen. Arnold
he recommended a legislative pro-
gram including abandonment of the
competitive bidding system for pro-
curing planes during the "emer-
gency" period.
Arnold Declines Reply.
After Gen. Arnold told the House
committee IAN emergency" made II
necessary to complete the $500 O,0OO,-
600 Air Corps expansion in two
years he was pressed by Republican
members of the committee for de.
tails as to the nature of the emer.
gency. He declined to answer thu
questions in public.
Later Representative Short, Re.
publican, of Missouri, who asked
Gen. Arnold to tell whether there
was any immediate danger of ar
enemy invasion of this country, sale
that Gen. Craig had agreed to an.
swer the question later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
WPA Announces Schedule
OF Neav Citizenship Classes

A schedule of % Amerieaniza-
ton classes. conducted throughout
the city and county by WPAs
adult education division, was an
nounced Thursday for the late
winter and spring season.
The classes. designed TO pre-
pare applicants for citizenship 10
take their examinations in federal
court. include some in basic Eng
lish, first essential for one seek
ing TO become a citizen. and others
which teach the necessary knowl-
edge OF government and history.
Classes scheduled in the city
are:
MISUNDERSTANDING. at Stew
art school and East Side chapel.
both I to 2 p. N.
Neutrality-suspicious. and citizen
ship: Holy Cross church. 8 10 2
D. m: community house, / to 4,
and Gray school, TO 2; citizen
ship German Lutheran church and
Polish hail. 3oth and East r, both
: TO Q p. N.
Observation-Disclosures Eng
Iish: East Side chapel, TO 4
.. m; English: Stanley school. Z
TO s; citizenship: Community
house, / 10 ana : TO 10 p. m;
and Jason Lee school. TO 2.
Thursdays - Advanced English:
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Next: The great Captain Cook.
MANY IN CAST
Of YELM PLAY

YELM ~ Cast of the annual
senior play of Yelm high school
was announced by Class Adviser
Larry Lemmel as follows: Bob
Jones, Dick Kelley, Tom Alongi,
Constance Miller, Albert Nc
Monigle. Lowell Hodges, Jerry
Murray. Marion Self, Phyllis
Lautzenhiser. Jeanne Westenburg,
Eileen Sparkling and Elsie john
ston.
Taking part in the schools
spring operetta. to be given the
first week in March. under direc-
ton of William Sherman, will be:
Elsie Johnston. Villa Monroe. Dor
othy Fristoe, Bob Fristoe. Phyllis
Lsutzenhiser, Bob Moon. Bob
Jones. Bob Teibel, Bob Wilson,
Lowell Hodges. Ralph Weber, Wes-
ley Hamilton. Alberta Arnold, Car
roll Trotter. the girls and boys
chorus and pep band. Title of the
operetta is The Band Wagon"
Members of Tanda Theta Rho
Girls club of Yelm will hold a
skating party Thursday night at
Patterson lake skating rink.
A valentine luncheon will be
given next Tuesday by past
matrons of the Yelm Eastern Star
chapter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
2OOCOnteSt0r7tS From
20 Schools Entered
Sixth Annual State High Forensics
Tournament Will Be Held Friday
and Saturday; 81 From Tacoma

ner nine each. Buckley and Brem-
erton four each. and Yelm one.
Other schools in the meet will
include: Ritzville, Centralia. Ellens-
burg. Billah. Anacortes, Auburn,
Rochester. kennewick. Seattle
Preparatory school, Mount Vernon.
Highline. Bothel. Sunnyside. Belle
vue. Pasco. Kent and Everett.
Entrants for Port Orchard will
include: Roy Wheeler. Don Ovefaa,
Louise Kruger. Worthie Doyle,
Bob Pound. Jack Walden. Art
Bradley, William Wischhoefer. Ida
Persons. Gerry Sebesta, Nrex
Plummer. Ken Johnson, Bin Par
sons. and Bud Weber.
For Puyallup: Marie Jones,
Henry Perefield, Marjorie Roscoe,
Frank Hanawalt. Violet Launhart,
Helen Broun. Virginia Sidders. Pat
Kalkus. Shirley Woodruff, Doug
Morrison. Roberta Dawes, Bernard
Mankertz and jackson Granbalm
coach. Miss Hilda Skreen.
For Olympia: Velma Calvin,
Dave Ellison. Kenneth Bragg. Jud-
son Doke. Paul Avery. Tryg Ell
wick, Doris Anderson, Dolores
Boyle. Warren Winslow. and Sho
Omori: coach, c. A. Bits.
For Eatonville: Margaret Shay.
Ronald Talbot. Clyde Hoover.
Katherine Gallagher, Dorothy Kin
ney, Burton 1ngills. Ken Malcom,
Clair Carlson, and Betty Hill;
coach. Miss Betty Kennedy.
For Summer: Sylvia Langdon
John Sato. Evelyn Oliver. Martha
Mitsudo, Leota Edwards. Mary
Jane Geiger. Paul Johnson. and
James Moceri; coach. Miss June
Schlaueh.
For Bremerton: Norman Nc
Manus. Virginia Skolberg. Bill
Kenncy and Frances Mclaughlin.
For Buckley: Jean Rich. Francis
Savage. Marvil Peterson and Jack
GRAPHICAL, coach, Ida Larson.
Yelm: Robert Jones.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

Greatest of the Spanish explor-
ers to visit our Washington coast
was Bruno Heceta.
Hecetas name is not as well
known TO many as are the names
of Drake. Vancouver or Gray
YET IN ONE WAY HECETA
OUTSHINES THEM ALL BE-
CAUSE OF ALL THE WHITE
MEN WHO HAD EVER LIVED
IN THE WORLD, HE WAS THE
FIRST TO STEP FOOT ON THE
SHORES OF WASHINGTON.
Because of Perez's failure to
establish Spanish claims in the
Northwest. Heceta was sent north
from Mexico in 1875, to esta blish
claims to our great land.
He landed at the mouth of the
Hob river, and planted cross.
with a message in a bottle at its
foot.
II hereby lay claim to this land
for his Christian majesty, the king
of Spain. he shouted.
Nearby his friend, Rodeaa Quad
ia. landed from another ship on an
island. Indians rushed to the shore
and killed six of his men.
He called it Isla de Dolores. the
Island of Sorrows"
Years later. after the age of con-
quest was over and the age of COM
merce commenced, a trader named
Barclay. accompanied by his wife,
landed at the same spot.
SHE WAS THE FIRST WHITE
WOMAN TO TOUCH WASHING
TON SOIL,
Indians killed some of Barclays
men. The ill-omened island was
thereupon renamed Destruction
island"
There is a legend that relates
when Heceta stepped ashore. he
said, What fine trees, to make
Spanish ships"
And that when Mrs. Barclay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
Scout Service At
Church On SUNDAY

A special service honoring Boy
Scouts OF America VIII be held al
the First Christian church Sunday
morning An American flag viii
be presented to Troop as By the
Mems club Of the church. and J.
Hurley Hagood. assistant scout ex-
ecuuve. vii speak on Scouting
and the Church.
The program will include cere-
monies by the Boy Scouts and spe-
cial music by the church choir. A.
least two troops will attend; Troop
No. 80, sponsored by the Tacoma
Community house. with Phillip
Paulsen, scoutmaster. and Troop
No. 40, sponsored By the Mems club
of the First Christian church. with
Dwight Howell. scoutmaster.
Rev. Carl A Johnson. pastor. win
bring short sermon on Living
Religiously.a Al Haslem and Bill
McMaster. assistant scoutmasters
of Troop No. 40, also viii take part
in the services.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
Light Fall of Snoav, Drop
In Mercury Snarls Traffic

southern Rockies to northern
Florida
A line of sub-zero tempera-
lures cut AN icy swath from
Montana into the middlewest.
and heavy SHOWS blanketed
northern California, Washing
ton, Oregon, Montana, the
Dakotas and Minnesota.
The cold virtually ended posi-
bilities of serious floods at present
in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
Red Cross officials said an esti-
mated 10000 homeless, all had
shelter of some kind.
Coolest I'm Montana
The coolest weather was in
Montana, where the temperature
dropped to "a degrees below zero
at Fort Peck. rs below at Havre
and Great Falls, - below at
Helena and Billings and 10 below
at Missoula.
The cold caused one death.
DIR. Robert +. Zimmerman. 81.
Butte, Mont. froze to death
near Mcintosh, :. D., when
his automobile stalled in a
drift.
In the far Northwest small craft
warnings were posted along the
Pacific coast. Several schools
were closed in the Spokane area
because of the cold
Highways Blocked
Northern CALIFORNIA; mountains
were blanketed with snow which
piled up in drifts. blocking nigh
ways. In the valleys farmers sc.
out smudse pots to protect citrus
fruits.
Western Washington and
Puget Sound area residents
shivered in the record cold of
the year. Gales on the coast
were abating but threatened TO
revive with the arrival Of the
new disturbances from Alaska.
Below freezing temperatures
were reported throughout Oregon.
with snow forecast for the eastern
portions of the state and rains in
coastal areas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
Wedding in Nude Okeh
Far as Law Is Concerned

DENVER - Attorney-Gen-
eral Byron Rogers today con-
suited Colorado statutes and
the Bible and formally ruled
that no law prevented couple
from being married in the
same natural uniform they
were born in.
He replied by letter to the
Rev. II. p. Feree. who asked If
he might marry an unclothed
couple on a secluded mountain
top somewhere west of Denver
on Easter morning" Rev.
Feree did not identify the
couple.
Feree wrote that the nude
ceremony was 1.-THE only way
these two can wash their sins
away. He did not expand on
his church's sanction of such
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
SnOU and Cold
SWeeps Country
BY UNITED PRESS

A cold wave accompanied
by temperatures ranging from
near freezing to as low as 80
degrees below zero extended
from the Pacific coast to flood
stricken areas in the lower
Ohio valley today and was ad-
vancing steadily toward At
lantie states.
The cold was accompanied by a
storm of considerable intensity
over western plateau states. Shift
ing winds baektracked the storm
into California and zigzagged il
northeastward over the Great
Lakes and south as far as Alabama
Snow fell at Los Angeles and
Hollywood for the first time in
seven years. rain fell from the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
ELECTION OF STATE
SECURITY HEAD SOUGHT

OLYMPIA-Rep. Clyde Y. lis
dale, D.. Paeific-Grays Harbor, in
troduced in the house today bill
providing for the election of the
director of the state department of
social security.
The present director. Charles F.
Ernst, would remain in office
until the next general election. TO
be held in 1910 The elected di-
rector would serve four years at
a salary of $1,000 annually.
Rep. Ralph Van Dyk, D.. What
com. filed bill that would au-
thorize the state director of fish
cries TO purchase or otherwise ac-
quire. and TO install own and
operate any fish gear on any
waters of Washington.
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CONTINUED From Page One)
about s o'clock. borne in on slight
breeze from the east. Forecasts
indicated a switch of the wind
toward the south and filling
barometer suggested moderatins
temperatures.
Comparatively Mild
Tscoma's maximum of "a de-
grees Wednesday and q degree
minimum during the night were
mild in comparison to temperatures
experienced in most other parts Of
the state
Eastern Washington and Oregon
are booked for more snow during
the next "a hours. Spokane re-
ported 9 degrees below zero at
5 o'clock Thursday morning. roads
were blocked in many places by
snow drifts and numerous rural
schools in the Inland Empire We're
closed Temperatures We're re-
ported as coolest in over two years
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

A record number OF entrants
will begin competition Friday in
the sixth annual state high school
forcnsics tournament sponsored by
the College OF Puget Sound.
Approximately 200 contestants
from rs schools will take part in
the two types Of competition
debate and extemporaneous speak
ing.
Preliminary rounds will carry
over into Saturday morning. The
finals will be held in the afternoon.
The three Tacoma high schools
will be represented by a total of
81 entrants Stadium will enter
is. Bellarmine 10. and Lincoln,
the largest high school In the
state, -four.
Tacoma contestants will include
Stadium - Gerald Meier. Sam
Bait, John Braman, eBtty Binns,
Grace Blangey. George Garland,
Pat Russell. Mary Morton. kath-
ryn Neuswander. Ronald Lutes,
kremlin Mladinov, Alice Ford.
Arthur Gravette. Irwin Wood
worth, Jeanne Bourland. George
Turk and Maynard Miller. Paul
Prentice is coach.
BeIlarunine Norbert Kneckt,
John Hilton. Dan Carter. Dick
HUT. Thomas Smythe. Mason
Halligan. James Rogers. Joe Ribar,
Fred Marinacci, Maurice Hickey,
Ray Weir. Louie Rousseau. Tom
Gianelli. Jerome Healy. and Paul
Kelly. Philip Land is coach
Lincoln--Bob Rice. Ted Hanson,
Ray Daniel and Floyd Graham,
eavcr J. Allison is coach.
The South kitssp Union high
school of Port Orchard will have
the largest out-of-town entry list,
with IA. Pnyallup will have Is,
Olympia 10, Eatonville and Sum-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

Sherman school to 3 p. m; Int
English: st. Rita church, : to9
citizenship: German Lutheran
church. s to 2 p. m: McCarver
school, and Mason school, both I
TO 9.
Fridays - Citizenship: Com
munity house. TO 10 p. m.
Glasses scheduled out in the
county are: sumner high school,
Monday nights. citizenship; Buck
ley high school. Tuesday nights.
English and citizenship; Puyallup
high school, Wednesdays. citizen
ship; Eatonville. Thursdays. citi-
zenship. and Fife high school. Fri
DAYS. English and citizenship. all
from I 10 o'clock
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

Egan was appointed 10 The posi-
tion late Wednesday during a
meeting of commissioners. Guy
r. Melton moved appointment OF
Or. Egan to the post, which was
seconded by Commissioner A. A
Rankin. Chairman John Schlsrb
declined 10 vote on the proposal.
Egan served as county health
officer for two-year period. 1882
81. having been appointed to the
position by former Commissioner
r. Lester Kelly. DR.. Egan has
been practicing physician and
surgeon in Tacoma for some time
and has been active in the Order
of Eagles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
EGAN COUNTY
HEALTH HEAD
Appointed to Serve
in A bsence of
Magnussen

DR.. James X. Egan began his
duties Thursday as county health
officer. having been appointed 10
the post late Wednesday by county
commissioners.
Egan vii continne as health Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

wedding in snow bound set
ting.
Deputy Atty. Gen. Luke
Kavanaugh scanned law books
for several hours. He conclud-
ed that IF a couple wants
ceremony performed that way,
and so long as they are prop
erly modest about it, then it's
q their business.
I'VE know of no Colorado
statute. wrote Rogers, which
prescribes the costume or lack
of costume in which a couple
can be married"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
HOUSE VOTES 100000
MORE FOR dies PROBE

WASHINGTON-The house to-
day voted 500 900 to continue for
one year the Dies investigation of
UNI American activities.
BY voice vote the house adopted
a resolution brought in by Chair
man Lindsay Warren, D.. n. c.,
of the house accounts committee.
Not single voice was raised in
dissent.
The 500, 900 is four times the
amount with which the inquiry
was started last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
HUMAN CHAIN BREAKS,
MAN FALLS TO DEATH

Los ANGELES - For a tense
instant last night. fleeing theft
suspect hung head-down from ar
eighth floor fire escape. a detective
clutching his foot. and a second
detective clinging 10 the first ones
legs. Then the human chain broke.
dropping Ray A. Souires, 81. truck
driver, TO his death on the alley
below.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
POWER BATTLE
PROVES BITTER
Public Utility Advo.
Gates Turn Guns on
Senate Measure

OLYMPIA - Public power
advocates in the legislature
organized today to block pass
age of a bill by Sen. J. P.
Keller. D.. Lincoln. which they
asserted would prevent the
purchase of Willapa Electric
Co. holdings by the Pacific
and Wahkiakum county power
districts.
Sen. II. l. Kyle. D.. King, de-
clared the bill smells like move
BY the power companies to block
the whole state public power dis
tiict program" He said II was
apparently aimed especially to halt
the Pacific and Wahliakum county
deals on which agreements were
aligned last week.
hin Rushed Out
The districts would use Bonnie
vile dam power. The measure
would require voters of the dis
tricts to pass on whether the pri-
waite utility property should be
purchased.
Kyle charged the bill was rushed
out Of his public utilities commit
tee without study. and was sched-
ulcd 10 20 on the senate calendar
tomorrow before he blocked 1t in
the senate rules committed
Grange officials, led by Jack
Chuck, attorney for the
Grange. caIDed ON Gov. Martin
b pnefeat against rushing the
Nh through the senate. Ths
uovernor said he had not seen
H hlIl hat promised to look
u OVER.
Kyle declared the Pacific and
W1hkiakum county purchases. II
they 70 through. will make. new
how electricity rates possible Inn
metiistely.
Filled Only Friday
He pointed out Kellcr's bill was
filed only last Friday. reported
out of committee Monday and an
attempt made to force II to vote
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
ROBBERY CASE
JURY UNAGREED
Mitchell Thompson Is
to Be Retired on
March Is

After announcing they were
"hopelessly deadlocked. jurors
who heard testimony in connection
with the trial Of Mitchell Thomp-
son, 31-year-old ex-conviet. ae-
cused OF robbery, were dismissed
shortly after Il o'clock Thursday
by Superior Judge F. d Hodge
Thompson Will be retired March IS
The jury Of five women and
seven men began celebrating the
fate Of the former Portland sales
man shortly after noon Wednesday
When they failed to reach an
agreement at 10 p. m. Wednesday.
Bailiff Seth Crosby ordered them
locked up for the night.
Shortly after II o'clock Thurs
day jurors announced they desired
to report To the court. Judge
Hodge summoned the defendant.
Prosecutor Thor c. Tollefson and
Defense Attorney Herman Zander
Have you reached verdict ."
queried Judge Hodge.
Insufficient Evidence
We have not replied Jury
Foreman Herman Hardtke. We
feel that neither side has presented
sufficient evidence for us to come
10 an agreement"
You have heard all Of the evi-
dence, that is all there is" replied
the court.
We have tried a sufficient num-
Der of ballots and feel we are
unable to reach verdict we
are hopelessly deadlocked," said
Hardtke
The jury was dismissed.
Equally Divided
II was learned later ballotine
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
LUMBERMAN DIES

NV thSIOF, tdI. = AIIHuf VI.
Prouty, 81. president of the Prouty
Mill and Box company of Astoria,
Ore, died late yesterday of heart
attack. He had been living here
since November. The widow and
two daughters survive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
NJ ABER FoIR

stepped ashore. she asid. What
fine soil to grow my garden.
And so. says the legend. there
is tree still growing at the spot
where Heeeta's foot first touched
And where Mrs. Barclay put her
dainty foot. a lovely rhododendron
grows, and blooms forever.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

ficer in absence
OF Or Norman
E. Magnussen
who " a re-
Gently granted
a six months
leave of absence
by the board to
take a course In
public h e q | I h
service at the
Y nive rsity of
Minne sofa at
NJ / n n c a p oils.
DR.. Magnussen
is expected TO
return to Ia
coma June IS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
INCENDIARY FIRES
BESETTING SEATTLE

SEATTLE A series of four in
cendiary fires in apartment houses
baffled investigators today.
Three of the fires were set in A
few minutes time around mid
night. The fourth was touched off
an hom later No damage was
done. Tenants were awakened.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

and six for acquittal since early
Wednesday afternoon.
Thompson. who served % months
in Monroe reformatory for robbery.
was accused Of being one of two
bandits who held up Jimmie Paul
sen. attendant at service station
at 1901 Division ave. last Sept Q.
and escaped with approximately
S11 in silver
Thompson denied he was the
bandit. claiming he was in Seattle
on the day in question.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

constitution while the other also
contained section writing into
II a graduated net income tax and
another reclassifying property for
taxation purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

Marion X. tMxnny) Norton, I'M
cumbent. filed for reelection
Thursday 10 the park board. Up
Ia noon he WAS the only candidate
10 file. There Il one opening ON
the park hoard. one on the port
commission and two ON the school
hoard. Saturday. Feb. IL. II the
final day to file. The election will
he March II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09
Equally Divided

II was learned later balloting
had remained six for conviction
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-09

Neu Spring Patterns =. Spring Coiors!
For Dad Brother or OHe-and Only!
Make this the best sale yet, wired New York
buyer who superintended the selection of these.
And what sale ii is You'll find ties, dozens Of them.
that would ordinarily be l.5O each . His" kind
OF patterns too the neat stripes, plads and small
patterns that ne invariably selects for himself.
r fs Mer. FirstT oox