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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
L0yalists Can't
Hold Out Longer

GENENA-Julio Alvarez Del
Vsyo, foreign minister of Loyanst
Spain, was reported today to have
Informed League of Nations dele
gates that his government could
not hold out much longer unless it
received immediate aid.
In private conversations. and not
before the 104th session of the
league council. he was said TO have
minced no words in describing the
Loyalists' plight He urged that
the European democracies sell the
Loyalist artillery and airplsnes in
the same quantities as the Nat
ionalists are getting them from
Germany and Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
KIDNEYS
MUST REMOVE
EXCESS ACIDS
Help Is Miles Of Kidney Tubss
Hush Out Poisonous Waste

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Hbsb i4nffiahai .ldHsY dissfssf PAINTS
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
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County Officials Prevented by Court
Order to Sell Vessel Tied Up Here

The bis STEEL frvighteF Golden
keuri. which has eesn idie At =
Tacoma aeek mere ihsa = year.
Tuesday BECAME the silent center
q an important taxation question
and only the signing AZ court
atslet IN the ntck " time prevented
her frum being Sold
Superior Judge Ernest NJ Gard
signed tho orsicr Tuesday morning
AZ the request 90 the Astson Nasss
gatiun Go. owner If ths Golden
kNun II restrained Pierce County
Assessor Pred A. Smith and
Treasurer Paul Newman from ssil.
ms the vessel at ? N Tuesday
a. scheduled
The Maisan tine. San FFaas
ulsco firm. filed suit against rieres
county. naming Smith ard New
man as co.asfrnhsnts
Value at sta.eoa
On Jan .. the company charged.
Smith assessed the Golden kauri.
placing It's value Al s4ae0o The
SAME day, the complaint alleged,
Newman placed atasralntf OF
the vessel fof nouspayment II
taxes. which he placed Al ~ Ap5 40.
and se, p m Jan. / a. The time
for selling IN. ship II take. we're
not paid
The Maison line cnntenird the
Golden kanri " not subject To
taxation IN Washington er Pierce
county because rs poft of registry
Is san Francisco aud because II u
mot Intended 10 be used wholly
within the state II Nashlnkto
except Ia connection With usr as =
common carrier ia interstate or
foreign commerce between ports Of
the state Of Washington and ports
OF places outside thereof The
ship In herr only temporarily. II
was commended
To Appear Ian. "a
In temporarily restraining Smith
and Newman from selling the ablp,
Judge Card ordered thsm TO APP
pear AZ 10 m, on Jan 70 10 show
cause why the order should not be
made permanent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
France Joins in
Protest OF u. S.

PARIS France sent note TO
Tokyo today joining the British
and United States governments in
their rejection of Japan's one
sided denunciation OF the nine
power treaty and the open door
in China.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

The tsaisien ksnri csme her1
Nov -. ieaT with = sttplasa #
Australian ore. kFser dlscnstzsnx
At the snsltef. u vss laid up hefe
awaiting further efsfeFs II = n0s
tied II tire nld Northwestern foek
Although no regaintsnx has nern
stnnc. the fseiecn kaufta name naa
officially been changed during hrf
period ef siicnrsz hsFe ehs -
now registered 90 the wslpies
-hlps - rwst NaNlxf, Fyst ntsFs,
American 1,fiutc uassf aess SIN
nlftxtan tasirt sfNstsef
~hirs pns NesineasfAs teodsf ara
HE Nsf4 afasttef fNndsfetfs ap<fKs
Hisk ENsada nhaffef Ne T.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
PROBE SJDETRACKD
Starts ON rAex on

other income and resources sre
counted IN
rhr seee.~ welfare bsu 70
gnirra relatives n sssppsvt
their aged hin. - speeifled
such sId should ~ rvgtstre9
frem . father. grandfather.
rsether. arsrdmufhev, ee>ldsen.
srssavktbsv~~. hvsek>s~ ~ 49,
sss< " they have sssfss<tese
ABILITY - pss.
Persons neeamink paap<rs
through iatemprfsner " bad con-
duo, stsali not he entitled IN sup
port fran any relative. the lsw
specified. Tire rristsves cvsst1 ~
forced ny legal or squitshi~ pro-
e~csflnas ny state AZ county Nef-
fare effieisis ia epnfribuss luwns6
asd a. their k,n.
me tAsra Measure clearly spee1-
fled that eonssthutlons from rele-
tlves shoala Ne classified - Nv
cems and pes~sn with sufficient
lnerme weuld not h~ entitled 10
pensions u specifically ssake<i
that pensions wefe not 10 h~ grant
81 a. matter ef right. hal puiy
on the hssss ~ the persons actual
need fnf 4 pension.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
MINIMUM WAGE FOR
STEEL WORKERS FIXED

" WASHINGTON netting seeses
tary ~ Labor Charles v Me-
iaushlla friday had promulgated
minimum wage ~ ssss cents an
hour for government suppllrrs ~
lfnn and steel 81 - narthsrn states
ana the District ~ Columbia
which produce the bulk ~ the ma.
tinns ssssl
NE fixed 40 cent rate for II
western states, a $50 cent fsis
fng seven mlidlewestern states and
Is cents for ! 4 southern states
Mclaughlin determination AS
made under authority ef the
Nsish.iissiy puhlir contracts act
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

T0kY 0- The powerful
ultra nationalist secret or
ganization called ShiunSo. or
the Purple Cloud society
published an open letter TO
President Roosevelt 10 d a V
threatening retaliatory meas
ures if the United States and
Great Britain imposed eco
nomic sanctions against Japan.
The letter asserted that Japan
was beginning to feel that the
United States was an un-
friendly power.
The letter. published in Nichi
Niehi. one OF the largest news
papers in Japan. deplored Anglo
American cooperation in the Far
East and said the United states
should regard Great Britain and
not Japan as an aggrcsSor nation.
II vas published as a paid adver-
tisemcnt
The United States and Great
Britain were following a parallel
course in strong representations
opposing Jspan's plan to form an
Asiatie economic bloc comprising
Japan. Manchukuo and China. at
the expense OF the commercial in
terests in China of other powers.
The two great English
speaking nations have inform
ed Japan the, upheld the prin-
ciple of the open door" 10
China, guaranteed by the nine
power treaty. which Japan
maintains il obsolete and pro-
poses to nullify by unilateral
action.
Since the United States has
irritated Japan by highly provo
catiVe words and actions. it Is little
wonder that relations between
Japan and the United States and
Great Britain were rapidly aggra-
waited" asked the open letter. We
are compelled to point out that
your eNcelleney must assume
= 1bAlNihIAAAg iNi W idAfNii IlitdN-
ures Japan takes in retaliating
against sanctions which Great
Britain and the United States are
preparing TO impose
mo economic sanctions or trade
reprisals against Japan have been
proposed by Great Britain or the
United States. but the strong tone
or their recent notes caused specu-
lation in diplomatic quarters that
such action was likely unless Jap
snese interference with British and
American interests in china
ceased Ed
The Shiunso letter followed
an editorial I'm the k0kumin
Shimbun, small newspaper
without great influence, which
circulates largely In military
circles, asserting that Japan
does not intend to interfere
with Americas China policy II
II il only economic. but that
should IL develop political sig
nificance, Japan. with its
fleet, must destroy Americas
naval operations"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
Boy Film Actor
Has $4,000 Sdred

HOLLYWOOD Freddie Har.
tholomcw. boy actor. was free At
last today from costly legal
sauabblcs and had Sas a2s a. say.
ings from his 1888 movie earnings
The information was enclosed In
report TO superior court by his
aunt and legal guardian Miss
Myllioent Bartholomew The re-
port covered her stewardship he.
tween Dee. ID. 1897, when She took
control Of the boy after lengthy
chickering's with hts mother and
father. until Dec 81. 1888
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
Probe Of State
Patrol Wanted

MIN sen Frank l. hecv-
gaa, u, Gvsys HsFhnf. filed =
resolution today providing far .
probe ~ tho Washington stnfs
pstFnl and transfer n ~ eentsuo
10 the ssste attorney general
rhx measure declared the pesfpt
wss an fundamentally nat pre-
vlnusly known ar contemplated ~
republican form II governments
and hss M lsNs establishes
defining to duties ard sueh
organizations u wholly Insispeud-
spt % all such restraints and
obligations ard suhlrst orly Ia tns
executive ofsI~fs II its chief.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
CARL q. THORSES

Carl Gustav Thorsen. IS. died
Monday night at his home. 1896
Ia 18Th 81. A native Of Oslo.
Norway. he was a member Of the
A o L. W, Sons Of Norway and
Lutheran church A sister. Mrs.
Hllda HOstetter. survives in Taco
ma. Funeral announcement b.
LINN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
TO NAME WINNERS OF
CONTEST ON FEB !

MAt.t.A WAtt.A Ftnallsss in
the Northwest high school news
paper eentest sponsored ny The
Whitman College freas club are
In the hands ~ the Judges With
tho winners 10 hs announced ~
or about Feb 7 according 10
chairman george nsmhachst.
Seattle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

NEW fOkh Signing Of new
exclusive bargaining contract al
fecting 1900 employees Of Postal
Telegram and Gable Company was
disclosed today by the company
and the American Communication
association. affiliate Of the Go.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
h L X Els MORE ABOUT
BUS COMPLAINTS

children. transfer passengers and
all included
He and Carlson persisted in
offers 10 conduct POINT check
with the city since there pas =
dispute over whether the COM
pany's figures were accurate. but
Sicgle expressed utter lack 81 en-
thuslasm as 10 What might be ac-
comphshcd by such check.
You'd Just prove We we're an
wrong. the mayor said.
Several complaints referred TO
removal OF old traekage. Company
heads did not reveal what their
program Of removal includes for
this year. but expressed willingness
10 proceed on the basis Of elmi-
mating first the trsckage most
hazardous TO traffic.
Menace 70 safety
Portland ave. 18th ST. west of X
and Ne X ST tracks had the most
hackers IN the removal complaints
II was stressed that tracks on
curves were the greatest menace
to safety Hin SAID the most ef-
fective thing 10 do was To take out
the tracks altogether and repsve
the track area rather than attempt
to patch track areas that have
broken down until such time as
removal can be accomplished
spokesman for the Portland ave.
district. wondered why the old
council had not insisted on track
less trolley equipment something
big enough to handle the peak
hour loads.
Called Cracker BoNes"
If you had kept on the street
cars. We could have gotten some
where They were noisy and all
that. but YOU knew they were
there. Weller said. These buses
the company got are only cracker
boxes and we haven't near the ac-
commodations we had with street
cars. He insisted the company
do something about the Portland
ave. track area before the street
paving goes To pieces.
Residents of the goth and Park
ave. district charged they were
getting poorer service than when
there were street cars.
Not Enough Riders
Mrs. Pearl Britton Lees of the
West End Improvement club led
Of the Union ave. cross
town bus service discontinued Jan.
Z, but Hill showed figures on the
lines operations do not justify its
We obtained no new business
Hill said. and between
Oct. 10 and Jan : operated $4,000
miles at cost of at least Is cents
a mile. Yet revenues were only
S29 a week. There were fewer
than 100 adult passengers a day,
all of them taken from
other lines"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
MRS. WILLIAM JrEED

Mrs Margaret Jerrd IS. Of Mes
pelem. Wash. died IN a Tacoma
hospital Tuesday She ~ survived
by her husband. William. Funeral
announcement b. Hellinger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
FUNERAL SERVICES

DdH ard Morrison Thursday, } 20
p. m ~ Buckley-KinRs. Rev.
Arthur Bel and Dougherty lodge
r. & A N. officiating: burial IN
o. l1wOod cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
II + IL y MORE 4 BOu T
LEGlS-LICHT
AIMS ny k.t n>

counties Pierce rs n first class
county. 1t would abolish the office
Of coroner and transfer his duties
10 the county prosecutors. empow-
ering the latter to employ doctors
and surgeons as needed
II would become effective In
1912.
II Is understood here that the
move results from a Democratic
party row in King county. where
other Bourbon ofuceholders are
after the scalp of Coroner Mittel-
stadt Kings Assessor Roy Meis-
ner is reported TO be one OF its
principal supporters
TOD..N'S BEST CRACK
tas Yakima apples were
served the senatcl: n move
that the press get its apples In
the form Of apple sauce
Watching as NIB ~ VAS intro
dueed by Piorecs Rep. Gerald
Dixon were J. r. Chryst. chief
engineer OF Lincoln high school.
and L, Whitney. engineer at Cen
trial school
They were interested because
the proposed law would create a
.ctircmcnt system for school en-
ployes other than teachers. To do
this II would amend the act estab-
fishing Washington State Teachers
Retirement system, which was
passed here two years ago. so as
to include nurses, engineers. Gus
todians. etc.
ChrNst and Whitney were
on hand a. members OF "A state
wide committee sponsoring
the measure, which II backed
b, Classroom Teachers associ-
alton. They estimate the new
proposal would affect 5000
employees.
The bill. while introduced by
Dixon. has q other house spon-
sofs, including the following from
Pierce: Jackson. Roscllini. from
blcy. Pcttus. Nanc and Sandegrcn
Says Dixon: Public school en-
ploYes do moi come under the
National Social Security act. nor
are any of the benefits open 10
civil service groups available for
them. II seems logical and In
keeping with the spirit OF the
times. that this group be admitted
10 membership in retirement
system already established and
operating, and under which they
and future employees may contrib
ute toward a retirement annuity.
the cost Of which, In event Of re-
tirement. viii be partially shared
by their employers.
Folks in the city hall and al
police headquarters will want to
scan an emergency act introduced
by Yakima's Sen McAuley
He would make u manda-
tory that In cities having the
commission form Of govern
ment Tacoma u onel the
entire city commission. at iis
first meeting after election. by
majority vote, name the police
Judge from among those
justices-of-tbe-p peace elected.
twenty-five BellsTmlne boys
we're in the senate gallery Mon
day They stood and bowed when
introduced from the floor by Sen.
Kefstettcf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
DIPHTHERIA DEATHS DROP

Deaths from diphtheria in the
United State. have decreased %
per cent since 1900. according to
L. S. census bureau reports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

MAMrfUHO. Gous. fniies
charged 1smes kHsshtoH, ~. Me-
gro waiter. tssiey ~tth hitting of
one NJ hts wtfcs fingers during an
argument. tte wss hrtti en chssrvs
~ sssault and battery. may nsm
and drunkenness
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18

HENDAlE - Loyalist au-
thorities sent thousands of
men and boys from Barcelona
factories and offices today TO
work on two new fortification
lines from which they planned
to fight to the last against the
advancing insurgents.
Women were drafted into serv-
ice in place of the men as the
Ioyalist government sent all able
bodied men either to the fighting
lines or the new defense works.
Huge signs in Barcelona streets
appealed To women TO volunteer
for mems work Already. women
were prominent al such places as
filling stations. Roads were crowd
ed with buses and trucks taking
men from the city. 1t was said.
In the city. dance halls did little
business because their taxi dancers
mad volunteered 10 take men
places in office or factory.
Exhaustion Threatens
The nationalist drive on the
Ioyalist capital had slowed. but
only for the moment. partly 10
stiffened Loyalist resistance part
~ to the near-eXhaustion of the
insurgent troops after "a days of
constant fighting since the start
OF their Catalonia offensive two
DAYS before Christmas.
Francisco Franco. the national
Isl generalissimo. had issued
Proclamation appealing to Loyalist
soldiers TO surrender and asserting
their cause was hopeless. The
Loyalists presumably did not agree.
They began intensive work on two
separate fertilization lines run
ming roughly north to south, west
OF Barcelona.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
SECRET GROUP
RAILS At i. 5.
Japanese Threate n
Retaliation Over
Policy in China

HANkON-Japanese army
sentrise. preventing the entry
Of food into the French CON
eession. halted American
trucks flying the American
flag today. and confiscatcd
feedstuff> in them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-18
DRAFT WOMEN
FOR DEFENSE
Spanish Loyalists to
M a k e Determined
Barcelona Stand

HFNDANE-LoNslist mill
tars advice> reported today
that two powerful insurgent
thrusts toward Barcelona had
been hurled back by govern
ment troops fighting with
their backs to the wall In the
Queralt and Collads noun
tains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
To Run Special Train for
Basin Election on Dec. 9

Sentiment among western
Washington owners of land on the
Columbia Basin project Is prac-
tically unanimous for organiza-
ton of irrigation districts, 80 that
the development of the project
may 20 forward without inter-
ruption.
This Is the conclusion of J. d.
Fink, director OF the department
OF conservation and development,
after receiving reports of the
series Of meetings recently held
in various western Washington
communities. II all landowners
will vote In the election on the
project on Dec. 0, there will be an
overwhelming vote in favor Of the
organization, said Fink.
Arrangements have been made
so that western Washington land
owners may vote with the least
possible inconvenience and ut very
small cost. The Milwaukee, Rail-
way Co. Ia providing a special
train. leaving Tacoma at $50. and
Seattle at 7.45 a. m. Saturday.
Dec. 0. The train will 40 TO
othello. All western Washington
landowners will vote in othelio or
at a voting place few miles south
in Grant county, to which free
transportation by bus win be pro-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
AWAIT REPLY
OF 4 JUDGES
May Answer Request
for Grand Jury
Next Week

The answer Of Pierce eounty's
four superior court judges to the
Tacoma citizens committee.
which called upon them wednes-
day with = request for . sweeping
grand jury investigation Of vice
and crime conditions In the city.
probably win be made public about
the middle Of next week.
Presiding Judge Fred G. Remain
said the committee, headed by Carl
Club. had asked another meeting
with the jurists, which viii be ar
ranged around the first Of the
week.
The judges then win have to
meet by themselves 10 determine
what action viii be taken on the
request and the new affidavits
Club said would be presented.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
Bulletin Boards
For Local Clubs
will Be Erected

Tacoma service clubs. which
have had their signs on the high.
ways individually. wsii cemblns
them hereafter on four hlx bulletin
boards 10 be ersctsd by the stste
highway department On four main
roads leading into the city.
The sigma. 20 be maintained ~
the department. viii he On the
Pacific highway entering Tacoma
from the south. ~ <Tth and South
Tacoma way; On the Mountain
highway. 1t pad and Pacific ave-:
on Hay st.. opposite tho inssrs<c-
ton with Portland ave. and 800
feet east Of the psiyailup river
bridge on the Pacific highway.
Eight Kroups. the Active ciah.
American Legion Rhodes post.
Chamber of Commerce. oyru club.
KIwanls club. Lions club. Rotary
club and Young MEMS business
club win he featured On the boaris
Instrumental In getting the cluhs
and highway department 10 CO.
operate in combining the notices
and removing the scattered slEns
along the highways. was the road
committee Of the Y. N. n. C.. Al
Oswald. Art Angovs. Gilbert Waite
and Arthur Cook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
Quake Damage in
Bridge Repaired

The city's 18th ut. lift bridge
over the city waterway was oper-
ating normally again Thursday
noon after one Of It's huge concrete
CONFERENCE.-The was set back in Its
proper tracks.
The Sunday midnight earth
quake had thrown the big block
out of its tracks and made II diff
ficult and dangerous to operate the
lift section Of the bridge.
A number of bolt heads had been
sheered off by the quake vibrations
and new heads had to be welded
onto the bolts, besides reconstruc-
ton OF part of the track in which
the counterweight runs to raise
and lower the bridge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17

vided. Every eonvenienoe win Be
provided on the train. and the trip
viii be In the nature OF q gala
event.
The election on Dec. . 10 the
most critical event in the history
OF the great Columbia Basin de-
yelopment." said Fink. IF the
result should be unfavorable, II
would mean that water could not
be delivered TO the lands for many
years. on the other hand. II there
Ii an overwhelming vote In favor
Of organization we can be assured
that development VIII 70 forward
rapidly. and that thousands OF
farm homes. with towns and cities,
viii transform the arid plans OF
central Washington, and add Inn
measurably to the wealth. prog
ress and prosperity Of the state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
SLASHES HANDS
AFTER QUARREL

Fnliee held Bruce NsAen -
tess Fawcett sve. h the city
jsii On : drunk charge THURSDAY
and reported ~ tired te End u
an because q differences with
h.s gsri ftsend
Msscn was taken lnle custody
Wednesday after Re silske.iiy IN
flleted superficial knife wounds %
hi hsnds TIE effie~fs were ted
he had ee>n On . drinking srr<e
for several DAYS after . quarrel
with hlz gsfi friend We vas given
treatment II The Fiefce County
hospital and taken b tail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
WCF MOVES TO
STOP MARTIN

SEATTLE - Washington Com
monwealth federation. militant
left-wing organization. today was
believed ready to formally open
warfare on Gov. Clarence ID. Mar
tins potential third-term candi-
dacy in 1910.
A federation gathering wednes-
day night heard its chief spokes-
man, Howard C. Costigan. an
nounce a forthcoming "organiza-
tional meeting representing labor,
farmers and old-age pensioners.
Costigan said delegates 10 the
meeting would scan the list of pro-
gressive Democratic candidates for
governor and select their choice In
the primaries.
Remaining candidates. he
said, would be asked 10 with
draw or be branded rs the
conscious tools of reaction"
Letters already had been circu-
lated to Washington Democratic
precinctmen urging candidacy of
Rep. Knute Hill. D., Wash. Spon-
soring the movement was Charles
w. Hodde, Of colville, former
member of the legislature.
Other candidates were expected
to arise within the next few weeks.
Regarded as possible gubernatorial
candidates were George F. Yantis,
of Olympia, former speaker of the
state house of representatives. and
former u. s. Sen. Clarence Dill.
Of Spokane.