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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17


sili - puslished when requested.
Mr. FfxIf: Which carries the
largest load IN cubic feet, =
truck and four-wheeI trailer or
. bon car
L. n. PEDERsES.
A large 1oo. ooo-pound box car.
so feet long. varies in capacity
from 400 TO 4.75o cubic feet.
A standard car, &c sect. with
5000 pounds capacity. has from
5000 10 $500 cubic feet Of
space.
Largest truck and trailer COM
blnatonx contain 2.15s cubic
feet. Maximum weight per-
mitted on the highways OF this
state Is 5000 pounds.
Mr.. Ffxif: would like 10
know n n Liberty head nickel
dated 1893 j. Of any value. or
large French Napoleon. Ill Gen.
times. dated 1884. NJ. ii.
The nickel has no extra value.
Such a foreign coin as you men,
ton probably would have little
value except 10 you, since there
are fewer collectors OF them.
Face value Of Ill centimes
would be little more than two
cents. You might write about it
TO some large collector like Hen
~ Chapman. s33 So. 18th St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please
tell me what TO do In this case.
! am paying on our home. Last
month on the 18th I made n
payment of s175 and on the
s1st paid $3.50, and they told
me I would have 10 pay interest
ON the payment this month. Is
that right! was trying to save
q few dollars. j. ii.
That IL the sort of question
which can't be answered with
out legal knowledge and inspec-
ton of the contract which you
signed.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an argu-
ment win you tell what Is the
penalty against man or woman
that Will marry without legal
right? G. w. A.
The illegality OF a marriage
might be based on variety of
reasons. Most of the obstacles,
such as false statement of age,
result usually in annullment. IL
one of the persons already is
married, he or she can commit
bigamy by marrying again. The
penalty for that Is prison
term. Better remove the legal
impediment before you try it.
Mr.. Fixit: Can You tell me N
doctor can tell II n man or
woman has any Negro blood by
n blood test? Is II 40 that N
one has Negro blood In him
that white of eyes are yellow
and yellow under their finger
nails. A READER.
There isn't any difference be-
tween Negro blood and any
other. Medical laboratories can
classify blood according to four
groups of counts, but all four
groups are to be found In all
races. Anyone can have yellow
whites" to his eyes or yellow
fingernails. 1t may depend upon
the shade of his skin coloring or
his health condition.
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BLIND EDITOR

Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the
now defunct New York World.
was one of the worlds foremost
newspapermen. Threatened with
blindness in 1887, due to over
work, he made plans to continue
his career rather than to retire.
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ASSESSOR SHOWS WHY
VALUES ARE LOW

Editor, The Times: In your
"Pulse of the Public" Nov. Il,
there was an unsigned article
raising question about Pierce
county valuations.
We now assess every year and
so are consequently changing as
sessed values. Apartments are
under consideration now, some
are being raised and some lower
ed. The total result is a slight
raise. The buildings mostly are
in bad condition. which, with &C.
casional foolish raises in rents,
accounts for the extensive va
cancies.
The valuation of the county as
a whole is in a serious condi-
ton. Sixty-three firms. which
employed more than $500 per-
sons, and were assessed on our
books at more than $3.50, 900,
have gone through complete
liquidation in the past few
years.
We call this the Lumber
Capital of America Today
our daily mill cut capacity Is
about one-third of what 1t was
eight years ago. The county
owns more than 10000 pieces Of
property which II has taken in
tax foreclosures. II tries TO
sell this property. 1 have be-
fore me a list of SOS county
deeds selling 1850 lots and
tracts OF county tax-acquired
land for S4e. $40. which had an
assessed value supposed to be
half OF the actual value. Of
Silt zoo. How can an assessor 5
office, in justice 20 other prop
erty owners maintain assessed
s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17

Marx Hanna Not First
Dollar Sign Candidate
Politicians Put II On
Watson c. Squire in 80
But They Couldn't
Make II Stick
+ r r
More Truck" About
'Round-fhe-World Trips
4 4 4
MARK HANNA was not the
first political figure to be
caricatured with the dollar sign.
The distinction, if any, goes to
Watson c. Squire. King county
candidate for United States
senator in 1889. Squire started
his campaign with the assump-
ton that he would have the en-
tire support of King county, but
he did not take into account the
unstable character of political
promises, particularly in King
county.
When some of his King
county support began to flirt
with other candidates, Squire
started to spend money. He
sent his representatives into the
towns from which the legislators
came in an effort to get the
pressure on from the home
folks, as good a political maneu-
yer then as 1t is now.
The effect was seen In
swing to Squire, a develop
ment which the opposition
papers attempted to check by
caricaturing him as money
bags Even the p. l., In
Squire's home town, took up
the cry. Several days before
the legislature was to vote
for senator, paragraphs be-
gan to appear In the news
papers bordered In dollar
signs and the candidates name
was spelled "Wat$on c.
Squire
All of this, however, had little
effect. Squire was elected. Like
Mark Hanna he proved that he
was not nearly as bad as he
was painted. He had good
business head and served the
state well during his years in
the senate.
While the battle lines were
being drawn at Olympia, the
boys who covered theater news
in Tacoma were having good
deal of sport over Jules Verne's
Around the World in Eighty
Days" an extravaganza show
ing at the Germania. When the
attendance dropped off the Sec
ond night, the comment was
people of Tacoma easily get
enough of that sort of truck in
one night"
Fifty years later any pro-
posal TO take as much as 80
days to travel around the
world would be truck" in
deed. Even In less than a year
after the Tacoma theater re-
viewers ridiculed as impos-
sible the idea of making the
journey in so days. George
Francis Train, starting from
Tacoma, made the trip In so
days, 12 hours and 8 minutes.
In 1908, ]. Willis Sayre, Of
Seattle, cut the world tour time
to 81 days, 9 hours and Il
minutes.
A couple of New York
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Editor, The Times: Members
of congress and other govern
ment officials who object to
publication of their connections
with the so-called American
League for Peace and Democ-
racy are condemned less by their
membership than by their at
tempts at secrecy.
Many honest and intelligent
persons were once deceived by
the surface appearances of these
various fronts" But the at
tempted covering up is itself
communist practice; it suggests
continued kinship with that
party which has set a worlds
all-time record for depth and
complexity of bad faith.
Among nationalist rulers to-
day. the most disgraceful role is
Stains, whose treachery to
the international working class
movement in 1885 was the be-
ginning of series of betrayals
which make Machiavelli look like
a Sunday school teacher.
BY their continued and unfail-
ing subservience to him, the
American" communists make
themselves virtually members of
the OGPU and allies of the
Gestapo-and what shall we say
of Americans, particularly pub
lie officials, who seek their
covert support through attempt
ed concealment or evasion of
facts? ROBERT ]. PEARSALL,
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the 1910 political truce, But after
election-or in the event of a
dangerous war crisis-it viii be
placed on FDRs must" list
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17

For God loved the world, that he his only be-
gotten Son, that whatsoever beeyeth in him should moi
perish, but have everlasting hfe.-John 3:l6.
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In 1889 he became blind. but
surrounded himself with compe-
tent secretaries and embarked
on a round-the-world cruise.
Until within a few hours of his
death, in 1911, Pulitzer con-
tinued to dictate his powerful
editorials, keeping in daily touch
with his paper.
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Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

TO receive attention u thu col
uBn iettfT4 must klse name and
address q writer ONLY initials
sili - published when requested.
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RETURN FIRE

Threatened by lack of ammu-
milton during the siege of Acre,
1899, Napoleon cunningly or
dered his men to build EARTH
works on the beach. British
ships bombarded the works, sup
plying Napoleon with fresh am
munition.
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Mr. FlxIi: Which carries the
largest load In cubic feet,
truck and feur-whecI trailer or
= ~. ~ars
Evening star., 1939-11-30
School to Present
Modern Dancers

Erika Thimey. director Of the
modern dance department at the
King-Smith Studio School, and
Hans Weiner, internationally known
dancer Of Boston, will be presented
Sunday night at the Wardman Park
Theater In joint recital. The con-
cert is being sponsored by the school,
Miss Thimey was head of the
modern dance department of the
North Shore Conservatory in Chi
cago for six years. During this time
she became well known, both as e
soloist and as the producer and di-
rector of the motion choir in the
production of Handels Theodore"
at the Field Museum, the "Bucking-
ham Fountain Dance Spectacle" in
Grant Park and mass dances at
Soldiers Field and Chicago Stadium.
In 1888 Miss Thimey met Hans
Weiner and became his partner. Mr..
Weiner has appeared for the last
eight years with his dance group at
the pop concerts of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra.
Evening star., 1939-11-30

dropped out, to 60 back to his golf
and the movies, the role was taken
over by Whitford Kane. It is the
Ulster Players OF Belfast from whom
MIR. Kane came to the American
theater, a group which he domi-
mated in his day as positively as the
Abbey was dominated by Lady
Gregory.
Mr.. Kane will leave the play,
which last year won the New York
critics award as the best imported
drama of the season, upon the con-
clusion of its Washington engage
ment. A new play beckons him
back to, Broadway, while the road
beckons the present drama west
ward.
Mr.. Kane, very expert fellow
about his acting, began his Ameri-
can stage career in Washington at
the old Shubert Belasco in "The
Drone." That would be in 1912,
a long time ago.
Andy Farkas, stopped by no other
line this season, comes up against
new one at the Capitol Theater on
Friday. That Is the line of the
20 Rhythm Rockets. Andy and
other members of Mr.. Marshall's
incipient championship team will
participate in the dancing Of 1.-THE
Redskin Romp," new number
worked up for the special occasion
of the Redskin-Giant game. :.
Yukona Cameron's More-Respect-
for-C r-Cameron-th -Artiste Club has
picked up dozens of new members
during her engagement at the Ma
tional in Kiss the Boys Good
by" The vaudeville stage will
have to get along without Miss Cam
eron while she makes theater audi
ences Cameron conscious. On
stage, or off, the happy little group
touring for Mr.. Pemberton insists
it could not get along without Miss
Cameron. Thursday openings
will continue at the Metropolitan
and Columbia, at any rate. :.
The former gets Elizabeth and Es-
sex" today, the latter, the latest
Marx Bros. opus. /. With "Merrily
We Roll Along" running at Ward
man Park Theater nightly, another
group of Civic Theater players un-
der Day Tuttle's direction are ready
ing Awake and Sing" for presenta-
ton on December IL.
Il
Tremendous note from Hardie
Meakin: Due to tremendous hit
made by Universals Tower of
London at It's opening in Los An
geles we have decided to oron the
picture here Saturday. It stars
Basil Rathbone, Boris Karlotf, Bal
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"Kiss the Boys Good
bye" Lucia Lull in the Glare Boothe
hit comedy: $3.50 pm.
Earle-"We Are Not Alone" Paul
NUM- in the James Hilton story:
1O:45 am, 1880, AIS, 7:05 and 9:55
pm. Stage shows: 1880, $40, $3.50
and 9:15 pm.
Keith's - That's Right - You're
Wrong" new musical with Kay
Kyser: 11:25 am, 1:30, $3.50, 5:35,
7::35 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Daytime Wife," roman
tic comedy: II am, las, 4:30,
7:15 and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1880,
3:55, $40 and 9:05 pm.
Palace-"Babes in Arms" Mickey
Rooney goes musical: 10:45 am,
1855, 3:05, Sis, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Private Lives
of Elizabeth and Essex" with Bette
Davis as the queen: II am, LOS,
$40, Sis, 7:20 and $40 pm.
C0Iumbia-"At the Circus" more
Marx madness: II am, ITO, 3:20,
$50, TAO and $50 pm.
LittIe-"The Informer," back again
and welcome: 11:20 am, las, $50,
$50, 7:5O and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-11-30

rare adventure film, Dark Rap
ture," complete the list.
In only two cases was 1t necessary
to disappoint participants in the
balloting. These applied to THE
Passing of the Third Floor Back"
starring Conrad Veidt, and Emperor
Jones'" with Paul Robeson. Prints
of both pictures have been with
drawn since the ballots were mailed.
A change in the festival program
this year, made at the request of
the audience, will see but two
changes of the program weekly in
stead of three, as was the case last
year. In order to bring the 16
pictures into this arrangement, two
features will be offered on each bill,
with complete changes being made
on Wednesday and Sunday.
The festival will be opened next
Wednesday with "Mayerling' and
"Ensaga," Scandinavian picture, as
the attractions. The other IA titles
in the order of their showing will
be Modern Times" Don Quixote, d"
The Lady Vanishes," The Lives
and Loves of Beethoven, "Masquer-
ade in Vienna" Dark Rapture, F."
"Janosik," Catherine the Great"
Rembrandt" Dawn Over Ireland" "
THE Great Waltz" Sous Les Toit
de Paris" Moonlight Sonata" and
Magnificent Obsession."
X X X
If only there was another famous
Irish theater, it might contribute
the third successive principal to
THE White Steed," Paul Vincent
Carroll's drama which comes to the
National on Monday. So far, the
role of Canon Matt Lavalle has been
played by Barry Fitzgerald who
comes, as every one knows, straight
from the glowing heart of the Alb
bey Theater. When Mr.. Fitzgerald
Evening star., 1939-11-30

to see Moonlight Sonata" Polish
picture starring Ignace Jan Pader-
ewski. The reviewers did not even
come close to that one, despite their
admiration for Beethoven and Pad
erewski. "Mayerling," they thought,
would be first choice. 1t was second.
In the selection of the 16 films,
representative of the screencraft of
10 nations, the Little's audience went
so seriously about its work that the
theater's management was forced
to tabulate 14,867 votes, a new
record.
1t should be an encouraging thing
to movie makers, if they are looking
for encouraging signs, that the
14,867 votes were spread over pic
lures of every type. What little
margin of supremacy exists in favor
of any one variety goes to comedy
and films inspired by great music.
Four of each of these types were
selected. Next in line of preference
came romance dramas. of which
there will be three during the four
weeks of the festival Two historic
dramas, two biographies and that
Evening star., 1939-11-30

Davis and Enrol Flynn, have
brought a new Warner Bros. con-
tract to Nanette Fabares, recent
studio discovery.
Miss Fabares, who began her
theatrical career as a dancer, ap-
pears as one of Queen Elizabeth s
maids-in- waiting in the new Tech
nicolor picture. 1t is her second
screen role. her first having been In
"A Child Is Born"
Evening star., 1939-11-30

AVAI0N 561c Conn: Ave. NV.
AvALUN WO. $500.
MARJORIE WEAVER. STUART ER-
WIN in THE HONEYMOON IS
| OVER" At 6:15. sos. 9:55.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Dr.. Arneson to Speak

Washington alumni of Ohio
Wesleyan University will hear DR..
Ben Arneson, special adviser to the
Bureau of the Budget last summer,
Sunday at 6 pm. at the American
Association of University Women
Clubhouse.
Clarke L. Fauver of 721 Erie av-
enue, Takoma Park, Md, is presi-
dent of the local club.
Evening star., 1939-11-30

bara O'Neil and has a tremendously
big cast of players. 1t was produced
and directed by Rowland v. Lee.
Due to this sudden change will ap-
preciate your help In letting Wash
ington know that the picture is
coming on Saturday"
Evening star., 1939-11-30

ADOIIn 6ci H st. NE.
| ATULLsJ Ii. 1878.
BOB RURNS in OUR LEADING
| CITIZEN" At 8. 7:5O, 9:45.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Newcomer Signed
After Preview

Audience reaction cards distri-
buted to the audience after sneak
preview of The Private Lives of
Elizabeth and Essex" starring Bette
Evening star., 1939-11-30

AVE. GRAND e'' Fl. F. ssSs AZ; Sc.
BOB BURNS in OUR LEADING
CITIZEN At 6:15. 8, 9:15.
Evening star., 1939-11-30

mi 0NV 1888 Ga. Ave NV.
IVOLONl GE. $500.
LANA TURNER in DANCING CO.
| Ed" At R.15, sos 9:55.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
ADJUSTMENTS. A

IIDTnWN Conn Ave. & Newark
up uW" Wo. 800. Mat PM.
Parking Space Available to Patrons.
JASCHA HEIFETZ. JOEL McCREA in
THE SHALL HAVE MUSIC" At
I1:15, 3:20. 5:25, 7:25. $50.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Public Fools the Critics
On FavOrite Picture
Moonlight Sonata Tops Balloting
In Little's Film Festival;
Keith's Springs Surprise
By JAY CARMODY.

Critics may may not know screen art but they do not know what
reviewers who sat yesterdays luncheon overture the Lies
discriminating enthusiasts
Evening star., 1939-11-30

Horatio Alger, celebrated author
of boys books. gave away much
of his income to needy youths and
died poor.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

an hour for carpenters. or $1.62h
an hour, and an eight-hour day
"a few have signed" Mr.. Oakley
said. Others have expressed their
willingness to sign"
The original demands of the car
penters were for a $13-a-day and
a seven-hour day. This has been
turned down by the Masters
Builders Association. The scale
here has been $12-a-day for an
eight-hour day.
After the union and the associa-
ton deadlocked the Labor Depart
ment's conciliation service inter-
vened. But conferences arranged
by Mr.. Colvin failed to avert the
strike.
The strike halted work on the
100000 Jefferson Memorial with
the foundation work within a week
of completion, according to Henry
c. Beschen, superintendent of the
Raymond Concrete Pile Co. of New
York, the general contractors.
Says Company Loses.
Mr.. Beschen said his company is
losing money by shutting down
rather than meet the increased pay
asked by the carpenters.
I'VE are an outside firm" he
explained, land not a member of
the Master Builders Association
But it is our practice to pay the
prevailing wage, which is usually
union, in the communities where
we are engaged. We will just ac-
cept the agreement reached by the
builders association
The John McShane Co. of Phila-
delphia, which has the contract for
the superSuucture for the me-
mortal, was just preparing to get
started when the strike began.
The laborers who struck a week
ago to start the tie-up in build
ing work here are asking 80 cents
an hour for common labor and IS
cents an hour for semi skilled work.
ers. The old rate is 10 cents.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
". {. 7. U. 10 Sponsor
Outing Wednesday

Thirty local units comprising the
District w. G. T. U. will stage an
all-day outing Wednesday at Mar
shall Hall, making the trip on the
Wilson Line steamer City of WASH
ington, officials announced today.
The boat will make two trips, leav-
ing the Seventh Street Wharf at
10 am. and 2 pm, and an admiS-
sion of so cents per person will be
charged. No time has been set for
the return trips.
No program has been arranged,
and those planning to attend are
requested to pack box lunches, Mrs.
Mary Cochran, chairman of the
outing, announced this morning. A
percentage of each ticket sold will
be turned over to the groups edu-
cational fund. Tickets will be sold
at the pier
Mrs. Ida W. Ramsey is president
OF the District organization and will
assist Mrs. Cochran with arrange
mentS.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Lindbergh'
Continued From First Page }

much as is now being produced in
Europe. The production of military
aircraft in Europe today is far ahead
of the present production in the
United States.
Il feel that we have a great natu-
raj advantage in the United States
and that consists of being able to
place large portion of our military
reserve in the quality of our aircraft.
Our geographical position does not
necessitate the maintenance of a
huge air fleet ready to enter war on
moments notice. We can gain
strength by devoting more attention
to the quality of our Air Corps than
to the number of aircraft it contains.
The. problems of European coun-
tries are entirely different. In Eu-
rope it is necessary to maintain IA
cilities for the production of large
reserves Of military planes. Over
here, we are not subject to serious
attack from the air in the present
stage OF aviation; and, in any event,
we still have the advantage of dis
tance from any great air power.
Most important of all to us, is
the matter of quality. and there we
should be ahead of any other coun-
try, because of the advantage of
our natural position. We are the
most fortunate country in the world
In this respect. That is why I feel
it is so important to develop our
applied and fundamental research
and to regain the leading position
we once held"
Unprecedented Production Abroad.
Asked why the United States lost
its leadership, Col Lindbergh said:
Probably because we continued our
development at the same rate we
had maintained for many years;
while in Europe there was a sud-
den mutation in the development of
military aviation. During the past
five years the development and pro-
duction of military aviation in Eu-
rope has been unprecedented"
Col. Lindbergh told the commit
tee that not only are American
aeronautical research facilities in
adequate. but there are some fa-
cilities that are not being used to
the maximum advantage today"
There are, he said, probably half a
dozen or more manufacturers who
have designs that are excellent, and
with some needed basic research
work they could be carried forward
quickly"
Germany has greater research IA
cilities than any country in Europe
and is carrying research work for
ward Eat a rapid rate, and with
amazing success Col. Lindbergh
| said.
OF the 5000, 100000 Air Corps ex-
pansion program, intended to pro-
vide $500 military airplanes in active
service and rotating reserve, Col
Lindbergh said:
Il do not believe it is either
practicable or advisable for this
country to attempt to compete with
Europe in the quantity production of
military aircraft under present con-
ditions. On the other hand, we
should certainly increase the
strength Of our Air Corps and I be-
lieve the present plans are very con-
servative in this respect. 1t would
in my opinion, be an error to reduce
the number of planes called for in
the expansion program of the Army
Air Corps unless it is necessary to
make a slight reduction in quantity
in order to obtain an improvement
I'm quality"
Evening star., 1939-06-12

NOTE: You can also Kill flies and mosqui-
toes. as 1celI as reaches and ants. acith Bee
Brand Insect Ponder. Read directions ON can,
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Mans Death Probed

BALTIMORE. June u (P).-An
inquest was ordered today into the
death of Sylvester Manowski, 81,
fatally injured yesterday during
the annual outing of the Yuko4
Athletic Club on a Magothy River
beach.
Manowski allegedly died following
fight. Frank Seborowski, 81, was
arrested on charges of "assaulting
and striking" Manowski thereby
causing his death"