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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
Nv WILLIAM WHITE

BRUSSELS = Nothing much Is
going on here. except the Belgians
are mobilized. guarding their from
tier as is every other nation which
borders the third Reich, so, before
1 forget it. want to complete the
record on Germany.
The Taverna Ia q newspaper
mems hangout in Berlin "a gay
and good restaurant where news
papermen come about one o'clock
in the morning, just after they
have filed their stories 10 the
States. The British and Americans
first started going there. but pres
emily the Germans and the Balkan
journalists took 1t up. and present
ly the Japanese discovered 1t, and
have now almost ruined II, as they
do every restaurant in Berlin which
they find.
Because they come in droves of
little, badly-tailored. yellow men.
flashing big smiles of bad yellow
teeth, and always bringing with
them the biggest. tallest, biondest
dance-hostesses they can find.
However, the japanese are
always treated defercntially by
the Germans, and enjoy the
status, In Nazi Berlin, Of hon
honorary Aryans. which Ia not
hard to attain II your nation
has = big fleet and Is willing
to play along with Germany In
foreign politics.
Because they were honorary
Aryans. the Japanese. by the time
each of them had been set up with
about two tall blondes and two tall
drinks. would begin singing anti
American songs-the words are in
English-at the tables where the
Americans sit.
None OF us liked this very well,
but there was little we could do
because this was Berlin. where the
Japanese, because OF their big fleet.
are honorary Aryans.
One evening I was there with a
very cocky and anti-Nazi Ameri-
can kid. who ground most of the
enamel off his teeth while the Jap
songs. But presently they grew
tired and paid their checks and
filed out with their blondes TO some
other hot spot, and then a group of
young German aviators over In an
other corner Of the Taverna began
singing the old German Infantry
song.
don't know why they shouldn't,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11

I!-TOOTH GARDEN
yaks With a sturdy ash
handle Il another Car
den Shop special on
SchOsHfsids' mum
floor. Wide they last.
each befter-bniit rake
f0r -a............Isc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
Garden Club
Meets Friday
To Heur Address,
Elect Officers

GIG HARBoR The Purdy
Home and Garden club viii NEE,
at the home Of Mira Adolph ouis-
torff for dessert luncheon on Fri
day at $50. Mrs. A. L. johnson
viii be guest speaker. her topic
being My Recent Trip TO the
Hawaiian Islands" There will be
election Of officers and exchange
Of plants. Members are asked to
each bring a plant.
The Gig Hsrbor basketball club
plans q dance Saturday night at
Horseshoe lake.
Upper Sound Grange No. 7Os
will hold Its regular meeting at
Glencove hall on Friday.
The Gig Harbor band. spon-
sored by the Lions club. will play
over XVI on Saturday from 2:3o
to 3 p. m.
The Music Students Mothers
club will meet at the Union High
school on Thursday evening 10
discuss important business. All
mothers Of students taking music
are asked to attend.
A card party sponsored by the
Music Students Mothers club will
be given at the high school FRI
day evening.
The Gig Harbor High school
basketball team is playing Silver
dale on their ground on Thurs
day.
Work is under way on Finholm's
refrigeration and cold storage
plant. 1t will probably be in
operation by mid-June.
The Sportsmen's club will hold
its monthly meeting at the Lions
den Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
Take a Look at Europe"
BY d'AlessIo

because II was their country and
their song--s good old rollieklng
one popular in the last war Only
the very cocky American, who was
really mad about the Japanese. for
some reason took exception TO It
and very loudly started singing
The Caissions Co Rolling Along. |"
Now this il not q very tactful
thing to do when you are in some
one else's country. and II, In Amer
lea. during q war some foreigner
had tried 10 drown out one Of our
war songs. l wouldn't be greatly
surprised II some soldier would
walk over 10 his table and hand
him a good bust In the mouth.
The German aviators stop
ped singing their song and one
Of them--a big. good looking
blonde guy q little drunk,
walked over 20 our table.
He put his arm around the
shoulder of the very cocky
American.
Listen, my friend" he said.
"you don't understand. All we
are fighting for Il just 70 we
can have all our German peo-
pie back under our German
flag. That's all we want"
And the cocky American got n
little ashamed. and half apologized.
and after the German went back
to his table. he didn't try TO drown
them out any more.
Now. OF course II isn't all they
want. because why are their GEES
tapo troops in Poland and Czecho-
slovakia. numbering Poles and
Czechs and stealing their prop
erty?
But the point Is that this young
German aviator and lot OF nice,
decent. brave, courteous guys like
him have been told that is all they
want 50 often that they believe 1t.
and will fight just A. hard for II
and die just as bravely for II as
though 1t were true.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
oresirY Week
Being Observed

Lincoln high schools Forestry
week i being observed unasr
sponsorship Of the Forestry club.
with q banquet, motion pictures.
IN assembly. cruise. posters and
= showcase display Ill planned
for the week 10 impress Lincoln
students with the Importance ef
Americas national forests
Yaeke Ho<hide. student general
chairman. and c L. bonham.
faculty adviser. are IN charge 81
plans. assisted hy ak committees.
Showcase displays and posters
made BY the club are featuring
the proper care and conduct that
visitors IN the forests should take.
Frank Brockmsn. psrk
naturalist Of Rainier National
park. will speak 20 the entire
student body on Thursday. he
VIII illustrate his talk with color.
ed slides of logging operations and
the floral gardens al the park.
Another picture win he shown
students on Friday. this enc en-
titled Men and Trees" donated
by the weyerhaenser Timber Co.
Climax OF the week will oone
Friday evening. when 30 club
members and several honored
guests viii dine ~ the Broadway
Sports Center. Charlotte Palmer
Is general chairman Of the banquet.
which gets under way at 7 o'clock.
Among the guests invited are
Principal Burt Real. Hemer A.
Post. Lincoln Journalism instruc-
tor, and Ranger n. NJ. Mccullough
Of Parkway. who are all honorary
members Of the Lincoln Forestry
club.
Others are Sen. wanamsker OF
Island county. W. w. Grogsn of
the weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
c. Wagner Of St Paul Lnmber
Co. c. s. cowan. secretary-trsas-
urer OF the Washington state
Forestry conferences; Frank J.
Clark. principal Of Broadway high
school In Seattle. and n. L. Plumb.
supervisor OF snequalmie National
forest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
Art Dykeman S Son
Now Is Sergeant

Word of the appointment of A.
r. Dykeman jr.. son Of A. r. Dyke
man, Tacoma police officer, to a
sergeant's rating in the marine
aviation corps was received this
week by his parents. who live at
1880 So. A st. Sergeant Dyke
man is stationed in San Diego.
Calf. He has been in the marine
corps for six years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
4 Aiding in Drive

-Four Tacoma students ut the
University of Washington are par
ticipating in drive to sell tickets
for a special student boat to wit
ness the Washington California
crew races on Lake Washington
April 20. Ralph Spencer il a team
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11
Main Street
Goings, Cominos and Do,ngs
Of Taeomaas as the Re-
porter Found Them.

Arch McInan acquiring skill
with Frank &. Ross ADJUST
ing posy In coat lapel--Dr. John
X. Flynn listening to war bulie-
tins-T. ,. I.oonam outlining new
flood control project-C. q. Jcn-
nings dem onstrating how to
sharpen lawn mower-Paui A.
Preus leaving on trip to California
Frank p. Herbert boarding bus
Capt. Harry G. snider explain
ing reduction gear-Blli Gaar
dashing out city hall door--Ames
Booth in curh-stone conference
with civil service officiais--Art
Angove preparing gas pipe for
bowling meet--R. d. 0'Neii In
specting water system---Fred Fries
forecasting future battles
"Chucks Fischel commenting on
ski rsce--Rieh soley talking about
home cooked meals George Pease
looking forward To opening Of
softball season - Mutt" yueling
telling about hot seat. - Jeka
Lewtas reporting perfect" track
meet AIN HiiderbrsnA thinking
about taking up golf again--Abs
Olson almost going TO stag party
---Joe German explaining why po-
lice burned novels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-11

captain TO sell tickets. and Virginia
Grove. Shirley Hainss and Kay
Kelley are on the arrangements
committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
IN THE NEWS

THE legislatures should create
1 law enforcement agents with
the authority Of the state behind
them.
Venal producers would not then
dare to dodge and deceive agents
endowed with the authority of the
state.
Directors might defy decency
and ignore public sentiment, but
they would not dare pay the
authorized agents of the state to
neglect their duties.
That would be bribery, and the
corruptionists would go to Jail for
it-a not altogether deplorable
result.
The next move, therefore, of the
decent wholesome Americans who
patronize westerns should be upon
their legislatures.
The embargo Is all very well as
a lesson, but for permanent relief
the legislatures should be asked
to enact proper laws and provide
adequate machinery for the strict
enforcement Of the laws.
The policy Of exploiting cruelty
to animals In pictures for profit
should be forever ended.
1t is a disgrace not only to the
moving picture industry but to all
America
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
'O'Brien'S
Condition
Critical

Times stan Correspondent

LANSING, Dec. n. - Mayor
elect Thomas T. O'Brien suffered
a relapse early today. and was
reported in very critical eondi-
ton" by his physician, DR.. Francis
E. Jones.
The statement was issued less
than eight hours after Doctor
Jones had reported the mayor S
condition so greatly improved that
he expressed hope that he could
leave the hospital within a week
O,Brien. in Edward AN--SparreN
Hospital the past 10 days with
pleuriSy and bronchitis, rallied
strongly during a 24-hour period
and was reported TO be taking
more nourishment and resting
more comfortably.
About 2 o'clock this morning he
took a sudden C h & for the
worse. The change was believed
to be due TO his weakened condi-
ton. O'Brien has lost consider
able weight since his illness.
The mayor-elect has had three
blood transfusions since he was
hospitalized last week. Twice he
was placed in an oxygen tent but
this was discontinued VIII e his
condition showed slight improve
ment.
Grave doubts were expressed as
to the probability of O'Brien TAX
ing office next January 10, when
Mayor Max Templeton's term ex-
pireS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Commission 10 Gel
Details on Survey

FLINT. Dec. 27.-City commits
sioners will meet informally al
7:30 P, m. today 10 review pro-
poSals made by Griffenhaeen and
Associates Of Chicago for an eni-
cheney survey of city departments
The survey TO cost SIS SEQ. Will
be reviewed by John S. Rae. rep
resenting the Chicago finn.
Opposition 10 an outside firm han
ding the survey has been voiced
by accountants here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

Judge Toms Charges Greed to Children Contesting
VIII of Wealthy Mother, Dismisses Suit

Charges that Mrs. Evangeline
Griffin used undue influence on
her mother in the drawing of her
will disposing of her million-dollar
estate were dismissed today by
Judge Robert NJ. Toms as he
severely criticized the children of
Mrs. Marion for their "avarice and
greed.
Mrs. Marion. widow of the late
Adolph Marion, real estate opera
tor. died last June and left the
bulk of her estate to her six
grandchildren. She left $4,000
each to her three sons, Edgar b..
COS University place. Cross
Pointe; Francis A.. 1914 Maryland
avenue, Crosse Pointe Park .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Beriberi Plague
Raging in China

HONGKONG, Dec 27.-Despite
Japanese denials, reliable sources
declared today that an epidemic
of Beriberi is raging in China's
Canton province and that more
than 1000 persons are dying daily
in the great city of Canton alone.
Seriousness of the outbreak was
demonstrated by the arrival from
the United States of 10000 cap
sules of synthetic vitamin B-1 for
victims of the disease. The cap
sules were contributed by the Red
Cross, which said more are sched-
uled to arrive aboard the liner
President Taft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Pontiac Youth Freed
In Egging Of Winkie

PONTIAC. Dec. d. - Pontiac
court records were cleared of the
incident surrounding the egging
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell L. VIII.
kie when Judge Milton +. Coosey
of Municipal Court dismissed a
charge of disorderlinesS against
Bruce Bragan, II, one of the boys
rounded up in the disturbance
Previously three younger boys had
been ordered spanked by their
parents when they appeared be-
fore Probate Judge Arthur f.
Moore. The WILKES were egged
when he made a campaign adj
dress here October 2.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
De Tristan Kidndper
Fails 10 Kill Self

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal,
Dec. 27.-QNS)-Wilhelm Jakob
Muhlenbroich, kidnaper of little
Marc de Tristan Jr., attempted to
end his life sentence by slashing
his wrist with a razor blade.
Broken by a prison routine in
which he was Stunned by fellow
convicts. the 40-year-old German
barber Gashed his left wrist in a
cell bunk but his suicide attempt
was not discovered until he tainted
twice in the jute mill from loss
of blood.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

Charles A, 1920 Harvard road.
Crosse Pointe. and Mrs. Griffin.
800 East jefferson avenue.
Four of the grandchildren are
children of Mrs. Griffin and two
are children Of Charles.
Edgar and Francis. who have
no children. contested the will.
charging Mrs Griffin used her in
fluence TO have the fortune left to
the grandchildren.
In his decision, Judge Toms
dashed the three sons and daugh-
ter of Mrs. Marion for spying on
each other. carrying tales. curry
ing favor and seeking by every
strategy to gain the position of
vantage TO inherit the estate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Continue 10 Check
On Kidndp Suspect

LANSING. Dec. u. - Bert
Blunt. 54-year-old larceny suspect,
remains in the county Jail while
federal authorities continue to
check his movements five years
ago when 10-year-old Charles
Mattson, son of a wealthy Tacoma,
Wash, family. was kidnapped and
later murdered.
Blunt was placed under a large
bond nearly a month ago when
Lansing police noticed a strong
resemblance 10 the artists con-
ception of the Mattson kidnaper.
An FBI agent questioned him last
week and said he would return
here for further questioning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and
Saturday, slightly colder tonight with low
est temperature about 30 gentle to moder-
ate northerly winds
Lower Michigan: Cloudy tonight and
saturday. slightly colder extreme southeast
tonight.
Upper Michigan: Cloudy, occasional Ugh,
sno" or rain Saturday, and west portion
tonight slightly colder extreme east tonight.
Shippers forecast tradius u 200 miles .
North, 26 degrees; west 80 degrees East
and South, above freezing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

copyright laws.
S-Illegal price fixing.
c-Restraining composers In
" their right to bargain for
the sale of their own music.
7-Requiring users of music to
! pay for tunes on programs
In which no music is played.
Q-Mutual boycOtts by ASCAP
y and the broadcasting chains
Through BMD In an attempt
by each group to obtain control
over the supply of music by
depriving the others of control,
which boycotts threaten to re-
strain and obstruct the rendi-
ticn over the radio of about 80
per cent of the desirable mod
ern copyright music.
Jackson's action came in The
midst of the controversy between
the broadcasting ch ains anc
ASCAP over radio music royal
ties. Unless a truce is reached
before January l between ASCAF
and BMI, all music to which the
former holds the rights will bt
banned from the NBC, CHS anC
Mutual networks then.
Mutual was not named in tn,
charges.
Millions of dollars are involved
in the dispute-a battle between
the radio industry on the one sidC
and Tin Pan Alley on the other.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Hduptmdnn Nemesis
Stricken in Florida

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. TINS ~
David Wilentz. the New Jersey
attorney who prosecuted Bruno
Richard Hauptmann in the Lind
bergh aping trial. was
stricken with heart attack at
Tropical Park. He was rushed t.
his Winter home az Miami Beach
whore doctors said he was resting
comfortably.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
194l PROGRAM

The city's legislative program
for 1871 will include, among other
things. the following:
An attempt to patch up the
Il intangible tax law which
city officials now unanimously
condemn as unfair, unavoidable
I and unjust TO Detroit. 1t takes
revenue which used to come ex-
clusively from Detroiters and
was spent entirely by Detroit
and scatters II to the four winds
throughout the state.
C-An enlarged state insane
~ hospital building program
TO relieve the chronic overcrowd-
ing Of Receiving Hospital.
0-An attempt to change the
- formulas for the distribu-
ton of weight and gas tax
money TO give Detroit q larger
share. Also, IL possible. changes
in the school aid distribution
formula to give Detroit a greater
share of this fund.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

On week days enjoy the two
pages of comics and adventure
strips in the daily Detroit
Times; on Sunday. the great
Comic Weekly with WORLD
FAMOUS comics In COLORS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Nearly 5000 Aliens
Register in Saginaw

SAGINAW, Dec. 27.-With the
total running close to 5000, Sagi-
naw's alien registration had been
completed here today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

! NVnsssse11 asCsss - 30 OssNf
nearly as popular As Roy IL II
could only sing as wonderfully as
Roy does.
A DMITTING these facts, gentle
"A men Of the moving picture
fraternity, you would hardly con-
tend that IL would be good box
Office to practice sadistic cruelties
on these famous steeds.
j No people of any intelligence.
whether they be producers of
westerns or western picture fans,
could imagine that audiences
would like to see these handsome
horses hogtied and thrown down
steep hills or forced over preci-
pieces into deep waters or crushed
and smothered under heavy
coaches and cargOes just to make
a Roman holiday for morOns.
/ Even people of NOT much In
telligence-even people of little or
no humanity-even some sadistic
directors ought to know that such
cruelty would not be good "boN
Office"
f Well, gentlemen of the moving
picture fraternity. what would be
bad box office In the case of these
celebrated and favOrite animals is
almost as bad box office in the
case of the other equally faithful
and but little less beautiful and
beloved animals In the pictures.
The public is not forcing you
gentlemen to accept reform
which is against your best inter-
ests.
1t is asking you, and stands
ready to compel you, to adopt
policy which will mean more spec
tators for your productions and
more pleased and happy audiences
in your theatres.
You should be grateful to the
public that 1t gives you a chance
to clean up your business instead
of merely staying away from
theatres in disgust and dissatisfac-
ton and infiicting upon the whole
moving picture industry the blame
for the heartIessness and stupidity
of a few.
THE public has made its first
i appeal to your sense of pro-
priety-its second to your business
judgment.
Your resolution Is a reply which
is satisfactory only in part.
The weakness of the resolution
denouncing cruelty to animals on
the screen lies chiefly in the see
ond paragraph, which reads;
"Heredfter, IN the pro-
auction Of motion pictures
By the members Of the as
SOci0tiOn such M M 3 c rs
shall, as to- ann picture m
Uolring the use Of animals.
invite on the lot during
such shooting, and consult
with, the authorized repre-
Sentdtires Of the American
Humane Association"
This proposal and progra m
leaves matters exactly as they are
now.
The fundamental fault of the
whole situation is that these rep
resentatives of the American HUI
name Association have no standing
on your lots. no authority TO en-
force their rulings.
The resolution declares that the
producer shall CONSULT the rep
resentative, but Is in no way COM
PEELED to heed the representatives.
decisions.
Nor does the resolution appar-
emily even NECESSITATE the
PRESENCE of any representative
OF the humane association on the
lot.
1t merely declares that the
producer shall invite him to be
present at the shooting of a pic
ture involving the use of animals.
1T Is a perfectly wen known fact
L that companies invite the agents
of the ;. +. {. 4. now, and then
sneak off and perform their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
laps ReportU.S.
Orders Citizens
From East
international New. Service Cable

TOXIC, Dec. 27.-Under banner
headlines the Toxic newspaper
Nichi Nichi today published ru-
mors that the United States is
ordering its citizens to leave the
Far East by January 81.
(The state department in
Washington already has advised
Americans to leave the Far East
unless their presence there is
essentially
At the same time. said Nichi
Nichi, the American government
will take economic action" by
ordering United States ships to
cease calling at japanese ports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Naming Of Bride
Suspect Put
Up TO Judge

Whether the Detroit councilman
who allegedly demanded $4,000
to vote for concrete construction
of the Ss,330,OOO Herman Gardens
housing project will be publicly
identified is expected to be decided
this afternoon in Circuit Judge
Harry B. Keidan's court.
At that time attorneys defend
ing the suit filed by the Maurice
L. Bein Company to nullify award
of the contract to the Smith
Lipman companies will notify
Judge Keidan whether they will
take dispositions or produce Abe
Smith and William Lipman. Off
GERS of the two companies, in
court TO testify.
Both Smith and Lipman have
been accused. in testimony now
before the court, of telling of
money paid to politicians to get
the contract and of how I'VE have
four councilmen lined up now and
a fifth is on the fence asking
SOS, 900 for his vote"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
CALLED INTIMIDATION

According to the newspaper this
action is viewed in Japan as a
measure of intimidation" against
Japan.
Nichi Nichi said that between
now and the end of January an
increased number of American
vessels will call at Yokohama to
pick up American evacuees.
The Japan Times. English-lan-
guage newspaper at Toxic. in an
editorial recommended a boycott
on all United States products
throughout territory controlled by
Nippon.
The paper warned there may be
complete closing down of Far
Eastern markets to American i'm
ports in reprisal for American
restrictions on Japanese imports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

Gen. Hugh $. Johns son.
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.