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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
CHAPTER XXI-Continued
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CHAPTER AXI-S0ntlnueQ
IA
'You look so solemn. Know why
I adore you? You're the most hon.
est and sincere person I've ever
known. There's not an ounce of guilt
In you, Lynn"
Lynn gave a little gasp: "Oh,
Wild, love you sol VIII you always
remember that, no matter what hap
pens?"
He took her into his arms then
promising: ''I'u always remember
that, my sweet! That's all I want
to know"
But he came back again to that
difficult subject:
what about Rene?"
Lynn, desperate, turned in his
arms.
He's going to Rome to study,
Wild. Marty says he's going to win
the Foundation Prize. Give me just
a little time, darling. Just little
time!"
at won't rush you, Lynn" He held
her close. We've our whole lives
together. But when ! see this
damned apartment IT drives me era
". We should be off for all the
marvellous places of the world,
Lynn. Not wasting our time here. !"
He took her hand and kissed each
fnger-tip. I'VE can visit Rene IN
Rome-there's nothing we can't
dol"
Lynn was desperate. Rene must
find some way to straighten this
thing outl She could not say badly:
I'm Rene's wife!" The words
would stick in her throat. She
thought of showing him the mar
riage license, but only thought.
Later, he said: I'm going to give
you your ring for Christmas, Lynn,
an emerald. I know just what it
should be-" he said looking at her
rmgless hands which seemed made
for fine jewels. Were going to be
so happy, Lynnl"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
Alone in the Storm

Whilst you are prosperous, you
can. number many friends; but
when: the. storm comes, you are
left alone.-Ovid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
Industrial Diamonds

Boris, or defective diamonds,
are the most used In industrial es-
adjustments, considerable quanti-
ties being consumed for trueing
grinding wheels, mineral boring,
the manufacture of wire drawing
dies and the saving of hard stone.
They are also used In glass and
beveling works for working and
cutting glass, in optical and horo-
logical works and for machinery
for cutting fiber, metals and hard
compositions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
CHAPTER XIII

Three days before Christmas an
announcement of the Guggenheim
Award was made. It was Marty
who came pounding into Rene's STU
dio breathless one morning as Rene
and Lynn were at work on a Spring
cover picture.
You've woni You did it," Marty
pumped Rene's hand, kissed Lynn
and danced her about the place.
Rene went back to his easel as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-07-11
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

high school this spring,
~ and Carolyn's mother
wants to know whether it's safe
to let a girl of eighteen go 500
miles away to college.
Carolyn, of course, is dying to
go. She has never been away
from home. She has never been
on her own. Jean is going. Caro-
Ign and Jean have been school
mates for all the four years of
high" They have studied and
chartered and walked to and
fro together since small-girl
days; they have danced with the
same boys at school dances, and
gone to many a movie with boys
and without.
It would be really cruel, thinks
Carolyn's mother, to refuse to let
the child go on into the new expert
ence that means so much to her,
that glamorous world of college of
which she and Jean have been
dreaming for actual years. And
yet
Pitfalls Loom Large.
And yet one hears such disturbing
things about girls who are pushed
out of the home nest so young, who
have to choose their own friends, de-
eide which anusements to take and
which ones to refuse, manage allow
ances, guard health, and avoid all
the pitfalls that are always awaiting
the inexperienced. The general con-
sensus of opinion, thinks Carolyn's
mother, is that college girls are
pretty reckless, and that home train
ing is soon forgotten in the inde-
pendence and exhilaration of univer-
sity life.
It's expensive, too. Extremely ex-
pensive. No, Carolyn's parents think
| they'll have to say mo-"
But what to offer her In place of
prospect so completely aIuring?
Carolyn has had a weekend at COL
lege. She has seen the beautiful
| dignified buildings set under the
great trees; she has heard the laugh
ter of the free and happy groups
crossing the lawns and going in and
out of the big doorways; she has sat
IN the memorial theater, so fasci-
natingly complete In every detail,
and listened while girls and boys no
older than herself have walked the
boards. Friendships, excitement.
fun, picnics, theatricals, beaus-
summed up, college comprises ev-
erything Carolyn's heart or any 9TH
er girls heart wants, and she pleads
and weeps and promises and argues
passionately while the matter is IN
| debate.
''She is so pretty" her mother
writes. "She has always been so
carefully watchedl How can we
safeguard her from the danger we
know is there? What is your honest
opinion of co-educational institu-
tons? What do you think are the
chances that she will have the won
derful time she anticipates, and re-
turn to us happy and satisfied when
she graduates, ready to take up
family and home and smalltown life
again."
Questions Mother Can Answer.
Well, the answer to that is, what
sort of a girl is Carolyn? From what
sort of home has Carolyn come?
In the everyday tests of character
how sure of Carolyn is Carolyn's
mother?
A hundred years ago Carolyn
would have been marrying, at 10,
and perhaps departing, bonneted
and shawled, on the front seat of a
prairie schooner, never to see her
homefolk again. She might have
been stepping into a lifetime of
misery and disappointment, but she
would have faced it, plunged into
cooking and sewing and farming
and bearing children, endured what
ever discomfort her mates intern
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CHAPTER XXI

November came down with rush
Of bitter weather on America 5
greatest city. Wild wanted TO send
his chauffeur for Lynn each day at
noon to Rene's studio, but she would
not permit it. Consequently, he
came himself whenever he could get
away from the few hours he spent
now at his fathers Office. For Wild
was reformed. He was showing in
terest IN his fathers great business
and that delighted Austin, ST., while
il terrified his mother. She realized
what it meant.
The second week of the month
Rene had to enter his picture for
the Guggenheim Foundation Prize.
Lynn had not yet seen it, nor had
Wild. II was Marty who called this
to the attention of Rene.
''They ought to see it before it's
entered. It will be reproduced In
the papers whether you win or not. F"
Rene nodded.
Have some people In Saturday
night, make it casual and ask the
kids" Marty suggested. Might just
as well get it over"
81 don't want anybody to see it.
! painted it for myself" Rene was
suIlen about If all.
If you're going to enter it, you
might just as well begin to get used
10 the idea" Marty was practical.
IF you don't want to make fuss,
just don't say why you're inviting
people. Wen hang the picture and
they can take il or leave it.
Rene reluctantly agreed. He knew
Marty was right.
That is how it happened Lynn and
Wild were bound for Rene's apart
rnent the following Saturday eve
ming.
When they climbed the stairs to
the studio, they could hear the party
going, full blast. Wild had his arm
about the girl as they climbed high
er and higher.
lone kiss, then IN we CO."
Their entrance was greeted with
shouts of welcome. The studio was
brightly lighted, and over on the far
wall hung the picture. Rene came
to meet them.
I'VE thought you'd got lost"
Wild, standing there in the door
way, saw the portrait first.
Lynn Look!" He took her arm
and led her over to 1t, and they
stood there before it in silence.
Hanging In its dull, gold frame,
It seemed to dominate the room. It
was not large canvas, but there
was a depth and soberness about it
which was arresting and a little ter
rifying.
Rene, it's superb" Wild turned
to the painter, his face glowing. In
the excitement of that first glimpse
he hardly seemed to realize the girl
N the picture was Lynn.
Lynn was silent. It fascinated, yet
repealed her. Was she really like
that? Rene was watching her.
What do you call it, Rene?" Wild
was asking.
Manhattan Idyl."
why that"
because lOylS nave way OF end
ing here In this town"
Wild, startled, turned back to the
picture. "Are you ever really Like
that, Lynn" There was a note of
laughter in his voice. Rene, you're
hardly fair"
Rene shook his head.
''Of course, she's not Like that, %
Wild continued. He could not leave
the painting. 81 suppose you have
potentialities for suffering" he spec
ulated. You're a wise man to see
It, Rene"
Wild shook his head and walked
over to get refreshments with Lynn
and Marty. He was frankly puz-
lied. As for Lynn. her heart was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Alb Bergersen Has
Flu" Pneumonia

Critically Ill with flu
pneumonia, Works Commits
sioner A. X. Bergersen was re-
moved from his home to Ia
coma General hospital We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Bergersen, visiting in
California, was notified and IL
en- route home.
Though the commissioners
temperature had dropped
somewhat from an earlier
high, IL began climbing again
Wednesday morning.
Attending physicians said
the attack resembled closely
the "nu" which was prevalent
in epidemic form during World
war days.
Mayor Harry p. Cain was
still confined TO his home We'd
nesday but was reported i'm
proved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Man Burned
In LaGrande
Power Plant
$500 Volts Puss
Through Body of
George Wolford

George Wolford, a., assist
ant operator at the LaGrande
power plant of Tacoma City
Light, was brought to the
Bridge hospital in Tacoma
shortly before noon Wednes-
day badly burned down TO the
waist by explosion OF an oil
switch at the plant.
He suffered passage Of 5000
volts through his body In addition
to the serious burns. hospital at
tendants said. Some of the burns
were first degree In nature.
Supt. r. +. Dorfner at the La
Grande plant was burned about the
hands while tearing clothing from
Wolford. Dornfer was treated at
the Eatonville hospital while the
badly injured man was rushed to
Tacoma with a state patrol escort.
Wolford is married and lives at
LaGrsnde. where he has been en-
ployed by City Light since 1928.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Sumner Schools
Are Open Again

While the cold and ''flu"
epidemic continued spreading
Wednesday over the entire North
west. Tacoma and Pierce county
school children seemed TO BE- hold
ing their own.
The Sumner school system.
largest enc closed, opened We'd
nesiay morning but had 10 many
ahsentees IL was decided To shut
down again until after the Christ
mas holidays
Public school absences declined
slightly and both Bellarmine high
school and Aquinas academy re-
ported the rolls OF missing too
small 10 justify closing early.
Only difficulty In town was sar-
city Of substitutes for absent
teachers.
Both the College Of Puget Sound
and Annie Wright seminary closed
Tuesday.
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Bone 10 Head
East Shortly

with his trunks PACKED and
ready 10 leave for Washington.
u. G.. al moments notice. Homer
r Bone. senior United States
senator In this state. said hs II
waiting n call Of the senate 10
act on President Rooseveltm veto
Of the walisr-Logan bill Passed
two weeks ago. the bill provides
for review ~ acts ~ boards and
commissions which have become
part ~ the new deal machinery.
President Roosevelt sent his veto
message 10 congress Wednesday.
Senator Bone had nothing 10
say about several federal positions
10 be filled IN this state, inolud-
ing tho collector ~ Internal
revenue ana United states mar
shall
Senator Mon walgren. elected
IN November and appointed by
Gov Clarence d. Martin 10 serve
In this session In place 81 ths
former junior senator from this
state. Louis Is sehwsiisnbaoh. re-
signed 10 accept a federal Judge
ship for the eastern district u
Washington. left Tor the capitol
soon after election. There was
no opportunity. said Senator Bone.
for him 20 discuss the appoint.
nsnis with senator waigren
These are not emergency sp-
polntmsnis and I DO not want %
consider them until I have talked
with senator wsigrsn whom I viii
sO0n see IN Warrington. said
Senator Bone no announcement
Nfil 10 made until We talk things
over
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Moiorisf
Is Forced 10
Aid Robber!
$500 Seized in
Bold DoYlight
Oregon Holdup

PORTLAND-A bank rob
Der and an innocent youth
who was forced TO use his car
in the getaway were wounded
by police Wednesday II min
utcs after the Union Avenue
branch OF the United States
National bank was robbed Of
$500 worth of "mutilated"
currency the bank intended
TO turn back 10 the govern
ment.
Police said the rubber was Loyal
Mccrcady, a.. Los Angeles. who
admitted he was a two-time loser
on bank robbery charges Tho
youth was George n Iampro. -.
who was critically wounded In the
abdomen when police eornered the
car after a wild chase. MeCready
wss shot IN the hand
Medr~sdy said iampro had
M part In the holdup. he said
that .. he fisd the hank. Lam
pros csr wss stopped Al . red
light and that he Jumped Into
the machine and forced Lam
pro Ia drive away.
lampro was conscious only
briefly after he vas shot Ne said
he had left work At the Rich
Manufacturing company where he
Ia employed at night and was en-
route 10 a postofflos opposite the
bank 10 mail some Christmas
packages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Start Search for Foster Mother
OF Is Year Old Wed 10 Soldier

Pierce county officer. started .
new search Wednesday for ths
foster mother u is-yszr-old Betty
Murray. Tacoma schoolgirl bride
Sno IL bshd IN the county dstsntion
h0ms.
The home u the woman. Mrs.
Ardsila Murray. at z0Io 80. ssth
e., v2x watched until late Tuesday
night. but shs didn't appear. se-
cordlng 10 Luther Wright. chief
criminal deputy In the shsriffs
office.
A warrant. with bali set 81
81 900. charges Mrs. Murray with
contributing 20 the delinquency Of
minor in permitting the mar
rage Of her adopted child. Betty.
10 a 24-yesr-old Oregon national
guardsman. Ralph Conway, At
Camp Murray.
Complaint FILED
Prosecutor Thor c. Tollefson
planned no action against the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
To Start Removal
OF Bridge Steel

Highway Director James A Ds-
Wis In Olympia awarded a contract
Wednesday for removal ~ strBc-
tursl steel on the roadbed ~ Ia
coma ssFrONs bridge 10 J. H.
Pomsroy 4 Co. Seattle. on 3 BID
q approximately $4,000
Davis said work would start al
once and would Be completed
within 50 days Steel on the tOS-
ers and cables will not be dis
nsntled
He said no definite plan Of opsr-
ating ferries AZ the bridge site
had been agreed 10 az yet Attor-
nsy General Smith Troy recently
turned down a proposal 10 have
the state buy the boats and have
the county operate them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
Greeks Hold
Berai Road
Control Point
Both Sides Admit
Losses in Attack
Started at Down

STRUGA. Jugoslav From.
tier-Frontier dispatches re-
ported Wednesday that Greek
troops had captured klisura,
Italian stronghold in south
east Albania and control point
on the road TO Berat.
TN Athens the Greek war min.
lstry reported that klisura was
under Greek artillery fire and that
flames were raging In the city.
Athens. however. had not claimed
capture Of the town.
Frontier reports said that the
Creeks entered klisurs a, $50
a. m. Tn. Greeks previously were
said 10 have routed Italians from
mountain positions commanding
the town.
The reports asld that NJ
dawn the Greeks laid down an
artillery barrage On kIisura.
hut received no reply. The
Greeks then advanced and en-
counterod at the entrance In
the village one battalion Of
bersagiieri with several tanks.
The Greeks engaged the itsl-
ians and after nm hour and .
half completed the occupation.
II was reported that two Greek
officers and about 80 soldiers were
killed IN the battle. The Greeks
suffered 90 wounded while reports
placed Italian losses at one ma Jor
three other officers and about 10
soldiers killed and 80 wounded.
including seven officers.
Two Italian captains. ons
lieutenant. 200 soldiers. three
tanks. two auto trucks and six
machine guns we're said 10
have been captured.
On the coastal road south 81
Valona the Greeks were said W
have occupied Palsss. where the
road 10 Vslona leaves the coast
and strikes into the mountains for
about IS miles before hitting the
coast again on Valona hay. Re-
ports said that 100 Italians and
four lor1.s were captured al
Palasa.
Deep snow and bitter cold pre-
vented major operations on the
northeastern front Hovsys
troops operating east 81 IN. Greek
armies In the Lisura- Tspelni sec
tor were said 20 have crossed the
Tomorica riyer under the protec-
ton Of artillery fire and 10 have
reached the slopes ~ the Tornor
mountains. key 20 the control 81
Bsrat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19

County Chief
Asks Sitter
Agreement
Assessor Criticizes
Rotes: Urges Tax
Lund Price Roise

County Assessor Fred
Smith offered two sugges-
tons to the city council on
Wednesday, one proposing a
much sitter deal with Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
Co. under the now pending
franchise renewal, the other
urging the city obtain sound
prices for any land it sells to
private bidders.
Smith reminded the council of
his interest in the telephone COM
pany's rate battles.
Seattle" he said, confronted
with the same situation as Ia
coma, is going to get something
like 100000 to $4,000 in its
franchise deal. | don't see any
reason why Tacoma shouldn't
make a proportionate deal. Ia
coma ought to get $4,000 to
S175,00 out OF them.
Sees Specialization
They just pass it on to their
customers and they're well able
to pay it. l doubt II they will be
permitted to raise their rates in
this state. II they try that much
more. you're going to see the tele-
phone system socialized in Wash
ington.
1T is true that the company has
a fine system and high standard
of employees. but the high rates
the people have to pay are not
justified. / hope the council will
insist on a much higher franchise
tax"
Smith went on to stress the i'm
portance Of fixing good prices on
city-owned land.
Raps Low Prices
Il notice you are selling a con-
siderable amount OF foreclosed
properties" he said. IF you sell
at low prices, you just depress real
estate values throughout that
neighborhood where a sale is made.
It's getting so private buyers
don't go to real estate men to buy
lots until they have investigated
properties owned by the county or
city.
we got the assessed value Of
property in this county up a little
this year, but IT looks now as If
we will lose 81 100000 or more
next year. chiefly because Of the
lumber strike and the loss of lum-
Der inventories in the mills.
Promises Hearing
The council will want 10 do
everything possible to keep valu-
atoms up
Commissioner c. v. Fawcett, as
acting president Of the council,
assured Smith the council is APP
proving only sound sales of real
estate
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young soldier. n years tins girls
senior. He flied . justice court
complaint shortly altar noon Tues
day against tins woman. vino hal
been warned last week not 10 1T
the marriage take place.
Authorities could discover NJ
motive other than that the mothSr
thought the girl old enough 70 -
married A statement that ''uhsfs
grown up nov because ahs alts
back with the young people -
church" was quoted.
No Ecsasnn1e h1s61ve
There could b no scoaounfe
motive. The soldiers small income
would not b one. and taking ~
girl from the home. had ths mar-
rage been legal. would deprive
Mrs. Murray Of . part Of ths state
assistance she has been receiving
a. aid to her dependent chiIdreA.
The foster father u . disabled vee-
tran
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19

Il am convinced that II IL an
invitation 10 endless and innumer-
able controversies a. a moment
when we can least afford 70 spend
either governmental or private ef-
fort in the luxury Of litigation,
Roosevelt declared. To-day. In
sustaining American ideals Of jus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19

The presidents views were
communicated TO congress In =
z,600-word veto message TO
which he appended q 5000
word analysis Of the btu by
Attorney General Robert H.
Jackson.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the
objective Of the measure Was
'professediy the ASSURANCE Of
fairness In administrative pro-
ceedlngs" with which there
would be universal agreement.
but he was convinced that ''in
reality the effect Of this bill
would be 10 reverse and, To .
large extent. cancel one Of the
most significant and useful
trends Of the twentieth century
In legal administration"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD - Dolores Del
Rio. Mexican motion picture
beauty whose marriage 10 Art
Director Cedric Gibbons has been
regarded as Hollywood's perfect
romance" for nearly a decade.
Wednesday filed suit for divorce.
She charged mental cruelty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19

Ellis Ronbeck, well-known Ia
coma violinist. has returned home
from Los Angeles to spend the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.. Ronbeck.
In L. A. Ronbeck plays in the
orchestra of Peter Meremblum, di-
reefs his own string quartet and
gives private lessons.
Condition of John Condor, wide
Unknown Tacoma advertising ex-
ecutive. was described as critical
Wednesday by attendants at St
Joseph's hospital. He entered the
hospital three days ago with a
combination heart and kidney all
ment.
John o. Peterson. supervisor OF
penmanship in the Tacoma public
schools, is proud possessor of A
smart new wristwatch. gift of his
associates in the teaching profess
sion. Inc token OF esteem was
presented John O."-as he usual
ly is called--because he sacrificed
most of his vacation last summer
TO do research work for the recent
millage campaign.
Joe CobIentz, local timber cruis-
er, is few dollars poorer because
he did not attend an American
Legion meeting this week and
Frank Calender. who cruises for
real estate prospects, is that much
richer.
While Christmas shopping Tues
day afternoon, Elliott Chidester,
1924 So. Fife st, dropped in and
Continued on Page 3, Column A.
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NAIROBI, kenya-B British


empire forces. extending their
offensive against Italy to the
Kenya- Ethiopia frontier zone,
killed 80 Italian troops and
captured Is in a sudden at
tack on FL YAK. a communique
asserted Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-19
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - The house
Wednesday sustained President
Rooseyelt's veto Of the Walter
Logan bill, which would have
given the courts greater author
lily over administrative agencies
Of the government.