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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
MRS MARIE THOMAS

Mrs. Marie Thomas, 81. OF 1915
No. 46th st, Seattle, died Thurs
day at local hospital She was
a native OF Kansas and had lived
in Seattle for the last four years.
Surviving are her husband. VIII
lam, and a brother In Kansas
Funeral announcement by Mel
fingers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
MRS. LOUISE ELIZABETH
GLENEWINKEL

Mrs. Louise Elizabeth Glene-
winkel, Sc. of 1910 So. X ST., died
Thursday in San Diego. CALL
while visiting her daughter, Mrs
Annaleis Nash. Born in Germany
she had lived in Tacoma for 81
years and was member OF SIS
ters of Hermann. Surviving are
another laughter, Mrs. Erna
Erichsen of Tacoma; one son, Fritz
of Tacoma; one sister, Miss Emile
Miller, and three brothers, Her
man, Franc and Ernest Miller, all
in Germany. and four granochii-
dren. Funeral announcement by
Cassedy & Allen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12

ANDREW MCINTOSH
Andrew Mcintosh, rs. Of 1917
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
MRS. CARRIE KIGHT

Mrs. Carrie Right, 81, of Span
away, died Wednesday at local
hospital. She had lived here for
the last IT years. Surviving are
her husband, Henry, and one
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Moon OF
Bockelia, Fla. Funeral announce
ment by Storlie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
Tacoma Obituary Notices

So. X st. died Thursday at his
home. Born in Ontario. Canada,
he had lived here for is years.
and was a member OF the Boom
Men and Rafters union. Of the
First Evangelical church. and of
the I. o. o. +. in Michigan. Sur
viving are his wife, Mary E.; three
sons. William L.. Howard J. and
Frederick, all OF Tacoma: one
daughter, Mrs. Everett NJ. Hender-
son. of Campbellton. N. b; four
brothers, John and Kenneth OF
Saskatchewan, Canada, and Dun
can and Angus OF Michigan. and
six grandchildren. Funeral an
nouncement by Lynn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
FRED CABOT

Fred Cabot, Of 1918 No. flfe
st died Thursday in a Seattle
hospital. A resident Of Tacoma
for many years, he is survived by
two brothers, l.. c. Cabot Of Ia
coma and r. c. Cabot OF San
Francisco. and two sisters. Mrs.
G. c. Gideon of North Bend. Wash,
and Mrs. II. ID. Lee Of Tacoma
Funeral announcement by Gaff-
ney's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12
MRS. SALLY HENDERSON

Mrs. Sally A. Henderson. 90. Of
915 So. sth St. died Wednesday at
her home. Born in Pennsylvania.
she had resided in Tacoma for nine
years and was member of the
Emmanuel Presbyterian church.
Surviving are one son. George +.
Of Los Angeles; one daughter. Mrs.
A. L. DeHuff Of Tacoma. and a
granddaughter, Mrs. James f.
Macpherson, also of Tacoma. Fu-
neral announcement by Lynn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-12

ROY T.. MULLEN

Roy E. Mullen, 81, resident OF
Gig Harbor for the last 20 years.
died Thursday at the home OF his
sister. Mrs. E. w. Harrison. OF
1920 No. Prospect st. Before NOV
ing to Gig Harbor, he had hved
in Tacoma for IS years. coming
at the age OF six from his native
state. South Dakota. Surviving
are two other sisters, Mrs. r. l..
Mason Of Tacoma and Mrs. {. A.
Shepherd of Hilo. Hawaii, and one
brother. f. L. Mullen OF Tacoma.
Funeral announcement by Lynn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

TrERE ARE SOME FACTS about Ford Labor. They
L 1waees, hours and conditions of employment which
have been in effect for than Is years.
During the year ended November 3Oh l94O the Ford Pay
roll throughout the United States averaged 1858 hourly
wage earners including Office employees students,
executives They paid Sl85 los 6912 On this basis
the average annual wage was S1.629.O5.
In the entire United States there employed approxi
maey 100000 workers. According the latest available
government figures the annual average of all workers
in employment covered by old age insurance law was
S841 co.
If these employees received the same average wage Ford
employees the workers of the United States would have had
additional wages of more than SIS thus ncreas
ing the national income about 500. Think what such
would to the workers of this country and to
the American farmer whose prices based on the
ional income.
Wase scales in the Ford Motor Company Rouge plants
divided into three cassifcaions
UnskiAed. both male and female, without
perience, classified non-productive.
Minimum hiring wage 75c per hour
Semi.skiHed Men with limited experience, classified
both as non.productve and productive.
Minimum hiring wage Soc per hour
Skilled :. Men with years of experience, CLASH
fed as productive employees.
Minimum hiring wage 9Oc per hour
Wages paid above these minmums are in
sideraton of ability and years of service.
Minimum wage scales for unsked labor the Rouge plant
are highest the industry Top wages for skilled labor
compare favoraby with higher than in other auto
mobile companies
So much for wages Now facts on labor conditions
Ford plants
Not only are sanitation and other health conditions the best
in the industry but Ford also leads in the equipment of
safety devices for the protection of employees Proof of this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

In addition the so-caled regular employees the Ford
Motor Company has hired the regular hourly
thousands of workers who blind crippled otherwise
incapacated for normal productive work AT the present
time there more than ten thousand such workers
the Ford payroll They selected for their ability
build cars maintain the plant They the payroll
because of Henry Fords belief that the responsibility of
large company labor goes beyond the point at which the
unfortunate worker longer produce prohtably.
The above are facts They have been and still open
anyone who really wants deal in facts. Anyone who
wants to get job buy place national de-
Tense contract the basis of fair labor treatment
place the Ford Motor Company the top of his eligible list
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

is found in the following Compensation Insurance figures
for Ford in comparison with other plants:
Out of its experience, the National Association of
Underwriters has computed national average rate in
automotve manufacturing plants that is in of S5O
premium each 500 payroll
The Ford Motor Company's working conditions far
superior that the Ford of workmens compensation is
less than Soc on each $500 payroll.
This indicates that the chance of injury in Ford plant is
much less than in the average automobile plant.
The Ford Motor Company has age limit for labor, and
fact deliberately attempts keep older workers working
The average age of Ford workers the Rouge and nearby
plants 387. The youngest worker is Is. The Oldest
railroad Inspector is ST. We have operator who
is sc, and die maker who is So.
Arecent checkup shows that nearly one.ha the workers
these Ford plants 40 falling into age groups
as follows:
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Job|ess Compensation
Liberalization Forecast

Hope for Congress approval at
this session of the plan for Iberali-
zation of the District Unemployment
Compensation Actor the benefit
Of both the unemployed and the
employer-was voiced today by mu-
nicipal officials as they took steps
to perfect recommendations adopted
yesterday by the District Unempioy-
ment Compensation Board.
The plan calls for reduction in
the employer pay roll tax from 3
to 81 per cent and for several
changes to provide more liberal help
to the qualified jobless, including
a longer period of benefit payments
and an increase in the maximum
benefit payment.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal said he was requesting Repre-
sentative McGehee, Democrat, of
Mississippi to delay action on the
bill he sponsored last year until the
new measure is in hand.
The new plan calls for an increase
in the maximum benefit payment
period from 16 to 20 weeks and an
increase in the maximum benefit
payment from SIS to $40. These
changes would mean that the maxi
mum payment for a beneficiary
would be raised from $240 to $40O.
On the employers side, it was es-
timated that the reduction in the
payroll tax rate would mean a saw
ing of about $676,2OO.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Oysters Imported
By Maryland;
Boots Frozen In

Maryland was forced today to
start importing oysters, which is
just the same thing as saying
that Washington faced a Short
age of stenographers.
Practically the entire Maryland
oyster fleet is bottled up in
frozen rivers or inlets in the Free
State, while the bivalves are en-
joying a long rest under the ice.
Packers on the Eastern Shore,
whose employees have been idle
for days, have placed orders with
oystermen in nearby-and more
temperate-States for truck loads
OF unshucked oysters.
The shortage of oysters in
Washington was reaching some
thing like the acute stage, and
with Friday staring the water
front in the face. No oyster
boats have tied up at the wharves
for a week, and truck loads of
oysters are few and far between.
Hope that the Chesapeake Bay
and the rivers would open up was
expressed today, with the ap-
proach of warmer weather. But
IN Cambridge, Nd, crews from IS
oyster dredgers who have been
waiting vainly for sailing orders
for a week finally got disgusted-
and walked to shore on the thick
ice.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Barney Neighborhood
Officers Reelected

Officers of Barney Neighborhood
House, a Community Chest-sup-
ported organization serving the
Southwest section, were reelected
yesterday at meeting of the Board
of Directors in the Union Trust
Building.
The officers are Mrs. George C..
Thorpe, president; Mrs. John Jay
OConnor, first vice president; Hen
ry P. Erwin, second vice president;
Mrs. Merle Thorpe, third vice pres
ident; Frank C. Baldwin, secretary;
George E. Fleming, treasurer, and
Irving Zirfel, assistant treasurer.
Miss Margaret Bell Merrill will
continue as executive secretary Of
the agency.
Miss Ellen A. Vinton was re-
elected honorary president and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and Mrs.
Charles J. Bell as honorary vice
presidents.
One-third of the board men,
bers. who had reached the end
of their three-year term, were elect
ed for another period of service on
the board. They are Miss Mary B.
Adams, Mr.. Baldwin, Mrs. Wilbur
j. Carr, Mrs. Stanley Hornbeck,
Mrs. Howard S. lie Roy, Mrs. O'Con-
nor, Sidney j. Taliaferro, Mrs.
Thorpe and Miss Vinton.
Evening star., 1940-01-11

soon to help talk for their hus-
bands jobs. They wanted to
know, it was said, not only the
best platform voice, but the
mapner, the gesture and the
dress-whether long ear rings,
for example, may bang about
and spoil a dramatic effect,
whether a freak hat or too color
full clothes might draw attention
from the speakers words, and
what, above all, to do with their
hands while facing an audience.
As one speaker expressed it:
"The wife no longer is to be seen
and not heard >. in public, that
Is. Not that the wife wants to
60 out and steal her husbands
thunder, usurp his power. But the
husband should be glad to know
his wife is there in an emergency,
ready to back him up with few
well-chosen words"
Mrs. Roosevelt, however, was
not unqualified in urging wives
to 60 in for public speaking.
If you really don't want to
speak," she said, II don't see why
you should" She warned her
listeners that If they learn to
speak they may also learn to
want to speak. In that event,
they would be wise to learn their
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Suit Filed 10 Compel
Rezoning Of Lots

The National Savings e. Trust Co.
today filed suit in District Court
against the Zoning Commission for
a mandatory injunction, asking that
the tribunal require the govern
mental body to rezone lots IS, 86 and
81 in square 2103, located in the
center of the triangle bounded by
Connecticut avenue, Cathedral ave-
nue. and Klingle road NV.
Prior to the rezoning complaint.
the court was told, the company
had the right to construct an apart
ment house or houses on the prop
erty or to sell it to any other par
ties for this purpose. The conten-
ton is that recent Zoning Com
mission order deprived it Of this
right.
Attorneys Minor, Galley & Drury,
through Attorneys Arthur P. Drury
and James c. Wilkes, appearing for
the company, want the commission
compelled to return to these lots
the former zoning of residential use
"A" area and 40-foot height.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Boy, Shot Accidentally,
In Critical Condition

Vincent Barclay, II, of 1905 I
street Sc. was in a critical condition
today at Casualty Hospital, suffer-
ing from a bullet wound near the
upper leg joint, inflicted last night
when a rifle was accidentally fired
in his home.
Frederick Sullivan, 10, of the 100
block of I street Sc. was showing
the rifle to Vincent's brother, Ber-
nard, II, when it was discharged.
The bullet hit Vernon, sitting in a
chair across the room.
Young Sullivan was being detained
at No. S police station pending the
outcome of the boys injuries.
Vincent, the youngest of six sons,
is student in the Tyler School.
Mrs. Marion Barclay, the mother,
night employe in the Post Office
Department, was at the boys bed
side today.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
By w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.

A public speaker, in the opinion
Of Mrs. Roosevelt, shouldn't get
on his feet until he has something
to say.
Words, just words, aren't
enough - they merely waste
everybody's time, however, well
chosen and oratorical in sound,
she emphasized. In short, words
without ideas shouldn't be spoken
In public, she added.
Mrs. Roosevelt's own words
fell on attentive ears this morn
ing. Her audience included many
Congress members wives, who,
with an election year coming up,
were attending the opening meet
ing of Mrs. Hugh Buffers win
ter course in practical platform
speaking"
The speaker was model in
many ways-tall, gracious and at
ease, simply dressed in a dark
frock and small hat, her voice
comfortably filling the hall,
reaching each of the 800 listeners,
yet not too loud to mar the in
Elections of humor and emphasis.
Many Ohficial Wives Present.
The audience in Pierce Hall at
All Souls Church included many
omcial wives who may be called
Evening star., 1940-01-11

selected for the platform because
Of proficiency in their class last
year.
Suggestions Offered.
Training, Mrs. Roosevelt said,
will Danish the fear every
amateur feels when she faces an
audience for the first time, sees
many eyes intent on her and
hears the sound of her own voice.
The modern speaker would do
well to learn to think on her
feet, so that she can answer
questions from the audience
without panic.
Also, Mrs. Roosevelt said, "try
not to antagonize your audience,
or the audience may disagree
with you no matter what you
say" One Of her critics, she said,
advised the beginner to write out
at least the first remarks and the
closing ones so the speaker
will know how to start, how to
think a bit on her feet after
that (and not read notes as If
they were the ideas Of somebody
else and, most important of all,
how to stop talking!
Mrs. Roosevelt received q gen.
erous round Of applause at con.
clusion Of her reuASkA
Evening star., 1940-01-11
D. J. Lewis Reoppointed
To Mediation Bourd

David J. Lewis, former Representa-
tive from Maryland, yesterday was
nominated for reappointment as .
member Of the National Mediation
Board for q term to end February /,
1943. Mr.. Lewis had the Presidents
personal support during his unsuc-
cessful campaign in 1888 against
Senator Tydings for the Democratic
senatorial nomination.
At the same time the President
sent to the Senate 400 nominations
for postmasters, including the fol-
lowing from Maryland and Virginia:
Maryland-La Plata, Beverly H.
Barnes; Parkton, Russell B. Hoshall.
Virginia-Bluemont, ONEIDA c. Os-
burn; Nokesville, David E. Earhart;
Ashland, Harvey r. Stebbins; Buck
ingham, Leon w. Jones; Columbia,
Elizabeth B. Mosby; Parksley, Harry
T. scarboro; Toano, William w.
Ware. IT,; Willis Wharf. Kenneth G.
oQQD0os u
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Tuberculosis Tests
For Teachers Urqed

X-ray tuberculosis tests for school
teachers and all persons who have
prolonged contact with young chill
dren" were advocated by DR.. A.
Barklie Coulter, director of the Dis
trict's Bureau of tuberculosis, in an
address before the Parent Teacher
Association of the j. r. Keene
School Tuesday night.
DR.. Coulter, introduced by Mrs.
Doris Royer, vice president Of the
association, said Washingtonians
should not be satisfied with the de-
crease in tuberculosis in the District.
but should look forward to an even
broader program of control"
Evening star., 1940-01-11
6. P. o. Auxiliary Plans
Party for Veterans

The Government Printing Once
Auxiliary of the American Legion
will hold its annual party for vet
Grams in Mount Alto Hospital at
7::30 pm. tomorrow at the hospital.
Musical selections will be played
and sung by a group of students
of Miss Sylvia Kaplowitz, known
as the Kits Keyboard Kapers.
Others on the program will include
a string trio from the Walter Holt
School, under direction of Miss
Alice Hill; the Wilson College Male
Quartet and Miss Frances Thatch,
contralto, who will sing and give
readings. Ice cream and cake will
be served the patients. Mrs. Mabel
Karol Howard, rehabilitation chair
man for the auxiliary, will be in
charge.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
By RUDOLPH KAUFFMANN II.

BY RUDOLPH KAUFMAN III.
MINNEAPOLIS (By MaiD. If
Washington tackled Minneapolis on
the wall for an example, then fin
ished acquiring all the land the
Capper- -Cramton Act permits and
developed it according to present
ideas, it still wouldn't have what
Minneapolis has right now.
Yet Minneapolis acreage in parks
is no greater than Washington's. Its
acreage per population is about the
same, little better ratio, as = matter
Of fact, about I acre per 80 persons
Minneapolis has about 450, 900 popu-
lation. This is because what Min
neapohs has is effective from q hu-
man use standpoint. It's acreage is
distributed so that most residential
areas have, not a recreation center
of 4 few acres but parks Of several
hundred acres within few blocks.
These parks are not just to look
at, not to embellish anything with
formal development, not simply to
picnic, hike or ride in but to use for
everything known to recreation as
we'll. from ping-pong to golf, from
wading to high diving, from sand
boxes to football, from snow balling
to skiing, unsupervised and super
vised. In Minneapolis the park
commissioners take care of the play
ground system as well and the Board
of Education teaches the three RS.
Enhanced by Lakes.
And yet, the most fastidious
beauty lover would never say that
Minneapolis parks were not beauti-
full. For there are landscapes that
rival anything in Washington. No
marble buildings with Greek col
umns are present, Of course. In
many of the parks Minneapolis is
fortunate in having lakes of from
few to many hundred acres. These,
to be sure, are the city's natural
heritage and without them the parks
would not be near the attraction
they are, nor so beautiful. But,
considering the land alone, Min
neapolis' parks are beautiful. No
one would gainsay it.
For a better understanding Of
Minneapolis park system take Rock
Creek Park, the Mall, East and West
Potomac Parks, Anacostia Park,
Fort Dupont Park, Glover-Archbold
Parkway and Fort Kemble Park, roll
them into one and then divide them
up into about % parcels of from so
to 900 acres. Then spread them
evenly along the axis of the Fort
drive from Chain Bridge to Blue
Plains, develop them with lagoops,
lakes, golf courses, ball fields, wooded
areas, toboggan slides, ski jumps,
shelters, clubhouses, Fairgrounds,
tennis courts, lighthouses, etc., and
Washington might be able to COM
pete with Minneapolis in respect to
community parks. Keep at the same
time the present river and stream
frontage In Washington's park
system.
This would represent what Mime
Evening star., 1940-01-11

lesson well. She cited her own
case.
Recalls First Speech.
The first time she ever spoke in
public, she said, was in 1916, and
then only to classes Of Red Cross
workers. Her real introduction to
q speakers platform came In
1921.
II had many critics." Mrs.
Roosevelt said, >. and" con-
tinued with a chuckle, II might
add, I still have!"
There was polite flutter of
laughter. Mrs. Roosevelt's critics
in that audience anyhow were
much in the minority.
This, however, did not prevent
one lady in a mink coat, who sat
near this reporter, from whisper
ing the closing words of Mrs.
Roosevelt's sentences, and then
kissing softly, almost to herself:
"She would say that!"
Mrs. Roosevelt was introduced
by Mrs. John j. Sparkman, wife
of the Representative from Ala
bama, and the meeting was pre-
sided over by Mrs. William M.
Wilmington, wife of the Repre-
sentative from Mississippi. The
two Representatives wives ware
Evening star., 1940-01-11
0verton Hopes
To Avoid Battle
On Lump i Sum
Senator Anxious
For Accord With
House Group

Chairman Overton Of the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appro-
priations returned from Louisiana
today voicing a desire to see his
group and the House subcommittee
reach some agreement on the Fed
eral payment for District expenses
for the next fiscal year.
Il hope" he said, there will be an
understanding between the sub
committees of the Senate and House
on the amount of the payment by
the Federal Government for the up
keep Of the Capital, and that there
will not be a recurrence of the bitter
fight Of the last session. But if l
cannot get a satisfactory under
standing will still have my fight
for the District"
Details Not Revealed.
The Louisiana Senator did not 60
into details regarding the nature of
the understanding he has in mind.
The battle last year finally ended
in July with an agreement on the
compromise figure of a 100000
lump sum, and the Budget Bureau
used that amount in submitting the
new estimates for the next fiscal
year at the opening of this session
Last years dispute was between
the House insistence on contfnua-
ton of the old $1,000 900 lump sum
and the Senates advocacy of a re-
turn to definite proportionate
method.
Accepted Compromise.
The Senate adopted the formula
devised by Senator Overton to base
the Federal obligation on the per-
centage of the land area of WASH
ington required for national pur-
poses, which, at that time, would
have made the Federal share about
$8,0O0,0 900. In order to break the
deadlock, Senator Overton accepted
the $4,000, 900 compromise.
The Senator expressed gratifica-
ton over the recent report of the
Fire Survey Board, which found
that substantial savings could be
made by consolidating a number of
engine houses within q few blocks
of each other.
He said he is In favor of modern
izing old school buildings as well
as the Fire Department.