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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14
Williams Heating
In New Location

o Joel Williams. owner Of the
william. Heating company an.
nouneed today TIA, his firm -
open for business st its new loos.
ton At North soth and Aecsrvsr
streets. In Old Tacoma.
We are keeping pace with the
trend towards occupying con-
venient locations In outlying dis.
tricts." williams ssld in making
his announcement. Our new
plant IL easily reached from all
parts Of Tacoma and there IL
plenty Of parking space for pa.
irons who wish To visit our show
rooms.
with lower overhead made
possible by removal from the hifh
rent district. we are able 10 pass
on . considerable saving 10 the
purchaser OF heating equipment
Williams Heating company will
ttlhHAAaAt snVMfNtHA- Hlfl RiA''-
al 22o6 North s0th street. and a
5000 square foot shop space d.
agonslly across the street In the
new shop, additional machinery
has been installed for turning out
ducts and other sheet metal work
on a mass production basis. with
resulting economy in costs.
In the showroom. are being dis
played Lasalle air-eondltioning
units. Hart oil burners and a com.
plete line Of coal stokers. fan and
filter equipment. Kresky flooi
furnaces. coal and wood fired fur.
nsoes and other types Of heating
equipment.
Williams said he will wsleoms
inspection Of his new quarters by
his friends and customers and
those interested In heating equip
msnt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

Because its streets are lined
with the colorful trees. Morgan
ton, ~. c. is known as The Mi
mosa City"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

to serve important architectural
and decorative uses as well
Architects today are achieving
interesting results by placing a
prominent window 10 frame a tree
in the manner Of living pic
ture," Its changing pattern from
spring TO fail and throughout the
winter makes for a scene that IL
always refreshing. Similarly pleas
ing effects are obtained II the
surrounding landscape permits a
view OF a sweep Of river. a wind
ing creek. or even A broad sspsnse
OF rolling land
Like 30 many other functional
parts Of modern ANAL house
windows today have improved con-
siderably in design and con-
struction.
Wisely chosen window designs
improve the exterior appearance
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

Of the hom. and add cheer 10 the
interior.
Among the wide variety OF win
dow styles from which the hons
builders can select are double.
hung windows having sssh which
move up and down and easement
windows whose sash are hinged A.
the side and open in or out Bay
windows are available In many
sizes and attractive styles. Dor
mer windows can be used Ia light.
en- stties or bedrooms under the
roof Where Wall space Ia At a
premium the use Of corner win
dows IN often found advantageous
Careful though should he given
the placing NJ tho windows not
only 10 obtain an attractive ss-
terror appearance but Also 10 ss-
sure sufficient wall spaces In the
living rooms which will permit
convenient placement Of furniture
The glass area should he sufficient
IN insure good light and ventiia'
ton In proportion 10 the sire and
character Of the room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

a sound basis can be achieved by
private initiative.
There are vast reservoirs Of
idle funds available for sound in
vestment. there Is labor In need
of jobs. there is demand for homes
by people who can afford 10 pay
low rental So what are the
bottleneeks which have been stop
ping u.s.
Here Il His Plan
The billions OF dollars Of funds
held by insurance companies and
other institutions are withheld
from such investments because OF
lack OF satisfactory guarantees OF
their safety. These lending insti-
tutions are willing and anxious TO
invest. IL conditions can be set IN
to protect their investors Consld-
cradle capital strength will be
needed 10 assemble land and carry
forward replanning operations OF
the size necessary for mass pro-
duction and economy Of operation
But principal obstacle has been
the fact that IL il utterly impossi-
BILE for any unaided form OF pri-
vate enterprise 10 assemble par
GELS OF land large enough for sue
cessful operation. since no matter
how exhausted or vslueless n
neishborhood NAV be. inevitably
there will be few owners who
will refuse 10 sell and who will
prevent any adequate replanning
Proposes Partnership
As a solution OF this problem,
we propose partnership OF gov
eminent and private enterprise. IL
il our conviction that for its so
luton we need both the power
which the government has and
the freedom Of movement of pri-
vate enterprise and initiative.
Specifically. we propose that
public utility housing companies
be chartered for the creation OF
low-rent housing by rehabilitating
old buildings and constructing
new ones in the bliehted areas Of
our older cities. These companies
would be under permanent regula-
ton by the proper authorities.
They would be similar in setup 10
the companies which. under due
regulation. undertake other pub
licly essential work.
we propose that in areas
where by proper public action II
has been decided that lsrge-scale
rehabilitation would serve the
public interest, government should
undertake 10 aid such properly
regulated private companies In
+ the assembly Of contiguous prop
critics suitable for reconstruction
or for demolition and rebuilding
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14
Windows Gain
In importance

The windows OF . home are no
longer viewed only as functional
units Today they are called upon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

Gently taken. have put themselves
strongly behind the general Prinoi-
pie ~ such action
Sketehing in detail how the
principle might be applied. Binns
known over the country for his
work in rehabilitating old Phila
delphia structures 70 provide de-
cent housing for low-ineome fami-
lies. said the plan proposed could
do these things:
Bring about rebuilding IN
every one Of the older cities
Of the country.
o-Provide inexpensive and good
4 housing 10 every workingman
in the population.
o-Ahsorb unemployment for a
> generation TO come: help
greatly TO create sound domestic
economy.
fireplace the present program
OF direct building Of housing
projects by the federal govern
ment. method OF procedure
which Is, obviously. totally made.
quate to rid US Of slums anc
blight. and obviously inadequate
to house all OF the people whc
need low-eost housing.
C-Accomplish all these things Al
- little or no final cost to tn,
federal taxpayer.
In every old city in the United
States the automobile and Other
decentralizing forces have caused
rot At the core" Binns said Pro.
gressive destruction of values ir
the older residential sections hs;
left the city holding the bag. i
must service these partially
abandoned neighborhoods with
schools. fire and police protection
street lights, etc. while more anc
more taxpayers migrate TO III,
low-tsx areas outside the city
limits.
Something far more dras-
tic than anything heretofore
undertaken 10 necessary II
many areas Of the older cities
are not to become abandoned
cesspooIs. their dwellers living
In very substandard housing.
However. the very deprecia
ton Of real estate values offers u:
our major opportunity. In these
areas schools. public services
utilities. streets already are in
stalled and paid for. BY replan
ming and rebuilding. using facir
ties already available, accommo
dations for low-income families OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14
Big Crane Is Found
Aid in Construction

A specially designed crane IL
speeding construction work 81 Bun
nydsle. the United states Housing
..uthority development IN San
Francisco. Us Of the crane per.
mits thu pouring Of concrete walls
a. the rate Of building and q
hail a day
Forms for the walls ar. cut and
olsd on the ground hoisisd
onto tho foundations ana boitsd
Into place. After tina concrete has
bern poured and dried sufficiently.
the forms are stripped eff rsas-
ssmblsd on tho ground and hoistsd
into position for another section u
psil
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

The plan. presented as distine-
tlvelv the American way 10 80
about IT, would achieve its double
barreled ohjecuves through pr
vate enterprise working in part
nership with government
Opens Way for Rebuilding
Congress al lts coming session
VII be asked to open the way for
action under the general plan
which would make feasible large
scale modern redevolopment Of de-
cayed areas wherever they exist
IN any American city
"Bhghted or Stun areas" the
committee concludes. could sue
oessfully be rehshiitsted BY pri-
waite redevelopment companies.
aided by local. state, and federal
governments in the replanning
and land acquisition necessary in
such areas Real estate boards
OF the association in cities over
the country. in a direct vote re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-14

commitfss ~ iono swsrds -
merit hsvs es~n recommended a.
follows
Roh<rt q raasn. sip Ne. t<w.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
President and Wife
Have Busy Yu|e
Schedule
White House Festivities
Sturt Tomorrow; Tree
Laden With Gifts

Christmas will be busy holiday
for the Chief Executive and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The festivities will begin tomor-
row afternoon, when they will re-
ceive the White House Office force,
numbering about $50, in the Presi-
dents Office. The holiday CLIMAX
will come Christmas night, when
the presidential family sits down to
dinner.
Holly. mistletoe and poinsettias
deck the mansion and great
wreath hangs above the north por-
tico entrance A, tall all-white
Christmas tree, with white lights,
white streamers and artificial snow
has been set up in the east room.
President Roosevelt likes old-fash-
ioned candles on his Christmas tree,
but they won't appear this year.
The family tree on the second floor
Of the White House has multicolored
electric lights. Mrs. Roosevelt, al
ways an early Christmas shopper,
already has stacked many of the
gayly wrapped gifts under the tree.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Schedule.
The Presidents wife will spend
most of Christmas eve on her usual
round of holiday events. Starting
at the Capitol Theater at $3.50 am,
she will 60 to Arlington at $50, to
the Volunteers of America at lis
and to the Salvation Army at pm.
Later in the afternoon the fam
lilies of the White House guards,
Secret Service men and household
staff will file by the great Christ,
mas tree, sent from a Civilian Con-
servation Corps camp, to receive
gifts from Mrs. Roosevelt. :,
Shortly after S pm. the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will go to the
community Christmas tree on the
ellipse and the President will touch
the button bringing the lights of
the tree to life. He will broadcast
his Christmas message to the Nation
during the tree-lighting ceremony.
President to Read Dickens.
After dinner on Christmas eve, a
family af1alr, the President will
read aloud Dickens christmas
Carol" Only two youngsters will
be there to hear the annual read
ing-Franklin, Sd, 2-year-old son of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., and g.
year-old Diana Hopkins, daughter
of former Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins.
Guests at the White House will
include the Presidents mother, Mrs.
Sara Delano Roosevelt; Mrs. j. r.
Roosevelt of New York, widow of the
Presidents half-brother, and Harry
Hooker of New York.
Franklin, ir., will be the only
child of the President at the White
House over Christmas. James is in
training with the Marine Reserves
on the West Coast; Elliott is on
duty in the Aviation Corps and John
Evening star., 1940-12-22

train for Ottawa. Canada, to spend
Christmas with her two daughters,
the Princesses Beatrix and Irene.
aged years and 1e months, re-.
spectively. ;
Juliana was clad today in q black
wool dress with black velvet and
bronze sash. She wore Q heavy
gold bracelet on the right wrist and
two diamond-studded bracelets on
the left.
During the day she was presented
with parchment scroll from the
National Council of Women of the
United States. expressing q firm
stand against appeasement or COM
promise or cowardly surrender to
the ideologies Of force and perse-
cution."
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Midget Scout Car
May Replace
| Army Motorcycle

By the Associated Press.
The Army disclosed yesterday that
the cavalry was testing a new model
midget scout car as q possible SUBJ
stitute for motorcycles
The 1,350-pound vehicles. 5000 of
which have been ordered, originally
were developed for the infantry.
Each carries three riflemen and their
weapons and can be used also to
transport machine guns and am
munition.
The modernized cavalry includes
numerous motorcycle units for
scouting and communication. A new
type motor-tricycle to carry three
men also has been designed but not
yet acquired by the 1st Cavalry Divi-
sion at Fort Bliss. Tex, or other
units. The War Department said
the new midget car seems to have
the answer" to some of the def
ciencies of the motorcycle, being
relatively quiet" light weight and
able to carry three men or substan-
tial cargoes.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

der the Dutch nag for more than
q quarter century. She asked that
cigars be distributed to al the sea
men.
They cheered as she left the hall
to attend luncheon in her honor
given by John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
and later q private reception at the
Netherlands Club.
The Princess arrived here yester-
day from Washington after visiting
President and Mrs. Roosevelt for
three days. She will attend services
tomorrow morning in the West End
Collegiate Reformed Church, whose
pastor. the Rev. DR.. Edgar Frank
lin Romig, said she had expressed
the hope her visit might be in as
simple and informal a way as would
be customary were she in Holland"
To Spend Christmas In Ottawa.
Tomorrow night she will leave by
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Roosevelt Greetings
Hail {. {. {. Youths
As Pioneers
Christmas Message
Notes Fine Results
Of Program

In holiday greetings to the
Civilian Conservation Corps yester-
day, President Roosevelt hailed the
100000 enrollees and their 1000, 900
predecessors as pioneers in the
building of new order for Amer
ican youth"
Other messages went to the $500
camps from Federal Security Ad-
ministrator McNutt, James ]. Nc
Entee, c. G. G. director; Secretary
of War Stimson, Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, Secretary of Agri-
culture Wickard, Gen. George c.
Marshall, Army chief of staff; Frank
IT, Hines, veterans administrator
and Howard Oxley, G. C. C. educa-
ton director.
"It is with a sense of deep graft
tude that the Nation at this holiday
season looks back upon the fine re-
suits that have stemmed from the
Civilian Conservation Corps pro-
gram" the President wrote.
"You who are now in the corps,
and the more than 1000, 900 others
who have lived and worked in the
outdoor camps as enrollees have
been pioneers in the building of a
new order for American youth and
for the conservation of our price
less national resources. You have
strengthened the Nation and i'm
proved your usefulness to your coun-
try and to yourselves.
II extend to you my heartiest
greetings. May your Christmas be
a joyous one"
Enrollees will have five days leave,
either at Christmas or New Years,
to visit their families. Special
Evening star., 1940-12-22
JuIiana Hears Yarns
Spun by Dutch Sailors
Al Seamen' S Institute
Princess Leaves U. S.
Tonight to Spend
Christmas in Ottdwu
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-In room
redolent of cigar smoke and the
aroma of coffee, Princess Juliana
of the Netherlands royal refugee
In foreign land-waS reunited
with her countrymen today,
For nearly an hour she sat in q
small room in the Seamen's Insti-
tute as twoscore Dutch men of the
sea--some who had served their ma
ton for 80 years-told her tales of
their adventures.
Slipping coffee and smoking q
cigarette. the Princess listened as one
sailor, Maarte van der Zwan, told
her that 20 of a crew of 80 had
been killed in the explosion Of a
time bomb which sank the steamer
Stad Chiedam last September l6.
Has Cigars Distributed.
She chatted in her native tongue
with Frits Franken, who sailed un-'
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Police Say Girl Admits
Staying Child at Birth

By the Associated Press.
BABYLON, N. Y, Dec. 21.-Lind-
say r. Henry, chief assistant dis
trict attorney, said today 20-year-
old unmarried mother, a tavern
waitress, had admitted Staying one
of her three children at birth.
Mr.. Henry said she claimed a
second child was stillborn about two
years ago, and she buried the body
in the back yard. The young woman
also is the mother of a 4-year-old
son.
Held on charges of having mur-
dered her newborn daughter. last
Thursday, Emma Louise Chichester
was confined in a hospital tonight
pending arraignment next week on
q homicide charge.
The village police, responding to
an anonymous telephone call, found
the body of the tiny infant in Miss
Chichester's dresser drawer. Mr..
Henry said the baby had been suffo-
Gated, and, judging from bruises at
the neck, strangled.
Mr.. Henry said the woman went
TO work a few hours after the child's
unattended birth.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
slayer Can't Recall
Name of His Victim
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 21.-Detec-
tive Capt. Bruce Poole said a man
walked into the police station and
announced that he had shot a COL
ored man here in 1924 or 1925, but
didn't know his name. Capt. Poole
said police records did not go back
that far.
Capt. Nat Warren, veteran off,
Ger, said he recalled an unsolved
killing about Is years ago but didn't
remember the victims name.
Capt. Poole said the man was be-
ing held while the police decide what
to do next.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Director for Activities
OF Directors Named

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Il N).-
DR.. Thomas E. Jones, president OF
Fisk University, Nashville, Ienn.'
has been appointed to direct actiVl-
ties of conscientious draft obJectors
who are to be assigned to speclai
work by the National Selective Serv-
ice. the American Friends (Quaker)
Service Committee announced TO-
day.
clarence A. Dykstra, selectlve
service director, disclosed in WASH
ington this week that Quakers,
Mennonites, Brethren and the Eel
lowship of Reconciliation have been
designated to organize suitable work
projects for conscientious obJectors
that will be nationally significant.
Trustees of Fisk University, the
Friends committee said, have grant,
ed DR.. Jones leave of absence to
supervise this service, which may
enroll 1000 to 5000 men within a
year.
With the approval of the Selective
Service Administration he will set
up camps in areas where there is
need of constructive service, such
as reforestation, soil erosion con-
troll, slum clearance and rural re-
housing programs.
The committee said Quakers
would operate camps in Coopers-
town, N. Y; the Patapsco State
Forest near Baltimore, Md, and
In Southern California. Forest
camps will be operated by the
Brethren in Northern Michigan and
at Daleville, Va. Mennonites will
establish a camp in Rockingham
County, Va.
Additional units, the committee
said, will be located in the Texas
Oklahoma section, the Pacific
Northwest, in the Illinois-Indiana-
Kentucky area, the Kansas-Colo-
RADIO section and in Florida as the
need arises.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Combat Directors
To Be Put 10 Work
On Soil Projects
Dykstro Opposes EmbIems
For DispIoy by FomiIies
Of Men in Training
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOhE JONES.
Conscientious objectors drafted by
selective service will be sent to camp
and put to work on soil conservation
and reforestation, it was revealed
yesterday.
This was the first announcement
Of widely discussed plans to place
these men in non military service of
national importance. 1t came from
c. A. Dykstra, director of selective
service, after conferences with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and department
heads and negotiations with the Ma
tional Council of Conscientious OBJ
tectors.
The selective service law specifi-
cally exempts conscientious objec-
tors from military duty, but provided
that they must register, and, if draft
ed and not deferred for reasons Of
vocation, dependency or physical dis
ability, assigned to useful work of
concern to the general welfare.
Will Operate Camps.
Groups of conscientious objectors
themselves will be given the respon-
sibilty of operating and maintaining
the camps, Mr. Dykstra disclosed.
Proposals that an official symbol
be designated for display by fam
lilies of men in military training were
frowned on yesterday by the draft
director.
The whole principle of selective
service, Mr.. Dykstra pointed out, is
duty to the Nation in the capacity
for which one is best fitted, whether
this is in the Army, In factory or
at home.
II wouldn't hesitate" he added,
"to encourage anything that in spite
of worthy intent, would commercial
ize the performance Of a patriotic
obligation.
LAS long as this country is at
peace, and as long as men inducted
for military training remain in
camps in this country, am opposed
to any symbol or emblem to desig-
nate the families of those engaged
In military training.
Injustice Seen.
"Selective service will succeed to
the extent that the American people
accept military training as normal
obligation. One of the basic philos-
ophies of selective service is that
everybody serves his country best
by doing the job for which he is
most qualified, needed and available.
To provide some special gratuitous
recognition of the families OF men
who are selected for military train
ing would be an injustice to the
families of those who serve in in
dustry, agriculture, commerce and
other pursuits necessary to the main
tenance of public health, safety or
interest"
Mr.. Dykstra's statement was In
answer to numerous suggestions ap-
parently inspired by memory OF the
service flag" displayed at homes in
1917 and 1918 to show that members
of these families were with the
armed forces.
To handle the Christmas and
everyday mail of expanding and
newly established Army camps, the
Post once Department has taken
elaborate measures.
Approximately 500 regular postal
clerks, have been assigned to camps.
Thirty-five new post offices nave
been set up for the rapidly growing
Army. Only experienced clerks are
being assigned to the camps. POST
master General Walker said, thus
assuring the best possible service.
Places made vacant by these as
sienments are being filled from the
department's substitute rolls.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

can't get to Washington because he
has only one day off from his
Boston job. The only Roosevelt
daughter, Anna, is in Seattle.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

parties have been arranged at the
camps, and many are having cele-
brations for the children and needy
families in the vicinity.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-04-04
Rosemary Sanders Makes
Fine Scholastic Record

Rosemary Sanders, junior, won
first place in the finals in the apollo
petics contest held in St Matthew's
High School at Kalispell, March 20,
and will represent the school In the
diocesan contest in Helena April 81.
contest n Helena. April 81.
Rosemary's essay was one of five
which had been declared winners in
the preliminary contest held early
in the month in which all high
school students participated. OTHER
contestants in the finals were Jean
Neville. senior. Mae Rooney, junior,
Eileen Scharn and Jean Kendall.
sophomores.
Judges in the finals declared the
decision a difficult one as all five
showed splendid grasp of their SUBJ
ject matter.
Rosemary Sanders, an honor stu
dent who has been resident at
St. Matthew's since her freshman
year is from Libby. Her subject,
What of Modern YOUTH, is a
sympathetic treatment of the prob
lem and makes a Straightforward
appeal for the cause in which she is
intensely interested.
An unusual feature of this final
contest was the student poll which
was taken and which resulted in
practically the same results as those
of the judges with Rosemary Sand
ers leading, and Jean Neville, a
close second.