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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Dave Peterson
On Vice Squad
Robson to Serve
Court Wurrunts

A sudden police department
shakeup involving nine officers
went into effect Monday. Police
Chief Einar Langseth termed it
= ''streamlining" Of the force. but
did not comment on the reason
for the unusual mid-month
changes.
Officer Dave Peterson was as
signed to the vice squad In place
q officer c. o. Robson. who was
assigned to serving police court
warrants.
Peterson win work with Police
Lieut.. Larry Amundsen. who re-
tains his place on the special vice
squad.
offscer L. L. Berquest, former
warrant officer, was ordered for
first relief duty. Patrolmsn Ed
ward schutx on = Pacific ave. beat
changes places with Officer Paul
Trent, patrol driver; Prowl Car
officer c. o. Stitsworth was as
signed to motor division duty and
replaced Officer Charles Hughes.
and Gene Adair. relief officer.
was assigned to prowl car duty.
and officer A. r. Dykeman was
moved from first relief beat duty
q second relief.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23

Ed Hickenbotton, who will
have one of the roles in the
three-oct comedy, "Skiddino. "
to be presented OF EnumcIow
high school OF 8 p. m. Friday.
April 26.
ENUMCLAW - "Skidding." a
three-act comedy featuring the
Hardy family, has been selected
for the student body production
to be presented Friday evening
at 8 o'clock in the senior high
school.
This was the first play pro-
duced by the Hardy family Of the
movies. 1t was written by
Aurania Rouverol. author Of the
popular production, Growing
Palms. which was presented at
the high school here in 1887.
The cast is as follows:
Andy Hardy" Jim Erwin;
Marion Hardy" Darlene Sigrist:
Wayne Trenton H." Carlyle
Butcher; Mrs Hardy" Lucille
Sturm: Judge Hardy" Walter
Halden; Grandpa Hardy" Ed
Hicke bottom; Aunt Milly,"
Grace Ellen Tucker; "Estelle Har-
dy Campbell" Una Higley; "Myra
Hardy Wilcox" Maxine Bulls;
Mr.. Stubbins," Bob Lloyd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Visiting Daughter
Widowed by Wreck

Hy Mandles, Tacoma clothing
merchant, and Mrs. Mandles were
in Sioux City, Ia. Monday with
their daughter, Helen, whose hus-
band. Harold Rothman. was one
of 80 passengers killed in the
wreck of the New Chicago
Lake Shore Limited on April 20.
Plans for funeral services were not
known here.
Rothman and Miss Mandles
were married in Tacoma in July,
1880. He is survived also by one
child, baby daughter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Bids for Mckinley
Ave. Work Opened

Bids for pouring the concrete in
Mckinley Ave. track area from
So 40th to SD SITS. were being
opened Monday afternoon py the
city board Of contracts and awards
T. r. & P. money viii pay for
the street repair.
Works Commissioner Bergerser
said this job will be the last where
there was open track area in the
middle Of q paved street.
Mckinley ave. is paved with con.
crete on both sides Of the abandon,
ed track-single track width most
Of the way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Glider Club
Member Hurt
Folls 20 Feet.
Fractures Ankle

Richard Larson. 81. q member
Of the Tacoma Soaring club. was
slightly injured Sunday afternoon
when his glider. caught in down.
draft. struck tree on the prairie
near the American Lake veterans
hospital.
Larson. who lives at Route 1.
Box 307. Tacoma. did not realize
he was hurt until several hours
after the accident He went 10 st.
Joseph's hospital in the evening.
and 1t was learned his right ankle
had been broken.
Cyrus Sims, vice president
of the club that numbers about
10 members, said the flight was
part of one of the regular Sum
day meets on the prairie.
Sims had made a flight shortly
before Larson. Larson went aloft
in the glider, a $500 ship with So
foot wing spread. and had been up
about four minutes. He was COM
ing in to land when the ship struck
the downward current. His alti-
tude was about $50 feet, and he
was unable to clear the trees for a
landing. After he hit the tree he
fell about 20 feet to the ground.
The glider, one of two owned by
the club. can be repaired for about
$50, II was said.
Flights are started with an auto
mobile tow at about 35 or 40 miles
an hour. and the 1,500-foot line
is cut off from the ship when it
reaches about 1000 altitude, Sims
stated. He said Sundays mishap
was the first since organization of
the club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Transformer Poles
Damaged by Flames

A fire presumably caused by q
short-circuit threatened for a while
Monday morning the 5000 kilowatt
power transformer maintained by
city light department at the
Chambers creek plant Of Everett
Pulp 4 Paper Co.
Supt. Verne Kent Of the light
department said the transformer
was not afire as first reported, but
the staging on which the trans.
former Is supported. A couple OF
poles which caught fire from a
grounded circuit was the extent Of
the damage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Retail Trade
Spoiiy for Week

NEW Y0RK--Retail trade re-
nainsd spotty during last week In
reflection Of continued poor
weather conditions. Dun q Brad
strsst Inc. reported
\ Volume for the week was esti-
mated to Q per cent over the cor
responding 1899 period compared
with = year-to-year gain Of 8 to II
per cent In the previous week.
my dlnt Of promotionnl
pressure and special fashion
days, retailers succeeded In
maintaining last weeks Inn
proved rate Of turnover In
rcady-to-wcar." the trade au-
thority declared.
"sluggishness was blamed pri-
marily on unreasonable tempera-
lures and there was still apparent
Z feeling that the slow start Of
the season could be overcome II
the weather man would only catch
Up with the calendar"
IN = regional basis. changes
from = year ago ranged from 4
gain Of 8 to - per cent for the
south to . decline Of 2 to 3 per
cent for the Northwest. Other Sec
lions showed gains Of 8 to 8 per
cent for New England; middle
west 3 to Q; east 8 to 8: south
west 8 to II. and Pacific Coast 1
- 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Dovisson's Motion
Lost for Second

Commissioner Davisson's letter
to the council regarding resuming
water services TO the parks and
Fairgrounds caused scarcely a rip
Pile In Mondays session Of the city
commissioners.
He had held 10 the conclusion
that the park board can't legally
be granted q special rate and that
it should pay its $1,000 or more in
back bills before service Ia re-
sumed.
He moved that the council con-
cur in his findings: nobody offered
to second the motion. and as pre-
siding officer. he merely directed
that the letter be filed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Local Musicians.
Win In Everett

Tacoma musicians brought FUR
Their laurels to the city by win
ming superior rating in three IN
stances and excellent in fourth
Saturday in the Northwest wash
inston School Music associations
annual district festival in Everett
In achieving the two highest
ratings possible in the compeu-
ton. the local music students, In
one case repeated triumphs scored
in previous years. Rating super
Tor twice before and excellent on
another occasion, the Stadium
high school girls glee club again
was accorded high honors, winning
a superior rating.
The Stadium boys giee club,
participating In the festival
for the first time, also won .
superior rating, and In the
woodwind section, q group OF
five from Stadium was judged
excellent.
Both glee clubs were directed
by Clayton Johnson, and the
woodwind group. selected from the
band. was conducted by r. c.
Russell.
A string quartet from Mason
Junior high school, directed by
Victor Kestle. gave Tacoma its
third superior listing.
Honors also were won by the
Eatonville high school girls glee
club. rated good, and a mixed
chorus from the Gig Harbor Union
high school. which received list
ing of excellent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
AUTO DRIVER JAILED

Joe Belaich. 81. remained in the
city jail Monday on q charge OF
driving while under the influence
OF liquor.
Officers Paul Trent and Marty
Joyce said they saw a machine
driven by Belaich strike another
car while moving out Of a parking
place on Commerce at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Knights Take
New Members
Days Activity Ends
With Banquet

A full day Of knights Of Co.
lumbus activity. opening with q
7:30 mass at st. Patrick's church
and closing with . banquet Sunday
evening In the Hotel winthrop
roof garden. brought 30 new mem
bers into the Tacoma council oi
the order.
The new members. knights nd
their ladies at the dinner heard
Grand Knight George Hoffner OF
the Tacoma council call upon them
to back what he termed "tht
greatest revival Of activity among
Catholic laiety since the crusades
Of the 18th century"
Justin c. Msloney. state deputy
Of the knights Of Columbus from
Spokane. also spoke of the crusade
Of Catholic clergy and laiety
against q worldwide decline OF
morality.
Those In Charge
Initiation ceremonies, In which
the Seattle degree team and q
group from Bremerton partici
pated. began at 1 o'clock Sunda.
afternoon In the K. of c. hall. In
charge were District Deputy Leo
A. McGavick and Grand Knight
Hoffner. They dedicated their new
class to three trustees of the coun-
ell. M. A. Petrich, J. e. Brady and
K. N. Mcdonnell. who were special
guests at the banquet.
On the roll of new members were
Harry c. Harrigan. Robert e.
Jezek, Hank spolaric. George w.
Gahan. Leo B. Seiwerath, Joe Lud-
wig, Charles 4. O'Brien. Edward
J. Flanagan, Ollie A. Storwick.
Harry P. Colburn, Angelo p. Ly-
man. Ray r. Danzl, william Gau-
Diet. Walter zanone, William Shee-
han, Ray Grogan. Michael Bagin-
ski, Louis Cay. Frank ]. O'Con-
nor. Leonard L. Marcoe. Peter J.
Schmalz. Z. ]. Enright, jr., Will
liam M. Gaffney, Tony J. McHugh,
c. K. Gibson. Robert Turner, Leon
ard c. Novak, Leonard p. Marcoe,
Bernard A. Gay and George Uhl-
man.
Initiation Ceremony
Taking part In the initiation
ceremony with McGavick and
Hoffner were Kenneth Mccarthy,
George Billsborrow, J. T. McCorm-
lex. Verne Champagne, II. C. Nc
Gavick, Charles Toynbee, Arthur
Mcmahon. DIR. J. j. Mclaughlin,
Ed. Boyne, William s. Gaffney and
z. N. Mcdonald.
Three choral selections by the
$50 choir Of st. Leo's church made
up the musical part of the BAN
quet program, directed by Won
Tanner. Msgr. w. ]. Noonan de-
livered the brief invocation. Re-
spending for the new members
after Hoffner's welcome was VII.
liam M. Gaffney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
Two Seek Divorces

Divorce actions were filed In
superior court here Monday by
Billie against w. E. Rogers,
grounds burdensome homelife. and
Marie against George Zemek, sep
aration more than five years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23

Sparks falling on the roof OF
the N. p. CONSTANT residence. 1911
No. Mccarver st. caused a fire
and SIS damage Sunday morning.
Firemen received the call at 1888
q M. and extnguished the hlazs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
ARRESTED FOE LIQUOR
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

Fred Z. MCGEE. 81, was at
liberty under q $500 bond Monday,
facing . hearing on charges Of
violating the city's liquor code
He was arrested at the Sorrento
cafe. 1881 Commerce ST.. by Police
Lieut.. Larry Amundsen and Off,
Ger c. o. Robson Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits were issued
Monday to Myrtle Peterson for a
$4,000 residence at 1919 So. seth
St, and to w. c. Bowman for an
addition costing 81 900 to his home
at 4016 Mckinley ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-23
CARNIVAL PERMIT

Permission for Wild West post,
v. F. W., to sponsor the Douglas
shows, a carnival, at So. 18th and
L SITS, June 10 to Is, was granted
by the city council Mono ay.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Boy Scout Services Accrue
From Community Fund Aid

Education Group. St. John s
Church. Kiwanls Club Woodruff
81 r-,r,4t- = Harriet School PT.A.
American Legion. Plat School
P.T.A. and First Baptist Church.
Begole School P.TA., and Ypsilanti
Junior High School.
Services performed by the Scout
council include the making avail
able Of printed materials, the train
INK and guidance OF volunteers.
the working out OF inter-troop ac-
tivlties. camporees. rallies, exhib-
is. the providing OF year round
camping facilities. Advancement
aids 10 troops and the extension Of
the Clubbing. Troop Scouting. and
Senior Scouting programs 70 more
and more groups.
Each community strives 70 pay
It's share-All communities within
tho council share and share alike
IN terms OF council service. Camp
Is available to all; courts Of hon
or are held for all; commissioner
service Is built adequately as pos
sible for all. all leaders are eligible
% attend training courses and
round tables In return, each com
munlty Is asked to raise funds from
among is generous spirited citi-
zens 10 the best OF its ability. A
large community raises larger
amounts proportionally. The num-
hcr ~ ronfrihutione fa imuortant
a. well as the amount II any
community fails 10 pay its full
share. the other communities in
the council will gladly do a little
more than their share In order that
Scouting may 90 forward. Regard
less OF whether a community finds
It IL possible 10 pay its fair share
Of the council expenses. the boys
OF that community are given every
possible service by the Scout coun-
Gil
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
MARTIN HOFFMAN,
HUNTING VICTIM
STEPS IN FRONT OF ANOTHER
HUNTER WHILE SHOOTING
NEAR SALINE -

Martin John Hoeman lost his
life in a hunting accident Satur-
day near Saline.
As James McPhee aimed his gun
to shoot pheasant he had flushed.
Martin stepped In front OF the hun-
ter and the charge OF the gun
struck him in the back OF his
head. He was rushed to Saline
General Hospital but died IL min
utes later.
He was the son Of Frank G.. and
Mabel Sexton Hoeman and was
born in Washington, H., where he
attended Pleasant Valley School.
About five years ago he came to
rural Ypsilanti to reside. The past
four years he had been employed
by the Central Specially Co.
/ His father died in 1884 in Oleny
and he is survived by his mother
and stepfather: two sisters. Mrs.
Donald Coleman and Mrs. Margerv
Seaton, both Of Ypsilanti: his twin
brother. Marvin. and three other
brothers. Albert, Ypsilanti. and
Paul and Leslie. Nachusa. H.. \
stepbrother. Roger Taylor; two
stepsisters. Marjorie Taylor AMI
Mrs. Edward Darchuck.
Funeral services will be con
Quoted by Rev. Ambrose d. John
son Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock from the Geer Funeral
Home where friends may call until
the funeral hour. Burial will be
made in Highland Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
.PLANs-IQ FIGHT
SUBVERSIVENESS
OUTLINED BY DIES
Would Strengthen Bill of
Rights; Deport Aliens
Found Guilty

(Rv international News service)
Chicago, Oct. 21-INS-A three
point program to protect America
from the fifth column" activity
that aided Hitlers legions in
Europe was urged today by Martin
Dies. chairman OF the congress
sional committee investigating un.
American activity.
Dies, in an interview, said
America must:
l. Strengthen the bill OF rights
with a new Interpretation which
will bar the agents and organiza.
tions OF foreign powers from the
protection OF its provisions.
?. Establish strict limits on the
rights Of consulate staff members
in the United States. and take
steps to make certain that any con
sulate official who goes beyond
those limits is recalled.
3. Institute a vigorous policy
Of deportation for aliens engaged
CONTINUED on Page SKI
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Proposal NO. 4
Referendum Would Regulate
Dental Practice in State

also provided for disposition Of
money received under this act and
stipulated penalties for violations
Of the act.
Dentists who endorse the act
charge that the demand for a ref
erendum is brought about by I'M
ethical dentists who misuse aud
abuse the confidence Of the peo-
pie.
Special stress is placed upon the
section forbidding advertising. be-
cause, II Is claimed. such adver-
Using is not in keeping with the
ethics of the profession.
Dentists who wish 10 advertise.
on the other hand, claim II is
constitutional right and the state
should not try to deprive them Of
that privilege by enacting a law
against It.
There are arguments on both
sides OF this issue. There Is no
question but that unethical prac-
tees should be stopped, but they
cannot be stopped by merely with.
drawing the right to advertise.
From the viewpoint OF the lay.
man this controversy between
dentists does not strike at the
root OF the evil The movement
should be TO deprive unethical
dentists OF the right TO practice.
This bill will not do that II Is
viewed by many as a halfway
measure. which should be defeat.
ed and in its stead there should be
a more thorough-going measure 70
bar unethical dentists from prac.
] lice entirely.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
MANY ACCIDENTS
MARK WEEK END,
NUMBER INJURED
Arrests, Property Damage
Result Of Heavy Traffic
in County

Injuries. arrests and property
damage featured heavy traffic
,thrnughout washtenRw County
over the week end.
Five were treated at ST. Joseph
Mercy Hospital. Ann Arbor, for in
juries received in a collision at w.
Madison and S. Third SITS, In that
city Saturday afternoon between
cars driven by Leonard Tucker, %,
All Harriet ST., Ypsilanu, and Ken
meth X. Hanks, IS, Aurora. III.
Tucker told police he did not see
the Hanks car in time to avoid hit
ting II. He applied his brakes and
his car skidded five feet The i'm
pact sent the Hanks car across a
curb and against the corner OF a
house owned by Samuel Wood, 42l
w. Madison St, damaging both
house and car.
The injured persons, all OF whom
came from Illinois to attend the
football game. were in the Hanks
car. They were John Kinally. 10
who sustained internal injuries and
severe bruises; Gerald Kinally
whose nose and head were cut; Roy
Wagner. "a. whose left leg was bad
ly lacerated: and Mr.. Hanks. who
suffered scalp wounds, These were
from Aurora. Also with them, from
Joliet. was Donald Davis, 81, whose
eye was cut.
Both Hanks and Tucker we're Civ
en- tickets charging reckless driy
ing.
Crashes Into Car
On +. Michigan Ave near the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Roosevelt May Squeeze
in But by Slim Margin
This Prophecy Made by Jim
Farley Who Called
Last Election
fRv United Pressl

Washin gton, Oct. 21-UP-Form.
er Postmaster General James A.
Farley was represented by friends
today as believing the Nov. 5
Presidential election would be the
closest in years and that Presi-
dent Roosevelt probably would win
by a slim margin.
The master-manager Of the 1892
and 1886 campaigns believes 1,000,-
900 votes in big, battle-ground states
are likely TO make the difference
between the winner and loser.
Farley's political Judgment is
rated tops and New Deal cam
paigners are wishing Farley would
come out in the open with a
Roosevelt election prediction even
though he rejects all bids TO make
Roosevelt-Wallace speech.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
CLEARY ALUMNI
WILL BE HEADED
BY RONALD AVERY
Prof. John L. Brumm Gives
Talk on Democracy
at Banquet

At the eighth annual Cleary Fell
lowship Convention at Cleary Col
lege. Saturday. Ronald Avery,
Jackson, was elected president;
Miss Mildred Walker. Detroit, vice
president; Miss Mabel Marsh, this
city. secretary; and Mrs. Louella
Jacobs, Jackson, treasurer.
At the opening of the business
meeting Saturday afternoon, Mr..
Avery read Article ii of the Incor-
poration of the Cleary Fellowship
to refresh the minds of the dele
gates as to the purposes OF their
organization. Miss Walker then
led an open forum discussioiit in
which Margaret Dickey and Ron
aid Haselschwerdt, Jackson, and
Robert Rose, Detroit, participated.
The discussion covered severa
interesting topics including the adj
visibility of continuing ones edu-
cation after graduation from col
lege through extension courses, the
effect of the draft on education,
and the types OF club programs
which are enjoyed by alumni at
their monthly meetings.
Professor John l.. Brumm, of the
University Of Michigan, was the
principal speaker at the banquet in
the evening and he stressed inn
portance of the creative mind of
youth at this period of crisis when
new ways of living are being es-
tablished. I'VE must build hope
fully for the future" Professor
Brumm said. and democracy must
be thought about seriously If it is
to continue. In order to preserve
democracy, however, we must know
what 1t is that we wish to pre-
serve" The definition arrived at
recently by group of students and
professors of the University of
Michigan at their Spring Farley
was quoted by Professor Brumm. as
fopbws, ANY organization is dem
ocratic in which inequalities OF
power are delegated and revokable
by the majority without the de-
struction of the rights Of minor
tiles"
Acting upon the suggestion of Dr.
Owen J. Cleary and of George A.
Continued on Page Six
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Debate Sought by Willkie
Another, But More Subtle
Challenge Issued to
Chief Executive

CIV International News Service)
Aboard Willkie train, en- route
Milwaukee, Oct. q ms With
another and more subtle chal-
lenge to President Roosevelt to
debate the issues of the campaign
spread on the record, Wendell
Willkie headed today into Wis
consin for the second time in his
campaign for the presidency.
Willkie first challenged the
President to debate in his accep-
lance speech at Elwood, Indiana,
and has several times repeated It.,
Today his challenge stood in diff
ferent form he offered to
share the platform" with the
President at Baltimore on Oct.
30.
President Withdraws
Both Willkie and President
Roosevelt were tentatively sche-
duled for the same date In the
Maryland city. The Willkie forces
hired the city's largest hall ana
then It was announced that the
President would not speak In Bal
timore on that date.
The situation afforded the Re-
publican presidential candidate
an opportunity to repeat his chal-
lenge but to put it in the form of
courtesy extended to the Pres
ident rather than a direct chal-
lenge.
1t was the second invitation to
explain the New Deal viewpoint
which he had extended to the
President in two days. Speaking
in Minneapolis Willkie asked his
opponent to explain how he could
"claim to be a liberal reform lea
der while having the Frank Ha-
que machine, the Flynn machine
and the Kelly-Nash machine try
ing to steal elections in three ma
jor cities"
He has consistently attacked
Hague, Flynn and the Kelly
Nash combination but it was the
first time he had attempted TO
tie in the President SO directly
with the political leadership he re-
fers to as corrupt" and as "oun-
cancers"
Willkie made a major speech In
Madison, Wisconsin, on the re-
turn leg of his western trip but
today he's spending the entire
day in Wisconsin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
FLOODS RAvAGE
FRENCH DISTRICT
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
DAMAGED REPORTED;
200 LOSE LIVES

fBy International News eService)
Vichy. France, oct. 21-INS-
More than 200[persqns were killed
or drowned and an estimated $780,
100000 damage resulted from tor
rental rains which today virtually
Isolated the province Of Rousslllon
from the rest Of France.
Perpignan, capital OF the south
ern province. is now half under
water, and the nearby Port Vend
res is entirely cut off from land
Railroads. highways. and bridges
have been TsSiteAi-ess4t and tele=
graph and telephone lines have
been destroyed. Hundreds have
been forced to flee their homes
The food situation in the strick-
en area Is critical and today the
French Red Cross took measures
tt send supplies by plane.