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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
City Proposes Large Improvement
Districts for Installing Sewers

area as extending from 10th 70
soth SITS. between Es. B and the
Tacoma Eastern gulch at Es. d
ST: the other is from 45th to 72d
SITS. from Pacific ave. TO Ea. B ST
The only means of sewage dis
posaI for residents Of the two areas
is BY septic tanks" DR.. Powers
wrote. The soil in these areas
is of such a nature that sewage
from septic tanks overflows, rap
idly rises TO the surface and ere
ates a dangerous, unsanitary con-
dition. The only absorption is
through surface evaporation.
Might BE Trouble Source
In the first mentioned area.
one contractor is proposing 10
build 81 homes with septic tanks
through FLA loans.
The health department feels
that this would be an everlasting
source of trouble and that steps
should be taken to prevent the con-
ditions which would result. The
people living in these homes and
also the builders are very anxious
to have lateral sewers extended to
their property. The extension and
connection to sewer would be
permanent and would cost practi-
cally the same as septic tanks
The health department, Mayor
Cain said. would refuse to issue
permits for installation of septic
tanks in this area.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Five Iron Lung
Patients Improve

Indications Of improvement in
the condition Of five iron lung
patients afflicted with infsntile
paralysis. and development Of no
new paralysis cases. were reported
Wednesday by health officials.
DR.. L. Z. Powers, city health
officer. said the patients receiving
respirstor care were better. Sus-
pect cases isolated in the Pierce
County hospital observation ward
had not developed as active paraly-
sis sufferers, he stated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Your Money Never Bought So Much!

More fun. pleasure.
more real motoring satisfac-
ton are yonr5 IN this big,
smart Plymouth Coupel It's
a distinguished car--and its
iosg prief will astonish you.
You enjoy the riding
smoothness of a ll7-inch
wheelbase, the widest, roomi-
est body on any low-priced
coupe. It's the low priced
beauty withheld uxuryRidel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Electric Center
May Be Closed
ONeil Finds II
Too Expensive

Unless enough cooperating firms
Join In carrying the expense, Elec-
trio Center ut es2 Pacific ave. will
be closed Aug. 1. Utilities Commits
sioner o'Neil told the council We'd
nesday.
O'Neil said he had ordered the
center closed as q means 'of bring
ing the question to head"
TIE department has been
carrying THE entire expense Of
overhead there" O'Neil said,
'and TIE business we get out
~ II doesn't justify the $1,000
. year n IL costing u.s."
Mayor Cain asked numerous
questions about how the center had
been operating and suggested 1t
would be too bad to wash 1t out
altogether.
I've had only one person come
TO me since ! took office to approve
Of it and I've had hundreds COM
plain that II ought to be dropped
O'Neil said.
To Gains question he said many
Of the objections had come from
Competing firms"-that il. firms
handling competing lines of ranges,
refrfgerators and other electrical
household appliances.
O'Neil said the center h
operated by Miss Frances Van
Lake ~ = private enterprise
and that exhibitors paying fees
for display NJ wares paid their
rent 10 her In lieu Of any sal
AIRY from the city.
H said the light department
would b willing to cooperate with
ether firms engaged in electrical
cf other businesses which they
might care to display there II
enough interest is shown before
Aug. 1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
City Worrunt Coll
Issued by Fowcett

Finance Commissioner Fswcett
announced Wednesday q warrant
call Ms OF June Is calling in for
payment $50. s0S.42 in general
fund warrants and 5000 in L. !.
d. guaranty fund warrants.
The general fund warrants eslls,
ed are those numbered from
s6.2o7 70 81 ,oso. Guaranty fund
warrants ARE Nos. l&7 to l<o in
elusive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
No Cost to Owners

Trunk sewers have been in
stalled at no cost to the property
owners within two blocks Of any
part of the areas involved.
DR.. Powers described the first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Stop Getting Up Nights

To harnnlessly flush poisons and
acid from kidneys and relieve irrita-
tons OF bladder SO that you can stop
getting up nights get a 30 cent
package of Gold Medal Harlem Oil
Capsules and take as directed. Other
symptoms OF kidney and bladder
weaknesses may be scant, burning or
smsrting passage - becksche leg
cramps puffy eyes. Get original
GOLD MEDAL. Refuse . substitute.
.dy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
$50 FIRE HERE

Firemen extinguished blaze on
the roof of the Pacific Coast Coal
Co. building at 1901 Dock st. We'd
nesday afternoon. Loss was esti-
mated at $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

You'll go for this Plym-
outh Convertible Coupe.
Its power-operated top
goes up or down at the flip
Of a switch. Seats are of
genuine leather, with aux
lliary seats inJiGt.N hite
sidewal | tires-standard.
It's a gorgeous carl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Trial Of Hampson
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

STA is ON p AG X IN r
type remain warm two hours or
more.
A defense expert witness. said
Hale, would meet the state testi-
mony by showing technical exam
nations of hair and blood were
inaccurate and not TO be relied
upon.
hetzler questioned second ex-
pert witness for the state. DR..
Joseph Beeman, director Of the
crime detection laboratory OF the
Oregon state police in Portland.
DR.. Beeman declared a hair taken
from the leg of Hsmpson's trous-
ers was, in his opinion, identical
with one from the head Of vir-
GINA Rifle.
Unusual Hair
Her hair, he said, was so un-
usual that not one like IL WAS
found In his laborstory's entire
collection of around 10000 hairs.
Defense Attorney Frank Hale
began the day with cross exam
ination Of the states star witness,
DR.. Charles p. Larson. pathologist
and laboratory director at several
Northwest hospitals, including Ia
coma General and Pierce County
hospitals. who gave the jury
two hour condensed education
Tuesday afternoon on the sub
jects Of hair, blood and brain
tissue.
The doctor held to his statement
that examination of hair ranks
second only to fingerprints as a
means of criminal Identification.
Shows Slides Of Hair
DR.. Larson Tuesday drew
picture Of hair and how IT grows
and showed "projectoscope" slides
OF . hair from the head of vir-
ginia Rifle and one from the
trouser leg Of James Hampson
which he declared identical beyond
all reasonable doubt In his mind
In the enlarged picture OF the
hairs. DR.. Larson compared color
and physical structure of the hairs
and showed both had been frac-
tured, As II hit by blunt instru-
ment.
Deputy Prosecutor Hugo Metz
Ter, jr., directing trial OF the case
for the state, amused the court
room crowd by having the expert
witness yank a hair out of his
tMetxler's) head to show a sample
Of 4 different type of hair.
Stains Analysed
Testifying in the languages Of
his other sciences, seroloey and
neuropathology, DR.. Larson ana
lyzed stains found on a pair of
trousers.
Beyond question Of 4 doubt"
he told the jury, blood on the
trousers was human blood"
Two other spots. he said, were
identified AZ brain tissue and skin.
Though DIR. Larson finished
testifying before 4 o'clock, his
complex testimony defied immedi-
ate cross examination.
Consults Another Expert
Defense Attorney Hale had with
him in the courtroom another ex-
pert in the same subject. DR.. r. S.
Weiser from the faculty Of the
University Of Washington, and OBJ
tained time TO consult him on the
scientific testimony before ques-
tioning the Tacoma doctor.
Walter r. Robertson. former
Tacoma police officer. now n wood
truck driver for the Edwards
Fuel Co., living at 67s Ea. 18th
st., was called by Aetxler to
testify he took Miss Rifle TO her
home almost every evening for
six months except the one when
she was fatally assaulted.
Remained At Home
On cross-examination the ex-
officer said he was at home in
bed that night and hadn't visited
the lunch room where the girl
worked on Mckinley hill because
he WAS broke.
Miss Rifle, who worked in her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Take a Look
AT Europe
By W. l. WHITE

NEW YORk-It Is very embar-
RAISING when the undertaken blum
ders too soon into the sickroom,
with his black satchel and his cool
ing board. to find the doctor and
the parson, who have not yet given
up their ministrations, looking up
at him from the bedside with an
noyed surprise.
In the case of the British en-
pire, I would propose that We wait
tactfully down on the front porch
until we are called, before we start
tying crepe on the doorknob.
However. although every
body hopes the patient will
pull through, there IL a pretty
good chance that he may not,
and II he should not. this
American democracy IL going
10 he square up against the
most important decision IL has
made since the Civil war.
Because N the Germans
break through the Somme-
Aisne line and capture the
British Isles also. the Germans
and Italians then will make an
immediate grab for the British,
French, and Dutch colonies,
probably with the aid Of the
Japanese.
This would bring almost third
Of the area OF the globe under
rule. and it would
quickly change the aspect of our
world beyond anything we can now
think about.
1t goes without saying that
America does not want colonies.
We are content with the world a.
II Is. But unless We are willing to
take on a little responsibility and
some small risk, in n very few
weeks it may become a totally
different place.
Hitler, You can argue, has
no navy, and even II his armies
should overrun all Europe. he
could hardly manage to take
over the allied colonies II the
French and British managed
TO seuttle their fleets.
True, brother, only you for
get that the japanese have an
excellent navy, built of Amer
lean scrap iron, and, combined
with the Italian navy, II adds
mp to the size Of ours. This
totalitarian fleet could ferry
the victorious totalifarian ar
mics almost any place ON the
globe.
A single mechanical division
ould take over Australia and New
Zealand. Another could pick up
south Africa. A couple would sur
ice for India and three for Canada
provided, of course, we sit back
md let it all happen.
And why won't II happen:
1t would he = very profitable
deal for the gangster powers;
easier than picking up wind
fall peaches. II democracy Ia
wiped out In Europe In the
next few weeks, unless we are
then prepared TO offer the
British dominions the protec-
lection Of our fleet, you may
be sure that II will happen.
1t Ia now too late for America
% change the course of the present
oattle in Europe. But II the democ-
-acies lose II In the next few weeks,
hen our troubles are just begin
ming, and we must think and act
last.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

Creation OF two or three large
local improvement districts by the
CITY council for construction of
sanitary sewers to combat insani-
tary conditions resulting from
wholesale use Of septic tanks
doomed as strong probability
from action taken BY the council
Wednesday.
The general area is approx
mately two miles long and only
quarter of a mile wide. east OF
Pacific ave. from So. 4oth to So.
72d. extending eastward as FAR
only as Ea. D ST.
Councils recognition Of the sit
uation was based on a recommend
alton submitted in letter form by
DR.. L. E. Powers. city health direc-
tor. after Investigations made by
him and by Joseph J. German,
sanitary inspector. in part Of which
they were accompanied by Mayor
Cain.
Referred to Bergersen
The mayor referred the recon-
mendation TO Works Commissioner
Bergersen, who said his engineers
would study the area and set up
two, possibly three districts which
will be initiated by the council.
Property owners, many of whom
have already constructed homes in
recent months and have installed
septic tanks, will be given an op-
portunity to be heard before final
action is taken.
DR.. Powers directed attention to
what is termed an intolerable con-
dition under which conditions have
developed that leave raw sewage
exposed in gullies and cutters in
many places.
It has been years since a Ia
coma city council has ordered Gre
alton Of a local Improvement as
trict for any purpose, Works
Bergersen pointed
out, but it is felt, he declared, that
in this situation action by the
council will be necessary.
No Cost to Owners
Trunk sewers have been in
stalled at no cost to the property
owners within two blocks Of any
part Of the areas involved.
DR.. Powers described the first
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

fight against the miscalled
Economy Acct.
He is good soldier today. d
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

? Wendell WiIlkie was a good
soldier in 1913. He saw actual
Service at the front.
J AS Post Commander of the A.
nericap Legion he put up a good
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
Largest Cities and Counties
Have Most of Traffic Deaths

CHARLESTON, Oct. 11th.-
West Virginia's IL largest coun-
ties and six biggest cities were
charged with the greatest por-
ton of the states 1910 traffic
fatalities. :.
A check for the first nine
months of 1910 when 269 We're
killed on the highways and on
the streets showed that 143 -
more than half - occurred in
the counties of more than $4,000
population or % more than a
year ago. The entire state shows
an increase of SO for the same
period.
Mcdowell county shows the
greatest Jump" with Is deaths
now compared with six q year
ago. Wood has II, an increase
Of six, Ohio has five more, Ca
bell with four more, Fayette 6
more and Marion three. Kanaw-
ha is the leader with "a fatal
ties, four less than in1939.
The states largest cities have
% fatalities for the first nine
: months as compared with 16 at
/ this time in 1889. Huntington
has gone from six to ten, Charles
ton for four to eight, Wheeling
from four to five, and Clarks-
burg, which was "deathless
last year, has one. Parkersburg
has dropped from two to one,
and Fairmont still retains its
perfect record.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

We give our support to Mr.. Willkie
primarily for these reasons: Because
we believe that he is better equipped
than Mr.. Roosevelt to provide this
country with an adequate national de.
Tense: becau. we believe ne is a prac.
teal liberal who understands the need
OF increased productions: because we
believe that the fiscal policies OF Mr..
Roosevelt have failed disastrously;
because we believe that at a time
when the traditional safegua rds Of
democracy are falling everywhere 1t is
particularly important TO honor and
preserve the American tradition
against vesting the enormous powers
OF the Presidency in the hands Of any
man for three consecutive terms Of
Office.
Roosevelt the Amateur
Adequate national defense means
much more han alrplanes. tanks and
cannon, even when all OF these are
actually on hand and not just "on
order" II means a nation strong in its
economic health and power with a
lllllFlnb iuuhoAl luI tUDlUl lIlHlli,
both Of man power and OF money. new
capital flowing vigorously into new
channels OF production. It means in
short, a nation with gigantic Industrial
force behind its army and its navy.
The record shows ihat Mr.. Roose
welt has achieved least success in the
solution OF this very problem. lie has
failed TO create the conditions for
confident and expanding business. J:
is a reasonable assumption that this
same problem can be managed better
by a man who understands business
who has the confidence OF business.
who has himself been a part OF bust.
ness, whose interest in business prob.
lens has been frst-hand and contIuu.
Gus rather than casual and intermit.
tent, and whose experience includes a
successful personal record in stluu.
lating business and expanding indus.
trial production.
In this field Mr.. Wilkie fs the pro-
fessional and Mr.. Roosevelt L. the
amateur.
The third term ,issuo has been de-
Aned by more than 700 years OF Auneri.I
49, s..srslsl -r ~ ~ ~, -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
THE SHORT BALLOT.

would remove the State Super
intendent of Schools, Commits
sioner of Agriculture, State
Treasurer, and Secretary of
State from the vote of the peo-
pl and they would be appointed
by the Governor.
Minority groups such as the
Negro represents, must keep
as many public officials subject
to their vote as possible. For
For they only give such groups
consideration when they know
that their election to Office is
dependent on their vote. This
matter is not political question
insofar as the Negro is concern.
ed but it is a racial matter.
Colored voters of West Vir
ginia, therefore, should vot,
| AGAINST this amendment.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
(By S. R. Anderson) .

Colored citizens of West Vir-
ginia must conserve all gains
they have made in this mount
ain state through the years of
their struggle to reach a place
of decent and respected citizen
ship. -
Public officials who administer
the affairs of the state are re-
sponsive to the rights of the
Negro citizens in their super
vision only when their office is
subject to the vote of such
citizens. -
The coming election next month
will carry on the ballot a pro
posed amendment to the consti
tuition which is commonly known
as the SHORT BALLOT.
This amendment if passed
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

Senator Nc
Nary said the
r epublican
adminiStra-
tion nm q err
Wendell VIII.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

Subscribe to the Times,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

can history. by the deliberate deci-
sion OF our greatest Presidents and
by the reluctance of Americans to
surrender a safeguard OF the demo.
cratic system.
Third Term Issue
From Mr.. Roosevelt's own stats
ment to the Democratic Convention
The country knows that a year ago he
mad no Intention Of challenging the
tradition against a third term: Last
September it vas stlll my intention
10 announce clearly that under no cir.
cumstances would accept re.elec.
ton" This announcement was never
made.
The doctrine OF one mans lndis.
pensability Is new doctrine for this
country. 1t is a doctrine which less
scrupulous men I'm Europe have used
to root themselves IN power. It is a
doctrine which we In the United States
have good reason to question, particu.
larry when we consider how the powers
Of the Presidency have grown. what
immense patronage, what gigantic ek
penditures, what enormous power TO
perpetuate himHef in office is now
within the GRASP Of any President
These considerations ale especially
relevant when the particular President
who now chooses to remain In Office
for a third term Is the same President
who has never surrendered voluntarily
a single one Of the vast "emer1eheY"
powers which Congress has elVSn him
He is the same President who 1as
shown himself so Impatient Of consfltD.
tlonal restraints that he was willing TO
cireumvent the Supreme Court hseH
by adding enough members to give his
own opinions majority.
Liberalism and Reform
We welcome the fact that Mr.. WI
kie stands pledged to conserve rather
than destroy what Is best ip' Mr Roose-
velts reforms. We believe. these re.
forms would be safe in Mr. WHlkie's
hands, not only because Mr. Willkie is
a man OF goodwill, but because his APP,
proach TO the problems noTtb before Us
shows him TO, be tstlibersl -
: - N ~ 80 80 ~ =, -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
IpsGfics 4
1891 ,m,S|
BY q
MRS. cHAUNcEY o. hiNESMAM

Candidate for Sec'y. of State)
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
For WilIl1ia, Declares N. Y. Times,
Which Twice Supported Roosevelt

The Times Franklin
1882 1896 In 1910 will
In all its history the New York Times
Republican
news n
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11

III aTkeI IOT ms
products was
made in an ad-
dress delivered at
Aurora, Illinois,
b y s e n a t o r
Oh arle S l.. M c.
Nary, Republican
candidat for
Vice President,
and co-author Of
til e M C N a r y
Haugen bill.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
A Short Conversation

Preacher-"Mr. Roosevelt has
done a few good things while
President"
Citizen-"Yes, he brought
back liquor"
Preacher-"Good day, Sir
see you in church"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
This Is America

A restaurant in Aberdeen
South Dakota has posted a large
sign over its entrance: "Or
this site Wendell Willkie wash
ed dishes in 1909"
Thirty years ago a young
man named Wendell Willkie
worked at any odd job he could
while he attened college. Dish
washing was one of them. Now
that he is famous as the GOF
candidate for President and GER
tain to be elected, this restaur-
ant is proud that he worke
there. Wendell Willkie is also
proud Of that fact, as all true
Americans must be proud of
honest work. Willkie said he
worked there long enough to
get a raise.
Tn ; is the true America-it
is tie America we have known
in the past - it is the America
we want to preserve-it is the
America that the New Deal has
been attempting to do away
with. " ....
Let us reopen the doors of OPP
portunity that have been for too
long barricaded to the youth of
the land. ..
Let US elect this dish-washer,
this typical American to the
Presidency.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
MlhdY's Views
ion Farm Problem
American Market and Parity
! Price for Farm Products
.: Win Be Party Goal.

A promise to the farmer that he
WIN be assured Of the American
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-10-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN.
TON AT ARLINGTON

The Sunday School Conven-
ton of District No. 2 will con-
vene with the Arlington Bap-
fist church Sunday School Oct.
l and 13. Theme of the meeting
is: How Can Make My Sunday
School a Better Sunday School
by Setting up Better Plan and
Program"
Prof. I. II. Prunty has been
president of this organization
for a number of years.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-05
Capital Gossip
BY LYNN NISBET.

Raleigh, Aug. 5.-Barber shops,
hotel lobbieS and street cars are ex-
cellent places TO study cross sections
OF citizenship. A group on a Raleigh
street bus got to arguing the army
draft All participants in the dis
cuSSlon We're beyond military service
age but they had very definite op-
mons about how the draft ought to
be handled. One man didn't like the
idea OF drafting boys under 81 years
ot age. Another thought that instead
"l leaving ut home men with wives
and children, they ought to be taken
FIRST. because they have more to fight
Tor. Still another one didn't like the
draft at ali. And so the argument
WaXed.
Finally one elderly man got up to
leave the bus, and delivered himself
ct this gem: This is the best Illus
tratinn have seen in Il long time of
the blessing Of American citizenship.
There isn't Il colntry in Europe where
such 4 conversation could be carried
ON without fear Of arrest by govern
meut agents. I'm willing TO leave the
details of the draft to leaders who
know what they are doing And I'm
ready 10 fight now or any other time
for preservation Of this liberty we
have