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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Safety Engineers
Praise Project

One ~ the Interesting high
lights IN connection with con-
strnstian 81 Tacoma Fsrru~s
nrsdrs. especially to safety sngi-
n<eFs IL the fact that but cre
fatality was recorded turing the
- snnnth r<rsea han<freds II work.
men ~srs employed On Ira fvuf-
eel.
n 10 tru< That several we<hmen
e~F- injured during rsaee<s -
construction. hut anly cre injury
resulted In fatality.
Inquiries ~ev. krrt h~tr~ NJ
average minimum fnr such . giant
undertaking Whenever IN srci~
tent occurred cause ~ tn- ntshsp
vas investigated. srd steps I'm.
F~n~alssslv ssssn r. frsv~ns Fspssi-
tIna AZ slnslIsr sstsfertune.
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plessty Appswvea
cssanty commissioners tamst1@
st~Iy transferred tsssv ~spptlcatsua
10 the toll fridge authority. vstn
state Highway DIRECTOR Lacey v.
Mursw~ IN charge
u ~ss usa<s -psevsssc~s ~ Ne
stat. act that approval af the
hsslxs vas finally fsver.
To rwmwvs the last ee~tssts ~
sh~ way ~ approval ~ Inc srrsss
csflsn far funds - h~Nsa sstu.t
construction ~ shs hftdxe. County
Commissioners uuv Mstsors fnhW
aehlsfh ard A. A. Rankin drafted
tsssi rsr@rs sna rsss~d resolutions
whlsh provided that th~ cssrsv
t.ss svss al ferry ines that e~ai1
eompsss with the span.
Commissioners purchased shsss
ferry lines ~ . coss NJ ssnu nm
September 10 lass. wss . ~
letter day far ell thass whn n.d
t~ea actively engaged in shs ing
ssrssxis n brsnx The hvsfxs inte
t~ins
t.si>es cs~sp,ss~A
n vas IN snss dafs that rwA
snnnane~sllf had srrsossa : s-srs
az ~. $40 on q. se used IN hsstidsrf
Tacoma Nsrspws bridge Nest
came the dlsrln~ure the Hrr had
granted ta.s1n 90 Iran In Inc
toll bridge authority. tstsr m. ~
additional 800 ooo vas sddsd 10
The appropriation
IN Nss. ~ tnsn. . essw
h~ssw actual wash - Ne
bridge.
! Flnishlnw tpaehss wss~ complete
, ell during fnns az this yesr
And, an July !. ~hsn the SIN
ru.~ ln the ssst. Il east lie rays
On . mammoth bridge spanning
the Narro~s ~. Tacoma Navro~s
bfidss.
Maybe " wa dream hard
enough, n viii eome true"
Tho boy At 10 yssrs sas ~sz
right
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snmpss&hts wssh the statute which
snshisd securing At funds fas the
san Frsnsssea- o~klsna kssdxs
Evening star., 1940-02-25

tened for the prompter, and wound up
his normally believing passion with a
pathetic squeak.
In the last act Septic managed to
kill DR.. Mats laughs. as usual, and
probably he looked forward to the
nightly satisfaction of holding Eva in
his arms, as a remedy to all his early
suffering. He could not see that as he
made his exit Matt left six inches OF
his coattail visibly sticking in the back
center door. And it was such hungry
looking coattail of faded black!
Whether Matt stood behind the
back wall, in his coat. or whether he
slipped out of it, is not known. but all
the time that Septic was trying to
beguile a slightly giggling Eva, who
was so facing that she could see the
lamentable coattail, it remained dam
Cling there, and the audience went
insane, waiting. Was Matt stuck in the
door? Would he come on again and
Evening star., 1940-02-25

release his coat? Not once through the
scene did they look at the romantic
Septic, not one moonlighted word of
his did they hear.
Some one laughed. and they all guf-
fawed louder and louder and louder -
1t was a frightened and beaten
Septic who finished the scene, and at
his curtain call, when he was not
greeted by the polite hand-fappings OF
ladies who admired the profile, but by
the "haw-haw-haw" of their husbands.
he looked faint and ran off stage. He
slammed and locked his dressing
room door and was not seen again till
the others had left the theater.
Matt, Millie, Curtis Farr, Goldie.
and Eva were elbow to elbow about
table in the Mississippi Grill eating
hamburgers and not altogether COM
fortably discussing their assassination
(Continvsd on poss 2D
Evening star., 1940-02-25

ton of bad taste. But, Matt noted,
Eva did not flare up, did not give any
evidence of wanting to protect her
poor dear boy against the ravening
Goldie. She looked puzzled, and on the
station platform, when, as usual.
Septic skipped up to invite her to ride
with him to the hotel, she fled into a
taxi by herself.
Him." said Matt, profoundly, and
during the play that evening he noticed
that Eva was beginning to act like an
actress: While Septic, with an unfail-
ing instinct for bad taste, went on
bounding and mugging, Eva said her
lines as though she meant them. and
moved only when there was some
reason for her moving. And though
Septic invited her to supper after the
show, more softly than usual and with
more hint that he would really like a
companion on this lonely touring. Eva
said, mo, sorry - got headache.
"Oh, see" said Septic.
Matt and Mile were watching the
rather terrifying moment when
human being realizes that he is not
popular and shining as he has always
assumed, but hated by everyone
around him. Sometimes suicides come
after such moments - and sometimes
murder.
There was no hint of any revenge so
melodramatic as that in Septic, as he
stood in the alley between the base
ment dressing rooms. looking after the
resentfully retreating Eva. But his
head was bowed, his famous half-back
shoulders were stopped, and he walked
out of the stage door slowly.
Hes thinking" Matt fretted to
Evening star., 1940-02-25
YOUR OWN SUITCASE
Contiaved from poos six

Millie. Il don't know as l like his
starting anything like that. Remember
the yarn of what happened to the dog
when he learned to talk human? He
suddenly went nuts"
Septic suddenly went something.
Till now, it had been in all untutored
innocence that he had hogged every
spotlight. ruined everybody else's
speeches. But apparently the fact that
he was despised had. like thermite
bomb, penetrated the pure. clear. solid
cast iron of his intellect, and he wanted
revenge The next evening he manned
consciously. As he crossed in front OF
everybody, as he noisily got up from
chairs during others speeches, he did
not look fun-making: he looked grim:
and Mats one comedy scene. as the
bewildered doctor, Septic killed by
never letting Matt finish line.
That night, on the train, the humble
trouper Matt came to Septic in his
stars drawing room. 'Septimus, some
of the boys and girls have been sort Of.
you might say, having little chat.
and we agreed that if you didn't quit
spelling our scenes. we'd make you so
ridiculous that you'll be run right off
the stage. And so. my dear fellow. do
take an old actors well-meant advice
and quit it. don't you think heel"
Thus Matt, meager and shabby in
worn and rather clerical black suit. to
the powerful young gentleman in
blue and yellow satin dressing gown.
smoking emperor-sized cigarettes.
sulky and alone. The powerful young
gentleman answered, mo, l don't
think. I've been kind to you old hacks,
but now I'm going to show you up"
Evening star., 1940-02-25
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

Look, Septic" Mattinterrupted.
What's that you called me?
Septic. if you don't promise to stop
being such a naughty, naughty boy.
then we'll play tricks on you, my boy.
Well buffet you; veil discomfort you.
III neigh and bark and grunt and roar
and burn, like horse, hound, hog, bear,
fire at every turn. I'm warning you.
You know your love scene at the end
of the last act?"
II dor
IF you don't behave. I'll steal that
scene from you without even being on
the stage"
"You will, eh? Just try itr'
Thanks, Septic. l will!'
So Walpurgis Night came to that
silk-shirted rustic, Master Septimus
Cloud, and several experienced
troupers disinterestedly taught him
how to 20 about it if you really want
to steal scenes.
All by himself. Septic had learned
the trick of "upstaging" - retreating
steadily so far back from the footlights
that the unfortunate actor to whom
YOU are talking has to follow you.
turning his back on the audience in
order to speak to you. And Septic
tried it. this dread night after the
warning, and was so imprudent as to
try it on Curtis Farr. 1t had worked
before, even with MIR. Farr, but to-
night the intended victim didn't fol-
low; he faced the audience, instead,
and came clear downstage, giving his
lines over his shoulder. When Septic
was thus forced to come running
downstage himself. Farr winked at the
audience, which began to smoker.
In the first half of the second act.
when Septic was haughtily addressing
his housekeeper - otherwise, Millie
Carnival - she laughed at him each
time before she said, "Yes, sir," and
the audience laughed still more. which
made it hard for Septic to get much
of a hand thereafter when he confided
that he had been lonely little boy
and that his mother had hated him.
I'm bet she did! sounded loud
voice in the musicians pit.
The end of that act contained a
moral exhibition in which Goldie
Wimble, as the nurse, took cocktail
but lectured Septic on the evils OF
alcohol. Ordinarily, Goldie threw down
the manhood d-destroying mixture (gin-
ger ale, usually fat, but this evening
she balanced the cocktail glass skill
fully on the back of chair, and left it
there during Septic's impassioned de-
fense. No one in the audience heard
him; all eyes were fixed on the
precarious glass, waiting its fall. hop
ing it would fall. Septic missed line,
quite evidently paused while he lis
Evening star., 1940-02-25

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Evening star., 1940-02-25

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So buy Halo Shampoo today and
try it tonight, without fail. Approved
by Good Housekeeping Bureau.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12
SUMMER PLAYGROUND

A troop of forty or fifty child ren armed with rakes and show els answered the call for volun- teer labor on the summer play ground on Field Day, June 5. For several hours they worked in- dustriously leveling, carrying off big rocks, picking up fragments of glass, etc. A game of baseball was enjoyed by the workers. AS a reward for their labors the ladies of the Home Arts Club served sandwiches and Kool-Ade to the children.
 The formal opening of the play ground was on Monday, June 10. Boys baseball teams were or ganzed with George Bourbon, Marvin Sims, and Alfred Huff acting as captains. Future games were scheduled for these three teams.
 An unusually large number of pre-school children appeared at three o'clock to take part in the games organized and directed by Mrs ESch. The smaller children have been asked to come to the playground from pan. to 4 pm. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
 On Friday, June IA, Mrs. Shall lit will take group of bicyclists out on a trip into the country. Anyone who wishes to go should take his own lunch and meet Mrs. Shallit at the playground at 11,30 am. Going on this trip will count as ten points toward the fifty points required for a Merit Button. Several of these bicycle trips have been planned for the summer.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

Disembarking of more than 300 passengers and several thousand tons of freight at Nome from the Alaska Line vessels, s. s. Colum- bia and Sutherland was effected in record time, said officials of the Lomen Commercial Co.,, in commenting on the volume of freight, mining machinery and supplies received on the first boats this spring. The Columbia arrived at midnight Friday, and sailed Sunday night, fully un- loaded. During the time of dis charging on the Columbia no work was done on the Suther- land, but within three days of lightering all freight had been discharged.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

The PA,A Electra arrived Nome today at about 3;30 pm. and de- parted almost immediately on the return trip. Thirty eight pounds of mail was carried and seven passengers: C. Seammor, w. Scollard, Ike Taylor B. Van Sickle Mrs and Mrs Fred M. Aver and Boris Magids. No passengers were carried on the return trip.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

The s. s. Sutherand of the Al aska Line sailed at am. today for St. Michael, Unalakleet, Bluff Golovin and Solomon after dis charging cargo here during the past week. After unloading at these points the vessel will con tinue into Kotzebue Sound for discharge of cargo at Deering, KeeWalik and Kotzebue.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

The s. s. North King of the Alaska Line, said Nome agent Bill Wilcox is expected to ar rive in the Nome roadStead some time Saturday morning with a cargo of mining machinery and supplies for this section. Agent Wilcox also advised there will be some passenger accommodations available on the outgoing voy- age.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

O. M Powell, operator of the Kougarok Limited, late Monday received a telegram from the States telling of the death of his brother John Powell well-known old-time dredge operator of the Nome section who with his brother E. E. Powell and Mort came to Nome in the early days. John Powell had been in ill health for the past six or eight months.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12

The Cheechacco Dance held under the auspices of the Nome Volunteer Fire Department, last Saturday night, was well attend ed by both Sourdoughs and chee- chaceos alike. Dancing was enjoy ed to the music of the orchestra from the s. s. Columbia until am.
 Funds derived from the dance go into the coffers of the Volun- teers, for additional equipment and supplies for fighting fires in Nome.
 S1,hcoriho for Tho Noy,oa NIIoOat
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-12
Paterson Hotel Arrivals

H. B. Mover J. B. Mertie Jr. Robert R. Coates G. H. Cronin w. w. Bond E. C. Kelly Mrs. Robt. Ornduff & children w. R. Van Camper H. c. McClelen
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Demand for Hot Stove Loop
Tickets Means Packed Hall

Early demand for tickets to the
organization meeting Of the Ta-
coma Hot Stove league at the
American Legion hall Saturday
night indicates the sRo sign viii
have to be hung out before the
doors open at $50 o'clock for the
buffet dinner that will precede the
program and business session.
Requests for the hckets.
which are being distributed
absolutely free through the
courtesy Of President Jack
Quill Of the Tacoma Tigers,
are coming from every part Of
Tacoma and from outlying dis
tricts.
An ample supply OF tickets was
on hand Tuesday morning. but the
organizing committee won't prom
Use they'll last long. Tacoma base
ball fans who wish to attend the
baseball jamboree. which marks
the organization OF a fans club.
are urged TO write without delay
to the Hot Stove League Com
mittee. r. o. Box p4s. Tacoma.
According 10 the commit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-24
. GOLF

Here are The iinsups ~ me
Ailsnmors Presidents W. Captain
team match sunday
rss~tasni's Team
win Individual hsDaifspi
n faealia 81. Isweg naian ~ :
Car Hammond tsi. tail bstsss ~.
4. ksiiy. Geo Popssa 40. uuf
Clifford ia. Bsm Allan as Ffsuk
nssbst tin. Jim Anderson 49,
4. Conn sisl, Issass snassses !
john Larson ~. !. Wen utp. ten
nslnom li2g. 5stk p@Hfa@ssa tlsg /,
& 4 nonneli iist. fte,,sft Cole co.
g. Wasbbufn (is), issff psiau u9is
Jssk ur.ss fiag jsffs osehsn -
fdsafd HsnsY sell ff0l. ffsa Hsss
49,. q W Jensen stzI. Bal HipH
ia II hrhaffsr tiHl
fspfsin's Teas
with Individual lendieep1
O. Nelson 81 Geo heillnrstsa ~,
Bill fesaafn feg Pred eeados 49,.
Franf sossf. JRsk Van NFbs 40,
Hsnsst Meredith nj. ifF. patsf sixts
VI. Ralsish ail. Geo Miller sltl
4 utlsfbsas lisl tDs kFissssH. nls
John Anderson 80. los Nisss I'D
t1sls ThDfngaon iisl ~ a vsDskl
sas. Arehls Mclean fifl. L fpiiis
10 n watson tisl. star Williams
a3l. Jaes fiAhbufHs Ga Jim VII
go n4l. Is1h Holmes tlfl IN
q nssanA ff1D ols Fsfsflase ~
wait Olson ~. FTfa gsbasssa uIi
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The National Guard Inter- Nal
terry D~skstssIl isskus ~iii sstd :
triple hssaes this Tuesday siaht q
$50 oslesk aa The Afmsfy drill
fioof.
Court ~. 1. y isssfssy - md
hat a. Z Battery,
Court No, ?. hsaissl psisehAsHs
w. n. Y. Battery
Court No. !. y n~sssfy - .
Battery.
Meat Thursday night . special
sxhlhaflos ~ veilsY bsii and had
mlnsoa ell b< carried for sss b~s<-
IN 81 al National Guard b@tssFsss.
This will lnsnxnsts sss i.tsfsssts
tory yYiisy ball sna hsdmintnn
Leagues "a 10 played - Wsda<ss
day and Thursday sights ~ So
eeinrh.
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A bad efs.k ssApls " bsd
mistake
the wlil 70 ~'in bsips u assifis
l3in : high nssraks. tst sonsssfses
a u ~ strong fhst the bowler
loses sight n efhsr requisites.
Thls results IN hls blowing 40.
No sfneant ef Fsnsing changes
tbs seefs.
chancss ara Il an have q pSor
effect On the nsxt seess
Il certainly does MOI Increase the
enjoyment u ihs game
nalnialn a ehseTfig attiftsis.
u Improves your sure en-
sblss you - en5vY me game,
zExg. Dea'a wreck alleys
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= F"v ne " -
lire ~ sndesspf VI III yps esnt
ilek = ssilsw, hire him fas yusr
.sx- -
"a, .s,,....n. 4. :, ,...s IA.
. -. .. !.
" ~ ~ ~
Jack Suih. president - We IT,
coma Tigers. in obtaining chet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-24
Trinity Lutheran, First Methodist Post
Victories; Woodmen Out OF Cellar

Falkland Trinity Lutheran de-
feated Messiah Lutheran. IS TO
70, on a pair Of last-minute bas-
kets by ozzie Ellingson Monday
night at Bellarmine To move into
first place In the second half race
of the Park church-Fraternai
league.
First Methodist put together
Frank Albertson's is points and
Hal (Stork) McClsry's IL count
ers and some fine teamwork to
swamp Latter Day Saints. Al to
~, To move into q second-plsee
tie. while Woodmen of the World
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M'OMBER- NELSON WIND UP TRAINING GRIND 50DAY
Cougar Quiint
Takes Series

PULLMAN. Wash. - Washing
lngton state college emerged To-
day from a clean sweep II its
two-game non-oonferencs basket
bail series with the University Of
Montana. triumphing last night,
81 TO a..
The Cougars led NJ half
time. .7-zo. scoring sevea
points In 20 seconds against
the Grizzlies.
Bud Olson led scorers with IL
points. followed by Gebert with
Il. Washington State won. 52-ts.
Saturday night in an overtime
battle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-24

Tee. the baseball party Win he
m event long 10 b. remem-
bered. Only . few details of
the program have beea re-
ycaled. hut they are enough
10 assure . good time. Bob
johnson. the great outfieider
Of the philadelphia Athletics,
who just signed . two-year
contract nj . reported salary
Of $4,000 . season. will make
. personal appearance. In ad-
dition, the 1910 American
league picture. which shows
johnson aud other stars In ae-
ton. will be on the program.
Taeoma's mayoralty candidates
rave been invited to make speeches
IN the condition they viii us'
terms throughout I'm
,ires will be appointed 10 see thai
hey don't get off the base lipeI
Il far as their diamond lingo Il
It's going TO be a show
n itself to hear q candidate en-
,lain how he will slide home with
IN industry or make our streets
Is smooth as Bobby Garretson's
,lay around first base.
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~ - 49, ~ suss~ss ~
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~ t~~s ~ssA tAs~>es rns>1A
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h~ovy. - ~ usee - -
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- shs1~w hssl~s ~ see><
nle.
Melissa. : el<ansnmh>6 yewno
Neefa. astIl>d 10 F<sets. ~ ~
sst-d se fcseGs any psnsrg rvssr
~ be departure - fapese -
Wednesday fsw<4 Lee Anoelss. ~
sosarvd ny Nd h~<n n the rlnG
daily fer laefs than : wu<n ~
he handler ksFv. u<erxe tsteue.
former ml.tdis~~laht e<zatsnaes.
wss f~srtal i~~t Nslnsn ~ drawn
Ese fias.
FINAL wunnosrr vouAS
Meomh~f was eheslult1 - -.
gage 10 NJ Lest faiislenush werh.
eut to-day. whlIs Nssesn un3 alou
slated - - thFeaxh ; ftsai sin
arm noth esys vii teea snoe
only nsht ssssetse "Wednesday.
feiisw@d ~ easuptsts rset NTH
they ssep Ints she vsna Thuspeey
night
navy wsss. rss.~. wsssss
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moved out Of the cellar by defeat
ing Puyallup Christians. ~ To rs.
Msihodists an nD l.. u. saints
Albertson nep ..P......... Dickson
Reagan 90 ....P..... go kiinssr
Meclsry uD ...c...... 90 nsynss
D~ws 90 no. ~ Bsldsin
Smith ...ss.. O. no. Brown
subs First Methodist. Mcknight
ca: Latter Day Saints. Smith. Of
ficlas; Beydei ana Bauss.
Falkland t3sl tssD Messiah
Rsmstsd % 2. 90 > hsdIsne
ElliDgson tsl C.. 80 J. Hsdland
simonsin 30. ..o...+..s4 90 nash
subs; Falkland Trinity Lutheran.
sysrs %. Peterson. Pflusssr l2l.
stnen ca. Aessish Lutheran. rei-
son ~. Hanson. officisis. Newark
and IAcombss
woodmsa .fO szsl rsysIisp
MyklAnd 90 ~. ~ Atklns
Carlson ......,.r...... 80 SNYDER
Hits usl ......c..... "a Clemens
orablnski fD ..o.....,. Psrshufst
subs: woodmen Of ths worla.
WILEY 49,. Olson. Carlson. Pugsliap
christisn. Piper ~. Officials, L<s-
ara and IAoombs.
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esrtslnty 80 the
simplest ss1th-
nstle problssa
A o. called
had break Il ,hs
result 81 fhH
Nsy N shifs
the rail ~as
rolled
IRE alley b.
Ing fast o. sls,sS
deses moi modify
fhls
4 have sE-
ElalBsa ways 70
handle various
aln.ln u nIls4a