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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Doubleday Trial
AGAIN Continued

The long pending retrial Of Rob-
ert s. Doubleday, elderly Tacoma
free-lance writer. on a grand lar
ceny charge. set for Jan. 10. was
continued Monday until April 9.
Judge Fred c. Remain granted
the continuance because Double
days attorney, Leo McGavick. VIII
be in Olympia the early part Of the
year serving in the state senate.
Doubleday was convicted more
than a year ago Of taking IS 600
in bonds from the estates Of
Bridget and Dominic McFadden. ot
which he had been administrator.
The state supreme court sent the
case hack for new trial on the
ground that Doubleday had not
been permitted to testify in a case
wherein he should.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Louise Walton
Dies at Home
Wos Prominent in
MonY Civic Works

Mrs Louise Monroe Walton. =
prominent cub woman l1 Ia
coma for many years passed away
at her home. 20I3 So sth ST. this
morning
Former president ~ the Fresi-
dents Council Of Tacoma Women s
Organizations. Mrs Walton was
also a member Of the Aurora club
League of Women Voters Good
viii Industries auxiliary. Minute
Women Of Washington. the First
Congregational church and for
many years vas member Of
Mary Bal chapter. D A. r
Born in Bloomington. No. on
May 2. 1865, she was the daughter
OF DIT and Mrs " A Monroe
and came TO Washington when
stu a girl having been a resident
here 81 years. She was the widow
Of y. r. Walton.
For some time she was teach
er IN city school classes for foreign
born students. and was an ardent
worker for supervised Fairgrounds
IN Tacoma She also was inter
ested IN securing better immigra-
ton and naturalization laws
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Albert Erickson Of Puy-
allup, Miss Betty Walton OF Ia
coma. and Mrs. Anne Cinelh of
San Francisco: one son. Robert
f. Walton Of Tacoma. three sis
tiers. Anne Shannon Monroe and
Mrs. L. f. Story OF Oswego. Ore.
and Mrs. Snowden M. Libbey Of
Altadena. Calf, and three grand
children.
Funeral services will be held at
the Tuell chapel Wednesday at
l:30. with Rev. Holland F. Burr
officiating. followed by cremation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Greater Produce
Import Reported

Northwest's continued cold snap
threw the burden of produce sup
ply upon southern grow ers.
Among produce received from
California are lettuce. celery,
cauliflower, cabbage. sprouts. to-
matoes, peppers and new potatoes.
Prices Of these commodities re-
manned unchanged Monday
Staple products remained I'M
changed. with butter eggs. sugar
and flour reported selling at an
average pace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17

The program:
Speciality accordion number, trio
from the Nomillini studio.
Group of numbers by comets
and piano, Arthur Nylander. Paul
Bevia. Leonard Raver
Magician in How Did 1t Hap
pen by Randall Maddux and Com
pany.
Harmonica group selections,
Oakland school harmonica band,
Miss Avis Christian. instructor.
The Christmas Message The
Messiah. Rev. ]. G. Shaw of Nc
Kinley Park Christian church.
Hnl-Billy skits by the Afifi in
strumental quartet.
Santa Claus. and closing the eve
ming with refreshments
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Grade School Students Hardest Hit
AS Epidemic Of Cold-Flu Continues

period; Carbonate. until The l1th;
and Benston. until Thursday.
Buckley. Ashford, Parkland and
Collins school authorities said they
We're contemplating closing.
Spanaway. Harvard and Kirby
schools We're reported to have re-
opened Monday. McMillin. Roy and
Firwood plan to open Tuesday.
Dr. Powers found encourage
ment in reports of local physicians.
The average number of cases IN
der treatment dwindled from five
to SO in the latter part Of the
week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Telephone Co.
Seeks Renewal
25-Yeor Franchise
To Expire Dec. 81

Application for renewal ~ :
2s-year franchise expiring Dee 81.
vas mace rs Pacific Telephone 4
Telegraph c. Il ire city council
Monday.
A suggested draft # ire fran
chise ordinance was submitted -
the council ~ Leo J. Coniin. DIS
trict manager
Corporation Counsel Carothers
advised the council that CoHlin's
oral application. L made part of
the record. vas all that IS necessary
10 open the negotiations.
As Tar as could be determined
from a cursorv study of the COM
panys proposal. Il follows quite
closely the existing franchise now
nearing It's end.
Conln was told that the city's
legal department would draw Up
the franchise but that considera-
ton would be gwen the company's
draft Of proposals
Apart from routine sections deal
ing with the night 10 place It's
wires above and under ground. the
proposal suggests renewal Il the
gross earnings tax which the COM
pany now pays the city annually
on earnings Of its plant inside the
city. The proposed . per cent Of
the gross is the same franchise tax
which the company now pays and
has paid.
Provisions also are made for
purchase Of the company's plant
in Tacoma by thc city at a reason-
able value and for use by the city
Of space on overhead poles and
structures Of the company. and one
underground duct. free Of charge.
These facilities are used by the
police and fire alarm systems.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
University Professor TO Open
New Lecture Series Wednesday

The Puget Sound Academy of
Science. Tacoma branch. Wednes-
day at 73O p. m. will present the
first in series of illustrated lee
lures in Howarth hall College of
Puget Sound.
Or. J. II. Mackin. professor Of
geology at the University of Wash
ington. will be the speaker for the
opening program. His topic will
be. THE Geology OF Washington. ="
Topics and speakers for future
programs follow:
Jan. 15-"Polarized and Fluores-
cent Light" by DR.. r. A. Osborn,
professor Of physics, U. Of w.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17

Feb. 1s-" Animals That Occur
in Puget Sound Waters" by DR.
John f. Guberlet. professor OF
zoology, L. OF w.
March 1e-"Our Local Birds, -
by f. A Kitchin. OF Tacoma.
NAV 2i-"Conifers Of the Pacific
Coast" by Walter c. Brown. Of
Glover Park high school.
A young peoples fair will he
held on April Is President Of the
Academy Of Science is DR.. Erna
Gunther. professor Of anthropol-
oev at the U. of W. and curator Of
the state museum. Mrs. Edith c.
Neazie is chairman OF the local
branch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Firemen S Board
Asks $4,000 Loan

The firemen's relief and pension
fund board voted Monday to ask
the city council for loan Of 81 600
from the general fund 70 meet p
year-end deficiency in the pension
fund. This will come before the
council by resolution later in the
week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Tacoma Scottish Rite Bodies Plan
Annual Christmas Party on Tuesday

Members of Tacoma Scottish
Rite bodies and their families VIII
gather at the roof garden Of
Masonic temple Tuesday evening
for their annual Christmas party,
and special effort is being made
to make it real holiday affair.
The program will begin at $50,
and will be the last event Of the
Scottish Rite calendar Tor the
year.
Arthur NJ. Aneove. Albert Kelly,
Clark OberHes. Peter Hanson and
VIM. Bosch, with the assistance
Of tho participants on the program,
form the committee in charge.
Delegations are expected from
nearby cities from the various
Scottish Rite clubs affiliated with
the Tacoma bodies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Willkie Egg Thrower
Draws Fine OF SIS

CHICAGO The man who hit
Wendell Willkie with eggs when
the Republican presidential candi-
date visited here Oct. %. was fined
S25 Monday.
Charles Mulrain. SO. pleaded
guilty and Judge Matthew Harti-
gan fined him $50 for assault and
battery and So for disorderly CON
duct.
Mulrain lost his job as a relief
administration engineer because of
the incident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17

contrary TO expectations. but
failed TO aid steel shares.
Automobile stocks ignored De
troit reports indicating new car
sales at record levels.
Rails did nothing despite re-
ports indicating loadings last week
had run ahead Of seasonal expeeta-
ton and the Association OF Amer
lean Railroads report showing a
rise in Novem ber operating
revenues compared with a year
aRo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Mrs. Mary Basseii
Dies al Ace OF 81

Mrs Mary Bassett. 81. of Fir
crest. died Monday in a local hos
pital. A native of Pickering. on
tario. Canada. Mrs. Bassett came
to Tacoma 25 years ago from Ash
land. Wis. She was d member of
st. Leo's church. Surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. r y. McDon-
nell, with whom she lived. and Mrs.
Charles Schonberg Of Port Chica-
20. Cal; two tons. Or. James Y.
Bassett Of Amigo. Wis. and Peter
l.. OF Ashland: one brother. James
Sheridan of Whithv, Canada: one
sister, Mrs Peter Bsssett Of Rainy
River. Canada: Ia grandchildren;
q great-grandchildren. and one
great great grandchild. Gaffney
will announce the funeral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Drunk, Drove
Car 81 M.P.H.
Drows $3.50 Fine.
so Days in Ioil

The compounded offense Of
driving - miles per hour Will
drunk cost Alfred LYLE walker
3s-vear-old mii'Worker. ~ 40
Fawcstt ave = double punishment
Monday of $50 fine and 20 GAYS
in the county Jail.
Walker had been in the jail
SINCE early Saturday when he vas
arrested nv State Patrolman "
F. Campbell Re was tired before
Justice Blanche Funk Miller.
She Also imposed fine Of 500
on Oscar Nelson. 53-year-old Ia
coma truck driver. Of Oil So X
ST. arrested by Campbell early
Sunday morning for drunken driv-
ing in the Fife area. A third man
picked up Tor drunken driving
Saturday near Fife forfeited $50
bail lie was Eugene l.. Ston. %.
a warehouseman. Of ga T. Har-
rison St All three were deprived
OF their drivers license Tor a
year.
zone Man War"
A one-man war by Patrolman
Bill Purse on bad passing on the
highway near Camp Murray and
Fort Lewis nicked three drivers
Monday morning
One OF the men. Richard NJ
Kramer. 21-year-old carpenter. OF
Route 3. box 253. Tacoma. found
guilty Of crossing into a north.
bound lane TO pass southbound
traffic. refused to pay Justice
/ Clarence f. Layton a 81 50 fine
He got three days in jail in ex.
change
Raymond NJ. Johnson. %. Of
Route /, box $40. South Tacoma
n barber at Fort Lewis. wa,
equally obdurate about paying .
s. fine for not stopping at the
+ South American lake intersection
He will serve two days In Jail
Other Fines Given
Charles +. Parent. 5403 So
Birmingham. made a bad pass an,
paid 81 fine Walter G. Schulz
l10l Ia. 46th NJ did the same
TWO others arrested by Purse oil
similar offenses. John A. Durate:
and Chris J. Larson. still were I,
appear before Layton for trial.
Two minor cases arrested b'
Campbell near Fife went befori
Justice Miller. George Alavekiu
1877 Broadway, charged viii
speeding. forfeited SIS. Ta"
Anderson. arrested at the Po- Y
Dog cafe for drunk and disorderly
$40.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
H Apply

MONDAY. DECEMBER

MONDAY. DECEMBER rs
Grace Marie Bailey. S5ss pa
h II
Capt. W p Ne>terman. 1904
Market =.
Detmer ketler. l50s 30. 18th.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17

Her farewell appearance here
the Grace Lane steamer stag
Hound tins week = a Tacoma
visitor for discharge Of ore gath
cred on the South American cir
cut.
A fine carrier new this year the
stag Hound was the first L. $.
Maritime built vessel
10 BE- seen In the Northwest Her
maiden voyage brought her 10 this
port late last April. and she has
since been engaged in the South
American trade.
However. her career IN local
cargo shipping has been short
lived. for on Dec 20 she becomes
a unit OF the L.. 5. navy.
Al the same time. the Maritime
commission announced Monday re-
ceipt Of a 81 $50 900 bid from the
Federal Shipbuilding Co. OF New
Jersey for construction Of an
identical CO type ship for replace
ment Of the Stag Hound under the
Grace line houseflag. The new
ship IS TO be 45s feet overall. 6Os5
gross tons. single-screw steamer
capable Of better than 10 knots.
Rumors current that the
Grace line viii commander
the Cape san Martin. slated
for completion and delivery 70
the American Mail line in
January for the frans-Pacific
trade. Monday appeared 10 he
unsubstantiated.
The Stag Hound Is due at the
Smelter late Monday for discharge
OF more than 1000 tons OF copper
concentrates. remaining there for
several days work.
over the weekend Sistership
Red Jacket. engaged in the same
trade. departed from the harbor
with a fun consignment Of general
freights southbound
/ Berthed here otherwise Monday
was the +. J. Luekenbach. ex-
changing routine intercoastal car
goes: the Herman +. Wilton. dis
charging bulk sulphur from the
Cuff before going on berth for
lumber outbound. the coaster
James Griffiths discharging at
the Hooker Electrochemical Co
wharf.
Slated for arrival Tuesday i.
the Arkansas. making a regular
visit for intercoastal freights. anC
the coasting tanker J. }. Coney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
IT, ,;&|31 M9a&N
Grace Ship Slated for Naval Service;
New Stag Hound Making Lost Coll Here

the stockyard Steamship Co. n
Ncw York. It was revealed Mon
cay.
The vessel vii complete q voy-
age 70 Puerto Rico for which she
Is currently on berth. before beng
turned over.
Engaged in the Pacific coast
trade for many years the West
Shipper has been 4 frequent and
regular caller here.
PORT CALENDAR
Vessels IN port. r J. LucAen-
bach. Port piers. Herman r. VIII
ton. Shaffer No. James Grif-
flths. Hooker
Vessels due: Monday ?. m
stag Hound. smelter Tuesday. J.
J. Coney. Port piers. Arkansas,
Baker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
TRADE BOON READY

A booklet of current business
statistics is now available to local
shippers and merchants, il was
announced Monday by Miss lngrid
Void of the L. s. bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce
Tacoma cooperative office in the
chamber Of commerce.
Titled sources Of regional and
local current business statistics.
the 57-page pamphlet contains an
inclusive compilation Of state
figures on topics such as auto
mobiles. construction, domestic
trade, industrials. etc; separate
grouping embrace 81 Washington
cities. Similar statistics are com
piled on a national basis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Markets OF q
Glance

MONDAY
stocks: Lower and quiet
Bonds; Irregular. I. s gov
efnments mixed
Curb stock IrTegularly
lower.
Foreign Esehsnge; bout
steady.
Cotton: OFF as much ss 30
cents a bale.
Wheat: OFF IL 10 ~ cents
Cora: OF \ 10 > cent.
Rubber: Easy
silver: Unchanged In New
York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
MONDAYS ouorATroNs

touotstions courtesy Dean Witter a
Co Washington Bldg members
kex York Stock Exchange
Hfuh lou Close
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
BANK REPORTS

SEATTLE Monday: Clesrings.
S1O.1e7,129.o1; balances. S6.OO3
1925: transactions. SIS. 927 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
LOCAL. SHIP SOLD

Mccormick Steamship Co. has
sold the freighter West Shipper TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-17
Foreign Developments Hold
Up Commitments Of Traders

DOW JONES AVERAGES
MONDAY
Industrial -. .1sl.os off l.24
Rail .... s1.s2 eff as
Utility $500. 1898 off Ell
Stock sales Monday approx
mated $50 600 shares compared
with eeo 1000 Friday. Curb stock
volume Monday dwindled 10 2o4.
900 shares from $4,000 Friday.
NEW YoRk - Stocks declined
fractions 10 more than a point In
quiet dealings Monday.
Stock traders withheld commit
nnents pending clearing up Of
year-end tax selling and more
definite foreign developments.
Leading steel, motor, chemical
and building shares dropped q
point and more.
The American Iron a steel In
stitute reported steel operations
this week scheduled at PCS per
cent Of capacity. o.s point over
last week and only OIL point below
the record high on an ingot basis
set two weeks ago. The rise was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08

to maintain on a movie set be.
cause SPCA agents, always pres
emit when animals are working, for
bid using a stick on a stubborn
or mischievous elephant who needs
a walloping. This trainer w o d
mistreat Duchess, Pinto, and the
rest about as willingly as he'd kick
Dorothy Lamour.
BEASTS ANXIOUS
TO PLEASE
Main trouble about training ele.
plants for pictures is that they're
too anxious to please. They can't
understand-any more than many
a human observer can understand
why a stunt has to be done over
and over again for five or six re.
%hearsals, and a dozen takes. Rath.
er logically, they finally decide tina,
they must not be doing it right, SC
they try something else. Duchess,
for example, walked on the set and
lay down about Is times, and did
it perfectly. On the 10th time, she
tried standing on her head. Pres.
ton Foster sailed out of the howdah
ifor a beautiful one-and-a-half.
This one is the best elephan,
in Hollywood now, and the only
one who'll be trusted to carry Para.
mounts stars. Like many a star,
she won't work overtime. When
o'clock comes-or maybe 10 min.
utes n way or the other - she
takes Earls wrist and heads for
the barn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
Firms DISPERSE
PR0-RED MEETING
Action Comes Despite Red
Warnings To Ease Up
On Communists

HELs1NKI, Finland. Aug. 7.-R
Finnish police last night DIS
persed on the edge Of Helslnkl a
meeting of several nunoreo
friends of the Soviet" who mao
been forbidden the right to assem-
BILE.
The group Immediately marcheo
to a small square and started d
fire but order was restored quickly
after fremen appeared.
Class, Russian official news
agency, yesterday reported tne
Staying of a member of the "socie.
ty for Friendship and Peace with
the U. S. S. R." and said the FIN
nish press was persisting IL a cam
paign against the society.
(Only last week Premler-forelga
Commissar Vyacheslaeff Molotoh
told the Supreme Soviet that RUS
sian-Finnish relations may be
damaged by the campaign against
Finnish circles who try to strength
en- good neighborly relations With
the U. S. S. RI
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
U. S. TO CHECK
FIFTH COLUMN
Nazis Charged With Using
Legations, Consulates To
Spread Propaganda
BY j. C. STARK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-(P-A
shakeup of German diplomatic and
consular stats in the Western Hem
isphere was forecast in reliable quar-
tiers today as a result of measures
adopted at the Havana Pan-Amer'
lean conference against fifth col
umn' activities.
German authorities were said to
be perturbed by the determined at
titude of the American republics and
by the manner in which some MAJ
officials have aroused concern in the
countries where they were stationed.
A possible withdrawal of a con-
siderable number and their replace
ment by diplomatic officials less
active as Nazi party members was
expected by some well-informed per-
sons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
IN HOLLYWOOD
RY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service Staff. Correspondent
HoLLYWOoD.-Armed, W It n
a pocket rnachete and a pound O
lump sugar your CORRESPONDENT,
has ventured into the well-tracked
iunges of Baldwin Lake. in the
Santa Anita country. A Paramoung
expedition is filming Moon over
Burma there, and the eucalyptus
and palm groves harbor flies. mos
uuitoes, chiggers, and elephants.
I fed all Of them.
Ordinarily the ten elephants
would be with a circus, but the
studio signed them first. Movie.
trained elephants r scarce, ana
getting scarcer. Anna May, vet
eran of hundreds of pictures, died
last year-appropriately enough TOT
a Hollywood celebrity, Of stomach
ulcers. Sally and. Queenle worked
six days in Moon Over Burma"
and we're killed in a fire that swept
Goebbel's animal farm. Replacing
those two are Duchess and her dou-
BILE, Pinto. No glamor girls, they're
about so and IS. Glamor hasn't
anything to do with their role, any,
way, understanding Dorothy La
amour, BobrPreston, and Preston
Foster through a teak forest.
Talking with Earl, their trainer,
while doing out sugar to a line
of panhandling pachyderms, l
learned there r a lot of diff
culties in working elephants for
movies. They can't be directed,
as can dogs, by hand signals. And
they'll obey only the voice of a
trainer. They pay no attention to
what. any star tells 'em to do"
said Earl, a little smugly.
INSIST
!sON THEIR RIGHTS
/. Earl has had some trouble con-
.vincing Director Louis King that
Duchess, carrying a howdah and
:1he three principals, can't be per-
.suaded to go through an intricate
ffoutine, including stopping at an
1exact spot and lying down, with.
shouted commands or the nudg-
ing of a bulf-hook.
+ "Some directors are swell with
animals" the trainer said. 'Dick
Thorpe, who made the last two
Tarzans, knows just what they can
or can't do. Another guy, I re-
member, got sore because a lion
had to be fed at exactly the same
time every afternoon and wouldn't
work afterward. Say-if that cat
hadn't been fed on time, he'd have
-dined on us!"
:. Another thing few directors I'm
!: derstand is that elephants won't
stand perfectly quiet. Earl's going
crazy trying to keep his pals from
spelling scenes by tossing leaves
and dust at the flies, or by snort
ing. Discipline is especially hard
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08

installed for operations necessary
in machining shell cases.
Watertown, Mass, arsenal BUILDS
coast defense guns and constructs
mounts and does the rough work
on the barrels of 3-inch a~nti-aircraf
guns, which are then finished at
Watervliet.
Watertown arsenal's equipment
is large and nearly IS per cent
of it is more than 20 years old. Fa-
cilities for the anti-aircraft gun pro-
vide for only one gun at a time.
Most of the army's three-inch anti
aircraft guns have been made by
a private manufacturer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-08
SO Italian Airmen
Killed During July

ROME, Aug. 7.-R-Italian
military authorities announced
today the loss of 1877 men dead
and missing in war operations
during July, bringing the total
since Italy entered the war, to
1916.
The July casualty lists show.
ed SO filters killed and 81 miss
ing. Navy casualties were SO
killed and So missing. The ARMY
loss was 10 in East Africa.
Wounded airmen numbered Lug
and wounded sailors 100.
The government previously
had announced the loss of Isl
airmen, 61O naval officers and
seamen and 818 troops killed on
the French front.