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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Letter Campaign
To Be Continued

Ten thousand courtesy cards, Of
fering packets of illustrated sta
tionery to tourists and Washington
citizens on vacation, are being
widely circulated by The Olympic
ans, Inc, to enable visitors to write
more interesting stories about
Washington to friends.
This is continuation of the
letter-writing campaign, launched
several years ago, in which 300, 600
sheets of the stationery, with Is
different views, were distributed
by the organization and its mem
bers. Executives and prominent
people have used it for business
and social purposes, mailing 1t
throughout America and to many
foreign countries.
A specimen will be sent to all
who make application for courtesy
cards, by writing The Olympicans,
Inc. Dietz Building, Bremerton,
Wash. Cards may also be obtain
ed from members.
All that is necessary to obtain
supply of the stationery is to
sign your name and address on
one of the cards and obtain the
signatures of four business and
professional people while touring
Puget Sound and the Olympic
peninsula. Then mail the card
already self-addressed, to the or
ganization. which will send the
stationery and other data about
the state of Washington. postpaid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Speedup Of Relief
Fund Urqed on CITY

Speeding up Of Red Cross war
relief fund solicitations in various
city departments was urged before
the council Monday by Emery
Asbury. head of the Pierce County
Red Cross organization.
Asbury said Pierce county had
so far raised only $4,000 OF its
S4o.0 quota. Conflict with the
annual roll call of the local Red
Cross was partly TO blame for the
county's slowness, he said.
Mayor Cain promised all city
departments would try to have
their final reports in by Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Ordinances Offered

Two light department ordinances
were introduced Monday by Utili-
ties Commissioner O'Neil, one call
ing for appropriation of $4,000
for increasing the capacity of the
Tacoma-Seattle intertie power line
and one appropriating s35,o35 for
construction of five homes, ga
RACES and sidewalks for permanent
employees at the Cushman power
plants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Price of Lemons Increased;
First Nectarines Arrive

A supply Of tarines. a
smooth-skined variety Of peach
has Just been received from Cali
fornia and is available on the local
market at S110 a box, wholesale,
according to dealers.
The start of a new week brought
several price changes. Lemons
were up to 1925, an appreciable
increase. Cantaloupes and peaches
were still plentiful at lower prices.
Cantaloupes were down to sl.15
and peaches ranged from So cents
to S1.10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Foreign Traders
Are in Session

SAN FRaNCISCO-F orei n
trade leaders Monday proposed the
creation of economic defense blocs
among western hemisphere nations
and trade agreements with the Brit
ish empire, to forestall efforts of
totalitarian nations TO dominate
world trade.
The proposals were made at the
opening session of the four-day
9th national trade convention.
James A. Farrell. New York,
chairman of the National Foreign
Trade council, predicted the totali-
tartan nations would attempt to
form an economic bloc in Europe,
regardless of outcome of the war.
He suggested trade agreement
between the United States and all
British empire countries as a means
of achieving balance of power
in bargaining with the bloc.
Edward j. Noble, undersec-
rotary of commerce, told the
conference the western hemis-
pheric nations must immedi-
ately organize a cOunter-eco-
nomic force to resist a tOtali-
tartan trade bloc, which might
attempt to subordinate one or
all of the Latin American coun-
tries TO the political ideologies
of the totalitarians.
Noble said this economic defense
must be supported by adequate
financial aid. especially for the
weaker nations, and by program
for developing resources of the
Latin American nations. Sc said
such a program already is in ef-
feet.
Farrell presented the keynote
address of the convention.
He said present international
trade is geared to military econom-
les, with necessities the governing
factor in meeting emergencies and
with no fixed rules.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
10 Months Term
For Check Forgery

William c. Doney of Kelso was
sentenced TO serve is months at
Mcneil island federal prison by
Judge Lloyd L. Black in federal
district court Monday. Doney
pleaded guilty last week when
arraigned on charges of forgery
of U. s. government check.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30

Lack Of scrap iron for immediate
stowage in Tacoma left the water
front free of pressure felt in other
coast ports where potential war
material poured into the holds Of
Japsn-bound ships.
Local customs. officials. mean
while had received no instructions
Monday for handling OF scrap
metal and gasoline exports af-
fected by the Tightening regula-
tons. The federal export license
deadline was set for Wednesday
night. when free export was 10 be
halted.
Leaving the Shaffer No. l
terminal Saturday, the West
Cusscta of the American Mall
Line was speeding TO Portland
10 load $500 tons of scrap rail
and steel plate.
She loaded no metal here for
Japan, taking a balance of the
Amtorg trading agency cargo
previously slated for Russia. The
vessel was a day behind schedule
leaving here.
In Portland, long IN or m n
working day and night shifts had
more than half-filled the holds of
the American steamer Kentucky
and the japanese freighter Nam
man Maru with heavy iron for
Japan. The Panamanian motorship
San Rafael prepared to clamp
down her matches and sail from
that port Monday. well ahead of
the deadline. Each of the three
ships was capable of handling
5000 tons of the metal
Reports were current on Port
lands waterfront that japanese
were attempting to
charter ships to load with scrap
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30

Low pressure water conditions
in the high-elevation district from
So. 18th to 18th on Prospect st.
brought protests to the council
Monday.
George J. Hood. l706 So. Pros
pect St, and some 81 other resi-
dents of the neighborhood, petition
ed for improved service because
there are hours at time when
there isn't water enough to fill
tanks on the second floors of homes
there.
Utilities Commissioner O'Neil
blamed the condition on made
quate. leaky water mains, and will
full wasting of water on unmetered
services.
Losing Millions Daily
Were losing 100000 gallons
of water a day through old leaky
MAINS" O'Neil told the delegation,
We've got plenty of water, but
the mains are inadequate and there
are many violations of the sprink-
ling rules.
The principal trouble is that
districts have grown up in late
years and new homes have tapped
old mains that cannot provide
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Meonest Thief Drdws
30-Yeur Prison Term

SAN FRANCISCO-This city's
"meanest thief' confessed in court
to having robbed 10 blind pen
sioners OF more than $1,000. He
won entrance TO their homes by
posing as a physician sent from
San Francisco hospital to examine
and treat their eyes and then rob-
bed them of amounts ranging up
To 1855 in one instance. He was
sentenced to 80 years imprison-
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
HAPPY
&;rthdau
MONDAY, JULY 30

Fem klasey, Clear lake.
Mrs. Elma Elgood, 1905 So.
Fawcett ave.
Fred Lund, Van Noyes hotel.
Lois Steinseifer, 1885 So. 18th
st.
Frank Fee, Rt. 3, Box sos,
Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Councilmen Ready
For Fish Derby

City Of Tacoma will be repre-
sented by five good fishermen and
true t?) even II Mayor Cain has
to 90 out on the open market
for . couple Of ringers. be IL ad-
VIKING the park board. in reply
to notice Of the annual city-park
board salmon derby Aug. Q.
me boards letter fixing the
time and place. Pit Defiance, was
read to the council Monday. Cain
sid he'd answer for the council
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Firm. 8 o'clock cables: England
fpound) SSH. up .oo2h; Cam
ada, dollar. .s77s: Italy 0irs) .0505:
Finland tmarkka) .0205; switzer-
land tfranc) -2275. up .oo02: Swed-
en- ikrona) .23se. off .00oi: Japan
tyan) .2s4e; Mexico lpesol -2o5o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Stocks Underione Firmer,
But Trade Remains Slow
Markets ot q
Glance
MONDAY

MONDAY
stocks: Trregularly higher and
quiet.
Bonds: Irregularly higher; U. S.
governments higher.
Curb Stocks: Irregularly higher.
Foreign Exchange: Firm.
Cotton: Steady.
Wheat: Unchanged to up q.
Corn: Up u to -.
Rubber: Firm.
Silver: Unchanged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30

Stock sales Appropriated 26o.-
900 shares against 270.000 Fri
day. while curb stock sales were
$4,000 shares. compared with IS. 900
Friday.
NEW YORK A boom in steel
operations to new 1910 high and
spiking Of recent European peace
rumors by British Prime Minister
Churchill gave stocks firmer I'M
dertone Monday, but failed to
break the five-week stalemate in
the market.
Trading dragged along at around
the slowest pace since the World
war. and during the second hour
only 10000 shares were turned
over-smallest total for the hour
since August. 1918.
Chrysler, one Of the strongest
stocks on the board. jumped "a
points to 69A. and held. most Of
its gain to the close. General Mo-
tors rose fractionally. Rubber and
auto equipments were firm.
Bethlehem Steel swung up u to
7e& following the steel report.
backed down to 4 small loss and
then pushed up again to gain of
around point. u. S. Steel jumped
IN to 52A and held the gain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30

ReFt1an1- Clearings $5,046.616.-
~: balances $l,24z.z5z
seaftle CIearings 1854. 40;
balances -. ga. 7eS. 10; transactions
ga ,O0o.oo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
q Dec
New Firss Pull Last
Aug. 3 AUG. 10 Aug. III July ~

Washington's Forecast - Unset
tied tonight and Tuesday; partly
cloudy and occasional light rain
northwest portion and on coast;
moderate temperatures, gentle
south to west wind off the coast
and over inland waters.
Rainfall in Tacoma for the "a
hours ending 9 4. m. Monday. .05
Of an inch; since July /, loo
inches, an excess of 40 of an inch:
since Jan. /, 20.So inches, a short
age Of 100 inches.
Wind at 8 q m. Monday. south
west. 10 m. p. h.: barometer 2e.9s
and rising steadily. .04.
Sun rises Tuesday at 4:47 q. m.
and sets at TAG p. m.
Tacoma's weather on July 20.
1939-Clear, no rain. maximum
temperature 70 degrees and min
imum IS. Highest wind velocity
- m. p. h. from the west.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
MONDAYS QUOTATIONS.

Quotations courtesy Dean Witter d
Co. washington Bldg. memoers
New York stock Exchaneel
High Low Close
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-30
Y. Y. CURB STOCKS

Closing Prices Furnished by
Dean Witter a COMPANY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Two Clippers to
Arrive Friday

NEW YORK Pan American
Airways announced today that
two of its flying boats bringing
prominent Americans and Euro
peans TO the u. s. had been de-
layed by minor mechanical diff
culties" at Horta. The Azores, and
that neither would arrive here I'M
til Friday morning.
Among Atlantic Clipper passen-
gers marooned at Horta were Will
liam c. Bullitt, United States am
bassador to France. former EN-
press Zita of Austria and her
daughter, Princess Elizabeth. Pas
sengers aboard the Yankee Clip
per included former Belgian Pre-
mier Paul Won iceland and Ma
dame Schiaparelli, Partisan fash
ion designer.
The Dixie Clipper left Horta
early Wednesday for Lisbon. and
if present schedules are main
tanned, will reach New York on its
return trip Friday, along with the
other two clippers. Reports from
Lisbon have stated that the duke
of Windsor and his duchess will
board the Dixie Clipper, but the
New York offices of Pan-Ameri-
can said their names were not on
the passenger list.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Dance Band
Makes Hit
In Kitchen

ASBURY PARK, y. IA con-
tract is a contract to the Charles
Barrow orchestra, and it plans
to continue its nightly perform
ances in the Berkeley-Carteret
storeroom the rest OF the summer.
The room is only Is by 20 feet
and the nearest thing to an audi
ence are the cooks and kitchen
helpers in the adjoining room.
The storeroom itself is Uttered
with sacks and cans of food, but
the orchestra has a contract call
ing for $500 per week until Sept.
2, and none of the eight musicians
or the vocalist, Linda Lief, wanted
to break 1t.
From June 20 until last Satur-
day the orchestra had played in
the hotels terrace garden. When
it arrived for work Saturday eve
ming it found another orchestra in
its place. Arthur C. Steinback,
president of the hotel. said the
patrons liked the new orchestra
better. When Barrow insisted on
fulfilling the contract, Michael
Kelly, hotel manager. assigned the
Barrow band to the storeroom.
For three nights Barrow's or
chestra performed faithfully in its
new quarters from $50 p. m. TO
2 a. m, with Miss Lief rendering
an occasional vocalization.
The kitchen help reported it
found the music soothing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Camp Murray
Is Improved
New Buildings
Are Completed

When Washington nations
guardsmen gather at Camp Muir
ray for annual encampment
August 4-24. inclusive. a much i'm
proved camp over that Of last year
will contribute TO comfort and con-
yenience.
-Four combination mess halls
and kitchens. together with bath
houses for both officers and en-
listed men. have been constructed
in the 10th quartermaster regi-
ment area. A kitchen. mess hall
and bath house has been construct
ed for Headquarters troop, path
calvary division, Tacoma. and for
the two brigade headquarters units
OF the guard.
Buildings are Of Z oncre e
masonry construction.
Now under construction Is a
Is. 900 gallon elevated steel water
tank. expected TO be completed in
time to add its supply OF water
to the present system by the time
troops convene.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Clubs Picnic
To Be Tuesday
Members to Bring
Plonts. Shrubs

GIG HARBOR The Peninsula
Garden Stub will meet on Tuesday
1t Crescent Valley park. This
will be an outdoor meeting a, which
members win bring plants and
shrubs and plant them in the park
Their will be q pot-luek luncheon
1T noon, followed by q meeting.
Mrs. ]. Whitmore OF Rosedale
will leave for Portland on Friday
for a visit with friends. Upon her
return she will bring back her
daughter, Patricia, who Is visiting
In that city.
Brought to Tacoma
Mrs. J. Harshberger of Rosedale
was taken Ill suddenly on Monday
and was taken to q Tacoma hos
pital by Ras Paulson.
Mrs. S. Jensen Of Rosedale has a
brother. A. Noen. visiting her from
Nekoma. N. Oak.
The Amateur Garden club viii
hold q picnic lunch at the r. II.
Peyran place on Shore Acres on
Tuesday at 1880. Coffee. cream
and sugar will be provided by the
club. After the lunch there will be
q social time and inspection Of the
Peyran grounds and garden. Men,
bers requiring transportation call
Mrs. Ruth Bartlett or Mrs. Antoine
Skansie before Tuesday.
Mas Mary Jane Turner and Miss
Dorothy Gilmore are vacationing
1T ohanapecosh Hot Springs.
Pot-Luck Dinner
The annual picnic Of Waconda
chapter. O.E.S.. will be held at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Thomp-
son In Rosedale on Saturday. There
will be . $50 pot-luck dinner; cof-
fee. sugar and ice cream will be
furnished by the chapter. The
committee in charge Ii Mr.. Chris
Thompson. Mrs. Ethel Treutle and
Mrs. Hugh Denny. All members
Of the Eastern Star and their
friends are invited. Each Is re-
quested to bring own table service.
There will Be = special meeting
Of the Crescent Valley Good Roads
club at the Community hall on
Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Treute recently were Capt. and
Mrs. Robert Lancefield Of San
Francisco. On Sunday Mrs. Ivan |
Schneider Of Portland arrived for
an extended visit with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Treutle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Oregon Census
Shows l,O85,5l7

PORTLAND oregon's popula-
ton went over the million mark
in 1910. preliminary census figures
for the entire state revealed today.
The new figure is i,0s5,5l7, as
against 953. 1856 for the 1890 census.
Mslheur county. with an in
crease of IS per cent, showed, by
far, the largest gain. Lincoln
county's IS per cent increase WAS
the second largest, with Josephine
county showing II per cent rise,
good for third place.
Other substantial gains were
made as follows:
Clackamas. 20 per cent; Jack
son "a; Marion rs: Descutes p6:
Washington as: Linn "a; Lane 81:
Hood River 20, and klamath rs.
Crook. Gillian. Harvey, Jeffer-
son. Morrow. Sherman and Wall
Iowa counties showed losses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
An Inside Picture Of Finon-
II / II IL l ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGT0N-The Democratic delegates 20 the Chi
cago convention Franklin D. Roosevelt 10 again
for the simple that they think he carry their
local and tickets vctory-a purely selfish motive
but they pledge their hearts blood Big Jim Farley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Rare Butterfly
Caught by Boy

MIAMI. FLA boy with o
butterfly net ended a 3s-year quest
by scientists for the rare Papilio
Andraemon Bonhotei by capturing
three Of the species in a Miami
hammock while collecting speei-
mems for his junior high school
natural science class.
He is 15-year-old William Saw
yer who, in catching the rare but
terflies, did what leading lepidop-
terists have been trying to accom-
plish since they first were observed
in this area by W. J. Holland, q
collector. in 1902.
Young Sawyer was unaware OF
his discovery until he took the
butterflies to his teacher. J. Harold
Matteson. formerly a collector for
the Carnegie Institute Of Pitts
burgh.
Mstteson communicated imme-
diately with J. F. Gates Clarke, Of
the U. S. Department Of Agricul-
lures Bureau of Entomology, and
sent a male and female of the
species to Washington. They are
the first of the species known to
have been captured.
The rare Papilio Andraemon
Bonhotei has brilliant markings Of
dark brown and cream with yellow
bars across the wings that meas
ure four inches from tip to tip. 1t
resembles its family cousin, the
Papilio Palamedes. which is COM
mon in South Florida.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19


Mr.. Farley. although disgrsced
and discredited by the convention
msneuveungs Of Harry Hopkins.
the presidents 1910 generalissimo.
has mana ged TO preserve his good
temper. His press conferences. at
which he has been asked the most
embarrassing questions, have been
operate.
In sheer skill they match
the press performances of the
president in the early DAYS of
the New Deal and of Repub-
lican Nominee NillLie since
the finger of fate pointed at
him.
jim. luckily wants nothing from
the Democratic party. II any debt
exists. it is in his favor. He has,
out of his love and admiration for
the president, helped to elect him
twice with unprecedented popular
and electoral majonties. But in
the last four years he has been
cast aside by the president for his
jsnizaries the Hopkins. the
Ickes, the Cohens and the Cor
corsns. Jim took this side-track-
ing with a smile. He figured that
FDR would eventually recover his
political sense.
In an exclusive interview with
this writer. Jim said: Listen,
Ray. l will quit on Saturday as
national chairman for several rea-
sons. But the main reason will
be that I told the newspaper
crowd at Washington three months
ago that my name would go be-
fore the convention, and stay there
until the finish.
THE newspapermen have never
let me down in my political career
OF 90 years, and l don't intend TO
let them down now. In letting
my name 60 and stay before the
convention, am NOT fighting the
president. am keeping faith
with my friends inside and out
side the press and political gal
lery.'
Nevertheless, If Jim carries out
his threat to resign the national
craftsmanship Saturday-when the
Democratic national committee
stages its 1910 meeting-the move
might be fatal. Nobody except
Jim commands the love and
respect of the run-of-mine Demo-
Gratis. The president has their
admiration. yes, but his appeal to
their affections does not begin to
equal Farley's. In the matter
or contest--of humanities big
Jim" is tops even over the presi-
dent-or any other Democrat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Former Boy Soldier
Is Town treasurer

ADENA. O.--Just 20 years ago
the youngest American soldier to
see World war action returned to
the United States. Today James
Z. Barkhurst, who was 10 when
he enlisted at Wheeling, w. Va.
L. Adena town treasurer. He saw
action at the Marne. st. Mihiel.
Neuse-Argonne and other fronts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19

A good guess now IS that Jim
will resign the national chairman
ship. which will be filled at Satur-
days committee meeting. Jim
does not want il, has told friends
that he would stultify himself II
he accepted it, and has crossed
his heart against any attempt to
elect his old buddy-you may re-
member his name. Franklin d.
Roosevelt-for a third term. Jim,
unfortunately. is an old-fashioned
Americani
But you know everybody
knows-"Big Jim" He is a soft
kind, lovable and chicken-hearted
individual. Although the president
has booted him around for four
years. during which he took the
sad advice OF Messrs. Cohen, Cor
coran. Ickes. Wallace, Jackson and
Biddle, FDR now finds it neces-
sary to lean on the "old reliable
James Aloysius Farley.
But when the critical moment
comes next Saturday at the ma
tional committee meeting, Jim
may be like the man on the stair.
He won't be there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Demos Expect Small
Balance by Fall

CHICAGO - Oliver A. Quayle.
Jr., treasurer OF the Democratic
national committee. announced
that indications were the party
would open Its fall campaign with
all debts paid and a small cash
balance on hand.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
Tree Bronch Grows
Inside q Bottle

ALBANY. N. "a tree branch
which grew inside q bottle was
found by q wPA isborer while
working on a project. The bottle.
broke at the bottom, apparently
had been placed on a tree limb
many years ago. The branch con-
tnued growing. with new limbs
extending far beyond the bottles
opening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
New Sport Going
Over" in MICHIGAN

GLEN ARBOR. Mich.-Scooting
over yielding sands of dunes along
Lake Michigan in "dunemobiles" il
a sport that is catching on in
western Michigan. The dune
mobiles" are open automobiles with
extra large tires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-19
. TO MEET SATURDAY

The Washington Old Age PEN
sion county council will meet at
1870 p. m. Saturday. July 20, in
Emerson hall, 1902 Broadway. TO
elect officers and transact other
business. All members of the
WOAPU are invited to attend.
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Your Tea

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