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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Mccormack Rites
Ai3:30 Thursday

James Mccormack. pioneer Ia
coma merchant and outstanding
member of the states Masonic
bodies, will be buried Thursday in
Tacoma cemetery, following serv-
ices at $50 p. m. in the Mellinger
chapel. Grand Lodge Of Washing
ton will be in charge of services.
with Grand Master Matthew w.
Hill officiating.
Active pallbearers. taken from
the file of 32d degree Masons. will
be Stewart e. Perry. Neil 3. Nell
son, Louis c. Boyer. Ernest T.
Mock, Arthur II. Bassett and Wal
ter II. Mierow.
Honorary pallbearers viii be
made up of 33d degree Masons
and viii include George M. Lee,
Horace w. Tyler. Frank M. Lam
born, William c. Wheeler jr.. RAN
dali S. Williams. James II. Davis,
Harry E. Hatch. Fred r. Calligan,
William p. Stephens, Edward B.
King. Ernest X. Murray. Eugene
A. White and Russell C. Barlow.
Mccormack died Sunday in Santa
Barbara, Cal, at the home Of his
daughter. Mrs L. NJ. Crawford.
He had been i'll two years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Decision Soon
On Libel Suit
KIRO VS.. c. c.
Cose Is Argued

Superior Judge Ernest II. Card
Wednesday awaited an additional
memorandum from attorneys for
the plaintiff before rendering a
decision on demurrer filed by
defendants in the 500. 900 libel
action brought BY the Queen City
Broadcssting Co. OF Seattle against
the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
and officers Of the organization
Arguments IN behalf Of the
demurrer were completed Tuesday
afternoon BY Attorney Archie
Blair. He commended the complaint
filed by the broadcasting company.
operators Of radio station kIRo,
failed to state facts sufficient to
constitute a cause for action.
The suit is based on an article
IN Tacoma Progress" the cham
ber's publication, for the month
of July. 1910. and letter asserted
ly written TO James L. Fly, chair
man Of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission at Washington.
d. C., July Is. 1910. and signed
by T. A. Stevenson as manager of
the chamber.
Contents of the article and
letter were of a libelous nature.
the Seattle broadcasting firm con-
tended.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Concert Emphasizes Need
OF New Auditorium

Against the handicap Of bad
acoustics and lighting effects.
the Tacoma Philharmonic orches-
ira, Eugene Linden conductor,
opened its eighth season at Jason
Lee auditorium Tuesday night
with a performance that brought
full measure OF commentator
from the largest first night audi
ence in the organizations history.
The performance was another
emphatic demonstration Of how
serious is Taeoma's need for an
auditorium adapted 70 orchestra
and other large musical perform
ances.
The program was one 10 test
the mettle OF conductor and play
ers. as well as emphasizing the
inadequacies Of the auditorium.
The first half Of the program.
Beethoven's Symphony in A
Major, was written after the
composer became deaf but II con-
sidered one OF the masterpieces
Of what the critics term his sec
ond period. Because Of some Of
the lively. skipping figures and
heller SHELTER movement, II has
been referred 70 as the dance
symphony" The orchestra appear
ed at its best in the second move
ment.
Serenade and Overture
A Mozart serenade in ID major,
in which the strings dominated.
opened the second half Of the two
hour program. In this number
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
Boys Halloween Party Thursday

TIE Halloween party fer esys
AZ the !. N 4 A THURSDAY night
vi start i and nd IN tine
- that AL participants nay -
On their Wy hare - ? eeieea
There vii - prises fer eets
IN the best Halloween costumes
hiit a j. not necessary q eans
IN eosinFn< Ths rrnEfam sin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
HERE'S MORE AB0UT
Draft in Tacoma
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

be required to furnish about a
25th. or 10000. of the nations
armed forces, which will total ap-
proximately 1900. 900 men by june
is. 1941.
Showing the number Of tran
sients, tourists and students In the
state from all parts of the nation,
1852 cards of men who registered
in Washington on Oct. 16, but live
out of the state. have been sent
to the mems homes.
Every state but Delaware
was represented. Oregon got
the greatest number Of cards
from this state-51S. Caiifor-
MIA was one behind.
And from Olympia came an
nouncement by Gov. Clarence d.
Martin of the appointment of ad-
visory legal boards in each of the
states 80 counties. The boards will
assist registrants under the ma
ti~nal draft program. advising and
aiding the men in filling out the
questionnaires: also counseling the
men as to their rights and claims.
Named in Pierce county were
Judge E. d. Hodge. Andrew Bertha
and Merton Elliott, all Of Tacoma.
They will meet soon to elect a
chairman and secretary, and ap-
point a group of Is attorneys to
help them in their work. Ulti-
mately, it is expected, every attor-
ney in the county will be called
for the work.
First inspector from selective
Service headquarters in Washing
ington, D. c., arrived at Camp
Murray Wednesday. He was Maj.
Daniel E. Gould. Travelling by
plane, he arrived from Salem, Ore,
and said Boise, Ida, would be his
next stop.
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More rain was forecast for Ia
com Wednesday after g inch had
fallen during the "a hours ending
at s a. m. Total for the month now
is 4.32 inches. an excess Of lib
inches. For the year to date. pre-
cipitation amounts to 1882 inches,
only 90 inch below normal.
North Head had So m. p. h.
wind, accompanied by 1:30 inches
of rain. Tatoosh had ST inch of
rain: Portland. rs; Seattle, SO,
and Eugene, .26.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
BOOKED FOR BEGGING

Arrested shortly before mid
night Tuesday, Arvid Reini. said
to Be- an itinerant. WAS booked at
city Jail on a charge Of being
intoxicated and accused Of solicit
ing aims He was taken into Gus
tody by Pstrolmsn Earl Rotsheck
al 14th and Pacific ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

George johnson. concert master.
distinguished himself in the solo
violin part. Tschaikowsky's
Romeo ard Juliet Overture Fam
tasy. which closed the program.
reflected some OF the turbulence
that roughened the path of true
love in the Shakespeare romance.
The second concert OF the series
Is booked for Nov. he. T. 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31

inclsde = FTP through = haunted
tunnel peanut acfsmhis. an -oilf
gsrK Comedy s~im. snd re
frsshmentz
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
YEARS BIGGEST gEATuREs-
FLUID DRIVE WIN
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The oil-iikc smoothness Of Fluid
Drive 10 now combined with fun
Automatic Shifting for all nor
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Youcanstop, start, drive allday.
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nous powcr. flashing sccelcrstionl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-31
rtncT OBTAINS

Ths Enumriaw Sal einh hss
elected tieFsicn TasEsr aad Nllfon
Allen captains ~ the membership
1rlNs ehleh VII rIn unlH Nnx. -
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Peninsula TO
Be Busy Place
purties Plunned
Saturday Night

GIG HARBoR TIE wellcchst
and Midway Improvement eiuh
an meet SATURDAY Il Midway
han. The speaker win ne clark
oeerllss. Ladies Il The Midway
district wili he hostesses.
Saturday evening the Ladies
Auxiliary cf the American Legion
win sponsor = card party At the
hom. Of Mrs.. John Murphy. GiE
Hsrhor. Bridge. pinoehle and 300
ain ,. played. rhs public |, In.
vited.
rhs Girls club ~if meet Wed.
Nov. 4. a. the home Of Mrs. lee
Thrash.
Crescent Valley PIT A. vii
sponsor = masquerade party and
dance At the Community han Sat
undav evening. A Museovy duck
will ee given ~ q prize fer the
most comic costume. The commit.
tee IN charge IL Mrs ohert sovde.
Mrs. Lee criswold and J. n
Borgert
Hunter shoots Cow
]. n. Rorgert had a valuable
Jersey COW shot Friday afternoon.
The COW was killed by = shotgun
but there Is no clue 20 the hunter
who was unable % distinguish be-
tween a COW and a duck. II IL a
double loss to Borgcrt As the cow
would have calved In about three
days
Eight members Of the Lincoln
All club attended Achievement
day nj Marion Grange hall. Seven
first year members awarded pins
were Anna Edwards. Sonia Glitch
Elsie ostoyich. Pauline Bahioh.
Lorraine Ross. Mary Ruckefl
Leona Nleolac. The club win hold
Halloween party Friday at the
home OF the leader. Mrs. Ivan Nc
Kenzle. Elaine Crawford has been
appointed assistant reporter.
The home economies class Of Gig
Harbor high school. under Miss
simmons. has formed a club 10
study subjects pertaining 20 It's
work, The club viii meet once a
month at members homes. the first
time with Betty Berkheimsr Nov.
IL. The following officers were
elected: president, Evelyn Love.
vice president. Marion Puratich,
secretary. Lorraine Foster; treas
urer. Elaine 0ultormssn. historian.
Phyllis Bradshaw.
Son 10 Hemleys
A baby son Was born To Mr.. and
Mrs. Wally HENLEY of Gig Harbor
Sunday 1T a Tacoma hospital.
Phillips Besdelstonc left last
week for a months visit with her
sister. Mrs. Russell Rich Of savan.
nah. III.
The postponed meeting Of the
Fortnightly club Will be held
Thursday AZ the home Of Mrs.
George .Kennan at Horsehsad bay
There will be discussion, led by
Mrs. John Wagner. on Should
the Philippine Islands BE Self
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Nephews 0ffieiaie
Al Requiem Mass
For Mrs. Columbus
Widow Of Contractor
Lifelong Resident
Of Washington

Solemn high requiem mass was
celebrated yesterday at 81. Martins
Church for Mrs. Mary T. Columbus.
IS, who died at Providence Hos
pital Thursday morning.
The three priests who oficiated
are nephews Of the deceased. They
are the Rev. Joseph Lane, the Rev.
Ignatius Fealy and the Rev. Leo
Fealy. The Rev. Bernard Prosise.
4 granddaughter, was master Of cere-
monies. The Rev. Louis r. Milton
berger, assistant pastor OF st. Mar
tins, preached the funeral SER
mon. In the sanctuary were Msgrs.
M. j. Riordon and Lawrence She
han.
A lifelong resident of Washing
ton, Mrs. Columbus, whose only
son, Charles J. Columbus, is secre-
tary Of the Advertising Club Of
Washington, was born October 5,
1855, in Brooklapd, on tract OF
land that is now part OF the United
States Soldiers Home. Her par
ents, Thomas and Ellen Fealy, came
to this country from Ireland in
1850, and remained all their lives
in Washington.
Widow of a well-known Wash
ington contractor, Christopher M.
Columbus, who died IA years ago,
Mrs. Columbus had lived for years
at "a q street NE. She was one
of nine children, all of whom are
dead except Of Sister Mary Gabriel
Fealy of the Sisters of Providence,
who has spent IS years working for
poor and destitute children Of Bos-
ton, Mass. Another sister, the late
Sister Eugenia Fealy, was mother
superior Of the Sisters Of Charity
in the West.
Mrs. Columbus was buried In
Mount Olivet Cemetery. She Is sur
vived by her son, Charles j., and
five grandchildren, Charles Anthony
Columbus, John Joseph Columbus.
Mary v. Columbus, Joseph ]. Co
lumbus and Eugenia Columbus.
Sisters from Providence Hospital.
st. AIMS, st. Vincent's, st. Roses
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New York, but left for the West. He
couldn't stand the sight of immi-
grafton inspectors, he said. Too, his
friends knew him as a German; he
wanted to be known as an American.
But his accent gave him away. He
kept moving.
In the West the German youth
dropped his carefully cultivated
"g's"; he practiced a drawl. He took
q law course from Chicago corre-
spondence school. He studied nights,
he said, because he had no social life.
Girls he avoided, since he felt he
could never marry while keeping his
secret. Once he told girl, and she
turned him down.
Contacts OfIicials Frequently.
Just now the German is prospect
ing in Arizona. He likes his donkey,
the climate and the people he meets.
He feels he is becoming part Of
America-that the country Is abb
sorbing him. Registration officials
since August have received five post
cards from him, giving the required
notice of a change of address.
He likes the West, he said, be-
cause it somehow symbolizes the
bigness of America, where there's
always another river to cross, and
another peak to scale"
The authorities are still puzzling
over mis- case.
They must answer some difficult
questions. Fancy the dismay of the
Arkansas postmaster who had to
fingerprint an alien with two thumbs
on one hand. There was no space
on the card for the extra digit. The
law, however, had made provision.
The outer thumb, it said, should be
recorded.
In the same State colored man
known to the neighborhood for
years insisted. in his Arkansas
drawl, on registering.
Go away. the postmaster said:
you were born around here or you
couldn't talk like that
Claims Liberia as Birthplace.
"All right, boss" he said, but
femme tell yo', I was bawn in Nom
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rovia, Liberia, even if my pappy
did come from Arkansaw."
In Fort Myer, Fla, two colored
youths tried to register as aliens.
Asked where they were born, they
replied: "Gawgia."
An elderly Englishwoman in Della
ware registered as visitor" She
had been visiting relatives, she said,
since 1884.
There was the case of a Pennsyl-
vania woman who believed she had
been born in England until her fos-
ter parent wrote her that he was
not her father, as she had supposed.
He had taken her, he said, at the
age of from the arms of a man
on the deck of the sinking Titanic.
The man gave his name and asked
the stranger to look after his
daughter. A man with such name
was lost in the disaster. He had
lived in Canada.
Proof Still Lacking.
The woman said she could never
prove her identity. She now is the
mother of five children. Justice
Department officials have uncov-
cred corroberative details, but have
been unable to find conclusive proof
of the story.
Delinquents were warned to reg
lister as early as possible because of
the Christmas rush at the 1900 first
and second class post offices which
are listing them. After December
Is, the Justice Department will take
over the enforcement job.
The penalty for failure to register
is a $1,000 fine or six months in Jail,
or both, and q convicted alien Is
subject to deportation.
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Public Health Director
OfNorwoy to Lecture

1t. Col. Karl Evang, director gen.
eral of public health of Norway,
will deliver an illustrated lecture
on What Happened in Norway
During the German Invasion" at
8:15 pm. Thursday at the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase.
DR.. Evang is one of a commission
Of three sent to the United States
by the Norwegian government in
the interest of Norwegian relief.
He was with the Norwegian armed
forces at the time of the German
invasion. When Great Britain with
drew her expeditionary troops. DR..
Evang escaped from Norway aboard
q British troopship.
Proceeds from the lecture will
60 for war relief in Norway and
the Goucher College scholarship
fund. Mrs. Sofa Holmen, in native
costume, will sing group Of Morse
songs.
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Something Big Seen
In Wind as Gold Flow
From Portugal Stops
kozi Push or Peoee Offer
Specialized on os Corsoes
For U. S. End Suddenly

~ the Asrociated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-~The sud-
den, unexplained stoppage Of gold
shipments from Portugal to the
United States led financial and ship
ping circles to the belief tonight
that something big" was brewing
abroad.
Portugal, last European shipping
outlet to the United States, has
been sending approximately $1,000
900 in gold each week to this coun-
try on liners Of the American Elk
port Line.
This gold, from the Banca Por-
tugal to the Federal Reserve Bank,
was believed to have been fun
neled into Portugal from Switzer-
land, the Balkans, Spain and North
ern Africa.
The liner Excambion arrived yes
terday without gold. as did the liner
Excalibur q week ago.
Company officials said they knew
only that the company had con-
tracted to bring $50, 000, 900 worth Of
gold to America and that the ship
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All Aliens Must
Register by Dec. rs

Alien registration will end on
December Is and all non-citi-
zens who have not yet regis
tered are warned that severe
penalties will follow failure to
comply with this Federal law.
All aliens, IA years of age and
older, must register in person
and be flngerprinted.
Alien children, under IA, must
be registered by their parents
or guardians.
Registration takes place at
the post Offices.
There is no charge of any
kind connected with alien reg
istration.
The Department of Justice
warns aliens to beware of
racketeers.
The Post Once Department
and the Department of Justice
will willingly assist the alien in
every possible way.
Earl G. Harrison, director of
alien registration Of the de-
partment, suggests that those
aliens who have not yet regis
tered do so as soon as possible
and avoid the Christmas rush
at the post offices.
All aliens are also warned
that, having registered, they
are required to report any
change in their permanent
residence address within five
days to the immigration and
Naturalization Service of the
Department of Justice in WASH
tngton. Forms for this purpose
are obtainable at all post offices.
No alien need be unprepared
for the questions he will be
asked. Sample registration
forms which show him exactly
what information he will need
At registration are available in
all post offices,
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Deportation Tragedie,
lurk Behind Alien
Registration Drama
u
Must Sign Up Dec. rs
For Enforcement Then
Comes Into Play

Rich as 1t has proved in dramatic
and comic incident, Uncle Sans first
registration of aliens is rapidly ap-
proaching finale which rnay mean
tragedy for thousands.
The strange and sometimes unbe-
Movable stories turned up by the reg
istration Of $1,000 since August ~
may serve only to emphasize the
grim fact that 100000 delinquents
must meet the dead-nne before the
day after Christmas or risk convic-
ton rs felons subject to deportation.
Justice Department and postal
omcials now are striving to bring
home reminder to individuals in
every quarter Of the land-the ig-
norant, the undecided and the fear
ful
There will be no extension of the
time limit, and all aliens must regis
tor, including children under IA, who
Will not be flngerprinted and can be
registered by parents or guardians.
Little Willful Avoidance Seen.
sOfncials charged with enforcement
OF the act believe that only small
per cent of the delinquents will de-
liberately avoid compliance. How
ever, there apparently remains a
large group either uncertain of their
status as citizens or afraid that reg
istration may bring up the question
OF their entry into the United States.
To the latter, officials say their
status cannot be damaged by regis
tration, while failure to comply with
the law will place a double offense,
against them.
One of the most eloquent spokes-
men for this class of aliens is
young German seaman who jumped
his ship in Boston in 1925. Under
the law, had this occurred prior to
July /, 1924, he could legalize his
status provided he had been con-
victed of no crime.
The intensity of the young mans
love Of the American way of life
prompted him to write registration
ohcials 40-page autobiography.
He begins by describing his father
whose Prl1ssian ways, he said, drove
his mother to suicide. The father
had a military swagger and a
turned-up mustache. like the
former Emperor's, with tips deli
cately pomaded" He recalled the
hunger Of his childhood in post
war Germany-the hen which
wouldn't lay an egg, and the FROST
bitten toes he received waiting in
line for ration of rancid butter.
He recalled the political turmoil and
the rise of men he considered DULLES
and gangsters. -
4 Left Ship at Boston.
The youth went to Austria, then
Italy and shipped out Of Genoa on
. German freighter bound for
Africa. He later came to Boston,
where he went ashore with other
seamen.
I'VE had a banana split" he
wrote. II still remember it after all
these years. I don't care much for
banana splits now, but still find
myself trying to recapture the de-
lightful flavor of that experience.
The German shipped on American
coastwise boats. He liked the food
and the men he met. He learned
English and read much at sea
American literature.
Lincoln's speeches gave him his
first glimpse Of the man. Ashore he
worked as a cook, a house painter,
laborer, a JACKIE ALI trades. He
worked for four years in Northern
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ments were to continue until jan
uary.
financial circles offered this spec
ulation:
Hitler might be ready to make
another peace offer, and financiers.
particularly Swiss bankers. were
awaiting It's outcome.
Hitler might be ready to begin his
long-rumored big push across Spain
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to Gibraltar, and the Spanish had
stopped such shipments.
Perhaps European countries still
able to send gold to Portugal had
been MIXED dry Of the metal.
Millions have flowed into this
country since the threat Of war
spread over Europe.
Federal Reserve Bank oficials
kept their customary silence.
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Club to Show Photos

The third annual show Of the
Agriculture Department Camera
Club will open tomorrow in the
patio of the Administration Build
ing with some 100 photographs in
three classes-oflicial, salon, en-
largements and snapshots. The
pictures cover a wide range of SUBJ
jects. The show will continue for
two weeks.
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and the Immaculate Conception at
tended the funeral Special services
were held Friday by the Ladies
Sodality of st. Martins.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

grass curling up before the baking winds; noun
tain streams dry. A question in every stock
mans eyes. -.
The gelding had been started in the imple-
mcnt shed. A fine log for the body; Lars
scrapng and shaping and sandpapering; Sonny
brcathless and eagcr-eyed.
Summer passed into freakish winter Snow.
Cruel drifts that reached above the horses
bellies; bitter winds. With no range and little
hay, the Rocking Ok IIerefords came out Of
that winter gaunt and weak, a travesty of the
once sleek herd.
Only the gelding throve. Body finished.
Now, his head A trine lopsided, but handsome
enough to Sonny.
Spring again. a gracious balmy spring.
The calving season. A poor one Little,
spindly, undenourished doges -.
But the gelding throvc. Now he had legs.
diversified, but Sonny thought them great.
Roundup again =. the squealing of terrified
animals; the stencil of soaring flesh and hair.
mingled with the pungent smell of the dipping
vat
And now the gelding must have tail and
NAME Sonny sorted horsehair on the floor Of the
shed and laid it lovingly in even piles his small
face glowing.
quiet, unevcntful year. And in all that
time Lars had never once mentioned his life
before he came to us. Sonny was his life now.
Only when the boy slept was he out of the
mans sight. Every moment of the day, Lars's
simple blue eyes were upon him -watchful.. -.
adoring His selfless devotion made my heart
constrict with pity at times, brought back that
old uneasy question of what he had done - of
how soon he would have to pay. 1t seemed our
problem now, as we'll as Larss.
Doubly so, because l had come to know as
surely as though | had been present, that
Lars's trouble had its roots in the protection
of some little, helpless creature. The man
could watch two cowhands beat each other to
a pulp and never bat an eye, but let one of
them mistreat dog, or rope calf carelessly.