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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Veterinarian
Resigns Post
Saunders Quits
County Position

Resignation of DR.. Charles
Saunders, Pierce county veterin-
arian and milk inspector. with re-
sultant opening of the position was
announced Monday by DR.. Norman
E. Magnussen, county health di-
rector.
DR.. Magnussen said he would
interview applicants for the posi-
ton which requires as principal
qualification graduation from an
accredited school of milk santa
ton. Duties of the milk sanitarian,
he said, will be to inspect diaries
and milk production plants in the
county other than those inspected
by the city health department,
which is limited to those delivering
milk in the city of Tacoma.
An effort will be made, the
doctor said, to pick a Pierce coun-
ty man, if one is available with
the necessary qualifications.
DR.. Saunders, the health officer
said, is leaving to take up more
strictly veterinarian practice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
CO. Commissioner Rankin S
Wife Stricken at Age of 70

Mrs. Ida wooley Rankin, 20.
wife OF A. A. Rankin. county com
missioner. died Sunday at the
family home. 1882 Es. 3ist a..
She was active in church affairs
and was president Of Women's For
eign Missionary society Of Grace
Methodist church. post which she
has held the past 20 years She
also was actively affiliated with
the Ladies aid. the W. c. T. u.
and the Pierce County Pioneers
association.
Mrs. Rankin was q member and
worker in lie SOurd Methodist
church, Fowler Methodist church
mo longer in existence). First
Methodist church. and a charter
member OF Grace Methodist
church. She also was & member Of
the Fifty Year club Of Tacoma.
Born in Hamilton. Ontario. Ca
nada. she came 10 the United
States % years ago. and 70 Ia
Tacoma In 1854. She attended
Central school when II was but =
one-room building. surrounded BY
woods.
she and Mr.. Rankin, then a
fireman In station No. 4. were
married in Tacoma November IL.
1893. Their first residence was
established on East z 81
Other than her husband, Mrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

The re-enactment of ceremony
that began in ancient Egypt over
40 centuries ago will be the high
light OF a local Rosicrucian con-
claye to be held here Thursday
night.
According to Lynn c. Phillips,
master of the Rosicruclan Tacoma
chapter, the ancient Egyptians,
from the time of Memphis to the
Ptolemaic period, began their New
Year always on or about the time
of the vernal equinox. when the
sun on its journey crosses the
celestial equator and enters the
zodiscal sign OF Aries, which oe-
ours on or about March FL. This
was considered the beginning Of
the New Year, because spring In
symbolic Of new life.
The occasion of the New Year
was celebrated, states Mr.. Phillips,
by a symbolic feast In which the
participants partook of simple
foods, corresponding TO certain
basic elements OF nature. such as
corn. salt, and unfermented grape
juices.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Start Count
OF Absentee
Ballots Here

All parties In the election con-
test suit OF former Mayor Melvin
G. Tennent. except the winning
candidate. Harry Cain, have been
served personally with summonses
to appear in Judge Robert r..
Evans court Thursday morning,
Tennent's attorney. Leo Tests. said
Monday.
Cain, who was starting on a
vacation trip to southern coastal
cities, was served indirectly, Teats
said. and Is expected TO be repre-
scented.
Objective OF the suit Is n man.
damus writ requiring County
Auditor S. Clifford Davis TO certify
Tennent as mayor OF the city and
throw out Gains election as II.
legal. In effect, Judge Evans Ia
being asked TO overrule the de.
cision of Judge Ernest M. Care
which placed the name of Cair
back on the ballot.
How Tennent Jared In the abb
sentee voting, on which he bases
his claim Of illegality In the city
election, was being determined
Monday afternoon az the election
board counted ballots.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Alaska Plane
Service Soon
To lnougurute II
About MoY Is

The first regular air service
10 Alaska viii he inaugurated
about May Is with the establish.
ment OF q line between Seattle
and Juneau. IL was disclosed Mon.
day.
A letter containing this an.
nounccment was received by r
A. Stevenson. secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. from ~
N. Bixby. vice president OF Pan
American Always, Inc. OF New
York city.
The chambers Alaska Develop
ment committee, Of which C. c.
Garland IL chairman. for several
years had urged such u service
Is means OF facilitating trade
relations between Alaska and the
Northwest.
Twenty-passenger planes win
be put into service. Bixby stated.
with branch lines extending into
the interior as far As Fairbanks.
in north central Alaska.
The announcement followed q
hearing before the civil aero.
nauties authority In Washington,
ID. c. At the hearing. q brief
prepared by the Tacoma cham
Der. stressing the need for the
air route. was submitted 10 the
authority.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Dill 10 Talk
Monday Night
It's Possible He
MoY Be Condidots

Former United States Senator
Clarence c, DIN. presumed but un-
declared candidate for governor.
viii speak in Tacoma Monday evs-
ming ~ o'clock at Fraternity hall
INV so. Tacoma ave. before
members Of tho Young Democrats
Of Pierce county.
ON spoke Saturday night IN No.
attic az q meeting Of tho New
Deal Governors club os~r which
Pierce County Assessor Fred A.
Smith presided.
Smith said the little. pubiicire,i
meeting was a frank dircussion Of
DIN m a candidate. out that the
speaker himself made no declsra-
ton.
But II OH liant laying a perfect
foundation on which 10 run and be
elected governor. the assessor said.
Z don't know a foundation whsn I
see one"
Presiding over the meeting At
which the former senator wsli
speak Monday night will he J. Fin.
ley Downs. prcsident OF the Young
Democratic group.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Want Time Off To
Attend Services

Heads Of Tacoma business firms
will be asked TO permit their en-
ployes extra time off IN attend
special Good Friday services and
other Holy week devotions, the
city council decided Monday.
Mayor Kaufman will prepare a
proclamation at the councils
direction, calling attention 70 the
Holy Week program starting
Tuesday, with noon services at the
Roxy, and special u 10 p. m.
services Friday In churches.
The action was taken at re-
quest OF Leo AcGaviek and
Charles p. Burkey, representing
knights Of Columbus, and cy
Shaw. representing the Protestant
churches OF Tacoma through the
Tacoma Council OF Churches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Rosicrucians to Celebrate
Ancient New Year Rites

As the Rosierucian order, A. M.
o. r. c., a non-religious, but philo-
sophieal fraternity. maintains that
its traditional origin occurred dur
ing the reign OF Amenhotep Nv. In
1850 B. C.. the order commemor-
ates this ancient New Year begin
ming with a ceremony, though nom
religious, that embraces the allie
gorical significance OF the sge-oid
Egyptian rite.
March Fl IL also the beginning
of the fiscal period OF all Rosicru-
clan lodges and chapters through
out the world. and the date Ia
marked by the installation Of new
ritualistic and administrative Of
fieers.
Officers Of the local Tacoma
chapter, Rosicrucian Order, A. M.
o. r.. C., are: Lynn G. Phillips.
master: Mary Louise Kennedy. sec
Rotary; Mrs. Neil Cameron, chap
lain: Milton A. Relnertson. guard
ian; Mrs. Olive 8. Stewart. Mrs.
Henry Kapler and Ray G. Fuller,
trustees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Will Obtain
New Figures
Light Petition Is
Over Until April l

Again American Lake North
Lake City people appeared in force
before the council Monday and
again Utilities Commissioner Da-
visson recommended against ex-
tending city light service to their
districts.
But so insistent were the de-
mands that again final action on
the voluminous petition was post
poned. this time until April /.
Davisson agreed meanwhile to
obtain figures on the cost of in
creasing the capacity of the main
line now running to Clover creek
as an alternate TO the other more
expensive plan of constructing a
sub-station and extending service
from the Steilacoom-Fort Lewis
high tension line.
Called Unreasonable
Davisson declared the petition
IAN unreasonable request" as
houses. he said, are too scattered
and too far away from Tacoma to
be served economically by city
service at city rates.
Richard Mccain asserted the
city light system had taken the
cream OF business in that general
direction and had isolated the COM
munities now demanding service
from the city. He said they could
not get service from r. S. p. & l..
Co. because the city utility had
grabbed the best of service In the
more congested areas.
Davisson retorted that PUD dis-
tricts are provided for just ST.
situations. but Mccain insisted a
PUD district couldn't possibly
succeed out there.
Suggest Rural Rates
The argument then swung TO
possibility the city may for the
first time create rural rates TO be
somewhat higher than city rates.
We've never done that yet, !"
Davisson said, and I'm not sure
ii would be advisable for us ever
to do IL. We have only extended
our lines out to those points be-
yond which service cannot be ex-
tended without loss to the depart
ment."
He agreed to have an engineers
report on costs for discussion
April 1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

Only ono bid for furnishing hos
piialization. medicine and medical
treatment 10 city firemen was re-
osivsd by the firemen's relief and
pension fund Monday, This was
tho bid 81 the bridge clinic AZ 81. 20
per month per man. up rs cents
per month from the bid a year
ago. The proposal was referred
10 committee for Investigation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Julio's Gulch Road
Petition Received

Julia's gulch road has an aver
age traffic of 700 cars day and
should be improved either by paw
ing or black top, the Northeast
Tacoma Improvement club and
affiliated petitioners told the coun-
Gil Monday.
The petition, headed by Presi-
dent J. r. Keller of the club, bore
186 names of those who asked
that the road be given a perma-
nent hard surface. 1t was referred
to the public works department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19


During this time Idle Hour vas
pitching and tossing like q chip
on the rough sea. First she
would wallow In trough and then
foamlng crest would lcom up
ahead and wondered how she
would sarmount such a sea.
Usually Idle Hour rode over
these crcsts but occasionally she
missed and the onrushlng cascade
Of foamlng spume would bury her
decks from view.
As the ship would roll the boom
Of the mirxcn would thrash first
10 starbosrd and then To port. for
our iashing had given way.
Damage Threatens
realized that II was necessary
for us to tie down The Wild boom
and canvas TO prevent damage to
ourselves and To the boat.
To set enough energy together
for such an attempt required su-
preme effort. Twice we failed but
the third time succeeded after q
fashion and I felt much safer.
To understand the remainder
of the night just picture
yourself aboard . tiny ss-feot
saiiboat no larger than
ships iifeboat. rolling. wesv-
ing. tossing. pitching---at the
mercy ~ the waves. Doug
and I lay PROSTATE ON deck ~
the waves swept over us, too
weak and sick 10 care what
happened.
With the dawn the gale mod
Grated. IL was rather emharrass-
Ing for me that Sir John was the
first person who ever saw mo sea-
sick who hasn't been sick himself.
II was probably n ietdown for him
to see his skipper III, but the gaso-
line fumes were too much for me.
After all. Sir John shouldn't
have been sick for he has sailed
around Cape Horn and your hum
Bile sailor hasn't. Cape Horn
sailors have special privileges. like
splitting TO windward. which no
rother sailor can do. Yes, Sir John
Is a real sailor.
Food Again
Next day Sir John prepared the
first meal In the galley after the
gas fumes had been dispelied.
With our first warm meal under
our belts. the crew OF the Idle
Hour looked forward 10 the trip
10 Miami with renewed interest.
| might mention In passing that
there were only four previous
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Didn't Support Cain
In Tuesdays Election

b. n. Eddings. executive secfs-
tsry Of the Pierce county council
Of the Workers Alliance. made
public Monday q resolution. which
states in part:
We did not support the candi-
dacy Of Harry Cain or any other
candidate after the death Of Or.
Kerstettsr and were completely in
accord with the resolution Of Or
RAnized labor 70 that effect"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Fire Dumuqe Is $3.50

Fire started by friction in a
clothes-dryer caused damage esti-
mated at $3.50 Monday morning at
the plant of the Supreme Clean
ers & Dyers, Inc, 1912 Center st.
Firemen had the blaze under con-
troll shortly after it started. Dam
age was confined to the dryer and
clothes it contained, and did not
affect the building,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

A nominating committee for
the April election will be chosen
at the monthly meeting of the
Mems Republican club of Pierce
county Tuesday evening at s
o'clock at the Hotel Winthrop.
Also scheduled is a general dis
cussion Of the state Republican
convention to be held in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Sd Term for
FIR Not Good
Most Folks Believe
He Cunncs Moke II


Haf<<t~fs AHfH4H 4N@tI@4<&
~ ruhsl< oplu,ea
PRINCETON. y. s.--ons ~ IL
npst persistent pallsI1Ai aus~siens
before the public u wh<thsr
Franklin n. Roosevelt viii run fnf
third term ard. II he ae~s run.
what hls ehsne<~ .r< - winning
The American Institute cf rae-
lie opinion hogan measuring third
term sentiment The u<<k after ths
ieaa election and since that tIsne
has ranautsesi mcFv thar ~ ccm-
rfess nstian-wiae surveys IN tn
third term. srpresekinx the sae.
tses fscm every po..shle point Il
view.
An analysis ~ Al shsss STUDIES.
including the naef recent. lrdl-
eAtes that even thaaah Noaeeveli
Il more popular ~ president 10.
dAy than Ne ~as in fn1e. senti-
mrnt against : third tsfm h -
zfsAt That he would have = hard
time being elected a he pv~s>st
timr.
While ~ per rsnt II voters
polisa by tho Institute approve ~
Roosevelt ~ president a thss
point In hls second tsFm. cnly ~
PER cent are for . Third term IN :
study oampissed this ws<k. This
compares with ~ per cent Lest
month.
Translated IN terms a. ths vues
east In 1884 ssa.ooo .oooi. the IN
stituis's studies show that whsse-
- Roosevelt has The folIowine
and support a. president today II
approximately 1850 90 votsfs.
At iesst T.Soo.o 900 Of these voters
say they would desert him II the
present time on the basis II thstr
feeling against . third term.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

Rankin leaves q son. Adelbert W.
Of Tseoms: two daughters. Mrs.
Jessie NJ. Hutton Of Green Bay.
Wis. and Mrs. Myrtle X. Howard
Of Tacoma two sisters, Mrs. W. n.
Walker OF Syracuse. n. Y. and
Mrs. A. G. Anderson Of Seattle.
and SIX grandchildren.
Buckley Kings will announce
funeral services.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS

Voluntary bankruptcy petitions
have been filed in federal district
court here by Rudolph Rozbril,
shoemaker, Alp Ea. 2Sth St, listing
liabilities of S493.40 and no assets;
and by Ruben Otto Rauch, elevator
operator. 400 So. NJ St, with liza
bilities of S665.20 and assets OF
$50, claimed exempt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
BY DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute
Of Public Oplnion

PRINCETON, n. J.-After the
nations seven years of graphing
with the farm problem by means
of the Triple-A and its variations.
New Dealers and Republicans
alike are scanning the farm states
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
JOINS ARMY RESERVE

Ernest r. Kay of Lakeview,
honorably discharged from Head
quarters and Military Police Co,
Fort Lewis, has enlisted in the
regular army reserve, it was an
nounced Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Farmers Like Ne1v Deal Farm Program But Favor COP Presidency


Chairman Lee Carter Of the
Tacoma Ameriesnism council has
called the first business session
Of the new year for Thursday
evening In the immigration and
naturalization service offices. 2si
Federal building.
Representatives Of various
organizations making up the
council will discuss plans for the
annual reception to new citizens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES

Purchase of annual supplies for
the city light department are pro-
vided for in an ordinance given
first reading Monday. The items
and amounts appropriated are:
Meters. $4,000; lamps, $4,000;
instrument transformers, $4,000,
and glassware, $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

times On the entire world cruise
the weather was - bad wr
couldn't rcok IN the cabin
The wind headed - again and
We had 10 hcsvc-te. Riding with
very little sail to steady her. Idle
Hour ruled very badly.
Sir John was suffering sharp
pains In the regscn u his spren.
dix and I was rather worried.
Next: Westward hos
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

Argus X Connell. son Of Mrs.
Anna Kirby. sis 80. 18TH st., mas
reenlistsd In the Z. 8. army for
service with the Quartsrmzstsf
corps at the Preside Of San
Francisco. u was announced Mon
day. His application for reenIist-
msnt waS made AZ Salem. Ore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
PUD Trial Il Now
In lis Eighth Week

The trial % thu condemnation
suit filed by Public Utilities de.
trlet No. . ~ co~liix county
against the Washington Gas and
Electric Co. and other defendants.
entered its eighth week Monday IN
federal district court here.
n. w. Bsecher. Seattle consult.
ing engineer and power and steam
plant specialist. testified for The
defense a. tho trial vas resumed
before Judge Lloyd l.. Black.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

II seemed hours that Doug and lay the deck Of Idle
Hour in the throes of seasckness felt though ddn
care what hanpened "a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
All Hands Reported Sick as
Idle Hour WeatherS Gale OK

kdtcrr Nete Dwight Lang has bra sailing his nth Hh~t fr
the World Puget
hrusdi
Tes readers articles Dwight ~ssx nrss
h The ilth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
1oDu JOD GOof boD
All q. s. Farmers 1877 27eo
Midwest Farmers

More than eight of every ten
farmers who endorse the farm
program do so because they feel
better off personally now than
prior to the enactment of the New
Deals program. They believe their
total income is greater; they like
the conservation checks and the
loans for seed, fertilizer and feed
they think the farm program has
saved the farmer from financial
ruin; they have a greater sense Of
personal security.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19
Democrats May Be Losing
Their Grip on arm Vote
Form Policies of Wallace Favored.
But Results Are Disappointing

sahN HtNtAtttS#
Has the U. s. farmer approved
the farm policies of the Roosevelt
administration?
Does the farm voter favor Re-
publican or a Democratic admin
istration in Washington after next
November?
With these two questions con-
fronting congressman, presidential
candidates and platform-framers
in both major parties, the latest
nationwide studies of the Ameri-
can Institute of Public Opinion
indicate what the farmer himself
has to say on these two points:
l. Despite some unpopular
features, the New Deals farm
program has been popular
with American farmers on the
whole. Even In the politically
important corn and wheat
states Of the Middle West.
majority Of farmers reached
In the Institute survey say
that the farm policies Of the
last seven years have helped
more than they have hurt.
An even larger majority Of
farmers say that Secretary
Wallace has done good
job" as MIR. Roosevelts Sec
rotary Of agriculture.
2. But in spite of the farmers
gratitude to the New Deal, the
survey shows that-as OF today
a majority of farm voters in the
crucial Middle West favor a Re-
publican victory in the presiden-
tial election next November. BY
a substantial majority, further
more, Midwestern farm voters say
they would not approve OF third
term for President Roosevelt.
Taken together, these two find
ings give substantially clear pic
ture of problems the Democrats
and Republicans will face in the
coming campaign. Because of the
popularity of the New Deals farm
activities in general, Republican
leaders will probably be slow to
attack these policies wholesale.
On the other hand, the survey in
dicates that the Democratic grip
on the farm belt-first obtained
in the Roosevelt landslide Of 1882
may be loosening up.
Majority Back New Deal
In seven years time the Roose-
welt administration has expert
mented with such farm remedies
as crop reduction, marketing
loans, soil conservation, process
ing taxes and crop quota refer
endas. To the American farmer
has gone a more or less steady
stream OF benefit payments in
tended to maintain his purchasing
power in relation to what he must
buy.
The farmers reaction TO all this
is shown in the following figures,
based on personal interviews with
a representative group of farmers
in every section of the country
East, West, North and South:
l. do you think the present
administrations program, as a
whole, has helped or hurt farm
ers ?"
All U. s.
Helped Hurt Neither
Farmers $3.50 22@o 1870
midwest
Farmers
Only "a 20 16
'Ohio, Ind. ILL.,. Mich, Wise,
Mimi, Iowa, Kan, Neb., Mo-,
n. d., =. ID.
2. do you think Henry Wal
lace has done good job or a
poor job as secretary of agricul-
ture ?"
Good job Poor job
Saog
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19

In Seattle saturday Dean In.
baugh, waIia wsila. was elected
president Of the Washington state
High School Principeis' sssoeia.
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19


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