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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Convict Drops
Case in Court

Oscar L. Reddin, Mcneil island
Federal penitentiary inmate. found
himself Thursday afternoon in the
old Trying pan or fire" dilemma
when his habeas corpus petition
came up for hearing In federal
court
Reddin chose the frying pam :
dropping his petition.
Sentenced In Juneau, Alaska, In
January. 1859. Reddin was ordered
to serve . six year term, but the
Judge there pre-dated the sentence,
allowing Reddin credit for time
upent IN awaiting trial. Later the
Judge reduced the sentence to five
years. but stipulated the sentence
should begin On the correct date.
Reddin claimed the first sentence
Nas void because II was pre-dafed,
Ind the second sentence void be-
cause It was not made in his pres
ance.
Il was revealed Thursday, how
EVER, that II the second sentence
va disallowed, he would have TO
serve the first sentence. or about
nine months more than necessary.
Do Reddin dropped his petition.
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NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS
FIRST SHOWING

FIRST SHOWING
MUSIC BON mes Stewart
and Margaret SULLIVAN in
The shop Aroun d I he
Corner" l.35. $50. 6.o5. IL 40:
also Lloyd Nolan and Jean
Rogers In The Man Who
wouldn't Talk 1910. 2;3o.
6:s5. 1000.
RIAITO-Ronald Colman. Ida
Lupino and Walter Huston in
THE Light That Failed" IL 80.
2:2o. $40. 300. 1880. also
Edith Fellows In Five Little
Peppers At Home" lis. 4'o6,
6:55. Gas.
RIyIERA-George O'Brien and
Virginia Vale IN Marshall OF
Mesa City" l2:45, $40, 5:35,
sos 1890: also Preston Foster
and Ann Dvorak in Cafe Host
ess." 1880. 1855. 4:25. $50,
e:i5.
ROxY-Lionel Barrymore and
Lew Ayres In The Secret OF
DR.. Kildare" II. 80, 2:3o. 5:35,
8:35. ll:4o; Frank Morgan and
Virginia Weidler IN Henry Goes
Arizona, l:o5. 4:lo. 7:lo,
1910: also The March of
Time" 2:lo. sis. s:l5. ll:l5.
RETURN SHOWING
BEVERLY -Melvyn Douglas
and Joan Blondell in The
Amazing Mr.. williams also
John WAYNE and Claire Trevor
in Allegheny Uprising.
BLUE oTsE-Myrna 10y and
william Powell in Another
Thin Man" also Stuart Erwin
and Marjorie Weaver In me
Honeymoon over"
COMMUNITY Cagney.
Priscilla Lane. Humphrey Bo-
CART and Jeffrey Lynn in The
Roaring 2o's."
KAY STREET-James Mccall
lion IN Pride OF the Blue
Grass" also Walter Connolly In
Those High Gray Walls"
LAkEwooD-Tyrone power
and Linda Darnell IN Day
time Wife" also Bob Hope and
Pauiette Goddard in The Cat
and the Canary
PARk-Claudette Colbert. Hen
nv Fonda and Edna MAY Oliver
in Drums Along the Mo-
hawk" also The March OF
Time
PROCToR-Ire Dare and
Roscoe Harms IN Everything
On Ice" also Fred Stone and
Rochelle Hudson in Congo. the
Wild Stallion"
REALART--Marie Wilson and
Bert wheeler in THE Cowboy
Quarterback" also = orot by
Lamour and AKIN Tamiroff in
disputed Passage"
REN-c Charles Laughton and
Maureen O'Hara In Jamaica
Inn" also William Henry and
Judith Barrett in "Television
spy"
SHELI-Russell HAYDEN an d
Donald Woods IN Heritage OF
the Desert" also the Marx
Bros. and Kenny Baker in AT
the Circus .
sU>sET-wallace Beery and
Chester Morris in Thunder
Afloat," also Code OF the
Secret Service"
TEMPLE-G gorge Raft and
Henry Fonda in Spawn of
the North" also Penny Single
ton and Arthur Lake IN
Blonde Takes q Vacation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Gig Harbor Lions
10 Meet Monday

GIG HARDOR-The Lions club
Win bold . closed business session
Monday evening 1t the Lions Den
with John B. Finholm presiding.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Herman
Uddenperg post No. 1854. v. r. W..
viii sponsor . card party at Com
munity hall Thursday evening to
which the public u invited.
J. b. Borgert has been elected
president Of the Crescent Valley
Good Roads club with Henry
Peterson the vice president and
Mr.. sovde, the secretary-treasurer.
60 work with him.
nrs. Robert Alvestad is con-
Nalescing At her home At Crescent
Valley following an operation at a
Tacoma hospital.
There win be Episcopal services
Els p. m. Sunday At st. Johns
mission with Rev. Arthur Bell Of
Tacoma In charge.
The Townsend club has changed
the meeting time from the second
and fourth Thursday Of the month
TO the second and fourth Tuesdays
ri each month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Bar Assn. Hears Speeches
FaVorinq Ports Proposal

Among issues TO be decided
March Il by the voters Of Tacoma
viii be whether the port commits
sion will take over approximately
l 200 acres of tide flat land locat-
ed east of the Puyallup river.
This land, two-thirds Of which
is owned by the county due 10 tax
foreclosures. will be enlarged and
developed by the commission for
industrial and commercial use.
The proposed plan was presented
to the Tacoma Bar association
Friday by Leo Teats. local attor-
ney. and S. J. Maxwell. secretary
of the Port of Tacoma, AZ the
weekly meeting of the group in
Tacoma hotel.
Explains Act
Teats explained the law as
passed by the last legislature, and
Maxwell gave a detailed account
of the work planned by the COM
mission if the property is turned
over to it.
In event of favorable vote, the
land now owned by the county
will be decided over to the port
commission In trust. As the land
is sold or leased the money will
revert back to the county in pay
ment of the taxes. Private own
ers behind on taxes, may deed
their land to the commission,
thereby diseharging all tax claims
against it. The port commission
may acquire property from pri-
vate parties by either purchase or
condemnation. Property with
SIS, 900 improvement on it is out
of jurisdiction of the act. All
sales or transactions must meet
the approval of the county COM
missioners.
Covered by Water
Maxwell pointed out land IN
question is covered by water at
high tide. This land would be
dredged and filled by the commits
sion and made ready for plants OF
industry. However, this work
would not be done until a definite
understanding has been reached
with the plant desiring to locate on
a given bit of ground.
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This is an opportunity Tacoma
should not pass over lightly.
Maxwell said. We have every
advantage here. Bonneville power
viii be available in Tacoma at the
same rate charged plants along
the Columbia river. This, together
with suitable site, will go
toward placing Tacoma among the
largest industrial eenters on the
Pacific coast. But before we can
invite industry We must have
something to offer. This plan
will provide just that"
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Angeus play the lead characters in this dramatic tale whose
locales batefeds of the Sudan and artists studio
in London.
Colman, in the role Of Dick Heldar. artist adven-
turer, delivers splendid performance, particularly
when the story begins TO gather to itself those
dramatic sequences which lift the kiping narrative
high above the average.
Walter Illusions role calls for slight of the talent
which has made him of Hoywoods outstanding actors
there little to the story the experiences of the
artist who paints his e masterpiece just before he
blind only to have destroyed by the ungrateful model
who returns TO the streets from whence she came.
II you have read "The Light That Failed" you
will realize its possibilities entertain
ment and notwithstanding the fact that the story
itself and the picture bit slow getting
under way you will be well repaid for the time spent
in watching the star Of Lost Horizon tell you the
tale Of a who wounded in the Sudan and who
returned again TO have his wound healed.
Five Little Peppers at Home featuring Edith Fellows
shares the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
PROBE TWO BURGLARIEs

Police Friday Investigated bur
glaries reported by the Automatic
Sealing Vault Co, 1926 South Ia
coma way. and the Langeland Oil
& Heating Co., 1920 South Tacoma
way. Most of the loot was taken
from the latter firm, where a
hasty checkup revealed at least
s11.10 in cash missing and check
for SIS made out to w. r. Arnold.
At the vault company, $3.50 was
stolen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Four Rifle Teams
Compete Saturday

Four teams will compete in the
annual Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce rifle shooting trophy match
at the municipal dock range of
the marine corps reserve Saturday
night. beginning at o'clock.
Lit. Col. Irven w. Kenney of the
Washington national guard, will be
in charge of the match. Teams
which will compete include those
of the 148th field artillery, u. S.
marine corps, Bellarmine r. o. T.
c. and Battery G, coast artillery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Traffic Deaths for
January Decrease

OLYMPIA-Auto deaths during
January dropped from IS last year
10 70 this year. State Patrol Chief
Harry c. Huse reported today.
There were 900 more accidents
huring January this year. however,
and 20 more injured persons but
the death toll was cut. Seventeen
81 the victims were pedestrians,
nix drivers and five passengers.
Property damage was reported at
32l6, $50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Married 70 Years
TONASkET, Wasf

ToNASkET, Wash.-Two Paci-
fic Northwest pioneers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Moffett, celebrated
their 10th wedding anniversary
Friday in their cabin near here.
Both are in their 90s. Moffett
was born in Wisconsin and his
wife in Vermont.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
Good Names!

Good Names,
The bill which opened at Mike Barovcs Riviera thea
yesterday brings long associated with good acting
whose possessors invariably deliver pleasing per-
Torrance.
The western this week stars George O'Brien in
THE Marshal of Mesa City," George is supported
by Virginia Vale, very young actress who but re-
Gently the second of the Gateway Hollywood"
radio contests.
The story like all good tales of the Old West is fast
moving and offers the hard riding OBren plenty opporu
nifty to display his talents
On the other hand find "Cafe Hostess" night club
story co-starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak.
This picture rather explodes the theory that it's
the woman who pays and pays . and pays. In
this case, the man is the who has TO keep laying
II on the line else!
Here too find plenty excitement to stir the slug
gsh emotions
And that will be all for except this trying I
to please the public is about difficult picking the
feas off monkey all you say for either task
is that II offers steady work. -
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lIx/fNEWlJ lDalltASNNNW'
A Kipling Tale,

One of Rudyard Kipling's most
popular stories. "The Light That
Failed" was adapted to the screen
by Paramount and is now playing as
the feature attraction at the Rialto
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-04
TU0 Good Ones!

The Shop Around the Corner" and THE Man Who
Wouldn't Talk" that's the bill of fare at the Music Box
theater, and right tasty screen meal it is too!
One would hardly expect to be disappointed in picture
which had for its cast such surefre entertainers James
Stewart Margaret SULLIVAN Frank Morgan Joseph Schd-
krau Sara Haden, Felix Bressart and number of other
good actresses and actors
The story is of those simple down-toearh tales of
everyday people living everyday lives you and
l. It's comedy romance with the mr. Smith of Washing
ton" in ovable role with lovable girl.
When you this picture and you surely will you
will with that is probably the best think Frank
Morgan has DONE At least, can't recall picture in
which he has acted we'll Ernst Lubsch directed the
production and that too it good fare
In 'The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" We find Lloyd Nolan
taking none too original plot and by his masterul por-
trayal, lifting it high above its normal rating.
Supported by good cast Nolan follows his usual custom
of making like everything he is in Notwithstanding the
familiar angles may recognize in the stories he
tells
have often wondered why Hollywood doesn't let go and
give this the chance he deserves big chance for
an numtr performer.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Liner
Continued From. First Page.)

explosion occurred while the ship
was fighting her way through a
tempest.
While two French warships, the
Conte Biancamano, the 11,760-ton
Italian liner Colombo and the SAL
ton Italian freighter Edera put out
their boats the two remaining Orazio
lifeboats were launched.
U. S. Liner Answers Call.
The United States liner Washing
ton, bound from New York to Genoa,
was one of the vessels which an
swered the Orazio's two distress
calls.
Ships answering the sos search
ed throughout the night for the
lifeboats bobbing in the storm on
the western Mediterranean.
Rescue of the survivors was haz-
ardous because of the high waves.
The crew fought the blaze through
out Sunday afternoon, but the cap
tain finally decided to abandon the
ship. A second distress signal last
night said, taking to the boats
all ships approaching in darkness
| beware"
The Orazio, launched in 1926 and
in the italian lines South American
service since October, 1927, when
she made her maiden voyage from
Genoa to Valparaiso, Chile, left
Genoa Saturday for Barcelona, first
stop on a trip to Valparaiso.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Canned Beef Quota
Baked Argentine
Pact, House Unit Told
Livestock Mems Secretary
Says He Saw 6. O. P. Aide
-
Before Testifying


Collapse of negotiations with Ar
gentina for a reciprocal trade agree
ment was attributed by a House
committee witness today to efforts
of Secretary of State Hull to place
quota on canned beef imports.
F. E. Mollin, secretary of the
American National Live Stock As
sociation, Denver, told the Ways
and Means Committee he under
stood the Argentine government
refused to accept the quota.
Mr.. Mollin, appearing before the
committee for cross-examination on
testimony given Saturday, testified
that it was clearly indicated" Sec
retary Hull had offered to reduce
the tariff on Argentine canned beef
although there was nothing to JUS
tify" such a reduction.
Mr.. Hull wisely attempted to put
limiting quotas on these imports, q"
Mr.. Mollin continued, land that is
the reason why they couldn't get
together"
"Only Temporary"
The witness said that although
the Argentine negotiations had been
terminated, he believed this was
"only temporary"
Haven't you read the statement
of Secretary Hull that they were
terminated and there was little
chance of resuming them?" asked
Representative Cooper, Democrat, OF
Tennessee.
Mr.. Mollin replied he had not
but still believed the suspension OF
negotiations was only Temporary.
Then you doubt the word of Sec
retary Hull?" Mr.. Cooper asked
mo, but I believe there is nothing
to prevent a resumption of nego-
tiations if a satisfactory basis car
be reached" Mr.. Mollin replied.
He said his organization favored
a change in the Trade Agreements
Act to permit Senate ratification o.
agreements because the Senate
would be less concerned with the
foreign policy involved and more
| concerned with the erect OF the
agreements on domestic industry
Saw G. o. p. Aide First.
Mr.. Cooper asked Mr.. Mollin il
he had talked with Franklyn Walt
man, publicity director of the Re-
publican National Committee, ano
the witness replied yes"
Representative Robertson, Demo
crat, of Virginia told Mr.. Mollin ''yol
are in effect asking us to throw the
reciprocal trade program out the
window and 60 back to the old log.
rolling tariffic procedure"
Mr.. Mollin denied this, but sale
he believed that if Senate ratiflca.
ton of trade treaties were required
"the boys down in the State De-
partment who are writing these
agreements would pay more atten-
ton to the testimony presented al
hearings"
He agreed with Mr.. Robertson
that the New Deal" had showr
more concern with agriculture thar
any other administration, but sale
Evening star., 1940-01-22
London
Continued From First Page)

flung high into the air, and several
were injured severely.
The British steamer Protesilaus,
9,577 tons, sank yesterday after
striking a mine off the west coast
Of England. A rescue vessel brought
her crew of 60 safely ashore.
The 1.086-ton British steamer
Feryhill sank apparently after
striking a mine off the northeast
coast. Two survivors were landed,
but IL of her crew were believed
lost
Sinking Saturday Confirmed.
The sinking of the 1,050-ton Es-
tonian steamer Nautic Saturday off
the Shetland Islands was confirmed.
Her crew was rescued.
The 1,179-ton Swedish steamer
Flandria went down after striking
two mines, and II of her crew were
reported lost. Four survivors, picked
up after spending two days in an
open boat, said the Flandria sank
Thursday.
The 1,469-ton Danish steamer
Tekla was reported to have sunk
after striking mine yesterday of
the northeast coast of Scotland.
The 4,842-ton British steamer
Kirkpool was reported to have run
aground on the southwest coast Fri
day night. Her crew was saved.
A collision damaged the 10,786-ton
British liner LANDAU Castle as she
turned back from a voyage to South
Africa.
Explosion on Submarine.
The crew of the Norwegian mer-
chantman Notos took to lifeboats
Saturday when a submarine at
tackled. But when torpedo churn-
ed past the Notos' bow and loud
explosion and dense smoke sud-
denly came from the submarine,
which disappeared and was not seen
again, the crew returned to their
ship and told their story in north
ern port yesterday.
Besides the Grenville, British de-
stroyers sunk since the outbreak of
war were the Blanche and the Gipsy,
both victims of mines, and the
Duchess, lost as the result of a
collision. The destroyer Jersey was
damaged by a torpedo.
The Grenville, leader of the &c"
class of destroyers, was built at a
cost of f335, 900 currently $1,343 ,60O
and carried five 4.7-inch guns, seven
smaller guns and eight 21-inch tor
pedo tubes.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Finland
Continued From First Page)

few occasions in which the fledg-
ling Finnish air force has challenged
the big Russian aerial armada.
The high command announced
that Finnish warplanes, "in addition
to carrying out reconnaissance
flights and repelling enemy aircraft,
successfully bombed certain enemy
air bases"
CA Reuters News Agency dis
patch from Helsinki said Fin
nish airmen had bombed the So
Wet Unions great naval base at
Kronstadt, in the Gulf of Fin
land, and the Estonian port of
Baltiski, where Russian air
base was set up recently by Rus
sian-Estonian treaty.
(Press dispatches reaching
Stockholm reported that Kron-
stadt and an Estonian coastal
base were attacked by 20 planes,
which returned safely to Finland.
An Oslo newspaper said group
of foreign volunteer flyers for
Finland, including several
Swedes, staged a one-hour raid
on Kronstadt few days ago.
Promise of Fewer Raids.
Overhanging clouds today brought
Finland renewed promise of lessened
Russian air attacks.
Finnish officials said Russian air.
men in at least one instance had car
ried out night raid with the aid of
parachute flares. The date and
place of the bombing were not
given.
The officials also asserted "the
Soviets continued their reckless
bombardment of hospitals. AL
together three hospitals have been
damaged, but the casualties are not
yet determined.
The Finnish command also re-
ported shooting down an observa-
ton balloon and II Russian bonn
berS
The high command, reporting or
activity along southeastern fronts
on Saturday, said that at Taipale
dU Vic WCoOClll Cllo Va UllC NdlC1ldl
Isthmus line, the Russians made g
two-pronged attack after power.
full artillery preparation.
Relief Aide Received.
A Finnish colonel said that 100
more planes for the defense of Fin
land would make all the differ
ence in the world" and that with
800 we could halt the Bolsheviks
in their tracks"
The Turku Chamber of Commerce
welcomed Frederick Dorsey Ste
phens, Herbert Hoover's representa-
tive for distribution of relief funds
while Turku buildings we're still
burning from Saturdays raid.
A Turku businessman said: eve
are getting fed up with world wide
admiration; what we need is not
praise, but planes-pursuit planes
to put these Russian bombers where
they belong"
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Postal Clerks Join Fight
On Philadelphia Tax
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a pos
tai clerks union joined organized
labor's fight agains the city's 1h
per cent wage tax today as an
appeal in one labor suit was car
ried to the State Supreme Court
Jules Kirch, secretary of the
National Federation of Post Office
Clerks, A. F. L., announced the
union would retaain an attorney to
attack constitutionality of the tax
on Federal pay rolls. Mr.. Kirch
said the union would seek support
of $1,000 other Federal employees in
the city.
The Supreme Court appeal was
scheduled in a c. I. o. union -spon-
sored suit seeking to halt collection
of the tax. A Philadelphia Com
mon Pleas Court found the meas
ure constitutional in dismissing the
suit.
The tax, expected to raise $18,-
600, 900, affects all persons working
in the city, including non-residents
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Greece in Mourning
For Prince Christopher

BY tire Associated Press,
ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 22.-King
George II today proclaimed one
month of mourning for his uncle,
Prince Christopher, who died last
night.
The body was taken to the Cathe-
dral to lie in state until the funeral
Wednesday.
Prince Christopher at one time
was the husband of the late Mrs.
William B. Leeds, widow of the
American "tin plate king"
The youngest brother Of the late
King Constantine of Greece, he
married Mrs. Leeds in 1920. He in
herited large part of her fortune.
He married Princess FRANCHISE de
Guise of France in 1929.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Exfortionist Eludes
Detectives Bullets
AT 'Payoff' Trap
Man Who Threatened
Philadelphia Children
May Have Been Hit

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.-Hos-
pitals and doctors offices were
watched today by police for fleet
footed extortionist who threatened
to blow up the Summerdale Dye
and Finishing Co. and "kidnap the
children" of its president, William
j. Gibbons.
The man walked into a carefully
laid trap to get bag purported to
contain $4,000, then eluded detec-
tives in a chase through tangle
of underbrush.
Detective William P. Greenhalgh
said the man might have been
wounded by fusilade of shots fired
in the darkness Saturday night as
he broke through the Gordon in
tended to net him.
Detectives Set Trap.
Mr.. Gibbons, now vacationing in
Florida, was not informed immedi-
ately of the threat letters sent to
his office. They were opened by
his son, William j. Gibbons, jr., who
was left in charge of the business.
He turned them over to police.
Mr.. Greenhalgh said the younger
Gibbons made a contact with the
eXtortionist as he had been directed
and agreed to drive to lonely Sec
ton and leave bag containing the
money.
Meanwhile, the place was sur
rounded by detectives. Mr. Glib
bons was not in the car. Driving
was one plain clothesman-hidden
in the back seat were two others.
Shots Failed to Stop Man.
The driver said when he reached
the spot designated, he saw a sign
that had been prearranged ano
tossed the bag-empty-out of the
car
The detectives drove on few
hundred feet, stopped suddenly and
leaped from the car, pistols drawn.
They saw shadoWy figure snatch
the bag and run. The shots they
fired brought the other detectives
but failed to stop the man.
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Artillery Activity
Reported by Soviet

MOSCOW, Jan. % (P)-The Rus
sian Army communique, reporting
on activities on the Finnish fronts
yesterday, said artillery duels oc-
Cured in "some places" and Soviet
aviation made accommodating and
fighting flights"
Evening star., 1940-01-22
Duce Sees Wheat Crop
Nearly Sufficient

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 21-Premier Musso-
hni predicted yesterday that Italy s
1910 wheat crop would be nearly
sufficient for domestic needs pro-
vided weather conditions are favor
able during May and June.
II Duce made the prediction while
addressing several hundred farmers
to whom he presented prizes fol
their contribution to "the battle
of grains"
The question on every ones lips
he said. was whether Italy would
have another wheat crop of 80
million quintals (about $4,000
tons) as in the past three years
an amount sufficient to cover the
country's requirements.