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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-30

Meanwhile We made repairs to
Idle Hours running gear, oiled the
decks and became quite sociable
with our floating neighbors.
First there was a Canadian par
son out on an extended cruise.
Then there was two boys in 81
foot boat bound from st. Louis to
Tahiti. / wish them luck but the
odds are against them.
The facilities Of the Royal ia
maica Yacht club were extended
to US. including shower and boat
service, two very welcome cour-
tesies. I gave them a copy Of
Seven Seas on a Shoestring" to
put in their library. which seemed
to be welcome.
Idle Hour looked splendid with
her new coat Of white paint on
her topsides, only 10 days old from
Miami.
Trip On Land
While awaiting the fishing reel
handle Sir John, Doug and took
a motor car ride to Montiego bay,
On the northern side OF the island.
As Jamaica Is over $50 miles
long it has some good-sized riv-
ers. one OF which terminates near
the ocean in the Roaring river
falls. reminding me Of snoqualmie
in the spring.
We went for a swim in the crys-
tai clear waters off Jamaica, walk
ed across a short sand spit and
rlnsed ourselves under the water
falls. Then we stretched out on
the white coral sand OF Jamaica's
finest beach, the equal Of Waikiki
in Hawaii. II was hard TO believe
that down here IL was so nice and
warm while the United States was
suffering from a severe winter.
We drove TO Falmouth. a tiny
seaport with palms skirting its
crescent harbor. Ny enjoyment Of
our trip was marred by an infect
ed finger which throbbed intensely.
I took moving pictures Of many
Of the scenic spots and some day
hope 10 show them st home. that
Is. II they are ever sent me, for
al film stills or movies - are
censored by the British govern
ment.
cireling around Jamaica By mo-
tor road We saw giant cotton
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Lang Family
ViCtiniZed

Whoever he Is, he's certainly
making life miserable for Mr.. and
Mrs. Milard F. Lang, 1902 East
X st.
When they returned sunday
from an overnight trip to Port
land, there was nothing TO do but
call police-again.
This time they found their home
ransacked of dresses and suits. a
large mirror smashed, the garbage
can emptied onto their bed. bed
ding and clothes scattered in the
house and yard, the lawnmower,
garden hose and washtubs chopped
to bits.
Usually he bedevils the family
while they are home, sending TAXI
BIS, ambulances, fire engines.
hearses and like noisy visitors in
response to faxed calls.
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z. Darrell Jones
Grandmother Dies

Funeral services fur Mrs 1stIe<
nrcz<ser Brown. e. grandmother
81 Y. Darrell Jones = r.cpms. III
b. he'd Monday - 1>o }. =.
from re Home Undertaking 60.
IN Seattle.
Other survivors Include 10
sons. Nunrie y. IaH<< ~ vzIIei1
Csff.. - Alfred Ian<s a Part
lard. or<.. and fsve xfendsezr
Hxruia {. Jones - seattle ~
fred 81 Alfred 4. Ion<s. - -
ruftiena. ore. H<Ft<ft YpFHztna
II Kssr<sn. WASH. and Aizs4n
w. xerastsm At n<lIinEh~m
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looking for another good act
preferably one that can cook. tool g.
From the homeport they jour
neyed to Seattle, where a bit of
gale blown dirty weather gave
them no more trouble than a
slightly stove gunwale. Thence
to Tacoma, berthing here Satur-
day at the City moorage nearby
the spot from whence the much
touted Ark departed from the
shadow of the 18th street bridge.
Itinerary hence commences
Thursday with their departure
for Bremerton. where trained
poodle No. s will be added to the
Alaska Showboat's encourage Of
stellar performers.
Onward then to the San Juan
islands, towns of the Straits OF
Juan de Fuca; that will consume
at least two weeks Of the i'm
mediate future.
Then it's off to Alaska, where
the adventuresome little company
will play every hamlet and town
throughout the summer.
Frontiersmen In more sense
than one, kreger's sea-going
performances will be the first
of their kind TO visit the
northern coast.
As we sat in the snug yet
roomy cabin of the Alaska Show
boat chatting with Loveless and
Kreger, the latter spoke with easy
familiarity of life on the Missis-
sippi and its floating theaters,
roaming the countryside under a
big top" his travels in Mexico
with his own truck circus.
This 'showboat' idea is inspired
by the depression" he points out,
adding that the aspects of cruising
Alaskan waters as skipper Of his
able boat is alone nearly enough to
make life worthwhile.
The name Alaska Showboat,
while absolutely appropriate, is
somewhat facetious. Modus oper-
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nv WILLIAM WHITE

PARrs-lHy wireie=.l--ff ths
var Is 70 - fought thu spring n
the northern thester. the nexs
and inevitable move should he :
German invasion Of Sweden II. -
ncw seems likely. the British navy
can prevent the Nasis from send.
ing adequate supplies hy sea q
their army now occupying Nor.
ways principal coastal cities.
Had TIE Nerwexisn Eevcrn-
ucnt csrltulated :. did the
Danish government. this
wsuid not ee necessary. he-
cause. with undixpute<i control
of Norway. the Nssss would
have had sweden completely
Isolated from all chance 81
help frem the other deuce-
racics. and could have aictat-
I'd 30 sweden any ternss they
desired - "a disposal 81 TIE
rich iron deposits near Lulea
IN the Narth. which are and
never forget this--fhs whole
object of this nerthern carr
palgn.
But now. with the Norwegisns
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Northwestern Mutual Lite
Insurance Co. hos had contin-
uous representation in Tocomo
for more thon 40 yeors. Hugo
E. Ferber, lotely of Milwaukee.
the compony's home office
city, hos now established him
self here os district ooent, sue
ceedine the lote Eorle M. Nc
Croskey. After Moy !. the
ooency will be in new offices
at 828 Tocomo building.
Ferber formerly was ossoci-
oted with the home office
ooency in Milwaukee os O per-
sonol producer and loter os
the soles director in another
ooency.. His company now hos
approximately $4,000, 900 of
insurance in force through the
Tocomo office.
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trees towering over 1875 feet high.
burdened with parasitic vines. etc.
the most common Of which are
orchids. ! had never thought Of
orchids as parasites, but they sctu-
ally grow wild and their seeds are
blown high in the trees where they
take root and cover the limbs
often choking a tree to death. We
would see many trees, bare skele-
tons Of dead limbs, save only for
the large clusters OF orchids.
Deep Sea Port
Mr.. North finally received the
new handle for his fishing reel and
We set out Of the harbor where II
was blowing fresh and the seas
were running about six feet. This
did not seem to affect Sir John,
who was able to sit very easily in
his fishing chair.
Suddenly there was a jerk on
his trolling line and-whami A
huge marlin leaped out of the sea
again and again. The game was
on. Sir John reeled In as hard a.
ne could and Unanswered the
Idle Hour 80 that we wouldn't lose
him.
For a quarter OF an hour we
played the fish and then suddenly
with one sudden dash toward the
ship the marlin got slack and slip
ped the hook. What a disappoint-
ment
Later We hooked a barracuda
and a mutton fish which we gave
to the inspection boat as we mo-
tored back into the harbor.
Sir John had had high hopes Of
going out Just once. hooking q
marlin and then displaying II at
the Royal Jamaica Yacht club,
saying. well. boys. there are
plenty Of these big ones out there
all you have 10 do Is get up early
in the morning and 90 out and
catch them But the joke was on
him
NExT-on for Panama.
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prcfucs re knti-eireFsft kun<
4 uf>guei<d " EaFar<. snd ecssfd
fsEht aff any landing n fcree unta
enc swedish army - conplsts<i
its nsunillaatlon.
nut - ussmsn position IN Scr
way seems b - krn~tnx w<<kif
mere critical II i h<ecm<< o.
perNfs. sueh . lsnasHx N xwe<ien
may ~ Attempted ard eFfsefpd.
IN TIE kep< a. provisioning ih<
ts<rmsH farces n Nnr~sy ~ iead.
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tactics are out. Sweden cannot
now be taken BY surprise. Sweden
has the hezs army n TIE North.
Al the height % The tension dur
ing the Finnish war. sweden nd
: total Of $50. 600 men under
arms.
TIE equivalent 81 Al entire dlvi-
sion was actually sent n Finland
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AHal - 10 cali al 4 likely port.
make a decker for a theater or
other suitable showhouse, ballyhoo
with perhaps a parade OF a tesser
turn. unload the props and seen
ery-and there's your road show.
From all indication. % far
In the game, II would appear
the idea II sound and win like
" be profitable TO tae group,
as well as novel and highly en-
tertaining for the paying
clients.
Kreger. besides being versatile
enough to be able to ride a one
wheeled bicycle" aboard a high
wire or to build a proper boat can
do a number of other entertaining
and useful things such a. put his
cute. smart octet Of dogs through
their PAGES, navigate. juggle, splice,
neatly tell a story. repair his
engine or what-have-ycu. =. =. =.
Planning of the Alaska SHOW
boat was no haphazsrd task. She
has living accommodation for six
persons; stowage space for the
dogs, the trapsze and wire acts,
scenery. one-volt loudspeaker set;
her mattresses are made OF life
jacket kapok and are buoyant
enough 10 inspire Loveless to keep
a pair of oars over his bunk and
the canned-goods stores within
easy reach; her construction is
simple enough to allow for emer-
gency repairs anywhere: her con-
verted Dodge engine gave a good
accounting of itself during the
course of an impromptu race with
local seiner en- route here. being
triumphant; she's plain, comfort
able utility boat.
So there they are with a good
boat and new idea--and the whole
future in which 10 experiment, per-
form, sailorize and sight-see. Not
bad.
Please
If you see the grey-painted tug
of Taylor & Wizard, local deep-sea
salvage divers. maneuvering
around off the smelter, you'll make
a hero Of yourself by cutting your
engine anytime you're within a
hundred yards.
The throb of propeller makes a
working diver feel like his head is
being beaten off.
What the diving boat will be do
ing there is searching for an an
Choir lost by ship some years
ago.
Seems four other divers have
tried to find and salvage the old
mud-hook and have failed. Taylor
and Wizard aren't making any rash
promises, but somebody once said
a new broom sweeps cleanest.
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lumber fro
logs. and the
result is quite
creditable.
eger's
home Browns
Vile ne a r
Bremerton) and
there he built
his boat and
signed on Bill
Loveless as tee
karoo and trap
eZe artist. lie 8
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Yelept Alaska Showboat. the
comfortable tesk-hulled craft is
the product Of kreger's ON hand
ieraft-"pretty good for a wire
walker, huh ," It's the second he's
built from the keel up, includ z
making a good portion of his own
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Take a Look at Europe "

fighting. md with ~ allied army
already n Norway. re situation
l. reversed.
In The first place. Treisn horse
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By DWIGHT LONG

Mr.. Sir john North cabled to Florida to have new
handle for his fishing reel made to replace the which
fell off into the just he ready after the
Carbbeans fish, Rigid wartime restrictions held up
the and later when it sent it misunderstood
in rode
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get on ecf foil.
n yev doa1 like n. Then write ne Q
Isss.r end Tli psssonollY sos . ea
the steps 81 the MAC sfsiisn In
Hsliyn~esdi Rsas-bsf, Uniea OIL
Prosrom-isnishf-Ts5o s'sisxti
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under TIE gulse e volunteers
These included many e Sweden,z
best officers. who gained actual
hattie experience. TIE caiibre q
the rest a the Swedish army -
greatly Improved ~ the training
they got n the mobilization.
R<m<mh<r sI<o nat xwed<n
manufactures What y ccnc~d-
ID h - TIE he<i aesl-slrc<aft
artillery In the u-r,d. Sseek-
helm I'D her ether cse<fei
cisir. re studded sIsA n. -
yea en- - sure that aas
sauNaren "a alelak<l keml.<F<
whicA ean<e resFlsx ever -
reeftsp< II Sssekkelsa 10 -
rsrsse - p>>ps< lats sahmls-
sica - ihsy ~ ever o<is.
promptly wsuia st hIswn cut
81 The sks.
Also. since the heavy io
s III.
fered ~ ths German navy IN re
occupation .; Norway. n n naw
only . very llttls larger than TIE
Swedish navy, and only With
great skill and even luck could Il
cover = landlng of German tfosps
an Swedish soil
In addition 10 which. thu awed.
ian coast srtiiisrys product e
tho same Bofors fsclosies which
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~ - Asc
EJQl1I19
CEz1s1sz1}II1 -

Il must be contagious Now third smallcraft to
make plans for extended Alaskan cruise with Tacoma the
lumpngof place Latest is the S2foo cruiser of Actor
Mariner Harry Kreger.
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So lock. ienlshi
OF ssvsn-fhirfy,
sh down BY The
rsdio and tune
In your nsafssf
MAC Red Net
Nefk xfofion
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Ing lot hoInc
tenor to crank out a familiar
tune-one you can whistle on the
way homel
ssssvss In these "sirsemiinsd
epefos" they've cut oil ihsi sivs
sv,. The ssiien Ia oil In English end
ysv rsollY get the story. BY ssllY.
hs pretty swell s,vs.
Another thing that makes il good
is the fact that they don't always
have grand opera. In fact. many
OF the shows are Victor Herbert
type things that you've whistled
all your hfe-and musical COM
edieS, too-hke NO No Nanette.
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what you'd call an obsession. If
someone yelled Carmen" real
quick, Id be more apt to think
of street car conductor than
some sultry dame in a red dress
singing on the stage in high CT
And then Union oil Company siorisd
It's hroadeasis OF "sirsamlinsd
opsre." lNBc Red Network Of $50
e'eiesk, Menday nights. psf. And
new ! ON on evihsrlfy on mvslsi
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tsed - hep COIN Wtlco
! ro< wore ~. BIT ! nlo<1 .
discovery ihof 1uxe4 -.
found 81 N - don'f rc0zgvo
dust fcdoy. II wlll ~ firll
there ard wolf ~ yuu
MT. ffem <v<vy pfee~n< t1lIoo~
tion. Il might rrev< y - - eo11lv
! klaed<x a - u<IlI11 f1r111
"a ~ f,erla1sl1>4
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This Union Oil
Program b as
the right idea.
You don't have
to sit through
a lot of dull
yodeling wait
ing for some
Evening star., 1940-10-20

of" she generally takes 1t, but only,
she say, after asking Mrs. Knox"
"And Mrs. Knox is a pretty good
boss to Mrs. Knox" she chuckles.
Tried to Retire in 1928.
She announced once in 1923 that
she was going to retire.
I'm absolutely through" she said.
Two years later, still at the fac
tory, she modified her retirement
plans.
Some day." she remarked, I'll
step out and leave running the busi-
ness to my son."
The 1910 version:
Retire? I should say not. They'd
have to drag me to the door and
push me out"
She complains she doesn't like to
be interviewed. Her associates ex-
plain that's because Mrs. Knox is
naturally shy"
Shy, perhaps-but definitely not
retiring.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Mrs. Knox Of Gelatin
anne Runs Business
In a Woman sWay
No Pay Cuts, Loyoffs
Time Clocks or Illness
Losses at Her Plants

BY the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y-A phono-
graph plays God Bless America
and workers trooping into the spot
less, white walled factory sing an
accompaniment.
The music stops. Machines begin
an all-day clatter that ends as the
workers chorus out the National
Anthem.
Its not a cutting from an Amer
lean light opera. It's the JohnstoWn
gelatin plant of Mrs. Charles B.
Knox.
Il don't have any special phil
osophy of life or any conventional,
ready-made formula about business
other than hard work and plenty of
good common sense" insists the
woman industrialist. nearly 83 years
old. But I think We need to show a
little more patriotism right now
Business Needs Horse Sense"
For a person who hasn't any par
ticular philosophy or business theory,
the gray-haired, alert-eyed Mrs
Knox comedies she has done at least
fairly we'll since she took over the
gelatin manufacturing business on
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Jewish Center Girls Clubs
To Hold Party Today

Folk dances, choral singing and
piano recital will feature Sue
Goth holiday party to be sponsored
this afternoon by the girls clubs
of the Jewish Community Center.
Miss Ruth Green and Edward Bern
stein, directors of the center's club
department, are in charge of the af-
fair and members of the Thuva
Club will act as hostesses.
The educational program of the
institution is now in full swing. Chill
drens classes under the direction
of Mrs. Genevieve Yuditsky started
several weeks ago and paintings and
leather work by the youngsters will
be on display today.
Tomorrow evening the adult class
in painting from life will hold its
first session, with Nelson Rosenberg
as instructor. On Wednesday eve
nlngs classes in sculpture will be
held under the direction of Mrs.
Edna Eckenrode and on Thursday
Evening star., 1940-10-20

But-"Live and let live" repeats
Mrs. Knox.
Never Cut Salaries.
She is proud of the fact that she
never cut salaries even in the worst
of the depression, that she hasn't
had to install time clocks. or lay
off any workers. and that no one
ever quits working for me except
some of the girls who get married.
The employees, on the other hand,
call the Johnstown plant Happiness
/ headquarters" They have two
weeks vacation annually, time of
to go to the dentist or doctor, and
never lose any pay when they are
i'll.
During the depression orders fell
off consistently until one day. for
the first time since the business was
established, there wasn't a single
order.
We'll, let's not get down in the
mouth" she told her staff
Then, at time when other enter
prises were cutting expenses, Mrs
Knox increased her advertising be-
cause, she insisted, that's the time
10 do it."
. The orders picked up.
Puts in Full Days Work.
During the last few years Mrs.
Knox, great-grandmother. has de-
voted little more time to her hob
bes-foWers, bridge, civic and
church activities, philanthropies
But she still works from 6 to 10
! hours day in her Office.
She writes nearly so letters daily
to housewives. answering personally
their queries about recipes. Often
she's back in the kitchen again
working out new ways to prepare
gelatine dishes.
Occasionally she takes vacation
trip, but almost always alone. And
whenever she wants IAN afternoon
Evening star., 1940-10-20
lI Loo 81 &: q 80 3 3 5,T -

~ NOT-Thls
l45
who SO desire Private booths Phone call for appointment
Evening star., 1940-10-20
GeOrgianS to Give
Halloween Reception

The Georgia State Society will
hold its annual Halloween reception
and ball Friday evening, November
l, at the Shoreham Hotel from $50
to l o'clock
Representative Hugh Peterson
president OF the society, has invited
to receive the guests Senator Rich
ard B Russell. Repre- sentative and
Mrs. Robert Ramspeck, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Sidney Camp, DR.. and
Mrs. Robert Creighton Dr.. Harold
Lipscomb Mrs. Ann Cotton, Miss
Agnes Reynolds, Miss Julia Harris
and Mr.. LIE Care OBeal.
Dancing will De the chief feature
OF entertainment
AL Georgians and their friends
are invited.
For further information phone or
write Mrs. G W. Thu ston, financial
secretary of the society. at 44l9 ILL
nois avenue N ".
Evening star., 1940-10-20

Start now to recondi.ion yout
scalp and skin. We are specially
prepared TO relieve itchy scalpS.
excessive dryneSs or oi.ineSS,
dandruf. falling hair, alopecia.
aS vel! as TO restore FIRE shness
md lovelin~ss to Weather-beaten
skins resulting from the ravages
Of sun. WIND and Narpr
Evening star., 1940-10-20

Charles Knox, a knitting goods
salesman.
Six years later, the couple had
saved $1,000, which they invested
in a gelatin formula and sold their
product "on the side"
Mrs. Knox learned "every phase
of the business, lived most of the
time in her kitchen, where she Gre
ated recipe after recipe and then,
she says, flooded the Nation with
them"
"A WOman's Way"
When she took over the factory
in 1908, she was as determined
then as now that she would do the
job in a Woman's way and only
requested the same treatment that
man would
Her first executive order called
for polishing a brass nameplate on
the boiler.
There's nothing too small to be
clean" she remarked as she brought
her housewifely nature into the
manufacture of gelatin Walls.
woodworE, floors, equipment, and
even the outside railing at the en-
trance were secured and polished
They still are.
She scld her husbands airplanes
and stable of race horses, which he
maintained "for advertising pur-
poses" II don't believe in that kind
of publicity" she declared, for a
food product"
There are more than 200 en-
ployes now in the three Knox plants
in Johnstown, Camden. N. j., and
Montreal, Canada. She feels that
economy could be served by COM
bining at least two Of the factories
and installing more machines.
That would mean. of course, let
ting some of the employees go.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Marine Reserve Battalion
Ordered 10 Report Nov. I

The commandant of the Marine
Corps yesterday ordered the 5th
Battalion of Marine Corps Reserves
to report for active duty at Guam
tico November 7. The local battalion
will be the first to report at GUAM
tico and is not expected to remain
long at that post
Officers of the battalion an
nounced last night that no members
will be excused or placed on de-
ferred status except by order of the
Secretary Of the Navy. 1t was en-
phasized that the unit is not being
called for training" duty, but al
ready is ready for any regular as
Evening star., 1940-10-20

evening there will be classes in
handicraft, with Mrs. Mary Early
as instructor.
The various center adult clubs also
are resuming activities. The Busi-
ness Girls Club is arranging a pro-
gram of varied educational and cul-
tural activities. The Center Choral
Society is rehearsing Ballad for
Americans" to be presented soon
in conjunction with a concert by
the Center Symphony Orchestra.
The Camp Louise Girls Club is
planning to continue its summer &C
tivities, such as hiking, swimming
and handicraftS.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
the death Of her husband in 1908.

the death Of her husband in 1908.
But-no philosophy? No business
theory?
You have to use comman sense
horse sense-to succeed in business, "
asserts the woman industrialist, who
barely reaches feet in height.
Live and let live" she said at
another time when asked how she
managed to avoid labor difficulties.
Don't expect to take it easier be-
cause you're woman" she once ad-
vised members of her own sex in
business. Don't try to compete with
men but do your job in a woman's
way
And again, looking back at her
mistakes" Mrs. Knox theorized:
HE who stumbles twice over the
same stone deserves to break his
neck"
To boys and girls undecided on
what line of work to follow she
urges:
Take an inventory of yourself.
Find out your strong points. Then
push them and push hard. You
must have something to sell these
days
Trebled Output in 10 Years.
1t may be neither philosophy nor
theory, but whatever it is the Knox
ideas trebled the output of the GEL
attn factory in the first 10 years
after she took over the business.
Still very active, Mrs. Knox con-
tinues to spend most of her day in
the Johnstown plant. where even
her son. Jim" Knox. vice president
and general manager, admits
mothers still the boss" even
though he has relieved her of many
of the burdens of the business.
She was born Rose MarkWard in
Mansfield, Ohio, November 18, 1857,
and 26 years later was married to