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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

Searles, and Mrs. Lizzy Clark. A
lovely vacation trip, indeed!
Wedding bells are ringing for
Juanita Beasley, 400 st. Anthony
Ave., and Fred Kane, 410 1Oh st.
N, Minneapolis. Also for Rose
Porter, 2156 E. 68th St., Cleveland,
Ohio, and Walter P. Brown, 582 w.
Central Ave. Also for Robert
L. Easley, 566 w. Central Ave-,
and Dorothy B. Martin, Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
Miss Ruth Miller, 367 Jay St.,
returned from Chicago and Kansas
City, where she visited friends and
relatives. Miss Miller is a former
teacher in the public schools in
Kansas City. Sunday, July %, Miss
Miller went to Canada by airplane
for an indefinite stay.
Miss Frances Anderson of Chi
cagO is in the city, the house guest
of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Courtney Hilyard, 1872
st. Anthony Ave-, for a month.
On Thursday, July 25, Miss Eliza
beth McCracken, daughter of Mrs.
Fred D. McCracken, 852 Albemarle
St., who is a cousin of Miss Ander-
son, entertained at five o'clock
luncheon for the visitor. Guests
included Miss Lowell Locke of De-
troit, Michigan, the Misses Caro-
Ign McWatt, Mildred Munson,
Beatrice Schuck, Helen Smith, Jes-
sic Sonion, Harriet and Junald
Brown, Millicent Burgess and Fern
Lee.
Miss Lavina Stone of Frankfort,
Kentucky, is spending her vacation
with her aunts, Mrs. s. E. Will
liams, 857 St. Anthony Ave-, and
Mrs. l. C. Raymond, 654 Rondo
Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul, Coins of
Cleveland motored to the city with
the Coins family to attend the fu-
neral services for their brother,
Harold Coins, which were held Sat
urday of last week.
Miss Leatrice DOdd, 244 W. Gen.
trail Ave-, has returned home from
a weeks vacation at the Girl Re-
serve Camp at Square Lake, Min
nesota.
Mrs. George Wills, 1904 Iglehart
Ave., was hostess to Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. Edwards, 244 W. Central
Ave-, and Miss Edith Gillard at her
summer home at Lindstrom, Min
nesota, for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gillian of
Kansas City left this week for
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Have You Paid on
Your Pledge?

Chairman Edwin Salters says
that the response was good from
last weeks announcement of re-
quest for Halle @. Brown Build
ing Fund pledges.
Thanks to those responding.
Office helpers are now preparing
the list of those persons who have
completed their pledges to date.
The list will be ready for publica-
ton August Is in this paper. By
this time every Pledge should
have two instalments paid on the
pledge made in January. The COM
mittee has adopted the following
slogan, "Get it out of your pocket
book and off your mind"
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turn to st. Paul in about two
weeks. Mrs. Gertrude Reed,
$50 Fuller Ave., entertained Mrs.
Thomas at luncheon and the thea
ter on Saturday, July q. Also on
that same evening Mrs. Thomas
was a guest at the Coterie Club
outing party at Lake Riley, King
Kennedy's resort. =. Sunday, July
20, Mrs. Thomas and daughter
were among the out-of-town
guests at the Kappa Alpha Psi pic
mic at Lake Riley and the Postal
Alliance picnic at Kaposia Park,
South st. Paul. Mrs. Edith
Sizer, 2914 14th Ave. s., and Mrs.
Sydney Salters, 1913 W. Central
Ave-, entertained group of TWEEN
ty-five ladies at Pajama and
Housecoat Party Wednesday, July
81, in honor of Mrs. Thomas. l..
Friday afternoon, August 2, Mrs.
Earl Brent of N. st. Adams St.,
will be hostess at a Dessert Bridge
Party at her home in honor of Mrs.
Thomas.
Mrs. 8. Edward Hall, 996 lyle
hart Ave., who is mentioning in
California, writes of the wonderful
vacation trip she is having.
The lovely home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. W. Frazier, $50 W. Central
Ave-, was the scene of Oriental
splendor Friday, July 26, when
seventy-five friends were enter
tanned complimentary to Mrs. ]. C..
Locke and daughter, Miss Lowell
Locke of Detroit, Michigan, and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Curtis, also of De-
troit, son-in-law and daughter of
Mrs. Frazier. The hostess received
her guests strikingly attired in a
blue lame evening gown. Mrs.
Locke was attractive in an aqua
model of lace and chiffon, Mrs.
Curtis wore navy blue lace, and
Miss Locke wore blue changeable
taffeta. Miss Lowell Locke is a
law student at Wayne University
in Detroit.
Mrs. Pete Robinson, 100 st. An
thony Ave-, left Tuesday, July %,
for Huntington, Tennessee, for two
weeks on a vacation trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Watson, TIC
st. Anthony Ave., with a party of
, friends, spent the week of July 10
mentioning at Lindsey Lake,
Backus, Minnesota, on a fishing
party. They report an excellent
catch. The party included Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Pullum, Mrs. Emmett
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HUMBOLDT
HEIGHTS NEWS
By Mrs. Harlan Russell
ALLEN A. M. E.

A capacity crowd filed Allen A.
M. E. Church Sunday P. NJ, when
the Twin City churches responded
to a Benefit Rally call. Wayman
Church, of which Rev. H. Reddick
is pastor, composed the major part
of the congregation. The Wayman
choir sang and the pastor, Rev.
Reddick, spoke on the subject "Our
Duty as Christian Leaders to Mis-
sion Churches" A splendid offer
ing was received. Refreshments
were served after adjournment.
GIRLS GO TO CAMP
The Misses Gwendolyn and Lii
Ian Schofeld, Marjorie Thompson,
Frances Jones, Lottie Robinson,
Seizure Lewis and Virginia Johnson,
left Saturday for two weeks at
Phyllis Wheatley Camp near Saw
age, MINI.
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Surprise: st. Peter A. M. E.
Church members surprised their
chorister, Mrs. Aylce NJ. Stewart,
on her birthday, July 10, with a
shower of gifts. Present were
Mesdames Gertrude Boldly, Myr-
tie Potter, Anna Graham, Sybil
Bell, Bertha Turner, Leila Thorn
ton, Lydia Charmon, Carrie Wal
lace, Leila Mcclellan, Lorraine
Chivers, Esther Roach, Viola What
ley, Dessa Peppers; Misses Ruth
Pittman, Dorothy Williams, Anne
Horris, Allie B. Glenn; o. ]. Thorn
ton, Fletcher Claridy, Rev. and
Mrs. A. Cary of Chicago, and Rev
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Social and Personal

Mrs. David Francis Clinton Ave. will
fast Saturday, August honoring Mrs. Eva Faye Thomas
Mrs Riley 1914 18th Ave- S. entertained Monday July
luncheon in Boyd
Chicago, ILL., Joseph Miller Raymond Carter
Mrs. William Mosey, and Miss Vesa Mosley.
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Miss Albreta Neal, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Neal, 531 St.
Anthony Ave-, has just returned
from a most enjoyable motor trip
with Mrs. Carrie Neal and her
daughter, Louise, and Mrs. Ellin
Hilyard of Minneapolis to Nash
vile, Tenn, and Chicago. Miss
Neal stayed at the home of Mrs.
Nellie Francis during her stay in
Nashville, and visited her cousin,
Earl Neal, attorney, while in Chi
cago. aD..
Miss Anita Scott of Cleveland
spent some time with Miss Neal
while in the city.
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Mr.. David Faison was enter
tanned Saturday evening, July 20,
with a party given by his wife,
Mary Ann, in honor of his birth
day. The guests were: Messrs.
and Mines. Leroy Smith, Clifford
Hawkins, Preston Childress, James
LAWYER, Scott Faison, L. v. Russell
of Texas and Robert Ray, the
Misses Gertrude Barber and Doro-
thy Johnson, and the Messrs. Car
son Tytus, Willie and James Gard
ner, Dennis and Irwin Faison and
James Johnson, Jr.
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Grissom, Mrs. Walter Mcfarland,
Miss Harriet Mae, Robert and
Richard Smith, Mrs. Tessie SoRion,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Cook, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. Gerald
Hargraves, DR.. and Mrs. Earl
Weber, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Williams,
E. F. Morris and Mrs. C. D. Jones.
DR.. Martin will join his wife and
daughters in East Chicago after
the medical association convention
in Houston, Texas.
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home after visiting at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Williams, 4445
LIST Ave. S. The Gillams were ex-
tensively entertained while in the
city.
Mrs. Dora Dysert of Atkinson,
Kansas, is in the city for an in
definite stay at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. B. Williams, 4445 First
Ave. S.
Mr.. Percy Lee of Kansas City,
who teaches school in the public
system there, left this week for
home after attending the first
summer session at the University
of Minnesota. While in the city,
he was the house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. David R. Francis, 1919 Gin
ton Ave. S.
SUCCESS
The Aquatennial Street dance,
given on Hyland Avenue by the
New York Club, was successful,
according to Mrs. Bertha Bowers,
club president. Mrs. Chas. M.
Force, vice president, and Mrs.
Ruth Walker had charge of ar
rangements and publicity.
The Wednesday Study Club en-
tertained friends and club men,
bers at a picnic at Como Park July
"a. Those attending Toasted on
fried chicken and all that goes
with it. Mrs. Levisa Roland is
president of the Club.
Miss LOlareine MatOyer, niece of
Mrs. Viola Searles, last week called
Miss Bernadine Anderson, 800 St.
Anthony, long distance from the
San Francisco Fair, where she won
the privilege to make such a call
from the Telephone Company.
DR.. w. L. Jackson, Detroit,
Mich, house guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. T. Rhodes, left for his home
July 20 after a brief visit with his
mother, Mrs. Matte Jackson, and
other relatives.
Mrs. P. E. Martin and daughters,
Eula, Mae and Eugenia of East
Chicago, Ind, were the guests of
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. w. Dudley Smith and
family, 1920 Rondo st. The fol-
lowing entertained at many social
affairs in their honor: Mr.. and Mrs.
Dudley Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. G. X.
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Mount Olivet Baptist Church, st.
Paul, will present the sermon THE
Eagle Stirreth Her Nest" delivered
by Rev. C. w. Spears at 8 p. m,
Sunday.
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Social and Personal L
Cd ST. PAUL Cd
SAINT PAUL SOCIETY
By Esyr l. Bradley
500 Carroll Avenue

Prominent among the social
Summer Dancing Party be given Monday evening the
Sterling Club Dale and ROndo by Howell,
for Mrs Eva Faye Thomas Of Kansas City, who with dug
Miss Anne Elizabeth Thomas visiting in the city, the house
guest of her brother and eraw Dr. and Mrs. Norman Howell
and her mother Mrs Laura HOWELL 95S ST. Anthony Ave. The v
arrived the city Friday July motor accompanied their
husband and father Mr. Earl Thomas who Chicago
University TO complete work his PhD degree Mr. Thomas will
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BRIEF CHURCH NOTES

WOmen's Day at St. Peter
Church, Minneapolis, Sunday, Au-
gust A. Special speakers.
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Special music at Pilgrim Baptist
Church Sunday night, August 4.
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Mass at st. Thomas Episcopal
Church at II a. m. each Sunday
morning. Rev. Melbourne HOgarth
is rector.
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The Misses Clara and Virginia
Curry, 1044 Bryant Ave. n, visited
their cousin, Barbara Ann VIII
liams in st. Paul for two weeks
recently.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

and Mrs. Russell E. Duvall of Rock
vile.
The wedding will take place Sep
tember IA at the All Saints Episcopal
Church, Chevy Chase Circle.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Smith.White
Wedding

A pretty wedding took place at
the Potomac Heights Community
Church Thursday at o'clock when
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Mrs. John NJ. Boyer
Gives Luncheon
In Damascus

DAMASCUS, Md Aug. 17.-Mr
and Mrs. Frank Glaonill are vaca-
tioning in Yellowstone Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilghman Branden-
burg and Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin L. Cue
left Sunday for motor trip to the
west coast. They will also visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dawson, former
Rockville residents, in Fargo, S. Oak.
Mr.. LIE Roy Harris visited in New
York this week.
Mrs. John M. Boye, entertained
20 guests at a luncheon. fol-
lowed by cards, at her home Wednes-
day.
Miss Marta Howard and Mr.. Mar
shall Howard, of Westfeld, N. j., are
spending the week at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley NJ Woodfield
The 72d birthday of Mrs. Cassie
Woodheld was celebrated Sunday
with a reunion of her family, ar
ranged as a surprise
Mr.. and Mrs R. B. Miles and fam
ily motored to New York Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

MRS JOHN RAMSEY
WAKEFIELD.
Before her marriage Mrs.
Warield Uas Miss Mildred
Cooper. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Edgar
Cooper.
-Harris-EUing Photo.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Falls Church
Visitors Are
HOnOred
Mrs. Bridwell Is
Dinner Hostess;
Crouches on Trip

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Aug. IL
Mrs. w. E. Bowen and her daughter,
Miss Helen Bower OF ST Joseph. Mo,
are guests of 1t. Clarence Broussard,
U. S. N. and Mrs Brcussard.
Miss Jessie Boelter and Miss Viola
Fielder of Minneapolis are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Thelander.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E Crouch and
their son. Robert Crouch, are motor.
ing to Boise, Idaho.
Miss Jean Talbot left Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs Frank Thompson
and their daughter. Miss Jane
Thompson for Birmingham. Ala,
where she will be their guest for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Neil Stevens and her daughter,
Miss Mary Stevens, who are here
from Urbana. Ill; DR. c. A. Ransom,
Mr.. John Ransom and Miss Jean
Ransom were dinner guests Tues
day evening of Mrs. Buford M.
Bridwell. THURSDAY evening Mrs.
Stevens was entertained at dinner by
Mrs. Herbert Coward.
Mrs. John Ball of Wilmington. Del,
is visiting her son and daughter-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. John Ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ware, who are
spending month al Jackson Lake.
were hosts to 25 guests Wednesday at
picnic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Fenwick
have returned from trip to White
Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. J. A. Archibald of Jackson
vile, Fla. is a guest of her sister.
Mrs. Versal Spalding
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Manning and
their two sons, Richard and Thomas
Manning. have returned from a mo-
tor trip through New England and
Canada.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Frances Segal
To Wed NJ. B. FOer.

The engagement of Miss Frances
Segal of Norfolk, Va, to Mr.. Mel
win Bernard Foer of Washington is
to be announced in Norfolk today
Miss Segal is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Segal of Norfolk. A
graduate of William and Mary, she
is now employed by the Commerce
Department.
Mr.. Foer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Foer of Washington.
He attended George Washington
and National Law Universities and
is now engaged in business here.
The couple will make their home
in Washington following their mar
riage, the date of which will be
announced schortly.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

and Miss Caroline Whelen OF Col
lege Park was maid of honor. After
a motor trip to Niagara Falls and
Canada the couple will reside in
Cabin John Park.
Miss White is graduate of
American University and Mr. Smith
a student at Columbia Tech.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Vivian Griffin
To Wed Nj. L. Ashworth.

Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Libbey Grit
fin of 14l4 Girard street announce
the engagement of their daughter
Miss Vivian Elizabeth Griffin, to
Mr.. Murry Lee Ashworth, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas S. Ashworth
of Victoria, Va.
The wedding will take place Sat-
urday, August 81, at st. Stephens
Episcopal Church at o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
TakOna Park
Family Back
From West
Rev., Mrs. La Rue
Leave For Stay
In New Jersey

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy c. Potts. with
their daughters, Misses Glenna
Irene and Gertrude Jean Potts, and
son, Chester Potts, are again in
their home in Takoma Park. Md,
after a trip to Oklahoma and Mis-
souri, They brought back with
them Miss Mary Alice Stevenson
Of Oklahoma City, who will be their
house guest until the early part of
next month. when she and Miss
Glenna Irene Potts will return to
their studies at Oklahoma A. and M.
College at Saltwater, Okla.
During their vacation in the West
Mr.. Potts and his son spent week
at their farm at Saltwater, later
joining Mrs. Potts and the daugh-
ters at the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo-,
where they attended a reunion of
Mrs. Potts family.
The Rev. and Mrs. William E..
La Rue left yesterday for Ocean
City, N. j., where they are spending
10 days. The Rev. Mr.. La Rue is
pastor of the Takoma Park Baptist
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Ransom
are spending this month in North
Dakota visiting relatives.
Mrs. Robert M. Munro and her
son, Robert Munro, have returned
from Beverly, w. Va, where they
were guests of Mrs. Munros sister,
Mrs. George E. Harris. They were
accompanied on their return by
their niece, Miss Nancy Harris, who
is their. house guest.
DR.. and Mrs. Bennett Porter and
their children left yesterday for a
three-wek vacation at Scientists
Cliff, Md.
Miss Chatfield Is Guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles E. Lyons
are entertaining Miss Barbara Chat
field of New Haven. Conn. for a
week. Mrs. Lyons and her son.
Dickie Lyons, will leave Wednesday
with Miss Chatfleld for New Eng
land, where the Lyonses will visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w.
OOllCo vi N1dSo.
Mr.. Harry P. Dodge has as his
house guest Mr.. Keith Corbett of
Morristown, Pa. Mr.. Dodge's moth
er, Mrs Harry E. Dodge, will enter
tain at bridge Tuesday evening for
her club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick L. Pratt
left Thursday by motor for two
week trip through Florida. They
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson c.
Baugh in Jacksonville and also
spend some time in Clearwater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry K. Hobart
are vacationing in the Pocono
Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs T. K. Bryant are
spending two weeks at their former
home in Ithaca, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Clark are
visiting relatives in Mississippi.
Mrs Thomas E. Hughes and her
mother, Mrs. J. Steibel. left Friday
for the latter's home ip Cleveland,
where Mrs Hughes will spend two
weeks. Mrs Steibel had been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes at their
home on Birch avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin O'Shea and
their three children have moved
from Boone, N. c., to Takoma Park
and are now in residence on Carroll
avenue.
Mrs. Herman Nicodemus and her
two children have returned from a
visit at Rocky Mount, N. C.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Laura Manning
Will Be Fall Bride.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson
Manning of Silver Spring announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Laura Manning, to Mr.. F. Ed
ward Smith. jr., of Baltimore, son
of Mrs. F. Edward Smith and the
late DR.. Smith.
Miss Manning attended Miss Gar
lands School for Girls in Boston
Boston University and Maryland
University. She is a member OF
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Mr.. Smith finished at Maryland
University and is a member of Phi
Sigma Kappa Fraternity.
The wedding will take place in the
early fall
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Engagements
Continued From Page DID

Jeanns Kinsman. to Mr. James
Thomas Patterson Of Naugatuck,
Conn. Mr.. Patterson is a graduate
of Peekskill Military Academy,
Georgetown University, the Uni
versity of Miami, Fla, and the Ma
tiional University Law School.
The wedding will take place Sep
tember IA.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Dora Michaelson

And l. L. Schneider to Marry.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Michaelson of
Hampton, Va, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Dora F. Michaelson of Washington
and Bladensburg, Md, to Mr.. Irving
Louis Schneider, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Schneider of this city.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

Miss Adele White, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh E. White of Cabin
John Park, Md, was married to Mr..
w. Donald Smith, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles R. Smith of Cabin John
Park.
Mr.. Austin White was best man
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Graddick
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Grad
dick of Chevy Chase. Md, announce
the engagement OF their daughter,
Miss Charlene Woolvin Graddick, to
Mr.. Richard Alan Duvall, son of Mr..
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Susan Carr

Mr.. and Mrs. Glenworth c. Carr
announce the engagement of their
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Gertrude Levy
tn Wed Next Month.

Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Levy an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Gertrude Levy, to
Mr.. Oscar Lessans, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. David Lessans of Baltimore.
The wedding will take place in
September.
Evening star., 1940-08-18
Miss Janet Plummer
Will Be Bride.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter William
Plummer of Gaithersburg announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Janet Lehman Plummer, to
Mr.. Louis Fillmore Watkins, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F. Watkins
of Gaitnersburg.
The wedding will take place soon.
Evening star., 1940-08-18

daughter. Miss Susan Imogene Carr,
to Mr.. William Hanks Gillian.
The wedding has been set for
August 81 In the Petworth Methodist
Church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-26
SIX CONTRACT
COPIES SIGNED
City and Bonneville
Power Pact Goes
in Effect Soon

Tacoma city officials Saturday
were awaiting return 81 signed
copies of tho Tacoma Bonneville
inteFchsnEs Of power agreement
which will 70 into effect March Z
~ = hgal document. and into ef-
feet ~ = physical connection BE-
TWEEN tao large hydro ei~etrir
power systems next fan
Paul J Rsver. Bonneville power
administrator. signed the SIX oarses
Of the contract Friday. his offics
a. Portland announced
Clearing a. right cf way of the
first ti-mlie section az the Ronne-
vile Transmission line north Of
Vancouver 10 ~ per cent complete
and more than ~ per cent Of tbs
tower foundations are installed.
steel tower ervcticn 10 already ufs-
der way.
Bonneville engineers ars now
studying bids already opened for
construction of the second unit.
extending 30 miics from kslso To
Chehalls
Surveys and specifications for
EXTENSION Of the line from chshalis
to Puget Sound tcovingtnn. near
kenp are nearly completed and
VIII be speeded, Mr. Rsvsr said. 10
permit early completion AZ the con-
nection with Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-26
PLANET PARADE
WILL CONTINUE

Five planets-Mercury, Jupiter
Venus, Saturn and Mars-wers
visible over the western horizon
Friday night, in the order named
The phenomenon is one thai
will not recur for people now liv.
ing. astronomers say. 1t has been
called parade OF planets
The show will continue for two
weeks.
Both the inferior planets near
er the sun than the EARTH -Mer-
curry and Venus are in the spec
tacle. The diameters and distances
from the earth OF the five planets
are:
Jupiter, $1,000 miles-535, 05o,-
900 miles;
Saturn, $4,000 miles-9ls. AGO.
900 miles;
Venus, 1880 miles-es.747, 900
miles;
Mars, 1920 miles - 166, $40, 900
miles:
Mercury. 1910 miles - s2,2oo.-
900 miles.
The earth's diameter Is 1927
miles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-26
Freight Subsidy
Now Sought by
N. ". Lumbermen

WASHINGTON - west coast
and southern lumbermen Friday
urged a senate commerce sub-eom-
mittee to pass the McNary- Holman
bill granting a freight subsidy to
lumber producers, so they can
compete in export business with
foreign subsidized shipments.
Chairman Emory s. Land, OF
the maritime commission. opposed
the bill. He said II was special
legislation to aid special interests
w. b. Greeley. secretary-man-
ager of West Coast Lumbermens
association. testified that the loss
of foreign trade In lumber has
brought an emergency to the Pa
cifie Northwest"
The lumbermen said that because
of subsidies granted by foreign
governments, the British prefer
entail tariff and the reciprocal
trade agreements, offshore ship
ments OF lumber have dropped
from 35 per cent OF production a
few years ago to 5 per cent in
1899.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-26
GIVEN FINE OF 500
FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING

A. A. EngsiFom. 20. ~ s2s Ne.
5Tth ct. pleaded guilty bsfors
Jslatics c1arsnes Y. Layton Astir.
day to : charge of dflving Nhils
intoxicated ana wss fined 800
sn1 costa.
BE as arrested ~ state Patrol.
man Y. MeiinensY VIVA found
me EnEstfom car 9palas ogssn In
= ditch near sisasaiiy after mid.
night FRIDAY night. A younger
brotbsf. ERNEST. "a. arrested 81
shs sans Tina and charged ~ith
being drunk and elsordsriy. ~ss
free On tz5 bail Hs al1 not -.
pear 20 plead.