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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
GOOD TASTE
TODAY

What = any bride going 70 Do
With sixteen salad bowls and forty
nine salt and pepper pots. when
she hasn't = single meat platter or
clock The reason why presents
are exchanged = obvious. IN other
words. Il has never been consider
ed improper nor does It show lack
Of appreciation On the part Of =
bride who takes back a number Of
her wedding presents To be ex-
changed At the store where they
were bought. But 1t would never
NEVER do to return them to the
sendersl This statement Is made
in answer to the following letter:
81 have read recently that It would
be sensible to exchange all we'd
ding presents that were duplicates
or useless, either direct 10 the
store If this is known. or II not,
then through the senders. Is there
some mistake In this advice? II
seems to me that returning pres
ents to the senders and asking
them to give you something else
would be very impolitel"
As I have already said. return
ing a present to a giver is un-
thinkable. but it is entirely proper
to take unmarked presents to the
store. In fact, the majority OF
presents are bought with the UNI
derstanding that they may be ex-
changed. And 1t is for this same
reason that one should not have
silver marked unless 1t Is a piece
that the bride has said she wanted.
In fact the bride may even put
several presents into one thing
that she really needs. 1t Is obvi-
Gus that she cannot, of course, ex-
change anything that has not beer
sent to her from a store, nor car
she exchange any silver, china OF
linen that has been marked with
her initials. This is why few who
have not consulted her, have things
marked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
Marri;aae
.Gi;cenyes

Marriage license applications have
been filed with the Pierce county
suditor by William Francis Mcsher-
~. IS. San Francisco. and Martha
Jane Poorman. az, Stockton, Calvin
Arthur Michaud. 20. Route ,. Box
LA. Tacoma. and Mavis Ivy schn-
man. ass East 47th: Christian j.
Rasmussen. II. and Josephine Marie
Clifford. 81. both of Seattle. Joe
Mikn. SO. Route 1. Box 142. Tacoma.
and Mary Sylvia LANCER. 20. Seattle.
Glen p. Martin. 81. 2s7 st. Helens
ave, and Iorena Gertrude Long
baugh. %. Route 3. Box Az, Puy-
sllup; Noflet II. Robinson. a. e5th
bombing squadron, Mechord field
and Mary Joe Peeler. 10, Los Ang-
eles: Benjamin Z. HalVerson. %. Sc
attic. and Katherine Barnielle Obey.
"a. 37ol No. 3oth. Tacoma. Marshall
Mccormick. 81. 27os No Union. and
Rose p. vogel. 40. PA No. I st:
Georee Leigh. 81. Rainier. and Jew
ell Marie Hull. 10. Graham. James
Martin. "a, and Margaret Mybroie.
IS. both Of Olympia. David Porteous.
Is. 532s No. 9th. and Anna johnson.
is, 3412 So. saith. George Russell
Carlisle. IS. and Dorothy Fae VIM
tiers. Al. both OF Portland; Tony
MARTA. ST. and Angelina Marie VAL
ente. bs. both Of Auburn. Gerald
james Crosby. Is. and Berniee Ade-
line skansie, %. both OF Gig Harbor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
More Money Needed to Care
For Victims Of Paralysis

Of the National Foundation n IN.
state and request these other
chapters 70 help Pierce county n
this emergency.
= MeCehe was znees=.z.z
chairman CT 4 committee 10 ar
range an exhibit at the Puyallup
Fair. with George Davis and
Clyde Melendy ~ COMMITTEES
members.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
British Sink
3 Italian Ships

LONDON-The admiralty re-
ported Monday that two British
submarines had sunk three Italian
supply ships in the Mediterranean.
The admiralty reported that the
submarine, Osiris. 1,475 tons. sank
an Italian supply ship of about
5000 tons. The Rorqual, 1920
tons, attacked a convoy of two
supply ships escorted by one de-
stroyer and was said to have tor
pedoed and sunk both supply
vessels.
British submarines operating in
Mediterranean waters" the admir-
atty said, ARE adding considerably
to the Italian high commands
difficulties in keeping its army in
Libya supplied"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
SENDS FRIENDS PIECES OF
WEDDING CAKE

Dear Mrs. Post: Do you think
it would be out of place If We
had our wedding cake boxed and
sent one of these little boxes to
each person who would have been
invited to a wedding reception
were we having one? Because Of
illness in our family, I am being
married very quietly and I am
having no reception except for the
immediate families.
Answer: 1t would be unusual,
but I think a very friendly and
thoughtful thing to do.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
Few Men Admire Clinging Vine Girls
Who Are Beautiful But Dumb
Maid Who Knows How To Act Dependent Yet csn
Prove To Be Tower OF Strength.
Usually Sets Her Man
ByGnthia Grey

Most say and think they to be clinging
vines. but do thew
Il IS doubtful What they really want IS who appear
10 be gng but who have the strength of sturdy oaks
when needed. They like who to depend upon
masculine strength but they like the who
can be depended to lend helping hand times Of stress
The woman who overdoes her clngng vine act in des-
perate effort TO "say" all men, will have rude awakening
because later she going into coveted
male who will not covet her.
woman writes:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
Raver Addresses
Chamber S Drum
Power Admins
trotor Speaker

Tacoma Chamber OF Commerce
resumed its weekly forum meet
ings. following summer vacation.
1T Hotel Winthrop Monday noon.
with Pau J. Raver. Bonneville
Grand coulee power administrator,
as speaker.
Methods by which negotiations
might be started by established
public agencies for the acquisi-
ton of properties Of the p. S.
P. & L. Co. on a system-wide
basis were outlined by Ravo.
Appealing 10 business men TO
support the public power program
Of the government he said he was
offering business-like deal in
the acquisition of the private util-
ity properties and proposition
which would provide a business
like administration in their oper-
alton. He also stated that he had
received a petition from the public
utility districts in the Puget Sound
area requesting his help in formu-
latinE an acquisition plan. The
petition was signed by all the
commissioners involved.
THE most satisfactory plan for
acquiring the Puget Sound COM
pany's system would be for the
federal government to aid the
organized public districts by TAX
ing over the generating properties
of the company which now supply
more than one district and by
purchasing the major transmits
sion lines and operating them in
connection with the lines being
constructed by the federal govern
ment," he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

Pierce county chapter Of TIE
National Foundation for Infantie
Paralysis vii not have suffieienI
funds for aftereare Of the victims
Of the present lnfan1Iis paralysis
epidemic. i was announced Mon
day following = meeting Of the
board Of trustees.
According 10 DIT. Burton Brown.
SUPERINTENDENT Of Pierce County
hospital. there viii be from L to
Is adults in need OF aftercare
who viii not come under the
auspices OF the orthopedic Clinic
or the Crippled children's pro-
gram. DR.. Brown said the hospital
lacks the necessary equipment TO
do a good job Of giving these
people the needed care.
The Foundations financial re-
port showed that it had $500 IN
/ its treasury at the beginning OF
the epidemic and has since spent
4 ABOUT ZO&J III laaE - oAe=zff
of iron lungs from various cities,
and for the manufacture Of spe-
cial splints. It was estimated that
another $500 or 500 viii be nee
essary to return the iron lungs
to their points of origin and TO
repair and return splints loaned
by the national foundation.
John II. Prins, chairman OF the
board, appointed a committee TO
confer with DR.. Brown and
George Brown of the Pierce eoun-
ty welfare as to ways and means
Of obtaining physiotherapy equip
ment for the county hospital. con-
sisting of John Fishburne, chair
man: Mrs. Samuel Wilson and
Freeman Cochran.
Binns said he would ask for Q
meeting of all the county chapters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
TAKEN Off Bus

Removed from a North Coast
bus by police here early Sunday
after putting up a frenzied resist
ance. Antonio Pena Diaz. a Fill
Pine. Was held in the city Jail
Monday for investigation. Officers
said the man went berserk on the
bus. He was TO undergo q mental
hearing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
TEST ANSWERS

Below are the answers TO test
questions printed on Editorial
page.
/. Herbert Hoover.
z. Benjamin West and John 9.
Copley.
3. Francis r. Ssyre.
4. BY the day.
5. Top down.
6. Bedloe's Island.
Z. Smith College.
9. Green Mountain State.
.. Tolerance to Protestants in
France
10. No.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
Sentence Deferred

A 10-year reformatory sentence
indefinitely deferred was given by
Judge E. D. Hodge Monday to
Harry Frye, charged with beating
up Puyallup police officer. M. M.
o'Connor, on Aug. 5. Frye pleaded
guilty to second degree assault.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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weaken and fray out the fibres
fyour cottons and linens? That
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lyl You can avoid ii by whitening
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
BY PRISCILLA WAYNE

want you to sign. won't take
unfair advantage of you. I'll sign
you up for year "A hundred
smackers week, with an ascend
ing scale, depending upon your
appearances. We Just want to be-
gin right and fair"
Jerry laughed nervously at that.
II think you're taking a lot for
granted, Mr.. Johnston. Suppose
the news boys didn't like me?
Suppose I don't get complimentary
press notices ?"
you will, don't worry"
Joan got up early the next
morning after what seemed only
an hour or two of sleep, in order
to get the morning papers and see
IL there really was q review OF last
nights play and a story of her
mothers triumph.
There was a review. Not short
one, but as long a review as would
greet the opening of any trium-
plant play and debut, of any tri-
umphant star.
THE mysterious Jerry, beauti-
full. attractive and witty. is a find
on any stage" the most important
critic of them all said.
Yours truly, not an admirer Of
LaRue. just happened to be in the
audience. His lucky star lowered
over him because without any
doubt Broadway witnessed the de-
but of a star of stars last night.
What LaRue's future will be Is
not known" the press stories went
on to say. THE actress could not
be reached for definite state
ment. Whether her illness in seri-
Gus or not is a matter so far of
mere conjecture"
Eyes Swapping
But her illness was not a mat
ter of conjecture at noon the next
day. LaRue, angry, her black eyes
swapping. stood in the office of her
manager at that time. You'll ex-
plain this to me and you'll explain
1t right away" she said defiantly.
Ace Johnston shrugged his
shoulders. He faced the indignant
LaRue. Once she had been his
bread and butter. Want to break
your contract. LaRueg"
Break my contract? I have
broken It," she shrilled.
OK" tossing a folded packet
over to her. There 1t il, tear II
up If you want to-
you'll hear from me about
this" LaRue said angrily. 'I have
contract with you. You throw
IL In my face. You tell me I'm
through. What have I done to de.
serve this ? Haven't I brought you
the biggest success you ever had ?
Yes" Ace Johnston said with
biting sarcasm, you did. I salt
last night when Jerry got through
playing your role that one of tn.
greatest actresses Broadway ha,
ever seen had just played her firsi
role.
You had your chance and yot
didn't do much with II. You goi
drunk, LaRue. You went blotto In
the middle of the play. I've got q
dozen witnesses TO prove 1t. Any
contract you had with me ism
worth a tinker's dam. and that,
that"
Ito be eontinued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10
BONITA IN ESCAPE.

Bonita Granville, young starlet,
plays Ursula in Ethel vance's 'Es-
cape" in which Norma Shearer
and Robert Taylor co-star.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-10

A woman writes:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Nazi Peace Bid Is
Reported In Offing
SKIP ONT Plan For
an Peace
Noted by Oslo News
paper; Said APP
proved by Goering
And Hitler.

Oslo, Feb. 6.--(APl-The Stock
holm correspondent of the news
paper TidenS Tegn said today that
rumors of a German peace bid
were taking shape.
The paper said reports from The
Hague, Brussels and Berlin indicate
some neutral state would offer the
peace plan repeatedly drawn by a
committee established by Field Mar
shall Hermann Wilhelm Goering
and approved by Adolf Hitler in
.Ta~rarv.
The plan was reported to have six
points:
|. No country would claim war
damage.
2. Economic problems must be
zclved Immediately.
3. The Sudetan regions OF the for
mar Czech Slovak republic would
remain German.
4. Poland would cede to Germany
all territory which was German
prior to the Versailles treaty.
5. A plebiscite would be held in
Austria under Austrian-German-
British-French control.
6. A British-French-German COM
mission would decide upon the
Czech Slovak-Polish state of the
future.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Bornbings In
Britain Laid
To Irish

London, Feb. 6.-(AP)-A new
wave of bombings attributed to the
Irish Republican army swept Eng
land today as the government of
Ireland sought to stay the scheduled
execution of two IRA men in Birm-
ingham, tomorrow.
Explosions from balloon and acid
tight bombs used previously by the
IRA in its campaign of terrorism
shook London's Euston railroad sta
ton, the Birmingham general post
office and the postoffice at Man.
chester.
-Four were hurt in Customs station,
two in Birmingham.
AS feeling ran high in Ireland af-
ter the British governments refusal
last night to grant reprieves to the
condemned men, Ireland's high COM
missioner in London was instructed
to see Prime Minister Chamberlain
today to press an appeal for elem
ency for the two men.
The two are scheduled to be hang
ed in Birmingham tomorrow for their
part in a bombing in Coventry last
August Is in which five persons were
killed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Prisoners
Escape From
Officers
Three of Four Con-
victs Being Taken to
Central Prison Attack
Forsyth Sheriff And
Deputy And Escape
Near Nelson.

Raleigh, Feb. 6.-(AP)-Four pri-
soners being brought to Central pr-
son today by two Forsyth county Of
ficerS attacked the officers near Mel
son and three escaped.
Sheriff Ernie Shore and Deputy
Walker Speas were understood to
have been the officers:
George Cathey, the one that did not
get away, was brought TO Central
prison this afternoon and said the
three who escaped were Mckinley
Roach, Lige Patterson and Doc
Clark.
Relating his story to Deputy War
den Ralph Mclean, Cathey describ-
ed events as follows:
The four men picked" their hand
cuffs with piece of wire. About ten
miles below Chapel Hill on this
side" Lige Patterson grabbed the de-
putty sheriff sitting by the driver.
In the ensuing struggle the car
overturned.
Cathey said he and Patterson
"scuffled" with the officers while
Roach and Clark ran off from the
other side of the car.
The prisoner said that one of the
officers shot at Patterson as he es-
capped and he expressed the belief
the man was hit because he limped
after the shot.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Gives S5,000,0OO
To Wife, Children

Washington, Feb. 6.-(AP)-Char-
les Stewart Mott, vice-president and
largest single stakeholder of Cen
eraI Motors Corporation, has given
shares valued at more than S5,000,-
600 to a trust established for his
wife and two children.
A Securities Commission report
today disclosed the gift, regarded
as one of the largest in recent years.
The motor executive was shown still
to be the owner Of stocks valued at
S23,O00,0O0.
The gift consisted of 100000 shares
of General Motors common which
closed on the New York Stock EX-
change yesterday at $3.50.
Treasury officials estimated that
the minimum federal gift tax on the
transfer would be more than $780,
900 and possibly much larger The
amount will depend on what other
gifts Mott may have made since 1882.
More than decade ago Mott
started the Mott Foundation minister.
ing to underprivileged children and
has since contributed literally to its
maintenance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Bishop Urges
Evangelism

Raleigh, Feb. 6.-(AP)-Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes of Washington
urged MethodiSm of eastern North
Carolina today to preach the gospe!
practically as we'll as publicly, ana
revive faith in the church'S eVange-
ism.
More than 1900 members of the
church from all party o. eastern
North Carolina attended the Meth
odist Advance" rally. Bishop Hughes
traced the faith of the Methodist
church from all parts OF eastern
counseled:
eve are here today at this meet
ing becauseof evangelism but we are
having d case Of evangelistic shivers
in these times and many of our
ministers are frightened. We are
Just plain scared, that is eli.
''We need baptism of courage in
reference to evangelistic life. Public
evangelism is hard, not easy. If the
people do not come to us, go to them
and don't be scared of public evan
gelism."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Balkan Policy
Opposed By
Two Nations

Budapest, Feb. 6.-(AP)-Hun-
gary and Bulgaria today indicated
vigorous opposition to the Balkan
entente'S newly proclaimed policy OF
territorial Independence by demand
ing explanations as to whether this
phrase means upholding the present
boundaries of southeastern Europe.
The two nations, which have been
campaigning for peaceful settlement
of their claims on Roumania for ter
ritories they lost to her in the World
War settlement, undertook to learn
from the foreign offices of the en-
tente whether it had undertaken to
resist all possibility of territorial con-
cession.
The entente-ROumania, Yugo-
Slavia. Greece and Turkey-conclud-
ed three-day conference at Bel
grade Sunday.
The Roumania press declared the
entente showed the four states truly
were in unity in case of war" and
this will have good influence on
Bulgaria and Hungary, perhaps per-
suading them to join the Balkan bloc
since their pretensiors are postponed
until after the great powers war"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Arrest Eleven On
Federal Charges

Detroit, Feb 6.-(AP)-The fed
eral bureau of investigation today
arrested eleven persons IN Detroi:
and one in Milwaukee on charge OF
recruiting soldiers in 1887 and 1888
for the Spanish republican army.
Ten men and one woman were
taken into custody.
District Attorney John c. Lehr
said the defendants are accused OF
violating a section of the United
States code forbidding citizens of the
United States from recruiting for for
eign countries.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Economy
Hits Three
Departments
Total of $2,2S5,O1O
Cut rom Budget
Estimates For State,
Commerce And Jus.
ii c e Departments;
Grand Total $780,
100000.

Washington, Feb. 6.--(AP) The
House appropriations committee cut
S2,285,0l0 today from President
RooSevcItS $l09.G64 ,0lO request for
expenses Of the State, Commerce and
Justice departments and the federal
courts during the year beginning
July /.
Every unit of the government
must bear some proportion Of the
retrenchment', said the committee in
submitting the revised figures.
The reduction brought to Sl96.3O0,-
600 the amount slashed from prcsi-
dental estimates in half-dOZen APP
preparation measures now before
Congress.
The Sl07,379, 900 bill for the three
departments and the courts. reported
TO the house for immediate cOnSidera-
ton, contain funds for such activities
as counter-esplonagc. antitrust in
vestigations and the 1910 census. The
total was S3,442, 1853 below appropria-
tons for the current year.
In one slash the committee refused
to allow more than Sl75,000 for op-
Grating the reciprocal trade system
on the ground that Congress had not
yet authorized continuation of the
program beyond June IL. President
Roosevelt asked 1925, 900.
Making small cuts in almost every
activity the committee allowed two
increases beyond what the chief eve
cutive had asked. One was an adj
ditional $4,000 beyond Mr.. Roose-
VeIps request for the enforcement of
antitrust laws, making the total pro-
vided Sl,250,00O.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Self-Styled Leader of
Silver Shirts Appears
Voluntarily B e f or e
Dies Com lite e.;
Mayne Admits For
ging Letters.

Washington, Feb. 6.-(AP)-Will-
lam Dudley Pelley, leader of the
Silver Shirt Legion, dropped in on
the Dies committee today after
months Of silence to give its chair
man, Representative Dies, Democrat,
Texas, IAN absolute clean bill OF
health" with regard to charges OF
"colluSion" between Dies and him.
self.
The slender resident of Ashevillc,
N. c., who had long been hunted by
the committee, surrendered HIM
self to Robert STRIPPING, clerk, for
service to subpoena and then went
before a closed session Of the group
to tell what he knew about certain
letters allegedIy forged with his
name which recently were brought
forth as evidence of d connection
between Dies and the Legion chlel-
am.
A few minutes later Pelley talked
with reporters:
"Tm giving Martin Dies an abso-
lutely clean bill of health, he said.
Il admire the work he's done.
tIe declined to discuss his brlei
testimony before the Dies com,
mittec directly, but members told
newsmen he had declared the let
ters purporting to link him to Dies
were forgeries.
From the Dies committee room
Policy walked over to a hearing
being held by rules sub-com-
mittee on whether the letters be
expunged from the House record.
They were placed there by Repre-
sentative Hook, Democrat, M1chlgan'
during an attack on Dies and the
committee.
The witness said after he had
been sworn in that mono OF those
letters were written by me or
signed by me-"
81 don't know anything about
Them" he added.
The letters, addressed to David
Mayne of Washington and bearing
the signature "Pelley". pu"ported to
link Dies with the chief Of the Silver
Shirts.
Mayne appeared before the sub
committee shortly after Pelley left
the stand. He was shown the let
ters.
81 manufactured these docu-
ments", he declared. "These are not
signatures of Mr.. Policy. [ traced
each and every one Of them."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-06
Russian
Attacks Are


Helsjni, Feb. 6.---(AP)---Red army
attacks, heavily supported by artli-
lcrv using more than 100 armored
cars and lasting until midnight, were
officially reported today to have been
thrown back by the Firms.
Tie battle, which lasted from
morning till midnight, occurred on
the isthmus Of Karelia near Summa'
the army communicate said. -
The Firms said they destroyed II
armOred cars and that one Finnish
position was attaced five times by
the Russians.
The army reported that Finnish
troops northeast Of Lake Ladoga re-
pulsed continuous attacks" driving
the enemy off with several hum
dred killed..