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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06

A limb Of a fir tree. IN which
nature had tied a perfect over
hand knot, was exhibited satur-
day by James Jsdliek Of Ri 2.
Box ass, Taconna. Jedliek found
the limb near the top OF . loo
foot tree.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06

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McNlft' S Patience
An,azeS Spectators


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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
JUST THE CORE

The Tacoma Buddhist Center viii
meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the
church, l7l7 Fawcett ave. for
study and discussion, the subject
being The Perfections."
Fruit trees. Puget Sound Muir
sery, Inc, s20i Pacific ave. adv.
MAKE APPLICATION
Application for q marriage u
eense was made In Occur d'Aiene.
Ida, by John Wright Of Tacoma
and Ann Elizabeth Smith OF Aber-
deem.
sproules coffee at Cow Butter
Store. adv.
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MAKE APPLICATION


Tacoma members Of Sigma Delta
Chi have been invited to meet
with the Seattle group In Seattle
al 6.I5 p. m. Wednesday al the
Kit Kat on ID ave, opposite the
postoffice, when Dean Mckenzie.
L. w. school Of journalism, VIII
speak on The Propaganda Trail
Through Europe"
Choice cactus. HIM. Florist
-adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06

Commander F. C. Hingsburg district supervisor of light
houses of the United States coast guard Dear Fred:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
C~eskOslOvensky vojak.
(Zpravy z Csl. vojenskeho ia
bora Agde, Francie.)
u NASICH VOJAKU.
Vojfn Frantisek Klatil.

o Gem 81 vojaci vypravujf.
Mic nemGze byt lepsim dokla-
dem ducha naSich vojakG, nez
skutecnost, re mas yoj1n nepTe-
stava Jim byti ami okamziku,
kdy je konec sluzby a kdy O.
poust1 tabor, ably sci "a svymi
soukromymi zajmy. Ty jsou
vlastne velmi 1zke: omezuji
Sc ma kavarnu, kde sc vojak u
sklenky sejde Sc svymi kama
rady, napfse dopis a hlavne
ovsem : %debatuje. Ale O
Gem? Jsem mezi vojaky uz
dosti dlouhou dobu a mohu RI
CT, re jsem prozil sotva nekolik
hodin, MONA jen minut - bez
Mich = to je dosti, abych mohl
mluviti o tom, o Gem nasi voja-
ci nejcasteji mluvf, co je nejvfc
zajlma. Nuze, povezme Poole
pravdy, re pfedmetem rozho-
voru vojakG byva zas = jen ia
vojancina !Vojaci radi vecer ma
vychazce, nebo donna ma kaval
CT "pfem1tajf" dennf drobne u
dalosti, at vazne nebo vesele,
sdelujf 81 sve zkusenosti, dava-
j 81 vzajemne rady a take
druh druha k~ritisuje "a to, re
delal nektery z Mich spatne, CO
Sc mu nepovedlo. Gin dele je
tn vojak, tim Sc stava vycvik
z~ajfmavejsf, ably pax bylo "a
sc opakovan1, ktere 'mazak"
t6zko chape a urcite nerad de-
Ia. zivot vojensky nenf zdale-
ka tax jednotvarny, jak 81 my
slejf nekterf civilove nebo po-
vZnesenl jednotlivci "d1lezite-
no" poslanf. Je tedy latky k
fecem az dost, nekdy az pTf-
lis. Nebot vojaci sc ma vojne
zajfmajf vskutku O vse vojen-
ske, jake by to m6lo byti jejich
move povolan1. To nechceme
lepe by dojista bylo, kdyby ten
to novy mas zivot byl jenom
episodou zivota dalsfho, move
no, stastnejsfho, kdybychom
zahy mohli skonciti sve spra-
vedlive d1lo a jfti Ease kazdy
"a svym. Take v tom je kus
ceske povahy s te stranky svet-
lejsi = totiz, re i tn vojnu
chceme delat poTadne, kazdy
die svych sill a nikoliv lajdac-
ky, ulejvacky. Pravfme, re
tech Tecf byva nekdy al pTflis
Ma pTfklad Sc mluvf O tom, re
pojedeme nekam daleko, ne
DO re dostaneme brzy ty ciga-
rety z Ameriky, nebo re Dude
zvJsen zold, Temto vymysle-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

nym zpravam, ktere Sc podo-
bali zpravam nemeckeho ge-
neralniho stabu - Sc rika
''latriny."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Z novych ohlasi p1sni ceskych.
Jir1 Volny.

V Havlickove note.
Herman Frank nam p1se
jmenem Tret1 rise,
bychom Nemce nezlobili
kdyz Jim krucl v bfise.
Budeme-li zlobit
a neplechy robit
nezbyde pry Hermankovi
nez mas vsecky pobft.
I kdyz je brano,
jak je to T1kano,
nemaj' jeste Cesi z NemcG
pro strach udelano.
Proto d1ky synku
"a tn tvou pos1lku,
z%apom1nas vsak,ze hrajou
kazdemu jen chvilku.
Jak tax pekne tise
cas- ku pTedu kluse,
sesype Sc jednoho dine
i ia tvoje rise.
A az ten den pride
vSelijak yam Dude
z toho,co Van k tomu
ceska muzika zahude.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

cato dvacitka pro vojaka je ka
pital, ktery nikdy nemGze byti
~zbytecny. Velectenf civilove
= toto 81 zapiste do srdce.
Soutsz nejlepsiho zpsvu.
Mezi rotami jednotlivych
plukd ma byti usporadana SOU
-tez nejlepsfho zpevu. To bu-
de jiste velice zajfmave. Jme-
nujme pfedem, pred vysled-
KEN tie souteze = nekoilk nej-
popularnejslch plsnicek, ktere
roty zpivaj1. Zde jejich naz-
Wy: "Stuhu cechoslovenskou 81
"a cepici dam" = "Travicka
zelena, ma nj kv1tf' "Jdou
vojaci, jdou" = "Kdyz vojaci
masiruj1" = Tam ma brehu
Marry" a "Tato boure svetem
lett"
Hra nahod nebo Co?
Jeden mas vojak dostaf cd
kamarada, ktery zje We Fran
eli dopis. Dopis sci pres Pra-
huz je ma mem raz1tko prazske-
no postovnlho ufadu a = dosel
az k nam. Jinemu vojakovi
byl zaslan z Curychu balicek.
Zasilka dosla al do Prahy, je
tam rovnez prazske razitko Cd
tud - Ease dosla az sem, pres
ne do rukou adresatovych, ar
cit Sc znacnym zpozdenlm. Jak
to lie vysvetliti? Nejspise tax,
re postovnf ufedn1ci We chvatu
cetli slovo "tchacoslovaque" a
transportovali to tedy ma Pra-
hu. A Praha, tax uboha Pra-
ha? Bib vi jak 81 poradila. Ne
uveTitelne a pfece pravda?
Letec pise o bratrstvi cechG.
Cd 15ho prosince minuleho
roku lezfm v nemocnici, nyni
jiz dosti svezi. Mas krajan,
pan Welt z Nice, dial kamara-
du Martinovcovi, ktery dlel v
Nice ma dovoelne, penfze ma
zakoupenf kufru pro mne. Ku-
fir, ktery jsem mel drive, wal
"a sve pri MAST nehode. A ka-
marad Martinez kufr postal.
Ne vsak prazdny, plny a take
dopis:
"PTijmi Cd mas vsech srdec-
ny pozdrav a upr1mne prani
brzkeho a 1plneho uzdravenf.
Vzpom1name tn vsichni ma Te-
be. Radi bychom Tt udelali ra
dost vetsi, jak sam Wis, nema-
me. Prosfme TIE, ably isl to pr
jail jake projev kamaradstvl.
- Kamaradi "Chartres."
Kamaradi! Udelali jste me
nejvetsi radost. Uprfmne Van
dekuji. Letu zdar. = Jan
Cerny."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
CisarEv bratranec I'll re sta
robni pense v Koloradu.

Baron A. Henninger Won See
berg, o nemz sc udava, re byl
bratrancem byvaleho nemec-
keno cisare Vilema H., zemTel
v nemocnici v Colorado Springs
Colo, pc nemoci, trvajfcf pou-
re tyden.
Byl kdysi bohaty. V posled-
nj dobe I'll re starobnf pense,
kterou dostaval. Do Spoj. Sta
til pfijel, kdyz mu bylo pou-
hych Is rokG. Slouzil take v
Spoj. Statd jake poru-
elk. V Colorado Springs I'll
20 rokG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Ceska kucharka zaluje o ma
hradu slavnou zpevacku.

V New Yorku, Louisa Bla-
zejova, ktera byla zamestnana
jako kuchaTka u slavne pevky-
ne Nine. Aldy, podala ma tuto
zalobu, kterou Sc domaha ma
brady $4,000 "a popalenf,jez
81 utrzila, kdyz il zpevacka
strcila ma rozpalena plynova
kama.
Denfk IN. l.. Mirror" We
zprave O podanf teto zaloby
vysvetluje, re k nehode doslo,
kdyz jednou Nine. Aida vpad-
la do kuchyne a zacala ma Bla-
kficet: "Kde je vece-
Protoze vecere jeste ne
byla hotova, strcila do Blaze
jove tax, re padla ma kamna a
popalila Sc ma rukou ma tele.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Nebal Sc del We valce, ale mi.
krofon lei prfemohl.

Zeno Clardy, vyslouzilec re
svetove valky, ktery prodelal
valku ma b%ojistfch Francie, ON
dlel ma rozhlasne stanici
KNOX v ST. Louis pri rozhlasu
"Svet, v nemz zijeme".
Clardy, veteran z valky, ale
novacek u mikrofonu, zbledl,
kdyz Sc pribllzila rozhodna
chvlle. Vojaci stall v. pozoru
cekajfce ma pokyn reditele pro
gramu, ktery poc1tal: "Dve mi
nuty, minutu, 80 vterin. Jste
ma vZduchu."
Clardy omdlel. Kdyz no pfi-
vedli k sobe, starry delostrelec
pravil: "Celil jsem strelbe z
del, ale tenhle mikrofon mne
dostal."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

V Detroit, Mich, % zaci sko-
ly Webster utrpeli popaleniny
ma jazyku a 1stech cd zzirave
sody, kterou povazovaly Ia GU
krovi. Diva byli ~popaleni vaz-
ne a dopraveni do nemocnice.
Policie pravf, re diva hosi wall
sodu re sudu v nedaleke tovar-
ne a dali il ostatnfm pfi poled-
nj prestavace.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Cesky student zransn pTi vyu-
covani golfu We skole.

V Clevelandu byl operovan
pc zranen1 student Henry
Hegrat, syn strojmistra mist
n1ho ceskeho denn1ku "Svet-
American" kdyz tam byl do
praven re skoly, kde mu bylo
zranenf zpGsobeno.
Student byl v telocvicne
John Adams, kde vyucovali
golfu. Jedna studentka Sc
rozmachla palkou tax, re je-
Jim koncem zasahla Hegrata
do celia. z rozbite lebky, mu-
sill mu lekari odstraniti dive
kGstky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Sc HAST PRI SCfTANfl
OBYVATELSTVA.
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. r.

Ma otazku v sloupci "PIace
Of Birth We sc1tac1ch arslch
kazdy krajan, jenz sc narodil
ma 1zemf tvoricim Ceskosloven
skou republiku, pravne dosud
existuj1c1, odpovf: Czechoslo-
vakia!
Ably nebylo nedorozumeni a
ably Sc pTedeSlo vsem zmatk1m
1fedni predpisy stanovf,z re jest
uvest jake rodiste starou svou
vlast Poole stavu z 1. ledna
1887, kdy existovalo Poole pra
va i skutecnosti Rakousko.
Ceskoslovensko a Polsko, niko-
liv Protektorat nebo tisovske
Slovensko. Urednf scitatele
jsou ma tuto okolnost upozor-
neni zvlastnfm predpisem v in
truRclch, jichz Sc jim dostane
cd ufadu pro sc1tanl obyvatel-
silva Bureau of Census).
Krajane, rozeni We Vidni Cd
pow ma zm1nenou otazku Ra-
kousko, nikoliv Nemecko!
zadny uvedomely Czech, Slo-
wax neb Karpatorus nebude cd
povldat ma tuto otazku .jinak,
nez mu nafizuji predpisy anne
ricke vlady!
Kdo by "a sve rodiste uvedl
Nemecko, dopustil by Sc neod-
pustitelneho hffchu ma sve sta
re vlasti.
Uznal by tim nasilny a lupic-
sky tabor nasi stare vlasti ma
cistickym Nemeckem, jenz ne
nj uZnan ami naS1 vladou anne
|rickou.
Oslabil by nasi narodni po-
sici We Spojenych Statech. Jest
v nasem narodn1m zajmu jake
Americana Ceskoslovenskeho
p1vodu, ably mas pocet We Spo-
jenych Statech byl uveden
spravne.
Posilnil by nacisticke Nemec
ko a nemeckou narodni skupi-
nu v Americe a pridal by jim i
to, co Jim zadnym pravem ne
patti.
Kazdy roduverny Czech, Slo-
wax a Karpatorus odpovf pri
sc1tanf lidu jez Sc zacne pc l.
dubnu ma otazku "Place of
Birth" Czechoslovakia.
Nestaci vsak, abyste odpo-
vedeli ma tuto otazku spravne
sami. Upozornete ma spravny
postup v teto zalezitosti i ostat
nj, ktef1 z neznalosti by Sc mo-
hi snad dopustit chyby. Kaz-
dy krajan necte ceskosloven-
sky fisk. Je mnoho krajan1,
kter1 Sc narodili We stare vlasti
a prijeli sem v 1tlem mladi a
ctou jen anglicky a O nasich
v6cech jsou informovani pou-
re spore a nebo v1bec nedosta.
tecne. Upozornete proto ma
tuto vec We SVEN kruhu, svoje
sourozence a pribuzne, sve INA
me v dime a ma farme nebo v
obchodu, sve sousedy a soused-
ky; necekajlce, jestli Sc nekdc
jiny ujme slova, O sc1tan1 q
spravne odpovedi S patricnym
dGrazem ma povinnost uvest
sve rodiste Poole stavu z roku
1887.
Ia Ceskoslovenskou narodni
radu V Americe,
Joseph Martlnek vyk. tai
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Psi proti ovcim.

Psi zahubili 20 ovc1 a %
malych prasat v okresu Knox,
We statu Illinois jak vysv1ta z
narokG, jez byly podany okres
nfmu pokladn1kovi. Farma-
rum byla vyplacena nahrada
$2,156 "a tuto ztratu. Nahra-
da Sc platf z dane ma psy v &C.
lem okresu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22

" DC VIC OVCCC OCJC.
Co posilat vojakIm.
Jsou stale mezi Mani ii, KITE
II nemajf a jsou ii, kteTi mali
rodiny, pratele, kamarady zde
v teto zemi. Pratele nezapo-
minajf. Pos1laj1 a jde nyni o
to - co? Civiln1 kamaradi vo-
jakG, vyjdouce ma ulici, cftice,
re je lima - tax honem =
sweater svemu vojackovi, nebo
teplou kosili, ci zimni spodky.
To nen1n rozumne. Vsecky ty-
to veci my name, u nekterych
rot dokonce sc fasoval mate
rial 1plne novy a to kvality
dobre, nell nejlepsf. Protoze
nektery vojak ma vice pratel a
protoze vsichni ii pratele mys-
Ii stejne = pfihodi Sc, re vo-
jak ma i til sweatry a mno-
no zbytecnych kosil. Kdyz uz
tax snad ma smysl, poslati ru-
kavici, kapesn1ky, ponozky -
mic vice. Ale hlavne ma smysl
poslati cigarety a penfze. o
to vojak stojf, to potrebuje, "a
to yam Dude vdecny. Kosile
ma priklad stojf penize, ale
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Predbszne ornament podnikG'

Velikonocnf pondel1, dine 25.
brezna: Rieger Klub porada
Easter Dinner Dance v Kato-
licke Budove.
Nedele, Z. dubna: Ces. Mar.
Sdruzen1, Curtis Bay sehraje v
Sokolovne, 1927 Cherry ulice
veselohru "Osel je osel".
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-03-22
Osm letadel shorelo.

Osm aeroplan1 bylo zniceno
plameny a jeden muz byl kri-
ticky poranen, kdyz vypukl
pozar hangaru ma letisti Pat
co, lezicim mill vychodne cd
Norristown, Pa. Poole vseho
pozar zavinila explose nadrz-
ky sc ztlacenym vzduchem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Fireman Hurt
In Leap Here

Harold o. Harris leap for life"
from the top OF the 6o-foot fire.
mems drill tower Tuesday left the
fire-eater bruised but otherwise
little the worse for wear today
Fire Chief Emory Whitaker re-
ported.
Engaged in one Of the "evolu-
ton" drills firemen stage every
month to keep in trim, Harris, a
fireman at No. 2 station, took off
from the top of the tower at SO,
18th and Cushman as part OF the
usual routine.
A line attached to the top OF
the tower and running through
the "life- belt" he wore was held
by fellow-firemen beneath. Ten
sion OF the line regulated the speed
of the descent, but the brakes
We're not applied suddenly enough,
and Harris plunge was suddenly
checked when he was 10 feet from
the ground. The 42-year-old fire
man was treated at the Bridge
clinic for shock and for abrasions
to his elbows from striking the
tower in his fan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Other Organizations May Follow
Legion Men in Condemninq Coffee

Other veterans organizations In
the sixth congressional district
were being urged Wednesday to
concur in a resolution OF Edward
r. Rhodes post No. 2 of the
American Legion In Tacoma which
denounced the action of Congress
man John Coffee in opposing a bill
to deport Harry Bridges. Aus
tralisn-born CIO leader on the
Pacific coast.
The Tacoma congressman cast
one of three dissenting votes which
resulted in sending the bill back
to the immigration committee.
Approximately 40 members OF
Rhodes post unanimously adopted
a resolution Monday night charg-
ing Coffee with ''culpability in
enabling this unwelcome alien
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Reminds Savings-Loan
Men Of Responsibility
SIrN XAIIEY. Ida.-T.

sun VALLEY. Ida.-T. NJ. Dom
ahue, Seattle, president of the Pa
cific Northwest Conference of Saw
ings and Loan associations, opened
the annual convention of the
group here with a reminder to
delegates from six states that they
represent assets of S135, 900, 900.
Donahoe cited figures of the
Federal Home Loan bank to show
the association loaned enough
money to northwest residents to
build 25,705 homes. each costing
$4,000, and paid out dividends last
year enough to build 1000 homes,
each valued at $4,000"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

HILLSDALE CLUB MEETS
A meeting of the Hillsdale I'M
provement club will be held ut
S p. N. Wednesday in the church
at East 64th and F SITS. Refresh
ments will be served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Wants Board
To Explain
$1,000 for Civil
Service Is Asked

Although Finance Commissioner
Fawcett sponsored an ordinance
introduced to the council Wednes-
day authorizing payment of
5000 for special expense in the
civil service commission. he sd-
vised the council he wanted the
civil service commission TO appear
before the council to explain how
the fund was to be used.
The ordinance as drawn provides
for employment of a special extra
examiner and an extra stenog-
rapher for the remainder Of 1910.
Next Wednesday was fixed as
the day for the civil service board
to appear.
The 5000 was requested by the
commission by letter which stated
the purpose as the need to con-
duct more examinations and to
create more eligible lists.
Utilities Commissioner O'Neil
eaid more examinations are i'm
portant to his department, as
there are about 90 employees not
classified, among them eight en-
Eineers whose ratings are not
specified. These employees have no
civil service rating whatever.
o'Neil pointed out. and some have
been on the payroll three or four
years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

radical to stay inside the United
States :" They want other
veterans organizations To take
similar action.
The resolution was presented by
the Legion posts Americsnization
committee.
Rhodes posts action Is similar
to a condemnation OF Congressman
Coffee year ago when Washing
ton. d. C., dispatches stated he
had served as counsel for Bridges
In immigration committee hear
ings.
At that time the Tacoma repre-
sentative wrote TO Maj. Albert II.
Hooker, chairman of the post
Americanization committee. de-
claring IL was not he, but Con-
gresham Coffee of Kansas who
served in that capacity.
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Continued From Page one)
ports against Germany to in
clude Italy.
Birth airplsnes were reported
70 have bombed Italian positions
in southern Ethiopia after Fascist
craft raided the British port Of
Alden, on the Red sea. in a com
bined land and air effort TO close
the route 10 the Suez canal
British airplanes bombed the
German-held Norwegian port OF
Trondhjem. A German bomber
was shot down off England.
The effectiveness Of allied
bombardment Of northern Italy
was uncertain.
The British air ministry an
nounced CURLY that bombs
were dropped on certain mill
fary detectives" The British
also said their South African
air force had bombed southern
Ethiopia yesterday.
The aerial fighting on the new
front from the Alps to the equator
was spectacular, but the great bat
tie on the flame-scarred fields be-
fore Paris was still the vital issue
Three great German armies were
driving on Paris from three sides.
One sliced down the Seine valley
from the northwest, another cross
ed the Marne to the northeast, and
a third attempted mass frontal
attack from the north.
A report reached a we'll
informed embassy In London
from Rome today that Benito
Mussolini had declared war
five DAYS earlier than he had
intended originally, and this
WAS offered In explanation of
the fact that Italy had lost
approximately 80 ships Of its
merchant marine, by capture
or scuttling, on the first day
of the war.
Discussing the western front
British sources said frankly the
fall of Paris now must be con.
sidered possibility.
But it was added that exhaus-
tion was likely to halt the German
drive soon, and perhaps even be-
fore the capital was engulfed.
British military experts in their
discussion of Italy suggested that
the first big Italian attack might
be against French Corsica. which
is threat to Genoa, Italy's big
gest port, and Spezia, naval
base. Further, Italian domination
of Corsica would threaten to cut
Frances communications with
Africa.
Hope was seen that supplies
from the United States might soon
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Driver Arrested
AT Crash Scene

Nabbed by police at the scene Of
A tUo-car automobile collision.
John Oycarieh. Tacoma, was held
in the city jail Wednesday a. a
drunk-driving suspect.
He was arrested by Officers
Clough and Schultz at No. AID and
Stevens SITS. shortly after 10 p. m
Tuesday. A car allegedly driven
by Ovcarich ploughed into the
automobile driven by Ivan c.
wray, RI. 7. box 740-A, and the
former proved to be obviously un-
der the influence of liquor, the
officers said.
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To Discuss
Toll Rates
Tocomons Meeting
With Gov. Martin

Representing the city Of Ia
coma, the Tacoma Chamber of
Commerce and numerous civic
groups, a delegation was to con-
fer with Gov. Clarence d. Martin
at Olympia late Wednesday after
noon on the recently-announced
toll rates for the Narrows bridge.
Mayor Harry P. Cain was in the
group.
The delegation was to lodge q
protest with the governor and
Lacey Murrow. head OF the Wash
ington toll bridge authority
against the rates. particularly
against the announced charges for
communication books, which will
cost the steady commuter more
than it does now on the ferries.
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Dill Here TO Open
Campaign TONIGHT

Former United States Senator
Clarence c. Dill was in Tacoma
Wednesday to open his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for
governor.
The senator will speak at 8
o'clock in Ray c. Roberts hall.
Sixth ave. at Anderson ST.
I'm really opening my cam
paign for the Democratic nomina
ton for governor" said the former
senator on arrival here.
He spoke to the Tacoma Cyros
at Hotel Winthrop Wednesday
noon. On Tuesday he addressed
the State Grange in Olympia. He
will speak Thursday in Everett
and will spend Friday and Satur-
day in Yakima where the state
Democratic convention will b.
held.
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Sporismen' S Club
Meets on Thursday

GIG HAHBOR--The Sportsmen
club will meet at the Lions Den
on Thursday at p. m. On Friday
four members of the club. Carl
Custafson, Lee Thrash. Club Mort
and the president. Oak Lodholm.
will attend the Kitsap county's
Sportsmen's Council which is
holding its annual strawberry
festival at cambridge island.
The Purdy Home and Garden
club will meet at the home of Mrs.
J. w. Mckenzie at 100 on FRI
day afternoon with Mrs. Josephine
Baker as hostess. This will be
the last meeting of the season.
Set Conference Dates
The eighth annual Peninsula
Young Peoples Bible conference
will be held again this year at
Colman's camp. Horsehead bay
June 17-22. The director of the
conference Ia Miss Mary Jane
Turner: the secretary Miss Helen
Wilkinson. and the registrar, Miss
Dorothy Gilmore. Music for the
conference will be under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. A. J. Jepson of
Seattle and the kitchen arrange
ments are In charge Of Mrs. Ed
ward New.
Teachers for the week will be
Bernard Ramm OF Seattle, Jim
Martin Of Dallas. Texas, Alta
Larson Of Tacoma. and Jean Hitch
man OF Seattle. The local repre-
sentatives are: Rosedale, Shirley
Weaver; Arletta. Villa Wight; Gig
Harbor. Helen Wilkinson; Vaughn.
Margaret Davidson. Although
this conference Ia organized by
the Memorial Presbyterian church
It Is open to all young people in
terested in spiritual education.
Fair Sept. ! and 8
On Friday evening a meeting
was held at the home OF McAllis-
ter Moore. sr.. at Horsehead bay
to incorporate the Peninsula Fan
association. The following off,
GERS were elected; president, c. E..
Trombley; secretary, Mrs. Mary
Secor; treasurer. Mrs. John Fin
holm: trustees. McAllister Moore.
ar. Dave Edwards and Charles
Glenham. The fair will be held on
Sept Z and 8.
The Peninsula Federated clubs
will meet on Friday with the War
rem and Arletta Improvement club
at the Arletta school house.
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Wheeler Wont Support
One Who Favors War

WASHINGTON Sen. Burton X
Wheeler. d, Mont, declared We'd
nesday in the senate he would not
support any candidate for presi-
dent, mo matter who he is. that is
going to lead us down the road to
war"
II don't want TO break with the
Democratic party and the admins
tration," Wheeler said, but II it
becomes necessary, it will be be-
cause the Democratic party has
become a war party"
Wheeler recently eliminated him
self as candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for president.
when he announced he believed
President Roosevelt will be drafted
for a third term. His announce
ment Wednesday aroused speculs-
ton whether he might break with
the president over the issue OF
foreign relations.