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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Sumner Lodge
Picks Officers
Youth Christion
Reilly Sunday

SUMNER Fidelity Rebekah
lodge. meeting Thursday evening
In the I. o. o. F. hall. elected
Mrs. Dssie Smith. noble grand,
Mrs. Louela Hudson. vice grand:
Mrs. Vera Hoskins. recording sec
rotary: Mrs. Rose Sporting. fl
nancisl secretary; Mrs. Audrey
Wilson. treasurer: Mrs. Ethel
Haumbach. trustee for three-year
term. During the evening recently
elected district officers, Mesdames
Edith Ellexson. Jane Kirkwood
and Dorothy voiles. were honored.
Mrs. Rachel Buckmaster, Mrs.
Ethel Hoffman, Mrs. Margaret
Carey and Mrs. Dorothy voight.
al of Puyallup. were introduced
and welcomed. Mrs. Margaret
Anderson was chairman for the
social hour.
Youth Rally
Sumner high school students will
be hosts To young people from
Kent. Auburn. Puyallup, orting.
Tacoma and West Seattle high
schools at Youth Christian rally
Sunday. Nov. II, at the Sumner
Methodist church at o'clock.
Clifford Benson from the Univer-
sity of Washington will speak.
Mt. View Lutheran church will
sponsor its annual lutefisk dinner
Saturday evening at $50 In the
church dining room. A variety
Of other Swedish foods will be
served.
Miss Martha Ludlow enter
tanned the Past Noble Grand club
at a no-host luncheon at her home
on Sumner avenue Wednesday.
Places were marked for Mesdames
Eleanor Eberhart, Cecil Tribou,
Glenn Young. Ida Lisborn. c. A.
Hoskins, Iva Williamson. william
Brengman. Alvin Lounkcr. orlie
Nhcpiis Hihant dSNhtifh1F otah-
ley Ellexson. Carrie Thomas, Gus
Gilbertson. Robert Kirkwood. c.
z. Weller. Ella Goss and Henry
etrankman.
So Bride-to-Be Honored
Honoring Miss Edna Black
adder, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Blackadder. who will be-
come the bride of David Ladd
jackson Nov. Is, Miss Elizabeth
Dubois and Mrs. Joe Carlson en-
tertained Wednesday evening at a
miscellaneous shower. Present
were Mesdames J. A. Dubois.
Harvey Summers. I. f. Nicholas.
Bernard Stone. Joe Clerget, Ray
Bower. Clayton Knoblauch. John
McMurray, Charles Clerget. Art
McKeough. Robert Lee, Erwin
Youdcr, Harold Wright. A. l..
Carlin. Leslie Stone and the Misses
Dolly Cooper. Virginia Flcmming
and Estelie Giefer.
Mrs. Margaret Bowen has re-
ceived more yarn to be knitted
for the Red Cross. Supplies may
be procured from the Sumner
branch of the Seattle First Ma
tional bank.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Runs Up Big Mileage
Mark on Railroad

ST. PAUL, Mimi. A. LeDuc,
retired baggage man for the
Northern Pacific railroad, esti-
mates he Travelled more than
l.224. 900 miles during his 40 years
Of service on a run between here
and Forsyth. Mont.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Discussions
Whot's Doing In Records
BY BENORA MESSING

frankie Carries piano playing
has been soaring toward top spot
popularity the past few months.
Although he has been making rec
ords for a long time 1t took the
composition of his sweeping sue
cess Sunrise Serenade" to really
put him over with the public. This
success story can be measured
from the moment this tune was
introduced. He's been playing and
recording fine piano for a number
OF years. His new Columbia al
oum of four records in a handsome
package includes Lovers Lula
by" (another earle Originally Sun
rise Serenade 18th Street Rag"
''Hindustan;" Sweet Lorraine"
Stumbling" "Estelle" and others.
One of the really great works
for clarinet Is the Mozart Con-
certo in A major. 1t is performed
for Victor by Reginald kell with
the London Philharmonic Orches-
ira. Mr.. Kell is the most dis
tinguished clarinetist in all Eng
land. and handles the work beauti.
fully. II is most colorful and al
together delightful.
Ravels Mother Goose" suite is
counted among the most popular
OF this composers gifts To the
concert groups. Piero Coppols and
the Paris Conservatory Orchestra
perform the work very admirably
for RCA. Although the subject
matter IL OF Juvenile character 1t
is gay and colorful listening for
any age.
Last season the Philadelphia
Orchestra gave a series of con-
certs playing a complete cycle of
the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff.
When Mr.. Rachmaninoff appeared
to conduct his latest and greatest
symphony number 8 In A minor)
he was given an ovation such as
few artists have ever received.
This triumph sent the Victor
powers-that-be into a huddle and
they emerged with the determine
ton to persuade Rachmaninoff
and the Philadelphia Orchestra to
collaborate in recording this
masterpiece.
Now Red Seal proudly an
nounces Its completion In
album M-712. II Il full OF the
characteristic color. wonderful
melodies, and exciting
mighty outpourings of the or
chestra's most werful
forces. that Rachmaninoff is
capable OF producing. The
composer himself II one of the
most exacting musicians In
the world and he was delight
ed with the performance and
the recording Of this work
now recorded for the very
first time.
Frenes. the tune Artie Shaw
put over with his first recording
played by his new band has
caught on to the point where
most of the big name bands are
using 1t in one type of arrange
ment or another. Woody Herman
steps out of his usual 1--WE groove
and presents a fine vocal ar
rangement of this number in the
smooth-sweet vein. II is might,
pretty and gives Herman an op'
portunity to show what kind Of
vocalist he can be. He's an al
around musician. The other side
Of this gives you "A Song Of ole
Hawaii" In the same style.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

sored by The Star, the National
Broadcastlng Company and the
Warner Brothers Theaters. Thou
sands of dolls, books, games, an
infinite variety of toys have been
delivered directly to parents who,
in turn, will give them to the wait
ing youngsters on Christmas morn
ing. BY this proceeding the children
are encouraged to be grateful to
their fathers and mothers, and the
parents are protected in the pride
which they normally feel in giving
pleasure to their boys and girls.
Meanwhile, from the point of view
of the Citizens Committee, an i'm
portant community ideal is served
by working through the homes.
Both those who contribute and those
who receive remain independent fell
low creatures. In world in which
RECOMMENDATION elsewhere is killing
the JOY of life, that is value for
America to preserve.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
President KuIIio

The sudden death of Kyosti Kallio
at the moment of his retirement from
the presidency of the republic of Fin
land is another of a series of tragedies
which undeservedly have been the
lot of a gallant little country for
which the people of the United States
entertain particular affection.
Long the leader of the Agrarian
party, a peasant by birth and by
political choice, the man whose life
and public service terminated Thurs
day was head of the Finnish state
during the crisis of the war with
Russia last year. He had been elected
in March, 1887, coming to the high
est Office from the premiership,
position which he held through sew
eral different periods beginning in
1922. Previously, he was member
of the Diet, a senator and minister
of Agriculture. But the character of
his usefulness to the nation he
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Sciences Christmas Gift

Holly wreaths make splendid
Christmas decorations, but do not
last long as rule. Both leaves and
berries mott faster than a polar
bear at the Equator. To prevent this,
there has just been developed a new
chemical, naphthaleneacetic acid,
mere trace of which in a water spray
will make foliage and fruit stick on
for several extra days. Add a little
more, and they will still be on,
months later, when all the Christ
mas presents are paid for.
The far-sighted householder with
trees on his lawn can make even
better use of naphthaleneacetic acid.
In the spring let him fill a syringe
full of this remarkable chemical, and
give each tree shot, while the sap
is rising to distribute it to the leaves.
Let him pay no attention to any wise
cracks or outlaws he may get from
the neighbors; his turn will come in
autumn. He can sit comfortably out
on the lawn then, permit his gaze to
travel upwards at his own trees,
still full of foliage, down again to
the clean turf, and over to those same
foolish neighbors, breaking their
backs raking up leaves under orders
from their wives. But he should keep
one eye on the front door. to be ready
to flee if his own wife comes out, for
if she is really on to her job she will
find some other chore for him to
perform.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS
By the Right Req James E. Freeman D. d. IL. d. c. L.,
Bishop of Washington.

'The Sermon on the Mount. in the
long run, Is much stronger than all
propaganda, or guns, or bombs" So
wrote the late British Ambassador, Lord
Lothian, in an address that was to prove
to be his valedictory. It was the strong
statement of man who felt deeply the
tragedy that has engulfed the world. He
was nearing the end of his life as a
chosen representative read his words
over a worldwide broadcast.
That world statesman should thus
speak of Christ's great message, and
under such trying and exactinG condi-
tions, is very significant. Recently re-
turned from London, and sensitively
familiar with the nightly horrors visited
upon his great city, he could still believe
that what the Prince of Peace said in
His greatest utterance was so stong, SO
certain, so true, that ultimately the
forces of evil would be put to silence and
banished from the earth.
AS we pondered the Ambassadors
words they seemed a fitting prelude to
the blessed Christmas season. We felt
that, with prophetic eye, he was looking
beyond the storms and confusions of the
present, penetrating into that new age
that must surely come, when men have
truly understood the meaning and pur-
pose of Christ's advent. Some one sug-
gested to me that the message of the
hrst Christmas: Peace on earth, good
will to men," seemed strangely incon-
gruous and out of place this year. Our
answer was: "If this message has lost its
meaning, if the spirit of Christmas Day
is dead, then we face new kind of world
that has little of hope or promise in it,"
Despite all human sins and frailties,
there are some mighty truths, some deep
and eternal ideals of life that We dare
not lose, come what may in the days that
lie ahead. have seen men and women
racked with pain or disappointed in the
hopes and expectations of their youth,
but I have rarely, If ever seen any but
treasured in their heart of hearts hope
for better things to come. Paradise
Evening star., 1940-12-22

Lost" has as its complement Paradise
Regained." We reckon at its full worth
the terribly tragic story of a world that
for the while knows no peace, but only
struggle and strife. We are not blind or
insensitive to the story that comes to us
with each new morning, but there is
something within each human breast
that will not despair or lose hope; there
is an instinct; like to think of it as
divine feeling, that makes us refuse to
join the somber, wailing, disillusioned
procession that in despair sings its
"Miserere" We appraise the sufferings
and the sorrows OF our kinsfolk and
neighbors overseas, and We share. so far
as we may, their griefs and sorrows but
we will not let this Christmas season be
a mockery of all that we believe and
hope for in the world is yet to be. He
who was born on Christmas Day was
described as man of sorrows \and
acquainted with grief" yet His life and
message are the most hopeful and reas-
suring this old world has ever known
True, He was proclaimed the Prince of
ICdCC, dllO I1C 10, dIiu UOtIlulS LildJ JIic
evil in men can conceive can defeat Him
or destroy His power
Mr.. Ambassador, you were right; you
never rose to greater heights of states-
manship than when you said: The
Sermon or the Mount, in the long run,
is much stronger than all propaganda,
or guns, or bombs They who defy this
Master of man will be defeated, and
nothing they can do can halt the
progress of His Kingdom
1t is with this hope, such a faith, that
We once again hail another Christmas
Day, another reminder of a new and
better world wherein shall dwell right
eousness and peace. To every one, the
true and the erring; to enemies and
friends; to native born and alien; to
men and women everywhere, of every
sort and kind, we send our Christmas
greetings and this message of our
Christmas faith: Christ will reign, and
peace shall some day cover the earth,
even as the waters cover the sea.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
New Policy of Giving

Philanthropy at its best invariably
Is concealed. With some such
thought as that in mind, the
members of the Citizens Christmas
Committee, a co-ordinating body
operating with the approval of the
Council of Social Agencies, has de-
veloped an improved philosophy of
social aid which already has been
fruitful of humane results.
Under the new plan the natural
ties which unite the parents and the
children of each individual family
group are maintained, perhaps even
strengthened. Father and mother
are entrusted with whatever funds
may be made available through in
stitutional solicitation for boys and
girls in need Of help. The theory
is illustrated by the method adopted
for the distribution of playthings
collected at the Toy Matinees spon-
Evening star., 1940-12-22

United States or she cannot hold on. If
she is able to obtain those things then
she will rapidly use up all of her dollar
resources and her investments that can
be turned into dollars. This means that,
If Britain is to stand, the United States
must take over more responsibility for
supplying her with weapons-regardless
of whether cash Is paid for those weapons.
The American people should know this
in addition: The American defense pro-
gram is from 20 to 40 per cent behind
the schedule of performance fixed only
six months ago. Industry is making no
really great effort to get going in a
hurry. Labor is not showing any i'm
pressive willingness to make sacrifices in
the form of harder work to build fighting
equipment. Government has drifted,
hesitating to use the power it now pos
sesses to induce American industry to
show more interest in faster production.
Bottlenecks that could be broken with
little concentrated effort are allowed to
remain.
The whole attitude is one of business
as usual" Big industries actually are
resisting the idea that they should ex-
pand their facilities for turning out war
goods. One of the most vital defense
industries even has emissaries out trying
to convince those who influence public
opinion that this industry should be al
lowed to coast along
The popular idea that the United
States is really aiding Britain is not held
by the informed officials of this Govern
ment. The aid. to date, is in important
part confined to publicly expressed good
wishes and verbal bouquets.
Evening star., 1940-12-22
Capital SideIights
By Will p. Kennedy.

The announcement by Senate Leader
Barkley on Thursday that plans for
putting through an adjournment resolu-
tion had been abandoned means that
this is to be the longest session of Con-
gress in history. 1t already has run
354 days, equaling the record of 354
days in the second session of the Sixty
fifth Congress, during the first World
War period. This makes only the sixth
session that has run over 300 days.
In the Thirty-flrst Congress. when
Howell Cobb of Georgia was Speaker,
the first session ran 3O2 days; in the
Fifty-first Congress. when Thomas B.
Reed of Maine was Speaker. the first
session ran for 304 days; in the Sixty
third Congress, when Champ Clark of
Missouri was Speaker. the second ses-
sion ran 1923 days: in the Fortieth Con-
gress, when Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
was Speaker. the second session ran
345 days; then the second session of
the Sixty-fifth Congress made the
record of 354 days. The shortest session
was the second in the Thirty fourth
Congress, when Nathaniel Banks of
Massachusetts was Speaker which ran
10 days The first in the Fifty
eighth Congress, Joseph G. Cannon of
Illinois, Speaker. ran % days; the first
session of the Thirty-seventh Congress.
when Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania
was speaker, ran "a days.
While members of Congress are send
ing tons of Christmas greeting cards
= to all parts of the country, most of
which are adorned with pictures of the
Capitol, the White House, Lincoln Me-
mortal and other Washington land
marks, one of the younger House men,
bers has placed in the Congressional
Record an appreciation of what Christ
mas means this year especially. Repre-
sentative Jerry Voorhis, Yale gradu-
ate, factory worker freight handler,
ranch hand auto plant mechanic, who
was headmaster of boys school which
his family gave to the State of Cali
fornia, emphasizes that there is one
thing in all the world that is stronger
than armed might, that can right the
wrongs under which people suffer, end
the hatred of war and bring hope back
to the nations that now suffer so ter
ribly. That is spirit of complete de-
votion and self-sacrifice in the hearts
of men and women" He points out that
1--WE celebrate Christmas because it
commentaries that Life began on
this earth which immortaliZed that
spirit, so that all might understand
and never did we need that spirit of
Christmas as much as now-and for all
the years ahead In this world of tragic
suffering it is an abiding strength and
understanding of Life's meaning that we
should wish for one another rather than
just few merry hours"
Evening star., 1940-12-22
'Cuse Continued

Orman w. Ewing, former Demo-
cratic National Committeeman from
Utah, has been found not guilty in
Police Court of a charge of driving
while drunk, his case being distin-
guished by the fact that nine con-
tinuances were granted during the
thirteen months that elapsed be-
tween the date of his arrest and his
trial.
Mr.. Ewing was arrested and
charged after a minor traffic accident
in November of last year. The his
tory of his case, as shown by court
records, is as follows:
On November "a, 1899, he pleaded
not guilty, demanded a jury trial,
and the case was set for March IA,
1910. On that date the case was not
reached, and it was continued to
April T.
On April the defendant was re-
ported i'll and the case was re-
assigned for trial. Called again on
May 9, the case was continued by
the court to May %, no reason being
shown on the papers.
On May % the case was continued
by the court to June 6, with no
reason being shown. On June a
continuance to June 13 was granted
"at the request of the defendant" !"
On June l3 it was again continued,
this time to July IL "at the request
of the defendant" . t.&- 9'
When the July trial date was
reached the case was continued to
October 8, but this time "at the re-
quest of the prosecution" Then
there occurs break in the record,
no disposition on the October date
being shown, but on November %
the case was again called for trial
and again continued, the defendants
attorney being engaged in District
Court.
On December 10 the trial finally
began and on the following day the
defendant was acquitted.
In this particular case the verdict
appears to have been supported by
the evidence, nor is the verdict
itself the point of this discussion.
But the record of this case certainly
reflects no credit on the court, even
granting that such excessive delay
may be the exception rather than the
rule. When any prosecution is per-
mitted to extend over a period of
thirteen months, with nine continu-
ances-six of them unexplained of
record-being gronted, it is only rea-
sonable to assume that a condition
exists in the judicial establishment
which is not conducive to the best
law enforcement. The public benefits
resulting from prompt trials of &C
cused persons are amply demon
strated by the splendid record estab-
lished in the criminal branch of the
District Court-a record which the
officials of the Police Court might
study with profit.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

helped to establish at the end of the
first World War is not disclosed by
mere recital of the record of the
posts he occupied. President Kallio
will be better understood in America
If it is remembered that he was
Finland" His nature was as modest,
as unpretending, as simple and
as democratic as that of the Rail
Splitter. Also, it seems that he was
possessed of much OF the same
mother w.t." much the same
common sense, determination and
courage.
Under weaker chief executive,
the Finnish republic might have dis
appeared when the Soviets attempted
to substitute for the lawful admins
tration a junta organized at Leni,l-
grad in preparation for invasion
through Karelia. Supported by Mar
shall Mannerheim, a soldier of &C.
knowledged genius, President Kallio
preserved the existence of a free gov
ernment in the face of Russian at
tacks and German threats. Finland
passed through the ordeal with spirit
undismayed. Robbed of valuable ter
ritory, plundered of natural resources
sorely needed, her cities bombed, her
young men killed after brave re-
sistance, she took her place among
the nations which deserve to survive.
The United States has sympathized
with Finland and to some extent has
aided her. If the time comes when
further help is indicated for the
cause to which President Kallio sac
rificed himself, there ought not to be
any hesitancy about meeting the re-
quirement generously and promptly.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

One preparatory school gives reg
ular varsity athletic letters, "junior
letters" midget letters" and atom
letters" Next lower step, punctua-
ton points.
Evening star., 1940-12-22

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the use for republica ton Of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited tn this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special DISPATCHES
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-12-22

turning out to be wholly different.
Great Britain is prepared to put up all
of her investments as collateral in order
to get funds with which to pay for Amer
ican goods. Her people are standing In
the actual firing line and are taking a
punishment that no other people has
taken. Her workers and her Industrial
lists are carrying on under fire. They are
seeing their homes and their factories
and their merchant marine battered and
destroyed. The prospect of defeating
Hitler single-handed is dim at best.
Further, so long as Great Britain
stands and is able to hold the gateways
to Europe in the North Sea and English
Channel, at Gibraltar and at Suez, Hit
Ter is bottled up and cannot threaten the
Americas either in real war or in trade
war. This country has it from Hitler
himself that his world and the world
that the United States now knows can
not exist side by side. One or the other
will survive. This country has it from
Japan, Hitler's ally, that the United
States can do as Japan tells it to do or it
can fight. Those are not mere rhetorical
f1ourishes as the history of recent years
shows.
People of the United States also should
know this: If Great Britain is able to
withstand the violent assault that is to
be made upon her in the period ahead,
she will have a badly impaired in
dustry, crippled shiphuilding facilities, a
badly depleted merchant marine. She
will have to find airplanes and ships and
steel and food and other things in the
Evening star., 1940-12-22
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