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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

normally unbombcd child
could figure out. these things
are not remotely proof against
direct hit-the Easements
or first floor rooms Of the
houses themselves are just as
safe. Yet the English were
scared into such n panic by
Munich that they spent on
such rubbish enough money TO
purchase several squadrons Of
pursuit planes.
Not that the English are any
more jittery about being bombed
than any other nation which has
not yet been bombed. Yet I be-
lieve that when the Germans
finally do uneork their stuff over
England. it will turn out to be
about one-eighth as bad as the
Sunday supplements have led AL
OF us to believe. and the English
will then feel very silly about
their corrugated iron shelters out
back among the cabbages, and
even sillier about what they let
the Germans do TO them az
Munich.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
PIT. A. Meets
AT Giq Harbor

GIG HARBOR Gig Harbor
High School PIT. A. Tuesday viii
hear H. +. Maier, musical director
OF the school. give a resume OF his
visit to the Music Educators con-
ference at Los Angeles. Miss
lorraine Midsatre. who represented
the high school at the conference.
viii sing. Sergeant Coontz OF the
Washington State Patrol will
speak on Safety Arletta men,
bers will be hosts for the evening
Wsconda Chapter No. 217, o.
E. S. will meet Wednesday at the
Community hall.
A shower was held at the home
Of Mrs. Martin Stanich for Mrs.
Antoine stanich Thursday evening.
Hostesses were Mrs. Mike Katich.
Mrs. Lee Makovich and Mrs. Tony
Glitch. Supper tables were decor
ated with daffodils and irises.
About 80 guests were present.
The Gig Harbor Baseball club
will hold its annual meeting at the
Lions den Tuesday at s p. m. All
fans and players are invited.
c. w. Anderson of Rosedale is
improving in health rapidly and
has returned to his home.
The L. L. Norton home at Rose
dale has been bought by o. H.
Coates OF Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Meetings Set
May e TO 2s
PresbYteriuns to
Discuss Issues

ROCHESTER,, n. Y.-conscien-
tious objection to war and organic
union with several other churches
ere two Of the leading issues TO
be faced by the 152d general as
semhly Of the Presbyterian church
IN the United States Of America at
its meeting here May 1920.
me 900 members Of the general
assembly. officially delegated by
the z76 presbyteries Of the church,
are expected 10 act upon many
-overfuresr from presbyterics re-
questing an explicit wsr-conscience
statement in the constitution OF
this church Of 2.o00. 900 members
The overtures urge definite denial
Of the right Of governments to
compel war participation by any
Christians who regard It ~ sin
ful, and also definite affirmation
that every Christian must be up
held In his right to -obey con-
science" whether he decides to
take part In war or TO refrain
from doing %.
A related overture asks that
steps Be taken to divest the chap
lsihcy in the armed forces Of the
nation Of its military rank. dress
and pay. on the ground that the
present custom prevents service ~
chaplains by ministers who feel
that II tends TO make chaplains
servants Of the state.
Organic union win be considered
b. the Rochester meeting with
relation TO four communions. The
four are the Protestant Episcopal
church. the United Presbyterian
church. the Presbyterian church IN
the United States (southern). and
the Reformed Church in America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Kiwanis to Hear
c. P.S. Debaiers

-Four College Of Puget Sound
debaters. two OF whom competed
m the national tournament in
Knoxville, Tenn. viii speak be-
fore the Tacoma Kiwanis club Mt
the Hotel winthrop Tuesday noon.
The national competitors are
Margaret and Marie Gilstrap. who
win take the affirmative side Of
the question: Resolved, that the
United States should adopt the
policy Of economic and military
isolation toward all belligercnts
outside the western hemisphere"
On the negative side win be
pair Of freahman debaters who
reached the finals OF the tourna-
ment at Linfield. Ore. Sam Bait
and Herman Kleiner. They will
be introduced by DR.. charles +.
Battin Of the college faculty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Conservation Is
Academy Subject
By JIMMY HATlo

DR.. Howard II. Martin. head Of
the geography department at the
University Of Washington, and one
Of the first persons in the North
west to teach conservation, will
address the Tacoma branch of the
Puget Sound Academy of Science
on that subject Wednesday eve
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Same Old Swindle
Works Here Again

Latest victim of the race track
pay-off swindle in Tacoma was
George L. Kroeger. retired farmer
OF Cody. Neb.. who lost approx
mately $500 last month. accord
ing to a letter sent to police here
by Mrs. Walter Kroeger, daughter
in-law Of the victim.
Kroeger met the swindlers In
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ONDON Something could
happen suddenly which could make
this particular piece look very
ally, but / don't think anything
will, and. until II does. ! win go
right on stoutly maintaining that
the dreaded horror of sudden
death which comes kissing and
banging down from the skies has
been greatly oversold = both in
Europe and America.
Being bombed Is not fun, yet
II 10 perfectly bearable.
A surprisingly large number Of
people are not killed, hurt. or even
badly scared while II il going on.
contrary 10 the usual practice and
belief.
When London n bombed. .
number Of people are going 10
ret killed, hut the total h
probably going 20 be less than
the number who daily die In
London or any other big city
from dlseases Indirectly trace
able 90 malnutrition.
II probably will not be much
greater than the number who
get killed or MANNED In traffic
accidents ~ result Of the
biaclsouts. And II half the
scif-important. uniformed. ci-
william busybodies who have
charge Of air raid precautions
here would direct their efforts
against the diseases Of NAHUM
triton. more lives would be
saved Mt less expense.
The reason they don't Is. think.
because people who die from
bombs expire with spectacularly
dramatic bang, while the others
die moro prosaically and probably
more unpleasantiy in beds.
Proper air raid precautions are
only the organized application Of
reasonable common sense and are
not to be shifted at. For instance.
It was proved that every person
who was killed during the early
air raids over Helsinh was violat-
ing some elementary air raid pre-
caution ruling.
Some stayed out In the streets
to watch the bombers come over.
Others snesked up from the base
ment to apartments in the tops
Of buildings TO make coffee before
the a1l-clear sirens blew.
Yet it is also possible 10 get
pretty silly about air raid precau-
tons. London, like any other big
city. has thousands OF acres Of
suburbs modest little two-story
houses. each with a small garden
behind. In almost every one Of
these plots il an air raid shelter.
large. curved piece Of galvanized
iron big enough for four or five
people 70 crawl under and with a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
Will Address Club

L. II. Dolgren of the u. s. Bu-
reau OF Fisheries viii speak At the
meeting OF the Tacoma Engineers
club At Hotel Winthrop wednes-
day noon. He viii discuss fish in
the Columbia river and Alaska
waters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

he traditional
apolo gies to
ca m o unage =
rightful pride.
"Oh, but shes
an old one and
we just got her.
Haven't had q
chance 10 really
fix her up TO
our style. Etc,
etc"
w shielded
our rheumy old
..- E...nn thu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

little dirt heaved on the top, and
with some nasturtiums planted or
not planted in the dirt, according
to taste.
Now. ~ anyone who has
been bombed knows, or N any
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

southern California and after
being fleeced here was given q
ticket to Akron. O., where he
thought his newly-formed friends
would meet him. They didn't.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
BUDDHIST SERVICE

The Tacoma Buddhist center
will meet at s p. m. Tuesday at
the church. for the purpose of
study and discussion. The subject
will be States After Death"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

So IL was with considerable
pleasant anticipation We swarmed
down the steep gangway from the
westher-bcaten old wharf to the
deck Of the Master.
Deckaroo Bohbic Allen greeted
us and forthwith commenced
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
GROUP MEETS TUESDAY

The adult social dance group will
meet as usual Tuesday evening in
Fellowship hall. Beginners will be
given instruction from 1880 to $50.
with advance dancing from $3.50
to IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
New ship Here

A nautical milepost in Tacoma's
maritime annals, the Stag Hound
Is a caller here this week.
Under the houseflag Of the
Grace line, the vessel IL the
first Of the u. >. maritime
commissions great fleet to
put Into Puget Sound.
The Stag Hound is known as a
CO Type: She is 4os feet long
with a loaded speed of 1876 knots.
She Il one Of 20 which bear the
names of famous American clip
per ships.
Built at Newport News. Va, the
stag Hound was launched last De.
cember. She will henceforth be
operated between Puget Sound
and South America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

0ld-fashioned steam tugs getting Like our
nostalgia preference for wndjammers compared with
steam and motor vessels of the merchant marine steam
of the old style represent to greater saness
and general aaround shipshapeness when measured by
diesels and gas boats
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16

II you're not using it, sell IL with
Fast Action Tines Want Ad-
Phone Main 3l51.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-16
The last ten
years are
the hardest

CUsPIcToN whispers that
~ ths pas decade was one of
certain business tribulation. The
words depression" and ''unem-
ployment" have been banded
sbout. YET a per cent of this
ConPany's nearly 1900 en-
pioyses had sseady jobs during
he wbsis Of that trying period.
4 4 4
In any community Of 1900
soala any tan yeafs mean that
soms people retire, some die.
sone move. some become base
ball players or movie aetora
Actually that 81 per cent means
shaf By creation and spread Of
work Particularly during the
safly. jinery days--this Com
pasy ct an Outstanding exam
pie Of employment stability for
lis sssirs organization.
4 4 4
To-day sSs7 employees are
enitled 20 service pins show
ing they have been from 10 to
Is years with the Company. OF
shsss. 1870 have io-yeaf pins
indicarins shey began q period
Of sseady employment At a time
when payrolls were taking .
beadns-
Il does not discount their
Loyalty and elhoency 10 point
on thaf hundreds would never
have won those pins but for
dis Compsnys steadfast deter
4
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ming at 7:30 in Howarth hall at
c. P. s.
Conservation Comes of Age"
will be the title of DR.. Martins
talk.
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But We wonder II we could de-
scribe the Master. She has scrub
bed decks: she has miles of pol
ished-bras hsndrails: her varnish
IL mellow: black. green and signal
red enamels have been employed
to embellish her towing windlass
and miscellaneous desk machin-
cry: brilliantly life like maple
leaves have been fastidiously
painted on the bulkheads in the
engine-room; she's clean and COM
Portable and stolid and dignified
below decks and above, allow and
aloft.
Her triple-expansion steam mill
represents about $50 weli-trsined
and efficient horses.
Her whole represents-well. just
a proper steam tug home. old style.
Departure Of Fleet
While you're reading this, five
Of Uncle whiskers most valued
vessels are standing out to sea.
They're the coast and geo.
detic survey ships, leaving
their winter-time berths for
another season Of charting the
treacherous water Of Alaska.
From the Seattle base. the vet.
Grams Discoverer. Westdahl and
Surveyor are off to put in another
summer-long season of taking
soundings. noting geographical
phenomena. scientific exploring
and chart-making.
From San Francisco. the Guide
and the Pioneer are beginning Q
similar mission.
The fleet will be gone on their
annual voyage for five months
long enough to collect curiosities
fierce boards. tall yarns. much
vital statistical knowledge for ma.
! riners.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Riggs Out 10 Break
Sugar Bowl Spell
On Net Champ
Seeks Second Carnival
Crown Today; Idoho,
LIS. U. Boxers Tie
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28.-Bobby
Riggs set out today to break the
champion never repeats jinx in
the annual Sugar Bowl tennis tour
nament.
Riggs won the title here in 1887,
beating Joe Hunt in the final. but
lost to Don McNeill last year. Nc
Neill then went on during the past
season to oust Riggs from the top
ranking spot.
The tournament starting today is
one of the feature events of the
Sugar Bowls carnival of sports, cli-
NAKED by the football game between
Tennessee and Boston College on
New Year Day.
The sports program opened last
night with Idaho, national intercol-
legiate boxing champion, and Louisi-
ana State, ruler in the Southeastern
Conference, slugging to A tie in
the annual matches.
Yachting on Lake Pontchartrain
and rowing race between the Or
leans Rowing Club and the Virginia
Boat Club were on schedule for to-
day. The track meet will be to-
morrow and the Kentucky Indiana
basket ball game Monday night.
Riggs is seeded No. in the tennis
tournament with Frank Kovacs,
Jack Kramer and Bryan (Bitsy)
Grant behind him in that order.
The only other past bowl winner
entered is Grant. McNeill was un-
able to get here this year.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Jones Regards Stanford
Team Of Opportunists

Howard Harding Jones, headman
of the Trojans for is years, thinks
quite highly of this Stanford foot
ball team. Why not?
For these same StanfordS handed
him his first defeat in 18 games, and
did it the hard way. The score
was tied with four minutes of play
left, and the ball was deep in STAN
ford's territory, but when the final
gun sounded it was 81 to 7 in favor
Of Stanford.
81 would say" said Jones, that
the present Stanford team ranks
about as high as the Duke and Ten
nessee clubs we met in the Rose
Bowl during the last two seasons.
The Indians may not be as tough
as Duke was defensively, but they
are better extensively.
CLARK Shaughnessy has a team
Of opportunists. When the going
seems to be the hardest they get
in and play their best.
"One angle to this Stanford club
hasn't been given much publicity.
This is the staggering number of
plays, or variations, Shaughnessy
employs They don't all work as
we'll as some, but it keeps the op-
position guessing, and, of necessity,
you have to spend a lot of valuable
time on defensive practice for what
might happen"
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Stars Bowl for Free
Ride in u. 5. Open
Sweepstakes
PreIim Listed Tomorrow
At Lucky; Lofoyettes
Hosts to 1ukomos
Star Staff Photo.

A chance to gain "free ride" In
the United States Open, richest of
Gll duckpin stake events, to be
held in Baltimore next Saturday
will be afforded the city's bowlers
when a preliminary is staged at
3 pm. tomorrow at the Lucky Strike
Entrance fee in the 3-game test
will be S245.
A hot scrap is promised at the
Lafayette Bowling Center tonight
when the aspiring Shamrocks of
Takoma invade for 3-game match
with the Lafayette team, holding
third place in the Mems District
League Harry Hap" Newman,
the Takoma alley pilot, besides him
self, will have Dutch Sherbahn,
Johnny Burger, Rex Stewart, Leon
Fleisher and Buck Mcdonald roll
ing in the teams, doubles and
singles. On the firing line for the
Lafayettes will be Astor Clarke,
Paul Fitzgerald, Ernie Hauser, Abe
Povich and Al Terry.
1t required an extra game for
George Lindsey to triumph over
Mack Segreti in the holiday handi-
cap tournament staged last night
at Boulevard by 73 bowlers of the
Bethesda Business Mems League.
Ray Parks pocketed IS with IL
412 while Ernest Lee won $3.50
with fourth-place score of 36-398.
A special prize of $3.50 went to
Bud Day for rolling the top score
among the contestants with aver
ages less than 100. He shot 42-368.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Heurich Basket Loop
Leaders on MettIe
Over Week End

Adam Hats, leaders in the Huerich
Amateur Basket Ball League, will
find tough going in quest of first
half honors as they engage three
teams in as many days starting to-
morrow.
Although holding a 112-game lead
over the Regal quint, which they de-
feated last week, the Hatters must
dispose of the improved Alexandria
Police tomorrow and strong Pet
work A. c. outfit Wednesday. Mon
days game with United Clay is not
expected to give the league leaders
much trouble.
Royals kept within striking dis
tance by routing the Bellman five
51-35, last night. Jacobsen Florist
swamped United Clay, SO to Is.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
The
SPoRTLIGHT
Odds Against Hoyus, BIC.
Appeur TrifIe Unsound
By GRANTLAND RICE,

Special correspondent OF Inc star.
LOS ANGELES Dec. 90 (N.A.-
NA).-Only short spell in advance
of the bowl soirees next week, there
is a frantic scramble, on the part
of those who like to wager, con-
corning proper odds.
For example, as good as STAN
ford is, I don't believe any team
rates to / or 2la to over
Nebraska.
I can't see the early odds quoted
on Tennessee over Boston College.
Stanford should be around to 5
over Nebraska. Texas A. and M.
should be about the same over
Fordham. The Sugar and Orange
Bowl games should be around even
money, and grab your pick.
mo team is any 2 to l shot over
Nebraska" well-known coach
writes. I'm Hopp, Rohrig, Luther,
Francis and Petsch, Nebraska has
five fine backs. AS good as any
team can show. At the flanks, in
Prochaska and Preston, Nebraska
has two big, strong ends. Both are
good. In Kahler at 900, Benin at
200, and Herndon, Biff Jones has
three extra good tackles. Alison
and Schwartzkopf are as good as
any guards you'll see. They will
be in Stanford's hair more than
once.
Nebraska hasn't been any high
scoring team, but has been ex-
ceptional on defense. I don't think
any ct" formation is going to tear
them all apart Nebraskas line is
much more experienced than STAN
ford's is"
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Pal Sdene Evelyn Nyor Monopozes Laurel Star Pin Event
From the
Press Box
New Godeet Will Gauge
How Fast FeIIer HurIs
By JOHN LARDNER,

Special Correspondent OF The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. % (NANA).-
Word comes from Cleveland, the city
of beautiful statistics. home of the
worlds foremost machine for meas
uring speed in feet per second, that
they really are going to get around
to the business of finding out how
fast young Robin Feller, the boy
with the shotgun arm, can throw a
baseball.
Rapid Robin tossed an easy lob
at the gadget last summer and reg
istered 119 feet per second. At least,
he says it was an easy lob. Per-
sonally, I think he must have put
a little shoulder into it.
Back in 1871 can find no writ
ten record of this incident, and I
rely on the memory of man who
was there-three of the sWiftest big
league pitchers of the day went up
to New Haven to test their speed.
A rifle making firm in that town
had devised and set up an electrical
machine for testing gunfire. The
three pitchers were Walter johnson.
the king of the flreballers; Smoky
Joe Wood and Napoleon Rucker.
johnson was caught at 134 feet
per second, Wood at 125 and Rucker
at 119. This confirmed their rating
in baseball, as far as the order of
finish was concerned.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
PorochioI Basket Meet
Goes to Fourth Round

The fourth round of psSy in the
annual parochial school basket ball
tournament will get under way TO-
morrow at Gonzaga High School
starting at o'clock.
Six teams emerged from the third
round as the st. Matthews five
pulled the biggest upset with a 20-17
victory over the favored Sacred
Heart quint. In the most decisive
fray, st. Thomas routed St. James,
29-8, paced by Center ODonnell,
who tailed IS points.
In other games Holy Name de-
feated Blessed Sacrament, 1913; ST.
Martins topped St. Stephens, 27-13;
Holy Comforter nipped St. Josephs
23-8, and st. Aloysius edged out
Immaculate Conception, 1912.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Klein Needs No Godget
To Measure Speed

That was q years ago. Gadgets
today, reckon, are better and
sharper. There must be difference
in accuracy between the old New
Haven machine and Cleveland's new
speed detective, because in Cleve-
land last season motley group Of
mere outfielders and infielders-
RUDY York, Red Kress and Roy Gull
lenbine-were timed at 139 feet per
second
Nobody can tell us that York,
Kress and Cullenbine, good throw
ers though they all are, toss ball
faster than the great johnson did
in his prime. 1t must be the differ
ence in the gadget, plus minor
changes in the constitution of the
baseball
If the Yorks and Cullenbines can
do 139, Robin Feller is mortal
cinch to do better, for Feller is be-
yond doubt the hardest thrower in
the game today. Bill KLEIN, the an
cient arbitrator, says he is faster
than johnson.
II saw them both, and I know"
says Mr.. Klein, whose faith in him.
self is copious. "I am never wrong"
says Mr. Klein, which seems to in
dicate that the boys are wasting
their time building gadgets. What's
the sense in costly machine. when
Mr.. KLEIN, standing in the line Of
fire, can measure speed with his two
good ewes?
Evening star., 1940-12-28
Hoyos, EoeIes Underroted
By Dixie Coaches

Having written to a number of
Southern coaches who have played
against Tennessee and Mississippi
State, I find that practically the
entire Dixie roundup is picking the
two Southern teams.
l think they have underrated both
Boston College and Georgetown. I
would say that either was at least
two, or maybe three, touchdowns
better than Tennessee was in last
years Rose Bowl.
There is no question that Ten
nessee this year is much better
team than it was year ago and in
far better physical shape. Ten
nessee had at least four crippled
stars In the last Rose Bowl show,
including Cafego and Suffridge.
But I wouldn't care to bet thin
dime against Boston College and
Georgetown, no matter what team
they played.
Injuries to Goodreault and Kop-
elk. two crack ends, won't help either
of the two Northern invaders. For
they are two of the best.
But if Boston College and George
town are in proper shape-and II
they go all out to win-if they play
as they played against each other,
only a great football team can beat
either one. And I don't mean just
a good football team.
Evening star., 1940-12-28
KING PIN.
Five Big Ten Basket
Teams Play Outside
Games Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Big Ten
basket ball teams, already holding
an edge in holiday competition on
the East and West Coasts, 60 out
to improve their prestige tonight
before heading home for final
week of action preparatory to the
conference campaign starting jan
uary
Five clubs will represent the Big
Ten in tonight'ss battles. Indiana
winds up its Pacific Coast tour
against Southern California. In
the East, Minnesota opposes New
York u, and Illinois plays Temple
At Columbus, Ohio, two engage
ments are on tap with Ohio State
meeting Princeton and Michigan
taking on Pittsburgh.
The first conference games, jan
uary 6 will find Wisconsin at Min
nesota, Purdue at Illinois and Ohio
State at Michigan.