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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
Mackin Delivers
Talk on Geology
Changes in State
Told by Lecturer

Millions % years ago the geo
graphic features Of this state did
not include the Cascade and the
Olympic mountains. and the coast
line was much further inland Il
wss pointed out n members of the
Puget Sound Academy of Science
Wednesday night In Howsrth hall
College Of Puget Sound
The speaker WAS DR. J A MACK
In. professor Of geology 81 the Uni
versiiy ~ Washington. WIN opened
the academv's lecture series with =
talk on The Geology Of Wash
lngton.
II one we're 10 fly over the Puget
Sound area Of 30 600 years ago.
he said h would be necessary to
cross over mountains as high as
the Alps
BY stream and wind erosion and
by earth movements. these peaks
were worn away. he noted The
professor said that biologists were
inclined to believe that the Cas-
eades resulted In part from the
great basaltic lava flow in eastern
Washington, which caused the
earth 10 sink and form the Column
bia basin. The piling up layers OF
dirt and rock also were held re
sponsihle.
Evidence that the shoreline at
one time was far inland IL founded
upon the discovery Of marine fos-
sils and considerable coal and peat
deposits in the Bellingham area
and In eastern Washington. the
speaker noted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
Shippers and Notes
Meet Friday Night

Shippers and mates ~ Tacoma
sea scout ships will meet Friday
evening at 7:30 at the home of
Commodore Bartlett Rummel, ASIA
No. Verde ST.
This meeting will also conclude
training course in seamanship
and allied subjects conducted UNI
der the direction of Commissioner
Howard Heath Of the sea scout
committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20

Hunist party. protested n the mir
istrv % feod. ths bishop tod he
house Of lords thai Our people
are showing great endurance, but
there IL n feeling growing that pro
lection is less satisfactory than e
might b"
He said that the government :
policy Of shelters had failed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20

A A Rankin and Guy Melton and
Commissioner eject Bob Gleason,
sheriff John e. Bjorklund County
Clerk Roy 7. craig. Assessor Fred
L. Smith and Leander r. johnson,
chief deputy county treasurer.
Tacoma school board-Carl 9.
Caddev. secretary and business
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
East Side Choper's
Proqrun1 on Friday

The East Side chapel, 3l4 Ea.
26th st. will give its Christmas
program Friday at p. m, ac-
cording to Rev. V. d. Poole, pastor.
The program viii include several
plays, and music by the choir and
the senior and junior orchestra.
Some 90 children will be among
those taking part.
The chapel and the PIT. A, the
Improvement club and the Town
send club in the Hawthorne
school district cooperated in plan
ming the program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
Aciivians, Y. M. B. {.
To Hear Paul Saiko

Paul Satko. who sailed his
homemade Ark from Tacoma to
Alaska. will speak at the Friday
noon meeting of the Young Men s
Business club at Hotel Winthrop.
Each member is invited to bring
guest,
There will be Christmas mes
sage by the Rev. Carl Johnson and
Myron Willard, accompanied by
his wife. will sing.
satko also will speak at the
dinner meeting OF Tacoma Active
club at 7 p. m. at Tacoma hotel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20


Mayor Harry ?. Cain, who had
been confined 10 his home By -flu
for = couple Of days. nevertheless
attended the event for which he
had issued the official invitations.
Outline Ideas
Speakers for the various city.
county port PARK and school de-
psriments outlined some ~ the
ideas they had for legislative &C
ton during the coming session.
Generally. however. il vas = social
affair giving executive officials ar
opportunity 10 get acquainted with
members Of the Pierce county leg
islatiye delegation.
The mayor indicated the objec-
tive was TO undertake for the first
time 10 coordinate Pierce county
official effort with the Pierce
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
London Housewives
Irofe Over Prices

LoND On A deputation o.
housewives today angrily protested
10 the government against food
prices and a shortage Of milk. and
the bishop Of Birmingham attacked
the governments air raid shelter
policy.
While the housewives. organized
by the London district Of the Com
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20

county legislators for the welfare
Of Pierce county
Legislator. attending were: 25th
district. Sen. Ted Schroeder. 2eth
district. Sen. Leo AcGavick. Reps
John T. McCutcheon and y. A.
Richmond. 27th district Sen. ksth-
ryn Malstrom and Reps Paul
sandegren and Edward L. Psttus.
2sth district. Sen Monty percivsl
and Rep. Hugh Rosellini, 2ath dis
trict. Sen Barney jackson and
Reps z. A. Vane and Cliff Erdahl.
CITY offieials-Commissioners c.
Va Fawcett. Holmes Eastwood,
r. d. O'Nel. Controller Thomas A.
swayze. Corporation Counsel How
ard Carothers and his assistant,
Clarence NJ Boyle.
County officials-Commissioners
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
Rabbi TRIGGER Will
Sneak Friday NIGHT

Services at Tslmud Torah syna-
gogue. So. Attn and ! SITS, will be
held Friday at s:15 p. m. Rabbi
b. l. TRIGGER will speak on THE
Right to BE Ones Self" 1t will be
in the nature of a pre-Hanukkah
sermon. since the Maccabean fes-
tival OF that occasion will be held
all next week.
Following the service. there will
be a social hour. with refresh
ments, in the vestry rooms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20

II you're not using IL. sell II
with a Fast-Action Times Want
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20
Pierce County Legislators,
Other Officials al Banquet

Almost every department city and county government
represented Wednesday evening the preegslave
dinner gathering sponsored by the Tacoma city council Al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-20

manager.
Port Of Inconvenience
Fred Marvin
Park hoArd-CommisSioner Fred
S. Henricksen.
Association Of Washington Cities
Chester Bieson. executive seere-
tsry. Seattle.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Trio Held on Riof Charge
In Baltimore Union Row
BY the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, Oct. 5.-Three ship
yard workers, held in $4,000 bail each,
faced grand jury action today on
charge of rioting as an outgrowth
of stone battle between strikers
and non-strikers at the gates of the
Bethlehem Steel Co. Sparrows Point
plant.
The clash, first since the C. I. o.
affiliated Shipyard Workers Union
called a strike at the plant Septem-
ber Is, started last night as nom
strikers drove out of company prop
erty through the picket line.
Police 1t. Russell Merson said the
pickets shouted at the workers, then
began tossing stones and other mis-
siles at the automobiles, breaking Is
windshields.
1t. Merson placed rioting charges
against Robert Arthur, 80; Elmer
Brown, 80, and Donald Lorenz, %,
after a conference with States At
torney Lawrence E. Ensor of Balti-
more County.
At the hearing before Magistrate
Harry Wenig police testified about
100 pickets engaged in the encounter.
The union has asked increased
wages, recognition and settlement
of other complaints.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Beware One-Leg Emphasis,
.Osteoputhic Session Is Told

of the lower back and twist o!
the lower vertebrae.
One way to tell left-leg stander
he said, is to watch the person wher
he crosses his legs on sitting down
Invariably, he will throw his right
knee over his left, DR.. Wilson de-
clared. If he does the opposite
the person finds it's comfortable
but doesn't know why.
Leg Seems Longer.
The muscle pull of the left-lee
stander has rotated forward ano
made tine right leg apparently longer
than the left, he explained. Hence
it's easier to cross the right knee
over the left and keep it there.
Dr. Wilson warned of attempting
to cure "one-legging" without the
help of a physician. There might
be other causes back of the habit
such as fall, an injury or even a
tight shoe, he said
Other lectures were delivered by
DR.. Thomas L. Northup of Morris
town, N. j., and DR.. James A. Stin-
son of st. Petersburg, Fla The
three are members of the Osteo-
pathic Manipulative Therapeutic
Association, which sponsored the
talks. Officers of the regional as
ISOLATION were to be elected this
morning.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Red Cross Roll Call
Total Pushed Up TO
44,OO7 Members
New Daily Record Set
As Campaign Tempo
Is Increased

With the tempo of their enroll
ment drive increased, officials of the
Red Cross Roll Call said today that
the total memberships so far this
year should within a few days at
least equal those of last year.
A new daily record was established
yesterday, with 11,0o3 new members
reported. 1t brought the total to
44.OO7 persons. within 884 of the
total at the same time last fall
Government units, with the largest
single days returns, realized one
third of their goal of $4,000. The
enrolment of 9,467 Government
workers brought the grand total in
that division to 81 1856.
Other Roll Call units exceeding
the 1889 averages are utilities. 8S2
greater; professional, 244 greater,
and residential 325 greater.
Campaign workers in the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. turned in
more memberships in the past three
days than during 18 days of 1899. ac-
cording to Maj. Gen. James G..
Magee, Government chairman.
One hundred per cent enrollments
of the employees of Richs shoe store,
Addressograph Sales Agency and
Garrison Toys and Novelty Co. were
reported. Also it was announced
that the Southwest division is now
leading all small business units with
1874 enrollments.
Meanwhile, Chatfield Taylor, Amer
ican Red Cross European delegate
for war relief operations, reported
to headquarters here yesterday after
a years absence abroad. He re-
turned Wednesday on the clipper.
Evening star., 1940-10-05

Mothers who carry their offspring
continuously on the same hip and
school children who tote their books
from the same arm are in danger of
becoming "one-leggers."
A one-legger, in the opinion of
DR.. Perrin T. Wilson of Cambridge,
Mass, who addressed yesterdays
session of the 21st annual conven-
ton of the Middle Atlantic States
Osteopathic Association, is person
who stands persistently with his
body weight on one leg, with the
other leg serving as prop.
The habit, if allowed to persist,
particularly in children, will lead to
curvature of the spine and other
physical defects of the body, DR..
Wilson, who is former president of
the American Osteopathic Associa-
ton, told more than a hundred os-
teopaths meeting in the Washington
Hotel.
More Lectures Today.
Lectures by prominent Eastern
osteopaths, which featured yester-
days opening meetings, are to con-
tinue today when the convention
comes to a close.
The one-legger who throws his
weight on the left leg will tilt his
pelvis, leading to q, permanent strain
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Woman, SO,
Is Year SD
Traffic Victim
Miss Mary S. Lord
Hit by Taxi
Near Home

The name of the SD trafic victim
of the year was added to District
records today following the death
last night of an ss-year-old woman.
The victim was Miss Mary S.
Lord, 1912 K street NV, who was
injured about $50 pm. Wednesday
as she crossed the street in front
of her home. She was knocked
down by taxi.
A private physician treated her
and she was later removed to
Homeopathic Hospital. She was
treated there for internal injuries
and a fractured arm and died last
night about $50 o'clock.
The taxi driver, whose name was
given as John c. Ressa, 80, of 838
Jefferson street NV, was held for
action of the coroner. The date
of an inquest has not been set.
At this time last year IS persons
had been killed in traffic accidents
in Washington.
Jean F. Buxton. 80, of SO Seaton
place NV, was brought to Emer-
gency Hospital this morning for
treatment of back injuries received
in traffic accident. Police didn't
know where the accident had oc-
CURED.
Joseph Echloff, 27, was hurt
when the bakery truck he was driv-
ing was in collision with an auto
mobile at Seventh and L streets
NV. this morning. He was removed
to Emergency Hospital with in
ternal injuries. The Police Depart
ment said it was unable to obtain
his home address.
Seriously injured when struck by
q bicycle yesterday as she crossed
the street. Mrs Mary Schoneberger,
60, of 1921 Sixth street S.W., was in
fair condition at Casualty Hos
pital today.
Mrs. Schoenberger was crossing at
Seventh and D streets S.W., when
she was knocked down. At the hos
pltal she was treated for a skull
fracture, brain conclusion and Sc
we're lacerations
columbus Williams. 43, colored, of
1904 Grant stree NE. was treated
at Casualty Hospital last night for
injuries received when struck by a
hit-and-run driver al New Jersey
avenue and H street NV. His in
juries were not serious
Vincent X, Flaherty. 33, of 2631
Sixteenth street NV. sports
writer, was injured slightly last
night when Knocked down in the
1900 block of H street NV. by a
backing automobile Treated at
George Washington Hospital for
bruises, he was sent home.
Dorothy Thomas, IS, colored, of
Al Florida avenue NV was admit
ted to Gallinger Hospital last night
for treatment for injuries received
when the automobile in which she
was passenger hit pole in the
5000 block of Central avenue Sc.
Michael Creese, SIS of 63l D street
NV. was under treatment at Provi-
dence Hospital today fol- a fractured
knee received when struck by an
automobile at Eleventh street and
New York avenue N w.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
Silver Spring Underpass
Conference Is Called

Gov O'Connor of Maryland yes
terday called a conference next
Wednesday of Federal, State and
Montgomery County officials on
plans to alter Silver Spring under
pass.
The Governor said Ezra B. Whit
man. State Roads Commission
chairman, has invited Thomas E
Hampton, president of the County
Commissioners; c. E. Swain, of the
United States Public Roads Ad-
ministration, and representative OF
the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad tc
attend the meeting in Baltimore
at the roads commission head
quarters.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
The Jones Boys, All
IS Of Them, See
Capital With Parents
Troop Homework With
Memory Of Visit to
White House

The 15-son family of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover c. Jones was on the
way home to Peterstown, w. Va,
today after round Of excitement
here yesterday.
High light of their trip to the
Capital was a call at the White
House, where they were greeted and
congratulated by Maj. Gen. Edwin
M. Watson, presidential secretary,
representing the Chief Executive.
President Roosevelt was busy with
cabinet meeting and could not
see the big family.
Little Buck" 4 years old, was
the only one who cried during
the trip to the White House. He
lost a nickel which some one had
given him, in a tall floor ash tray,
and couldn't get it out. He whimp-
cred a bit, until a kind looker-on
gave him another nickel. But he
was too shy to do anything but put
the coin in his pocket with a
chubby fist.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones, 2
years old, a bright-faced, pink
checked blond, nestled on the
shoulder of one of his big brothers.
overcome by the attention showered
on him by those who wanted to
see the Presidents namesake.
SIT Monthly Income.
Grover Jones, 40, the father of
the Is boys, a slender, schoolteacher
who supports his family on SIT a
month teaching in a one-room
schoolhouse, told interYiewers he
wants to continue his studies in
mathematics, and teach the SUBJ
ject in a larger school, someday,
after getting "a college education
and degree.
Mrs. Jones proud of her big
family, but a bit ired-looking after
the strenuous trip. which included
New York, said she just wants to
keep on raising boys.
Outside of a little spell of in
digestion suffered by Ted. II. in
New York, from which he quickly
recovered. the whole family stood
the strenuous trip well, and looked
| happy and hearty. Some suffered
( from blisters worn by new shoes.
Have Busy Day.
! Arriving in Washington yesterday
noon they were luncheon guests of
/ Representative Kee, of West Vir-
ginia, in the Senate dining room,
went on a tour of the Capitol. and
then to the White House Later
they were interviewed over Station
WMAL, visited the Library of Con-
/ gresS, were guests at dinner of Rep
resentative Flanagan, of Virginia at
the Roger Smith Hotel, made a
personal appearance at the Capt.
tol Theater. and stayed over night
at the Willard Hotel.
The oldest boy, William, %
teaches school in a one-room school
in Monroe County, w. Va. He wore
a Roosevelt pin.
Other boys include: Robert, 81
Richard, 20; Thomas, 18; John, II;
Paul, 16; Woodrow, Is; Tad, II; Will
lard, IL; Peter, 10; Rufus, 8; Grover
c., jr., 6; Buck, 4; Franklin D., 2, and
the baby born July 9.
Mrs. Jones, who has just cele-
brated her 40th birthday, was asked
what the baby's name would be.
Il guess we've just run out OF
Names" she said.
There is coincidence in the
births of the boys, Mrs. Jones said
| All but two of them were born at
4 am. on Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
| Draft Addresses
| Dubious Quality
| In Silver Spring

Prospective draftees of Silver
Spring, Md, may have difficulty in
meeting at least one requirement OF
the law when they register for the
draft on October 16.
The Selective Service Act requires
them to give correct addresses
slightly bewildering task in this
town, where the Maryland National
Capitol Park and Planning Com
mission is engaged in mass alt pa
ton of street numbers and nal Ses
For the past three weeks the
commission has been delivering no
tices of address changes, and this
will continue right up to October
Is, the date when the shift becomes
effective.
Certain addresses may be in doubt
even after the middle of the month,
because of objections to alterations
Some citizens are protesting as
signment to them of house num-
bers ending in 13 One resident put
up a fight against giving up his
lucky house number, I'll. A COM
mission staff under Charles M. Jones
is doing its best to iron out such
difficulties before registration day.
Evening star., 1940-10-05

Washington would have an en-
viable record in traffic safety if
grownups would follow the advice of
children, as revealed in prize-win-
ming safety letters read yesterday by
pupils of the Edmonds School,
Ninth and D streets NE.
AS part of the one-man safety
drive sponsored by Capt. Richard H.
Mansfield of No. precinct, free
theater passes we're given to chill
dren in the third, fourth and fifth
grades, who wrote the best letters
on traffic safety.
And here is what young Sammy
Samson of the fourth grade had
to say on perils and penalties of
crossing against red light:
Il was walking down the street. /
came to a corner. I was going to
cross the street but there was red
light there. AS I was standing on
the curb something passed me fast.
1t was a boy running to catch his
bus. There was q car coming each
way. got his arm. Let 60 Of me, he
Evening star., 1940-10-05
D. {. Dwelling Units
Put al 1908 on
April | by Census
Count in Adjoining
Areas Brings Total
Up to 26l ,e23

On April l. 1910. there we're 182,078
dwelling units in Washington, of
which 11,055, or 81 per cent, were
listed as vacant, the Census Bureau
announced today in making public
preliminary figures of the housing
census for the District of Columbia
and its adjoining area. Alexandria.
Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Va,
and Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Nd, brought the total
in the Washington area to 261 ,923
dwelling units, of which 246, ,687 were
occupied by households enumerated
in the population census at their
usual place of residence and 1926,
or So per cent, were classified under
the general heading vacant" This
area is larger than the official Wash
ington metropolitan district of 1880
The vacant" groups consisted
mainly of unoccupied dwelling units
listed for sale or rent. They include
also some units held for absent
householders, and a small number
of units temporarily occupied by per-
sons who reported that their homes
were located elsewhere.
The following table shows the
number of dwelling units and the
vacancies in the adjoining areas:
Evening star., 1940-10-05
'Edmonds Pupils Pen Wisdom
In Traffic Safety Letters

said. let him go. The cars brakes
screeched. There was a policeman
near by. He gave him a ticket. He
had to be in the courthouse the
next morning to pay $3."
Crossing only at intersections is
the best way to stay alive, accord
ing to Third Grader Arlene Elmen-
dorf.
"You should cross at corners,
Arlene wrote, ''for if you don't you
might get killed. So must obey
the traffic rules. Whenever I cross
the street I cross at corners only"
Marilyn Grover of the fifth grade
pointed out that Ito keep from
getting killed children should cross
at corners and not in between
parked cars. Think of how many
children are getting killed. Do you
want to?"
The letter writing competition is
an innovation in Capt. Mansfield's
safety talks. But If it succeeds, and
he feels sure that it will, he intends
to introduce the idea in the other
elementary schools In the precinct.
Evening star., 1940-10-05
George H. Kissinger
Heads Legion Council

George H. Kissinger of Takoma
Park, Md, was elected president
Of the Montgomery County Coun-
Gil, American Legion, at its meeting
in Silver Spring last night. sue
ceeding Alfred c. Paul of Bethesda
Other officers are William M
Phoebus of Gaithersburg, first vice
president; L. T. Faulconer, Silver
Spring. second vice president: Frank
Bennett, Bethesda, secretary; Louis
A. Alberti, Silver Spring, sergeant
at arms, and Louis Ryan, Rockville,
treasurer.
AS part of its program in help
ing with national defense, the coun-
Gil decided tc ask every Legion
member to contact his post COM
mander and offer his services in
assisting with the draft registra-
ton on October Is.
The volunteers will be used as a
reserve group subject to call at
any one of the 20 polling places in
the county If additional help is
needed
Evening star., 1940-10-05
BeIqium Tank Defeats Three
Before Crushed by Bomb
Charles Van Der Stroten-Ponthoz Tells
Of Steady Retreat, Partly on Clutches

Charles Uan der Straten-Pont-
hoz, %. son OF the Belgian Am
baSsddor, has just returned to his
home in Washington after fight
ing lUith a mechanical unit OF
the Belgian Army. He saW the
start OF the collapse OF Belgian
and French detenSes and 1DaS
,DOunded in action.
He ,DriteS in hope OF adding
something to Americas kno,Dl-
edge OF r,eW offensive tactics de-
ueloped BY the Nazis. especially
the elements OF terror, treachery
and surprise.
He is turning ouer the pro-
ceeds from this series OF stories
this is the Second) to the Bel
gian ,Dar relief fund.