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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-02
Stamp Collectors
Meeting on Friday

Newman Clark, president OF the
Jason Lee stamp club. viii give
q talk on stamp collecting from
a boys point OF view at the next
meeting of the Stamp Collectors
guild at 3 p. m. Friday. May 2.
In the rooms Of the Tacoma Sec
retarial school. third floor. Medi-
cal Arts building AN interested
are invited to attend Beginners
are especially urged to be pres
ent. as they will be able 10 learn
much about stamp collecting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-02

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -
Ars. wanda Olson revealed
here she had been granted an
snnulment from John" Olson,
with whom she had lived since
June 9. 1897. only to discover on
the eve OF selective service regis
tration that her husband" was a
woman.
The couple lived in Seattle.
The husband" now in Stella
COON State hospital, became UNI
balanced. Mrs. Olson said. from
knowledge her secret would be dis
covered IL she were examined by
draft physicians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-02

NEW YORK - Marion Talley,
radio and motion picture singer
and former grand opera star,
charged in an answer Thursday to
the separation suit brought by her
husband, Adolph C. Eckstrom,
that he had sought through mis-
leading words" to create the i'm
preston she was guilty Of immoral
conduct.
In s6-page reply filed in New
York supreme court, Miss Talley
denied all OF Eekstroms original
allegations Of improper acts OF
misconduct with various male per-
sons" and alleged that his actions
since they separated in May, 1885,
had been 'cruel and inhuman."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-02
Ext Policeman 10 F ace
Charge Filed by Wife

sEATTLE - Frank n. Clear,
former Reno policeman. Thursday
was held for trial on = grand lar
esny charge brought by his wife.
He was bound to superior court
after q justice court hearing. Mrs.
Clear said her husband sppropri-
ated si,t2o OF her money to his
private uses. and then disap-
peared.
Altogether. she said. she gave
him about $500 in approximately
six months.
Clear was arrested in Los An
geles and returned here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-02
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24
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Ga MeltI0A. ultJU&v c.
W.N.u. Service

anybody else wants to talk about
that business on Hazel Fork, tell
'em I've been stricken stone-deafi
Tell Mildred when she gets all the
town gossip of the wire she can put
in a call to Baltimore for me.
There's something funny about this
Cragg business, something that
doesn't add up"
Eyes, Mrs. Morgan. And when
you have time Mr.. Daniels would
like to see you. He said it was
important"
II suppose he has another Of his
ideas. He's always finding some
thing in a catalogue that saves a
thousand dollars or SO in production
costs and only costs fifteen or twenty
thousand to INSTALL"
Virgie was very low in her mind
as she opened the door of Stanley
Daniels laboratory.
well, what's on your mind?" she
demanded.
Daniels looked up from his work.
wiped his hands quickly.
"Oh, Mrs. Morgan-sorry l had
to ask you to come over, but there
was a risk that this stuff would solid
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24

Bradford Wills went to his work ut
the mill IN the morning like 4 young
man riding to q crusade. There
was about him, n he entered the
gate, feeling Of going into battle.
No tangible opposition presented It.
self, no definite hostility. The men
were not friendly, but they were
heavily polite and reserved, n b
knew an mountain men TO b until
they were won over. Daniels Was
curt and Indifferent but THAR work
did not coincide and wills, following
the milling Of he product through
the plant, nom tie nfst removal a
The bark 70 the warm brown rolls Il
wood-pulp rolled Into seoeaee. saW
he chemist but se3dom.
But On tie snoWy mo9niAg lnslew-
ing hi whit 70 IL I'm, Dm6e1B
en9sed hssm ~ laAee1ossy, ~
ha4ds \ - pocAses = > $500
toeAok, - o6De - 1o1no 6uno1o
W. ~ 49, V1es1ne anDv GlA
:. 49, s9 n'ens = -
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24
CHAPTER TX

In the early afternoon Virgie re-
turned to the mill, spent and dis
pirited and rasped raw with irrita-
ton. She had hired the best lawyer
to be found, she had arranged for
bail for Tom, only to have him sit
back stubbornly, refuse to leave the
Jail or to cooperate with the lawyer.
II done it. I shot him." he said
over and over.
There was, apparently. nothing to
be done At present.
Leave him set q WHILE" advised
Lon Hicks. Hes kind Of numb right
now, layin' up there on that rid Ice
in the cold. He'll come to himself
before long and git to thinking-and
then you can talk sense to him"
So there was nothing to do but
abandon her futile efforts, and 70
back to the mill. And once there
she let her WEAKNESS and exaspera-
ton have their way with her.
you'd think" she snapped at
Lucy Fields, that those men out
there loading that car were building
the pyramids and had six thousand
years to finish the jobl When did
We start running this plant in slow
motioof"
They're short-handsd, Mrs.. Nor
gan-and with Tom gone" Lucy
faltered explanations.
where's Willsf Did he come to
day7"
Hes working with Jerry On ths
fssdess. He vsat sway with Mar.
taa-hut thay came beck be1pEe
noon. Il ~ - cold h ~ yard
and - int really Ven yst-"
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suppese - tan11A ossne1hing II
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24
BONES

ATTENTION RANCH BON
THE WELSH MINERAL Co., 18th Z
Montana Ave, Billings. Montana. is p
ing Eighteen Dollars per ton delivered
their plant for dry. white. bleached d
u and horse bones. Bring EN- In.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24
Accenting the Width
OF a Narrow Roou
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

ON A Thursday afternoon Il
~ south end of certain dinin|
room was as shown here in u
upper sketch. The following Mod
day it appeared as shown belo3
Cupboards had been added to did
play china and give storage spac3
yet the room actually seemed wild
er and more spacious than beford
The Transformation was mad
by the handy man with no tool
but a hammer, saw and screj
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24

ify il I left it-and 1 thought you
should know about these tests.
Something is going wrong with the
solvents-I can't say just what till I
finish running these. In the num-
Der three vat the fiber seems to be
SO weakened and destroyed that the
whole run will be worthless. Would
you like to look at this?" He wiped
a tube swiftly, held it to the light,
shook it.
Virgie crossed the room, studied
the brown mixture. whats wrong
with it," she asked.
watch" Daniels tilted the tube,
let the solution spin out. Ignorant
of processes as she was, Virgie saw
enough to know that something was
vitality wrong. This was not wood
pulp in solution, but a sickening
foamy brew that spun out on the
filter paper Daniels spread beneath
it.
Il have to believe you," Virgie
said. 81 don't know enough to know
what's wrong-but something is, ev-
identity. But-how could it have hap
pened?"
There could" Daniels said,
"have been some chemical accident.
Unlikely though, if you bought the
stuff at the same place. Changes do
occur-accidents in shipment, mois-
ture, too much heat-but not often.
But this seems to me too serious to
be explained in that way. Some
thing wrong has been added-my
tests will show what II Is when
they're finished. OF course that may
have been accidental, too-wrong Ia
bel, something like that. There's
always the human element, you
know. Workmen make mistakes and
hide them. And then Of course we
have to consider the possibility that
It was deliberate.
virgie sat down abruptly on
leather-covered stool. Her legs were
weak, all the vague misgivings she
had felt assumed q definite shape of
menace.
"You mean-somebody could have
ruined that whole digester Of pulp
deliberately Put in something to
destroy the fiber? How could that
have happened? You keep the keys.
You test everything"
Il did not, unfortunately, test the
solvents on this rum" Daniels admit
ted. II haven't been doing it late
ly-they come sealed and they've
always been perfect before. We de-
pended On the reputation Of the man.
ufacturer. OF course, hereafter I'll
test everything thoroughlS-but that
doeSn't help u now"
And In the meantime Ne lose q
batch Of pulp and have an the trou-
bic Of cleaning the digester out1"
I'm afraid this lot d useless.
I'm running every sort Il test to be
certain but n tie meantime Il looau
pretty dubious"
vIfRis 1t her breath out sloviy.
An sorts q cd, Wild idoas ooeshed
u hsT Md. acmsona bod ruined
= skDsnsive rsn Il pulp, SOMEONE
had Il II toe hse-hut WAyf
vaGos fu1mego - hAA hard a
eqgn9lnnlG1B = Wuge = 1nlnmkin1 ~
I'o1sn1. - aabUoaDe - hnuR lguu.
~ fD0an1u4 AoA1D611. ~
f0Dhn4 Nut1oe 01o $780, -
fG1 60 nVoA 0oalD - 1W -
49, 1ls11 a1o12A - 1om1a1s
8 ~ ls4''. :.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-01-24

driver plus the aid of his willing
helper with needle, thread and
paint brush. The new curtaid
treatment, shown in the sketch
made the window seem wider and
the strong horizontal lines of the|
cupboards also helped to create arI
illusion Of width. The cupboard5
were eight inches deep and made
Of one-inch lumber with doors of
plywood for the lower part.
NOTE: Mrs. Spears Books and ar.
full Of other practical ideas for makins
and hanging curtains. Each book has >:
pages Of pictures showing you how 10
modernize and beauty your home. Send
order 10:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-30

BUICK 1910 super 20 a. D. trk scdans
also SIS torpedo conv. coupes FAC push
button radios and under seat heaters
choice Of 2o gorgeous ones. all colofs Tow
as 1927 trade 81 On. r.. NJ. Greghry,
Inc 1865 Gratfot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-30
Wanted Miscellaneous

A PARTY wants all kinds OF
furniture u.ill pay highest
cash price. Farris. Temple 2-5313,
.t1ct and ours 1921 Harper Plaza oaia
Fr-pNI TlrPFt WANTED VIII paY best
-n-.rre s kry Br0s TeuSc i'S2es
PRIVATE parts needs Tutntufe W1 pay
rnot rt'De Randolph b'f1
Evening star., 1941-05-08

thousand German and Italian sea-
men, including the crews of the
vessels that have been seized. Two
Western Army camps recently were
taken over to be used as supple
mentary quarters for these, but the
larger problem that confronts the
Government in dealing with about
six thousand other deportables still
awaits solution.
Several weeks ago, when urging
passage of the amended Hobbs bill,
Attorney General Jackson explained
that many among these six thousand
have criminal records, or are other
wise undesirable, and emphasized
the need for legislation to provide
adequate restraints on this class.
The bill is stymied in the House,
however, and it was coincidental
that as the roundup of alien sea-
men was getting under way, the
Attorney General was discussing the
situation regarding the other deport-
ables before the American Judicature
Society, stressing that they are
enjoying a freedom to which they
are not entitled. AS the Attorney
General well pointed out, this con-
dition holds serious potentialities
for evil, and it should be remedied.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. Trace1Dell.

Garden experts recommend this way,
since it thoroughly saturates the ground,
and does not waste water.
Every drop goes directly into the
earth
The only drawback TO the method is
that the hose must be changed every
Is or 20 minutes, because the flow of
water, without valve cutting it into
fine spray, puts really large amount
of moisture on the ground for several
square feet in all directions.
There is another discomfort to this
way of watering, and this is that the
ground really becomes soggy, and one
is very likely to get ones feet wet in
making the necessary changes.
Most gardens and lawns have a slight
slant in some direction or other, often
in several, and if the owner knows these
he will have no difficulty in walking on
the high side, thus keeping out of the
wet. After the hose has run for a cer-
tain time the water will begin to flow
along the ground of course, even though
the flow is so slow that most of it goes
directly in.
The good thing about this way of
watering for the birds is that there is
nothing to scare them at any time
Even a fine spray will frighten some
species. Individual birds differ, too
In some gardens the cardinals will not
bathe in spray, whereas in others they
will.
A good plan for a hot evening is to
give the yard a good watering with the
general spray say about 5 or 6 O'Clock,
and then take off the nozzle and allow
the grass to become soaked.
This will draw the cardinals, robins,
catbirds, thrushes and many others,
with the robins seeming to get the most
fun out of it.
Persons interested in bird life some
times forget just how little water there
is available to the songsters after hot
spring or summer day
With summer in April, as we had
this year, we had to get out the hose
earlier than usual. No doubt many
birds suffered severely.
In addition to the free use of the
hose. as suggested. several bird baths
snould be placed around the garden.
A puddle, as our correspondent sug-
gests, is welcomed by the birds
Small shallow pans, or dishes, sunk
in the earth at strategic points, make
excellent bird baths. One pedestal bird
bath is enough for any yard.
A neighbor has deep jar. or crock. as
some call it, which is at least six inches
deep. 1t is very popular with the birds,
although many persons think that
nothing deeper than two inches is safe.
Maybe the birds know more than we
think they do.
From o'clock in the evening until
dark is the birds own happy time.
If the yard is wet, really wet. they
will enjoy themselves in their night
club" great deal more than if every
thing is dry.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Rejects Pessimistic Conceptions
OF Europe's Tragic Destiny.

To the Editor of The Star:
There seems to be a growing defeatiSm
even among some of our most illustrious
refugees-not to mention any number
of natives who have returned from over
seas-that Europe is dying of senility.
For instance, Johannes Steel, who is
now one of democratic Europe's oral de-
tenders, in his autobiography, Escape to
the Present" paradoxically elegizes over
Europe while simultaneously eulogizing
America. Mr. Steel's sentiment is symp-
tomato of all too many pessimists among
us who by no stretch of the imagination
can be said to have pro-Fascist leanings;
but unwittingly they are making common
cause with their mortal enemies, for the
notion that Great Britain has outlived
her day only stultifies all of our efforts
to aid England.
OF course, the apparent ease with
which one European democracy after
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Echo Expert

According to popular song, Little
Sir Echo is nice little fellow, but
always so far away. According to a
news report quoting one commercial
echo expert, both of these statements
are false. The little fellow can be
very annoying, in halls where speech
is silver, silence golden, and rever-
berations are tinny. Nor is he so far
away that the expert cannot put the
finger on him and make him behave.
1t is his business to do just that.
When he gets case. he figures where
he would go if he were an echo, then
goes there and hangs a tapestry
which traps it and kills it on the
spot.
The echo expert says there are four
distinct types of echoes, not counting
the hired echo at mountain resorts
which sometimes goes to sleep on the
job or, worse still, becomes ruggedly
individualistic and answers hello"
with an "oh, yeah" to the confusion
of the proprietor. His four types are
the fluttering, the ghost, the true and
the whispering, differing in form but
having the common characteristic of
agreeing with their employers ex-
pressed opinion almost as rapidly as
a yes man in Hollywood. Unlike the
yes man, they are not so easily fired,
and that is where the expert comes
in. Hence, the echo business is
h0Onninp
Evening star., 1941-05-08
The Deportation Problem

The roundup of German seamen
ordered by Attorney General Jackson
draws attention once more to the
inadequacy of existing machinery for
handling deportable aliens, who, on
account of the war or for some other
reason cannot be returned to the
country of their origin.
This group, numbering one hun
dred and sixty. has been scattered
in perhaps dozen cities since the
Standard Oil tankers on which they
served were transferred from Amer
lean to Panamanian registry, months
ago. AS deportation was not possible,
their movements have been subject
to certain restrictions, but officials
seemingly have concluded that more
than this is warranted, and are pro-
ceeding accordingly.
The United States now is an un-
willing host to approximately two
Evening star., 1941-05-08
NEVADA Ave.

Dear Sir:
Knowing your interest in birds,
thought you might be interested in the
following:
Last Sunday during the close of the
two weeks drought period I was water
ing the roses and iris in the back yard.
Il stood about 10 feet from the iris.
that being as near as the hose would
reach and even then I had to arch the
spray rather high.
LAS soon as I started the water run
ming the robins began calling and fly
ing around; finally one, bolder than the
rest, hoped nearer and nearer up
among the iris to the jet of spray, and
with one final hop landed in hollow
between the plants in a nice little puddle
Of water, directly under the spray.
What bath he did have!
After finishing his bathing, he few
over to the neighbor's garage. where he
sat fufhng his feathers.
His mate flew to him and after much
chirping the new arrival flew down
into my Iris bed; however, she seemed
timid and did not advance far toward
the spray. Papa Robin decided she
needed encouragement, so he flew down
beside her and hoped along to the
shallow spot under the spray, then she
followed him, and he flew up to the
fence while she took her bath.
up in the rose bed a hole in the
hose had made quite miniature lake
and several other robins enjoyed bath
ing there.
There are more robins around our
place this year than ever before.
"One robin seems to have more in
telligence than the others in picking
out place for a home.
She chose bend on an eavespout
which curved in under a wide cornice
and in such way that the cornice acts
as roof over the nest
Just in front OF the eavespout is a
tree, which when fully leafed out will
completely hide the nest and provide
a flne playground for the young birds
when they begin to try their wings.
Yours very truly, j. S."
Every dry spell, no matter how short,
should find the garden hose in use. not
only for the good of plants and grass
but also for the birds
Robins, in particular, are extremely
fond of watered lawns. since the mois-
ture brings to the surface their fa-
vorite food
They also like to bathe and drink as
well as any species. Since they are un-
afraid. they will come closer to the per-
son handling the hose than most birds.
But this is not the best way to use
hose for the birds benefit
The best way is to take the nozzle
off and place the end of the hose on
the grass.
Then turn the water down at the
house, so that the flow from the open
end is very slow.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

another was bowled over by the Nazi
juggernaut conceivably might lead a lot
of otherwise well-meaning people to be-
lieve that such countries do not deserve
to survive. Even England they think,
despite her fight for life, is only enduring
the death throes of an old empire which
must yield her domains to a younger
power-prefera America.
If there were shred Of truth to this
fatalism, then the defeatists and their
satellites would be on the right track,
and everything we are doing to help
Europe would not only prolong her death
agony but also risk our own premature
death.
Let U.S. however. remind these Spengler-
ian liberals who tell us that culture is
done for in senile Europe and that only
in America can it survive, that the fewer
than 1000 years of Europes existence
are still some 1000 years under the
longevity of India, China, Egypt, Persia,
Arabia and other states which, although
far from as thriving as they once were,
are still very much alive and kicking.
anu 40 AOA lllC CdSC Will WlllCll lllc
democracies were taken let us remember
that their defeat was more the result
of their own individuality and conse-
quent refusal to band together in a
common front against their common
enemy; and especially because too many
liberty lovers in the democracies felt
precisely as do our own defeatists who
accept the totalitarian wave of the
future" as though it were 'in the cards"
One also could cite the tragedy of the
fifth column and half a hundred other
reasons which have nothing whatever to
do with the intrinsic strength of the
European democracieS.
Furthermore, the hundreds of thou
sands-perhaps millions-of dead and
dying, sick and wounded men. women
and children in Europe attest to the
brave fight the democracies have put up
against overwhelming odds.
think all history proves that civiliza-
tions, unlike humans, do not die natural
deaths; they are only destroyed by belli-
cose barbarians from without and by
defeatists and fifth columnists from
within. SEYMOUR DE KOVEN.
New York City.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Misinformution

The dangers involved in accepting
without question hearsay evidence
designed to influence Congress in its
consideration of legislative reforms
are we'll illustrated by developments
yesterday at the District rent control
bill hearings before House subcom-
mittee. A witness for the measure
testified that flfty-nine colored per-
sons were living in a fve-room house
on Virginia avenue, in the Southwest
section, and that forty tenants
shared another house in the same
part of the city. These and other
sensational statements were made in
support of the frequently voiced
charges that a low-cost housing
crisis exists in Washington and that
rents are soaring, or are due to soar,
to unreasonable heights.
Aroused by the alarming assertions
of the witness, the subcommittee
decided to take an eminently proper
step-the designation of one of its
members, Representative D'Alesandro
of Maryland, to make a firSthand
investigation of conditions at the
premises specified. Mr.. D'Alesandro
found that five, instead of fifty nine,
persons lived at the Virginia avenue
address, and eight, instead of forty,
persons occupied the other house. He
reported that the statements made
to the subcommittee in this connec-
ton were erroneous and fantastic"
Yet they are no more fantastic than
other exaggerated statements on the
same subject made on other occasions
by speakers whose sense of RESPONSE
bility, If nothing else, should hold
them to the facts.
This incident shows how unreliable
secondhand information can be and