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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
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HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZelTikE

world is the matter Surely
you're not worrying about that
accident" she caught herself
She wouldn't talk Of II on Christ
mas Eve. I've . plan for to-
morrow, Bill How we can make
1t Merry Christmas for Nicky
And / want syou TO wear your
Santa Claus suit"
He looked up at her. his eyes
weary and disillusioned. SAINTS
Claus ?" A cynical smiled played
havoc with his mouth. Mr.. Her
rick just gave me my Christmas
present. A yellow slip"
Fired, Bill ?" she CAPPED.
Yes. Fired. He wasn't man
enough TO come up and tell me
He had to send a printed note
Fired me as II I were no more
than a Christmas extra"
He's planning to blame you foi
the elevator accident" Caro-
blurted out. Il heard him say a,
much TO Andy this afternoon. It,
unfair. I'm going 10 Andy my.
self. I'm going to tell him just
what happened"
Bill rose hreayily. mo. Carol
Thanks just the same. II Andy''
too blind to zee whats going or
he won't take our word for II
He'll have to find Mr.. Herrick ou'
some other way" He was thought
ful a moment before he added
But III go 20 the hospital with
you al fright. III play Santa
+ Clause once more"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
One Man Hangs
Himself; Another
Swallows Poison

An attempted suicide and a sui
eide were included in reports of
local police Saturday.
Dead is Ole J. Rohme. whose
address is listed as Shack 4. Holly
wood, Tacoma. His body was dis
covered hanging from the rafters
of his shack after police investi-
gated report he had not been
seen by his neighbors since Tues
day. Coroner T. II. Long said
the man had been dead about three
days. Cassidy & Allen is complet-
ing funeral arrangements.
) Vincent Johnson was taken by
police to the county hospital in an
unconscious condition after taking
poison in his room at the Central
hotel Friday shortly before p. m.
Hospital attendants said Saturday
he would recover.
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Continued From Page TEN
go together and take each child
to the proper place.
He gratefully agreed and within
an hour they had delivered each
one to his mother, explaining that
the doctor had examined him and
found him unhurt.
Then, while Bill returned to the
store, Carol went toward the hos
pital to see about Nicky.
"Jiminy-gee. Miss Carol" MIC
ky said. II don't 'spose you'd
come so quick. Mr.. Andy just
left"
They had fixed him up in a
plaster cast but he seemed cheer
full.
of course I'd come. Nicky.
How do you feel?"
My back hurts but the doctor
says it's OK"
That's fine. I'll bet you were
going up to toyland to see that
electric train Mr.. Andy prom
Used? ,"
"Uh-huh." His small face cloud
ed. Guess Ill be here for Christ
mas now. You can't have much
Christmas in hospital.
Don't worry about that" she
assured him. Sometimes hospi.
tai Christmases are the incest Of
all.
And she determined 10 make II
80.
She spent the balance OF The
afternoon searching for a small
tree and tiny ornaments 10 match
II. She bought a lot Of little gift,
and wrapped them separately ir
bright tissue. II would be fun fol
Eicky 70 open them.
When she finished she went Il
look for Bill. Carol wanted hin
10 go with her and Mary TO tbs
hospital in the morning.
The closing bell sounded as sh,
reached toylsnd- For a swift mo-
ment she remembered that tn,
marked the end Of another Christ.
mas shopping season. A strange
nostalgia swept her. Another
year was quickly drawing TO q
close. Too quickly, II meant
there were only 10 brief days for
Andy 70 prove himself. So far
he had done nothing 10 indicate ne
was capable Of running the store
Bill was sitting on his tinsel
throne when she found him. He
had his head in his h. Hds
'.BiltT she exclaimed ss she
rushed up TO him. What in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
Actions in Divorce

New divorce actions were filed
In superior court Saturday by
Mary against John 3. crosIl. al.
lssing burdsnsoms home life:
Dora .. against Ferdinand w,
wienk. burdsnsoms home life:
Emma against Asei Honess. bur
dsnzoms home hfs: Helen y.
against Robert e. Kelly. assertion.
fntsriocutory decrees have been
granted n. w. and Hazel Meade.
Elsie q. from J. y. Thomas. Hazel
from John Bowman. Katherine
from ~ y. Gwinn. zeims u from
~ J. Roxen. VIVA from W. X
sp~ngier, Margaret from Philip
Mschs. and Ceorwins ~. from ~.
G. Herness.
Final dsersss have b~sn award
ed in the suits of v. ID. against
e, h. Cooper snd Margaret ~.
against Philip ". ssumsnn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
F. Harry Tuell. Well Known
F uneral Director, Passes

F. Harry Tuell. 50. of $40 No
Lawrence st. died suddenly of a
heart attack Friday afternoon. He
had been a funeral director in Ia
coma since 1928. and at the time
Of his death was secretary of the
Tuell Funeral home.
The mortician had been in good
health despite previous heart at
tacks which forced him into
partial retirement.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at p. m. at Epworth
Methodist church, with Revs.
William T. Turner and Harold O..
Perry officiating. Burial will be
in Tacoma cemetery.
Former Contractor
Tuell, native OF Calais. Maine.
was born April 3. 1882. He came
to Tacoma at the age of 81 and
with exception of a year in Alaska
in 1904 he made his home here
since that time. Prior to becom-
ing a mortician he was a building
contractor, working in partnership
with his brothers.
He was past president of the
Pierce County Funeral Directors
association and a member of the
Sixth Avenue Business Mems
club. He also was an active MEM
Der of Epworth Methodist church,
having joined the institution 81
years ago. Nearly all the years of
his membership were spent on the
church's official board. He also
was president of the Mems broth
erhood of the church for several
years and took particular interest
in work of the young people.
Leaves Five Sons
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Ann II. Bertelson Of Ia
ma, whom he married on his 25th
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
How The Jury Voted
Women: Yes. 4; no, 2.
Men: Yes, 2; no, 4.

Manufacturer: No A wife so
lacking In a sense of duty. kind
ness and understanding ~ she must
be Ia not worth II.
Housewife; No. The wife might
not like his mother but under the
circumstances she should mako
certain sacrifices
Agriculture Agent; Yes. The
mother has no night 10 interfere
with her sons home.
Business Executive; Yes. lie
should have consulted his wife
ahead OF time. Too many MARI
ages are ruined by mother in-iaw
trouble.
Store Decorator woman: Yea.
His mother had no right 10 move
into their home without an inyi-
tation from the wife.
Wet<ier: No. A man can't issye
his own mother out In the cold and
no decent wife should expect him
to
sai~sgiri; Yes he has made .
home with hls wife and not with
his mother and that's where his
first duty is.
Coal Dealer; No. A wife who
does that 10 just too cold. blooded.
That IL a terrible insult To his
mother.
Housewife; Yes. There may be
something between them that he
doesn't know about. Anyway. HIS
mother should leave.
Hardware Dealer; No. The wife
IL wrong. She was probably just
waiting for an excuse 10 leave.
Women don't walk out that easy.
Actress; No. That particular
wife 10 being very unjust. Ths
husband should teach ber . bitter
lesson and LET her 20.
Housewife; Yea. I'm not saying
that the wife has done right bat
even 70 he should let hls mother
leave.
Copyright. is4I)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
Man Gassed
Riding Bus

Rev. Merrill G. Skaug, SO. of
s43a So. G ST.. pastor Of Fern Hill
Baptist church. was taken Friday
afternoon to the county hospital
for treatment of carbon monoxide
poisoning which police said he re-
ceived while riding city bus
owned by the Tacoma Transit Co.
He was left at 18th and Pacific
by driver Of the Fern Hill bus,
where he was picked up In a
police ambulance and taken TO the
hospital. Hospital attaches said
he probably would be released 10
his home Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
Put Names on Doors

Business men of the city were
called upon Saturday by Chief of
Police Einar Langseth to CO.
operate in the present emergency
by putting on their doors the
names. addresses and telephone
numbers of those in authority to
be contacted by police or defense
workers in the event such a pro-
cedure becomes necessary. II was
pointed out that more than one
name should be displayed as an
alternative.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
Rev. VIM. A. Moore
To Wed Eva Heslop

A marriage license application
was received Saturday at the
county auditors office from Rev.
william A Moore. widely known
Tacoma and Puyallup valley pas
tor of the Christian church. and
Miss Eva Is. Heslop. a Portland
stenographsr.
Rev. Moore has recently been
public relations director of the c.
G. Mellinger Co. lie Was for many
years pastor OF First Christian
church IN Tacoma and later served
in PuyslIup and Sumner
PIE gave his age rs "a he Is n
widower. Miss Heslop gave her
age a. IS. and her status. single.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

Rumor Is Spread
By Word OF Mouth
BY JlMMf hATlo

One wild rumor which has been
spread by word OF mouth through
out Tacoma was definitely spiked
Saturday as false.
The story told by gossip mongers
was that a wireless transmitter.
equipped TO send messages 10
Japan. had been found In the st.
Helens Florists store at s32 St
Helens ave.
John Fukuyama. proprietor of
the store. who rs American born
and a former Stadium high school
football player. cannot imagine
why such rimor was started.
He said Saturday that the store
hasn't even been visited by police
or government agents
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
Send Nomes OF Blind

All blind persons in Tacoma are
asked 10 have friends or relatives
send their names and addresses %
Joe wilkins Of the Home Defense
at 6002 so. Puget Sound. A list will
be compiled 80 that blind persons
can be cared for In case Of emer-
gency. Registrations are 70 Be
made by mail. not BY telephone
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
MOTOR OIL. MISSING

Theft Of 81 gallons Of motor "a
from a service station at 5s0s
South Tacoma way wss reportee
TO police Friday by X. Trim ol
that address.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
IL TALK


Hello. Folks, We see by the
paper that Christmas will
soon be here.
We hope that santa Claus viii
10 sbse Ia locate you In the black
out.
But the world is still full Of A
great many good things - and
Junior will want them all. of
course
Only trouble with this time of
year is that fathers earning ca
pacity looks so silly when COM
pared with the fsmily's yesrning
capacity,
Daily Definition: Christmas is
the season when there are so many
things you don't want but have TO
get with money you do want but
haven't got.
An oldfashioned girl
Il Aggie McTaw.
She hurts her finger
And still says "Pshaw!"
II seems apparent that the Japs
are trying to grab control of the
Pacific by war because they were
unable to wrest in peace.
YE DIARY
Up pretty betimss ond 10 shs print
cry, there serivenins oil the dey long
most diligently. but anon home only
On hour later thon expected. After
supper. did 90 with the good wife 70
visit the neorby stofion OF Hremen
t~ho do be indeed brave servont, OF
the public and there did we both
register for whichever duty moy pre-
sent itself in time Of stress. And so
TO home in potriosie good spirit. albeit
with several disopprovins slonees at
the eIoudless sky, and thence to bed
before the rursew.-C. o. D.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

ofvilIe Andersen. -. ~ to.1
Rueker st.. Evsrvtt. died in .
local hospital Friday afternoon ~
lnIuriss received ~ 77B ~. Nelens
ave. earlier IN the day whils un-
loading steel beams fror = truck.
Police said tbs Iosd started 70
fan from ths truck and that An
derssn Was unable IN sscape. One
NJ the heavy beams pinned him n
the curb. crushing HE lowsv ehest
and stomach. The body waa sent
10 the Iridium mostuary N nne-
! homish.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
CANDY MACHINE LOOTED

A thief broke into the Com
munity thester through a small
window and broke open candy
machine. obtaining about $50 in
nicEels. J. r.. Porter. manager.
told police Friday Afternoon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
WATCH. BOOTS STOLEN

Navel Browning of 937 Faw-
eett ave. complained to police Fri
day a watch and a pair Of boots
with a combined value of s67 50
were taken from the locker room
OF the Wheeler-Osgood Sales Corp,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

birthday: five sons. David r.,
manager Of the Tlell Funeral
home: Dean NJ. teacher at Park
land junior high school; Gordon
H.. member Of the kIRo radio
station staff in Seattle: Stanley
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
l03 Men and Women
AT First Aid Class

One hundred and three men and
women attended the first aid class
Friday evening at the Sheridan
school. Glasses will be held there
at and 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

- materials for othsr esnerH~ncise
- you can Keep on the stresta
u hlsekouts are necsseary.
ny sll means keep cooI. With
. eonfia~ncs that vsetory wsIi ~
ours and that our army and navy
havs thinss In hand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

WIN wa MsfMuffeys @AFY
Martin srd Robert Preston N ne
lead roles ard Akin rAmiru0
lynne overrsn ard Erie ntcrs
carrying the burden far the sup.
porting east. New yafh rcwn~
offers nnrs nf them the cprnrtuns.
tee for faIi expression a th>sf
talents.
A. . matter II fses. Mary Mar
TN 10 kept under ~fspe fre~ start
TO finish ard has little Or M chance
IN sing and dance - Mary can
rhis naturally 10 . hst ef . de-
sppointm~nt because sfssr ssesea
her - recently IN Bsns cvcsey's
birth ef the niass~ one feels
actually do~nhesrsed when h1asy's
hands are TIED "
mcw~ses. "New Vera rswu~
h . rusWaaele yesu n we1eo
wwA sosraewsvNy 60 pvvssas
Tssses have Mary - e&>>s 80
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gsa6 encssse - ~
On The same nov etli u srhe
ssors Pays or" . racket eom-
efy with Mamie Rasenhlcom m The
serving end Al = tee party. oAag.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15
PURSE STOLEN

Mrs Leila Galbraith of 1912 No.
Stevens ST. Friday reported to
police the theft of her purse from
a cloak room in the armory She
said the purse contained $3.50 in
cash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

Tonight. when donoe fons
eo'her Of the Century ballroom
where Clyde Knight ord his
orchestra ore the feature Of
traction, chornine Jonet Lee
will come in for more fhon her
share Of attention. She IS
soloisi with the populor bond
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

w, student at Northwestern
university medical school. and
Jack NJ. a pre-law student at the
University of Washington; two
brothers, Oscar l.. of Tacoma and
DR.. Charles II. of Bisbee. Ariz. /;
one sister, Mrs. Stillman d. Little
of Phoenix, Ariz., and three grand
children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

The plot ia variation az rather familiar nunbos
the destitute girl whom fate takes hand to alter ~ cutu1
for the tsideookins-in to the inside ookine-outl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-15

Only trouble with this time of
year is that fathers earning ca
pscity looks so silly when COM
pared with the fsmily's yesrning
capacity,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
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take care of delinquencies, the dis
trict is required to add Is per cent
to levies for bonds and interest. so
that in effect the district really
is required to pay only $725,000 a
year, no more.
Protecting the district as we'll as
the bondholders' investment, the
district is required to levy annually
Sl50,000 for drainage work and $50
900 for emergency operations and
maintenance. This 100000 total is
approximately the same figure that
bondholders relinquish in agreeing
to a 25 per cent decrease in inter-
est.
When the regular drainage fund
exceeds s300.000 or the emergency
fund Sl50,000, the excess will be
applied as additional sinking fund
money TO retire bonds and war
rants.
Sinking funds are set up under
the modification for principal re-
tirement and the maturity dates of
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
Former Czorist
Colonel Killed

of Gen. Walter c.. KrivitSky, FORM
er chief of the Soviet Military In
telligence for Western Europe and
author of a series of magazine ar
ticles purporting to expose Soviet
espionage. Washington police call
ed Krivitsky'S death suicide but
his friends, including his attorney,
Louis Waldman, insisted that he
had been murdered by the Soviet
secret police. =
Borislavsky's wife, hospital
employe said he had left home for
stroll and that she had given him
35 cents. Eleven cents was found
on his body.
Col. Peter zouboff, a friend of
Borislavsky and treasurer Of the
Russian Cathedral had visited the
Borislavsky home last night. He
said Borislaysky was a graduate OF
the Russian Military Academy and
had been a colonel in the engineer
ing corps of the imperial army. He
said Borislavsky had been working
on device for eliminating smoke
and that he had invented a bomb,
the patent on which he had SUBJ
mitted to the war department,
Army officials had replied favorably
but had not accepted the invention,
Zouboff said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24
KidnaP Suspect
Gives Girl Up

YUBA CITY. Cal, Feb. "a. (UP'
District Attorney Lloyd Hewitt OF
Sutter county today said he eX-
pected 10 file charges tomorrow
against Irwin Ted Dowden. WPA
worker suspected of kidnapping ten
year-old Grace Van Doom from her
Live Oak home near Yuba City.
Dowden told authorities he took
the girl because she was being mis-
treated at home. They walked into
the Sacramento police station Sat
urday afternoon. Dowden was trans
ferred to the Yuba county Jail and
booked for Investigation on suspi-
cion of kidnapping
The girl was taken to the county
detention home, where she celebrat-
ed her 10th Birthday yesterday.
Hewitt said the charges might be
kidnapping or child stealing. Robert
Van Doom, the girls father. told
Hewitt he had been considering fill
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. "a CUP) =
Michael Borislavsky, 55, former
colonel in the Czarist Russian army
and inventor of military devices
reported to be under study by war
department officials, was found
dead on sidewalk early today,
shot thorugh the eye.
He lay face down beside the wall
surrounding the convent of the Sa-
cred Heart. His spectacles lay near
by At first it was believed he had
fallen after a heart attack, and his
breaking spectacles had cut his eye.
Not until a medical examiner made
an investigation at the morgue, was
1t discovered that he had a bullet
hole in the back of the head. Then
1t became evident that he had been
shot while wearing the spectacles.
The right lens was smashed and
fragments of glass were found in
the bullet pierced eye. The bullet
had emerged through the back of
the head. No gun or bullet was
found at the scene.
The case recalled the fatal shoot
ing in Washington hotel Feb. 10