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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Philomathea
Will Meet
Father william Benn. ST.,
To Review Cronin Book

Father William Benn, S. j.,
former associate editor OF
America" will review "The
Keys of the Kingdom" by A.
J. Cronin at the meeting of
Philomathea club to be held
at o'clock Tuesday in Bellar-
mine library. The program
will also include a preview of
Regiment for Two" a play to
be given by Bellarmine STU
dents.
Mrs. Herman Glastetter Ia chair
man Of the tea hour. assisted by
Mesdamcs Anthony Fermo, Gao
tano Fiorino, Florence Foley. Ted
Baritone. s. A. Gagliardi. John
Forkenhrock. A. M. Flynn. Leo
Gallagher. Pat Gallagher. Pearl
Gaul. J. r. GRASSY. w. II. Gehring,
II. A. Greiwe, e. c. Grenier. John
n Goblet, Richard Gilman. A. J..
Caudette. Joe J. German, Sam
Gloor, o. c. Hafsos, Albert Hahn,
Alex Harkins. e. NJ. Heckard, J. d.
Heinrich. c. E. Henriot. Joseph
Hermsen. J. c. Hinckley. Maurice
Hickey. Helen Honvlex. Agnes
HUFFMAN. Les J. Hunt, Fred j.
Holt, A. A. Huston. w. A. Holton,
T. L. Holland and Ted Gaffney.
Cars from the school will meet
the Oakland and 18th ut. busses
al Union ave. from 1880 until
$50 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08

A graceful wedding ceremony
combining informality and mill
tary tradition was held this after
noon when Miss Marilyn Herr
man of Salt Lake City and Lieut..
M. c. Stout of the seth Field Ar
tillery Battalion were married In
the Fort Lewis chapel.
The bride was charming In a
three-piece suit of teal blue
trimmed with fur, cinnamon brown
accessories, and corsage of white
orchids. Her sister. Miss June
Laverne Hermann of Salt Lake
City, who was her maid Of honor,
was dressed in a three-piece
brown-beige dressmaker suit, and
wore a corsage of talisman roses.
The mother of the bride, Mrs.
w. V. Hermann, wore a smart
red dress with black accessories.
and a corsage of roses. The brides
second sister, Virginia. was de-
mure in chocolate brown. with q
rose corsage.
Wear Uniforms
The groom and best man. Lieut..
Lloyd Duffin, rs well as the
ushers, Lieut.. Kindley Whitlock
and Fred Stevens, all wore the
uniform.
White chrysanthemums and tall
white tapers graced the church.
Officiating was Chaplain w. E.
Patrick.
An arch of sabers was formed.
through which the newly-married
couple walked following the cere-
mony.
The bridal party, relatives and
close friends gathered in Olympia
for a wedding supper. The new
Mrs. Stout cut the wedding cake
with her husbands saber, as is
the army custom.
The couple will be at home In
Olympia after the honeymoon.
Attended University of Utah
Mrs. Stout is a former student
Of the University of Utah. She is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
V. Hermann Of Salt Lake City.
Lieut.. Stout. the son Of Mrs. Alva
Stout Of Salt Lake City, gradu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08

j. we've on SUNDAY evening
Feature of the evening will be
the Santa Claus surprise dance,
details of which will not be re-
vealed.
Assisting on the committee are
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hagen, Mr..
and Mrs. James Ramsden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Thomas and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Anderson.
The foyer of the Roof Garden
will be gayly garlanded in greens
with Greetings to Wanna" writ
ten over the doorway.
Poinsettias will be combined
with the greens through the ball
room and at one end will be
huge Christmas card set in YER
dant fir trees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Announce Birth
OF Daughter

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hudina
are receiving congratulations on
birth Of their first child. a dsugh-
ter, Linda Marie. born Nov. 20 at
81. Joseph hospital.
Grandparents sharing the con-
gratulations are: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hudina Of Puyallup and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Mochwart Of
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Tacoma Day Nursery Board
VIII Meet Monday

Members of the Tacoma Day
Nursery board will meet at 10
o'clock Monday morning in the
Army and Navy room of Hotel
Winthrop. Mrs. Llewellyn F. Wing
will preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Tacoma Assembly. Rainbow
To Meet Saturday

Tacoma Assembly OF Rainbow
Girls will hold a business meeting
at T:3O O'Clock Saturday in the
Doric room Of the Masonic temple.
Mrs. Rose Leonard. mother sd-
wiser. and Miss Betty Heidinger,
worthy adviser, will preside.
Plans will be made for Christ
mas party which will follow the
initiation on Dec. 20. and for q
Rainbow and DeMolsy dance TO
be given Dec. p. Miss Shirley
McCiinchy will tell Of her visits
70 other Rainbow assemblies IN
the east
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Christmas Dance Planned
By Wanna for December Is
Committee TO Meet Sunday TO Draw Up Last Minute
Details; Mr. and Mrs. leVeIe Are Chairmen

"Yuletde Capers" is the Wanna club members
for their annual holiday dance at the Roof Car
den of the Winthrop next Saturday evening" Dec 10
To plan the affair." which is always one of the dancing
clubs incest parties of the year. the committee members
will the home of the chairmen, Mr. and Mrs Michael
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-08
Parkland Preschool Plans
Christmas Meeting

Parklahd pre-school vii hold its
Christmas meeting Monday eve
ming al the home of Mrs. Stewart
Palmer. Mrs. A. Gordon viii be
co-hostess. Guest speaker will be
Miss Mildred Mckenzie who will
read Dickens Christmas Carol. ="
Miss Mckenzie is pupil of
Martha Pearl Jones.
An exchange Of gifts. games
and the singing of Christmas
carols will be followed by refresh
ments.
Drill Team. Association of Past
Noble 6rabds Of Pierce County.
win practice at 1870 Monday at
the I o. o. r. temple. Sixth and
Fswcett- Mrs. Thomas Thomas.
drill captain. vii Dc in charge
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
by Willis Thornton
Politics, Pistols and PioIefs

name, or has it legally and publicly
sian, frequent change of name is
commonplace. and suggests no
culpability.
To us, secret intrigue and politi-
cal double e-crossing seem contemp-
tible and evil. we have little talent
for it; to the Russian it seems the
breath of life.
To us, the abject confessions of
men accused cf political unortho-
doXy i'll Russia seem unfathomable;
we can understand a man signing
a confession under duress, but the
-caStigation that goes with it in
Russia. we cannot understand.
Leon Sedotf, son of Trotsky, died
in Paris in 1888 apparently sui
eide, with the police unable to
substantiate his fathers charges of
OGPU murder Trotsky himself was
brutally murdered last year in Mex
ico by q zealot welding a piolet, or
Alpine climing-aXe Now Krivitsky,
who publicly had renounced what
he claimed was a lifetime of inter-
national intrigue and spying for
the Russian government, and who
wrote a long expose of it, dies by
the gun. There have been others.
The only common denominator has
been common opposition to the
present Russian government.
Whether this newest thriller of
the slums of international politics
Is murder or not, we may never
know But the long succession of
such deaths begins TO put a strain
on coincidence.
Maybe even innocent minded
Americans will begin TO be con-
Vinced that the real world of to-
day has thrown into shadow the
fictional world created by Open
helm and Achmed Abdullah.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
MORE DELAY WOULD BE
PURELY OBSTRUCTIVE

It is self-evident that any attempt by
unfriendly bondholders to carry an ap-
peal to the supreme court on the local
refunding case would have little chance
of success, since it would be rather diff
cult to get the high court tc consider
again questions it has already decided.
Since this is true, any appeal from the
district courts judgment is bound to
have the color of an attempt to bring
about delay for the sake of delay, rather
than for the sake of actually testing the
law.
The net result of recent supreme court
decisions in cases other than our own is
to bring our own plan that much nearer
unhampered operation.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

ure of $l66 ton, supplying l,768,-
900 tons would run to about $685.
100000.
Subtract this from the $4O0,-
100000 balance remaining three
paragraphs up and you have Sl05,-
100000 left for planes. Average
price of modern patrol bomber
fully equipped is $125,000. Divide
that into $l05, 100000 and you will
see tttt Britain would get no
more than $50 planes.
ANOTHER YEAR
ANOTHER DOLLAR
If we are unable to give Britain
the destroyers, but substitute a
crusier or two at S25,000,000 each
or battleship at a minimum $685.
100000 the number of planes and
destroyers would be proportionately
reduced, eight deStroyers being OBJ
tainable for the price of one battle
ship, and 200 planes for one crui-
ser.
There is one ace in the hole
which offers Britain hope of more
help This is the fact that the
81 100000 limit applies to funds
heretofore appropriated" Another
year, another budget, will mean an
other II billions or more to spend.
And if the situation in Europe has
taken turn for the worse, maybe
the ante will be raised
IN A FEW LINES
Andy Melons passion for anony-
nifty was so great his name doesn't
appear On the outside of his SIS
O0O,0O0 gift National Gallery of Art
which F. D. r. will open March II.
One out OF every 20 of the nations
young folk between Is and "a is
getting from 50 to $50 a month
from National Youth Administra-
ton during current school year. E.
Australias minister to U. S.. Rich
ard Casey, and wife are both pilots
and fly yellow monoplane christ
ened Boomerang around Washing
ton airports. Blood bank" part
les are the latest in Washington.
Idea is to give a benefit bridge,
then have all the guests stop at
children's hospital and donate q
bottle of blood for storage and
use in emergency transfusions.
Most parties are scheduled for VAL
entines day, and slogan is Have
q Heart. "Unheard-of de-
partment"-CCC returned to the
treasury more than $l4,O0O,00 of
its s295,000 600 appropriation last
Year
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

To began with, it is quite useles.
for Americans to try to under
stand the death of Samuel-Walter
Ginsburg- -Krivitsky. The detective
thriller aspect of former Russian
secret service man found dead in a
Washington hotel is E. Phillip
Cppenhem- enough, and there
will be a wild and violent discussion
in radical circles about whether he
was the svictim of political re-
venge.
But the whole business of po-
litical assassination or political sui
eide either, Russian style, is be-
ycnd us simple Americans to under
stand.
Was Ginsburg- -Krivitsky murder
ed by an implacable political as
sassin of the Russian OGPU, who
pursued him across the world with
q bloodhound determination that
makes jefferson Hopes pursuit of
Drebber and Stangerson in Sher-
lock Holmes story look like a cas-
ual encounter? Did the victim be-
come Mortified at his exposures of
international plotting by the Sow
lets, and kill himself in sheer re-
morse, as many of his Communist
associates appear TO have done in
Moscow? Did the terror of im-
pending and unavoidable assassi-
nation drive him to pull the trig-
ger of his own gun first? Or was
suicide or murder due to some other
and unknown cause?
We do not know and we prob
ably never shall know. All that
comes to the American mind,
which Is simple and direct, is that
the kind of life that is lived in
the more conpiratorial circles Of
Russian radicalism is quite> beyond
our understanding.
TO us, a man goes by his own
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
KNOCKED OUT
BEFORE IT STARTS

The United States supreme court has
Knocked the props from under any ap-
peal on the Imperial Irrigation Districts
| refunding decision even before such an
appeal can be started.
Supreme court decisions in the Lind
say-Strathmore and affiliated refund
ing cases cleared up points of law which
/ otherwise might have been raised IN
possible appeal from the expected favor
able decision in the Imperial districts
case Because of the supreme court ac-
| ton, we find ourselves in the enviable
position of having constitutional issues
/ decided in the highest court of the land
even before a subordinate court has hand
! ed down the favorable decision 1t has
virtually promised.
The whole issue may be confusing to
the average layman who has not follow
ed the progress of refunding closely. For
Qualification, the situation is briefly,
this:
Refunding legislation as it applies to
irrigation districts raised numerous ques-
tions of legal and constitutional rights
as between bondholders and districts. Nu
merous suits were filed, largely in Cali
fornia, by bondholders objecting to pro-
posed refinancing plans. Among these
were suits against the Imperial Irriga-
ton District.
One by one, the suits have been settled
in favor of the districts, and one by one
they have been appealed to the supreme
court. All the while the Imperial dis
trict's suit was going through the federal
district court of appeals, with judgment
held up until constitutional issues should
be settled in the other cases by the SUI
preme court. The district court has indi-
. Gated that it will hand down decision
placing the Imperial districts plan per
manently in operation.
With that indication in mind, the fear
has existed that additional delay would
be caused by an appeal on the part of
unfriendly bondholders to the supreme
court.
Now, however, the supreme court has
resolved all the cases before it in favor
of the districts-and in so doing has de-
cided the same constitutional and legal
involving the Imperial districts case.
If we bear in mind the fact that the
supreme court rarely accepts an appeal
taken on matters of fact, but normally
acts only on matters of legal interpreta-
ton and constitutional law, it appears
evident that there can be little hope for
a successful appeal once our own refund
ing decision is handed down by the dis
trict court Unfriendly bondholders could
not, under legal procedure, retry the
whole case in the supreme court. They
could question only the legal justifica-
tion for the lower courts judgment-and
appeals already decided have settled that
point
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
by Paul Harrison
Hollywood S Fads, Fancies and FoibIes

sets. When l saw Ludwig, it was
just after he had learned that his
stupid idea had been quickly
adopted.
This business he said, has
been built on bungling. I won't
agree that any of the money that
is supposed to have been wasted
is really a less. When somebody
tries something that flops miser-
ably, It's still a laboratory expert
ment that will help in movie de-
( ..a:-:.t Even the widest eX-
t.avagances and the screwiest ideas
are valuable in defining our limits.
of course a great many of the
ideas work, although maybe they
are too advanced to be practical
at the time. l remember when
Wesley Ruggles began a picture at
Vitagraph and stunned everybody
by ordering black k-and-white strip
ed wallpaper for big set.
only trouble was that his the
ory was ahead of technical devel-
cpment. Today, vertical striped
backgrounds give the best results.
And incidentally, Ruggles is still
doing all right.
GRIFFITH PIONEERS
CLOSEUPS, MOB SHOTS
Earlier still, they used to nail
the camera to the floor and bring
all the action in front of it. D. w.
Griffith was considered completely
mad When he tried the first close
up, and the experts told how audi
enceS never would eccept huge
images of faces on the screen.
When Griffith was making
Intolerance he had feeling that
one of the tremendous mob scenes
ought to be shown by rising
camera which would build up the
effect OF mass as it gradually took
IN mere and more people. So he
hung his camera and operator on
captive balloon let up on a
cable. Naturally, the shot wasn't
very steady Or very sharp. But
it was the first boom shot in
movies, and today everybody uses
cameras off the ends of cranes"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
SLICK TRICK
alameda Times-Star)

Hitler's magnificent offer to let 450,-
600 German refugees come to America
seems to be generally regarded as huge
fraud. London commentators speak of it
as 'one of the best Nazi phones of the
war" Americans, looking this gift horse
in the mouth, are mostly agreed with the
English verdict, in spite of our natural
sympathy for the people concerned.
1t is a very clever scheme. If we ac-
cept, it's an enormous trouble and ex-
pense interfering with our own affairs
in an international crisis If we refuse,
the Nazis call us callous and hypocrti-
cal
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
LOYAL OPPOSITION
LEADERSHIP IN u. S.
W atSonville SUM

kNaCSOnNllle sum
The other day, in this column, we pre-
dicted that Wendell Willkie would give
the senate foreign relations committee
an "earful' when he returned from Eng
land. And he did!
In all our American history. as far as
we can recall it, there probably has been
few episodes closely parallel to MreWill
kie's appearance before the senate group
this week.
1t was the same Wendell Willkie who
as republican nominee last fall conducted
vigorous, and sometimes bitter, cam
paign against President Roosevelts re-
election. The same Wendell Willkie who,
after the election, called upon his 22,OOO,
900 supporters to continue an active, or
ganized loyal opposition to the pro-
gram of the administration
During the last three months it is
evident Mr.. Willkie has thought great
deal about American affairs and their
relationship to the events abroad Ger
tainly, too, he has seen at first hand
great deal of what is going on in Great
Britain. 1t can hardly be doubted he
has learned much.
His testimony on the lend-lease bill
proved that Mr. WILKES loyal opposi-
ton emphasized the word loyal and
places loyalty to his country foremost.
The opposition he represents is an op-
position only to such methods or details
of the program as he feels can be i'm
proved; it is not an opposition designed
to block or hinder supreme national
effort, not an opposition based on parti-
san feelings or on personal cOnsidera
tions. 1t is a loyal opposition that is con-
structive, healthful, frank and refresh
ing.
He voiced a strong plea for national
unity and his own action was in itself a
powerful force toward such an end. APP
pealing to the administration ma jority
to accept certain notifications of the
bill, he rightly declared:
at would be truly inspiring for us
and liberty-loving people everywhere if
this bill could be adopted with a nom
partisan and almost unanimous vote"
A solidly united people, he added,
would possess "a strength greater than
that of armament, battleships or air
planes"
Surely the majority leaders can and
should show the same willingness to pro-
duce measure that, while it will give
the maximum amount of prompt aid to
Great Britain, Greece and China in their
struggle against the dictators at the
same time will eliminate as many objec-
tionabe points as possible. In every
way, they, too, should seek the national
unity which Mr.. Willkie so eloquently
defined.
The defeated republican candidate in
his role of opposition leader has done his
country q Ster1inU service
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 194

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced By editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
Famous Sayings

When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what
is false is increased through fear.-Quntus Curtius
Rufus
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
Thoughts for the Day

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another but thou
shalt fear thy God for I am the Lord your Cod
Leviticus 25:I7
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

The Australian emu has feath-
ers with 4 double form, in which
two plumes grow from the same
quill.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
So they Say

Foreign policy today cannot and
should not be considered apart from
social and economic policy.
John G. Winant, new ambassador
10 Great Britain.
After the European Way, the
Western Hemisphere is certain TO
become the center of civilization.
Any civilization, any civilized liv-
ing means building.
Thomas S. Holden, president of
the F.. w. Dodge Corporation.
l like the German people, but /
have no respect for Hitler and the
Nazi flag.
Municipal Judge Ida May Adams,
Los Angeles, in trouble with the
State Department because she
burned such a flag in court.
A library is great deal more
than a building and collection of
books.
DIR. Dilworth Lupton, Cleveland
minister.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

Forestry is che of the three
leading primary industries of the
Dominion of Canada.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
MEMBER

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fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18
Did You Know?

Some steel rails laid half a cen
tury ago are in use, but their
More than half the flowers OF
More than $4,000 public garages
and $4,000 automobile service sta
tions and repair shops are operated
in the United States.
More than half the folWers of
the world are red or shades of red.
The Canadian province of On
tario produces 80 per cent OF the
rubber goods production cf the
Dominion. including footwear.
Annually, the United States ex-
pends S1O0000,O00 for incandescent
lamps, and $l,0O0,000,000 for the
power to burn them.
In Japan, seaweed is being con-
verted into artificial wool by a
factory which turns out five tons
of the product daily.
Canada's wheat flour production
in 1888 was the highest in eight
years.
The first day of summer is well
coined in Fairbanks, Alaska, with
a midnight baseball game.
Mother Earth has a heart of iron,
according to scientists.
A duck of the far north Bar
rows golden-cye, nests in trees.
Yes" and no" are adverbs.
The Australian emu has feath-
ers with a double form, in which
two plumes grow from the same
quill.
Forestry is cne of the three
leading primary industries of the
Dominion of Canada.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 10 - The
trouble with Hollywood" said Ed
ward Ludwig, lis that it's SO full
OF stupid people doing so many
stupid things
My ears stood out like Clark
Cables when I heard that. 1t didn't
sound like the sentiment of top
notch director who for 18 years has
helped Hollywood grow up. Besides,
I'd just heard him expressing sat-
isfaction with his current chore,
which is guiding Brian Aherne,
Henry Stephenson, Nils Aster and
some other gratifying playc"c i
The Man Who Last Hi.-..,o oAe
those slick comedies.
1t turned out that Ludwig was
merely mocking cynical opinion as
the result of some controversy he
had had about painting furniture
Beginning with an elegant draw
ing room furnished in everything
from red plush to gilded period
chairs, he had shocked everyone
by ordering all the stuff painted
in solid but slightly varying tones
Of gray.
Most of the furnishings were
valuable, and there were protests
that one chest OF drawers in par
ticular was an antique worth $4,000
Paint it," insisted Ludwig. DO it
in water color and take it off
afterward if you want to. But paint
it,"
OUT OF THE RED,
INTO THE GRAY
So they did, while word went
around the studio that Ludwig had
gone nuts. But when everything
on the set was gray, the cinema
tographer discovered he could use
his lights much more effectively.
He found he didn't have to worry
about attention stealing objects
which normally would have looked
too dark or too light. He found
that he Guild give almost all his
skill to photographing the players.
Quite few people dropped into
the projection room to see the
rushes after that. And in a few
days two other big pictures on the
lot were being filmed on gray-tcned
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

A duck of the far north, Bar
rows gOlden-eye, nests in trees.
Yes and no are adverbs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-18

Some steel rails laid half a cen
tury ago are in use, but their
More than half the flowers OF
Evening star., 1941-04-27
ROOMS FURNISHED.

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walnut and green; redecorated; very at
tractiVe pvt. home AID 2I36
Evening star., 1941-04-27

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swim Girls or married couple. GE. 3sS1.
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rooms, with cool porches; new home;
ch.w. unlimited phone conv. trans.
1871
Evening star., 1941-04-27
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