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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

At Latin-America. while those
slanted for the United states are
put on record At Laurel. Nd.
CHINESE. RUSSIAN.
SLoyAk. ICELA>DIC
These four points operate on
three eight-hour shifts. day and
night taking care Of all types Of
word harrsge. including consider
able eastern hemisphere material.
such as the Arabic programs sent
from Axis stations to North
Africa
Frequently so-ealled "outlsw"
trsnsmissions. sent secretly from
within friendly countries. are
picked up and recorded Record
ings are made on white celluloid
discs or debating machine cylin-
ders
Language experts in Chinese.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

Its almost like listening In on
the instructions a. they are being
given" says Lloyd A. Free. diree-
tor Of the FBMs. which is con-
Quoting q 24-hour survey Of short
wave brosdcssts 10 detect new
techniques and lines OF action
which set the pace for pro-Axis
papers and Fifth columnists In
the western hemisphere and else
where.
A news broadcast from Tokyo
in Spanish for Latin American
consumption may be picked UP at
the monitor services Portland,
Ore, listening post" A speech
in English from below the Rio
Grande might be intercepted at
kingsville, Tex. There IL q re-
oeiver in Puerto Rico which re-
cords European programs aimed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Actions in Divorce

New suits o. divorce had been
flied Friday In Pierce county
superior e0lrt by Owen N. against
Barbara McGlssson. with grounds
Of bafdsnsoms home life. Beatrice
n. sgains william Taylor. chang
Ing burdsnsoms hofss life. Paul G.
sgainst HAZEL covefiy. charging
dssertlon. George r. against Juns
Fitzhsnry. charging bDrdsnsoms
hume life: Margaret against Gar.
lard n. Racquet. charging burden
sous home hfs and ny Lillian ~.
against Everett W. wlfbro~,
charging bs1rdsnspnae nome hfs.
yinsl divorce asersss awarded
In Pierce county superior court
Friday Included thoee n Jacob
from Rosa issiln and ARENA frem
Thomas A. Brown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

10 a. Jessph's hospital Friday
was Pred Tsusnt. 80. ~ ~. :.
Bos 80. Tacoma. ~ha suffered .
slight hsast attack shortly besors
midnight Thursday whiis working
81 the sssttis-Tseoma shipbuiid-
Ing ca. Ne vac taken BY peises
ambulance TO the hospital and
treated for . scalp isesrstisa whsa
he fell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
$4,000 Store
Permit Issued

A new $4,000 safeway store
viii be built At 1o1f So. X Ct.
building permits issied by the city
Friday showed. Permits also were
issued 10 Harry c. Johns. Route 1.
Box 14e. Tacoma. for q 5000
residence st 402s Es. c St; Inn
manuel Lutheran church. H2o No.
14th. for q $500 residence 1T
1915 No. Stevens: Emel n Roller.
1723 SO. 45th. for q $500 resi-
denes at 1928 SO. Asotin. and
A. L. X. Hudson. 1870 10. Oskss.
for a $500 refldenes at >sI< 10.
Cakes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Two Drivers Fined
In Justice Court

4 Two motorists. arrested earlier
IN the day by the state patrol,
we're found guilty before Justice
Blanche Funk Miller Friday and
6ned.
Heaviest penalty went TO George
Palmer, 2236 jefferson ave. who
Was fined 500 for allegedly oper-
atinE a motor vehicle while under
TIE influence OF intoxicants. His
1river's license Was revoked for
one year.
LEROY Morford. 1924 South Ia
oons way. was fined $50 on a
eksrge Of reckless driving.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Sofety Commission
Will Meet Monday

An organization meeting of the
new Tacoma Traffic safety com
mission. including both official
members and those elected . week
ago from the general public. will
he held st = .. m. Monday in Pc
lice Judge W. A. Riehmond's court
room.
City official members held .
brief meeting Friday 10 discuss
plans for Mondays session. at
which . chairman of the commits
sion will h chosen. The commits
sion viii advise the city council
and safety department on traffic
problems.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
MCHRYsTAL IN COMMAND
F0RI IEMIS-I Col IL I

McChrystal. ons-tins member az
the staff Of the Reserve Officers
Training corps at Warrington
State college. mas taken command
Of the ssth Anu-Tsnk battalion.
He succeeds Col Pau /. Ran
som. who viii BE- chief Of staff o.
the Fourth Motorized division al
Fort Benning. Ca.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

Tacoma csnsssi hospital Thuss.
day gave emergency treatment 10
Mis- Norman hsIlsvssn. 70. At Sos
No. l. ct. and rrsnk Hosfs. ~.
u Seattle. Mrs EsIIsysoa vss
given nsdiesi sissstsea foe .
frsessrsd left arm. And Honts for
bruises received when struck ny
Falling plank Both ssrs released
after treatment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Wolf Seeking
Another Trial
Counsel Blomes
One of Jurors

n the basis that stubborn
ard preiudiced Juror prevailed
upon his fellow tslesn1en and that
re Z. 8. district attorney eN.
eesded his authority. a new trial
vas requested Friday by n. l.
Wolf. whose 27sss-scre farm va,
zrscently condemned BY the war
department.
Harry r Lea. attorney for Wolf.
Friday filed . motion for a new
trisl in federal court here A
feek-long trial concluded earlier
nls week, resulted IN a jury award
sls.5oo for the Wolf lands.
The government. in taking the
TACT as part Of the Fort Lewis
Expansion program. originally Of
0red approximately $4,000, while
0olf contended it was worth more
0en twice that amount.
In affidavits supporting his
Emotion. Lea declared his post
1rial inquiry revealed that one
of the jurors. Warren Wood
of Montesano. IL alleged to
have told the other jurors that
the would hold out until
hpring rather than consider =
Verdict of more than $4,000"
The resulting verdict, although
oger. Lea charges, was never
0eless arrived at by Woods in
hence Of Threats and duress."
ND was therefore considerably
less than an impartial and un-
oressured jury would have re-
1urned.
Lea further charged that J.
oarles Dennis, u. S. district at
erney. made legally insdmissabls
o6tements during his final srgu-
mont before the jury and that
- he (Lea) had already concluded |
- case. there was nothing he
bid do in protest.
Basis for the contention was
II Dennis cited $3.50 per
Re valuation of the land in ques- I
IN on strength of government /
rvey made in 1914. whereas the
mlrt had earlier ruled no valua-
o1ons made prior to 1926 would be
oonsidered in the proceedings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Would Consolidate School
Districts in Two More Areas

Resolutions calling for ocnsoii-
datlan II school districts In two
Pierce county sreas--thst 81 Buck.
ley and that directly south of
Tacoma were asked at . meet
Ing Of the Pierce county COMMITTEES
for school district reorganization
at q meeting Thursday night.
The committee authorized the
two subcommittee 10 introduss
such resolutions ~ the newt meet
ing. 10 be held two weeks from
Thursday.
Schools 10 be consolidated In the
Buckley area include. Buckley.
wilkssnn. csrbonado. FAIRFAX.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
ROBBED WHILE AWAY

Theft Of purse containing
1886 was reported Thursday to
police by Mrs. A. Bartsls of <3isis
No. 32d st. She ssid the purse.
which also contained personal pa
psrs. was taken from a davenport
In her homo while shs vac visit
ing q nsighbor. Mrs Barfsis said
both her front and hack doors
wsrs unlocked. hut that she vas
sitting IN q position from when
she could Zee the hack door Of
her home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

Meios,
Nov. Is-Pssi Rshessa. AH-stss, Tenpis thesfsr.
z1-strs~bvtdxe
tunIof.-Tesnpie
,-T2esma Philharmonic.
Dee S-Tseom~ OSph<as Ciob-firsf Methodist sssrn6-
s-Sahsn Mnsssn ssnsst-fssie
zl-DonxId Diekssa-Tempe An.sfss.
Jan zt-Enmpsistnshs for jusers-Ts~ps
Dan sezse Frsseessesst Ladies
zen 1-Tseesns Phiharmssie-yassa
feb t-Csrmzfta
FEB JzSess It.rba Ladies Musical
Mzseh fe-Taesmz Phihsrmose--Jasea
March If-6rare Mosre-Tempis An-stay
March z7-Reznd Hzys~-Tempie fhesfes
April iMsrce PsIe, programs
April Is-Joseph Lhssse. Civic Ns.e-TempIe fh~sfer
April zo-Heea Trssbs eub-Baptist ehuschL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

South Prairie srd Kelly tAhs
while schools which are IN ~
consolidated south cf Tacoma w.
cl,sds Midland. FARMLAND. Collins
and Central Avenue
Debate Was held on whether
South Prairie should b. Included
IN the Buckley area. NE ortins
area OF divided hetwsea the twe.
Thers were alsa differences ~
opinion ~ 10 WHISTLER woodland.
presently combined with PuyslIup.
and Waller Nosd. nov associated
with the Tacoma district, should
be included IN the new distrset n
b formed south n Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Photographers Invited 10 Enter
Exhibits for Show on Art Week

Photographers are invited IN
participate In National Art week
hing observed during the week NJ
Nov. II in Tacoma IN conjunction
with similar ob.ervancss through
out m. nation.
The public 10 invited Ia visit the
eshibit-sale fr~e Of charge IT 7s3
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Phone Workers
Postpone Strike

"AshlSSTOk - The Fedora
ton Of Long Lines Telephone
Workers independently postponed
strike scheduled for 1901 q. m.
Saturday at the request Of the
u. 3. Cancellation service Repre-
sentatiyes OF the unions 1900
members Will resume conferences
with American Telephone and
Telegraph company officials and
federal conciiistofs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Gloom Dispelled as Stocks
Make Best Recovery in Month
Markets at q
Glance
-
FRIDAY

stocks: Higher In moderate trade.
Bonds: 1rregularly higher. Y. q.
governments lower.
Curb Stocks: 1rregulariy higher.
Cotton; Up as much a. so cents q
bale.
Wheat: orr y cent a bushel.
Corn: or u to y cent.
silver: Unchanged in New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
DIES IN NHAToon 90

Mathew Valys, ~. a resident Of
Wnzteom county for IS years.
died ., mis- home near BeiIingham
Thursday. He - survived By his
widow. two sons and two dsuxh-
ter. one Of whom Is Mrs. Anna
=. Brown Of Tacoma Funeral ar
rsngemens are being made in
Bellinghsm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

stock sales Appropriated $40 600
shares against $780, 900 on Thurs
day. Curb volume was $4,000
shares compared with $4,000.
NEW YORk-Stocks made their
best recovery In more than q
month Friday. with volume run
ming around 900. 900 shares.
Steel and railroad issues were
prominent, the latter on the theory
the administration would avert a
strike on the railroads next month.
Steel shares had gains ranging
TO more than point in Bethle-
hem. U. S. Steel was active. New
York Central, active issue in the
rails. gained a fraction. Southern
Railway preferred and a few other
carriers had advances Of a point
and more. Utilities rallied slight
ly after several had made new
lows or equaled their lows for 1874.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

An elderly Tacoulan was In the
county hospital Friday for treat
ment OF . lscsrstion over his eye
and possible conclusion received
when he apparently slipped and
fell against q fire slsrp box
standard at i7th and Market rts.
Thursday at 5;25 p. M. Victim
Of thu accident 10 George Peter
son, 81, Of 1926 Market st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
~ ELEANOR RAGSDAtE
fscams Tive. special Correspondent

WESTINGHOUSE Of the Axis surprise" moves in
recent months have been a surprise to Uncle sam.
Axis strategy almost always involves about propaganda
campaigns as the opening Of military campaigns and
the L. s Federal Communications commission esab
shed foreign broadcast montorng service to act a. style
scout" for the latest models of Axis propaganda.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
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deaf mute. complained TO poiics
Thursday thsf . wallet containing
ssz mad been taken from bis
pocket while he ~ss playing pool
IN . Pacific avenue pool hall
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Tranquility ACTIONS

Bankruptcy petitions filed here
Friday with the clerk n tho fed
srsi court Included.
Pay c. Hsgmsn. 1911 ~. t3d
Of. listing debts to;zIllnx 81
05s 90 and no assists.
Harvey n Bremen. Curtis. lis,-
ing debts totsiiing ti.3s7s7 and
no ssxts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

nsom wsIsa. ssss<sos n -rssy
pssa Win TAsss p<sss Ca hss
been h shs vsesss~ ssssts~ss sssss
1914.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

You heip yourself when you buy
L. 3. Defense Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

Ths regular s~~ssss ~ filsms
chm ain NJ s~id ~ the hor& ~
Mrs. ]. ID. Ogden. s5zo North ziss
- Monday afternoon - . Mrs..
stanton Wsrburtoa ain ~ tn
speaker fox ~ sfssrssoa sod viii
give . tsik a. -Ths Doorway ~
ths Whiss Hszap~
<use~tiss ~ Tnesma ees~le.
y. q. W.. wfii meet ~ 70 D. n
Saturday Afternoon In kAxiss nall
Ma A y. Kelly. senior sa~saiss.
viii - IN eh.rrs.
Seks r. Tse~v>ss sasiisssy. 4.
=. ". v, vili sHtsstsls ~ = card
party Saturday evening IN yesss-
ans Rail Csmss OF psneebis and
30 sIii b~Ein 81 $50. Refresh
msnts. pssrs Pubic invited.
Mrs. 7. q Hagen y Chairman
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
FRIDAYS QUOTATIONS

Quotations courtesy Dean wittsr 4
Co, Washington Bldg. members
New York Stock Exchangs)
HiRh Low Cloan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

White Motors IL Ia, 1874
Youngest Sh al az - al.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Stories in Cold STORAGE
HOLLYWOOD.


Millions dollars unfnable-
novels
Inc thousands upon thousands titles
see the ceHuod light indicate those
purchases sometimes for fancy mpudenWe
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Heffernun
Continued from First Page)

have been surprised Before could ANYTHING Mr.
McCea wanted cold He said didn't sound
natural"
Langd although visited Florida she feels like
native of the Southern who knew Miss Langford
Florida call telephone the Frances
Langod said They're people always invite me out to dinner
and start telling all about the folks back home"
named She tells
the refused accept her explanation the
telephone Hollywood,
eh?" the indignant retort-and the caller hung up
Allen Allen Mrs Grace E. Allen and Grace
Allen continually having and ask for Oracle Allen nit
wit of the and Allen een-rado team M A. West he
occasionally call from somebody who thinks his name in the book
Is the phonetic variation Of Mae Vests name
ronclad the
this extremes attempting
their favoes Croys first Harry AS happens there
telephone book related Bng
taking calls hopeful
from fans
meeting Harry adds Bing
track, with Pat OBrien.
Lloyd public I
the famous
peaed mild Only this morning
statue somebody trying Harold
Lloyd the actor"
Mr. Lloyd into the production held continued
get letters telephone calls daily people who
actors, writer's I'll bet
many calls as a studio casting director"
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Evening star., 1941-09-21

the drama essential to the motion
picture. M-G-M looked over Dale
Carnegie's How to Win Friends anc
Influence People" and bought it fol
a good price, hoping to use some OF
the material and the title. Making
friends is one thing making movies
they found, is another.
Bellamy Partridge's Country
Lawyer" has stumped Paramount
scenarists; good material but short
on plot. For the same reason. Renee
Fueloep Miller's Triumph Over
Pain" the story of DR.. William
Martin. who discovered anesthesia
has not yet reached the screen
H. G. Wells fantasy, Food of the
Gods" and Sinclair Lewis work OF
Art" have been delayed time and
again because of story trouble.
Dozens, maybe hundreds, of
stories have become dated because OF
the war, and its shifting of history
and boundaries.
Casting trouble" is the stock
answer-not always true-to in
quires about best sellers and Sue
cessful plays. In the case of Ma
tional Velvet great story by Enid
Bagnold, casting is real problem.
1t is story about a little girl who
grows up with a race horse. 1t re-
quires youngster who can look 81
in the later sequences, or an older
girl who can pass for 13 at first.
M-G-M considered Sinclair Lewis
"It Can't Happen Here" as too
propaganda-laden to be filmed.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
By Ira Wolferf.

ing us sick. But nothing nearly so
bad can be said of this weeks con-
trivances. THE More the Merrier"
had some laughs in it, not. how
ever, enough to go around, but
enough to remind you that you were
in theater on Broadway and
"Cuckoos on the Hearth" was, as a
matter of fact, pretty good.
"Cuckoos on the Hearth" is by
Parker w. Fennelly, a specialist in
gentle, small-town comedy. His pro-
ducer, Brock Pemberton, has made
an effort to disarm his audience
from the start with various gadgetS,
WITNESSES and props that provide an
atmosphere of jolly and bucolic in
formality.
There is even a chance to play a
Pemberton form of bingo in a gen.
eral store in the lobby and win
nickel and dime crockery. A cuckoo
summons you to your seat from the
intermission reprieve and the pro-
gram notes list of the plays alter
native titles:
Each Is Related.
Two Story House" arsenic ir
Our Town" The Man Who Came
to Stay All Night in the Tavern
in Our Town. "Cuckoos in the
Corn The Man Who Came tc
Visit Next Door to the Man Who
Came TO Dinner" Stranger;
Three" go '''''
Each Of these titles bears rela.
ton to the doings of the evening
Evening star., 1941-09-21

the small boys who flock to see his
Western movies.
The kids looked on me as a
happy-go-lucky singing cowboy.
fancy free and inclined to wander
and live as I pleased says Tex.
Il was afraid that if I got mar
ried they would think I was a sissy.
But now, after a couple of months
of married life, when I look back
on my bachelor days I shudder."
TeX's bride is Dorothy Fay South
worth, one of his leading ladies.
The miracles Dorothy has
wrought around my Van Nuys ranch
are something to behold" he says
proudly.
Just little touches here and there.
but now the place feels like a real
home.
Judging from the letters I get,
the kids don't seem to mind my
getting married at all, and their
mothers are finally beginning to ap-
prove of me, too"
The mothers, says Tex, used to
write in to complain that their sons,
after watching Ritter movies, were
getting the idea that it was heroic
to be loafer who went around
rescuing pretty ladies but never
marrying them.
Il was worried about the kids"
he says, "but didn't figure to wind
up becoming a hero to their maws
just because I got hitched."
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Anything for a Laugh Is the Motto
Corpse on Roller Skates and Homicidal Maniac
Attempt to Add to the Broadway Merriment

and fits the play like an old hat.
Since this is a mystery and we're
not supposed to tell the plot we'll
let you figure out the mystery your
self of how one play can bear a
marked resemblance to such other
plays as The Tavern, Our Town"
The Man Who Came to Dinner
and Strangers Three
suppose it's fair to provide
clue. The central characters are
an inventor of secret poison gas.
an escaped lunatic, three Nazi spies
and an author who is not called
Alexander Woollcott, but is other
wise plainly labeled.
Too Much Plot.
THE More the Merrier" has more
plot than a worlds fair. But the
main notion is pretty comical. Three
people, stranded in a castle in Colo
rado. and needing a little money
quickly, turn it into tourist home
for the night.
All sorts Of things might come
out of such a situation, but all that
| has come out of the authors is
banality. Like good Hollywoodens,
they introduce q busload of people,
one of whom has been murdered
and one of whom is a murderer.
The fact that the corpse was put on
roller skates and that the murderer
was played by Teddy Hart, his ac-
complice by Millard Mitchell, both
of whom know their way around a
funny line, couldn't stop the eve-
ming from going mercileSsly down
| hill
Ed Wynn's son keenan, makes
his egitimate-show debut in this
play and turns out TO be boy who
needs no longer be known as Eds
son. AS one might expect, he's
comical-but he's comical in his own
way. He has invented his own
mannerisms and projects a person.
ality that is both engaging and in
dividual.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Kids Didn't
Object
After All
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.
For years and years Tex Ritter
was scared to get married" he
says-on account of the kids.
The kids, in Tex's vernacular, are
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The times, as the tired nut sug-
gested to the wrench, are quite
screwy. So the theater devoted it
self this week to getting up to date.
In the one case, the case of THE
More the Merrier," the feature of
the evening was a corpse. It's get
ting so on Broadway that any time
a corpse is shown the audience
starts laughing and when Maurice
Evans finally gets TO doing Mac
Beth" he will have lot of trouble
with people wondering what all the
gloom is about.
But Frank Gabrielson and Irwin
Pincus, the authors of THE More
the Merrier," weren't quite sure that
showing a corpse was enough, so
they had their actors throw it
around like a beanbag, put it on
roller skates and skedaddle it around
and finally throw it off a high bal
cony to kill it deader than ever.
In the other case, a better case
called "Cuckoos on the Hearth" a
a homicidal lunatic and a band of
Nazi spies, who, at one time at
tempted to burn out a pretty girls
eyes with a hot poker. were set to
striving to keep an audience laugh
ing.
Disarming Gadgets.
OF course, there is always the
chance that our authors and pro-
ducers, in trying so hard to make
us die laughing, will succeed in max