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of Kansas who had been chased
out of the offices of several New
York managers when he APP
peared in them. hat in hand,
asking for guidance to fistic
career.
He was Jess~Nillard, "the
Pottawatomie Founder who did
not become a fighter until he
was 26 years old and who was
pronounced by most managers
too big for ring purposes.
Tom nursed him along until
he finally got a match for the
heavyweight championship with
Jack Johnson. the only other
coIored man besides Joe Louis
10 hold the title. The fight was
held in Havana in 1915 with the
late Jack Curley as promoter
and Harry Frazee and Lawrence
Weber. theatrical managers, az
the hackers.
WILLARD won by Knockout
w in 26 rounds. johnson keel
ing over mainly from exhaustion
though he afterwards said things
that tended to cast a bit of cloud
over the result.
However, few believed that
Johnson would have gone 26
rounds under a bliStering sun
unless he was extending HIM
self. Willard did not get much
money out of the Havana fight
but made a fortune afterwards
through appearances in vaude-
vile and with a circus.
He parted with Jones and be-
came his own manager. He got
100000 guarantee from Tex
Richard for fighting Jack Demp-
sey at Toledo and old Tom would
have come in handy then as Jess
tried TO attend to business and
10 his training at the same time.
Jones would have taken the busi-
ness off his shoulders and might
have had him in better condi-
ton. Willard eventually went
broke and after long years he
worked for Dempsey.
J0ney made MS home IN Gafi~
fornia for years but the manly
art heard little Of him until he
came up with this new pair in
his hand.
Copyright 1871 by King Features
Distributed by International News servic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
Old Tom Jones Back Again
With Prize-Figh+ing Twins
By DAMON RUNYON

THIS has to do with old Tom
l. Jones. "the barber of Kewa-
nee" who has just bobbed up
again in the manly art of scram-
bling ears with a brace of mid
dleweights who are twins.
There have been many fight
ing brothers in the history of
the manly art-the Sullivans,
the Leonards. the Crosses. the
Conns, the GARDENERS, the Beze-
nahs and numerous others, but
only a few sets Of twins, and
you may depend upon old Tom
to make the most of the pub
licity value of this circumstance.
Tom nepef-was ,realIy-a-baf-
Der. but some sports writer OF
years ago discovered that it an
noyed him TO be referred TO as
a tonsorial artist. and for some
reason that sports writer fancied
ANNOYING Tom. So he always
called him "the barber of Ke-
vance" the other writer's picked
it up. Kewanee being Toms old
home town in Illinois.
He had three great champions
in his day. One Of them was
Billy Papke. a tremendous mid
dleweight gladiator. who once
knocked out the mighty Stanley
Ketchel. though Ketch after
wards reversed this surprising
result by knocking out Papke.
Then Papke and Jones split out,
which was a great tragedy 10
Tom who was sitting in Jim
Jeffries' saloon in Los Angeles
one day bemoaning the incident.
"Stop crying" growled burly
Jeffries, grab that Kid sitting
over In. the corner there and
you'll have n greater fighter
than Papke ever dared be. You'll
have the next lightweight cham
pion Of the world"
THE kid that Jeffries pointed
i out to Tom was AID Wolgast,
who was to become known to
ring fame as "the Michigan Wild
cat" and true to Jeffries proph-
-ecX-liGhtmeight- champion
He was one of the greatest
fighters that ever laced on box
ing shoes, a little thunderbolt
in action and conqueror of the
great Battling Nelson. He was
Tom Jones second champion, the
third being a gigantic fellow out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Oct. 30, 1870

Ocean, and, maybe, the Sea Of
Azov. Certainly an empire
from the Philippines TO Dakar
is not TO be sneezed at, and /
think our young men" Will so
east hereafter instead of going
west. for it will take a lot of
young fellows to defend our
eastern empire"
ENATHER TIME-the old fell
Il low is now in khaki-strolled
into my "den," took me by the
hand and led me down the cor
ridor of the years-a bit of a
way.
"What do you want 10 show
me, Pop?" ! asked. 1--WE been in
many jaunt with Pop)
81 want to take you back TO
the 1920s and, by refreshing your
memory, remind you who il
really responsible for Frances
tragic plight today"
"yyell, it's Frances and Ger
mahy's fault. isn't II ." ] asked,
idly twisting a knot in Pop
Times whiskers.
81 see you have just a. good.
or a. bad. forgotten as the rest
of the world" ne Said. shaking
down a handful of sand in his
hourglasS. ut was England that
Is responsible for Frances ruin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
HOLD these truths TO be self

Il evident:
No two persons who love the
operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
will ever lie 10 one another,
steal from one another, or muir
der one another.
There is no bond like a mutual
love for Ko-ko, Bunthorne,
Dick Deadeye. Little Buttercup,
Iolanthe, Patience and Jack
Point. a
Just to call your attention to
Simon & Schuster's "A Treasury
of Gilbert and Sullivan" mag
nificent volume for your piano
and your voice. Here are the
words and music of 102 Of those
merry and Satire songs from IL
operettas, edited and expounded
by Deems Taylor, illustrated by
Lucille Corcos. arrangements
by Or. Albert Sirmay.
Iftyou are an incorrigible. in
exhaustible an d altogether
"hutty" Gilbert and Sullivaneer,
as | am. nothing more need be
said.
III YOU are not yet saturated.
"plaStered. 10 the crows nest
in these songs and other un-
matchable pitter-patter and you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
Dividends Of HeckIins

L JECKLERS are sometimes very useful citizens For
1 instance the man who jumped up during campaign
speech by Mayor Jefries and said:
Il pay $50 in taxes year and what do l
get for il:
The mayor patiently explained that for his taxes the
man received well-lghted and wel-policed city, his
garbage and rubbish was collected he had the use of
parks and zoo and his children entitled to an educa
ton without cost.
The mayor need not have stopped there. He might
have continued that for the citizen also receives
fire protection water service for nominal fee public
health service good not better than any in the
United States and of smaller services whose only
purpose to make life for the average citizen
We have all received these services for long that
we accept them stride especially when the city has
been as wen run as during the last two years.
That's why say hecklers sometimes very use
full They force remember facts that often too
easily forgotten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
To Help the Soldiers

THE army has supplied soldiers at Fort Leonard Wood,
"A Mo- where Detroits national guard unit is now sta
toned with 13 day rooms where supposedly the men
may relax write read and listen to the radio.
! But here's the hitch.
|. Only one of the rooms is furnished-and this by
contributions
In the rest of the the soldiers if they wish to
write letter home must use their knee the floor
rall as their desk.
Mrs p H Sorrel mother of one of the Detroit boys
in Missouri heading drive locally to furnish the rooms
Take look through your attic today If you've an
Unused radio an extra chair table sofa get in touch
with Mrs Sorre She and her helpers will do the rest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
Fire Insurance Rates

N EMANDS of Detroit for reduction in fire insurance
- rates charged home owners justified 1t is time
Detroit residents benefit from the fine record the city has
made recent years reducing fire losses through highly
Efficient fire department and fire prevention
program.
. Available insurance company figures collected Tor
the state insurance rating commission to back the cltys
plea reduction show that in the last five years
Insurance companies have paid out Detroit fire losses
only AZ per of the premiums collected. Ten years
Ago the companies paid out 65 cent of the premiums
The report clearly shows that although the city has
cut fire Is per cent in 10 years the cost of fire
Insurance has remained about the same.
In the light of figures presented the state commission
appears the city right The rates should be reduced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
Use for Junked Cars

n ETROTT housewives who sacrificed pots and pans to
- the aluminium collection drive will be glad to
know that their contributions of good to the
defense program
Because of conflicting reports many had begun to
wonder
congressional investigating committee now declares
20 per Of the collection will go directly into arplanes
and the balance will aid defense work in other ways
More interesting is recommendation that the gov
eminent begin acquiring the junked automobiles
scattered around Detroit
1t is not only that Detroiters wish the needed metal
be made available for armament They resent the waste
and unsghtness of and steel skeletons rustns
away in the city
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
GN9 Makes Good
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

Now that Oriental getting complicated as
Horace Greeeys handwriting might be well to gander back
20 years when wrote:
Under $3.50 Japan will scrap the cruiser Missyu
but will build the battIeships Etsyu and SnLsyu"
There's pleasant little prescription 1921 and
II has matured like pumpkin in frost
I admit wrote a gag but il was kidding IN earnest
didn't understand the 5-53 Pact then but see
IL was slow trouble
Well live and learn but you'd better learn first 50 you
wiH live.
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| e++ers TO
+h g Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

~ III LII OlN.
WHAT farce! Aid 10 Britain
w and home defense are sup
posed 10 be our only concern.
The necessities of life are taxed
TO provide weapons for the COM
ing war.
At the same time, thousands
of hunters are allowed TO use
ammunition to kill defenSeless.
wild creatures that should be
loved and protected instead of
slaughtered.
We have much 10 learn before
we can call ourselves either civil
lized or intelligent.
LEOSA MILLEVILLE,
14T25 klenk avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
Be Sure to Vote Nov. 4

II do not know of another area in the world in
which people enjoy citizenship with all the rights and
privileges granted in the United States of America In
thankfuness each individual citizen should carry out
his of citizenship of which Is using
the ballot box We all want the American way OF
life continue To insure its perpetuation all adult
citizens should vote and by doing. demonstrate the
functionng of true democracy to the nations future
leaders-our school youth"
M(A WARREN T.. BOW
Deputy Superintendent of Detroit Schools.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30

We may live without poetry,
music and art;
We may live without conscience
and I've without heart;
We may live without friends: we
may live without books;
But civilized man can not live
without cooks. --Lytton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
VOTE tallyers, in the recent
' primary election, were COM
PEELED TO dishonor several ballots
for councilman because the vot-
ers had selected more than nine
candidates.
Therefore. I believe il adviS-
able to warn your readers that
when they vote in the general
election. they should not vote
for more than nine councilmen.
JOS. r. KRITT,
600 Majestic Building.
e5 YEARS AGO TODAY
Oct. 80, 1916
The British steamships Marina
and the Rowanmore are tor
pedoed and sunk by German L.
boats off the coast of Ireland.
Field Marshal Won linden
burg claims that France will
have no more soldiers left if she
continues the war; says his
western line is solid as rock.
The kaiser appoints General
Won Stein as new war minister.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Oct. 30, 1910.
British troops land In northern
Greece and the British navy
mines Greek CULTS
Reports from Salonika, Greece.
say Russians have sent l34
Soviet bomber and fighting
planes 10 the Greeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-30

John LEWIS is President
- Roosevelt's personal problem,
for il was the early New Deal
which raised him TO power.
All the New Dealers then had
reason to know how little Lewis
cared for the democratic pro-
cess, but then. and, in fact, until
two weeks ago. the advocates
of the new order in the United
States were content to let the
unions run wild and get their
growth by rough and tumble
mischief at the expense of the
whole country.
But a change of heart was
Indicated by the recent speech
OF Miss Frances Perkins 10 the
AFL in Seattle. delivered, UNI
suuestionably, under instructions
from the President. calling for
strict self-regulation by the
unions and. also, in a negative
way, for the. open shop. with a
threat of legislative compulsion
il hereform did not come from
within.
Now Lewis. the dictator. has
orenlv challenged tho President
on IN issre in which the safety
and the defense OF tho nation
are at stake.
b. United Features synd., Ina.
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WARREN f. BOW

Deputy Superintendent of Detroit Schools
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-06
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Setpirg Machines
Wanted Miscellaneous

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furniture. Will pay highest
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
Loyal Order Of Moose Plans
Celebration Friday Night
Will Mark 3oth Anniversary and Also
Visit Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ R. Giles

Tacoma Lodge No. ass. LOYAL
Order OF Moose. Will celebrate two
events Friday evening - first us
10th anniversary. and secondly
the visit Of Malcolm r. Giles sld
Mrs. Giles from Mooscheart. III.
Giles il supreme secretary and
comptroller OF the order.
Festivities begin with a dinner
ST $50 at the Model grill. where
Nj and Mrs Giles will be the
honor guests They are on tour
Of Moose lodges IN the Northwest
and bring late information about
activities OF the order and the
homes II maintains at MooSeheart
and Aoosehaven.
A large class Of new members
Will be initiated Al Moose temple
hall directly after adjournment Of
the dinner. Following the initis-
ton ceremony. there will he an
entertainment program and re-
freshments.
All members who have been in
Tacoma lodge rs years or more
are especially invited and 25-year
buttons will be presented 10 those
attending.
Presiding al all of the evenings
events will be DR.. Alvin Matthies,
governor OF Tacoma lodge. The
degree staff chosen for the initia-
ton will include the following vet
Grams. George Howard, governor:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05

Alvin Stenstrum. sergeant al =
arms. J. F. Mccormick. operator.
and Charles A. Stone. electrician.
All are past governors and fellows.
The banquet committee asked
that reservations for the dinner
be made with the secretary by
Wednesday night. On this com
mittee are Chairman Karl MART.
J. F. Mccormick. Alvin stems
trum. a. c. Read and John lmhoff
Accompanied by Deputy Supreme
Governor Charles A. Stone. Mt.
and Mrs. Giles will 20 next 10
Yakima. where the northwest mid
year conference will be held next
Saturday and Sunday. Several
officers of Tacoma lodge are plan
ming TO make this trip.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
Final Rites Arranged
F or Buckley Pioneer

BUCkLEY-William J. McLen-
nan pioneer resident Of this city.
died suddenly of heart attack
Sunday.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. from the
Whitmore funeral chapel. with the
Rev. W. o. Bensdom officiating
Burial will follow in Buckley
Cemetery.
McLennan. an engineer. was
born in Montreal, Canada, but WAS
brought to United States when but
small boy. He had lived in
Buckley and vicinity 63 years.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Fran
ees McLennan. whom he married
in 1906; one sister Mrs. Elizabeth
Sloan Of Tacoma: a brother. Bruce
McLennen of Warren. Wash; a
niece. Mrs. Claire Johnson Of Ia
coma. and one nephew, Floyd
Sloan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
Work Under Way
For Veneer Plant

SHELTON - Moving % 1900
varsis y tirt has bern undertaken
~ the Grisdsle Construction Co
70 prepare the site for the 80 BY
$50 foot plant which the newly IN
corporated olympic Veneer "a. eS-
poets 70 complete BY June
Fifty men vii b employed In
the new pant. which viii have enc
large veneer making machine Al
first. according 10 { J Aaeks. one
q the ineorporatots along with
c. p. Runaeres. all Of shelton.
The ne~ plant Is being built On
the site Of the cd Reed shinEie mil
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
These Brothers Have
Something in Common
SNFFTWATFR,

SNEETWATER, TeS. 49, The
Fitzgerald brothers think there
really is something 10 aviation.
The oldest Robert. IL with the
government as training inspec-
tor. the next two are commercial
airline pilots. the fourth is a fly
ing instructor at a Colorado flying
school. and the youngest, Jack. is,
is an engineering honor student
studying aeronautical design.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
G. BREAKFAST SET!

Challenges sSss ~ -
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
SOFT COTTON MATTRESS!

Compare o. 81 messi
30 pounds OF fslsst
cotton Inter filling
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INNERSPRING MATTRESS!

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Cholisnss quality IS
more, ~ double -dseL
coils. hsI,eel ,op-,,ss'
Angle stssl bsss.
Aluminium g,e,sh,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05
War in Europe
A Year Ago
Feb. 1, 1910

Russian planes s~>rt errfhsru
sna Southwestern Fialsra IN side
Fsit. t~ssruTtnx mary hsm>s
ylai.nAf estimated fnuo RET
flisfs h>a n~~n allied spa fFom
10 n 30 planes snut Dawn fnua
Tar - ts<e~ uzsnths eer
n.fssa rns<rf< sna<d fkre~-zav
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DURABLE 80. COIL SPRING!

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-05

Fred Kelsey. junior governor. Lee
Croft past governor Harry Col
son. prelate. Ernie Hal. orator
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