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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
MOVED TO VARSITY

Making good on THE roof" he
automatically moved up 10 the
varsity. which was the Follies, and
from there, time. the next stop
was the movies. His famous col
umn began In strange way.
He was playing London. as an
actor. and Lady Aston. as fellow
American. extended the hoSpit atty
Of the British 10 Will and his be-
loved wife, Betty. The cowboy was
so impressed with the horse.sense
as we'll az the charm OF the lady
that he composed a cablegram to
the New York Times and paid for
il with his own money, urging the
Times TO get behind this plain
! American gal from down there in
Virginia and try TO help her get
elected TO this Parliament over
here
The cable was 40 quantity
phrased. yet said SO much that the
Times printed 1T in box and
cabled Rogers TO send another
commenting on anything over
there he saw that interested him
That was tho start OF one Of the
most popular columns in the his.
tory of American journalism.
"He's the most missed man In
America today" concluded Buck.
"He was the common peoples
voice. He spoke for millions.
They loved him and believed In
him. The big guys were afraid
Of him. Maybe respect would he
the better word. for they knew
when VIII spoke, the real Amer
lea was speaking. II we only had
him today
Distributed 6y United Features synd Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Baseball in Brief
ny International News Service
HOME RUNS

Boudresu, Indians; Gordon, Yankees.
Leaders - National League: OFT, New
YORK. IS: CamIln Brooklyn, IL; Nichol-
son. Chicago. 10. American League: York.
Detroit Johnson, Philadelphia and DiMag
sio New York, II each.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
NOVELTY FOR AWHILE

Buck started him in at Sl13 a
week. That wasn't much OF SAL
airy for that spot and these times
And the act began TO die after a
couple of weeks. The sight of q
real cow-puncher in an old dirty
blue shirt. his hair a stranger to
a comb and the rest Of him IN
character, cracking a few jokes IN
the middle of a girl show, got by
as novelty for a while, but he used
the same Jokes every night. and
the roof mostly had the same GUS
toners every night.
Buck begged the boss for little
more time. and 10 Rogers he diplo-
matically confided that he'd like
TO give him some suggestions iof
new gags and more up-to-date
business for his monologue. This
was like Kreisler offering 10 lend
a corn-stalk fiddler his best violin
Buck was the top gag-writer oil
Broadway al the hour. has mate
rial being the stock-in-trade OF
such stars az Bert Williams, w. {
Fields and the rest of Ziegfeld''
historic funny men.
Rogers looked EN- over, anC
handed EN- back.
IL got an idea" he said. III
know / Amt maxim good, but I
Amt gOin' 10 make better tryin'
to say another mans words. You
talk about material. There's an
awful lot of material right OF
the front page Of that newspaper
layin' there. How about me just
walkln' out and more or less
readin' the paper 10 ems"
That was the start of ii.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Qualifying Scores
For PEA Meet

For the Inside News" or
Washington. Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Amateur. Boxing
Champs Battle
At u. D. Tonight

Twenty-Five Of the states out
standing ring warriors will sling
leather for a deserving charity
when the I'd" Club of the Univer-
sity of Detroit presents its annual
outdoor boxing show at the U. OF
D.. Stadium tonight. All returns
from the program will go TO the
University's Needy Student Aid
Fund.
The first bout is slated 10 get
under way at $3.50.
Included on the card are cham
pions OF all the major Detroit
tournaments-the Diamond Belt,
the Golden Gloves and the CYO--
in addition TO four outstate title
holders.
Great interest is attached to the
initial meeting between + re d
Cuthrell u. of ID. featherweight,
and Dick Tamplin, Holy Redeemer
mittster. Just Is wears old, Tam
pin is rated one of the most prom
ising of the new crop of fighters.
A veteran of three years compe-
tition. Cuthrell is one OF the old
masters OF the amateur ranks.
DRAWS TOUGH FOE
Bob Burke. kayo artist from L.
Of H.. draws tough foe In Joe
Connors. Chevrolet light heavy
weight. Burke. a L. of ID. foot
baller. is a former Duluth AMI
Pontiac Golden Gloves champion.
Connors is a Grand Rapids Golden
Gloves and State CCC titlist.
jimmy Powers, big Annuncia-
ton heavyweight. takes on a tall
ented foe in James Tucker. Allen
Industries puncher. Bob Holden.
state CYO light heavyweight mon
arch, meets Mike Roman in an
other Standout battle.
IFS pounds Joseph Thayer fHoly Re
deemerj We wayne Locke thalama2ool.
i2s pounds Fred Cuthrell az, 81 ID
Va. Dick 1ampllh 'holy Redeemerl Ci.m
Market tAnnuncistiDnl We Tony Ross Jr.
i55 POUNDS James Palmer brewster
VS. Harold Miner fallen Industries)
TAI pounds ken Petty 'kslsmssooi W.
wright tCheyrolet) vs. % JArtcM tsagi-
nawl Trrry CsntTn a.. Of D. W.. Tom
flynu uiol, Redeemer).
100 pounds Robert lYles tAf4sn- Indus
irirsi SS. frzHtik Hata tDssrb0rn Boys
cub.
us pounds Bob RurRs az. % ~ Va
JOSEPH ConnnFs fChevrnlsti Nike Roman
tChcvrolett W Bob Holden Saginaw
Heavyweight Jimmy Powers tAnnuncia-
ti.ul Va. james Tucker 'Aiien Industries
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

Dr. W KIN AssRH'p HAN< nv
KANSAS. AND, BOY. is 1T
June 16.--This entire
district, where they mostly only
play cowboy today, but where they
still remember the Mccoy, Is still
saturated with the personality OF
a sleepy-looking puncher with a
drawl, a cowlick and cud OF
chewing wax. who's gone TO the
last roundup. Claremore. Okla,
was the real VIII Rogers country,
but he perambulated back and
forth all through here.
The cowboy philosopher. his
words. his logic. his earthly cookie
burr country way Of saying big
things simply, are still part of the
living gospel in this part of the
world. Not once. but dozen times
week and in a dozen different
places. a stranger viii hear, What
this nation needs right now IN all
this confusion and crisis is OF
VIII. lie had more sense than all
the rest Of 'em put together. The
worst thing that possibly could
have happened TO this country was
TO have him 90 when he did. y
With this in mind. il was inter-
cstinR 10 hear first hand. and from
the mouth Of the man who did it,
the story OF how Will Rogers
really was set on his way toward
becoming the common mans idol.
The man who told the tale in SIM
pie "reminiscences. which somehow
became transfigured into hnshed
tribute as he talked, was Gene
Buck. current president OF the
ASCAP. but for years chief talent
scout and general production man
agcr for the Great Ziegfeld.
JUST 20 YEARS AGO
I, was exactly 26 years ago. as
Buck tells il. Rogers and another
hand had received some laudatory
newspaper publicity for bravely
and successfully tackling a steer
that had suddenly gone loco near
a crowd OF helpless people. The
reward had been the offer OF a
brief neighborhood vaudeville en-
gagement
Buck, who haunted burlesque
houses, vaudeville Of all grades
and similar temples, even church
services occasionally. In an endless
hunt for new faces and sorts OF
attractions. saw the .homcly. I'M
kcmpt, gum-chewing Rogers and
Immediately got a crazy idea. lie
would take the frowzy. homely
rope-spinning cowboy with squini
and smirk as his stock facial ex'
pressionS. and throw hum into tho
middle of the show on the New
Amsterdam Roof-a show that fea.
tured an even three dozen Of tho
most beautiful girls top salaries
could hire.
Ziegfeld vetoed the idea. lie was
all for beauty and glamour. He
couldn't see a cowboy of any sort
unless maybe a handsome tenor
dressed like one for number. Anc
Rogers. with his dirty chaps. his
twirling rope. his homely face anC
/ clubhouse monologue. was repel
lent 10 his professional sensible
/ ties
"But." said Buck. CAS- homely
az he was and a. corny "a his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Cough Syrup
Doses on Turf
Lead TO Probe
International New. s.ryic. wir.

HOLLYWOOD PARK, Cal.
June 17.--AS Jerry Giesler. chair
man of the California horse racing
board, stood at swords points
today with disgruntled owners who
would like TO see him removed,
the state narcotics bureau adj
mitted it was making a full in
vestigation of the alleged use OF
"giddy-up" medicine at the Hol-
lywood Park racing plant.
Paul T.. Madden. head Of the
bureau, admitted his office was
definitely interested in the cab.
normal" sale of cough medicine
containing morphine and uSeC
ostensibly to cure horses of colds
a cough syrup dose for a
horse with a cold II usually one
or two ounces twice day."
Madden said. "but so far our
office has learned from the
federal narcotics bureau that
the greater part Of 46 gallons
OF morphine-besring syrup was
dispensed without authorization
To racing stables that have been
operating at Hollywood Park,
Meadows Santa AAlta and
Albany.
INVESTIGATES PURCHASES
"MOre than II gallons went
TO one stable alone, We are
investigating these purchases
and will continue until all facts
are I'm our possession. This
should take n week or 10 days"
Before Madden entered tn,
scene. the racing board, in answer
to rumors around the track tina
caffeine had been given 20 at leas
nine topnotch horses, had calle'
for a full probe and climaxed j
by ordering nine prominent turf
men and one woman owner {,
appear before the racing boar
next Monday TO show cause VIII,
they should not be barred from
the track.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
GET THE MOST
OUT OF DRIVING!
GO IN A
GOOD USED CAR

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TIMES WANT ADS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17
Scratches

At aouEDtCT
Weather. clear traCk. fact
First Race Brsmbie Buzz Cup cop.
Flaming GLORY.
second Haee--A,trsetins BounossIong.
DARK Level
Fourth Race rlss, borough. War Hs1-
ard
Ftrh Pace Iron shot rlrars
seventh Race Dlssembisf
At Suffolk DOWNS
a Weather clear track, SLOW
rftt Race Wanna Hygro. Nascafo
Second Race Sweet olive, lpdo, Pet
line Fiying Emblem
THIRD Race Mahdi
Seventh Pace Master KEY Wise Bee,
Notun
EiIhth Race -Bissksrfy Ha.y WIRE.
AT LINCOLN FIELDS
Mssthsr clear. track. slow.
Ffsf Race SIR l..
Second Race Barbara hplss Trial
eionsro. star Bunk Duemlss. Musglns
Third Rsce -Helmer TomnVs Luck
phiAgAl. Present Time, Fiwtsh lou
Alone
Fourth Race posln
Eiehth Rscs Knee Deep.
ninth Race lsubstltutsl Declared on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-17

BUICK-'A0 super torpedo body +-door
trunk sedan radio and heater. Monahan
blue finish. matched tires, with few miles
an ideal vacation and family car; only
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Thief Gets $40
AT Walker Home

A burglar stole $40 at the home
Of Fred B. Walker, III No. c st.
Wednesday night, according TO po-
lice
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker left the
house at s p. m. and upon return
ing an hour later heard a disturb
ance, which they believed was
caused by the intruder, although
they did not actually see him. They
reported the house was thoroughly
ransacked, but said only the money
was missing.
T. W. Gosney, owner Of The
Corral, 5431 South Tacoma way.
reported that an attempt had been
made to rsnsack the establishment
Wednesday. Gosner. who lives at
PAS No. Grant ave. said the prowl-
ers were unable to open a second
lock on the door after they had
used bolt cutters to break the first.
Two small motors. some drills,
and several sacks of planer ends
were stolen recently from a garage
owned by C. B. Frasier. 22o Ea.
Gath st, he reported Wednesday.
Meanwhile. a stolen bundle of
clothing was returned TO its owner.
Phillip Close. Ri. II, Box 172-D.
Seattle. II WAS stolen April is and
recovered Wednesday on the
gravity pipe line on saith st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25

Miss Hilda Usher, dinner. Mrs.
Margaret Bowen. Evelyn Jacobson
and Mrs. Haxle~rne Funk were
elected to act N nominating COM
mittee. Election of officers will be
held at the regular meeting In
May.
Royal Purple Club
Mrs. Joe Leader entertained the
members of the Royal Purple club
for = 1:30 luncheon at her home
Wednesday. Places were marked
for Mesdames George Martin,
George Meyer. John Nelson. Mel
win Stacy. Lloyd Weaver, John
Wynn. Bert Bennett. George Brin-
ing. Pat Carol, Elmer Dahl.
Claude and Elmer Devries, Henry
Golman. Alien Hayes and the
hostess.
Chorus Receives Rating
The Spartan chorus Of the Sum-
ner High school. under the direc-
ton Of Miss Edna Sandbloom. re-
ceived q rating Of excellent for the
fifth consecutive year at the an
nual music meet held in Everett
April 10. The two numbers sung
were Lost in the Night" by
Christianson. and vale Of Tuoni"
By SibeliuA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
CHARLES WEST

Funeral services for Charles
West. 20. of Rt. Z, Tacoma, who
d'ed recently in 4 local hospital.
will be held Friday at p. m. from
the Lynn chapel. with the Rev.
Z. b. Wilson officiating. Burial
viii Be In Mountain View burial
park. West, a member of the
Masonic lodge and Scottish Rite
bodies. was employed as a fore
man by the BARRIERS Asphalt Co.
prior 10 his illness. He leaves his
wife. Josie. Of Juneau. Alaska.
oTro SIMPSON
Funeral services are beng made
at the Cassedy a Alien mortuary
for Otto Simpson. about 20, whose
body was found at his home, Rt.
Z. Box 321. Falkland. Wednesday
by Deputy Sheriffs Luther Wright
and Ed Dahl. His death was list
ed ~ suicide by Coroner T. II.
Long. who said Simpson had cut
his throat with a butcher knife.
He had been dead approximately
five days when found.
HENRY II. cuRrrs
Henry Harry Curtis. rs. of 1890
Fawcett ave. died in . local hos
pital Wednesday. He was q native
Of New York Curtis. a stationary
engineer. leaves his wife, Lola,
and three sons. Harry and Daniel
Of Minnesota and Henry OF Ia
coma Lynn will announce the
funeral
MRS JOSEPH DRONECk
Funeral services for Mrs. Amsn-
da o. Droneck. 90. who died Thurs
day at her home. sos Ea- Morton.
Will Be held Saturday At / p. n.
from u Lynn chapel. with Rev.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Morton Schools
Play on Friday

MORTON-The senior class of
Morton high school will present a
three-act farce entitled Zone Wild
Night" by Guernsey lie Pelly at
the high school gymnasium on Fri
day at 8 p. m. This farce is a
spirited one, and full of laughs.
Students taking part in the pro-
duction are: Theron Wood, Bar
bara Tully, Franklin Neisheim.
June Hoem, Myrl Scalf. Marjorie
Mcdonnell. Ellen Meyers. Charlie
Ward, Helen Thompson. Lawrence
Justice. Gordon Hugh, Peggy Nc
Carthy. Jerrie Bibbie. Evelyn
Bickford. Christine Goodwin. Paul
Sparkman. and Ben Edmiston.
The new stage setting. due to
the efforts of Floyd Armsted. is
an unusually attractive one. with
white walls and ivory woodwork.
Miss Swasey. the director. re-
ports that her group of amateur
actors are unusually conscientious
and determined to give the public
splendid evenings entertain
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Vets Meetinq
On Saturday
Spring Conference
For v. F. w. Here

The annual department spring
conference Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars Of tn, L. s. for West
ern Washington will be held Sat
urday. April rs. In the ]. o. o. ?.
hall. sth and Fswcett ayes. se-
cording IN Department Com
nander Jack Waite of Seattle
Fred BrininE. retiring COM
nsnd-r Of Wild West post No. ei.
as general chairman. viil open the
business session Al 2 p. m. Gus
Partridge. captain of the U. 5. $.
Tacoma post 1929. will be chair
man of meetings. and T o.
Powers, a past department COM
nander. will be master Of cere-
monies for the joint sessions.
A s p. m. banquet in the i. o.
o. r. dining room has been ar
ranged for all veterans. auxiliary
members and friends, at which
time Neil Kline, past commander
of Wild West, past department
commander of Washington and at
present the national executive as
sistant to the V. r. W. COM
mander-in-chief. will be honored.
At s p. m. a mass meeting open
to the general public will intro
duce state and city dignitaries.
national and department V. +. W.
officers, and will have as the
principal attraction a timely mes
sage from Kline.
on Friday Kline will be heard
over XVI at 8 p. m. At 6:15 p m.
at e12 Commerce st. Wild West
post will fete its past commander,
presenting him with a large BIRTH
day cake. The regular Friday
meeting of Wild West post will be
marked with a joint installation
Of post and auxiliary officers.
James X. Copeland is the new post
commander.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Church Mercer
Expected Soon

Merger of the Evangelical
church and the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ is prsc-
tically assured, the Rev. John
Henry Soltman. pastor of Tacoma
Evangelical church, So. 18th and
X SITS. said Thursday.
His statement came after
joint meeting of representatives Of
the two churches in Canton, O., In
which the book of discipline. gov
erning the new church. was nearly
completed.
Union of the two churches
would bring together rs churches
Of the United Brethren group and
so of the Evangelical, now operat-
ing in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. 1t is estimated that 260,-
600 members of the latter group
and 400, 900 of the former would
be united throughout the United
States.
The United Brethren church is
not represented in Tacoma AT this
time. but following the merger a
church home would be made avail
able.
A number of changes in pro-
cedure would result in greater
efficiency and lower costs of
operation, the local pastor was
advised.
First negotiations were opened
IN 1888, and 1t is expected details
will be worked out for acceptance
in time for the general meeting of
both bodies in 1912.
Completion OF the merger will
mark the second time in its
history the Evangelical church
has united with another group.
having joined with the United
Evangelical church in 1922.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Brick Sale
Nets $4,000

Up 70 noon Thursday. the Col
lege Of Puget Sound students cam
palgn to sell 10000 bricks to raise
money for the completion OF the
Student Union building had Melted
-. 600 in cash Besides the cash
there are a number OF pledges TO
be paid a. the building progresses.
Though planned for a two-dsy
campaign. II was announced al
the headquarters In Hotel Win
throp Thursday the "bricks-krieg"
will continue until the JOB Is fin
shed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Riverside School
Program Friday

A benefit program for the pur-
pose of purchasing chairs for the
school auditorium will be given in
Riverside school Friday at p. m.
Entitled Riverside Spring Revue, I"
the variety show is sponsored by
Riverside Valley Grange. Riverside
PIT. A. and the All clubs.
With Burton w. Lyon jr., as
master Of ceremonies, the show
will run through IS acts of vaude-
vile and dramatics. including a
medley by Stanley Stemp and his
Rhythmeers; THE Waltz" read
ing, by Mrs. L. Bedford; Rhythm
on the Range" All club; "Valse, "
by A. Durand, Mrs Caroline Shat
fer; The Mellerdrsma," school
pupils.
'Minuet in c." violin solo by
Betty Shaw; The Kid in 3-Cor-
nered Pants" and Santa Lucia, &"
Dorothy Waring; An Operation. ="
school pupils; Rose of Tralee,"
Gwen and Richard Hagerty; dane
ing, Downing Studio pupils, Shirley
Ayres. Betty Jean Fisher, Mari
lyn Turner, Janet Hall and Phyllis
Lou, with Miss Violet Cakes ac-
companist.
Community singing will be led
by the Rev. William Moore: Home
Waltz" electric steel guitar. Ger
aid Pepos; a tumbling act by
pupils of Gault school. Tacoma:
saxophone solo. Virgil Howard !;
"There1l Be Some Changes Made"
and Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"
Ruth Luton: White Phantom, -
one-act comedy; Song of India, "
clarinet solo by Goldie Hillegoss.
and As Minutes With the 41si
Division" by boys from Camp MUIR
ray.
The White Phantom" directed
by Lucille Stevens. includes in its
cast Lucille Stevens. r. C. Hager-
ty, Jean Chesky, Evelyn Taylor.
Warren Burr. Carl Olson. Frances
kerzie and ?:7. the White Phsn-
tom himself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Driver Is Arrested
After Car Accident

Police held Charles o. Little. IS,
for investigation Thursday after
his car repeatedly struck a coupe
parked at S50s Tacoma ave
about 2 q. m.
Little admitted having had -four
glasses Of beer. police said. He
was driving south on So. Tacoma
ave. when his car struck = ma
chine owned by r. J. Healy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
Gray Field Work
Bids Received

Sound Construction 4 Engineer
ing Co. Of Seattle submitted the
lowest bid for construction of a
new airplane hangar. apron. heat
ing plant. drainage system and
water supply at Gray field. Fort
Lewis, IL was announced Wednes-
day.
The concern made bid Of
S167,777 for the project. Only
other bidder was the J. w. Bailey
Construction Co. Of Seattle. whose
offer was approximately $4,000
more.
Completion of the work is sched-
uled for mid-July, according to the
office of the constructing quarter
master.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25
OBITUARY NOTICES

Thomas Turnbull officiating. Bur-
ial will be in Mountain View burial
park. Mrs. Droneck. a native of
Wisconsin and a resident of Ia
coma "a years, was a member of
the Lutheran church. Surviving
are her husband. Joseph: one
daughter. Mrs. Dorothea Hunter.
and two nieces. Mrs. r. c. Basnaw
and Mrs. Harry Chapman, all of
Tacoma.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Mn. Eiisabeth Scharpf Satur-
day. $50 a. m. from 81. AIMS
Catholic church; cortege leaving
Buckley-Kings at o: entombment
Tacoma mausoleum.
Mn. Mamie 8. Fian>burg-Fri-
day, $50 ?. m, from the Mellinser
chapel the Rev. Harold r. Long
officiating; interment in the Ia
coma cemetery.
Mrs. Elias Jespersen-The body
was sent Thursday by the Melhnger
funeral home 20 Taber. Alberta,
Can, for funeral services and
interment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25

Fire caused damage Of 500 TO
the home Of c. w. whitmore. 1917
No. 10th st. Wednesday afternoon.
Firemen, summoned shortly
after 2 p. m. reported that a
defective chimney was responsible.
causing $500 damage TO the build
ing and $500 10 contents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-25

Bashford took the picture in
cloudy weather. with rain squalls
and a s5-mile-per hour wind
which, incidentally. caused the
spans failure, engineers have de-
cided.
The photo was adjudged one Of
the best 10 among $50 put before
the judges. II was taken with a
AXIS Graflex from a point about
2,7oo feet from the center span as
IT plunged into the white-capped
waters.