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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
MARTIN JOSEPH MCMAHON

Martin Joseph Mcmahon. -. Of
RI. /, Box TO. died Thursday in a
local hospital A native Of st
Paul. inn, ne had lived in Tacoma
since 1907. He was a retired
roundhouse foreman ~ the North
ern Pacific shops, and was a men,
Der Of the retired Northern Pacific
Veterans association. Surviving
are four daughters. Mrs. l.. T. Cru
soc. Mrs. Erville T. Sweeney. both
u Lakewood. Mrs Douglass l..
Coulter Of Los Angeles and Miss
Theresa Mcmahon Of San Fran
CISCO. one son. Julian NJ. Of Bren-
ertOn; two brothers. Michael Nc
Ashon 81 81. Paul and Andrew l..
Of Seattle. two sisters. Miss Bessie
Mcmahon Of 81 Paul and Mrs
Katherine Nolan of St Paul. and
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
Cripple on Trial
For Counierieiiinu

William J. Green. "a year.old
cripple whose criminal record
totals n years ~ prison life. AS
on trial IN federal court here FFl-
day and faced with = counterfeit
ina charge.
Hls case IL being heard by eight
men and four women. The first
panel drawn IN the new federal
court term. Federal Judga Lloyd
4. Black IL presiding
Green pleaded innocent 10 the
countrrfsit eharKss brought
against him ~ Tia iaat federal
grand jury.
IL 10 anticipated ths Jury sili
return ia verdict late FRIDAY or
early saturday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

white house that rambles pictur-
esquely atop a handicapped bluff
overlooking Lake Michigan. In
addition to themselves and their
library. there is now a darkroom
and a studio, museum exhibit
OF early American Minerva glass
and Toby mugs and New orleans
French furniture. and the work.
room where Mrs. Nelson pursues
her pet hobby Of repairing broken
toys for underprivileged children.
There is also Jerry. Jerry is a
Chesapeake retriever whom the
Nelson's have had since he was six
weeks old. He's very vital MEM
Der Of the household.
When Nelson was living in Chi
cago. or when he had time to fly
up for week-ends from Washing
ton. he would turn up each Sunday
morning at the fashionable Bob
o'-Link Golf club for a round with
the same three men with whom he
had played for 10 years. They say
he's a great driver. holder OF the
club distance record, but his puts
are terrible.
Exercise is not Nelson forte.
The well equipped Photographic
studio which his wife had fixed up
for him on the second floor of their
garage was his favorite haunt.
Until he went down to Washing
ton Mrs. Nelson says. he'd come
home from work, climb into an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

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FUNERAL SERVICES

William Henry Naikef, ST. sat
urdsy At 100 p. m from G. c.
Mellinger Co chapel, with the
Rev. o. Il. Faulkner officiating.
Internent Will BE- in Mountain
View burial park. Active pail
bearers viii be Joseph DeLnca
Alvin Amundssn. John n Hazsn.
Ray r. Mccall. Adolph swanson
and Dennis sesnion. Honorary
pallbesrsrs will be John A. Pyfsr.
Virgil r. Foster James A Ne
Donald. Walter Christian, Leonard
Wilson and Fred kuno.
Wash Poiiaek - Monday II 10
= m from 81 Jossphs church.
followed b. burial In Calvary osm-
stsry. under the direction Of Cas-
ssdy and Allen.
Martin .. Hif1eIt,erEer sztur-
day ~ ?. m. from q o Lynn
Co chapel. with the Rev Burtof
W Smith officiating Burial ali
10 IN Tacoma cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
DONALD New Production Heads Record Shows
NELSON He's Fst-Rate Boueneck Cracker

Americas production fa short Of needs and srpee
totons There opp1s 70 BE- confusion ~ key quarters One
rdn Is chosen 10 cut through 10 rcd tape. 70 GET
THINGS DONE. ThGt - Donald ". Nelson chairman
Of The War Production Board What Of -
this TO hom the president delegates unprecedented pocers
ond responsibility time Of national peril To that
ond other questions NEA Serrce Tacoma Times correspond
1nts gathered facts from authoritative
birth place his business associates his sphere ~ maritime
Washington md from Mrs Nelson From these facts iras
produced oaRdd carefully consdered ticopdrt rordpe
fs NJ Americas production ear OF Uhioh the article be
loc - the second.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

Don Nelson always has been
busy. He couldn't even find time
for a honeymoon when, a con-
firmed bachelor" in his middle sos,
he met the right woman Her
name was Helen Wishart. Nelson
met her at dinner party one blus-
terry winters night in 1924. A
blonde. blue-eyed 1owan. Miss Wis
hart had come to Chicago to study
et the Art Institute.
Don Nelson suddenly became a
devotee of the arts Our ro-
nance" Mrs. Nelson now laugh
ingly recalls, was long on art
exhibitions and theaters and con-
certs. but short on night clubs"
They were married in the living
room Of the brides mother on Dec.
is, 1926, and Immediately set up
Housekeeping in four-room apart
ment in Evanston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MayoraliY Race

headquarters si ti2-tiS Jones
building lphon. BR A25l. space
he has occupied in the past ~ Of
fetal Of the Apartment House
Owners association
The effle~ va. being manned
by vsrieu. member. Of his
support. Oscar Williams. an
officer Of the civilian defense
corp. until thu recent shake
up. said h~ and associates
toiHtiy we're managing the
campaign 90 elect Warren -
mayor. that their workers
were taking the field Friday.
Warren and his hackers declare
Tacoma now has no civilian de
lenses.
Its condition proves eonciu-
sively." said Warren, the lack Of
leadership Since the mayor IA
the designated leader. We must
get somebody who knows some
thing about a."
Mark Bartlett. who points out
that he received II 600 votes la
his unsuccessful campaign for civil
service commissioner, IL doing his
own campaign managing from his
home at $40 No. Prospect 81
phone Main s247. Thai Ia the same
headquarters he has had for his
work since 1898 ss state manager
Of . fraternal life insurance ASSOC
citation.
mig city administration 10
se mystery Ia me-" he de-
eiare~. "a us~d % handle the
county recorders sffies Of
san Fraaci-co and Was . eon-
fideatial secretary to the san
Francisco mayor"
Bartlett sl-o has some unusual
proposals for setting up a city
benevolent fund" part Of The
first humane city government IN
the world" which h. says he would
set up here.
He said he has been doing little
speaking. and doesn't see much
value In meetings where the can.
didatss make speeches 20 each
other for lack of an audience. bui
plans 10 do more talking from
now on 10 Townsend groups and
Old Age Pension union locals.
SO viii the mayor. whose jon
calls for more speaking than any
other man In the city. and prob
ably a. many A. any city or stats
official In Washington. For IN.
stance. he made four Lincoln 4
birthday talks Thursday. = dsy
off at the city hall but no day
of for ths mayor.
As Cain describes the theme ~
bis campaign for reelection. "Fos
the past tNo years I've been Al.
tempting 10 do a constructive lof
for the city OF Tacoma There's
no point 10 my Trying 10 do any
thing different during campaign
His campaign speeches. hs sad
would BE- just the same a. thoss
he has been masking all along
I'm trying Ia run = Job.
which l. serisu. business. he
said. IN simply continue re-
parting Ia the psspi. On the
state Of tbrir city"
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APARTMENT TOO SMALL
FOR NELSON BOOKS

The apartment might have
worked out all right If the groom
hadn't owned so many books (un-
like many business mems Libraries,
almost none of them detective sto-
ries) and the bride had not been
20 good a cook. But in no time
at all the Nelson library and waist
line had outgrown IT, and the new
Mrs. Nelson began the house hunt
which finally established them as
residents of Chicagos fashionable
Glencoe suburb.
Today the Nelson's and their
books fill charming IA room
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

10 corner the market On an mn.
der~esr fses4c. Seison arranged
slight changes N tho specifications
which made II possible u save -
cents per garment ard ieft the
spectators holding the pant.
Nv letting ccntFactn ~ the basis
Of several weighted factors pro-
dlction facilities. regional unem-
ploymsnt. geographic lacstion. etc.
Nelson affected other ssving.
important among them hssng the
minimum disturbance 81 the price
levels in consumer markets.
ANSWER All. MAI. IN
a. HouR<-oR Gf.<G"
IL was - executive director %
the supply Prioflsiss and Alloca-
tons hoard. however. that Donald
Nelson's ability Was most clearly
and decisiv.ly shown. When he
started the job. requests for pricri-
ties were eottlenceklnE on sxeen-
tive desks II an alarming rate.
They had eeen trucking In 81 the
rat. Of TOO q week At the years
start. bat BY September there was
an sooo-s-~eek flood
Calling TO Washington three
hard boiled mail order experts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

Accused NJ making = pfsefiss
~ buying liquor for soldiers. t~s
elderly Tacunans ~efs baoked by
police Thursday night ard charged
with violating ststs liquor
ordinances and ~srs ofd<f>d hsid
for Claude iisysns stats liquor
inspector, They ara Fred Aaes.
60. and Charley Willis -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
~ ION WOLF
Tacoma limo. staff Correspondent

NASHINGTON-With nearly thirty years of business
life behind him. Donald Mari Nelson, chairman of the
War Production board planning TO end his IN
California when President Roosevelt eephoned him at the
end of June 1910 and asked him to Washington
for two months to help the treasury departments
ment division
Starting testing laboratory Nelson worked
To the Sears Roebuek Now
West Coast business Nelson
California he
small And the a
the Phi wanted He's always been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
rr.rADs affurY

Indicted ~ a federal grand jury
for selling intozleantH 70 an In.
dian. 7s.ysaf-old William 3. Chap
man plsAasd guilty TO the charge
ia federal cDuft hers Frlaay sem
isacs Nas 10 be imposed later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

me color ysil0w. vhlsh In an.
elsnt times denoted glory and for
tune. ngs~ u tho symboi ~ lnfsasl-
ity. trsaehery. and mlsfeftune.
fou help yourself ~bsn you hay
y. n Defense nondx.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
MRS. GEORGE y. FRANZ

Mrs. Grace c. Franz. So. Of 500
No. Alder st. died Friday at her
home. A native Of shelton. she
came to Tacoma in 1904. and Was
married here In 1907. Besides her
husband. she leaves three broth
ers. Guy y. Knesland Of Union.
Wash, Hugh r. kneeland Of Buck
ley, and Roy l. Kneeland of
Tacoma. Buckley-KinE viii an
nounce the funeral arrangements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
Annual Meetinu
For Association

Washington Cooperative Egg A
Poultry association celebrated its
25th anniversary at an annual
meeting Thursday in Seattle and
reviewed how 1t had built a Sl6.-
000.000 business from $4,000
start.
President J. V. Peterson of
Langley was reelected, and other
officers carried over were C. f.
Van Horn. Marietta. vice president:
II. ID. Foster. Sumner, secretary
treasurer. and Harry J. Beernink,
Seattle. general manager, a char
ter member of the group.
A. II. Anderson of Chehalis was
elected new member OF the
board OF trustees. Trustees re-
elected were Myron r. Hawley,
Ferndale; l.. J. Campbell, Mount
Vernon; NJ. T. Hokenstad. Sno-
homish. and W. s. Porter, Port
Ludlow.
Beernink reported membership
increased by $3.50 last year, bring
ing the total TO 29.O43. Total sales
last year were SIC. 500. 900, an in
crease Of $4,000. 900 over 1910. The
cooperative has a net worth OF
81 ,272. $50. owning property worth
S6.734,27 and owing s246i .65i.
s. ID. Sanders, Washington, ID. C,
federal commissioner Of the bank
for cooperatives. and former presi-
dent and general manager OF the
association, was a guest speaker.
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olympic Rebekah lodge win me-

Friday evening at S o'clock in the
l. o. o. F. temple. Mrs Alvin
Sather. recently installed noble
grand. will preside. assisted by
other new officers. Plans for the
year will be presented
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

six grandchildren. Piper Co. will
announce the funeral arrange
ments.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
Organize For
Civilian Defense

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Fol-
lowing a national conference
on defense called by James
Scott, polemarch of the Kappa
Phi Psi Fraternity, several
meetings in the interest of ma
tional defense were held here
beginning Dec. 20 which were
participated in by Governor
Henry F. Schricker, DR.. Theo-
dore Gable, State defense adj
wiser, Councilman B. F. Ran
some, Senator Robt. Lee Brok-.
enburr, Chester Hebbet, Rev.
John A, Alexander, William D.
Alexander representing Mrs.
Crystal Bird Fauset of the U. S.
ONCE of Civilian Defense.
Chester Allen, a state deefnse
coordinator, Mayor Reginald l.,
Sullivan and State Defense CO.
ordinator G.. A. Jackson,
At the close of the meetings
resolutions were wired to May
or LaGuardia, U. S. Director of
Civilian Defense, pledging CO.
operation and unity for Civil
ian Defense efforts.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
Testimonial To
Atty. Bourne

Scores of Boston citizens will
pay tribute to Attorney John
S. R. Bourne at a testimonial
banquet Monday evening, Jan.
10.
Honorary chairman Of the.
committee is Attorney John W.
Schenck; DR.. Robert A. Sim
mons is chairman, William
Harrison, secretary; Attorney
Laurence Banks, treasurer, and
Mrs. Maude Steward, di-
rector of publicity. Active COM
mittee members include Mes
danes Minnie F. Garnes, Nam
cy Morgan, Agnes 3. Simmons.
Mabelle Scott and Lillian Il.
Williams; Mark Alper, David D
Kenney, George w. Williams,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Stan
sill.
His EXcellency the Governor
of the Commonwealth, Hon.
Leverett Saltonstall, and His
Honor the Mayor of Boston,
Hon. Maurice j. Tobin, have
been invited to attend. Among
sponsors are Matthew w, Bull
lock, assistant commissioner of
correction; Julian D. Steele, ex-
ecutive director of the Arm
strong -Hemenway Foundation:
Seaton w. Manning, industrial
secretary of the Boston Urban
League; Morris R, Taylor, di-
rector of the Robert Gould
Shaw House; Give Knowles Of
Labor's Non Partisan League;
Professor Francis o. Mattl1ies-
sen of Harvard University;
Louis E. Pasco, secretary of the
Boston branch of the NAACP,
and president of Boston Branch
Equal Rights League.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10

Educator and Race Leader"
The Commencement program
noted that the Bishop has an
A. B. and B. D. from Living
stone College. This is signiti-
cant because Joseph c. Price
was founder of Livingstone
College sixty years ago. and
his biography has never been
published in full, Bishop Walls
proposes to develop his thesis
into the first full literature Of
the Price tradition and biog-
raphy,
Bishop Walls has set an ex-
ample to the Race ministry.
Already elected to life time
poSition-bishop in one of the
great churches of his race, he
yet thought it not condescen-
sion to carry the dignity of his
Office into the University lee
ture room, and there study the
new trends in education, NOR
ais, and social psychology and
science. With his many cares
he is regarded with interest
and pride at the University,
where he has been on the pro-
gram twice, the main speaker
in bi-weekly Chapel services Of
faculty and students and the
visiting public; and was chosen
a member of the faculty STU
dent commission to study the
reconstruction of the Upjver-
81 ty Degree courses.
His present conferences are:
New England, Indiana, Ken
lucky, and the Allegheny
pittsburgh, and the New
York Mother) conference, the
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10

DURING 1q41

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec, 1871
President F, D. Patterson OF
Tuskegee Institute sends the
following data on lynchings for
the year 1871.
According to the reports COM
piled in the Department Of
Records and Research, there
were four persons lynched in
194l. This is one less than the
number five for the year 1910
one more than the number 3
for the year 1889, two less than
the number six for the year
1888, and four less than the
number eight for the year 1887 4.
One of the persons lynched was
taken from the Jail.
There were 10 reports of in
stances in which officers of the
law prevented lynchings. One
in a northern state and 18 in
southern states, In l8 in
stances, persons we're removed
or guards augmented or other
precautions taken. In one case
armed force fas used. A total
number Of 81 persons-one
white man and 20 colored men
were thus saved from the
hands of mobs.
All persons lynched were
colored. The offenses charged
were: Attempted rape, one;
suspected of stealing, one; al
tercation with white man, one;
working on job from which
whites had been discharged,
one.
The states in which lynch-
ings occurred and the number
in each state are as follows:
Florida, one; Georgia, one;
North Carolina, one; South
one,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
Riggs Reelected
Grand Master
BY w. A. FISHER

Fred w. Riggs was unani-
mouSly reelected Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master at the
31st communication of the
Most Worshipful Alpha Grand
Lodge, A. F. and A. M. at Pet
er Salem Hall, 1853 w. Spring
field st. on Dec, 81. Other Off
GERS elected were;
Edward Grant, Deputy Grand
Master; Maurice Walker, Sen
ior Grand Warden; James S.
White, Junior Grand Warden;
Nathaniel Reid, Grand Treas
urer; and VIM. A. Fisher,
Grand Secretary,
All lodges were represented.
The Most WorShipful Grand
Master, Fred w. Riggs, presio-
ed. His address showed that it
had been a year of activity,
the M. w. G., M. having visited
all the lodges in the jurisdic-
ton and found them in good
condition, besides attending
many other functions of the
lodges during the year. The
budget had been greatly re-
duced without impairing the
functioning of the Grand
Lodge. Enthusiasm ran wild
when the Grand Master report
ed that Phoenix Lodge No. 4
of Worcester had been re-
established. Among the rec
concentrations was that the
Grand Lodge invest $500 in De-
Tense Bonds, which was unan-
imously approved.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
"Porgy and Bess" Show
Tops Entire Season!
PAUL JORDAN

two with picturesque settings
made the evening memorable
one in the theatre,
Flt fssaoas Catfish Row is
not SO named because of slum
conditions, but is the home of
the hardy colored fisherfolk OF
Charleston, South Carolina, who
mend their nets, live, love.
laugh and die in manner
which completely enchants you
by the magic spell of their
sheer acting ability. The Or
iginal performance of "Porgy"
at the old Hollis Street Thea
tire was a dramatic thunder
bolt, but it now seems static
when compared with the pres
ent Streamlined production
which in competition with four
other legitimate theatre hits liz
Boston, drew a packed house
for the opening. The heroic
efforts of the producer Miss
Cheryl Crawford to contract as
many members of the original
Gershwin production of "Por-
gy and Bess" (Which tried out
in the Colonial Theatre in
Boston under the Hollywood
direction of Reuben Mamoulian
and then went on to greater
glory on Broadway and across
the nation) was most success
full in that all the veteran ac-
tors give masterful perform
ances. Todd Duncan, as the
crippled "Porgy", gives the
same magnificent performance
with his powerful tenor ring
in gthrough the house in that
glorious Gershwin melody, 1--WE
Got Plenty of Nuthin" which
drew encore after encore. Ann
Brown is in splendid voice and
figure, making Bess both AFRO
CONTINUED on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10

For a limited engagement
which began Monday, Deem
Der 90, at the Shubert Thea
ire in Boston, Cheryl Crawford
is presenting George Gersh-
wins "Porgy and BesS," found
ed on the play "Porgy" by Du-
Bose and Dorothy Hayward.
PRINCIPALS IN CAST
Clara-Harriet Jackson
Maria-Georgette Harvey
Jake-Edward Matthews
5portin' Life-Avon Long
,2obbins-Henry Davis
Serena-Ruby Ely
Porgy-Todd Duncan
CroWn-Warren Coleman
aess-Anne Brown
Gndertaker-John Garth
.Annie-Catherine Ayres =.
Frazier. Rosamond john
son
Strawberry Woman-Helen
Dowdy
Crab MAMMALIAN Wool
folk
Ilbretto by DuBose Hayward.
Lyrics by DuBoSe Hayward
and Ira Gershwin
Conducted by Alexander
SnalIens
Directed by Robert Rose
Choral Director-Eva JeSsye
Settings by Herbert Andrews
In three acts and nine scenes
BY this time you will have
become aware of the fact that
Boston has the honored privi-
lege of currently offering the
greatest musical and dramatic
hit of the American stage IN
this or any time. Every local
reviewer and drama critic went
"all out" for this all colored
presentation and praised the
production to the skies, espec-
ially after a large and dis
tinguished opening night aud
fence stood and cheered for
curtain after curtain on the
final scene. These tired eyes
and ears have never seen or
heard greater performance
of music, color and drama (col-
ored or white) across the foot
lights. The players were all
inspired to the heights Of
powerful acting, superb singing,
and the perfect blending Of the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10

Acc an hour as compared to
the previous hourly rate of 36c
Weekly wages now with the
increase will be $22.oS as COM
pared to the old rate of $17.28
A wage increase of approx
mately S$5 per week.
A bonus of $51 each for 1000
red caps was won in the recent
negotiations. This will come in
the form of lump payment Of
nine cents an hour from Sept
/, 1941 to Nov. and 10cents
an hour from Nov. l, 1941.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
RED CAPS WIN
S625,ooo PAY

CHICAGO-An annual wage
increase of $625,OOO was won
this week for the majority Of
the nations red caps, members
of the United Transport Ser
vice Employees of America. In
addition an immediate 100000
is to be paid to them in back
pay through the retroactive
provisions of the new contract
The new wage contract calls
for a nat 10-cent hourly in
crease on all basic rates of pay
retroactive to Sept. /, 1941. The
new contract brings wages up
to Acc and in some instances
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10

schools, among whom was
Bishop William Jacob Walls of
the A. M. E. Zion Church, who
received his Master of Arts in
Religious Education. The sub
iect of Bishop Walls thesis was
Joseph Charles Price, Pioneer
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-01-10
Bill Robinson
Adopts Refugee

NEW YORK (Cl-Bill Rob-
inson has become the war time
foster-father of 12-yearold Ma
rie Joan Stanley, Holland-born
daughter of refugee family, it
was announced by Mrs. Edna
Blue, executive chairman of the
Foster-Parent Plan for War
Children.
The famous tap dancers
ward, Marie, is one Of the 40
children of the colonies main
tanned by the plan of England.
she was born in the Neither
lands, but has spent most of
her life in Jamaica, British
West Indies.