Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Tacoma Daily Ledger from Tacoma, Washington • 2

Location:
Tacoma, Washington
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

am THE TACOMA DAILY LEDGER FRIDAY JANUARY 8 1932 1 i 4 House Welcomes LLOYD TO SPEAK WHEN DEMOCRATS PULLET HUS IB REPUBLICS PLAN TO REMOVE CASH FROM LONDON TO AMERICA NEW YORK Jam 7 While Dr Edwin Kemmerer Interna Today's Radio Programs Morris Has New Role in Picture at Blue Mouse Turn in Petitions On Arms Cut Is Plea THERE are so many telephone messages requesting new petitions to sign in regard to reduction of armaments that Mrs Overton Ellis state chairman for Washington requests that all nowin'circulation be returned immediately to tho A 401 Broadway Those who wish to affix their names to petitiqns of this nature may do so at tho A Sways to Portland Tom Swayzo city' controller will ba in Portland today whers he has been called to present some record in a federal court case there Inv 'ving an insurance matter 1 I a ranee i TAIL FEATHERS Entry in Tacoma Show Goes New York Fowl Two Better Banquet Saturday An entry Iri the 37th annual show of the Tacoma' Poultry association goes a widely advertised entry In a New York show two better It was revealed yesterday by Judge Greenfield of Butte Mont A number of years ago at 'the Mad Ison Square Garden poultry show Dan Young one of the originators of tho White Leghorn breed showed a pullet with 16 main tail feathers The pullet was hailed as one of the highlights of the show At the Tacoma exhibition being held this week in the International Harvester building at Puyallup avenue and A street Jarmon of University Place has a pullet entered which boasts 18 main tail feathers the only one of its kind veteran poultry-men here remember having seen Duo to a delay in arrival of baby chicks entered by an Oregon breeder awards in the third annual Tacoma baby chick show will not be announced until today Until Judge Greenfield announces his champions today principal attention is being centered on champion displays The bronze plaque for the best display in the show all breeds competing was won by Red Farm of Tacoma with a total of 422 points The silver cup offered by Superintendent Fred A Johnson for second best was won by Horton of Spokane with a total of 346 points Both were won with Rhode Island Reds The best display of White Leghorns was entered by Jarmon the best display of Jersey Black Giants by Beckendorf of Parkland and the best Barred Plymouth Rocks by Keeney of Eugene' Ore Preparations for the annual banquet to be held Saturday evening In Odd Fellows temple 6th and Fawcett avenues are complete Over 30 dressed chickens are already on hand and more are being brought in from poultry farms all over the county The Tacoma Real Estate hoard has made arrangements to hold the weekly luncheon meeting at the show this noon Judging yesterday Included the egg show in which 56 entries comprise dozens of eggs Forty-eight entries of white and eight of brown eggs made up the display Winners In the white egg class follow! First Leghorn City 1 Puyallup 98 per cent per feet second Riverbend farm Sumner 98 per cefit perfect third Anna Bohn 1 Puyallup 95 13-24 per cent fourth Puajlea Tacoma 95 5-12 per cent fifth Nichols Tacoma 93 5-24 per cent Brown egg winners First Clayton 3 Box 180-A Puyallup 94 6-6 per cent second Standhope farm It 3' Box 473 Bellingham 93 Ta per cent third William Tonge Tacoma 93 per cent fourth Red farm Tacoma 93 per cent fifth Midgard Poultry farm Ray 92 per cent By IDA BOWLIN Alfred Smith John Davis and James Cox former presidential nominee will be heard during a broadcast of the annual Jackson day dinner In Washington from 7 to 8 o'clock this evening over NBC-KOMO chain stations The dinner is considered the opening gun of the presidential campaign Fannie Hurst nationally known novelist and lecturer will discuss as her contribution to the American School of the Air this morning at 11: SO over CBS stations NBC-KOMO Network Member stations: KOMO Seattle 920 keys KHQ Spokane 590 keys KGW Portland 620 keys 8 Walter Damrosch 9 Lor ring Schyler 1:15 Radio guild 4 Talk by Charles Francis Coe Across the music counter Concert orchestra and Cavaliers 6 Friendship town 6:30 Josef Koestner orchestra 7 Annual Jackson day dinner 8:15 Footlights 9 Disturbers of the air 10:30 Moonlight meditations Columbia and Don Lee Broadcasting Co Member stations: KVI Tacoma 760 keys silent from 4:30 to 10 KOL Seattle 1370 keys KOIN Portland 940 keys 8 a Ilappytime revue Ann Leaf at the organ 11:30 American School of the Air 8 Marine band Arthur Jarrett Educational features Light opera gems 1:30 Edna Thomas Gurtis Institute of Music 4 Songsmlths March of Time Lovely Lady 7:30 Music that satisfies 8 Bing Crosby 8:15 Street Singer Morton Downey 9:15 Hollywood gossip Wrestling II Hal Greyson orchestra NBC-KJR Network KJR Seattle 970 keys KFO San Francisco 680 keys KEN Portland 1180 keys KXA Spokane 1470 keys Crosscuts of the day 9:45 Organ recital 11:45 Mormon tabernacle and organ 2 Melody mixers Meet the Girl Friend Frank Wilson band 5 Twilight tunes Cecil and Sally 7 1 5 Scrapbook 8 Joseph Henry Jackson Alice Joy Vic Meyers choir 3486 KMO 860 Keys 6:45 a Musical klock Syncopated riddles 9:50 Town crier 11 Gloom chasers 12:30 Variety program 3:45 Junior broadcast 4:13 to 4:45 Novelty program DINE IN SEATTLE Wesley Lloyd president of tho Men's Democratic club of Pierce county will be the principal speaker at the Jackson day banquet tonight in the Olympic hotel Seattle Other speakers will bo George Downer of Bellingham Lloyd Black of Everett and Martin Smith of Hoquiam Saturday morning the Democratic state central committee meetibr will be held in Seattle with leaders forecasting the date of February 6 for the state convention with either Walla Walla or Yakima getting the call The early data would make the first state convention of either party In the country An attempt will be made to pledge the state convention to Franklin Roosevelt for President Saturday night the Democratic club here will sponsor of Jackson day banquet in the Tacoma hotel Lutheran Society to For election of officers and three trustees the Lutheran Welfare society will meet January 12 for the second annual session i 5 Chester Morris is shown above with Alison Loyd (formerly Thelma Todd) in a scene from his latest and most unusual starring picture which opens today at the Blue Mouso theater tionally famous mone expert conferred at the federal reserve bank on Latin-Amerlcan finances today Wall Street banking -circles understood that several of the South American republics bordering on the racltlc were planning to remove their cash balances from London to New York i Dr Kemmerer returned from Lima Peru last week with Eric Lamb of the federal reserve bank' where the two Americans acted observers and advisors at a joint meeting of representatives of the central banks of Chile Peru Bolivia Ecuador and Colombia' GOVERNOR JUDD TRYING TO CLEAN UP CRIME HE ASSERTS HONOLULU Jan Governor Lawrence Judd said today he was doing all In his power correct the when informed by the Washington navy department that men of the fleet would not be allowed ashore in Honolulu during February maneuvers unless crime conditions were cleaned up The statement also followed his reading of a press dispatch from Washington Quoting Secretary Adams as saying the fleet maneuvers might be canceled in Ha' waiian waters because of recent di orders In the Islands WOULD ELIMINATE ENTRANCE FEES TO NATIONAL PARKS SALT LAKE CITY Jan 7-Senator Reed Smoot today advised the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce he is preparing legislation to eliminate the payment' of entrance fees by visitors to national parks LEGION PLANNING PROTEST TO HARTLEY Bitter over what was regarded as a deliberate slight to Tacoma and Edward Rhodes post of the American Legion members of the Legion unemployment committee yesterday announced a meeting will be held Friday noon at the Elks temple to formulate a vigorous protest to Gov Roland Hartley Tho protest it was stated will be against his list of the six headquarters from which Hartley proposes to administer his 9600000 manual labor relief campaign and also against the carbon copy sent the Legion here of the letter as his only reply to the communication This letter was a carbon of a letter from Samuel Humes to Matt Orr 'of Seattle The nix headquarters the governor has named are Seattle Olympia Yakima Spokane Wenatchee and Van couver PRISONER ADMITS ROBBERY OF BANK FRESNO Jan 7 A man giving the name of Ted White 25 of Los Angeles was arrested here ibis afternoon and confessed officers said to the robbery of the Black-stone avenue branch of the Bank of Italy In which he obtained 1540 The money was recovered He was arrested by traffic officers On your Radio FRIENDSHIP TOWN FRIDAY 6:00 RIO 8 RAT ORR PREPARATIONS Hf 1 1 OP dLC Om i i i i i i- ii f- 32 beautifully grained walnut finished cedar-lined Hope Chests are reduced in -a JANUARY CLEARANCE 4 styles to choose from Regularly priced up to $3600 iS each Some are priced $11 J00 less'ihdh usual While they last choose any of these f- -V- cedar chests at only $24SO i i a BY Democratic Chieftains Freely Predict Resolution Will Be Passed by Congress Before Adjournment WASHINGTON Jan -T) The Knuie risolulion proposing a constitutional anicnilmciit ti eliminate the lame duck session of Congress today was welcomed by the Democratic 3 louse Democratic lenders freely predicted the proposal to change the opening dates of Congress and the iiKiuRurntlon days for the President and vice president would receive Jlnuse approval this session Speaker Gardner expressed the hope the committee on elections to which the resolution was referred indny upon receipt from the Senate would soon report It favorably The Texan indicated it would submitted to the House when the important economic measures nre com-pit ted Chnirinnn Jlulliorford told the 3Inuc tho proposal would be considered Monday at the first meeting if tlio commit tec Tho resolution sponsored by Sen-titnr Xirris of Nebraska independent Republican was adopted for the sixth time yesterday by the Senate Republican opposition in the House Ins blocked its final adoption for many years With the Democrats now boldine majority in that branch its sponsors now are confident of access Tiffany Bars It Tiffany consulting engineer of Olympia formerly stale hydraulic engineer will in ilia speaker Friday noon at llio meeting of tho Young Rusiness cluh at ihe Wlnthrop hotel 3lo will speak on "Water esources of tho State of George Childs will sing City hull members of the club nre in charge of the program "BLENDEDTQ AMERICA'S TASTE ARMSTRONG gdJis Qll I LLAN GINGER ROGERS First Payment a HOLLYWOOD IN PERSON By XEniCX Written for Tbs Tacoma Ledger and the Vorth American newspaper Alliance (Copyright 1931J TT OLLY WOOD Cal Jan In the opinion of a producer of one of tho big studios this Is the time for making small independent productions and cleaning up on them Naturally the producer prefers to be nameless as this statement would probably not add to his popularity with those who sign the well known check Rut nevertheless theaters throughout the country are more than anxious to get films that will attract the crowds This always mean a cast of famous names (Yet there are those who insist that it is the main issue) A good story usually sells Itself And if you have a celebrated cast your laugh tonlej Polk! Shake well while! taking! Put new life fa the old funny bone and tickle the rib with gig gles! Put your smoka glasses away and forget fha blues Como on down! tor a swell time! STARTING1 MONDAY Where to Go BXiUB MOUSE Chester Morris and Allison Loyd in "Coreair" RIALTO George in Rainbow's avid Laurel and Hardy in BKO Robert Armstrong and Eddie Quillan in Tip Jack McLallen and Dorothy Elllngson headline vaudevilis prograpn -Ken Maynard In and Reed Ilowes in on Deck" thrown in well fine The idea of making money on an independent production is usually based on the idea that a small company has only a small overhead to "meet All of which is true and goes to prove that no matter how carefully you plan that fickle thing public approval to be satisfied And if you happen to ring the gong with a group of unknown players in luck TYESPITE some rumors to the con- trary Norma Shearer will appear in a screen version of (Quite a change from which was under consideration for her) YETRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER also announcees that John Barrymore will play the part of the baron in Clark Gable and John Gilbert were originally down as possibilities for this role Flans to feature Bob Montgomery as lead hi You a radio story have been abandoned and Billy llaines recently returned' to Hollywood will play the part Instead TTOLAXD YOUNG is entertaining his mother-in-law these days And liking it As a matter of fact she comes under the head of one of his best friends and sweetest critics as Young has appeared in more than one of her plays during his stage and screen career I refer to Wild and Gracious both written by Clare Hummer (the mother-in-law) The last named play has also been done in a talking picture version under the name of The Affairs of Oie2Mlg Colds on the chest may mean serious TL1- congestion This congestion in broiw dual tubes and air passages must be relieved by bringing fresh blood to the congested parts Rubbed in freely the eepiy penetrating qualities of BAUM'E BENGUE (pronounced Ben-Gay) stimulate outer-chest circulation lessen deeper congestion and usually breaks the cold up over night Ben-Gay relieves the pains of rhen-natism lumbago sciatica and neuritis quickly and safely without harmful Ben-Gay has been prescribed MM OA for over to years for every pain of nerve and muscle Ask for Ben-Gay and do not accept weaker substitutes) Ask for P'o A rsx i 2FEATUBBS BOW PLAYING td 25c A Volunteer Sheriff lx a Town Where the Life of a Law Officer Zs Short and Active Full Porcelain STANDARD THINK of the opportunity this' sale af fords! now you may choose a full-porcelain i nationally-known STANDARD Electric Range with 3 rapid-heat- ing elements and a non-rusting thermo- statically-controlled oven for $8730 and Your Used Ranee taken as part payment -THfULlf ACTION -WlOCXOUTf WbHiifr FIGHTER! IHCNEGREATTALR DOLORES DEL RIO LEO CARRILLO in 'GIRL OF THE RIO' BUT RKO SCRIP Good for the Family Save 20 ON with ed Mollis O'Say Wheeler June Marlowe A Thrilling Pramh of thTxSaol PEEK FREE ttendin tonite af S5iS? gif i '-1 1 j--- -Av.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Tacoma Daily Ledger
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Tacoma Daily Ledger Archive

Pages Available:
267,611
Years Available:
1883-1937