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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11

under the noses of so-called
economists. / wonder what we
would think of any other branch
of science showing such dismal
failures Or perhaps democracy
and economic science are not
correlated.
All should know by now that
the present methods are not SCI
ence the proper name is eco
nomic strategy, and strategy in
common parlance is fooling a
fellow.
| am not educated and for
me to speak may seem absurd
but scarcity in the midst of po-
tential plenty is so overwhelm-
ingly absurd that even from my
unimportant station in life. l
may be pardoned for pointing
out that the leaders in govern
ment. for all that they ridicule
reasoning in terms of horse
and-buggy days, have not them
selves arrived at a scientific APP
proach.
When there are plenty of CO.
coanuts, monkeys eat because
they are not plagued with the
profit motive. l hope they
wouldn't laugh if they should
hear about mems economic an
tics. Human prestige would thus
be seriously impaired.
Anyone taking exception to
descent from monkeys doesn't
realize the superiority of the
jungle in many ways to those
of men. For my part, l have no
objection. l am proud of our
ancestors if they we're monkeys
because we find less monkey
business among monkeys than
we do in the performance OF
men.
A. F. LILLYROOT,
1928 So. Durango St
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
HOW CAN | :? 7 i?
By ANNE ASHLEY

O. How can I prevent the
bristles of a broom from be-
coming brittle?
a. Put a liberal quantity Of
salt into a bucket of water and
bring to 2 boil. Soak the broom
in this solution about every two
weeks.
c. How can l remove scorch
stains?
A. Scorch stains on garments
can often be removed by dip
ping the spots in soapsuds, put
ting in the sun, then washing
out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
MONKEYS DO BETTER
IN LIFE THAN MEN

Editor. The Times: Problems
cannot always be solved If it is
insisted upon that they be solved
in a certain way.
We have today men Of super
intelligence. so they say. COM
pared with so years ago; yet
people as a whole are worse off
than they were then.
Democracy is crumbling right
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
Potatoes to IVA

There's familiar ring that crack of Ohios Senator
Vic Donahey when asked if he would seek another $4,000
to continue the IVA probe.
y"Oh, I'm much more economical housekeeper than
that, replied Vic
II many years ago back in Ohio when he state
auditor that plain Vic Donahey built reputation for
economy when he refused to allow 80 cents for baked
potato that appeared state officials expense
It's long way from baked potatoes to IVA and the
stakes bigger but the senator still to have
old-fashioned notions about economy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11

Mr.. Fixit: Will YOU please
tell me the date in May of Queen
Victoria of England's birth:
MAY "a. 1919.
Mr.. FiNit: VIII you please an
swer the following Cost OF
auto license, including auditors
fees. Postage for plates"
Transfer of title" Tax Us
Chew: Also how many bricks
in the smelter stack" And to
settle an argument: Can
farmer legally sell milk by the
quart without conforming TO the
law regarding bottling, Gaping,
etc, providing he doesn't dellN-
er: Also sell eggs without the
seal BSCRiBEk.
License for a passenger car
costs 1925, including fee. Tax
on any car of that age is 81.
Postage costs 10 cents. Reissue
OF title costs so cents, transfer
S125.
The number of bricks in the
Tacoma smelter stack simply
isn't known.
Anyone retailing milk or eggs
must conform to the law wheth-
er he delivers or not.
MIR. FiXit: Will YOU please tell
me how and to whom | should
make application for the old age
pension: | am past 10 years of
age. have been "A citizen of this
state for three years and three
months and am eligible in every
way, If l understand the require
ments. +. ID.
Without further examination
of your case you would be in
formed that you are ineligible
until you have been resident
of the state for five years. 1t
will do no good to think about
eligibility in other ways until
you are qualified in residence.
Mr.. FiNit: Could you please
tell me what day Labor Day
came on in 1928 and also the
date" X. n.
Labor day always is the first
Monday in September. In that
year it was Sept. 3.
Mr.. Fixit; Is there Unity
Center in Tacoma or Seattle:
MRS. {. T.. II.
You'll find it at 902is No. I'd
st, Tacoma, and at 1905 Sd ave,
Seattle.
MIR. Fixit: Could you kindly
tell me how a person born AT
Concrete, Wash, in 1918 would
go about getting his birth GER
tificateo MRS. b.
He can obtain certified copy
of it from the State Department
of Health. Alaska Building, Sc
attic, for so cents.
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

ion from any reader. 1t is the
exchange of ideas and opinions
that stimulates men and women
to a wider, more alert and intel
ligent manner of thinking.
/ should like, however. to JUS
tify any misunderstanding pro-
vided Sumner Reader" will
communicate with me.
MAUDE n. RICHARD,
1921 So. l. ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
WELCOMES CRITICAL
COMMENT ON LETTERS

Editor, The Times. A recent
letter signed only as Sumner
Reader" takes exception to my
articles and insists that the vari-
Gus proposals | have suggested,
relative to our foreign policy,
would be conductive of war
rather than peace.
May ! say that am not only
willing but glad to accept any
criticism or difference of opin-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
GOVERNMENTS CASE
EXTREMELY WEAK

But whether the government
spending has produced any
real recovery is another mat
ter. Whether the spending has
been wise is also another story
And even more important IS
the question whether the po-
hcies accompanying government
spending have been calculated
to aid recovery On these points
the verdict must be against the
government.
Private investment is essen
tial to the functioning Of the
capitalist system. The govern
ment spending program was de-
signed to take the place OF
private investment Now private
investment had completely col
lapsed by 1881. This was not
the fault OF the government,
but of the folly of private bust
ness preceding that collapse.
Two great problems faced the
nation as a result. One was TO
reform the abuses which had
fouled the system. The other
was to stimulate recovery
Many, like the writer, urged
that reform should come first,
that it should be directed at es-
sentials and should be carried
through swiftly. Then recovery
should be in order.
The necessity for carrying
through essential reforms swift
" is obvious since a commercial
system cannot possibly flourish
in the midst of continuous re-
form.
This, however, was not done
An example is the fact that
only now is the administration
getting around to Wall Street
and the Exchange.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11

State Senator George Kemgard of Spokane probably is
we-intentioned when he he will make sound
film of the Washington Legislature in action but it to be
hoped he be dissuaded
There would to be too much of the hisrionic al
ready in legislative bodies both state and national,
without the added incentive of movie
II is doubtful If the legislator could resist the
temptation to add several to his speeches if he knew
his words and sound effects being recorded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11

economic system.
This created the greatest FEAR
OF all-the fear Of initiation
In tn atmosphere created by
the president private investment
was utterly impossible.
Copyright. 1882
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
MR.. fIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n thus col
umn letters must give name ana
address OF writer Onlv Initials
will be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11

Mr.. Fixit: Will you please
tell me the date in May of Queen
Victoria of England's BIRTH
MAY "a. 1919.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

FOORlH FLOOR
Book Cases
Baby Carriages
Beds and Bedding
Chests, Chairs, Desks
Bridge Lamps
Floor Lamps
Indirect Lamps
Mirrors
Table Lamps
Living Room Furniture
Nursery Furniture
Mattresses
Springs
Sofa Beds
Studio COuches
Secretaries
Tables
Desks
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Two D. 6. Students Rescued
From Bay as Hundreds Watch

They had made their way nearly
halfway to shore before their dis
tress signal was seen.
Manuel April, an employe at the
boathouse, said field glasses were
put on the. white object" waved
out in the bay. and when the two
struggling youths were spotted a
loud-speaker system was employed
to tell them to hold on" until
help arrived.
Hundreds of the summer colony
residents, hearing the warning OF
the amplif1er, rushed to the beach
to witness the rescue.
A speedboat put out from the
boathouse, and within few min
utes the two youths were brought
to shore, exhausted and blue with
cold.
They both said they would have
been unable to hold on more than
few minutes longer.
Il didn't think we had a China
mans chance" Eugene commented
after the rescue. Even when they
started the loudspeaker, still
thought We we're goners. We couldn't
make out what they were saying. ]
figured they were starting dance
or something at the pier"
The shivering youths explained
that high wave overbalanced the
kayak and before we knew it We
were in the surf" They had gone
to the beach for the afternoon and
returned to Washington last night
Evening star., 1939-07-23
picture on Page Az

Two prominent Washington
youths were saved from drowning
in the Chesapeake Bay at North
Beach, Md, late yesterday in spec
tacular rescue witnessed by nearly
half of the summer resort popula-
ton.
Rescued after their small kayak
had capsized in strong northeaster
about 2 miles from the shore were
Eugene w. Owens, 81, of 2124 Le-
roy place NV, son of DR.. O..
Logan Owens and a student in the
Georgetown University School of
Foreign Service, and Wayne w.
Linebarger, 81, of zoos R street
NV. also student at G. w. U. and
son of the late Judge Paul M. Line
barger, financial adviser to the old
Chinese government.
The victims of the near tragedy
were in the water for more than
two hours before a white jacket
waved by Wayne was seen at the
pier of Uncle Billy's boathouse.
The youths had become separated
after the kayak capsized and had
drifted approximately 200 yards
apart-Wayne clinging to an inner
tube attached to the rear of the
upset craft and Eugene keeping
himself afloat with the inflated
seats of the craft, which were torn
loose by the rough waters Of the
bay.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
1899 Business
In Washington

Drawing from many differ
ent indices of conditions in
Washington and the metro
politan area, L. Seth Schnit-
man, consulting economist,
has prepared an interesting
discussion in four articles of
business in Washington for
the rest of 1899.
AS a businessman you will
f1nd these articles of interest
and possibly of value.
The first article of the Sc
ries appears today on the
Financial Page-Page B-5.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Three Die as Truck
Falls on Top Of Auto
In Bridge Collapse
Occupants Crushed;
Derrick Used to Teor
Machine Apart
By the Associated Press.

ALEXANDRIA, Pa, July o.
Trapped in their automobile. three
persons-one a small child-died
today when a heavy truck crushed
the machine into three feet of wa
ter as a Juniata River bridge COL
]apSed.
Sergt. r. E. Sprenkle of the State
motor police identified the driver
of the small sedan as Edwin Kauf-
man, 33, Sunnyside, Long Island.
Other dead were:
A woman tentatively identified as
Mrs. Sophie kaufman of the same
address, and 2 or 3 year old boy.
Sergt. Sprenkle said the woman's
name and pictures of the child were
found in Mr.. Kaufman's wallet.
A crew lifted the heavy freight
truck and dragged the auto to a
nearby garage. A derrick was used
to tear the machine apart to re-
move the bodies. All three were
crushed, but whether they died OF
their injuries or drowned had not
been determined.
Investigators said the bridge COL
lapsed and the truck plunged into
the water on top of the sedan,
which had entered the bridge from
the opposite direction. One end of
the 20O-f -foot-long steel girder bridge
remained on its piers and the other
was in three feet of water.
The driver of the truck was
Harry Tull of Westmont, N. J. Rid
ing with him was Joseph Cassal
of Turtle Creek, near Pittsburgh,
Pa. Neither man was injured.
NEW YORK, July % (P).-Edwin
kaufman, 33 identified as one of
the victims of an auto accident in
Alexandria, Pa, was a New York
advertising artist returning from a
vacation at his home in Cleveland,
friends said tonight.
They said Sophie Kaufman, a
second victim, was his wife, and
that the child killed probably was
their 2-year-old son.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
| Three Rescued
| After Mile Swim
| By D. C.. Woman
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc ASSOClaleU fTeSS.
SOUTHOLD, NJ Y, July o.
Three persons who chung to q
capsized catboat in Long Island
Sound near here today were rescued
after a fourth-Mrs. Elizabeth
Mason of Washington, D. C.-swam
mile and summoned help.
The 25-year-old woman. who
friends characterized later as mot
particularly good swimmer" swan
from where the boat was overturned
in Peconic Bay to within 300 yards
of Nassau Point, where rescuers
sighted her.
There are three others out there"
she said and collapsed.
William and Elwood Doyle.
brothers. effected the rescue in row.
boats. Those saved from the catboat
were Mrs. Robert NJ Daley, wife
of an insurance company medical
director; Mrs. Margaret Sammis,
"a, and her husband. Edward, 81,
all of New York.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
|HighboN Mixed
Big Enough to
BottIeship
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, July GA high
ball big enough to float battleship
was mixed here today-the recipe
was $4,000 gallons of imported
whisky stirred into Chesapeake Bay.
Customs officials supervised the
job when an importer decided it was
cheaper to jettison the cargo than
to pay heavy import duties
The dumped whisky, at pint
prices. was estimated to be worth
5000 900, but the importer figured
his loss would be less than if he
attempted to land and sell the
liquor
Morton NJ Robinson. attorney for
the importing firm, explained the
American-type rye liquor was i'm
ported from Cuba four years ago
and placed in a bonded warehouse.
Under customs law an importer
may keep his liquor in such a ware
house four years. paying duty as he
Withdraws it. Owners of the Cuban
liquor decided against withdrawal at
the end Of the four-year time limit.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Actor Sues for His Sons,
$400 q Month From Wife
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July %. - Paul
Portanova, motion picture actor,
asks custody of his two young sons
and that his heiress wife, Lille Cul-
len Portanova, be required to pay
$400 a month for their support, in a
suit filed in Superior Court.
He declared his wife is the bene-
ficiary of million dollar trust fund
yielding her an income of $4,000 to
$1,000 a month, but has refused to
establish a home and desires that
the children be brought up separate
ly because of their dissimilar char
acteristicS.
The couple separated April Is,
1887, the complaint says.
Mr.. Portanova recently completed
work in a motion picture, Winter
Carnival" in which he plays oppo-
site Ann Sheridan, who portrays
the role of wealthy wife.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Bills designed to lower the price
Of milk in Washington and to
drive about 1.5O0 taxicabs off the
streets, were temporarily buried yes
terday by Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee,
alongside the ill-fated plan for re-
organizing the municipal govern
ment. None of this proposed legisla-
ton will be revived until the next
session of Congress.
With Congress rushing toward
adjournment. the House tomorrow
will devote its last day of the present
session to local legislation, and
Chairman Randolph said it would
be futile for him to call up for
consideration any of the bills on
the calendar that might lead to
a controversy. His decision auto
matically sidetracts the Schultz
milk bill and measure authorizing
the Public Utilities Commission to
limit the number of taxicabs-two
of the most controversial bills in
troduced at the present session.
The Schultz bill, an outgroWth
of the recent milk investigation with
its collateral sensational develop
ments, would open the Washington
milk market to flood of milk and
cream from areas beyond the pres
ent local milkshed. Representative
Schultz, Democrat. of Indiana.
sponsor of the measure, has claimed
it's enactment would Immediately
give Washington 12-cent quart OF
milk, delivered at the doorstep.
Other Controversial Bills.
Chairman Randolph also listed
among the controversial bills on the
calendar, one that would revise the
present law regulating the practice
of optometry. 1t, too. will be con-
signed to the temporary burial lot.
Two weeks ago the House flatly
refused even to consider either the
taXicab limitation BILL or the one to
amend the optometry law. The
Schultz milk bill, however, was de-
bated for four hours last month, and
still remains as unfinished buSl-
ness" on the House calendar.
There are on the calendar, how
ever, IL bills Representative Ran
dolph regards as non-controversial,
which he believes can be passed on
the final District Day He does
not know it yet. but one of these IL
is to be a target on the House floor
for Representative Shafer, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, member of his
own committee.
This particular bill, fathered by
Representative Nichols, Democrat, of
(See D. c. BILLS, Page A-1O)
Evening star., 1939-07-23
By BLAIR BOLLES.

! Yielding further to the national
istic trade philosophy with which
his cabinet colleague, Secretary of
State Hull, frequently has disagreed,
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
yesterday made public the details
of his program for subsidizing cot
ton and cotton goods exports. Be-
ginning next Thursday at 1901 M,
exporters will be granted Govern
ment bounty of is cents for each
pound of cotton sold abroad and
from l cent to 210 cents for each
pounds of cotton goods exported,
depending on the character OF the
/ goods.
The step, which follows by II
months the Inauguration of export
subsidies on wheat and flour. was
taken to regain what Secretary Wal
lace called our fair share" in the
Worla cotton trade. This year that
trade is touching 60-year low.
American exports for the season
closing July 81 are expected to total
only 3.400,000 bales. The Agriculture
Department hopes that it can cut
into the $4,000 0O0-bale American
surplus by selling from 6,000,0 to
100000 bales abroad through the
subsidy's help.
AS he announced his foreign pol
icy for cotton, which historically has
been, up to now. the chief economic
factor in the American free-trade
movement espoused by Secretary
Hull, Mr.. Wallace said he intended
that the Agriculture Department
should spend s14OO0,0O0 during the
coming year in broadening domes-
tic consumption of cotton through
its distribution to the needy.
Conference Here in September.
Although the export program can
remain effective until June 30 next
year, Mr.. Wallace expressed the hope
that the need for paying the sub
sides would be only temporary He
said, THE conclusion of an effective
and equitable international cotton
agreement" would be one method of
ending the need.
An international cotton confer
ence is to meet here in September
1t is we'll known that Mr.. Wallace
insisted on the subsidies in spite of
general official and private cotton
trade opposition, as lever for hur-
rying world agreement. This real
ism runs counter to the views OF
Mr.. Hull, who has preached again
and again that no nation should use
coercion or offer special inducements
to improve its own commercial posi-
ton.
Mr. Wallace went further in the
direction of heavily protected trade
by urging steps toward the quick
erection of tariff barriers against
foreign cotton and cotton goods if it
should be found that their importa-
ton would defeat the ends of the
/ Wallace export program. He dis
closed that he has asked the Presi-
dent to direct the Tariff Commission
to make an immediate study of
whether the import limitations are
necessary.
The Secretary revealed at the
same time that he has asked Chair
man Jones of the House Agriculture
See COTTON, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Water Gate Concerts on WMAL

portion OF fourth the Sunset
by the National Symphony Orchestra the direction
Kurtz conductor will be broadcast
work by the National Broadcang this evening Through
Of the National Co. and The Star
gram will be heard locally WMAL.
Tonighs will be broadcast from to 10 o'clock
all attend the tonight
setting provide combination that shouldn't miss you
not attend, tune in the concert WMAL at o'clock.
In arranging these broadcasts National Broadcasng
and The Star cooperating with the Committee
of Symphony appreciation
of the orchestra which contributes greatly
life of the National Capital
Tickets for the be purchased the
tonight
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Girl, II, Is Found
Strang|ed With Belt

By the Associated Press.
ATTICA. Ind. July 22.-The body
of pretty 11-year-old Elizabeth de
Bruicker, mutilated and strangled
with belt from her dress, was found
yesterday in a shallow gravel pit
grave at the edge of the Harrison
Hills Country Club southeast of here.
Fountain County Coroner Wisher
Myers said the girl had been as
saulted and murdered.
The first year high school stu
dent. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
de Bruicker, farm family living
miles east of here. had been
missing since yesterday after she
left All club meeting. and search
ing parties had combed the sur
rounding territory hunting her.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Peace Pact Is Ratified,
Miners 10 Resume Work
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARLAN. KY, July 22-The
peace of Knoxville was formally
and unanimously ratified by the
United Mine Workers of America
today and idle coal miners will re-
turn to the pits Monday morning
George S. Wood, secretary of the
Harlan County Coal Operators AS
sociation, announced tonight a
union committee had notified him
the delegates from the various local
unions had unanimously" ratified
the agreement reached in Knox
vile, Tenn, last Wednesday. The
committee said the men would re-
turn to work Monday.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Franco to Visit Pope
During Trip to Rome
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, July 22.-Vati-
can authorities announced today
that Generalissimo Francisco Franco
would call on Pope Plus XII when
the Spanish leader comes to Rome
in September to visit Mussolini.
The Pope leaves Monday for rest
at his Castel Gandolfo summer villa
but will return in time to receive
Gen Franco.
Before leaving the Pope is to re-
ceive the new Polish Ambassador
Casimir Papee, who will present his
credentials.