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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Oriental Trade Promotion

Something new in trade promotion and appeasement is
coming out of the today. For the Japanese have
nounced that they hope to interest capital China
method of reestabishng trade in the occupied
and appease the Chinese population.
They not ready, according to reliable spokesman
in Tokyo to the Yangtze river to England and the
u s. because of the widespread publicity given the demands
from London and Washington To open the river and
to meet the demands of the two powers would them
to lose face with the governments of Pepg and Marking
it is reported
The year just ended considerable tomfooery in the
of international diplomacy and the just beginning
is evidently to of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Adolf and the Ladies

Until now, Hitler has enjoyed the pretty general APP
prova of the feminine population of Germany. He
described handsome when he first power and
there of them who believed he had brought about
better days for the German nation
But when he issued his call for German girls for labor
the farms and in households barely hundred thousand
responded.
Now he has issued order that all girls who seek pr-
vae jobs must furnish evidence they have abored
for year farms in households. He said nothing
about pay and that year hard labor may just patro
tic requirement
The ladies, il is reported, have learned that Adolf
is not the handsome cavalier they thought him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
RUNAWAY AUTOMOBILES

Anything can happen when
an automobile parked on a nil
starts running away
Baker. il was alleged. neg
igently parked his automobile
on the side Of hill without
setting his brakes The car
rolled down the street and
crashed into Corse Corse
suffered three broken ribs. was
knocked unconsc Gus ard lost
five weeks from MS work He
demanded $500.
A witness testified that she
saw girl jump on the running
board Of the rolling car and
try to stop IL by turning the
wheel The girl fell off but the
automobile took a different
course as the result Of her e.
forts. Il would not have mt
Corse II 1t had not been for the
girls interference.
In & recent decision the Texas
court Of civil appeals awarded
Corse judgment stating:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

ley. in his appointment of Felix
Frankfurter to the supreme
court. FDR's only confidant IN
the matter vas that lone wolf OF
POLITICS - Senator George w.
Norris Of Nebraska. And Is Jim
sore
The circumstances of the sp-
pointment placed the postmaster
general in an extremely embar-
RAISING position, Only "a hours
before Professor Frankfurters
name was sent to the senate.
Jim was telling neWspapermen
on his honor. cross his heart. that
the brain trusters' sire would not
be named for the Cardozo vacan-
cy According to the presidents
closest political adviser. that
place was to go to a western
man, and Prof. Frankfurter
would be called only when and If
Justice Brandeis resigned.
There is no reason why a
president should accept the ad-
vice of party politicians in such
an important matter; he should.
as the chief executive probably
did in this instance. consult the
bench and the bar. But he would
have saved his old friend Farley
lot of grief if he had given him
beforehand tip.
America 5 prosecution and con-
vction of Hitler spies IN this
country has put half dozen
nations on guard against Nazi
espionage. The New York trial
of German spies has had world
wide repercussions.
AT least six nations within
Herr Hitler's political and geo.
graphical orbit have written the
state department or the justice
department for copies Of the in
dictment of der fuehrers em-
ployes. for the evidence present.
ed at the trial and for any other
information which may throw
light on present day methods of
German espionage and propa-
ganda. Though the polite diplo-
matte requests indulge in no de-
tails. il is obvious that Hitlers
prospective foes-Denmark, SWe-
den. France, Hungary, Rumania,
etc.-Want to know how he does
his stuff abroad.
So far the requests have gone
unanswered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
CLAIMS BRUTALITY IN
DOG KILLINGS

Editor The Times: Here is
job for the Humane society: If
someone doesn't stop this brutal
killing of dogs in Tacoma. the
city is going to be faced with a
collection of lawsuits, for re-
CARELESS of any city or county
ordinance. no one has the right
under the law to destroy per-
sonal property without COM
pensating the owner
l don't think the people of
Tacoma generally know how
this destruction is being carried
on. Here is a typical case which
will make any blood boil; A
man and his little boy were
walking along the street with
their pet dog walking beside
them. not on leash because he
was trained to follow. One of
these deputies steps up and
shoots the dog dead. In another
case a dog was caught with a
steel hook and mutilated hor-
ribly before il could be killed.
These brave hun tiers sat
around the courthouse for two
days at a salary of SO per day
and expenses before they could
get shells for their guns and the
people paid the bill.
In the first place the whole
thing is big racket to get
money for NEGOTIATIONS, etc. It's
been done before and will be
brought up periodically unless
something is done to stop 1t.
No man. not even an expert
enced doctor. can tell whether a
dog is infected with rabies with
out critical examination. |
have lived over 90 years and
have never seen dog with
rabies and ! have never known a
person who has seen such a case.
OF course such disease exists,
but only in isolated cases caused
by heat, lack of food or water.
Even human beings have been
similarly afflicted for the same
reasons. but we don't kill every
one in the neighborhood because
of il.
It's impossible to keep dogs
confined for a period of 90 days
without making them sick-they
must be allowed some freedom
for exercise.
wonder if the sheriff's dogs
are tied up; and if not, why not,
under the present ban? Ninety
dogs hrutally killed in this drive
is nothing to brag about and
Tacoma dog owners may yet
have something to say about II.
They certainly have cause for
action in any court in the land.
II the city and county have
money TO spend for the bestial
dog massacre now going on. they
certainly can spare some of II
for food and medicine for UNDER
nourished and sick children.
There are stray dogs, to be
sure, which should be killed If
they are starving or i'll, but II
can be done in an humane man
ner and the people of Tacoma
pay for that kind of treatment
Wake up TO your rights, dog
owners. T. L. PORTER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
BLACK AND WHITE
BUT READ ALL OVER

Dug up in Utah, a huge dino
saur WAS placed In three sep
arate museums; His head and
neck In one, his body In another.
and his tail In third. The mon
stcr was reunited when fourth
museum traded for all the parts.
So far there is no accepted
translation of the curious cary
ings inscribed on the sides OF
Writing Rock in Divide coun-
~. y. u.
Wind il the greatest of all the
plant fertiiiking agencies. al
though many Towering plants
depend entirely upon insects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

al other nations aur state ~
ns,t-zs-t farars ana The active,
effective economic enemy 81 Al
nations adJudged BY II to De AZ
grCssors. - nc
OF course If VIC do that we
certainly vii need plenty OF
navy. plenty Of army. plenty OF
powder and plenty Of allies. bul
that i not national defense 80
the question arises -why the ca
to arms Fer our national ue
Tense. or TO provide the seeohu
line Of offense behind an eco
nomic offensive
Copyright. 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
HOW CAN / q? 2

Q How can I make bread
crumbs easily and quickly?
A. Cut the soft part from a
stale loaf Of bread and place
il in clean cloth bag tie the
bag at the mouth and rub it
gently between the hands for a
fau- r7iri1foS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
Bravo, John Bull

Our English cousins, conservative engaged in
the good old American custom of debunkng
The targets of Londons pursepoor peeresses
who for fee arrange that socially ambitious be
presented at court.
Some half hundred applications for presentation to
the king and queen have been rejected by the Lord Cham
beran the ground the applicants paid the to
sponsor them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13
John 7. Flynn
BY John 7. FLYNN


MA service staff Correspondent
The presidents address e the
congress calls for more minute
examination than could be given
II il hastily from hearing Il or
merely reading It once. nave
preferred to read and re-read IL
carefully. before offering an an
alysis Of IL
The president put the question
of international turmoil war
threats. relationships, national
defense FIRST. At the end q six
years We have 10 million people
still idle. farm prices at record
lows, our wheat and cotton mar
kets abroad almost wiped out,
private investment at a complete
standstill. rising revolt among the
farmers. nearly 20 billions IN de-
ficits and the prospect OF per-
hAps the greatest annual deficit
Of all next year
With all these grave problems
here IN our own yard. the presi-
dent invites US to turn or eyes
toward Europe There Is no
party IN America fsyoring dc
tatorship. but one might suppose
there were on hearing this Wig
orous argument against diets-
tors One might suppose that
we are on the brink Of war and
invasion on hearing the presi-
dents martial call to arms
There were phases about the
defense OF our homes
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Publishing Co. a. si9 Pacific Ave- Tacoma wash
The Times delivered hx carrier IN eitv IS cents
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MR.. fIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n THIS COLI
umu letters must give name and
address 81 writer Oulv initials
viii % published when requested.
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HOW SHORT Is SHORTe

HOW SHORT Is SHORTe
Hence we must come to the
aid of sister nations. we must
protest against the aggressors,
but we must make that protest
effective and to do that we must
use not mere words but meth
DDS short of war" But how
far short? Is the president
talking about economic sane
tons? How far short of war
will that turn out to be ? How
long will a nation submit to en-
bargoes and economic blockades
before It provokes violent meas
ures?
In other words, it is not mere
" of national defense" the
president is thinking. but OF
stepping out into the world and
using our economic strength to
supply goods to the nations he
believes are in the right and to
keep goods from going to ma
tons he thinks are aggressors.
The plan is. not to take our
stand upon our own continent
and defend our own shores and
interests, but to become the &C.
tive. effective economic ally of
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RED HERRINGS .

talking about. he cannot COM
plain If his critics say that he is
trying to create a diversion to
distract attention from the col
lapse of his domestic program.
Reading closely the para
graphs dealing with the world
situation and national defense
one comes upon a strange con-
tradiction.
To defend our homes, our de-
mocracy. our country and our
interests from foreign enemies
he calls upon us to arm OF
course on the question of ade-
quate national defense there is
no division among the people.
All believe in adequate national
defense. They will certainly di-
vide on what is adequate But
having driven home this more
or less vague cry for national
defense. the president turns
into another channel. Let us
follow him and see where we
come out.
We cannot continue Ito let
pass without effective protest
acts of aggression upon sister
nations. = Whether right or
wrong, this, it must be admitted,
is not a problem of national de-
Tense. This means we must not
merely defend ourselves but We
must 60 to the aid of sister ma
tons who are attacked But
what sort of aid? Arms No.
since there are many methods
short of war. but stronger and
more effective than mere words.
of bringing home to aggessor
governments the aggregate sem
timents of our own people. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

Remember them that in bonds bound with them;
and them which suffer adversely being yourselves also
in the body.-Hebrews 1873.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-13

responsibility
which advertisements published its
columns In those where the fault il viii
print that Of the advertisement which the Typographical
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THE poUer to taz is the poacer to destroy"
Those who are governed least are governed best
THOMAS JEFFER
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
LET'S INVESTIGATE THE
ASSOCIATED FARMERS

American Federation of Labor chief
tans in a national meeting this week
recommended that congress appropriate
sufficient funds for the Dies committee
so that body can continue its investiga-
tion of un-Ameriean activities. With
this recommendation we are heartily III
accord.
The labor union leaders then urged
that the Dies committee proceed 10 IN
vestigate alleged" farm organizations
which (according 10 the unionlsts) are
merely cloaks behind which employers
hide to discharge unionization IN agrl-
cultural areas.
We are willing to 60 on record too
asking the Dies committee to investigate
the Associated Farmers, one of the or
CARNATIONS specifically mentioned by
the American Federation of Labor men.
1t is about time someone conducted
such an investigation. 1t is about time
someone laid all the nebulous ghosts
raised by left-wing labor groups in Wit
riolic attacks on the Associated Farm
ers. 1t is about time someone uncovered
the farce that is played each time the
farmers attempt to protect their own
rights.
If it takes an investigation to convince
Americas parlor pinks that the Associat-
ed Farmers is just exactly what its
name indicates, then let's have an inves-
tigation We know what the Associated
Farmers represent. If it takes an inves-
tigation to prove what we already know,
then by all means let us have an investi-
CATION.
We who attended the first meeting at
which the Associated Farmers group was
organized in Imperial county would like
to testify at such an investigation. We
should like to tell of the horny-handed
dirt farmers, some of them in overalls
that still bore the mark of the irrigation
bitches, who lined up to sign on the roster
of members. We should like to tell of the
speeches that were made, speeches in
which toil-hardened men declared their
unalterable belief that every man is en-
titled to work for living, without pay
ing tribute to labor union or capitalist.
We should like to express the belief
that is a certainty in our minds the belief
that there is no organization in the Unit
ed States more truly representative of
downright Americanism than the Asso-
ciated Farmers.
If it takes an investigation to prove
what the world should know without one,
then we say:
Lets have an investigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
TRAINING POLICEMEN
IN IMPROVED METHODS

Department heads of Imperial county
law enforcement agencies met in FL Cen
tro Monday afternoon to discuss one of
the greatest forward steps ever contem-
plated by peace officers in this territory
1t is the establishment of schools" at
which peace officers can learn the most
modern methods used in their work.
To those who are interested in the
work of law enforcement, which is among
the supporting pillars of civilized society
as we know it, there is reason for jubila-
ton in the fact that such schools" are
being held in every part of California,
and in other states too, for that matter
We have grown tired of hearing peace
officers described as "brawny men big
enough to stop any fight, if somebody
tells them it is fight" We have known
enough of police officers to realize that
their average intelligence is far under
rated by the average citizen. We have
known of them, too, to realize that most
of them would benefit marvelously from
modern training methods.
Criminals who do society the most
damage work with modern methods
the most modern they can employ Peace
officers, too, should be equipped with
modern methods. Unless they are, they
work under great handicap from the
beginning.
The business of being peace officer,
like any other business, requires study
and thought if it is to be made success
full. Too many of US, regardless of our
line of work, stop trying to learn once
we have landed in the job we want. For
anyone, regardless of his line of work,
that is mistake.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
IS THIS JUST ANOTHER
POLITICAL IDEA?

A startling belief that has become
prevalent in this country during recent
years, the idea that Americas great in
dustrial firms will not hire a man over
40 years of age, is given the lie in sur
vey recently completed by the National
Association of Manufacturers.
Less than one per cent of companies
contacted give preference in hiring to
men under 40, none discharge workers
who reach 40, and 89.1 per cent have no
maximum age hiring limit. Further the
survey showed, there has been no lessen
ed proportion of employment for workers
between 40 and 80.
This is as it should be- A mans mind
and body are just reaching their most
efficient peak at 40 The mind continues
TO improve for years thereafter, even
though the body may deteriOrate,
I'm the face of such survey, we can
not help wondering if all this fired at
forty" propaganda is not politically in
spired as a road to obtain public approval
for more and greater pensions.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
The Man Who
Owns The Hoe

you've heard about the working
man
The man behind the hoe;
We all agree he's just the chap
To make the country go;
But 1 would ask of you, Dear
Friend,
A question sweet and low,
What shall we do about the man
The man who owns the hoe?'
There was a time, so l am told,
Scme sixty years ago,
When nearly every man could own
A little field and hoe;
But now, alas, the field IS gone,
For things are changing so
The man who never works at all
Owns both the field and hoe.
"Of course he lets the working man
Still ploW and reap and SOW
The field he used to own,
Some sixty years ago;
But when the harvest time is come
Fiye-sixthS of all must go
To feed the man who never works
The man who owns the hoe"
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
FIND A MIDDLE PATH
IN OUR FOREIGN POLICY

A belief that you cannot always fight
foreign secrecy with unending native
candor, cOntraSted with an equally firm
belief that the people are entitled to
know how their government is operating,
makes us believe that the foreign policy
battle now raging in congress could be
fairly settled along a middle path.
We cannot expect our administrative
executives to win any diplomatic battles,
nor even to protect our own uncovered
shins, if we force them to blare to the
world in advance any moves they con-
template across the table Of international
dealing.
On the other hand we are entitled by
every concept Of AmericaniSm to know
what our Democratic government is try
ing to do, even though we do not believe
we should always be told how the diplo-
mats are trying to do it.
In the current fight, for instance, we
believe the United States as a whole
should know whether the administration
intends to align itself inextricably with
Great Britain, France and other democ-
racies, and just as firmly against Italy.
Germany and others of their kind. If it
does so intend and if the intention meets
with popular approval, then we should
not inquire too closely into the details
Of diplomacy involved.
The intention is a matter of national
concern, the methods should be secret
On the other hand we do not believe the
administration has the right to involve
this country for or against any other
country or group Of countries without
the consent Of the people.
The people must fix the policy openly
and in full knowledge. II is the duty Of
the administrators only TO see that the
policy is carried out
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
Some Thoughts CuIIed from Other Editors
ACTUALLY
lChri,linn selence Monllorl

Christian science Monitorl
A correspondent 20 the British
Press complained recently that the
word actually" Is being grossly
overworked IN the conversation Of
the youth of the country. and there
appears 10 be some foundation for
his protest II seems that fashion
is always issuing her password OF
the moment It's meaning has little
relation to It's employment
Such proceedings do not merely
deny justice To- the mot iuste
For when. 10 change the metaphor
fashion decks a word IN exiraXagant
motley. II may endure ignobly as
"awfully continues It's jest at sense.
but its dignity is put off with It's
ancient homespun. Eventually u
may be no more able TO revert 10
its better self than Hyde. at last,
was able to revert to Jekyll and.
in consequence. finds itself ostraciz-
ed BY all fastidious company
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-07
CONGRESS RAISES
ITS HEAD
wall Street JOurnaD

As the echoes from the battle
over relief die away it becomes
clearer that only comparative eco
nomy was obtained by the senate in
its great fight. The figure of $725,-
OOOOOO is high-higher than it was
thought two months ago would
even be asked by the president.
Moreover. since the door has been
left open for another request for
a supplementary appropriation II
this sum turns out to be lnSutfl-
cient there is no assurance that
it will be all that will be spent for
relief during the present fiscal
year.
But though the facts indicate
that. as far as dollars are con-
cerned. the administration got about
as much as it originally could have
expected to get anyway, the really
important thing is the victory as
such which was Won by congress.
This newspaper believes, and has
repeatedly stated, that the one
thing which could give the business
world real encouragement at this
time would be the realization that
the actual function of legislative
government had returned where 1t
belongS-tO congress. This now ap-
pears to have happened.
If subsequent events confirm this
new turn of events, January II,
1899 may appear in the light of
history as ending what March, 1888,
began. For the earlier date marked
not so much a change in the ends
Of government as in the methods
- the substitution of legislation
passed on faith and under exccu-
tive pressure, for legislation result
ing from a considered congressional
decision. The recent event may
mark the end of almost six years of
that sort of government. In that,
not in the dollars involved, lies
its potential importance.