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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

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Mr.. Fixit: Could you or your
readers give me any information
about raising muskratss Are
there any muskrat farms near
Tacoma r. @.
We know of no muskrat farms
nearby. but know where you can
get your information The
Pierce county agricultural agent,
at the courthouse. has q gov
eminent pamphlet devoted solely
to mnskrats which he viii be
happy to send you, IL you ask
for IL.
Mr.. Fixit: 1 am planning on
getting a divorce from my hus-
band and am living In the same
house. only I have my private
bedroom and have had for Is
years or more. Now can I get
n divorce by living In the same
homes A. X. X.
1t would be our guess that
either you'd have to move out
or kick your husband out. We've
seen court orders compelling
husbands to stay away from the
house while disposition OF the
property is being decided. In
the first place, though, you'd
have to have grounds to get a
divorce, so you'd better see a
lawyer and find out II you have
any legal reason TO complain
about your present situation.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you inform
me Of all the addresses Of air
plane factories. 1 understand
there's quite . few Of them and
would like 10 find their where
abouts. c. 8. II.
They are numerous, as you
suggest. We find 40 listed in
MacRaes Bluebook. Perhaps you
can find a copy Of that book in
the nearest large library to YOU.
Closest factories are the Boeing
Airplane Co. Seattle: Consoli-
dated Aircraft Co. San Diego;
Douglas Aircraft. Santa Monica.
Calf: Lockheed Aircraft Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
:: YOUR HOROSCOPE .:

Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of a year of
varied activities. They should
avoid excessive fatigue. Inclin-
alton to act on impulse should
be overcome.
Children born on this day may
be high-tempered and head
strong. They should be extreme
ly intelligent, sympathetic and
successful.
MONDAY, DECEMBER IL
Adverse aspects today contend
with the benefic influences. The
morning is suspicious for labor
interests, which later in the day
may suffer through secret ma
chinations. This is an unfavor-
able date for starting any enter
prise.
Heart and home: Under this
sway messages and letters of
good wishes may be expected.
News from long silent friends is
forecast. 1t is favorable for
planning, but not for spending.
Elderly persons will be generous
and helpful to the young.
Business Affairs: Shopping
should be satisfactory, but bad
weather may affect retail BUSH
ness. Advertising is under the
best influences. The stars en-
courage the use of pictures in
stead Of words, which means a
good business for illustrators.
There will be a decided trend
in newspapers toward the in
creased use of Photographic
material.
National Issues: Youth will
be a national concern as both
boys and girls are trained for
public service. Recognition OF
a changing world will be adj
vanced by statesmen. Read
justments in American life will
be widespread as the standard
of living rises for the under
privileged and declines for the
wealthy.
Persons whose birthdate it Is
have the augury Of q year of
progress in financial matters,
but there may be disappoint-
ment in domestic affairs or
Fomanees.
Children born on this day may
be artistic and musical. Boys
may possess talent that assures
success in medicine or the law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
SCIENCE NEWS

Somebody has been slipping up
on the required food for higher
plants. For their complete nu-
triton molybdenum is an essen
tial element, according to expert
ments with tomato plants con-
Quoted at the University of CAL
ifornia's college of agriculture.
Previously IL essential elements
were recognized, but alas, molyb-
denum was omitted.
A self-operating service sta
toni Strange as it seems Uncle
Sam has granted patent for such
an invention to Peggy Mason of
Forest Hills, L. 1. Upon inser-
ton of the proper coins, pumps
deliver gasoline or oil. At the
same time free air is put in oper-
alton. There's even a tool chest
provided, with all the tools locked
by long chains.
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, please repeat it
again; omit again"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

We Cut Down Corn Meal
And Buckwheaf Cakes
Let Ham and Eggs
Slip q Bit
But We Still Have Best
Breakfasts in the World
IN . reply to a curious cores
pendent, the United States
Depart ment OF Commerce
quotes census figures as show
ing two things; first, the Ameri-
can breakfast Is more DIVERSE
fled than it was fifty years ago;
second, and more important, the
American people are still eating
breakfast, and II Is still the best
breakfast in the world.
Fifty years ago, according to
the census, the pancake was a
breakfast staple and accounted
for three pounds of buckwheat
per capita on the average. That
is quite a lot of buckwheat,
when you come to think that
unless its consumption is limited
to a certain season it is likely
to produce the uncomfortable
"buckwheat itch" Whether it
was the itch" or something
else, we have dropped our buck
wheat per capita for pancakes
to one third of a pound.
Corn meal mush, fried or
served as "porridge" with
milk and sugar or molasses,
also has slipped. Fifty years
ago we used III pounds Of
cornmeal per capita; now We
are down to FL pounds.
Ham and eggs, a solid food
combination which started many
of our sturdy forebears on their
way and sustained them through
periods which required strong
muscles, keeps pretty well up
but there are fluctuations. For
instance, eggs have bobbed up
and down quite a bit in the last
dozen years. Since 1881 eggs
have dropped about 20 per cent.
The use of ham and bacon has
decreased about 100000, 900
pounds in the same period but
consumption of sausage meat
has increased about 400, 000, 900
pounds. Part of the increase
may be charged to the use of
"little pigs" for breakfast.
The figures are not given but
there Is the general statement
that we do not consume as
much oatmeal as we did fifty
years ago. We are, however,
spending a little more than
500, 000,0 900 a year for break
fast foods, but it is not the sort
of breakfast food that used to
come from home grown oats
ground in the mills known to
the third generation removed.
Some interesting information
is found in the figures relating
to citrus fruits. Half a century
ago We imported annually about
$4,000 boxes of grapefruit. The
importation now runs around
100000 900 boxes a year. Twenty
five years ago there were about
10000 900 million orange trees
in the United States. The num-
Der now is said to be more than
twice that number.
The answer to that is the in
creased use of fruit juice for
breakfast. A glass of grape
fruit or orange Juice is a tasty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

at the hands of the Rooseveltized
court. The jurists' decision in
the Socony Oil litigation may
show whether the highest tri-
bunal approves Thurman Ar
nold's crusade against corpora
tons.
In the trial at Madison, Wis,
government lawyers charged
that certain corporations and
individuals had fixed wholesale
and retail prices in restraint of
trade. The defendants admitted
that they had negotiated price
fixing arrangements. but they
denied that 1t had been for the
purpose of lining their pockets.
They maintained that they had
simply sought TO stabilize the
industry In accord with provi-
sions which the N.R.B. once en-
forced. They are now appealing
rum NOhNASAon IA AiiC AOWNA
courts.
1t will be the first time that
the iberalized court has passed
upon the so-called rule-of-reason
doctrine-the theory that cor
porate arrangements should be
judged by their practical eco
nomic yield rather than their
alleged violation of the letter Of
the law. The jurists will an
swer the question whether, un-
der existing law. there can be
such thing as q good trust"
The New Dealers unanimous an
swer is No"
Despite Cordell Hull's stub
born fight TO save his trade
treaties. his friends are not sure
the president viii stand by him
in = congressional showdown.
Roosevelt has given no recent
sign that he regards the recip-
rocsl agreements as the final
salvation Of q troubled world
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

Sagittarius Nov. ~ to Dec.
22)-Subjects of this sign usual
ly are blessed with good looks.
Women have expressive eyes and
are very graceful, quick in their
movements and positive in their
mode of speech. They are tire
less in any task that interests
them and are likely to over
work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
BLIND PIANIST

Although blind from birth,
Alec Templeton, noted pianist,
can actually master difficult
numbers which have taken other
skilled musicians weeks to menu
orize. After hearing a compo-
sition once, he plays it through
with uncanny accuracy. Strange
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10

This is not a fortunate rule Of
the stars. An adverse aspect Is
strong. The clergy win face
many exacting problems through
a marked revival of interest in
the study OF the Bible and a re-
turn to church observance is
likely.
National issues: Banking will
command public interest as new
systems of finance are advo-
Gated. In 1910 the public debt
will become a widely discussed
problem. Money will be in the
limelight as Europe seeks loans
and national expenditures mount.
International affairs: The new
Moon on this date carries omens
Of a political crisis in France.
The West Indies come under dis
turbing planetary influences.
Secret policies will be formu-
lated by the Mani government as
Hitler loses power to dictate to
other dictators. Surprise moves
are presaged. Canada will profit
from tremendous war contracts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

And they spae unto him. saying II thou be kind to this
people, and hem and speak good words to them they
win be thy servants for ever.-H Chronicles 1877.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

as it seems. Templeton's fingers
are so sensitive that he can iden-
tify the tune on a music box
roll simply by running his fin
ger tips over the projections.
BREATHING DOME
When planning the largest
concrete dome in the United
States TO roof Tulane univer-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
Saving For Winter

It's probably just well that the Ohio Unemployment
compensation commission ruled Ken Ketner Cleveland
Indian baseball player is not eligible to receive SIS weekly
for being out Of work during the winter months The
mission decided Third Baseman Keltners 500 contract is
yearround document and Mr. Keltner laughed it off and
said the whole thing only gag.
Had Keltner's claim prevailed, hundreds of other
baseball players whose salaries not exactly mserly
might have got IDEAS Professional football players who
work only fall and winter would have wanted their share
Actors and actresses between performances boxers and
wreses between fights might have decided they too
entitled to small weekly checks
For that matter lot of congressman practically
unemployed usually for six months of the year when
gress in session Technically of these people
entitled to jobess insurance under circum
stances but can't have discrimination in country like
the United States
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

We become willing servants to the good by the bonds
their virtues lay upon us.-Sr p. Sidney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

Faith is to believe the word of God what do not
see and its reward is and enjoy what believe
Augustine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11

New Deal economists anti
trust and anti-bigness theories
viii soon suffer their first test
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-11
Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixe. Thing.

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Evening star., 1939-08-14
Parking Fines Are Cheaper
Than Lots, Woman I ellis Court

A cheap design for parking in
Washington was outlined today in
Police Court by Miss Constance A.
Kiehel, an associate economic analyst
for the Social Security Board.
Miss Kiehel, hailed before Judge
Edward M. Curran at the behest of
three outraged policemen, said she
found it was cheaper to pay for all
the parking tickets she gets than to
pay for putting her car on lot every
day. She quoted figures to show
that her system costs less than 81
. week.
The policemen testified they had
put four tickets on her car in the
past several months. She nom
chalantly pleaded guilty to all but
one charge and claimed her automo-
bile association had posted collateral
on that ticket
do you know how many parking
tickets you've paid?" the court
asked her.
''Oh, I don't know Quite a few.
It's much cheaper. though, than
paying to park on q lot. They tear
your car up"
Judge Curran looked over her traf-
Evening star., 1939-08-14

Miss Helen M. Henry. 3O-year- -old
employe of the Social Security
Board. was among those killed in
the wreck of the streamlined South
ern Pacific train City of San Fran
cisco Saturday night near Carlin,
New.
Miss Henry who had been living
with another Government employe,
Miss Anna Supiot, at 1717 G street
NV, was en- route to Oakland,
Calf. to spend her vacation with
her parents, two sisters and
brother.
Another Washington resident,
Frederick Simpich. 1909 Macomb
street NV, assistant editor and
staff writer of the National Geo.
graphic Society-also was aboard
the train, but repeatedly escaped
injury.
His wife, Mrs. Margaret Simpich,
said today she had received word
from her son, Frederick Simpich, jr.,
that Mr.. Simpich was resting on
the relief train near the scene of
(See VICTIMS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Columbia National Park
Rovoged by New Fires
the Associated Pre-.


SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. H.-Hun-
dreds who fed as Northwest forest
fires ran wild before shifting winds
over the week end prepared for the
homeward trek today after the
flames had been checked.
However, new troubles developed
In the Columbia National Forest in
Southeast Washington when fire
that had ravaged 5000 acres swept
over control lines and burned to-
ward the tiny town of B. z. Corners.
Pumper units were stationed there
to protect buildings.
At least six families-two in the
Liberty Lake area, 20 miles east of
Spokane, and four in the Spirit
Lake Gdaho district-knew only
heaps of black ash remained where
their homes stood three days ago.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
u. ). Demands
Settlement Of
Controversy
Material Borrier'
In Relation With
Mexico Feared
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Acting Secretary of States Welles
formally demanded today settle
ment of the Mexican oil con-
troversy lest it result in "a material
barrier" between Mexico and the
United States.
Mr.. Welles, after conferences with
Mexican Ambassador Castillo Ma
jera and Donald r. Richberg, at
torney for the American oil COM
panies, disclosed at his press con-
ference that the State Department
was the author of recent compro-
mise proposals for board of direc-
tors to operate appropriated Amer
lean oil properties in Mexico.
He said the department was dis
appointed that these had been
turned down by both sides without
adequate discussion.
Dr. Castillo Najera had said ear
lier he believed way to settlement
was still open"
Approved by Hull.
Mr.. Welles, who said his formal
statement had been approved by
Secretary Hull, who is vacationing,
declared that the CLOSE, friendly
understanding this Government de-
sireS to maintain with Mexico
demands that their relations be
governed by fair dealing"
He said this Governments posi-
tion was firmly based on recognized
international principles which de-
mand full, just and prompt COM
pensation for appropriated properties
MIR. Welles said the United States
proposed this compromise:
That a board of directors for the
new companies. which would operate
the appropriated properties, be COM
posed of nine persons, three to be
appointed by Mexico, three by the
companies which owned the prop
critics and three by the two parties
to the dispute from panel of nine
names to be drawn up by the
Mexican and United States Govern
ments. No person on the panel was
to be from any country which had
any direct interest in the con-
troversy The members of the panel
were to be conspicuous for their
integrity and standing and COM
potency in business
Fair Middle Ground.
This, Mr.. Welles said. seemed to
offer fair middle ground on which
both parties could have met" Then
he added:
This Government regrets that a
proposal suggested for no other rea-
son than to further a solution should
have been discarded by either party
without 4 fair discussion of its
merits"
Mr.. Welles said the question of the
return Of American Ambassador
Josephus Daniels from Mexico City
was not under consideration. al
though he may arrive next month
on vacation.
Najera's contention that q way
was still open was based on his argu-
ment that the American companies
have many Mexican proposals to
choose from"
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Republic Steel Asks
LawIess Strikers
Be Denied Jobs
Wholesale Reinstatement
Of Employees Opposed
By Corporation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Ire
public Steel Corp. asked the United
States Circuit Court OF Appeals to-
day to rule that strikers who COM
NIT acts Of lawlessness have for
feited all right to return to their
jobs.
The request was made in brief
supplementing arguments by Re-
public attorneys August on Re-
public's petition asking that the
court set aside an order of the
National Labor Relations Board
which directed the company to re-
instate 5000 Ohio workers involved
in the Little Steel strikes of 1887.
The court took the case under
advisement after the arguments last
Monday and gave the company per-
mission to file the supplemental
brief
AN examination of the evidence. "
the brief said, will establish beyond
question that it will not effectuate
the policies Of the -tWagner) Act
" OIu tilc WIlOlCShlC dIIu llluiS~
criminate reinstatement of strikers
not named in the complaint who,
according to the evidence, have been
guilty of a multitude of almost un-
believable acts of lawless conduct
and violence" ....
The strikers, it was added, sought
to make it impossible for Republic
to conduct its business, obstructed
the U. S. mails. tried to prevent the
operation Of interstate railroads and
shot at airplanes attempting to carry
food to practically Imprisoned en-
ployes.'
The N. L. r. B. contends the
strikes resulted from unfair labor
practices by the company. Attor-
neys for Republic Steel say trouble
followed its refusal to sign a con-
tract with the Steel Workers Organ
izing Committee &C. I. o..
The N. L. r. B. order was issued
last October Is.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
New York Dairy Farmers
Plan Bitter Strike
BY the Associated Press.

r
UTICA, N. Y, Aug. l4.-Offcials
of the Dairy Farmers Union. claim
ing membership of $4,000 New York
dairymen, planned today a milk
strike. one said. would be the most
bitterly fought in State history.
More than 100 union representa-
tives have voted unanimously to
withhold all milk from dealers, ef-
fective tomorrow morning, in sup
port of a demand for a uniform,
base price of at least $2.35 per hun
dred pounds for milk delivered in
August, September and October.
A State-Federal marketing order
sets a base price to producers OF
1925 on class /. fluid milk for Au-
gust, but the actual return to farm
ers-a blend of prices for all class
es-is below that figure.
Archie Wright of Ogdensburg, gen.
eral chairman of the union. pre-
dicted part of the Pennsylvania and
Vermont border areas would be af-
fected by the strike. as well as 80
Upstate New York counties.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Cause Of Rio Crash,
Fatal TO "a, Sought
In Clipper Wreckage
Prof. james H. Rogers Of
Yale Among Decd;
Plane Hit Crune
By the Associated Press.


RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 1.-THE
crushed wreckage of a Pan-Ameri-
can baby clipper" was believed to-
day to hold the answer to an un-
explained crash in which IL persons
were killed yesterday almost within
stones throw of their destination
at the end of 3,700-mile flight.
Six Americans died in the wreck.
among them Prof James Harvey
Rogers of Yale, an eminent eco
nomist and a familiar figure in
Washington in the early days of the
New Deal Three of the Americans
were crew members.
Only two of the Is occupants of
the two-motored ship survived. Both
were rescued by launches of the
Brazilian Navy arsenal and taken
to hospitals.
Half Of Plane Hits Water.
Two persons who saw the crash
as the plane nosed down toward its
landing at the end of a flight from
Miami, Fla, said it seemed suddenly
to slant sharply down and strike a
crane on drydock in the harbor
The plane broke in two. Half of it
fell ashore and the other half
plunged into the water.
The steel drydock on Ilha das
Cobras is about % feet high and
about 1,l00 feet from the airport.
Planes normally taxi on the water
after alighting until they are close
&C., Any IN1In -.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Soil Conservation
Is Forum Subject

H. H. Bennett, chief of the
Soil Conservation Service and
an outstanding authority on
that subject, will be the guest
speaker tonight on the Ma
tional Radio Forum over
WMAL at $50 o'clock.
Mr.. Bennett will discuss
problems of retaining and i'm
proving the Nations farm and
wood lands.
The National Radio Forum
Is arranged by The Star and
Is heard over q coast-to-
coast network Of the National
Broadcasting Co.
Evening star., 1939-08-14

fice record and told her: You've
paid for ~ tickets"
oh, but that's over 4 period Of
three years"
mo. 1t isn't. Only two years. The
record shows you have paid $66
for parking ON the Districts streets -
TITS still cheaper than parking on
lot. Besides, I've hired a man now
to drive my car around and around
the block until the $50 o'clock dead
line to park on the street"
But the police towed your car in
this time counted Judge Curran.
Yes, know. My man failed to
show up that morning. had to pay
IS to get my car back. You see, I've
got so many tickets that they have
quit putting tickets on it, They tow
my car in. I'd rather they'd just
put tickets on and let me pay for
them when get my license tag each
year"
well, you'll have to pay - on
each Of these tickets"
"All right" she said.
This additional 312 brings her fines
to = total Of SIS for two years park
ing. She Ii % and lives at S1l
Seventeenth street NV.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
Florida Storm Ends;
One Death Reported
BY the Associated Press.

APALACHICOLA,F Fla, Aug. IA
Residents of this Gulf Coast sec
ton set about today to clear away
debris in the wake of a small tropi-
cal storm that crossed Northwest
Florida Saturday night and blew
itself out yesterday in rain squalls
over Alabama.
Wire companies reported they had
restored communications facilities
disrupted by 60-mile-an-hour winds
and torrential rains which accom-
panied the disturbance, first charted
last Tuesday morning northeast of
Puerto Rico.
Reports from communities which
bore the brunt of the storm indicated
no casualties and no great damage
in this section.
Heavy gales upset boat at Cedar
Keys Saturday morning as the dis
turbance entered the Gulf of Mexico
after crossing Peninsula South Flor
ida. and Orin Croft, father of fivs
children, was drowned.
Evening star., 1939-08-14
President Reaches
CompobeIIo After
Being Fogbound
By the Associated Press.


ABOARD THE UNITED
STATES DESTROYER LANG,
Aug. IA (By Wireless Pres
ident Roosevelt reached Campo
bello. New Brunswick, abroad
the United States cruiser Tus-
caloosa at 1916 pm. tE. S. IT,
today after being brought to a
standstill by heavy fog near the
end of his vacation voyage from
New York.
The Tuscaloosa and this de-
stroyer, accompanying the cruis-
er, were forced to anchor for a
short period this morning out
side the 3O-mile- long narrow
channel leading to Campobello,
site of the Presidents summer
home.
When the fog lifted sum-
ciently. the ships made the trip
through the channel at low
speed in three hours.