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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-16
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

Hitler to power, how they could
visit with their German friends
only in the late hours of the
night, with blinds drawn and
even then at the risk of being
arrested as spies; how they
dared not be recognized by these
same friends on the street the
following day, how they were
afraid to send their children to
school for fear they might not
return and how their home was
literally bombed with stones,
while the police refused to give
them protection.
How long will such perse-
cuted victims from other lands,
or even our own people of lib
eral thought, be safe if we toll
crate the present encroachments
of fascism? Harold Ickes, sec
rotary of the interior, has said,
"Fascism not only knocks at
the door, it is within the gates"
There is abundant proof for
such an assertion. The National
Council for the Prevention of
War in Washington, D. c., an
nounces that they have abso-
Lutte proof of at least 500 fascist
organizations preaching anti
Semitism and operating in every
state of the Union.
As loyal Americans, it be-
hooves us to place new values
on our democratic traditions and
institutions and to refute. wher-
ever it presents itself, the de-
structive propaganda of race
prejudice and fascism.
MAUD n. RICHARD,
1921 So. L ST.
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ushed route of the oregon Tran
down the Columbia river TO
Portland and Vancouver by the
promise that a passable wagon
trail had just been opened
through Naches pass. The work
had been started by group Of
settlers anxious TO induce new
corners to settle on those fertile
lands and build up the territory
north of the Columbia river.
Work was progressing on ooth
ends of the road when the tran
builders received word that the
wagon train would not come
through Naches pass but had
taken the old route down the
Columbia river. 1t was fall, and
there was plenty of other work
to be done in preparation for
winter. II the immigrants, prob
ably the last wagon train TO
arrive that fall were not COM
ing over the Naches route, there
seemed TO be no reason for has
tening completion of the road
and the project was abandoned.
Unfortunately the means Of
communication were so meagre
and uncertain that it was i'm
possible for a wagon train in
the Blue mountains to establish
contact with the road builders
Puget Sound settlers who did
not know that a false report
had caused abandonment of the
road project.
So the immigrants came on.
Their experiences constitute
one of the most dramatic cpl
sodes of that era. In failing
to follow the wagon trail
through Naches the mod
ern road builders not only
failed to take advantage of
the logical crossing for an
east and west highway but
they neglected to capitalize
on the historic Significance of
the Naches pass route.
Getting back to the inspira-
ton for the early morning ride
over the snow-walled Naches
highway, one of the purposes
of the meeting Of the pioneer
daughters was to pay tribute
to the Pasco group which had
been responsible for the estab-
lishment of a state park at the
junction of the Snake and Co.
lumbia rivers in memory of the
arrival of the explorers, Lewis
and Clark, and to honor the
name of their guide, the Sho-
shone Indian woman, Sacagewea.
1t will interest Tacoma
people TO know that the first
land for the park directly on
the point where the two great
rivers join and where stands
the Sacagewea marker de-
signed by w. P. BOnney, was
donated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Carstens. They had
bought the site for a home,
but on learning that it was
the spot On which Lewis and
Clark and their Indian guide
had camped In October, 1905,
they donated the property to
the PascO Pioneer Daughters
as the nucleus for a state
park.
TO be continued)
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will swirl through the lower
chamber in showdown.
The White House, the
Democratic national commit
tee and the Republican ma
tionai committee are fight
ing II, though not too openly,
for obvious reasons. In re-
cent campaigns the pickings
from party contributions
have been slim. and the ma
tional political managers
must depend on the gencr-
osity of employees to fatten
future war chests. With 1910
around the corner. they don't
care to close down this source
of revenue.
Anticipating 1910 triumph,
the COP wants the same right
to raid the pay envelopes that
the Democrats have enjoyed.
Members of congress, however,
approach the problem from a diff
ferent angle. Certain Democrats
have seen these funds used to
try TO defeat them in the recent
purge" and they want TO de-
prive the New Deal faction of
this financial weapon. Republic
can members don't benefit from
these collections when in power
because they are turned over to
the national committee. That's
why Capitol Hill politicos are
keen for strengthening the cor
rupt practices act.
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To receive attention in this coll
uun letters must give name ana
address Of writer. only Initials
will be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an argu-
ment will you please give me
the correct spelling Of Nc
Chord In reference to the new
air base: l.. VI. W.
The spelling is correct as you
wrote It: McChord. The field
was named in honor of the late
Col. William c. McChord. dis
tinguished air service officer.
pilot and observer.
Mr.. Fixit: Where can I oh
tain information about social
service work; and also, what
are the main requirements?
On what lines do they have
training: H. b.
Social work courses are given
at many of the colleges and
universities: for instance, Col
lege OF Puget Sound has such
a course. In addition the state
of Washington, which has had
to extend the training of many
of its welfare department en-
ployes. has arranged special
lectures. Suggest you talk TO
the supervisor Pierce county
welfare department, 919 Market
st, or write to him; or consult
the registrar. College of Puget
Sound: or talk with someone
at the Family Welfare associa-
ton. 222 Provident building.
They're busy people, but will
advise you.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you inform
me how many bridges In the
4. :. are longer from end to
end than the one they are build
ing here at the Narrows, how
many In the world, and where
are they located: o. $.
That's big order. in view
Of the various ways in which
bridges are built and the vari-
Gus geographical or Topographic
cal conditions affecting their
construction. The 1889 World
Almanac lists more than so
notable bridges Of the world
but compares them not on total
length but on channel spans.
There are some very long
bridges that have relatively
small spans, such as the Thou
sand Islands International
bridge which crosses the st.
Lawrence river from New York
to Ontario-Sis miles long but
not single span approaches
the length Of the Tacoma Mar
rows span and the bridge cost
only a third as much as the
Narrows crossing will cost.
However on the best COM
parison, channel spans, the
longest listed are Golden Gate,
1900; George Washington tHud-
son river), $500 IT; Huey p.
Long mississippi river at New
Orleansl. 1924 #. The Mr.
rows suspension will be $500
II. between towers. and will span
channel $500 feet wide. 1t
will be the narrowest bridge for
its length and height of any in
the world. No bridges else
where in the world compare
for length of channel span 9TH
er than the American bridges
named above.
Mr.. Fixit: II the 25th ami
varsary IL 4 silver anniversary.
what would the S0th anniver-
sary be called:
MRS. p. A. A.,
Milton.
The S0th wedding anniversary
il pearl" From the 18th on,
names are given only every five
years-20th. 25th. etc.
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We Again Dieress and
60 70 Pssco
Ride on Oeiour Which
oypped Tacoma
Old Trail Walled With
Snow That Didn't Slide
Find Sseaeewes Marker
On Thomas Carsfen Land
AT I o'clock Saturday morn
ing. the E. T. Shorts en-
barked with the w. P. Bonneys
to drive to Pasco for the clos
ing sessions OF the annual state
meeting of the Daughters of
Pioneer Mothers. Beyond Elhi
hill we headed into the rising
sun via the Naches highway.
win Bonney will never go any
other way if he can help it.
Except for the detour which
took the road through Chinook
instead Of Naches pass to make
a new entrance to Mount Raj
nier National park. the road
follows the general route of the
trail over which the first wagon
train from the Oregon trail
reached Puget Sound in 1853.
And that detour, by the way,
engineered by those not friendly
to Tacoma, gypped this city
and the rest of the Puget Sound
country out of the shortest and
most direct route to the Inland
Empire.
The ride through the Cascade
mountains was exceedingly in
teresting. Contrasting the
smooth highway over which we
Travelled from the White river
valley on the west side of the
mountains to valley on the east
side in about three hours, with
the picture of the rough trail
on which the 1858 wagon train
spent Is days, brought home
rather forcibly that much has
been built on the foundations
laid by the pioneers.
The state highway depart
ment had cleared the surface of
the road but for quite a dis
lance the snow was piled on
each side about IL feet high.
There was just room for two
cars to pass easily between the
snow walls. To one member of
the party the trip over the
mountains will be remembered
as the ride through the big snow
which might have slipped down
the mountainside and crushed
the car and its four occupants.
but did not. At intervals along
the road were cheerful signs
warning OF rocks possibly loos-
ened by winter frosts and which
might come tumbling down the
mountainside with anything but
happy results.
But none of the possible or
purely imaginary menaces be-
came reality. A few minutes
after passing Lake Tipeoe
camp, that delightful spot for
early breakfasts of ham and
eggs after the middle of July.
now buried under Is feet Of
snow, we reached the sum-
init where four counties
Pierce, King, kittitas and
Yakima-join. and in an hour
were In beautiful Selah valley.
The reason for the reference
to Selah is that the wagon
trailers on the way to help
open the Puget Sound country
stopped there to rest their cat
tie and obtain provisions before
starting up the mountain. They
remained there for two DAYS
and with the help of friendly
Indians obtained potatoes, beef
and other provisions. Without
those supplies it is doubtful if
the train would have negotiated
what seems in this day Of hard
surface highways an utterly
impossible trail.
These heroic adventurers had
been induced to leave the estab-
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Editor. The Times: The per-
secution of the Jews under Ease
ism has shocked the world, and
We in America should renew
our allegiance 10 the Declare
ton of independence in its ira
ditonsl assertion that. We
hold these truths to be self
evident: that all men are Great
ed equal. that they are endowed
BY their Creator with certain
inalienshle rights; that among
these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit Of happiness
Recently l had the privilege
OF meeting some Jewish refu-
gees who have. at least tenn
porsrily. found safety and peace
in the United States. They are
cultured and educated. the type
who. in the past. have made
such a lasting contribution to
the real greatness of Germany.
I heard them tell Of the awful
reign Of persecution which be-
gan with the rise OF Adolpn
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Editor. The Times: The st.
Luke's Mems club requests me
to convey to. you our appreci-
alton for the fine publicity you
gave our minstrel show which
was staged at the Community
house on April p and rs.
We were able to turn over a
substantial sum to the st.
Luke's building fund and wish
to thank you for your coop
alton in helping us 10 do so.
J. c. BELL
r,,...,a.,,. &, vrI..sv Name cftth
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the Japanese Shinbo Gokyo
Military college. In 1909 he met
DR.. Sun Yat-sen in Japan, be-
came an extreme Chinese ma
tionalist,' returned to China and
swung into period of civil
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Talk exceedingly proudly; lei not arrogancy
of your mouth for the Lord is God Of know-
edge, and by him actions weighed Samuel 23
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"Ths po,cer to tar is the power to destroy"
Those who are governed least governed best"
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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CHANG kAI-1SHEK

CHANG KAI-ISHEK
Strange as it seems, General
issimo Chiag kai-Shek, war
lord of China fighting Japan,
actually received his military
training in Japan studying at
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financial responsibility for
which appear advertisements published In its
In where fault will
erpat the advertisement In which the typographical
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warfare in an attempt to unite
China into country instead of
a continent.
In 1887 war broke out between
China and Japan and Chiangs
united China forgot internal
troubles to fight the invaders.
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Telephone all departments Main 3i5l.
sFroclaim Liberty through the Land-Liberty Bell
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AN APPRECIATION
For CO-OPERATION

Lakebay, Wash.
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Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

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umn letters must give name ana
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will be published when requested.
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FASCISM ALREADY
HERE

President ST. Lukes N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-10
Mrs. Cummings
Succumbs After
Long Sickness
Ex-Cubinet Members
Wife, 40, Was Noted
As q Hostess

Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, 40, wife
of the former Attorney General,
died last night at Ruthven, their
estate at 2700 Tilden street NV,
after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Cummings had suffered from
high blood pressure since returning
from Florida in March An unfavor-
able heart condition complicated her
illness, her physician, DR.. Paul F..
Dickens, said.
The funeral will be held at S
pm. tomorrow at the residence.
Burial will take place at Stamford,
Conn. Saturday.
Before her husbands retirement
from the cabinet early this year,
Mrs. Cummings was one of the Cap
ltal's most prominent hostesses. She
rarely invited large gatherings to
their home, but numberless parties
OF 10 or dozen gathered Informally
on the lofty terrace there.
Mr.. and Mrs Cummings celebrated
their tenth wedding anniversary
this spring. She shared her hus-
bands absorption in political econ
omy and practical politics to a de-
gree unusual even in a cabinet wife.
At the height of any congressional
debate she could usually be seen in
the gallery.
The same interest drew her abroad
in her youth to study at the Sor-
bonnie and the Alliance Franchise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-10
Rain Fails to Scatter
Water Gate Audience
Rudolph CAM Rewards His Listeners;
Taylor as Soloist Is Triumph

needed smoother and more under
standing performance than that
given 1t last night for one to form a
positive judgment. Although this
composers Second Symphony" has
received considerable acclaim when
given in New York, the "Fandango"
Is not work that either by its con-
struction or thematic material re-
veals composer of startling gifts.
1t was a pity that Mr.. Taylor
had to cope with the effect the
weather has on violin strings in his
playing Of the Bruch Concerto in
d Minor" for this splendid violinist
has had too few opportunities for
solo appearances. His tone is lovely
IN the extreme, fine and expressive,
and he Is musician of the first
rank. He played the concerto with
authority and sentiment, scoring a
well deserved triumph with both his
fellow musicians and the audience.
Under the influence of the clear
ing skies and balmy atmosphere, the
Water Gate audience was in a mood
to hear as much music as it could,
and to oblige it, Mr.. CAM, whose
success was evident from the amount
OF applause after each number, gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-10
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Rain at the Water Gate has no
terror for the Sunset Symphonic"
audiences and last night, once again,
Washingtonians showed willing
ness to brave discomfort for the
pleasure of listening to music by the
National Symphony Orchestra. One
of the attractions of the program
was the return of popular Rudolph
CAM as guest conductor. Another
was the appearance of Concertmas-
ter Willard Taylor as soloist.
The heavy shower just before the
concert hour had its effect on many
who had started for the Water Gate
and. fearful of a wet evening, re-
turned to their homes. But others
stayed, taking shelter beneath the
underpass when necessary, but 9TH
erWise sitting with determination
under umbrellas until the end of the
program. When the curtain of the
barge was lifted as a sign that the
concert would be given there was
an outburst of applause from those
who had waited the few minutes
past the opening hour during which
the management decided the pro-
gram should be given.
Rudolph CAM as an orchestra
leader-one of his many accom-
phshments-already has made a
deep impression on local music pa
irons through his former appear
ances with the National Symphony.
His concise, clean-cut and virile
manner of directing receives an in
Simultaneous response from the Or
chestra members and last night they
answered his interpretative direc-
tons with the same readiness, in
spite of the difficulties which the
dampness caused. His reading of
Weber's overture to "Euryanthe"
emphasized the brightness and easy
flow Of the music rising to splen-
did climax at the finish.
In like manner was the perform
ance of the first suite Bizet wrote
for L'Arlesienne," the bits from
Wagner's Die Meistersinger" and
"Goetterdaemmerung," Saint-Saens'
"Danse Macabre' and Tschaikow-
skis "Capriccio Italien." The one
disappointment of the orchestral
part of the program was Emerson
Whithorne's "Fandango," which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-10

MRS. HOMER S. CUMMINGS.
Later she matriculated at Columbia
University and attended the New
School for Social Research in the
days when it's educational methods
were new and revolutionary. She
spoke French fluently.
Mastered 40 Books in Month,
On President Roosevelts first
election, her husband was slated to
go to Manila as Governor General,
only to be shifted quickly to the
post of Attorney General on the
death of Senator Walsh of Mon
tana, who was named for the Justice
Department post. Within that brief
month Mrs. Cummings had mas
tered 40 books dealing with the
Philippines.
During her husbands service as
Attorney General, Mrs. Cummings
took keen interest in the Depart
ment of Justice and became &C
quainted with large number of
its personnel
Her sympathy for the New Deal
was as ardent as her husbands.
Less than a year ago she summed
it up this way:
I'VE both feel sorry for conserva-
tives these days. They die thous-
and deaths. We believe in new
things-not because they are new,
but because We recognize that times
and conditions change and we must
keep up with them"
Before coming here Mr.. and Mrs.
Cummings lived in Greenwich.
Conn.,, on knoll overlooking Long
Island Sound. Mrs. Cummings was
born not far away, in Darien, on
November 4, 1898.
She loved the theater as only one
who has lived in a Connecticut sub
urb of New York can. An invet-
crate first-nighter, she continued
to appear in her colorful evening
dresses at opening New York per-
formances even after moving here.
The opera and symphony also at
tracted her and she was keenly in
terested in literature.
Liked Bright Clothes.
Bright hues were her passion in
clothing. She created a mild SEN
satlon at the Court of st. James
in the spring of 1887 when she ap-
peared not in traditional white, but
in brocaded gown tinged with red.
One of the liveiest of cabinet
wives, she always had a witty word
for the society editors who neces-
sarily called her several times a
week, at length becoming so popu-
lar with them that she was made
an associate member of the News
paper Womens Club of WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Cummings, then Miss Cecilia
waterbury, was married to Mr..
Cummings April 2, 1929. At that
time he was practicing law in SIAM
ford, Conn.,, and was senior men,
Der of the firm of Cummings e.
Lockwood. Her husband is her only
immediate survivor. Her parents
were the late William w. Water
bury, who died in 1881, and the
late Mrs. Margaret A. Waterbury,
who died in 1925.
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Odd Senate Subway Cars
To Be Auctioned Off

Next Wednesday at 2 pm. "Peg'
and Tommy" the two outmoder
Senate subway cars at the Capitol
will be autcioned off.
The two canary colored vehicles
which preceded the present mono
rail cars were once the delight of
tourists to Washington and carried
many pre-War luminary from his
offices to the battles on the Senate
floor and back.
The two old cars have been sit
ting, their batteries long since dead
in the Senate Office Building sub
way shops since 1912.
David Lynn, architect of the Capt.
tol, has invited antiquarians and
museum representatives to the auc-
ton in the shops next Wednesday.
Each has capacity of eight per-
sons and driver. They were built
especially for the purpose by the
Studebaker Co. The present mono
rail subway trolleys were installed
in 1916 and, after being used for
several years only during rush hours
the two old cars were allowed to
gather dust in the shops.
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Vandenberg 10 Remain
AIoof From CAMPAIGN

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Aug. 10.-United States
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Re-
publican, Of Michigan, intends to
remain "scrupulously detached from
the pre-convention campaign" for
the presidency but hopes he is "pre-
pared to meet whatever RESPONSE
bilities subsequently develop"
In a letter to the "Vandenberg-
for-President" Club in Massachu-
sets, the Michigan Senator said:
Il have no presidential aspirations
whatever" but "the situation is up
to the Republicans of the Nation
themselves.
He added, former Representative
Everett r. Prout of Quincy and
William ]. MacHale of Boston, club
organizers, said:
Personally, I would greatly prefer
to remain in the Senate, if I am to
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continue In public life at all. Per-
sonally, shall seek no convention
delegates-directly or indirectly
and shall keep myself scrupulously
detached from the pre-convention
campaign. But I cannot ignore the
fact that I am not an entirely free
agent in these matters. I hope I
am prepared to meet whatever re-
sponsibilities subsequently develop"
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mention Of the British French So
Wet negotiations on a mutual aid
pact, even In dispatches from for
eign capitals.
Nineteen British delegates headed
by Admiral Sir Reginald Plungett
and eleven Frenchmen led by Gen.
Joseph Edouard Doumenc planned
to spend the day at Leningrad and
leave for Moscow shortly after mid
night. Formal talks are expected
to start Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-10
'AngIo-French Missions
Arrive in Leninorud
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 10.-British and
French military missions arrived at
Leningrad today on their way to
Moscow for staff talks with Soviet
army and navy leaders.
Moscow newspapers avoided any
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Halvorsen's Entry Of the Boyards"
and the Dance of the Clowns"
from Rimsky-K orsakoff's Snow
Maiden" as encores.