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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

Why should there be involuntary
poverty among any of our peo-
pie, regardless of age? There
Is no need for it.
I quite agree that there are
always some who by reason of
misfortune or incapacity must
be aided. They are a neglible
factor, however. Also, there are
at present literally millions who
are in need and doubtless should
be aided temporarily. But I be-
lieve we should concern our
selves with effecting such proper
and wise economic readjustments
as will leave practically none in
need of being helped.
AS to any sort of limit of
taxes on real estate" why
should this be? There is no
limit to the taxes that may be
imposed upon the products Of
labor. upon the necessaries of
life. thereby increasing the costs
of living, cutting down consump-
tilon and lessening employment.
There are millions in need of
food. clothing, housing, etc, and
we pile on the taxes to make
these needed things cost more,
and no one says a word about 1t.
But the industry" of holding
land unused must be coddled.
Why? Ninety-five per cent Of
the land in Washington state Is
held unused to gather in UNI
earned profits, If possible, from
those who later on come to feel
they must have the land to use.
Is not that grotesque?
II we must aid real estate"
owners. let us take all taxes off
of their Improvements. This
would boom improvements and
business, and force land into pro-
ductive use.
ROBERT DOUBLEDAY.
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Infection is the chief cause of
heart disease among young peo-
pie. Among older people, break
down of the tissue, including
hardening of the arteries, is
probably most important, par
ticularly when infections accom-
pany this condition.
The heart beats on an average
of 1900 times an hour, which
means many millions of con-
fractions of the heart muscle
every year. Each time the heart
beats, three ounces of blood are
poured into the large blood yes-
sells. Six quarts of blood leave
the heart every hour, which
means about SO gallons a day.
The heart can develop 2i2 horse
power a day, and yet it is only
a mass of muscle. nerves and
blood vessels, about the size of
a fist.
Fortunately for most Of US, we
need pay little attention to the
heart. II it works satisfactorily.
there is not much we want to do
to control It; but when the heart
begins to be deficient in its ac-
tivities, we become short of
breath. tire easily, and find it
impossible TO carry on the daily
activities of life.
The heart needs plenty Of rest
and relaxation. II needs good
nutrition. since the nutrition Of
the heart depends on maintain
ing proper condition of the
blood. The blood provides all
organs with nourishment, and
We must watch our diets to
make certain we have enough
of the essential food substances.
The heart pumps blood which
carries oxygen to the tissues of
the body. A plentiful supply of
oxygen in the form of fresh air
will mean less work for the
heart. With all Of this. it has
become possible 10 develop 10
heart comma d m ents which
everyone should learn II he
wants to prolong his life:
l. Do not subject your heart
to sudden, strenuous or pro-
longed physical exertion.
?. Eat regularly. slowly and
temporarily.
3. II you are excessively over
weight, seek sound counsel as TO
how best to dispense with this
form OF heart handicap.
4. Try to avoid physical aetiv-
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HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is

Adverse planetary aspects APP
pear to dominate today. Fears
and regrets may assail those
who look back over the year, for
there is sign that causes appre-
hension and anxiety. II is not
favorable date To begin any
work. but fortunate for clear
ing up whatever has not been
finished. Women are fairly lucky
under this sway which favors
domestic interests and shopping.
The date is good for social az
fairs and amusements. Girls
win make acquaintance among
young men, but there is no
promise of romances.
Heart and Home; Relatives
come under a configuration that
seems to indicate sharp differ
ences Of opinion. Criticism of
the young may affect the har-
mony of family reunions. A more
serious outlook upon life by the
young as well as the old win
mark the new year.
Business Affairs: Many en-
gagement rings will be sold as
whirlwind courtships become
prevalent. Prosperity will cast
its glamour over the whole land
and commerce with South Amer
lean nations will be greatly
stimulated. Big business will
be generous toward employees
and profit-sharing will gain in
popularity in ie41.
National Issues: After the
holidays there will be agitation
for a return 70 prohibition. In
crease Of crime will be of gem
eral concern as the winter ad-
vanees. Despite the uneovering
of vice rings in various cities.
reform movements will appear
to be sporadic and soon forgot
ten. Churches and civic organi-
cations will combine to protect
the people from organized forces
Of evil.
International Affairs: Misin-
formation regarding the United
States government and its poll
cies will be broadcast by enc
mics. American diplomats may
be discredited. Danger of a
major disaster in an Atlantic
seaport is prognosticated. ia
pan may execute some sort of 4
coup that is typically Oriental
and successful. Friendship with
the United States will be sought.
bat there is = sign of evil por-
tent regarding future pact Of
great importance.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the augury OF = year Of
test in which the health should
be especially watched. Fraud
and douhie-dealing may cause
losses. Conservative financial
methods are enjoined.
Children born on this day may
be sensitive. refined and retiring
in nature. Gifted with artistic
talents. they may be too tenn
persmental for the general peace
Of the family.
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, STORIES
IN STAMPS
Fomed Eiffel Tower
Weothers All Storms

FOR so years storm OF criticism
has ragged around the Eifel
Tower. famous Paris landmark.
Even before its construction be-
gan. critics labeled il Tower OF
Babel" and a "frightful. odious
nightmare. Today IL has been
termed unsafe, out of keeping
with its surroundings, and petit
tons for its removal have been
circulated.
But the old tower. reaching
1000 feet skywsrd. takes criticism
as well as 1t witbStsnds the raw
ages of time and weather.
Built in 1889 as the central at
traction of the. French Interns-
tional Exposition. the tower is ex-
oeeded in height only by the En-
pire State building (i24s feet)
and the Chrysler building tio40
feet). II weighs l5.400. 900 pounds.
is composed of $4,000 steel plates
held together by $500 900 riVets.
Approximately 1900. 900 per-
sons have climbed" the tower.
Elevators now carry visitors 70
landings on each Of the three plat
forms, but in the early years OF
the towers history the climb was
made on foot. Visitors pay most
OF the handsome revenue the
tower brings the French govern
ment, and advertising rental now
increases IFS annual earnings. The
tower paid for itself = 800 600
francs-in two years.
The soth anniversary q the
completion Of the Eiffel Tower IS
commemorased On the French
red-violet stamp above.
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Mr. Flxit: On what other days
Of the month or year besides the
last Thursday Of November has
Thanksgiving been celebrated
in the past. Also. has Christ
mas day ever been celebrated
On any other day than Dec
z5ths A. G. p.
Thanksgiving days were de-
clared In New England from
1921. on varying dates after the
harvest season. During the
Revolutionary war other states
took up the festival and after
the war 1t became an annual
custom in most of them. though
no uniform date was set. II
first was proclaimed nationally
by Abraham Lincoln for Aug. 8,
1858. After 1864 the last Thurs
day in November has been the
regularly declared day until
1899.
Christmas was not celebrated
to any extent until the third
century and then with no uni
formity. In the fourth century
Jan. 8 and Dec. Is were COM
mon. The latter already was
Roman festive day for the sun
god Mithra. so that date became
established for celebration of
christ's birth. In Germany the
Ynle feast was 4 pre-Christian
celebration from which many
customs have been carried over
into the Christmas observation.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you tell me
II an electroIysis can be run on
. battery without electricity.
Please let me know what you
think Of one that Ii run on n
battery. MRS. q.
Only an electrician is qualified
to advise you. Any machine you
buy should have some plate on
it to tell you whether 1t runs on
direct or alternating current. II
1t hasn't, ask someone who is
an expert before you try to use
IL.
Mr.. Fixlt; VIII you please
print this for me. VIII anyone
knowing the whereabouts of
Quincy Winter, who formerly
lived at $40 SO. Pine ST.. In Ia
coma, please contact me by
writing TO Bob Brock. In
care OF General Delivery, South
Tacoma BOB BROCK.
Mr.. Fixlt: A few weeks ago n
party wrote TO you seeking nd
vice abotu buying n car back
east. II II Ii possible would
you please ask that party TO get
In touch with me mt onces
WM. II. HAMBLiN,
s1s En-. s5th ST., Tacoma.
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SCIENCE NEWS

Similar TO the process used on
railways, a sand brake for auto
mobiles has been invented by
James Young Of Ottawa, Ont
When the driver steps on the
brake in icy weather, sand is
released from a compartment
built into the cars Tenders ahead
Of the wheels. The sand gives
the tire a hold to prevent skid
ding.
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Continued from Page u

parently sincere hope that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will seek a third
term. Far from regarding him
as their most dangerous foeman,
the Republicans profess to be-
lieve that raising the historic
third term issue in these days
of dictators and Blitzkriegs will
ruin the Democrats.
Nor do they fear the candi-
dacies of the other men most
often mentioned as prospective
nominees President Gar
ner, Secretary Hull, Social Sc
curity Administrator McNutt,
Postmaster General Farley.
They believe that Garner would
lose the votes of labor, the re-
liefers and the Negro. They
think that resentment against
the trade agreements in agricul-
tural regions would prove disas-
trons to Hull. McNutt, accord
ing to their private samplings
or sentiment, could not carry his
own state of Indiana. Jim
though they don't say it aloud
would face the same handicap
that licked Al Smith.
The Republican strategists did
q thorough job of scouting the
enemy during their invasion of
the capital. They left Washing
ton with a definite impression of
the political lineup they must
face next fall. They figure-and
well posted sideline observers
agree with their conclusions
that "a Roosevelt will not seek
a third term. 90 that he will
devote himself from now on to
fostering party harmony, t3)
that he will try TO make per-
manent peace with private bust
ness and industry. "a that the
Democrats nominee will be
either the vice president or the
secretary OF state.
The hazing ganging up
which the new dealers and old
dealers are perpetrating on Paul
V. McNutt is one of the most
amazing developments of pres
ent-day politics. They are en-
gagged in an open and fragrant
conspiracy to dtscredit him and
his candidacy for the nomina-
ton. Though fully aware of it.
the White House makes no at
tempt to check the criticism. of
the social security administrator.
II was a Roosevelt official
who handed out the tip that
internal revenue agents were in
vestigating the income tax re-
turns OF prominent Hoosierites
identified with the MeNutt adj
ministration when he was COVER
nor. Other high officials are
begging their friends in the
press corps to print the story.
Harold Ickes' open condemna-
ton OF his associate testifies TO
the general dislike OF McNutt.
II bears out advance reports
that. In appointing Paul to his
present post, the president was
hurting rather than helping the
Indiana mans chances.
The vendetta has peculiar sig
nificance 10 those who know the
inside story. II checks and
times with authentic information
that Roosevelt deeply resents the
attempt OF the McNuttites 20
spread the impression that their
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therapeutic principle which. aft
er hundreds of treatments. he
claims not only relieves but con-
quers this drastic scourge.
This treatment" says Kor-
mann, the only one available
offering relief from high blood
pressure. Is now undergoing
further research and has all the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15

Discovering that circulatory
diseases caused many deaths in
the United States--by 1884 1t
was 23.s5 per cent-Frederick
A. kormann, Glendale, Cal,
chemical engineer. decided to do
something about 1t. After much
study he developed method of
treatment based on an electro
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earmarks of being beneficial in
the treatment of many other
diseases"
Rev. DR.. Stephen Hales first
measured blood pressure in 1873
and physicians since then have
considered it a valuable aid in
diagnosing disease.
Tomorrow: Lost and Found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
COOPERATIVE FARMS
IN COTTON BELT

Editor, The Times: One of the
saddest, most ominous and yet
one Of the most hopeful of books
Is "A Door of Opportunity" by
Sherwood Eddy, wherein he de-
scribes the poverty and degrade
ton of the southern share
troopers; the progressive col
lapse of the cotton tenant sys-
TEN; and the Delta cooperative
farm on which 80 families out
of 100000 people struggle to
create a new order of life the
cooperative way.
II is sad because ii portrays
a coolie serfdom that should be
the nations shame - peonage.
starvation, disease-and official
repression and fascist violence
and murder against any at
tempts to improve conditions.
II Is omlnous because the
plight of 100000 Americans
may well become the plight of
$4,000, 900; and it is hopeful be-
cause of the industry, zeal and
intelligence shown by these mis-
erables-lowest of the low-onee
they got a place on the earth to
stand on and tools TO work with.
Sherwood Eddy calls the CO.
operative Farms, Incorporated,
an experiment. II is based on
four principles: efficiency and
economy through cooperation.
original Christianity as a social
dynamic; inter-racial justice and
economic solidarity, and the ulti-
mate achievement of a soeialized
economy of abundance.
He visions a spread of these
cooperative farms, and a union
with other co-operatives and
socialist-minded forces to achieve
the change to a sane social or
der without class war, race war,
civil war or world war.
So far ii is successful-but
what of the future? Eddy
promises nothing. but does chal-
lenge, IF not this. what road
viii you follow ?" He sees the
decadence in the cotton belt as
only the center Of the degenera-
tive process. born of a ruthless
and now unworka bic economic
system, that threatens all that
is good in America.
ROBERT J. PEARSALL.
5T15 So. Park ave.
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Nothing New Under the
Sun-Or Is There7
Jineoes Like They Were
300 Years Ago
But Texas Produces One
Not in The Books

But Texas Produces One
Not in The Books
ONCE more II Is desired to
" observe that history repeats.
and therein lies the reason for
studying people and episodes of
the past. The more We know of
the past the better we are able
TO understand and meet the
problems of the present and
forecast possible developments
of the future.
Many years ago - 294 and
there's b gu ts-there lived a
French moralist, Jean de La
Bruyere. He dabbled in politics
a little, did some writing. and
finally got job as tutor to the
Duke of Bourbon, grandson of
a member of the Condo family.
famous in the military annals
of France. With the tutors job
there went a life settlement of
several thousand dollars year.
With independence assured.
La Bruyere went seriously at
the business of writing. He
wrote in an epigramatical, witty
style, satirizing some of the
characters and practices of his
day.
It seems that there were in
La Bruyere's day, as there are
now, great military strategists
who never were so happy as
when they were directing bloody
campaigns from an armchair
safely beyond the lines of con-
flict. OF these he was moved to
say:
They who sit peaceably by
their own fireside among
their friends, and in the midst
of a large town where there
Is nothing to fear either for
their wealth or their lives,
breathe fire and sword, busy
themselves with wars, de-
structions, conflagrations, mas
sacres. They cannot bear pa
tiently that armies are In the
field and do not meet; or IL
In sight, that they do not en-
gage; or, II they engage, that
the fight was not more sangu-
AIRY. and lament that scarcely
10000 men were killed on the
spot"
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ToDAY.s COMMON ERROR

Do not say. we left without
anyone knowing say, any
ones knowing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15

Insurance against twins, and
even triplets. Is becoming quite
common in England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15

II you're not using II, sell II with
a Fsst-Action Tines Want Al.
Gail Main 5151.
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Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n this eoi-
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. Only initials
siu be published when requested.
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hero is the White House favor
lite. What FDR has done.
through IckeS and others. is 10
spike that rumor even though
he had 70 be cruel toward Paul.
Il is an unprecedented hit Of
political deflstion-
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ADDRESSES SENATOR ON
PENSIONS. 40-MII.L LIMIT

Editor. The Times: Permit me
to address the following open
letter TO Sen. Lewis b. Schwel-
lenbach:
Dear Senator Sehwellenbach:
Your remarks as quoted this
Dec. 10. concerning the need for
some sort OF old age pension and
the 40-mill tax limit on real
estate" are interesting. Of course.
II seems To some Of US a pity
that We have any occasion to
provide some sort OF dole for
the elderly in this wonderful
land. Why should there be poor
and needy among the aged
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
GIVEN
BLOOD, RALLIES

Policeman William J. Coffman,
of the Eleventh precinct, critically
ill at George Washington Hospital
with pneumonia and blood in
lection, was reported slightly i'm
proved today following a blood
TRANSMISSION.
Several weeks ago Private Coff-
man was troubled with a slight
eruption on the back Of his hand,
caused by the sleeve of his coat.
A plooe infection and pneumonia
followed and he was rushed to the
hospital Sunday night in a critical
condition.
Six fellow officers responded to
a call for blood donors sent out
by Inspector James w. Beckett
yesterday and Private John F,
Ash, of the Second precinct, was
selected to give the pint of blood
needed for the TRANSMISSION.
Coffman, appointed to the force
last July, lives in the 100 block OF
Fifth st. S. E.
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
POOR BOX RAID
LAID TO PAIR

SHARP eyes" and quick think
ing on the part of three young
girls resulted in the arrest of two
Washington youths last night
charged with robbing a poor box
at the Church of the Nativity
in the 5000 block of Georgia
Ave. N. w.
The girls, Antonia Haddaway,
aged 8. of the 100 block of Ken.
nedy st. N. W.; Margaret Ford
II, of the 800 block of Ingraham
st. N. w., and Mary Vito, IL
TOO block of Kennedy st. NJ W..
were Kneeling before the altar
when they heard a noise. Turn
ing their heads they saw two
youths rob a poor box and walk
from the church.
The girl followed and saw the
Boys enter an automobile.
The story might have ended
there but for the three pair OF
sharp eyes," which noted the
license number of the automobile
and told it to Policeman Frank
Tyser.
A police lookout was broadcast
and a short time later two youths
were taken into custody in the
Fifth Precinct. Police said the
amount of money in the poor box
was not known.
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
ROMNEY
Heads "Little Congress-
Birthday Celebration

The Little Congress, composed
of secretaries to members of Con-
gress, will celebrate its twentieth
birthday on March Is, with ban
quet at the Willard Hotel.
Kenneth Romney, sergeant-at-
arms of the House, and original
sponsor of the Little Congress,
was asked to serve as chairman
of the committee on arrange
ments. He named as assistants
Representative Harry Sandager,
of Rhode Island; Representative
Lyndon johnson, former Speaker
of the Little Congress, and three
other charter members, Peter F.
Snyder, former Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor; Melvin D. Hildreth,
circus lawyer, and Judge j. M.
Barker.
Active members of the Little
Congress who will also serve on
the arrangements committee are
Dan S. Inglish, of Texas, chair
man; Virginia Hildebrand, Of
Arkansas; Tommy Gilstrap, of
Missouri; AL Griffith, of Cali
fornia, and Arno Loessner, Of
Florida.
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
BruIAtOur Shooting
Brings Quiz of Wife
Police Puzzled by
Curious Angles
Of Accident

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 Q.N.S0. {.
Hope Hampton, the former screen
and opera star, was to be ques-
toned at the district attorneys
office today concerning certain
puzzling aspects of the accidental
shooting of her husband, Jules
Brulatour, millionaire film finan-
cier.
Brulatour, recovering at a hos
pital, has informed police he will
surrender the gun to them when
he leaves the institution. Pre-
viously, he told them he destroyed
the weapon and the bullet which
imbedded itself in the nape of his
neck.
GAVE HER BULLET
Police said the bullet was given
to Miss Hampton at her request
by DR.. Carl Theobald, who ex-
tracted it. Miss Hampto, gave
the vial in which it was placed to
her husband, according to de-
tectives.
Detectives, agreeing with the ex-
PLANTATION of the wealthy Brula-
tour that the shooting was acci-
dental, said he was cleaning his
gun in the library when it was dis
charged.
SHOT RIGHT EAR
The bullet tore away the tip of
his right ear. Mrs. Brulatour was
in another part of the luxurious
apartment at the time, detectives
said.
Authorities were anxious to
learn why police were not notified
of the shooting until about SO
hours after it occurred and why
Prulatour's injury was first de-
scribed as the result of a fall down
the stairs.
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
Tomatoes
InChOWder,
Bah!

AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. rs
(I.N.S.).-COOks who add to-
matOeS to Maine clam chow
der today were threatened
with the impossible penalty
of digging a barrel of clans
at high tide.
The penalty was proposed
in a bill introduced in the
Maine legislature by Repre-
sentative Cleveland Sleeper,
jr., who explained he was
alarmed by the "infiltratiOn
of foreign ideas of cookery"
which he Jared would
''thrOw Maine clam chOwder
from its culinary pinnacle" "
Tomatoes and clans have
no affinity either Of mind or
body" the bills preamble
read. "Their union in q
chOwder is an unhOly one
and leads only to the moral
degradation Of the princi-
pals"
The Washington times., 1939-01-25
BUS BAN MAKES
STUDENTS hike

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. IS.
Parents of eight Lee-Jackson High
School students, banned from rid
ing on the school bus for a week
for participating in a snow battle,
today appealed to Principal G. G..
Cox to lessen the punishment.
One father w. F. Dodd, said the
ban, imposed by the schools stu
den government court, forces his
son to walk nine miles to school
on two congested highways. The
students, four boys and four girls,
all live near Groveton, south Of
here.
The students punishment was
fixed by their own court when
they pleaded guilty to throwing
SnoWballs in the school bus.
Principal Cox has substituted
other punishment in the case of
one girl, whose parents appealed.
She will be deprived of attending
the next two school dances. Mr..
Cox explained that he will sub
stitute punishment for the others
as soon as the parents confer with
him.
The students involved are Eve
lyn Stoll, Doris Hodges, Shelton
Brown, Helen Freeman, Edwin
Dodd, Willis Shu, Philip RySon
and another whose name could
not be learned. Shu, a student
government officer, also will be
deprived of his office.