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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
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Sports Briefs

PORTLAND. Orr. - Two II
TIE wesids greatest tennis play
srs. ]. pensli fsusxe and Fsef
Perry. viii elssh teelxas ~ the
Ice coliseum sn fsnftlAnas first
professional tennis esasbsslaa Ia
several YEARS Ansshss Singles
match WIN rst Waiter asnser ~
Fresno cslsf. against fssa Cor.
chak1ff II tbs Anxsle~ IN
doubles pay. Cscfcnakoff win ~
paired win nudge against Perry
ard Senior
tteusA tso .~- rNe New vasN
Nsesi.~>aee. teaSs~m Nenra
team. te.e hass~ ~ vsssd's ps~-
f..ssa.si kasksshsn tisDe ssa
st.ooo purse today toe sh~ts
st.ss s.esssy aver ths cpshkase.
VIA. stars In NJ Nassassl Pre-
fcssiaasi seaswasus~t asis II
she Csisseem lest siaht.
SAN FnANClsGo - rsrtiss-
patton Of an sli.staf csnsaiaa
rugby team In . Treasure To-
lard tournament starting April
~ was announced saisy NJ
Mspr Art Mcchfyssai. srsfts
director ~ tho Galksen Gate In.
,stna tlnnsl exposition.
MrChfYstsi ssit ne western
Canadians wciid meet teams
from University n California.
Stanford. University NJ San
Francisco ard an sll.star team
during ihs series. which wsli end
April - All game. usil he
played at the sports field on the
waFla's fair site,
MrMtNNvtttr. Ore. - rks
tIsss~,d teWWts team to-day hssw
defeat for th~ tsvss Tins In sts
years. Miliausssse aaIvvssssy
dsuhsssa shs l.imfte,a syusA . "
Z Yesterday. u was tlastetA's
fret esWsesesce lass sises tvSn.
EUGENE. Ovv. The univsr-
sisy ~ orssons bslstssi baseball
season will open Friday II
furest 1fuvs. when Tho varsity
me~,s Pacific university In .
double header.
The Wrifuots viii not b. 81
fun strength, since Pitcher Iseb
Hardy. Catcher Ford Mullen and
inficldsr Matt ravalunss. ell
members ~ OreHen's national
champion basketball squad. ~lii
not repor, until nss, week.
The rsrif,r nlnr viii enms 10
Eugene Saturday for = return
double bill.
SEATTLE --- Alien Matthew'S.
~ Louis Negro, said today bs
was confident ~ whipping World
Mlddirwsight Champion aoiiy
krelKsr when the two square oft
In q noa.tltls bosInK bout neat
Wednesday nlGht In tina Civic
auditorium, Matthews arrived
yesterday 10 finish training far
the match krsissr WAS due to-
day.
sEATTL Coach Jimmy
rhelss OF University ~ Wash.
inKton's football squad admitted
today that ths ituskls~ hsd =
potentially strong bsekflsid iinsd
up for nssl fall. IN The first
spring practice drill yesterday.
rhelsu placed Charlie neehtaI
al quarterback. Joe Duhsky and
Dean MrAdsms At naifhssk ard
Don Jones' III f,iilhssk ~ his
hast choices.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

NEW YORK Eddie Drinks
split-decisinn victory over Tony
Canzoneri seems significant to-
day only rs a warning To Tony
that 10 years Of fighting have
taken too much out Of his body
for a successful comeback.
Tony still has the heart and
the head. but his legs are gone,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
Matthews Sure
He'll Beat Sol

know as sure as I'm sitting here
that Matthews would have de-
feated Hostak the night they
fought II he hadn't grown over.
confident in the ninth round and
against my orders insisted on 70.
Ing out and trading punches with
the hardest punching is0-poundcr
in the world
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

hopes can he consigned Ia the
erematery In his prime Tony
would have belted Brink out in
round or two. lie staggered
Fiddle numerous times last night
but he didn't have the power or
the punch TO floor him.
II was the i2th bout In Tony's
comeback attempt. and his sec
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

md loss he whipped brink
over eight rounds three weeks
ago. but 10 rounds ~ere loo
many for him, and the direct
cause 81 hls losing n. decision.
Rink put on a whirl~ind finlsh
In the final tao rounds. making
Tony break ground with hts
furious attack In the tenth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
Parochial League

Two games were played yester-
day in the Parochial school girls
softball league.
The home teams won in both in
stances. Holy Rosary defeated
st. Leo's. 34-4, and st. Patrick's
triumphed over Sacred Heart,
24-lg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

SEATTLE - Confidence Is q
great thing in any line OF en-
deavor but IN boxing IL Is of para.
mount Importance. Many n fight
er is licked before he ever enters
the ring simply because he has nc
confidence.
However, there IL one fight
er who has plenty of self-as-
wIrance. and that Ia Allen
Matthews, the black Dempsey
Of 81. Louis. who IL In Scat
tie training for his 10-round
overweight match with Solly
kreiger, middIcweight cham
pion OF the world, Mt the Civic
auditorium. "Wednesday night,
April 5.
George Wilsman, Matthews
manager. shares his fighters feel
ings. Both OF them are confident
OF victory.
Wilsman said yesterday. Mat
thews has been waiting for n
chance at a champion for several
years. He has built up his mental
attitude In that respect until he
now feels that he can take
kriecer.
He Just refuses 10 believe
that there IL a chance for Sol
" 10 heat him. I think that
Seattle fans will admit that
Matthews II pretty good
fighter. just about ~ good ~
any middleweight they have
ever seen In action. Allen Ger
taineIy gave steele and Hos
talk plenty OF trouble.
They will never make me be-
lieve that Matthews didn't beat
Steele the night they fought here
and raised Freddies hand. And ]
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
FI.KS TO PRACTICE

The Elks softball team has
scheduled d workout for Thursday
afternoon al $50 al McCarver
field. All candidates for the team
are asked In report
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
Creams Practice
Again Thursday

The Olympic Ice Creams of tho
city baseball league have rchsd.
uled another practice session for
Thursday evening. s. 10 o'clock, at
Stewart field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

BATON ROUGE. Ia --- Dick
kin~lis, New York Clan, scout.
IL regarded as q political power in
Springfield. his home io~n ard
capital NJ Illinois.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29
BASEBALL

tesAltA. t'sas--rhs Oakland
Acorns and Portland uesver&
Pacific rasst League besehotl
riuhs, tangled again ss6sy " tke
srr"sd game ~ . swo~npme pre-
sessan sshihstinn series here
The uass. isd ~ anseaa joIIsy.
right fIsIdsr. defeated shs vtsitars
yesterday. "a totisy wss rs-
spansihis tor TIRES runs. rhsse
Portland mispl~ys sisa added 10
The visitors downfall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

cycle OF Columbia river salmo
and steelhead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

rrisst and consuy.
An t0Gt -. t'st. - seattle
cit,ssi lis sprins tfsiaiau ssmp
Nith another game anslnsl
Hollywood today rhe STARS
irosinssd Ina Hasni~fs 81 yss~
tsFdsy.
tsoiiywssA ~ sie eeo---s ~ .
seattle -. 80 - tte--e Z Z
oshosns. rnsbus. Mnmssri&f.
Nsnuits snd cssndsll. f,sppsv.
nsysesi, rsrp'n snd rsmpbsli.
Hsnrhen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-29

They will never make me be-
lieve that Matthews didn't beat
Steele the night they fought here
and raised Freddie's hand. And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Added Protection

The announcement from State Police Commissioner Edward Hickey that his department is going to provide more protection for rural or out-of-the-Way residences will be received with grate- fulness by many people throughout this state tremendous amount of property lies idle through the late fall, winter, and early spring months. The. owners either use this property for summer pur- poses only or are unable to secure tenants through the hard months of the year.
 Oftentimes these houses are an easy prey to skilled operators who loot them of anything and everything removable. Shore property comes within this scope, too, and so do cottages and camps at in- land resorts. How many times has their reopening been an occasion for sadness and anger as the owners unlock the doors to find a scene of destruction and often desolation. With the state police on the alert there should be fewer depredations.
 Of course neighborhood cooperation is necessary in such tremendous task of guarding so many remote sections of the state. People can be of immense help in protecting and saving private property by prompt reports on presence of strang- CTS or suspicious characters. But it's good to know the police are ready and willing to patrol the shore-line or lake-shores if you want your summer home guarded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
First Day Enjoyable

From all reports the shore routes were not jammed all Saturday afternoon as the football season opened at the Yale Bowl. Instead motorists managed to get along at comfortable rate of speed and with out the former tiresome stops. Use of one end of the new Merritt Parkway as one-way boulevard facilitated such unrestricted movement of many motor cars. The last section of the route into Nichols was available for east-bound traffic prior to game-time and for vest bound after the game was over.
 We don't imagine, either, that the toll stations away down in Greenwich of- fered much of barrier to the thousands of motorists who enjoyed the opening game. So far as we can see resentment to imposition of the tolls is gradually dis sipating. We don't know how Westches- ter County motorists feel about it, but the only ones we talked to felt that if Connecticut wanted to charge a 10-cent toll that was her business and need not produce retaliatory tolls in Westchester.
 And another step was taken this week in the fight against the Hutchinson River Parkway toll. The state is seeking an injunction to prevent toll charges on the basis that free and unhampered traffic is prevented. The county, howeve,', points out that the route is county-owned and maintained. It may be, though, that the motive behind this toll will play an inn portant part in the continuance of the policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
It's the Upkeep

After five weeks of war in Europe, it
 seems likely that the actual, as we'll as
 the relative strength of the opposing
 forces in the air is about the same as it
 was on September 1. That is, except for
 the Polish air force such as 1t was, which
 has been completely washed out of the picture. The German air strength, and that of the French and British, are prob ably just about what they were when the war began, since the best guesSes it $ possible to make indicate that losses of planes on both sides have just about balanced new production.
 Britain probably lost 30 or more planes when the Courageous went down, and Ger many claims to have shot down some AZ other British ships, total of around &C., The Germans claim to have brought down some 50 French ships. The Germans themselves, on the other hand, can scarce ly have lost fewer than 25O planes them selves on both the Polish and the Franco British front.
 To these figures must be added the con- tinual crackupS which occur in all air forces all the time, but which increases in wartime when there is more flying to be done, and when it is done in more reckless manner. No doubt more planes have been washed up" by all air forces during the first five weeks operations than have been actually shot down in battle. It is estimated, for instance, that Britain is losing 15O planes month in this way, France 50, and Germany perhaps 200. The German rate always was high, even in peacetime, because a certain reckleSsnesS has always been encouraged.
 Thus, allowing for new production, the chances are that the relative strength of he German and the allied air forces are bout as they were on September l. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11

may be little higher all around, but not much. The air war problem is as much a problem of the rate of production of planes as it is of the number available for fight at any given moment.
 People who think of high speed produc- tion of planes as new development, for get that during the World War Britain was producing 1,500 planes month to keep 1900 active on the Western Front, and that France was turning out 2,400 a month to keep 4,000 in the air. Thus, should large-scale air war break out, it will be even more important to destroy the enemy's plane factories than to de- Stroy his existing planes, for sheer wear and tear will soon reduce any air force to impotence if new ships are not constantly supplied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11

A week or so ago we commented on the fact that Coroner Steiber of Fairfield County was waging a campaign to get special paths for bicyclists built along highways. In an official finding on the death of cyclist, struck by truck, he made his plea. Just about day or two later another Park City cyclist was struck down by an auto, so we can certainly expect renewal of the drive to get some thing done about the bicycle-riders. They do constitute problem on our streets and highways today in view of the un- teasing flow of traffic. Ultimately, we presume, separate code of regulations will have to be drawn up for the bicyclists, not to force them off the streets, to be sure, but for their protection from death or injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Political Abuse

One of the strange and unfortunate features of the American system of poli- tics and government is the abuse and calumny, bordering on islander, to which candidates and officials are subjected by opponents and those of the opposite party Mild and well-meaning people who would not otherwise say an unkind word about a particular person will, if he should aspire or be chosen to run for public office, have no hesitation in passing along slanderous gossip with no truth in it and without any effort to check its source or motive.
 The very people who shout loudest for good men in government will act as pur- veyors of falsehood about good candi- date of the opposite political 1aith and then wonder, after all theil political back-biting, why it is so difficult to get honest, upright, and successful men to run the gauntlet of falSehood and abuse to which gossipers are so ready to con- tribute.
 Perhaps this is necessary and useful baptism by fire" by which to measure up our candidates for office, but it does seem most harsh and unfair to a man and his family and business. A respect able, upright, and sincere citizen must be martyr to his friends and fellow cit- izens in order to serve them, often when he has no desire to run for office, but does so only in sense of public duty and self-sacrifice. We would get better gov. ernment if we were all more fair and kind and truthful in our political con. versations and attitude
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Current Comment

This committee is unfair. want fair questions.
 Fritz Kuhn, German American
 Bund leader, before the Dies com-
 mittee.
 Have you met w. c. Fields yet? Moral re-armament is just the thing he needs. Mae West to Dr. Frank Buchanan,
 MIRA founder.
 What good is social security, un- employment insurance, wages and hours-if you have no employment? -Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin of
 Connecticut.
 Not anything can prohibit my followers from getting and owning anything they desire. Father Devine, of Harlem. Would that there might be one large spot on this earth where leaders would mind their own bus mess, especially when there is so much of 1t to mind. Sen. Gerald P. Nye, (Rep.-N. D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11

completed. The new plaques place Carmody,s name first. Af- ter his name comes the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 NOTE-On plaques for any pro- ject begun under previous Presi- dent, always gave credit to that President. For instance, the Boul- der Dam plaque bears the name of Herbert Hoover as well as Ray Lyman Wilbury, h:s secretary of interior, and of course Roosevelt's and Ickes' names.
 DANGER SPOT
 They are not saying anything about it, but worried administra- tion chiefs are beginning to won- der whether the final showdown won't find the House, not the Sen- ate, deciding the fate of the neu- trality.
 When the battle opened, lead- CTS were confident that if they could win the Senate, the House would be a push-over. But re- ports in recent days indicate a disquieting undercover situation there.
 Inside tips have come from a number of state delegations that members whose votes were con- sidered certain are far from in the bag. One reported instance is the five Massachusetts, Dem ocrats, normally administration supporters but now secretly split 4-to-1 against embargo repeal.
 Several of the Liberal Bloc are ether completely off the reserva- ton or else on the fence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Questions
 and Answers
RY FREpERlC M. KERBY

BY FREDERIC M. KERRY
 Enclose . three cent stamp For reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or information to Che Wrterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mall Is ad. dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. C.
 THE EDITOR.
 @. Which colleges were in ex- istence in the United States at the close of the colonial period?
 A. Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass; William and Mary, Williams burg, Va; Yale College, New Haven. Conn; Princeton, Princeton, N. J.; Academy and College University of Penn.) Philadelphia, Pa; Kings Col lege (Columbia University, New York City; Brown College, Provi- dence, R. l.; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.; and Dart mouth College, Hanover, N. H.
 e. In what year was the FORD V-8 introduced?
 A. 1892.
 o. How many Roman Catholics reside within the present boundaries of the German Reich?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11

Many who visited the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield this year and saw the new Connecticut Building were little disappointed to find so small section of the state represented in the exhibits. For the most part the exhibit was devoted to what might be termed the metal trades, although there were some notable displays of clock, not to mention the Collins Company fine showing of sharp-edged instruments hatchets, axes, machetes, and the like. Doubtless many would have liked to have had the states agricultural side shown. That will all come in time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Selected Poem
PEASANTS

(Edna Mead in the New York Sun) We do not know very much We only know
 That our land was sweet, And our harvest fair And now there is ruin, everywhere. We do not know very much Except that our young Were strong and fleet AS the deer, as the hare And now, our hearts are bare. We do not know very much But we do know Agony and defeat, Death on farm and the stare Of faces trapped in blazing square. No, we do not know much So we are driven Over borders, and then Turned, and driven back Over borders again. Like cattle we are-in war And no one ever makes clear-for us What we are driven for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
In Today's s Mail

pire, which is worldwide, and has been incorporated mostly by wars of conquest by her armies and navies. Defeat on the continent would be a death blow to her thin red lines, and yet her war lords are willing to risk all on the cast of the die. Back of such a gamble is the firm conviction that they can win the war, even at the price of millions of her sons.
 The world is not big enough for Nazi Empire and 6 British Em- pire. One has to be destroyed! l! Which will 1t be--if the war goes on? AS Benjamin Kidd puts it in his recent book, "The Science of Power" We have passed So rapidly through such moving events in our time that the existing world has never seen in focus the period through which we are living. It has never realized that the great movements in the Western World in recent times are but phases of & larger development which in a gen. eration or two has come to envelope the whole of civilization"
 H. G. Wells wrote: "The human mind has always accomplished progress by its Utopias, and the idealism of Hitler, is that of the idealism of Nietzsche, and the ef- fects of Darwinism on German cul- ture. A way out might be found if Britain could vacate her traditions, but it is too late. One recalls in this connection, the old British song:
 we don't want to fight, but by
 jingo if we do,
 We've got the men, we've got
 the ships, and we have the
 money too"
 As to our being drawn into the war, the answer is that in the last war to end wars, three hundred thousand of our young men fell in France. Nearly hundred thousand died of their wounds. They gave their lives joyfully, smiling while their lips drained the cup, SO soon to be broken. And so 1t would be again if we played the part of a Don Quixote who went out to fight windmills. For European nations believe that the first object of the state is the waging of warl
 IRON QUILL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
War Would Curb U. s. Freedom

Burning questions that trouble all of us are answered in a small but salient book, What Will Happen and What to Do When War Comes,' edited by Larry Nixon (Greystone Press: $2.25). This Is a symposium by five American newspapermen, Elmer c. Walker, c. Norman Stabler, Jack Foster, w. w. Chaplin and Malcolm Logan. It covers everything from bonds to
 bankruptcy, as evidenced in the
 following brief excerpt.
 When war comes, billions in capi- tai will be wiped out and civilizat tion will be retarded for many years. No one will make money in another war. The government will see to that. From the very start a dicta- torship will take over and you will become part of its big war machine.
 Since 1t will be practically iin- possible to increase your wealth the big problem is how to hold what you have. You will have no choice in the matter of pur- chasing United States government bonds. They will be rationed on the basis of your wealth. Put them away and hope the war will not be so devastating as to wipe out the governments credit.
 Don't be afraid of the banks. They are protected and will be as safe as they are today. The gov- ernment will continue to insure deposits. Keep away from stock markets unless you can afford to take a complete loss. The man with @ thousand or two dollars is much better of with his money in the bank than in the stock market when war is being fought.
 Your insurance policy will be as safe as the credit of the nation. Hold 1t. Hold your endowments. The payments will be met by the insurance companies. Hold your home but don't try to speculate in real estate unless you know the business.
 Our participation in another world war would mean a death blow to individual freedom in the United States. Life would be vigorously regimented. Industry would lose the last vestige of private control. Labor would take orders from government bureau- crats. And when the war ended those controls would not soon be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What word describes belief in, and worship of one God only?
 2. Which of the arts is called "the gentlest sft"?
 3. Name the third ranking State of the U. s. in area.
 4. With what sport is the name of Ceferino Garcia associated?
 5. What is phonoscope?
 6. In which State is Lake Okee- chobee?
 T. How many persons signed the Declaration of Independence?
 8. Name the capital of Puerto Rico.
 9. A white flag with a large red circle in the center is the national flag of Switzerland, Japan or Egypt?
 10. What Is the heaviest common gas?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-11

If and when the state decides to hold motor vehicle inspections again we'd recommend that every driver going through the lanes be presented with a printed copy of rules on hand-signaling It's forgotten art with 1889 drivers Few ever put their hand out of the car window to indicate change in direction of their car or slackening of speed. Too many near-accidents and actual crashes may be attributable to such lack of fore sight.