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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY. FEB. 20. 1899

This is not an important day
in planetary direction. according
to astrology. The morning may
bring mental unrest and leth-
argy.
AS the month ends women
come under most promising
direction of the stars. They
should exert their best energies
while the rule prevails. 1t is
especially fortunate for shop
ping and entertaining.
This should be a lucky we'd
ding day in which love promises
to rule. While sudden fortune is
not presa ged there should be
steady progress toward pros
perity.
Artists of many callings
should profit in coming months
when their talents will be re-
quired for special work. Paint.
ers. actors and musicians have
the forecast of remunerative en-
ployment.
Through the spring the seers
declare that evil portents will
affect Germany. Discomfort re-
garding economic conditions is
presaged and Czechoslovakia
may be the scene of new trou-
bles.
Gossip will be increasingly
prevalent and rumors will fill
the air as March advances.
Speech should be curtailed and
personalities should be avoided.
Men and women in the public
eye are to be assailed by UNI
kindly comment which may
cause serious results.
Jupiter is in a position most
favora bic for Mexico. where ef-
forts to meet demands for COM
pcnsation for alien-owned prop.
erty may be met wisely.
Persons whose hirthdate it il
have the augury of a year of
happiness. The young will he
immersed in romances and the
old in financial affairs.
Children born on this day
may be highly temperament>l
and exceedingly talented. These
subjects of Pisces may bavs
many interests that cause con-
centration to be difficult.
Copyright, 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
HOW TO STOP THE
SPREAD OF DICTATORSHIP

Editor. the Times: L. S. Nazi
activity will undoubtedly encour-
age pleas for suppression of this
and similar movements.
Restriction of any civil rights
can quite easily extend to sup
preston of all thought except
that OF the party in power.
Despite the very real danger
from totalitarian harharisms. a
far greater danger. and surer
road to political tyranny, lies in
suppression of any part Of their
freedom of expression.
As long as millions are de-
MED responsible work, there is
sure TO be increasing menace
from undemocrstic emotional
lists.
Economic freedom. not polit-
ical suppression. will prove the
greatest bulwark against crack
pot demagogues.
Economic opportunity and Sc
curity. not political strait jack
cts, will stand as the stumbling
blocks Of tyranny.
II we seek permanence for our
liberties. and assurance for our
happiness, We must do every
thing in our power TO secure
these economic rights.
II this is not done, nothing
will stop our descent into the
horror of chaos, the barbarism
OF war. and the blackness OF
mental and moral stagnstion.
J. L. BCSEY.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of
these test questions. Turn to
the womans page for the an
swers.
/. What does status quo
mean,
2. Are the three Guianas in
South America republics?
3. What is the name for the
employment of song for magical
purposes
4. In units of length, how
many links are in one rod
5 How are members of the
U. S. board of tax appeals
chosen?
6. Name the city in Alabama
with the largest population.
I. For what government
agency do the initials !. c. c.
stand
s. What is the correct pro-
nunciation of the word amulet -?
Q. Name the first permanent
English settlement within the
limits of the present United
States.
10. In what country is Hud-
son bay
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keep senator's off the floor ex-
oept when big things are gong
on
"Hmf, she said Young man.
7 taught school for IS years.
and I'm sure I wouldn't have
held my job If l had stayed cut
OF the school room half the time.
How can these men vote intelli-
gently If they don't hear the dis
cussion ="
Business that day had been
routine, I explained. So many
speeches are made which aren't
really very important. when
such a speech begins. the wise
senators duck out and find
something else to do But that
didn't help.
Welt" she said. with fire in
her eye. Why do they let them
make speeches then, if they
haven't got something import
ant to saw ="
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28

Editor. The Times: Regarding
the dog quarantine. reading the
letter of our county health di-
rector. must say If this dog was
infected with rabies and roamed
for three days and quite dis
lance and not shot until he got
to school grounds, something Is
wrong somewhere.
We live in that vicinity and
have heard nothing about 1t. and
certainly would have If il had
been going on for three days,
when most every day someone
or groups are excited and wor-
ried TO no END over this whole
mess.
Injected and strays should be
taken care OF. we. all agree. but
this thing IS being carried too
far. and IT'S A wonder the public
or those that love and care for
their dogs don't do something
about IL
tbhAt nave AkuA u 0Nn
dogs as well as cars or any
thing else. and the average citi-
zen does abide by the laws. This
article certainly seemed far
fetched
Dogs are a necessity on farms
with the thieves cleaning up on
US overnight and robbing Us Of
our stock and fowl we have for
our livelihood. Not far from Us a
neighbor found his COW butcher
ed in pasture. Only the head
and hide was left. Nothing is
done about that though. but
they appropriate money and
equipment 10 slaughter our dogs.
We should erect a monument TO
our faithful pals so ruthlessly
slaughtered, and taken from Us
because in lots OF cases they
ere not able to pay that messly
dog tax. say it's a lot OF bunk
KARL HARDS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
LiIsc, In the Dust Bowl

Good comes from the arid man-made Dust Bowl,
where thousands of families have been forced to flee from
the land they had ruined through ignorance.
1t picture of this abandoned land becoming lovely
wild garden of lilac honey locust cherries wild plums and
aprcots.
The service hopes that in half century these trees will
dot the plain their roots holding moisture and gradually
turning the desert back into tillable land
Then, under strict supervision parts of the American
desert may again grow crops.
We're glad the word Supervision" is stressed Other
WISE the land became rich again it would be exploited
SO that years would complete the cycle of from
Dust Bowl to garden to Dust Bowl.
Il the desert does become wilderness garden and
kept as permanent part of national resources, then
the tragic lesson of the Dust Bowl and the destruction of the
sod of our Great Plain may have been worth while
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
ALIMONY AFTER
REMARR1AGE

II an ex-wife. receiving all
mony from her former husband
remarries, can she compel her
first husband to keep up his ALI
mony payments?
Mrs. Eaton married again
about two months after her d.
vorce but her new husband was
unable to provide her with the
Injuries which she could enjoy
with the alimony award she had
obtained against husband Num-
her One. She believed she should
continue to receive an amount
equal to the difference between
the support her new husband
could afford her and the ali
mony decree.
Said the Supreme court Of
New Hampshire In ordering the
aiimony discontinued entirely:
"Alimony to the wife remains
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
Keeping Up w ith The Law
BY BYRON BENTLEY. LIB. .

due because support continues
to be due her. But she ought
not TO have two supports at the
same time. Her new marriage
is her voluntary entrance into a
new status changing her former
one, and the incidents of II fol-
low. Fairly, she has elected TO
give up the benefits OF her I'M
married state for those Of her
new marriage.
Public policy. social morals.
private decencies, and the legal
conceptions of the institution of
marriage all unite in insistent
demand that the wife's new
marriage be held to constitute
her abandonment of the right to
further payments of silmonY
from her former husband"
Although upon remarriage the
wife loses her right to support.
her former husband must still
support his children. Eaton W..
Eaton. New Hampshirel.
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Mr.. Fisit; I am an American
citizen, Italian nv birth. have
money In the Italian postoffice
In Italy and would like 10
draw my money out Of the post
office. Where and who would |
have To consult to get the In
formation a. 10 what steps l
should take In drawing the
money outs !. 4.
You could get the money out
of the Italian postoffice but you
couldn't take II out OF Italy.
Either you will have TO leave the
money there until some time in
the distant future when Italy
reopens its doors TO interns-
tionsl exchange, or you will have
10 find more devious way Of
obtaining your money. You
could take a trip TO Italy and
spend the money there for travel
or TO buy goods. or you could
have lawyer effect a legal
transfer OF the account 10 some
friend who is going to visit the
old country.
Mr.. Fixit; Would you please
tell me- where I can get infor-
nation and plans for making
how 10 season the wood
r. W. X.
The Boy Scout merit badge
pamphlet on archery would have
that information. You can find
that in the juvenile department
OF your public library and other
archery information in the adult
department.
Mr.. Fixit: CouId you please
tell me IL the Weyerhaeuscr
Timber Co. pays taxes for its
timber ~ other people do II
so, approximately how much
does II pay a year on virgin
timber and logged off land@
y. v. &.
That company Is suhstan-
tial contributor to Pierce coun-
tvs tax income S43.913.7f last
year.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an ar
gument: have . 1929 car. !
paid 34.25 for license for II. My
friend has a 1929 pickup truck.
He only paid S3.25. He tells me
. truck, old style, doesn't have
10 pay taxes. MRS. J. y. Is.
Either your friend has forgot
ten he paid the 81 tax or mis-
take was made at the time he
obtained his license. The law
gives him no exemption.
Mr.. Fixlt: Could you please
tell me II there II any psycholo-
gist In or about Tacoma II
there II. could you give me the
address or help me find him? !
am always afraid there is some
thing wrong with me and I'm
terribly afraid Of dying. II some
thing can't he done soon, III prob
ably lose my mind. Can you tell
me what 10 do: MRS. NJ. VI.
II probably isn't as serious as
that, but IL you feel the need of
expert advice. you probably want
psychiatrist. Two are listed in
the Tacoma directory. You will
find them listed under Physicians
and Surgeons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
PITTMA\ GOES
ON PICTURE HUNT

Senator Key Pittman Of Ne
vada. chairman of the foreign
relations committee. is rounding
up pictures in his spare time.
He plans To decorate the walls
Of the committee chamber with
framed pictures of all the chair
men of the senate foreign rels-
tons committee since that body
was first constituted - b a c k
around 1915. or thereabouts -
plus photos of all senators who
have served as president pro
tempore of the senate.
All OF this involves the collec-
ton of something like 100 pic
lures. He has most of them
rounded up - photographs, line
drawings, paintings. and what
not but still has half a dozen
or so TO run down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
SCIENCE NEWS

RADIO has long been used in
ships at sea, planes and police
cars for directing them on regu-
lar routes and emergency duties.
In Sweden radio has also been
adopted for guiding railway en-
gines. Directions are broadcast
over signal transmitter to en-
gineers switching trains in freight
yards. The yard foreman does
the broadcasting.
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ways hears from the extremists
or each side but practically
never from the middle -of-the-
road people.
That 5 the complaint of Sen
ator Lewis B. Schwellenbach OF
Washington. He points out that
the testimony on defense prob
lens almost invariably comes on
the one hand from army and
navy officers. who naturally are
interested in heavier ornaments.
or from outright pacifists who
oppose any and all expenditures
for national defense.
The senator feels that Major
George Fielding Eliot is sbou,
the only authority on the hori.
ION who offers a balanced de-
tense plan. and he thinks the
national attention given to Ma
jor Eliots writings is highly
significant.
We've had lots of people
making suggestions about de-
Tense" he says. "There've been
people like Billy Mitchell, advo-
eating a unified air force. and
lots of other people with spe-
cial ideas. But it's an astound-
ing fact that in nation of 1907
100000 people one lone man
should be looked to for a ball
anced program
Copyright, 1887
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

corporations they do in making
the laws.
Let President Roosevelt re-
ceive the plaudits of the ma
ton, including Virginia. for his
answer to this Tory attack. for
his expose of their sneaking
maneuver.
The unwritten rule of sena-
torial courtesy exists nowhere in
the constitution. it exists only
in the minds of such corrupt
politicians as Sens. Glass and
Byrd. You might tell your sem
ators that.
FRANCES GREENMAN,
3Sl1 Sixth ave.
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New Board Member

On the board of directors of the REQ Motor Co., sits
new board member
He is Guy Hack, for % years a machinis in the plant
and president of the plant unit of the United Auto
Workers
Hack talked himself into the job. During recent
ganzaton proceedings Detroit court he argued that the
workers interest the company future great that
they ought to have the board
The directors said "All right" They left vacancy for
labor and Hack elected by the plant employees
Now Hack is under criticism from his superiors u A.
W. headquarters in Detroit They say he can't be union
official and company director the time Hack says
yes he because being director doesn't give him the
right to hire, fire. raise and dock.
Every experiment in the relationships between employees
managers and of business should be welcomed in
these days
Trial and error, the old reliable winnowerouer. will tell
whether this arrangement is valuable to employees and to
the company and its owners.
That will be better guide than pre-judgmen based
theory The of Company Director Union President
Hack will be well worth watching.
If God hath made this world fair, where sin and death
abound how beautiful beyond compare will paradise be
found-Montromery
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Bruce Cation

WESTINGHOUSE very nice little old lady,
and she tagged me in corridor Of the capitol and de-
manded 10 know where the house chamber took her
there and as We walked she talked
She had Just been the senate and she was Mortified
senators in the chamber
What are paying for she demanded Indignantly
why aren't their places
ried 10 crpn about committee assignments which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. He is perpetu-
ally seeking advice; say, Con-
tinually.'
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MR.. fIxIT
He Fixes Thing.

To receive attention N this col
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer ONLY initials
sill DO published when requested
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WHAT ABOUT
THE COMMON MAN:

When national defense is un-
der consideration, congress all
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-28
DOG QUARANTINE

Oil No. ! st.
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3s11 Sixth ave.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
1941 Budget Funds
Sought for Repairs
Al Macfar|and.
Piney Branch Citizens
Have Sought Action
For 10 Years

Emphatic support Of improve
ments and repairs at Mcfarland
Junior High School, 44OO Iowa
avenue NV, to be included in
the 1941 District budget will be
given by the Piney Branch Citizens
Association, it was learned today.
Pointing out that Macfarland was
the first junior high school in the
PetWorth section of the city and
that the improvements in question
have been asked for during the
past 10 years, the association urged
that the item be retained in the
estimates of the Board of Educa-
ton and supported until they ap-
pear in the 1941 District supply
bill.
Roof Repair Needed.
Particular attention was directed
by G. L. Shorey, president, at the
need for replacement of the leaky
Stag roofs on the wings of the school
paralleling the auditorium and the
completion and remodeling of the
auditorium to include installation
of a sloping floor, correction of
acoustical conditions and improve
ment of heating.
At the time the wings were erect
ed. the architect contemplated the
addition of another story. Mr..
Shorey recalled. Consequently, he
added. the ceiling is a heavy rein
forced concrete slab designed to
serve as floor slab for the story
above and the roof is a more or
less temporary light frame con-
struction covered with Stag.
Continuous trouble has been the
result of this, according to the as
sociation president. Every storm
brings its leaks, and while the tar
on some parts OF the roof hae
reached unknown thickness, TIE
water still comes in during storms,
he declared.
Much of the sheathing under the
Stag has rotted, he asserted, but
because of its inaccessibility it is
extremely difficult to replace, and
repairmen, walking on the roof.
are "likely to create more leaks than
they check"
The present horizontal floor of the
auditorium was intended as
temporary expedient at the time
of its erection in 1881 because tn
room also had to be used as
gymnasium, Mr.. Shorey continued.
Sloping Floor Sought,
The need for this having passed
more than seven years ago, he said.
1t is 'eminently desirable" that il
be replaced by a sloping floor to
aid in visibility, especially for the
smaller children.
He termed the acoustics in the
auditorium "atrocious," and said
that replacement of the present
stage and steps, which are of light
frame construction. with a solid
and permanent platform is urgent
ly needed.
During cold weather the temper
ature in the auditorium rarely rises
above go degrees, particularly during
the morning. he pointed out, adding
that there is certainly no economy
in failing to make relatively in
expensive corrections without which
100000 unit Of the school building
cannot be consistently used"
Evening star., 1939-05-14
NeighbOrhood Councils
Differ From Sectional Kind.

Sectional councils of citizens
associations were mentioned in
this column last Sunday and the
question has naturally arisen as
to wherein they differ from the
neighborhood councils. The
neighborhood bodies have been
created by the Council of Social
Agencies and "are composed of
delegates from neighborhood Or
CARNATIONS, public bodies and
social agencies and of persons
who serve because of their
individual interest in the social
welfare of the area" There
are eight of such neighborhood
councils which have met regular
ly during this year to discuss
their needs, to learn the social
resources in the community and
to seek coordination of services.
The membership of these eight
councils is approximately 600, of
whom over so per cent we're
neighborhood residents.
Through local discussion and
joint action, neighborhood resi-
dents, members of citizens asso-
Citations, PIT. AS, churches,
schools and other lay and pro-
fessional organizations have be-
come increasingly aware of the
social needs of the city as a
whole. The result is a broadening
of the interest and the participa-
ton in the social program by
many who are not usually rep
resented on agency boards and
social welfare committees.
1t Is the policy of the Council
of Social Agencies to form coun-
cils IN other neiehborhoods
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Urban Blight Problem
Requires Study and Planning.

A short while ago District Com
missioner Melvin C. Hazen, in re-
ferrlng to the exodus from the
District of Columbia, was quoted
as saying that he intended to try
to see what could be done about
1t. The attractive and extensive
realty developments in nearby
Maryland and Virginia are at
tractlng residents from the Dis
trlct OF Columbia who, through
their tax money, should be help
ing to bear our municipal ex-
penses.
This movement of homemakers
is increasing largely the already
extensive blighted areas within
the City of Washington. While
many boast of Washington as the
most beautiful city in the world,
there Is much rundown property
ana there are many eyesores in
the very heart of the city. Many
OF these unsightly spots and Sec
tons are adjacent to some of the
most beautiful and attractive
features of the National Capital.
There is a natural tieup be-
tween this extensive exodus from
the District of Columbia and these
ollghted areas. People desiring
new homes with all modern con-
Venlences, whether individual
residence property or apartments,
are attracted to the new suburban
areas. Such movement of popu-
latlon increases the transporta-
ton and traffic difficulties.
1t is understood that this BLIGHT
problem and the necessity for the
rehabilitation and rebuilding of
such areas within the city have
been under discussion for several
years in the National CAPITAL
Park and Planning Commission
reclamation projects, however.
appear to have been confined to
the activities of the Alley Dwell
Ing Authority.
~ Is understood that the Leg
lsiature OF the State of Illinois
mas had under consideration a
Dill which would provide for the
creation of public service build
ing corporations to solve this
problem. Through such corpora
tlons by private-initiative but con-
trolled by the public, there would
be large-scale replanning, re-
building and reconditioning op-
erations for combating urban
blight" This follows a general
plan which has been suggested
by The National Association OF
Real Estate Boards.
The plan does not attempt to
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
The Urban Blight Problem; Discussion
Old c. Delegation to Worlds Fair

OF the Districts legislators ap-
pear to be more interested in
finding a market here for their
dairy constituents than to pro-
tect District consumers as to
either quality or price.
Bills to control the practice of
optometry were the subject of
a hearing on Wednesday before
a subcommittee of the House
District Committee. One of
these, H. R. 278, introduced by
Representative Smith of Vir-
ginia, is the more drastic and,
1t is claimed, would put the de-
partment stores and jewellers out
of the business. This would re-
suit in an increase in prices and
work a hardship on the con-
sumers.
The other bill, H. R. 5238, was
introduced by Representative
Jack Nichols of Oklahoma. 1t
prescribes the same qualification
requirements for licensees, but
is more liberal in its terms. The
hearings are to continue on these
bills the latter part Of the week
and some of the civic groups
are preparing to be heard.
In the civic circles the impress
sion prevails that these bills are
designed more for the protection
of the optometrists than the pub
lie. Some are asking to be shown
just where the existing law is
inadequate.
The hearings continue on the
District appropriation bill before
Senator Overton's subcommittee
Substantial progress is being
made and numerous differences
OF opinion appear to be cropping
out between the two committees.
The Griffenhagen reorganiza-
tion plans have been overshad-
doWed completely by the two in
stallments of the Presidents re-
organization of the Federal estab-
lishment. Everything has been
very quiet in the Griffenhagen
sector.