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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

st. Paul Pioneer Press of July
6 reports:
Shortly after 6 p. m. We'd
nesday, Chester Watson, state
president of the Workers ALI
ance, issued typewriter state
ment in which he said that his
organization is not responsible
for any strike.
I'VE are advisig our locals
that whenever a project is
struck by another union, our
members should leave the pro-
ject in a peaceful manner, and
send a delegation to the district
WPA office demanding that they
be Immediately transferred TO
another job, and permitted to
make up time lost
Some might call that scab-
bling, but the Workers Alliance
takes a realistic view of things,
and always upheld our presi-
dent and government in every
way, and deserves the support
of all good citizens.
ROGER KENT,
Spanaway.
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Professor, How Gould You!

High heels indicate low intelligence announces Pro-
fessor w. A. Osborne who lives away down in Melbourne
Australia.
Where's your sense of beauty professor?
His theory is that every time high-heeed woman steps,
It ols her BRAIN that pretty the brain gets
numb and dizzy
Well, women have been wearing high heels for many,
many years. and today the ladies' God bless EN- just
Is smart, if not smarter, they
As far as looks CO. surely with the little lift
given by high heel is far graceful than her flat
footed sisters.
So we'll have disagree with the professor the point
he makes Now if he had made his crack about the shoes
without toes heels we'll.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
BRIGHT MOMENTS
w GREAT LIVES

Among the ladies of the
French court in the middle of
the 18th century who aspired to
the favor of the king was one
Madame Pater, Dutch lady of
good family who had married a
wealthy East India merchant.
She was the brunt of many catty
remarks, one of which had a
decidedly humorous twist.
One evening Madame Pater
was playing whist, when two
ladies, both of whom were Bit
terly jealous of her charms,
seated themselves behind her
chair and began dissecting her
character in whispers. The lady
in question pretended not to hear
until her partner inquired If she
had any honors. She glanced
back at her rivals and replied:
II do not know whether these
ladies have left me any"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers:
i. What Is an ammeter?
2. In which country is the Ira
the unit Of COINAGE
5. Name the mountain chain
on the border between Spain
and France.
4. What treaty ended the u. s.
war with Mexico!
5. Which U. S. supreme court
justice was the secretary of
state in the Harding cabinet
6. Is the name of Alice Mar
bic associated with the game of
golf, tennis or skiing.
Z. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word preferable!
8. Which state of the u. S.
has the largest water area!
Q. Which South American ami
NAL belongs to the camel family!
10. Name the author of the
comedy. ANS Well That Ends
Well"
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And they first took their journey according 10 the
mnndment Of the Lord by the hand Of Moses-Numbers
'BsIksnizstion' Trend
Reversed BY The States

What pleasure II to be able to write something in
praise of state legislatures!
reversed highly dangerous trend and definitely turned
back tide which might well have engulfed the United
States and drowned of the worlds last great free trade
areas.
Chicago conference Interstate Trade Barriers point
the danger this legislative trend The campaign
parenty borne fruit For the council is able to report
that at least five states have removed from their statute
books such determinations and BARRIERS and that of
states have each refused to enact from to six such
proposals.
Outstanding was repeal by Indiana of ENTRY pro-
visions of its liquor law Missouri also got rid of such act
Oklahoma repealed its 1887 portofentry act when found
that Texas considering the Oklahoma unfriendy
il works. There is end to these determinations
started Both states wiseand reen putting aside
the barriers
New Mexico repealed several such laws including five
day license fee imposed 0ut-ostae statesmen. Florida
kicked out high inspection fee on imported eggs
Connecticut rejected bill which would-think of it.
limited the size Of gasoline tanks trucks passing through
the state effort to make truckers buy gasoline in Con-
Jersey turned down proposed determinations against wines
and beers from outside the state. -.
California actually refused to retaiae against several
states which still discriminate against California Wines
Ohio turned down bill which would have forbidden public
institutions to buy coal mined outside the state
So it went, through of states and legislative
eessons The good work OF the Council of State Govern
ments in calling attention to this peril and in enisnq the
cooperation of state governments in the move to end it,
cannot be exaggerated.
But the greatest tribute should go those hundreds of
state legislators who placed the national welfare ahead of
the little groups within their states which demand
the barriers Those legislators ought to be given full credit
for true patriotism in hating movement which only
hamper and restrict national trade industry and farming at
time when everything shows the need for encouraging and
expanding them.
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WEDNESDAY. JULY rs, 1899

Although this is not an inn
portant day in planetary gov
eminent, according to astrology,
it should be fortunate for many.
Jupiter is in friendly aspect.
The stars stimulate trade.
Merchants should profit through
increased volume of business.
Governmental guidance may be
less definite than it has been in
the past. The sway encourages
independence.
There is a sign indicating high
tension for nervous persons.
1rritability may be noticeable in
the family circle. Rest and re-
Taxation are recommended.
While there are indications of
sudden changes of temperature
and frequent heat waves in many
parts of the country, weather
discussions should be avoided.
Diet and clothing should be
adapted TO changes on the Their
mometer.
Again the seers forecast a
tendency toward extreme ego
tism among young persons.
Parents may undergo many tests
to patience and employers may
resent the self-sufficiency of
juniors.
Return to punctilious observ-
snce of ethical and religious
rules governing social relations
is prognosticated. The autumn
should be fortunate for churches
and other organizations inter-
ested in human welfare.
Accidents may increase under
this configuration which is likely
TO cause hasty acts and venture
some feats. Mountain climbers
and stunt swimmers are subject
to evil portents.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury of a year of at
tsinment. There should be prep
aration for future changes that
promise success.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be aspiring and un-
selfish in nature. Many of these
subjects Of Leo are exceedingly
generous and able To share sue
cess. Their ruling planet is the
sun.
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CREDIT TO EASTWOOD
Fer JUBILEE SAFETY

Editor, The Times: Now that
the Jubilee festival is over, and
Tacoma has again settled back
into its normal groove. the pub
lie is wont to retrospect and
submit its criticism or lsudation
upon what has turned out to be
the greatest pageant within the
history of Tacoma.
The whole affair was a huge
success. the carnival spirit, the
historical displays and the splen-
did advertisement Tacoma re-
ceived which. after all, is what
every city is striving for.
And while every person who
took part in this great event. or
who helped to promote and man.
age ii is entitled to full praise.
let us not forget that the re-
sponsibility TO see that the whole
affair went over with a mimi
mum degree of danger and mis-
hap fell upon Safety Commits
sioner Eastwood.
We in America are prone to
lambast our public officials in
barber shops, buses or what
Theodore Dreisler refers TO in a
ocular veing as the clearing
house Of American intellect,
namely the corner drug store.
But let us digress by way Of
innovation and give credit where
il is due. Good work. Mr.. East
wood. Tacoma appreciates your
conscientious efforts.
ADOLPH II. MATZEN,
111q So. 2lst ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
WANTS CELEBRATION
HERE ANNUALLY

Editor The Times: Let's keep
the ball rolling. Portland has its
Rose Show, Seattle has its Pot-
latch. Tacoma has been awak-
ened by the Golden Jubilee. We
could very easily at this time
make ii an annual affair. Call IT
the DAYS OF So and have 1t
every year.
This idea ! think is very
good one. II. A. ESBORG.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
SCIENCE NEWS

"Non-wearing" pistons are the
latest invention. Made Of alumni
mum, the pistons have . SELF
lubricating system. The surface
Is dipped in a sulphuric acid
solution. through which an cleo
trio charge passes. This coating
Is painted with an emulsion Of
graphite and sodium silicate.
The graphite is bound by the
aluminium oxide where il re-
mains As 4 lubricant. The inven-
tor claims the pistons showed no
apprecisble wear after running
0S. 900 miles.
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he a dramatizstion of the color
full events of Nov. IL. 1852, when
there was enacted the final
scenes in the transition from ter
ritory to state. But that, inter-
esting and important as 1t might
be in marking the history of the
state. would only be incidental
to this years celebration.
Tacoma should not stop there.
Next August it is very likely
that the annual meeting of the
Oregon Trail Memorial associa-
ton will be held here. 1t will be
the first time the organization
has met in the home country
of the founder, the late Ezra
Meeker.
Nothing in the entire
history Of the west has more
Of the dramatic, tragedy
and romance than the story
OF the Oregon Trail. One ri
the most dominant charac-
tiers among the thousands
who came to Puget Sound
over the trail was Ezra
Meeker. The story Of his
journey by OK team and
--.L. .ah~xua. frnur nhlo
Is full CT dramatic interest.
Almost rs thrilling are the
stories of that other journey
when he started from Ia
coma with OK team and
prairie schooner to mark the
old trail and seek federal
aid to preserve 1t as
national highway.
When Ezra Meeker died at
the age of IS, his only regret
was that he had not finished
the job of marking the trail
on which an innumerable host
of Adventures had come to the
west. But Meeker's work on
the trail had not been in vain,
When he passed away his mantle
fell on the shoulders of DR.
Howard briggs, professor OF
education in the University OF
New York. Himself a native OF
the west whose ancestors lie in
unmarked graves along the trail
he has continued the job started
by Ezra Meeker.
AS a background for a great
historical spectacle in the sta
dunn next year there will ap'
pear in this column, beginning
Wednesday, the story of Ezra
Meeker and the Oregon Trail
1t has possibilities even greater
than those in the story of Wash
ington as territory and state.
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WORKERS. ALLIANCE
NOT TO BLAME

Editor, The Times: People
don't understand the patriotic
part played by the Workers
Alliance and the Communist
party in watering down and
ending the lawless WPA strike.
II got out of their hands only
in Minnesota, where a radical
element gained control; and the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26

in this country, Alaska. Hawaii.
the Philippines and other Ameri-
can soil every available plane will
take to the air. The scheme con-
templates flying sufficient hours
and over enough territory so
that every American who gazes
at the skies on that day will
catch a small glimpse of this
country's startling advance in air
power. The srmy's finest fliers
will he niobilized for duty at the
larger centers Of population.
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Continued from Page One)

ing a passion for anonymity"
The trio are so uncommunica-
tive and retiring that it hurts.
Although Mr.. Rowe has been
understanding Son James around
the White House for several
years, he rarely appeared in the
outer offices. Some of the hang
ers-on there admit that they have
never seen or talked with him.
Mr.. Currie has been a key econo-
mist in the New Deal for years
he is credited with authorship
of most of the spend-lend pro-
gram-but he slips in and out
of conferences dealing with bill
lions as IL he were shadow.
Not until Secretary Morgenthau
backed him for the controller
generalship did Mac become a
well-known figure at Washing
ton, despite 80 years of service
in the government.
None of the three had political
backing. In fact, the only one
with any political acquaintance
at all is McReynolds, whose per-
sonnet work for various depart
ments brought him into contact
with members of congress. They
are real working men, not CLAM
our boys.
Vice President Gamers senate
office has become a pilgrimage
for sight-seers since he bounced
into prominence as the dominant
figure on Capitol Hill and the
leading candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination. The official
guides report that he ranks every
member of house and senate in
popularity - also the statues,
paintings and other points Of In
terest.
Senators and representatives
escort streams of relatives,
friends and plain constituents
into his presence hourly. fire.
quently interrupting important
conferences. The v. p. rarely
refuses to meet them, dashing
into the outer chamber for
handshake and q friendly greet
ing. Besides realizing that little
things like these count big in
politics. he really likes people.
Presidential checkers would
suffer few surprises IL they
kept track of his visitors. There
is hardly a figure in industry and
business and finance who doesn't
angle for a sight of the man wno'
in their opinion, has been large
~ responsible for the more con-
servative spirit in congress-and
who may break the New Dear
grip on the Democratic party
Most of them depart with IA
vorsble impression of the man
they condemned so sngriiy when
he became No. 2 man on tne
1882 ticket. Whenever his frienas
mention the contrast, Jack SIM
ply grins-
Uncle Sam will reveal his air
might to millions Of people on
Aug. 2-the 3oth anniversary OF
the first purchase of a military
airplsne by any government. II
was on that day in 1903 that the
United States purchased a ma
chine designed by the Wright
brothers for non-peaceful pur-
poses.
From every airport and base
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States Greatest Jubilee
Is Over
Tacoma Lives Up 10 Ideals
OF Founders
Other Big Jobs Lie
just Ahead
Last Act in 1889 Drama
And Then The Oregon Trail
TINE shouting and the tumurt
L cease. The hats and the
costumes. some the like of which
the pioneers of so years ago
never saw, have been put away.
Members of the executive COM
mittee. who led a valiant host
Of workers to victory. are spend
ing busy hours in the prosaic
work of paying the bills, for
which, glory be. there's money
in the till. A few more hours
and the last details of the job
of winding up the afafirs of the
Washington state golden jubilee
will have been completed and
the final curtain will 60 down
on the biggest celebration ever
held in the Northwest.
II was In every sense
jubilation over the fif'tieth
birthday of the only state
named for a president of the
United States; a state which
has made more progress In
so years than many Of the
older states have In $50
years. II was a state cele-
bration conceived by Ia
coma people, underwritten
with Tacoma finances and
produced by Tacoma people.
1t wasn't by any means an
easy job that the jubilee COM
mittee undertook. Not only
was there no cooperation from
interests which should have
been helping, but in the forma-
tive period there was actual
opposition. In fact, there was
period when there was doubt
about the adyisability of at
tempting anything like a state
wide celebration. But there
were a few determined souls
whose vision went beyond tack
ing golden jubilee onto annual
affairs about the state. In spite
of the obstacles they carried on,
and the tremendously successful
Washington state golden jubilee
was the answer.
In some ways the spirit
in which the job was done is
comparable with that which
inspired the wagon trailers
to press on and lay the fOun-
dations on which the jubilee
was built. There was devel-
oped a statewide interest
which eliminated i'm a DEM
onstratiOn of that state
unity" about which there
has been SO much talk and
so little action. For the
time being there was a dem
onstration of the thought of
the men who built Tacoma
to hold a place of leadership
in the state.
The Times, which feels a bit
of qualification at having been
of some service in creating the
idea of state historical cele-
bration, already has suggested
that the state jubilee is only a
beginning. A fitting spectacle
to end this year of jubilee would
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Reg. u. s. Pat OFF.

life has had its ultimate origin
in a single-celled type-an egg.
Shortly after the Great Coal
Period a scaly reptile laid an
egg that had qualities not ex-
listing in the parent; that was
the first Bird
TOMORROW: Kept Himself
from Being President.
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fled scales for protection from
cold, and qualified as birds.
1--WE believe the egg came be-
fore the bird because: NO
bird came otherwise than from
an egg. 2-An egg is bird as
truly as is the ADULT. 3-New
variations always arise within
the eggs forming. All animal
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VIII be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixif: n - Reader"
wishes . remedy 10 exterminate
mice. she viii find poisoned
grain Ia very effective. This
may be placed In their run
ways. all other foodstun TO be
put out Of their reach for . few
days 90 they viii be hungry
enough 10 eat enough Of the
grain 10 Kill them. I am never
without this In the house. At
the first sign Of mice, I put out
some grain and after q few days
the mice are all gone. This
grain may he purchased already
prepared ut seed stores.
MRS. J. G.
Thank you. Perhaps the folks
with phobias toward cats would
prefer that to our earlier sug-
gestion.
Mr.. Fixit: I found = carrier
pigeon with ,eg hand No. A.u.
Seattle 1446. Could you please
help me locate the owner: l
found II two days ago beside
the road under = telephone line.
II looked sick. picked II up
and took II home to feed II.
FRED HARPSTER.
Box SIS. Orting.
You should hear from some
pigeon fancier, but should you
not. you can write to G. L.
cornforth. secretary-treasurer of
the Tacoma Racing Pigeon club,
450s No. 30th St, Tacoma.
Mr.. FixIt: Are they taking
men from Washington and send
ing them to Fairbanks for the
air field there: Where would
you apply for q position to 90
there? c. A. H.
Rumors about that airbase
run all the way from Siberia to
Tia Juana. There seems to be
no men being sent anywhere at
present. When there is any in
formation available, though, the
Washington State Employment
service, at 112 So. 18th St, in
Tacoma, will have 1t, so you
might inquire there.
Mr.. Fixit: Is 10 too late to
join the C.M.T.C.. And what
is the youngest they will take
. young man: VIII there be
another one (C.M.T.C.) next
month, II IL IN too late TO join
for this period? am II and
am very anxious TO get training
or something useful away from
home. CHARLES A. H.
1t is too late to participate in
the Citizens Military Training
Camp this year. The camp will
close next Monday and there
will not be another one until
next July. Seventeen Is the,
minimum age for Ambulance to
C.M.TC.
II you are not going to be
in school next year. we might
suggest CCC to you. II you are
going to school. there isn't any
government camp available.
Mr.. Fixit. am writing to
ask you whether 4 person must
have . permit to own a pistol
or revolver In the state Of WASH
ington. Also, how old or how
young q person must be before
he can buy q license for an au-
tomobile under his own name.
A READER,
Yelm.
You can own a gun without
any permit AZ long as you keep
1t at home. II you intend to
carry 1t on your person or in
your car, you will have to see
your county sheriff about a per-
NIT. II he decided you are
fit person TO carry gun, you
can get a permit for 81 from
the state license department.
You should have to be Is be-
fore you could get a license to
drive a car. II you legally own
a car and are capable physically
and under the law of driving IL.
you should have no trouble get
ting the vehicle license.
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CHICKEN VS.. EGG

According to DR.. Edward L.
Troxell of Trinity college: The
ancestry of the bird goes away
back through the reptiles, am
phibians and fishes, and there is
lost in obscurity. 1t is our opin-
ion that certain reptiles devel-
oped a downy coating of modi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-26
roDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. Can ! 90 fish
ing say. May I 60 fishing p
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MR.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

TO receive attention IN this eoi-
uun letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
will be published when requested.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-10
KAMPAN
FONDU.

Pro pomoc potrebne verej-
nosti pofadana jest v Balti-
more kampan Community fon-
du. Kampan pocala 6. listopa-
du. Potrva do 18. listopadu.
Pro zdar kampane PRAGUE
1000 dobrovolnfk1, jichz 1ko-
lem jest sebrati fond $1,152.-
900 optrebnych 33 vedoucfm
spolk1m dobrocinnosti.
V Baltimore okresu pro zdar
pracuje 600 osob. Minuly rok
fund staral Sc O 3O4.686 one
mocnelych, sestarlych, zmrza-
cenych a jinak potrebnych.
Vytecna prace fondu zasIu-
huje vsestranne pomoci!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-10
Hitler YyYdzl Smrti.

Adolf Hitler unikl smrti a
zranenf jenom O nekolik minut
We stredu, kdyz vybucem mi
cen byl povestny Mnichovsky
plvnl sklep, v nemz pronesl
svoJi bojovnou rec.
Prudkou explosf strzen byl
strop rozsahle mfstnosti, zabi-
TO sest a zraneno vice neil 60
Nazi pfedak1, kteri sesli Sc
tam We stfedu, ably oslavili
putsch z roku 1923.
Hitler v dobe vybuchu iel V
ozbroJenem vlaku ku Berlfnu.
Naziste VIM "cizf agenty''. IL
miz die jejich nahledu vybuch
byl uskutecnen.
Pro podezreni toto nebylo
dano zadne vysvetlenf. Via
da lined vypsala odmenu $780,
600 marek (asi $24O.OOO) oso-
BAN, jez vysvetleni by podati
mohli.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-11-10
UTfKAJfCf USMRCEN E.
LEKTRICKYM VEDENfM.

Ut1kaje re stTechy ma sire
chu ma Pennsylvania drahy sta
nici, kdyz vytrhl Sc strazn1ku,
5 rokG starry cernossky hoch
chybil jednfm krokem, narazil
ma drat elektTinou n~aplneny a
skacel sc mrtev.
Hoch wat byl pred usmrce-
MIN svym elektrickym prou-
dem strazn1kem do STANCE.
Kdyz odesel, ably nalezl rodi-
&c jeho, hoch vybehl re dvef1,
prebehl PLATFORM, vysplhal Sc
ma ochrannou zaclonu a z teto
ma strechu, kde setkal Sc Sc
smrti. Billie Kenny byl z N.
Spring ulice.