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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-23
Girls Leg Broken
Blu Failing Piano

PENDLETON, Ore.-Next time
the girls will call the janitor. They
tried TO move the piano at Pendle-
ton senior high school. II fell and
Goldie Giebels, is, was in the hos
pital today as result, suffering
from a fractured leg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-23
CLUB PLANS DANCE

Lions clubs of Auburn. Renton
and Kent are combining in staging
a dance Friday evening, March 81,
at the Hi-Line Spanish Castle. Ia
coma Lions are invited to attend.
Funeral flowers you can afford
Garden Shop. Rhodes Bros. adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-23
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-23
ROYAL ARCANUM DANCE

Lodge No. 1907, Royal Arcanum,
announces 1t is holding a dance on
Thursday evening in conjunction
with Eureka Rebekah.l lodge. There
will be other entertainment for
those who do not dance. and re-
freshments will be served.
Spring Flowers-Hinz Florists
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Skip the New Taxes

"We oppose any additional taxa
 ton in whatever form and we favor
 the reduction of present taxes \ through the elimination of govern
 mental waste"
 we propse to recreate confi-
 dence in the financial future of the
 state and nation, by prompt balanc- .
 ing of the budgets through reduc-
 ton of expenditures and the elimina-
 ton of bureaucratic waste, and by
 limiting legislative appropriations to
 specific purposes"
 The above are two sections of the Re publican platform adopted last fall at the party's state convention and endorsed by it's candidates who were later elected to office and who have since the first of January been exercising the functions of such offices. We merely reprint these two sections of the COP platform now because it is obvious that Republican leadership at Hartford is not meeting the situation.
 Governor Raymond E. Baldwin after very promising start is now at the point where he is going to allow new taxes to be levied, the proceeds from these taxes to be used to retire the state debt and to pay off interest charges. That's merely opening the door to increased taxation throughout the state. We don't want it; the majority of people believe that we don't need it. There is only one excuse for raising the taxes now and that is the excuse that balanced budget can't be prepared and approved by the Legislature in the few remaining sessions.
 Now is the time, if ever, that political lines must be cast aside ln the interest of the taxpayers of the state. Now is the time if ever that sentiment must be replaced by hardness of heart where appropriations are concerned. All this early talk of cutting estimates, con- densing departmental services, eliminat- ing outmoded or duplicated services can come true if our officials close their ears to political opportunists and heed the cry of the oppressed masses of taxpayers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

of business and capital the life-blood of the nation, to do anything except run to cover in taX-free government bonds?
 A report from Washington says that Senator O'Mahoney's monopoly commit tee is studying the reason why no one borrows money for business when our banks are bulging with loanable funds and are eager to make loans. It would be shame if the committee is spending any time or money to find so easy an answer. Again it is TAXES.
 Abroad Relationships may thrive on the subjugation of their peoples to high taxes - both here and abroad some pol itlclanS may thrive best on diversity of the people, but the American people want and will have prosperity again. And they want the obstacles removed from the path of prosperity.
 Taxes we must have - everyone recog- nizeS that - but taxes that are equitable and do not destroy, taxes that are re- turned in dollars worth of value or ser vice and not taxes that stifle and burden the inventor, brains ability, progress, in- vestment, employment, and prosperity of the greatest nation in the world.
 Fix the rules of the game fairly-give a man a home-run and not two-bagger when he hits the ball over the fence and all America will get back in the game.
 Someone is fumbling a glorious op- portunity to unite the nation in a com mon cause and lead us along the happy road to American prosperity and con tentment. America will follow the man or men who have that sense and the cour- age to face these facts and remove the tax burdens to recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
A Thought for Today
Beryllium, Another Mystery?

If the average American ever heard the name "beryllium" it is only as a passing vagueness in half-forgotten high school chemistry course.
 Beryllium: hard, silver-white
 metal; specific gravity, 1.93; and
 melting at 255O degrees F.
 That's about all the help the dictionary gives, yet this metal is so important III a world girding for war that secret, E. Phillips Oppenheim-ish conferences be- tween British, French, German and American induStrialists have already parceled out it's use. The story told be- fore the Temporary National Economic Committee is significant one, for It shows how matters of the utmost import ance to great peoples are arranged with out the average citizen knowing they are going on at all.
 Beryllium, scare metal, IS used III certain alloys considered vital to munl- tions manufacture. Back in 1853 one American manufacturer made cross licensing patent agreement with Sic mens-HalSke of Germany, the committee was told, the American company to have the rights in the United States, the Ger man company in Europe,
 British representatives came to the American, asserted that beryllium might be the most important metal of the next war, and demanded that this agreement be modified so that Britain could buy beryl- Hum from the U. s. firm, not wishing to be dependent on Germany for it. Just how it was done, the American never found out, but the first of this year the contract was modified to permit sales to England under certain conditions. Some sort of pressure had been put on Dr. Will liam Rohn of SiemenS, the mystery mar" of the world beryllium situation, to make him open this supply to the British.
 The French didn't like dependence on the Germans for beryllium either, and in some equally mysterious way, last year, they also were able to share in the Sic mems patents, receiving the rights for France, Switzerland and Belgium. So now the United States firm holds the rights for itself and Britain, France for Switzerland and Belgium, and Sic mems for the rest of Europe. It would be premature to imply that there is any thing shady about these remarkable transactions.
 But it is interesting to note that a powerful Germany company close to that government was prevailed on to grant rights of this kind to countries not in favor with that government. And to note also that for it's war supply of essential beryllium, as well as other metals Bri- tain now depends on the United States. Precisely what these things imply, we do not know. But it is clear that they might grayely affect all the people of the United States, and that the TNEC is well-adviSed { to uncover the whole situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Whats Wrong With The U. s. A.?

On all sides we hear this inquiry these days.
 Even the man on the street and at the factory bench, far removed from execu- tive problems, is wondering why America does not return, after all these years, to the normal business activity and prosperity of other days.
 Why are factory heads glum, merchants uncertain, business in low gear, human activity at snail's pace, working hours short and lay-offs so frequent?
 Whats wrong with American leader ship, with the invention, acumen, invest ment sense, and business incentive of this great country of ours?
 What are our national legislators doing about things or what can and should they do to get us all back into the normal ways of life and living = back to normal busi- ness and human activity?
 After much sitting of popular and in- formed opinion, we get down to one of the major causes of our troubles-TAXES. Some one has aptly said, "This is tax Repression"
 Some one else, a great Democrat, said long ago, "The power to tax is the power to destroy"
 Why doesn't someone or everyone do something about it? With surtaxes talk ing up to 79 per cent of some peoples incomes and estate taxes taking up to 80 per cent of some peoples estates, are we not killing the goose that lays the golden eges of prosperity, employment, business revival, contented American prosperity and way of life? Are we not blocking growth, Invention, employment, all busi- ncss} Have we not stymied the incentive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

While the alleged crime is un- derstood not to have been very serious, failure to report it upon admission to the United States is serious and constitutes ground for reyoking citizenship.
 The Justice Department is now making very thorough investigation of all these mat ters. G-men are particularly checking the witnesses who al- legged that Kuhn came to the United States for the express purpose of starting the Bund. If the witnesses are reliable this charge constitutes another ground for revolving citizenship, since no one can become an American citizen under false pretenses.
 If the investigation pans out, some fireworks can, be expected soon regarding Bund activities. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 It is not unlikely that the sud- den appointment of Admiral Leahy as governor of Puerto Rico will be followed by a similar abrupt announcement regarding new governor for the Virgin Island. Attorney General Murphy and G-boss J. Edgar Hoover are vigorously opposing confidential
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

After reading Mondays Democrat we can only conclude that Waterbury paid profound and almost universal respect to Mother on the day that has been set aside and dedicated to her memory. The custom that is developing in our Roman Catholic Churches of the Holy Name societies attending mass in body, then holding Communion breakfasts after wards is a fine one. Nothing is more splendid sight than to see large body of men, several hundred strong, marching into church where in the course of their participation in the mass they will offer up prayers for their mothers, living and dead. Would that there were more such semi-public observances at which men might humble themselves and pay fitting respect to loved ones. Waterbury can will be proud of the manner in which so many of it's citizens observed Mothers Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

We read that fault is being found with city fathers for not starting number of street improvement projects for which funds are available and now lying idle in the bank. It seems odd to say anything against starting these jobs in view of the known fact that the streets to be taken care of are sadly in want of repairs But we do question the logic of starting street repair work at the beginning of the sum- mer months. They should be finished now when motor cars are more numerous or else be delayed until fall when traffic drops off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Views of The Press
A STATE CELEBRATES
(Christian Science Monitor)

(Chr1Stlan science MOnlLOr)
 Oklahoma has just been observing the fiftieth anniversary of the run" into the Cherokee Strip, the first portion of one-tiIne Oklahoma Ter ritory to be opened to settlement. The story of that race to stake out claims to land has lent itself so dramatically to the motion picture screen and the newspaper feature supplement that it is now well known.
 By some accounts the state that was started with such a rush has gone ahead at lope ever since. At statehood in 1907 it lent itself to such innovations as the initiative and referendum, and later to state insurance of bank deposits. The dis covery of oil in former Indian Ter ritory has given the state its widest advertising, but cotton, wheat and corn give it a still greater income. New though it may be, it has con- tributed somewhat to American let ters, particularly in the publishing of southwestern history and folklore.
 May another fifty years find Okla homa as much farther ahead as 1t has come since the days of the '89-ers!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

In case you don't know it fires in the open now are strictly forbidden. State Forester Austin F. HaweS late last week issued the ban on them. And if you are caught in the act of starting brush or bonfire you may find yourself in trouble with the authorities. Violations of this official order can bring $200 fine, six months imprisonment or both. And police and judiciary are cooperating with the forestry department in trying to pre- able acres of timberland, so it's best to lifted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
. HlGHllGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS

Alfred Bingham, radical son of
 conservative Senator Hiram
 Bingham. has beeli groping ~ for social and political truth
 for several years. His newest
 Mans Estate" (W. w. Norton
 & Co.,, Inc.: $3) involve a sort
 of new New Deal, a radical
 program grounded in Amer
 ican needs and characteristics.
 This is how Bingham outlines
 his farewell to dogmatic rad-
 icaliSm:
 A few years ago I liked to call myself a revolutionist. It was fash- ionable in many quarters to think and talk in terms of revolution" Since it was a virtue to be left" then the further left" you were, the greater your virtue.
 I still believe the changes we are passing through are revolutionary" in a broad historic sense. But have too healthy a respect for human inertia and for the human feelings that are hurt when it Is rudely dis turbed, have too much respect for the difficulty of establishing going concerns" and for the importance of keeping them going when they perform important functions like feeding cities, I have too much re- spect for the value of automatic ad- justments to want to see the whole job of starting up new economic. system dumped all at once in any, ones lap.
 A revolution in the sense con- ceived. let us say by some of our extreme left-wingers. Is a horribly wasteful and painful process. Tn addition 1t only becomes possible when great number of the existing going concerns in essential fields cease to function.
 Tn view of the inertia of social habits this Is likely to happen only under the most friehtful dis- locations. as after a disastrous war. No sane person can wish to sec such dislocatIons occur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Whats Your l. o?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What, is the name. for the whole mass of ocean waters on. the earth's surface? A
 2. Name the birthplace of the Dionne quintuplets.
 3. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word cosmoplite?
 4. Name the vast desert region of Central Asia. ,8s
 ff5. Is 8 person, who was born iri the U. s. of alien parents who were never naturalized, eligible for the office of President?
 6. Name the U. s. Secretary of War. s
 '. What is the name of the race of mankind discovered in possess sion of the South Sea Islands? 8. Into what river does the Snake River empty?
 g. What is the principal alkaioid of tobacco?
 10. Which State is represented in Congress by Senator Morris Shep- pard? ss8s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

Treasury recommendation that wire tapping be used too obtain evidence against suspected tax dodgers. Murphy and Hoover take the position that wire tap ping is vicious and undemocra- tic practice and should not be countenanced by the government. Massachusetts, tall, hand some young Senator Cabot Lodge is an enthusiastic swing addict. He end his wife are among the Capitals most talented dancers. Their favorite orchestra leader is swing-ace Benny Goodman. In the current issue of the Young Republican" Sena-~ tor Bob Taft is inferentially cri- ticiZed for voting for the govern ment reorganization bill, which most cof the, other COP senators opposed New Dealers are reading with great gusto speech by E. o. Love, outgoing president of the Oklahoma Bankers Asso- citation, lauding the administra- tion's spending policies and de- manding that business men "stop putting scarecr0ws i'm the path of earnest efforts of the government to bring about recovery"
 Copyright, 1939, by United ;.
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
POPULAR HoBBIEs
Boston Post)

The United States Junior Cham Der of Commerce undertook sur-' vey to find out what are the most popular hobbies for businessmen be- tween the ages of q and 35. It dis closed that golf, hunting, photog- raphy and reading are the leading hobbies of the group. The survey covered 800 cities and A States, and
 thus was really representative census. But more significant than the type of hobbies was the informa- tion that 94.6 per cent of the busi- nessmen have hobbies of some sort, and 82 per cent of them go in for some form of sport. In the old days businessmen kept their noses to the grindstone, but now they are aware of the healthful value of>sports and hobbies. The change is reflected in the better health record of Ameri- cans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

Tn it she de- b unke d the hysterical riv- airy in feni- n line fashions and told milady that she'd look as smart in a $1.98 dirndl as in a creation by
 Patou. Natur- a l l y, t h e squawks were manifold, and so were the fan le CTS, for many 8 lady
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

Follies of 1929" "The Girl from Havana" Lets Go Places" "The Big Fight" Good News" "The Cos tello Case" Hell Bound and "Ex- Bad Boy"
 o. How many broadcast stations are licensed in the United States?
 A. As of April 4, 1889, there were 772, including 728 regularly licensed stations; 40 under construction, and four with special broadcast licenses.
 e. Who are the heads of the U. s. Forest Service and the U. s. Bu. reau of Fisheries? J "A. F. A. Silcox is chief of the Forest Service and Frank T. Bell, is commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries.
 @. Has anyone made critical study of the Townsend pension plan?
 A. The Committee on Old Age Security of the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc, 33O w. 42nd street, New York city, has published . mono- graph entitled 'The Townsend Cru. sade."
 @. What distinguishes the sev- eral bodies of the Solar System from all other visible bodies in the uni- verse?
 A. They all have the sun as the center of their motions. A descrip- ton of the bodies of the Solar Sys- tenn and the universe in general IS contained in the booklet Popular Astronomy" which may be obtained from our Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth street, Washington, D. C., for ten cents.
 o. Is there a popular German slogan linking Hitler to God as there was for the former kaiser?
 A. The saying now is: Hitler is Gods answer to Versailles"
 e. How many persons are killed annually in bath-tub falls?
 A. No estimates have been made of the number of persons killed .vor injured in bath-tubs and bathroom falls. A study of Cook county. H.. accidents showed 2,910 home acci- dents caused by falls, of which 51 were in bathrooms. These were only accidents that required hospitaliza- ton. More than a thousand of the falls were on stairs.
 If you want . copy of our book let CROSSWORD PUZZLE DIC-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, May IT = The dress makers were thrown for a goal loss a year ago when Elizabeth Hawes, the style setter, resolved to tell ALL in book she wrote entitled Fashion Is Spinach"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

wrote to ask Miss Have s how to be chic but thrifty.
 Well, Miss Hawes has just put out a new blast between covers for the male folk. "Men Can Take It." she calls 1t and tells how the stronger of the sexes" has been cajoled and bullied into wearing uncomfortable clothes.
 The other day a Columbia un- dergraduate got wind of the book and called up Miss Hawes.
 "This is for the prom" he said, "what'll I wear?"
 Miss Hawes told him: An al- paca tuxedo, bell-bottom trouS- CTS, a heavy silk blouse open at the throat and a colored sash around the waist.
 And did he dress as she told him? He did. The dope.
 So Miss Hawes concludes that fashion is spinach. after all SAUK CENTER PAPERS rg PLEASE COPY
 Before appearing at an audi torium to make speech, Dorothy Thompson visited a beauty salon to be prettied up for the occa- sion. One of the more alert opera tors in the place recognized the celebrity, and after Miss Thomp- son left, excitedly rushed over to a manicurist to inform her about the identity of the customer on whom she had worked.
 The manicurist, obviously, was disappointed.
 "Was that Dorothy Thompson?" she exclaimed. 'They told me she was Mrs. Sinclair Lewis!"
 AIR-MINDED
 MUSICIANS
 Those mighty musical virtuo- sos take to the air with the great est of ease.
 Recently Jose Iturbi alighted from his own especially built plane at Newark Airport and tax jed to Manhattan to give a con- cert. His private co-pilot remain ing behind to tune up the motors for the next long hop. And the next long hop was in the direc- ton of South America, where Iturbi has since gone for a num- Der of engagements.
 Another who owns and flies his own plane is Jascha Heifetz, who set out on cross-country junket in his own flying machine to give violin concerts on behalf of a worthy charity. He, too, carries a co-pilot but likes to be at the controls himself. Iturbi is vet eran of aviation and has laughed off couple of crack-ups. He even finds time to go over his musical scores while aloft.
 Harry Richman is Broadway's most rabid plane enthusiast and his private plane is a show ship, upholstered in crimson morocco and equipped with pullman scon- veniences. He flies around the country in it often, though his spouse tried to discourage him. Harry still is living down those ping pong balls he took with him on that transatlantic flight with Dick Merrill.
 OPERAS PET,
 SPAGHETTI MAKER
 It took trip to the West Fif- ties the other night to remind me of Joe Romano's, the little Ital- ian restaurant tucked away in the basement of brownstone along that block. I've made pilgrimages to Romano's on and of, for eight years, and as far as I could dis cern not one whit of atmosphere, personnel or decoration has changed. though Joe has acquired four kittens and on impertinent parrot in that time. His walls are filtered with signed photographs of the music worlds greats.
 As it happens, he knows most of them personally. A greater part of his clientele consists of the lesser lights at the Metropolitan Opera House. But the shining lights are not too naughty to be devoteeS of his superb spaghetti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

@. Did Lola Lane appear in some motion pictures about the time that sound pictures began to be pro- duced?
 A. Yes; from 1929 to 1881, she appeared in "The Case Of Lena Smith," "Speakeasy," "Movietone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Washington Merry Go-Round
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REV PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN
WASHINGTON, May IT

 Master
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

If you want . copy of our book let CROSSWORD PUZZLE DIC- TIONARY" send to The Water bury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1O13 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

Thank God the young men of America are wearing the white shirts of constructive effort and peace.
 Philip O. Ebeling, president of U.
 8. Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
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