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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
10000, 900 Fact.

If Sidney Hllman is right when he predicts 100000
union members by 1910 in the United States highly sgni
cant fact has been added the story our country
Hilman ought to be right for he is president of the
Amagamated Clothing Workers. and of the
sentative and reliable among union leaders,
Any such total of union membership means that the
economic relationships, the political relationships of the
country have definitely changed in this well many
other respects.
1t does not matter whether likes dskes approves
dsapproves this vast gain in the trade union
1t is condition and not theory and the 100000 facts
which Hman cites must be element in any calculation
Of the future of the country.
The import of this change well shown by the fact that
In 1896 there 100000 union members and that the
former atme total in 1920 during the wartime BOOM
100000 If Hlmans prediction is correct and the 1910
total 10000000 it another of those permanent
changes in the makeup of America which have been taking
place so relentlessy since 1929.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
m NEW YORK BY GEORGE Ross

all directions and mussed up the
dainty orgsndie along with the
table-cloth. Mr.. Cooper won't al
low himself to be put on the
spot about that.
Jubilant as he is about the
Thanksgiving returns. Mr.. Coop
er seems to be happier about the
Christmas and New Year results.
Last years celebration. he con-
fides in us, yielded more than
million liquor stains from dress
suits. tuxedos d evening
gowns. And he expects an in
crease from that figure for 1889.
He can recall the days when
likker stains called for weaving.
instead of cleaning, because the
stuff was more inflammable
than potable. Back in the pro-
hibition era of bath-tub gin. says
our statistical Mr.. C, they didn't
call for the cleaner and dyer
when the glass tipped. They sent
for the fire engines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
SCIENCE NEWS

Fog may soon become an obso-
lete problem for airplane pilots
Several new methods of conquer
ing fog in making landings are
under experimentation. Under
one principle, fog will be drawn
out of the landing area into
ground tunnel. 1t is predicted
pilots will be able to gain a WISH
bility of a half mile by this
method. In the event fog cannot
be dispelled, an invisible shoot
the : chute, controlled by radio.
may be put in operation. Through
its aid, the pilot would glide on a
straight descending line through
obscurity onto the field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

in order to even hope for a
recreation center in this beloved
spot.
This I emphasize, because it is
not only dear to the residents
of this community but to hun
dreds of civic leaders in other
communities and even in other
parts of this United States who
found pleasure on the shores of
"Old Hoodlum." The roll call
has been sounded many times
and always received ready re-
Spouse from old timers. Let us
hear from you now. Greetings
from the past.
l.. N. Firestone, former presi-
dent
West End Improvement Club.
1906 So. 9th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
Why Planes For France2

bomber crashes while taking test flight in California
and French army man is killed.
Despite efforts keep the services from learning
his identity, the cat let out of the bagAmerca, it
seems, is going to sell planes to France.
Or rather WAS going to do for the congress
sional inquiry may block the deal.
government approve the sale of planes to
Naz Germany, Fascist Italy, you'd hear howl 20 up
that would echo to the moon.
But there is not the slightest difference in selling such
instruments Of the French the British As Senator
Homer Bone has often pointed out the way
get into is for this country to start selling to
bellgerent Europe.
Technically, the sale of vast fighting fleet to France
may not be violation of the embargo acbut France
is close to right that il is mighty poor policy
Us to be algning ourselves on her side.
1t is going to be hard fight to stay of the next
but it surely is worthwhile The only way we can
do 1t is to treat ALL foreign nations matter what their
political belief, with strict impartiality
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions ? Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. What is a corduroy road?
?. In which state is the geo.
graphic center of the U. s.?
3. On which river is the Grand
Coulee dam?
4. Name the new premier of
Japan.
5. In which state is Mount
Rainier National Park?
6. How many square yards are
in one square rod E?
Z. Name the executive direc-
tor of the National Emergency
Council.
S. For what government agen-
cy do the initials FCA stand =?
Q. From which city in England
is the standard time for the
world counted
10. In which city in the L. S.
is the Library of Congress
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
COMMUNISTS AND
THE ADMINISTRATION

Editor. The Times: l would
like to know If it is the policy
of the present administration to
encourage the youth of the ma
ton to turn to the Communist
party.
Most everyone knows by now
that party has compete control
of the Workers Alliance, and
any day. anyone can discover
National Youth Administration
girls working in the headquar-
ters of that organization under
known Communists, and even
executive committee meetings of
the NYA forum are held there.
What l want to know is this.
Is this happening all over the
country or just in Tacoma And
what about the taxpayer who
don't want his money used to
pay girls to work for the Com
munists? Please answer Mr..
NYA officer.
j. II. SPARKLING,
Spanaway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
Keeping Up With The Law
= By BYRON BENTLEY, LIZ

occupancy of a strip Of land for
the period required by the stat
ute of limitations. under the mis-
taken belief that the fence con-
stituted the true boundary be-
tween the adjoining landowners,
is not sufficient 10 make the
possession adverse or hostile,
but there must be proof or
conclusive inference OF an un-
conditioned intent TO claim title
and notice Of such hostile intent
or scQuiescence therein. i"
Where the fence is on the
wrong line. but the parties orally
agree to abide by the fence as
the true line between them they
will be held to their agreement
Where no understanding is had
and the parties accept the fence
as the line. supposing il is where
II should be, the fence will be re-
moved and the line described in
the deeds will prevail. Stein
bruck VS. Bsbb, Kansas
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
=: YOUR HOROSCOPE =:
MONDAY. FER 6 1899

While there is a threatening
portent affecting labor, today
should be fairly fortunate for
business, according to astrology.
Foresight should be keen under
this planetary government.
Confidence in American pros
perity indications should spur
many lines of business. Adver-
Using should be generously en-
ployed in forwarding enterprise.
Jealousy among nations and
individuals in all walks of life
may be prevalent. The seers
counsel indifference to success
that inclines toward enmities.
Warning is given that Ameri-
cans are subject to periodical
spasms of agitation regarding
perils to peace and then indif-
ferent to subversive influences.
Espionage will flourish in the
coming weeks.
Bad news of some sort may be
expected late today. A surprise
move by an Asiatic or European
military commander may be
alarming.
Women are to benefit at this
time through renewed interest
in education. Study of history
will be intensified.
Famous visitors from many
parts of the world will inspire
lavish entertaining this month.
The States will attract men and
women of unusual talents and
achievements all through 1889.
Science and the arts will be
greatly enriched by refugees.
Warning is given that preju-
dices regarding race or religion
will be most unfortunate for
citizens of the United States. A
sensational expose of organiza-
tions that teach intolerance is
forecast.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have ar eventful year which
will be fortunate. For certain
men success in novel vocations
is foreseen.
Children born on this day may
have talent for science and
research. The subjects of this
sign have great persistence in
acquiring anything they desire
lind may attain unusual success.
Copyright, 1887
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copyrisht is,s NEA

element, every townsman
stood aghast when the steamer
was approaching Centerville and
blew her blast Boys and girls
and men and women, with pre-
cision of a clock, would rush
to meet the floating palace
landing at the city dock. From
a bridge that crossed the river
at the boat the greeters gazed
to salute the many passengers
all surely were amazed Syl-
vester Pennoyer of Oregon-its
governor - / saw aboard the
steamer Mascot-much chatter
and ha! ha. He was on his way
to Woodland-he did not come
ashore-he was a fine old gen.
tleman l always did adore.
Politics was booming side
whiskers were the style A.
Lindsey wore them and was
treasurer at Olympia for awhile.
And now we come to SO and
Washington's state-the lum-
inaries from far and wide seek
office and crate. The OK teams
pulled the heavy logs from out
the forests then-no gadgets
lifted heavy loads-it all was
done by men. No autos flutter-
ed through the town-old Dob
bin floundered in to pull some
groceries back home-he'd do it
with a grim l saw them build
ing the n. P. from Portland to
the Sound-it was in the year
of 'S3 - more new things will
abound. For lack of space |
now will close this narrative so
brief-you may finish and en-
bellish it with knowledge and
belief.
Mark Bartlett
62o No. Prospect ST
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
U. S. Spurs New Hope
For OirieibIes

JINGLE SANS disastrous ex-
periences with the dirigible
have not killed his interest en-
tirely In hghter-than-air craft.
Within the next few weeks the
Navy Department will seek bids
for the construction of new
dirigible not to cost more than
So. o00. 900.
So the old military controversy
over the efficiency of this particu-
lar type of aerial weapon may be
opened again. Right now, says
Commander Charles E. Rosendahl,
Americas premier dirigible au-
thority. the prime consideration is
building another airship so that
the flight and ground personnel
and technique trained and &C.
quired over a period Of years may
not be lost forever.
After the crash of the German
zeppelin Won Hindenburg at Lake
hurst. interest in the zeppelin
slumped to a new low. The
United States had already suffered
repeated disasters with dirigibles
and many aviation authorities
were convinced that this type Of
aircraft was unwieldy. slow and
dangerous.
Defenders Of the craft. however.
contend that il is valuable in
strument of war. They point TO
its use as an observer ship or
mother ship from which smaller
planes might be released for at
tack. II has, furthermore. about
twice the speed and the range OF
surface craft. They deny that II
can be more easily disabled.
The Won Hindenburg. German
authorities declare. would never
have been destroyed had IT used
helium. Nazi officials are still try
ing 10 secure an American per-
nit TO buy the gas. Germany IS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
BOUNDARY DISPUTES

Many a good neighbor has be-
come an enemy when II was dis
covered that the boundary fence
was not on the property line.
Steinbruck and Babb owned
adjoining farms in Kansas. Be
tween the farms a fence has
stood for % years. They sup
posed il was on the boundary
line. In fact. il was from two
TO eight feet over on Stein
bruck's land and cut off a half
acre OF his land.
A new survey disclosed the
mistake and Steinbruek de-
manded the fence be moved.
Babb countered with the con-
tention that after % years the
land would be his by adverse
possession. In a recent decision
the supreme court Of Kansas
ordered the fence removed. Said
the jurists:
open notorious and exclusive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06

NEW YORK - Wall Street
may gauge the upward and down.
ward trend by praphs and charts
and dizzying columns of figures.
But when a cleaner & dyer sees
myriad spots before his eyes,
then he knows that prosperity
has turned the corner. A gravy
stain is no blot upon the nations
financial escutcheon. according
to the boys who renovate our
wsrdrobes. They are, rather
signs of good times.
Phil Cooper. who is one ~
Manhatan's cleaning & dyeing
titans, has polled his own tabu-
lation of the gravy turnover and
that he reports is encouraging.
Following a nationwide tally,
o VI Mr.. Cooper says: The
m arked increase in gravy stains
as compared to the amount of
the use counted in other surveys
ma de in recent years around
this time, prove that more tur-
keys were bought and cooked
this Thanksgiving than at any
otter since Inflated 1929" There
were 6,500,00o gravy stains, if
you INSIST upon knowing how
many folk slipped their napkins
and New York led with more
spots t ban any other city in the
country.
Now, our Mr.. Cooper doesn't
want to start any fracas about
their re spective table manners
between the sexes, but accuracy
compels HIN to report that there
were at Mast a million more
gravy stat MS on miladys clothing
than there were on mems. OF
course, this may be due to the
fact that lNapa was carving in
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Mr.. Fixit: WIN you please
tell me In oder the list of world
heavyweight champions starting
with the one after Gene Tunney
resigned, down 20 the present
one: win you also tell me why
the letter '.U" IN always writ
ten ~ the letter "V" when en-
graved or on the covers of many
books? X. r.
Tunney was followed by Max
Schmeling, 1880 81; Jack
Shsrkey. 1882; Primo Camera,
1888; Max Baer, 1884; James J.
Braddock. 1885, and Joe
Louis, 1887 to now.
You find u printed as V where
the alphabet is Latinized for
some reason. In Latin the let
ter always was written as a V,
though II was used both as a
vowel, sounded like U, and as
a consonant, sounded like our
w and later like our V.
Mr.. Fixit: May have In
formation regarding Transports
ton by water 10 San Francisco
II. e. time schedule, prices, etc:
r. NJ. r.
There Is no regularly schedul-
ed water transportation to Cali
fornia. Occasionally you can get
bookings south on Mccormick
line ships. Costs are from $50
up.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
inform me rs 10 how ] can pre-
vent my husband from borrow
ing money from different loan
associations MRS. G. 8.
There is no way the courts
can help you except to by d.
vorcing you from the husband.
Mr.. Fixif: Would you kindly
tell me when Nebraska started
10 keep birth records? Where
would I write to get mine"
MRS. NJ. r.
Nebraska started statewide
recording of births and deaths
in 1908. The first place for
you to seek your record would
be State Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, Lincoln, Neb.
Mr.. Fixit: Can governor
run for office a third time In
this state. IA II true the coun-
ty In trying 10 pass bill TO
refuse relief TO anyone who has
one living relative? heard
they were going to do NO.
p. Il.
There is nothing in the state
constitution to keep the govern
or from serving to the end Of
his days, IL he chooses to run
and the voters to elect him.
The new relief law, which al
ready has been passed by the
state senate. does re-establish
responsibility of relatives who
are able for support of needy,
but doesn't go as far as you
suggest. The state, not the
county, makes those laws.
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u. s. NEUTRALITY AND
EUROPEAN SITUATION

Editor The Times: Lifting the
embargo on the shipment of
arms to Spain would seem to be
one of the surest ways of in
volving this country in what
many think is an inevitable
European conflict. Britain and
France have been treading very
softly in the delicate situation.
Britain goes so far to regard the
sinking of numerous British
ships in Spanish ports as a risk
which they had taken outside
the legitimate protection of the
imperial navy and therefore,
without recourse.
Certainly, the United States
with far less at stake in the
Mediterranean should be more
cautious. So far, il has been
rightly held the peace and Sc
curity of its own citizens is
paramount and has refused to
take sides in the fiercely parti-
san issues that divide Europe.
Also. the u. S. has passed neu-
trality laws to this effect. That
law should be kept on the books,
or shall we illustrate the old
proverb about fools rushing"
Ray F. Roberts
6l5 So 18th ST
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FRANKLIN PARK AND
THE PARK BOARD

Editor The Times: The loyal
group of West Enders are to be
congratulated on their courage
to go to Olympia and amend the
Metropolitan Park District and
Tacoma Taxation Bureau Legis-
lation.
For Is years to my knowledge
we of this district have gathered
the nickles and dimes, yes even
the pennies of the residents.
and the children to augment the
dollars of other people to full
fill requests of our park board
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HOW CAN | 7 =? 7

@ How can l rid my house
of centipedes?
A. II is better 10 allow the
house centipedes to go on their
way. as they are really helpful.
They feed on reaches, spiders,
and other pests.
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Continued from Page 81

the daughter of the late Admiral
Benham. a distinguished naval
strategist. Subsequently, she
became permanent Washing
tonian as the wife Of the late
Admiral Helm.
To most people she Is better
known as Edith Benham, social
secretary to Mrs. Woodrow Will
son during the period the latter
is now describing in a serial story
in r national magazine. II was
while serving as Mrs. Wilson's
social instructor that she met the
Roosevelts.
Oddly. Mrs. Helm rarely at
tends the White House affairs
which she arranges. She is a
honey person who enjoys best
a small dinner and hers are
perfect--with a few friends In
preference to a starchy. stuffy
function at the executive man.
sion or elsewhere. Because Of
her charm and tact, however,
presidential parties are less
starchy and stuffy than they
used TO be. And for that WASH
ington thanks Edith Helm.
Although a quiet. tight-hpped
sort Of fellow. Senator Alvs
Adams of Colorado emerged As
a dominant figure on Capitol
Hill because of the defeat he
administered to the White House
in the relief appropriation melee.
Veteran strategists in the senate
record his performance as one
of the finest bits Of infighting in
their memory.
When senatorial allies grew
historical over the loss of votes
resulting from the Roosevelt
Farley Hopkins barrage, Alva
only smiled. For reasons of stra-
tegy he didn't tell them all he
knew, but in his pocket he had
the promises of enough members
to confirm the cut in a floor
showdown. He resisted presiden-
tial Establishment without antag-
onizing the president.
When Mr.. Roosevelt called him
to the White House, and asked
him to quit, Alva replied. in
effect: Mr.. President, you have
promised that business conditions
win improve in the late spring.
II so. you won't need all this
money. So. our crowd is not
fighting you: were underwriting
your promises" FDR had no
answer TO that argument.
Alva. in short. has arrived,
ranking with such slick states
men as the Harrisons. Byrds,
Byrneses and OMahoneys. TIL
now he has been only a name to
> the reading public, but hence
forth. inside the senate and out.
Adams will be a real figure as
the first man to call and force
a halt on the most popular form
Of government spending.
Far more than even the csbi-
\
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YEAR OF JUBILEE

YEAR OF JUBILEE
Editor The Times: Let me
speak some lines historic start
ing six decades ago TO enlight-
en- all those people who many
facts would know about the
State of Washington and how
it came to be the cynosure of
many eyes this year of jubilee.
Let us have a constitution and
a state" / heard them say-my
youthful mind responded: Just
let them have their way" l,
the writer. now abided in the
town of Centerville GaCenter)
in a modest little cottage on the
top of Tmmon's hill. In the
distance stretched valley
bounded by timbered range
through that valley flowed a
river piled by steamboats, that
would change freight and pass
engers incoming for load that
would depart for the Oregon
metropolis a busy trading
mart. What a moment of ex-
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already tcsHiie
a successor to
the ill-f a I e d
ship. the LIZ
$50. Shown here
on a 1896 Ger
man stamp. one
of two values.
is the Won Hin
denburg.
"a Service Inc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-06
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. THE son disap-
peared previous to his mothers
death, say, previously"
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Mr.. flxIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this COLI
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer Only initials
will be published when requested
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Far more than even the csbi-
net members realize, President
Roosevelt has assumed complete
charge of handling foreign sf-
fairs. II the United States has
a foreign policy, FDR is at"
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lcepyright. isss. NEA Service. Incl
Evening star., 1939-07-14
COUNTRY BOARD.

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LARGE Colonial estate. Southern cooking.
SWIMMING Private golf course Cottages
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Marshall Macdonald Media Farm. Charles
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MASsANUT'TEN LODGE, on Shenandoah
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shady lawn: vegetables, ham, chicken.
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