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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

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Mr.. Fiait: Could you please
tell me how soon marine or
sailor must ship over (re-enlistl
In order 20 continue towards
receiving . pension?
DONALD n.
In any of the military services
the total length of time served.
not the continuity Of it. decides
the eligibility of the man TO re-
tire. II Is true that II the man
holds a non-commissioned OFF,
GERS grade In the army, navy
or marine corps, he will have
10 re-enlist within 20 days 10
hold his grade.
Mr.. Fixit: Can one bring any
thing from Canada II one does
not stay ~ hours: oh.
You can bring anything you
want. but unless you have been
In Canada IS hours and have
made the purchase solely as an
incident to your trip, you will
have TO pay duty on II. II you
make the trip for the purpose
of buying something, you will
have TO pay duty no matter how
long you stay north of the
border.
Mr.. Ffxit: Does the gold paint
hurt the men who carried the
queen: READER.
We assume you mean the boys
who carried the Golden Jubilee
queen week ago. virges Drug
Co, which made up that paint,
informs us that IL Is made by
a special formula which lis en-
tirely harmless.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you please tell
me II there are any places in
Tacoma or Seattle where rings
can be fixed or made over?
MRS. J. r..
shelton.
Any retail jeweler can ar
range that for you.
Mr.. Fixlt: Would like TO get
In touch at once with the lady
who sold coach dogs at the
Washington state fair. ] think
she lives somewhere around
Buckley. NJ. Il.
We can learn of no one in that
area breeding Dalmatians, or
coach dogs.
Mr.. Fixit: What Is dry Ice
composed of: Would II he
harmful to the body II swal-
lowed: READER.
Dry ice is frozen carbon diox-
ide gas. II you left your finger
In it for long enough time, the
finger would freeze so brittle
you could knock pieces off like
glass. so you may judge for
yourself the effect it might have
on your "innards."
Mr.. Fixit: Is there a method
by which n person could keep
worms out of corn:
GRANGER, WASH.
Worms are not particularly
common in corn. from our ex-
perience, certainly not as COM
mon as earwigs are likely TO be
this year. II you are troubled,
though, you should be able to
get some suggestions from your
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

through the first hole at the
bottom. together. so that the
thread cuts through the flesh of
the apple but leaves the skin I'M
damaged.
ELECTION PREDICTION
Having successfully predicted
President Roosevelt's 1886 re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
heeker Learns Something
About OK Teams
New Problem at Missouri
River Crossing
While Men Pondered, Old
Maid Found Solution
Too Many Guns and Sheriff
Looks the Other Way


Before Ezra Meeker and Eliza
took the trail that was TO lead
to Puget Sound. they were joined
by two other Adventures, VIII
liam Buck. travelling alone, and
Thomas McAuley and party with
several wagons. Meeker had
hesitated about having anything
TO do with them but it was for
tunate that he changed his mind.
Buck was a scout and prospec-
tor whose advice in selecting the
outfit was worth a great deal to
the inexperienced Meekers. Nc
Auley proved to be one of those
rare persons who could cooper
ate with others and had the
faculty of doing the right thing
at the right time. Meekers
first objection to McAuley was
that his cattle and wagons were
even lighter than his own, but
that proved to be an asset.
When the train reached Bear
river where McAuley left the
Oregon trail to 20 TO California,
his light cattle were in much
better condition than the heavier
animals. Meeker also found that
the light cattle and light wagons
stood the trail best. He was
one Of the few adventures who
reached the end Of the trail with
the same cattle with which he
started.
Leadership of the McAuleys
was first demonstrated at the
Missouri river crossing where,
as related Saturday, several
hundred wagons and two or
three thousand cattle were watt
ing to cross. The three Buck,
Meeker and McAuley-discussed
the serious situation without
reaching a workable conclusion.
Solution of the problem finally
came through a suggestion of
McAuley's old maid sister, who
had successfully battled her own
way in an age when unmarried
women worked under a heavy
handicap.
IF you wait till the crowd
moves you will he here till
doomsday,' said she. "Why not
build our own boat, and after
we have crossed we can sell II
TO others who still will be wait
ing:
The men felt a little foolish
because they had not thought OF
it themselves but Immediately
started out to look for boat
building material. While they
were scouting along the river
bank they discovered a sturdily
Il
built scow partially buried on
sand-spit not far from the
landing. They finally found the
owner about ten miles down the
river. He agreed to let them
use the scow if they would re-
turn it to him in good condi'
ton after crossing.
In less time than it takes tc
tel, the bargain was closed. The
three men hurried back dowr
the river. 1t was dark wher
they reached the camp but they
began digging. They worked al
night and in the morning hac
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. Il attained my
purpose by hard work; say.
accomplished"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

The public won, 20 for new
jokes. says radio comedian.
How does he know.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

Doug Corrigan was forced to give up the traditional
leather jacket for white suit at his wedding First land
mark on his latest wrong-way flight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
BIG APPLE TRICK

Using a long, thin needle, pass
a fine silk thread completely
around the apple, just underneath
the skin at intervals to permit
passing the needle to the next
hole, rs shown above.
Bull both ends of the thread
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
Mr.. Fixit: Is there a method
by which person could keep
worms out of corn:
GRANGER, WASH.

Worms are not particularly
common in corn. from our ex-
perience, certainly not as COM
mon as earwigs are likely to be
this year. II you are troubled,
though, you should be able to
get some suggestions from your
county agricultural agent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01

So let all thine enemies perish Lord but let them that
love him be the when he goeth forth in his might
Judges 5:31.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-01
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

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Evening star., 1939-05-23

Secretary Hull that with the arms embargo
peaed the chance of
Early in the congressional session.
feasible was that of the chairman Foreign
atlon Committee Key Pman Nevada Unfortunately
bill had fatal defect 1t clothed repeal Of the embargo the
oaed cash and-cay requiring nations buying supplies
IN this country to pay for them and take them Cash and
would advantageous
would also have been advantageous Senator Pan
had introduced his BILL it without consulting the
Department. sought remedy
virtually excluding Japan from his bills effects
The Improvement might the
had not been lowering the of active military alliance
with the Fascist pressure Japan
to join the axis reached Department
feared that of the Pttman bill
vos hostile to Japan would drive the Japanese the axis
Thus the department the -shaied
together not knowing which way turn.
Secretary Hull himself
belatedy He long time in making his
understood have done 10
called Senators his home
testify the Neutrality
foreign situation from his testimony At about
members Foreign
the the Foreign Affairs
Republicans Democrats
which the Secretary emphasized the
pointed out the Importance OF reasonably action
embargo.
The result in the Gillette bill
the bill are already reported to have from different
Evening star., 1939-05-23
|HeudIineFoIk
And What
They Do
Mcclure Considers
Reviving Magazine
In September
By LEMUEL r. PARTON.

In 1914 S. s. Mcclure published
his autobiography. AS he was only
81 at the time it was a sort of juve.
nile prank and probably not seri-
ously intended. Now, at 80, he Is
buster than ever, writing books and
digging into social problems, and
the word Is that next September he
will revive his McClure's Magazine.
Lincoln Steffens, and others of
his shining legions of dragon
slayers have passed, or else taken
second thought, like Ida Tarbell,
and, unless things change a lot be-
tween now and next fall, he will
hnd the same old dragons still
around, and possibly quite a few
| l1tterS OF new ones, some of them
| strange breeds, and perhaps a bit
scalier than any he ever knew.
Two years ago, the whippy little
Irlshman, with the rumpled hair
and the rumpled suit, worte a piece
In which he indicated that the dis
quoting noises of the capitalist sys-
tenn were just body -squeaks and
that the engine was still all right.
His idea is to go on from here. in
stead OF breaking up, and it is to be
assumed that will be his takeoff
for the reviewing magazine. After
80 years of battling for civic right
eousness, he concludes that the
United States Constitution is a
changeless and Interchangeable docu-
ment, which will in time set every-
thing right if we just stay within ity
ground rules.
Still cracking with aphorisms and
Greek quotations in his ninth
decade. he might be reminiscent
talking about Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Theodore Roosevelt, William Dean
HoWells, Gilbert Parker, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling,
Arthur Conan Doyle, James M.
Barrie, ct al. But he is chock-full
OF today, and yesterday is Just so
much ink through the printing press.
All the above and many others like
them were his business and social
lntlmates. He has probably led
more famous writers in leash than
any other man. Among them was
Alfred Tennyson, whom he paid s750
Tor short poem, in his early syndi-
cate days, nearly so years ago.
In 1866, when he was 9 years old
his parents, of family of farmers
and carpenters, brought him to a
prairie farm in Indiana. He sold 81
microscopes on the street corners of
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth and
Chicago; worked his way through
Knox College, living mainly on
crackers and grapes; got s7-a-week
job editing the Wheelman for the
Pope Manufacturing Co.; started his
syndicate, and, in 1893, McClurei
Magazine, in that other doleful day
when his friends all said, "the funer-
ais tomorrow"
He says he is just getting wound
up. When he writes another auto.
biography, that other will be Just a
prologue.
Evening star., 1939-05-23

among them the unsettlement of
world trade due to European un-
certainties, high taxes and especially
the inequity of the social security
pay roll taxes as they affect busi-
nesses operating at loss, increasing
usurpation of power by Government
bureaus and commissions which are
doing the legislating instead of Con-
gresS, increased expenditure of pub
lie funds and larger and larger
deficits without any sign of def
mite plan of private spending to
replace the inflationary operations,
together with failure to reorganize
the private debt structure of the
Nation. There are other elements
such as the need for recreation of
private capital through mobilization
of investment funds especially for
small businesses. Most of these fac
tors relate directly or indirectly to
governmental policy and unrevised
laws of a reform nature in which
theory has collided with experience.
What is needed is a willingness to
acknowledge the errors made and
do something about them, for it is
honest and legitimate and law-abid-
ing business which is failing to 60
forward in America.
Evening star., 1939-05-23

in Italy and in Italy's African possessions.
But the official signature diplomatic
the British diplomats alone Paris London have
that Muson ditch Hitler because
afraid Of alien
between Poland and Germany Musoins mild speech
weeks interpreted those whful thinkers
Britain a
democracies.
signature of treaty Germany Italy
most definite military clauses puts endor the time being
least-to all these hopes.
The Danzig incident otherwise important
who shot Polish
of those things which could lead armed conflict
The Nazis holerng that the attitude of
bearabe Danzg
apologies and what
The Poles the other Germans
adopted ovbearing attitude and that things
they
There Is doubt that
hearted support Of the German support
slapped in the face indefinitely has no
of obtaining satisfaction.
London and Paris worried lest this
might have the had
sided in both countries for while during
Two last weeks nave made their appearance
Rightly wrongly
connect the last incident which last
ton tour OF Hitler and Mussoini French
They
within less than 48 hours after Hitler finished
line and Mussoini the Alpine outposts.
In the meantime the British
ness at the German submarine
known Germany has II Uboats
vessels Is 81 I82 tons The British have SO
tonnage OF 72604 This the list tonnage reality
British tonnage smaller
been commissioned Although the British
on papeey have smaller number Of units because
Evening star., 1939-05-23
The Political Mill
Roosevelt Corries Deficit Spending Defense
Into Session of Retailers

the United States was SIS, 1906 900 900
In that year the public debt, most
Of 1t growing out Of the World War
expenditures and loans, had been
reduced to about $4,000 000, 600
This year the President hopes for
$65, ,O00, ,000, 900 national income
And the administration has ex-
pended $1,000, 900 900 more than the
income Of the Federal Government
during the administrations inculn-
bency.
$4,000. .000, 900 Income Goal.
The President expressed a hope
conviction, indeed-that If the
national income of the country can
be raised to $50, 900 ,O00, 900, the rev.
enue derived from existing Federal
taxes will be equal to most expen-
ditureS Of the Government on the
present scale, and actually to re-
duce relief appropriations.
The only New Deal remedy for
the financial and economic situa-
ton, apparently, is to spend more
billions Of Federal money. The
President held out no hope in his
talk to the retailers that there
would be a change in policy of
Government as it relates to busI-
ness. He said: you cannot expect
this administration to alter the
principles and objectives for which
we have struggled for the last six
years"
The President pooh -poohed the
Idea that amendments to the COR
porate tax structure, advocated by
many businessmen and now de-
manded by a ma iiority of the men,
bers OF Congress, will have any
beneficial effects on business. He
pointed out that if the much-dls-
cussed undistributed profits tax is
repealed, it would mean only a loss
OF $2O.000,000 in revenue to the
Federal Government.
Minimizes Debt Bogey.
The President sought to minimize
the bogey of the huge national
public debt. He ridiculed the C. O.
P. because it has dedicated this
week to an attack on the Roosevelt
policies which have continued to
increase this national debt. Ard
finally he argued that "our national
debt after all is an internal debt.
owed not only by the Nation bin
to the Nation. If our children have
to pay interest on it, they will oay
that interest to themselves. A rea-
sonable internal debt will not i'm
poyerish our children"
Presumably the $4,000 900 900
debt, on which the Government is
now paying more than 81 900. 900 900
interest each year, Is a reasonable
internal debt. A huge part Of this
debt has produced no goods. has
created no tangible values, has gone
over the dam-and must be paid for
IN taxes just the same.
10 the President, the critics of
MS spending program and his other
polcles are the radicals of TODAY
ana he and the New Dealers are the
conservatives. He insisted that he
ana the New Dealers were unwilling
10 take radical chances with other
peoples property and other people's
lives And yet the New Dealers
seem entirely willing to take chances
WIN other peoples money-collected
from them in taxes-chances which
nave rolled up billions more of public
debt, and which have failed to bring
real recovery or to relieve unemplov-
ment on major scale.
Evening star., 1939-05-23


insisted that the opponents of Fed
eral spending on a large scale were
Notwithstanding on the hunch
that If Government will just keep
its hands off the economic system,
customers will just happen" Some
say it's a good gamble-although
the President does not think so.
The American people gambled in
1882. They gambled on Mr.. Roose-
velt and the possibility of getting
better economic conditions under his
administration than they had had
under the Hoover administration.
Unless good many political leaders,
including some prominent Demo-
Gratis, are mistaken, the people are
going to gamble again next year
on getting something better than
the Roosevelt administration. In
fact. the people will gamble any
time when they are dissatisfied
with existing conditions.
Cites Billion-Dollar Interest.
The President himself brought out
the fact in his address last night
that the interest on the public debt
of the United States Government
today is a billion dollars or more
annually. The public debt is now
over the $4,000, 600, 900 MARYLAND
more than $20,0O0,O ,OOO, 900 of the debt
has been added during the Roosevelt
administration. The President was
using the interest figures to show
that 1t was impossible to cut Govern
ment expenditure materially-and
more than impossible to balance the
Government budget at present.
The great gamble which the
Roosevelt administration is taking
lies in the hope that continued ex-
penditure of billions of dollars-in
excess of Government revenues
will eventually turn the tide and
bring prosperity to the American
people. In the eyes of the President
and his New Deal supporters, this
Is not a gamble. 1t Is a sure thing
But all the time the deficit spend
ing is going on, the public debt
continues to increase and the inter-
est payments on the debt grow
Today, large share of every dollar
that the American people put into
the Federal Treasury, either in
direct or indirect taxes, goes to pay
not the principal of the Federal
debt but the interest merely, about
20 cents out of every dollar of reve-
nue..
Still Not on Top.
This deficit spending may be a
good gamble, but it has not so far
brought the American people out
Of the hole. The relief expenditures
continue vast-the President has
asked for 81 500, 100000 for next year
for the w. P. A. alone. 1t is prob
able that later in the year 194U,
still further appropriations for the
w. P. A. will be asked. just as they
have been in 1939-provided the
w. p. A. system is not changed by
Congress.
President Roosevelt pointed out
in his address that the national
income in 1932-the deepest period
of the depression-was only $39 9,OOO.-
100000. Five years later, in 1887
he said, the national income had
risen to $50 600, ,0OO. 900. In 1898, it
dropped back to $4,000, 900 600
And this year it promises to be
about $65. .00. .000, 900.
In 1929 the national income of
Evening star., 1939-05-23
District Area Is Loeeine
Inc. M. T. .C.Iisti

Lagging behind other portions of
the 3rd Corps Area, the district of
Washington has submitted only 246
applications for instruction in the
1889 Citizens Military Training
Corps out of a quota of BOT.
Local trainees will go to four
camps in the Washington area dur
ing the month of June 6-July 4.
The District of Columbia has
turned in 178 applications. against
quota of 206. The only one of
eight adjoining Maryland and Vir-
ginia counties in the local district
to complete its quota so far is Ar
lngton County, Va, with . total
of 10.
Evening star., 1939-05-23

increase retail
sales. This was
not exactly new.
T h e inference
was plain, how
ever, that If the
Federal millions
were not poured
out to the w. P.
A., the farmers,
through public
works, and all
the other forms
Of Government
spending, the re-
tail sales would
drop off.
Thu Droc1Io,,k
Evening star., 1939-05-23

per- and Thomas along the Gillette bill will have
committee majority of 13 perhaps
u indicates that
the commanding
along.
If Senator Pittman Secretary Hull and the President will
together at the bill perhaps be carried
SO late that the ardent believers mechanical neutrality
fhbuster
"let till tomorrow spirit
And that is a tragedy, for and for the world
AMance)
Evening star., 1939-05-23
The Capital Parade
Gillette Bill, Seen as Neutrality Act Solution,
Comes on Scene Too Lute for Sure Pussuqe

After months of lackadaica the
traiy
M goes
removing exports beigerents
doing very little else.
The bill only provides what
desires tentative
having been prepared by long
several department. officials The stage action well
companion bill has been introduced
Sol Bloom also after conference with Secretary trouble
that setting the stage has been delayed until
ready the
all
Such the fitting climax to the of neutrality
months
Evening star., 1939-05-23

The coastal fleet displace
ment of $50 r
The seagong class Of
placement OF 500
units, averaging 7l2 tons
Inc Germans took less than four build
able submersbe fleet If the
are correct the German yards have developed
OF
year they will be able apane
factories are delivering bombers
Evening star., 1939-05-23

business when
1t is h on e S t
and opposing it
when it Is dis
h o. n e S t H e
doesn't use those
very words, but
he sums up in
four points the
basis of the ad-
ministra t ION s
o p p O S | t i o n
to "b u 81 n e S S
profits" wrong
fully made, and
leaves 1t to be
understood that,
Evening star., 1939-05-23

DIS OcIidCoI f1lTdm Johnson OF
California Zone of the bitterest
opponents of the Pittman meas
ure), Senator White of Maine,
Senator George of Georgia and
Senator Pat Harrison of Missis-
sippi. A count of the Senate
committee list reveals that, If
Senator Pittman will get behind
the measure, and If the Presi-
dent will order his henchmen,
Evening star., 1939-05-23

and most men informed. on
foreign affairs were unanimous
that the arms embargo section
must be removed from the Neu-
trality Act. The section threat
ened to withhold vitality neces-
sary help from the democracies
in time of war. Its removal was
and is the best and safest step
open to this country to prevent
war, by making the aggressor ma
tionS think twice before fighting
Evening star., 1939-05-23
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

President Roosevelt, in his speech
to the forum of the American Re-
tail Federation last night, held out
the bait Of Federal spending-to
Evening star., 1939-05-23

THE opinions OF the aters page are their oon not
necesaty The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
stars eDort to gtpe all sides questions interest to
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
| thsmseues and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1939-05-23

German U-boat has a displace-
ment of 440 tons while the Brit
ish-most ocean-going units
have a 1,052-ton displacement.
X X
The British admiralty be-
lieves that the Germans have an
advantage over the British be-
cause of the larger units.
The German submersible
fleet is divided in three fleets
the coastal, seagoing and ocean
n1ivHr u, -
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Misleading
TestAppIied
For Business
Hopkins Criterion
Of Honesty Long
Sold to Firms
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Secretary Hopkins in his latest
public pronouncement has en-
deavored to put the Roosevelt ad-
ministration on record as favoring
Evening star., 1939-05-23
This Changing World
Demoerueies' Hopes Of Splitting Axis
Dimmed by Itoiun- Germon Pact
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Although there Is
Ministers OF both countries sweating
of the 1talanGeman military alliance
creating worries the capitals
The signature Of the German-Italap
Evening star., 1939-05-23

The 1899 textile industry is ex-
pected to run about halfway be-
tween 1887 and 1898.
Evening star., 1939-05-23

OF little Importance. Count Ciano
signed in Berlin an agreement
which has been in existence un-
officially for more than a year.
1t merely places on record off,
cially both countries that they
agree to stand by each other IN
war or peace. That this is an
old fact can be illustrated from
the fact that there are more
than 100000 German troops,
technicians and secret policemen