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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
MONDAY, DECEMBER

Good and evil contend today.
The early morning hours foster
deception. This is an unfavor-
able day for dictators and may
be trying to all executives. II
is an suspicious day for begin
ming constructive activity in the
merchandising and aviation
fields.
Heart and Home: Peculiar
conditions affect home life at
this time. Boys may be diff
cult to control. II is not a lucky
day for enlistment in any &C
tivity that imperils life. There
Is a sign stimulating to mental
activity. Romance will anguish.
since common sense and a ma
terial point Of view rule under
this CONFORMATION.
International Affairs: Jupiter
rising in Washington indicates
greater prosperity which may
accent the desire 10 aid the Eu-
ropean demoeracies. British
arms. IL is forecast, may suffer
serious defeat. Little feasting
is presaged for the European
peoples engaged in conflict.
Persons whose birthdste il is
have the prediction Of prosperity
in the coming yesr. To many.
unexpected gifts or inheritsnees
are presaged.
Children born on this day are
likely 10 be sensitive. affection
ate, high-minded and traetsble.
Many may appear to be dream
ers. but they viii develop into
productive maturity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Just Where Does the
Girl Friend FTP

Assorted and sundry experts continue 10 argue Justify
ever what 70 do with the women In Buffalo, N y recently,
VIII Durant author Of books philosophy, warned that
civilization would "decay" unless put aprons
again and took up their old posts at the kitchen sink He
eueeesed that ladies have become uxuries instead OF the
shelpmates" they diynely designed TO be-
HprinRinR nmbly 10 Mr. DurAnts side n DIR. John Ed
ward Brown president Of John Brown University Sloan
SPRING. Ark DR.. Brown regrets that training
word' and adds graphically that putting out twice
~ much dor food n baby food"
both gentlemen worried because the modern woman
n nc comptometer machine than over
kettle Of turnps They hate 10 think Of what might hap
pen II that sort Of thing were carried too far.
Down New England way woman who carved COM
Portable niche for herself In this mans world In equally
worried what IL happening 10 womans status Miss
Sybl Holmes IL the only member Of the Massa-
ehupetts State Unemployment Compensation Commission.
ness careersespecaly II they to re. into public lfe
Mas Holmes the fine hand Of masculine jealousy
IN legislative designed TO cut the gals down
or two Men, she says who aim 10 put their feminine coli
leagues back into house dresses just want TO vet womens
Jobs for men.
Furthermore Miss Holmes Thinks bin which would
euuAlise working hours for and women discrm-
inaory against the ladies' The gals have conseneda little
erumpy perhaps-~to hang onto street straps but
they be darned they're going all the way In this equality
business.
Anyone who knows anything about domestic affairs
ought to know better than TO believe the debate will ever
be settled Maybe the relatively ideas femnism
Just whms and maybe they're here to stay But the battle
between the sexes isn't new It's just being staged on
new field
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Pulse Of the
Public
WAR PROPAGANDA
At f1ooD TIDE

Editor The Times. The flood
OF allied propaganda has reach
ed an all time high FOR world
war number two. In partial
proof Of this witness the two
frcnt page stories yesterday,
First Magma Charta Safely in
the United States" In italics
you have given US this news
Dispatch from Washington. The
allied propaganda directors took
the Magma oAarta from Eng
land where II could be- safe IN
million place~ and carried II
ACROSS ocean waters where
there was great danger ot Its
destruction. in order that il
might he dramatically presented
te those n charge az the Con-
gressicnal library,
Second In the adjoining col
wnn Light \ IN Indicated that
n Japan should attempt to
sesEs the Dutch Esst Indies,
President Roosevelt would prob
ably order our fleet - gvt steam
NJ FOR action 10 protect the
British French and Dutch COL
cnies In Asia, the Philippines
and cur rubber supply. n ycur
column reflects true admins
sgAticn plans v 10 about time
ter the American people 10 De-
mand to know once and Cor all
what our foreign policy ~
otherwise this can Ne dismissed
ss more foreign propaganda.
TIE Philippine talk h an absurd
Soges 90 its face. And as for
rubber what win the Japanese
% with Il h they don't sell Il
~ The Dutch have been DONG :
TAey wonx destroy Il and they
cant eat Il. Maybe our rubber
supply woald ~ - ssfe a. our
silk supply. And with respect
Go British. Fs~aeh and Dutch
colonies those ec0ntrses hast
81 their way 10 domination cs
tire coscsed races N Asa tan6
AfssoaA nv ths nost ruthless
methods sa6 ~ the most cruel
slavery IN al history they have
exploited these backward people.
70 stick oar acss iato that nneSs
FOR ne paSrosex suggested
~HoaAa BE the nacSs siaGpsd and
un>AnaezsoSz festaFw ~ n for
eaen policy which is slr~S1y In
eomprehenSlhae - those who
entertain ola-tsSh1ones views
with reference to that xahsect.
KEN $ RACDERCSH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

Adverse planetary aspects
dominate today. II Is especially
unfavorable for women, who
may be extremely irritable re-
garding domestic tasks. II 10
an unfortunate date for enter
tanning, as servant difficulties
are indicated. There u favor
able sway for romance. Acct
dents may be numerous today.
The configuration is not favor
able to high dignitaries of the
church, and seems 10 presage
serious problems to the Pope at
Rome.
Business Affairs: Speculative
influences and extravaganza will
be active at this time. Philan-
thropic and charitable organiza-
tons will receive generous con-
tribuhons but demands for aid
will become overwhelming as
the winter advances. Building
activity will increase, especial
" in the West and the South.
during the winter. Savings
banks will dispense large
amounts Of money for Christ
mas shopping.
National Issues: Women will
be active in the preliminary ae-
tivities Of the two leading po-
lihcal parties. Washington. ID.
c. will be the center during the
winter for numerous conyen-
tons and conferences. Candi-
dates for the presidency will
multiply with the beginning Of
the new year. but there is a
sign indicating that the early
birds will not obtain the noni-
nation prize. A dramatic cpl
sode. In which President Roose-
welt plays the principal role, is
prognosucated for the late
spring Men in public life are
warned to avoid excessive ia
ngue, pneumonia and heart dis
ease are to take their toll in
the winter months.
Persons whose birthday II b
have the sueury Of a fortunate
yesr with financial gains. The
clergy should he Increasingly
fortunate. since they viii be in
demand. at home and abroad.
Children horn On this osy
viii he artistic Many musicians
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

According to one Of the stories
in the magazine. some of the
credit for what has happened
and Is happening in telephone
service must go to Nelly. the
pack horse. Nelly works on a
trail through a piece of extreme
" rough country In Cowlitz
county. She carries supplies and
materials for the crew building
a cable project between Port
land and Longview.
Nelly makes four trips daily
from the supply base to the
cable splicing stations. When
the stations are to be moved,
Nelly comes down out OF the
hills and rides in a trailer to a
point nearest the next station.
Then she gets the pack saddle
again and starts into the hills
with all the equipment necessary
to make a good job of cable
splicing. Nelly. the pack horse.
is all that is left in the telephone
business which in any way ap-
proximates some of the mod
ern" facilities so years ago.
Smile aachIe:
When an interested reader
wanted to know how 1t was pos
sible to provide new batch OF
smiles" every day, candor COM
PEELED the answer that while
some of them were original,
some were inspired paraphrases.
and some of them were Dor
rowed." And that Is what Ii
happening right now.
In the last issue Of the New
York Times magazine, l.. II.
Robbins submits a few samples
from Joe Miller's tests: or the
Wits: Being A Collection of the
most brilliant Jests and Politest
Repartees. the Most Elegant Bon
Mots and the Most Pleasant
Short Stories in the English
Language" Here is one that
was good for a laugh when the
book was first published 200
years ago:
Two gentlemen disputing
about Religion, In Buttons
Ooffee-House, said one OF
them, wonder, Sir, you
should talk of Religion, when
I'll hold you five Guineas you
can't say the Lords Prayer,
done said the other, and Sir
Richard Steele shall hold the
stakes. The money being de-
posted, the Gentleman began
with 1 believe IN God. and SO
went cleverly through the
Greed: well. said the other, 1
own 1 have lost; i did not
think he could have done 1t.
Which ought to be smile
enough for this time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can YOU answer seven Of these
test questions Turn 10 NO
mans page fer the answers
l. In which country is The
WelAn6 canal
=. Which is greater. the
equatorial or merldioasl CIR
c0mference % the earth
5. Which actor received the
Notion Picture Academy Of
Arts and Sciences xW-srd for the
hest performances in 1885,
4. Does a batter get ere6i;
for a run hS;;ed in { he gets a
base OF halls with the bases
loade6-
s Is water q compound, AZ
element o. 8 mixture
6. What IS the correct pro
naneiAtioz q the word ursal-
tive.
:. What Ere ths FIRST three
wTor3S q he preamble q ths
CONSTITUTION 81 tire United
States
& What ~ shs square foot
0l7
3. Mhich country osnx
Greenland
10 WHIST Is ne name for =
rnaSS Of cornpScseS lcs 0rigsnss-
M Il q Sa5W-11el1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

and expand their plants oS Ss 10
handle peak loads resulting from
sudden military demands or
sooming foreign orders. He pre-
fers that they esild new power
houses and equipment ard retire
existing facilities 70 the role Of
underst0dieS- xtSnGhyS- But
the companies want 70 know
whether their museum pieecs VIII
- counted in their valuation cle-
sres on which rates % the indus
triAhxt and householder are
hssea Il they are Included. the
ultimate purchaser VIII ~ III N
the pccketecok. II not TIE com
p&nies VII suffer financially.
state regulatory aoGses Sre
xlso critical ot the lckeS rlSa-
They WI Sgre< 70 snclads costs
az new construction As $ esse for
rzse-mSkac insofar as normal
pescesinse neeaS neceSStSse eN-
pAnssz. But they refuse - A.
prove higaer rates resulting frofa
preparation fer = N-&r-'xn6 c.
naan6-shzs EBAY never sSenSO-
sse-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Mr.. FIxIT
He fise, Things

TO feosfvs Attention IN this col
ufnn letters must give nans and
sddfees ~ writer Only initials
siii - Dubliebad whsn fsouestsdl
Mr. Flslf, Mrs. ". ~. asked
ysa where shs could obtain some
s.till,e- ysponica ROOT. have sew
srsI Of tbese plants ~ b. glad
10 divide for her.
CHARLES LrsDsTHoM,
et2I ~. Mullen n.
Mrs. w. n. and Mr.. FizIt
both viii thank you.
Mr.. p1sni In Last nights pa
per SOMEONE asked about
school n photography. In Sc
attic. Nolas Hickey heads the
Pacific school and studio Of
Photography. ~ 1877 East Pine
~ have attended the school.
W. y. VI.
Mr.. f1siti know ~ m ED
esiy gentleman ! would like 10
help. Perhaps one NJ your rad
ers knows NJ . house I could
dl.msatle for the lumber 80
could build . shack the above
mentioned person could live In.
~. ID.
n you canvass the local real
estate offices. you may he able
10 make some arrangement TO
tear down a house for the lum-
her. II In = little doubtful.
though, since the wrecking OF
old houses here has been going
on for some time At q rather
fast pace.
NJ. ra,s, Pleas. NV. m.
ths required room temperature
Of schools and apartment
houses. r.. y.
State law requires that schools
be kept at temperature Of ut
least % degrees Fahrenheit.
Tacoma school authorities have
found II advantageous TO keep
the buildings here n little above
that. around 20 10 II degrees.
Some eastern states have
laws specifying The degree Of
heat apartment houses must
maintain. but in Washington II
II considered self.regulaiinE
matter. The landlord who falls
10 keep his place at a salts
factory temperature automstl-
cally loses his tenants 10 the
one who does.
Mr.. Fixlti would Hike very
much 10 find out what steps,
" any. are necessary 10 add
. middle name 81 my first and
last names. have assumed .
middle name ~ well ~ initial
for convenience m business ~
. signature. perhaps because OF
the hcvii, of my first name.
and wish 10 knew n u IL con-
sidered Illegal or not. and what
I might do 10 make II legal.
NJ. A. =.
II YOU have been using the
initial consistently, you have Il
well established now as your
signature. II shouldn't be neees-
sary 10 do anything more about
II than 10 continue using Il that
way invariably, There could he
no fraud IN It's use. 80 there
should be no reason ever 10
challenge n.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Iona Time Since Bonneys
Phone Hung On the Wall
And the Women Shouted
At Each Other
A Big Job Has Been
Done In Fifty Years
A = the years go, it's not such
n a long time since a tele-
phone wall set was installed in
W. p. Bonney's drug store on Pa
cific avenue near the site Of the
new building with which Norton
Clapp il about to replace one OF
the first brick structures erected
in Tacoma. The other end of the
wire was connected with wall
set in the home of DR.. c. w.
Harvey. up near "old Women's
Gulch." long since transformed
into a concrete lined stadium.
The telephone then, In the
minds Of great many per-
sons, should have heralded the
list of the seven wonders OF
the world. Many times friends
of Mrs. Harvey would come
down town 10 the drug store
70 they could talk TO her over
the telephone when n would
have been much nearer 10
have gone right to her home.
II was great fun turning the
crank and listening 10 the an
swering 'hello."
1t did not seem possible that an
ordinary tone could be carried
from Bonney's drug store away
out to DR.. Harvey's home, about
q mile away, and the women
used to shout. II they had gone
out on the street and shouted as
loud as they did at the telephone
transmitter. they might have
made Mrs. Harvey hear any
way, especially If the wind hap
pened to be in that direction.
What brought this up was a
copy of the last issue of The Pa
cific Telephone magazine, house
organ of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company. Sew
eral pages of pictures graphical.
ly tell how much has happened
in the telephone business since
the wire was stretched between
Bonney's drugstore and DR.
Harvey's home. The instrument
that has replaced the old wal
set with its crank, dry battery
and its two or three or more
bells, is about as near automatic
as 1t can be.
The service b surprisingly
accurate, too-much more ac-
curate than some of the people
who dial Broadway when IL
should be Main or get the fig
ures 1882 when IL should be
1928 and then swear that they
were right and were prevented
from getting the proper con-
nection by some dumb oper-
ator.
But life is like that anyws,
and telephone folk probably un
derstand il so or they wouldn'
stay in the business.
Reviewing things that hav'
happened in so years Their
doesn't seem TO be much tina
has contributed more to materia
progress and convenience thai
the telephone
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Continued from Page ID

mestic matters will and should
dominate the 1eAo contest. In
this he agrees with fellow cam
didates In both the Democratic
and Republican camps. who think
that rDR or any other New Deal
nominee could be more easily de-
feated II forced to wage a politi-
cal battle over such questions as
federal finances. unemployment.
low farm prices. labor troubles.
They don't want TO have to an
swer the Rooseveltians argu-
ment that the president is the
best qualified to keep M out Of
the war, or to wage Il II circum-
stances should force us in.
Dewey has not yet hit upon
the proper technique. but on for
eign policy he win try to be more
OF an isolationist than such
rivals a. Senator Taft, who
favored arms embargo repeal.
and Mr.. Vandsnberg. who helped
to lead the fight against aiding
the Allies. The only way 10 bur
row deeper into neutral ground
than Mr.. Taft would be to en-
dorse the Ludlow amendment
requiring q public referendum
prior TO a war declaration. But
the peweyites don't dare so that
far,
American diplcmats-hsnkers
-~financieus have grown more
worldly~wise since World war /.
The cash-snd-esrry provision OF
the revised neutrality act testi-
flies to that maturity as does the
almost unanimous public senti-
ment against actual involve
ment.
But the British are still CEN
turies older in the dollar-and-
cents management Of internal
tional affairs. Although st war
with Germany. the Bank Of Eng
land stin accepts German paper
- collateral for earlier credits
extended 10 tho Reich by London
banks. Srea, Britain. in turn.
sells these German securities or
commercial paper 60 neatrsls--
the Swiss and Scandinavians -
which have trading arrange
naents with Germany. Thus
TAr~aaneedle Street s~co0ps o.
financial advances 10 her fee,
even though the transactions help
to provide Hitler with foodstnffs
and war supplies.
New York bankers. however,
srx now stuck with from $50
eso. coo TO Sioo. ooo. 600 q Ger
man paper. They cant take Il
cut IN trace because % the Rri-
tlsh blockade Of enemy com
NERVE VITA neotrSiS oFtrSeSS'
They have recovered some small
change by attaching German as
se;s IN shx country. Sat ths
Americans IN this snsesnstionsl
poker game. are penny ante play.
srx. while John bah esnkS
kSrd eco1oFnae fact nay
tnwars the National Power POI
icv comnittees scheme "a oslils
. vast reserve OF white coal ~.
soarces FOR wartime erner-
geney. The srcGhiesorne euessicz
is who Win pay the fsesght to'
this admittedly lsad&sle program
--shs eoTupSnlex er the con
stsnser.
Chairman 1ckeS NSntS IN
s0Ety interests 10 meSevz.z'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
SCIENCE NEWS

There are 100000 persons
in the United States who have
speech disorders of some kind or
another, according to DR.. James
Greene, director Of an eastern
clinic. Largest single group of
sufferers is made up of persons
who stutter, numbering more
than 100000. Many Sufferers
are cured by getting at the psy-
chic cause of their speech hesi-
fancy, DR.. Green revealed.
A hundred and fifty dollars
worth of food easily can be pro-
duced by half an acre Of garden.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
Healthy Bsbies or Wsr

rsh meal and hay saving the lives Of hundreds Of
American mothers and babies.
From these foods scientists developed vitamln X. The
vitAmin has been found Ia he protection against fatal
hemoThages BY aiding the human blood to clot avn
thetic vtAmn has been perfected and hospitals report
Il safeguarding the lives Of both mothers and babies
following childbirth.
America was At war II IL doubtful whether this new
vitam treatment another invention would have
been developed.
Contrary TO popular belief does not increase In
ventve genius Despite the fact and ingenuity
are taxed 10 sustain warfare. scientific progress weskensl
This Il shown by recent research
IN 1917 the year America entered the world the
United States patent office received 10000 patent appca-
tons These dropped 10 $4,000 In 1918 and again to
$4,000 The year after the American invention suffered
The same setback during the civil and Spansh-Amercan
WArs.
Such research indicates that the longer America stays
Out of war the better chance her babies have for health
and happiness
r~at var leaves the country with three armies-an
army II erspples army Of mcarners and army OF
thievea@-Cermsn rsoverb.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
:: YOUR HOROSCOPE
Reg. o. 3 rat on.

belong to this sign, which gives
them the courage to pursue
their vocations at the cost of
personal sacrifice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Be ackat you is and not Uhdt you ant. If yours only
nbbe be dc best pebble on the beach, yous only dc to
DOM try 10 aoao de dog.-From "Rdstus Philosophy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04
NAPoLEoN's CAMPAIGNS

The genius OF Napoleon Bona
parte made the Republic OF
France an Empire, for a time
the most powerful nation In
Europe. Through his wars Of
aggression. Napoleon conquered
armies In Egypt. Turkey, Aus
tria. Prussia. Spain. Holland and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Ne'er SSy Those k.l1 q
hooks Sus inStr-9oeys szT.
.hasc kln1S~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Bavaria.
Strange as It seems, to the
great Napoleon all these cam
paigns were merely defensive
actions on his part. according to
his own assertions in his Mem
oirs. dictated at st. Helenal
No matter In what light the
French arch-aggressor viewed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-04

Can YOU answer seven Of these
test questions Turn 30 NO
mans page fer the answers
Evening star., 1939-03-12
ID

1886 double door
steel wardrobes in
walnut finish with
chrome-plated hard
W are 60x24X20-in.
size.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
RED SHINCLE MEETING
IN SEATTLE TUESDAY

Marking the successful con-
clusion of a year that has seen
the market for Pacific Northwest
rcd cedar shingles extended to
every state in the union. every
province in Canada and to many
overseas markets President p. H.
Dwell of the Red Cedar Shingle
bureau will open the annual meet
ing of that organization AT Il
o'clock at the Washington Athletic
club in Seattle on Thursday,
Jan. =.
Trustees and officers will be
elected.
The bureau. which embraces the
overwhelming percentage of all red
cedar shingle manufacturers in
Washington. Oregon and British
Columbia. will bring together in
its annual conclave approximately
800 representatives from the mills
of the S35 900 900 industry which
functions exclusively in the red
cedar belt of the Pacific North
west. according to President dwell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
DR.. SAWYER TO
TALK TO COOP

GIG HARB0R-The Gig Harbor
local of the Washington Coop
erative Egg and Poultry associa-
ton will meet Thursday evening
at the Coop hall. Included on the
program viii be a talk by DIR.
Sawyer Of the Western Washing
ton experiment station at Puy-
allup, whose topic will be Various
Poultry Diseases and Ailments,
description of his appearance
on the Hobby Lobby program in
New York City by G. f. Shaw.
and old-fashioned community sing
ing to be led by Fred Ovanell.
Coop members are asked to bring
ailing poultry. if they have any,
to illustrate DR. Sawyer's talk
The Ladies Fortnightly club will
feature Home Making" at the
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs Roy A Evenson with
Mrs L. c Cruver, the assistant
hostess. Sub-hesds include "Selcc-
ton of Dinnerware for the Table, -
Art in Table Setting" and the
roll call. Household Hints on New
Gadgets." Mrs. Cruver, Mrs. Adam
Ross and Mrs. Joe Harris have
charge of the program.
The Gig Harbor Sportsmcns
club will meet Thursday evening
at the Lions Den.
Mrs. Fl Smith has returned to
her home following several months
visit with relatives in Pierston,
Indiana.