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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

Editor, The Times: In dis
cussine the international situa-
ton, one Of the favorite points
that assail us is this: That
France and Britain are. after
all, not truly democratic ma
tons, and that it matters little
whether the Hitler-Musso COM
bination energies triumphant or
whether France and Britain do
so.
/ want to ask: How many of
us feel that the British navy is
an instrument of aggression ?
How many Americans fear it?
How many feel they would rath-
er see that same British navy
under Hitler's control?
1t may well be that a trium-
plant Germany would be able to
seize control of that fine Brit
ish armada before Britain could
repeat Germany's performance
at Scapa Flow after the end of
the World war Possession of
such navy would be Hitlers
open door to world conquest and
control. He would indeed have
realized his most cherished
dreams. He would be the mod
ern super-colossal. 1889 model
Napoleon. Caesar would be rele-
gated to the status of piker
II is doubtful whether America
could resist him then-America,
with 60 per cent of all the
worlds gold. the prime desider-
alum in satisfaction of Ger
many's wants. America would
be looted as was the empire of
the 1ncas by the nation which
at that time was the leading
exponent Of power politics"
Perhaps we should think twice
before adopting the passive nom
resistance of a Gandhi. l be-
lieve that something. at least, re-
mains of the proud pioneer spirit
that was willing to suffer for
the maintenance of a principle.
The president is right in at
tempting TO halt the march of
the dictators. Let's back him
up. lest Hitler's visions in Tech
nicolor" become reality
WATT MHENRY.
Eatonville. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
SUNDAY. APRIL IS, 1899


Adverse planetary aspects are
dominant in the horoscope for
today, according to astrology.
This il a Sunday most promising
10 those who worship according
to orthodox faiths.
In well established churches
there will be a stronger solidar-
ity than there has been in recent
wears. it is forecast. Among
Protestants there will be more
attention to public affairs than
usual.
European governments Will
seek TO diminish the power OF
the clergy, even though there
may be proclamations of Glenn
ency in places where there have
been prosecutions.
There is a sign indicating for
the Jews some unexpected ben
efits to which the United States
contributes. Many distinguished
refugees eventually will find
Ravens in America.
Secret power is to be given
to a great group among the
peoples of the world, if the stars
are rightly read This power
may be in the form of wealth
control or financial supremacy,
it is presaged.
Aged persons are well directed
by the stars. They are to be
assured of protection and in.
creased influence, it is prophe-
sled. Adequate pensions are to
secured in the United States.
High winds will continue in
many parts of the country. Al
though floods will be less Sc
we're. nature may rebuke man.
kind by means of earthquakes.
Under this planetary govern
ment plans for vacation should
be made successfully. Astrol-
ogers foretell more travel in
the United States than at any
time in the history Of the coun-
try. Airplanes will gain greatly
in patronage.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury Of q year of
average good fortune, but they
are warned of danger of loss
through treachery. SPECULATION
should be avoided.
Children born on this day
probably will be alert and de-
termined in character, vigorous
and active in body These sub
jects of Taurus may be fond
of display and able to enjoy
what is most coveted in life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
PROTESTS OUTSIDE HELP
ON NARROWS STRUCTURE

Editor. The Times: We have
in the city of Tacoma a shame
full and disgrsceful situation.
one which cannot be explained
away by any such casual ex-
PLANTATION as that advanced by
local union officials.
refer to the displacement
of local labor on large building
and construction jobs going on
here by men from other states.
This betrayal of friends and
neighbors by the unions whom
they have Loyalty supported all
through these difficult times
is unforgivable, the more SO
since such action derives from
purely selfish motives.
II is unbelievable that the
state of Washington. Pierce
county. and the city Of Tacoma
taxpayers are expected 10 sup
port thousands OF employable
men and their families while the
unions encourage an ever-grow-
ing influx OF outside labor.
skilled and common.
If this is the reward of our
LOYALTY 10 the unions in their
struggle for supremacy, If II
means that permanent exclusion
Of all others for the benefit Of
the chosen few is the policy of
these unions. then I say such
unionism is un-Americsn. and
highly undesirable in our eco
noniic and social structure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
OUTSIDERS WONDER WHAT
COUNCIL WILL DO

Editor. The Times: Friends in
the Tacoma city hall tell me
that the council is seriously con-
sidering the appointment Of a
figurehead for mayor. and re-
curing him to promise not to
be candidate at the spring
election.
Tacoma is badly in need of
real leadership at the city hall.
The council has an opportunity
TO do great service for the
city If the members will forget
politics and petty jealousy. The
right type OF man should be
urged TO nun in the spring. II
he is not the right type he
should not be appointed.
A figurehead for a year would
be a serious blunder. A real
mayor must plan for the future.
The other cities of the state
are watching to see if the Ia
coma council will measure up
TO their great opportunity. or
IL they will sacrifice the well
fare Of the city at this crucial
time VIII they be mice. or will
they be men,
J. II. EDWARDS
Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
LESSONS IN ENGLISH
n. N CarAnu

Words often misused: Do not
say. I'VE brought ii to a final
completion" Final is tautoIogi-
cal, as completion means final,
or the fulfillment.
Often mispronounced: Nep-
tune. Pronounce nep-tun. as
in bed. u as in cube. not toon.
Often misspelled: Raspberry.
Observe the p, though pro-
nounced raz-berry.
synonyms: Legitimate. legal.
lawful
Word study: Use word
three times and il is yours"
Let us increase our vocabulary
by mastering one word each
day. Todsy's word: Predispose:
TO give a tendency to. Debility
predisposes the body 10 disease"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
:. YOUR HOROSCOPE :.
MONDAY, APRIL "a. 1899

MONDAY, APRIL -. 1899
Contrary plan etary aspects
are seen in the horoscope for
today, according to astrology.
The con figuration apparently
favors persons of power.
Women are under unfavorable
guidance today which should be
employed In regular tasks long
tested. II is an unfortunate
time to seek work Both BUSH
ness and professional executives
may be difficult to convince.
Broken engagements to marry
may be numerous under this
sway which makes young men
wary of responsibility and eager
for adventure.
Uranus is in place sup
posed to be disturbing to men
tai poise. Disposition to find
fault will be general and crit.
cism will be widely broadcast.
Legislators come under threat
ening portents.
Alarming news of secret
nature regarding international
affairs may be expected at this
time.
Many accidents on sea and in
the air are prog nosticated.
Warning is given of sabotage.
AS spring advances wide
spread recognition that a new
order of things has gained mo-
mentum is prognosticated. Old
time leaders will be few In this
changed world. What has been
called civilization will prove of
little worth in Europe before the
sweep of subversive forces.
Deaths and retirements OF
men and women long in the pub
lie eye will be numerous before
the autumn. Young persons of
both sexes are to gain fame in
public work.
Persons whose birthdate IL
is have the augury of a year of
good luck. but envy may be
aroused. It is wise to be on
guard against deception. Girls
should be cautious in writing
letters.
Children born on this day
probably will be talented, but
Of a happy-go-lucky disposition.
These subjects of Taurus are
determined and energetic when
they have any special goal in
sight.
Copyright, 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
SCIENCE NEWS

A new watch just put on the
market can be worn on the top,
bottom or side Of the wrist. sc-
cording to the desire Of the
owner Flexible bars at the end
Of the watch automatically sd-
just themselves TO the contour
of the wrist. making II possible
to adjust the watch to any posi-
ton or the wrist. BY means Of
= special process. gold num-
erals a~e stamped on the face
Of the dial.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

They have likewise discov-
cred two lesser stars, or satel-
lites, which revolve about Mars;
whereof the innermost is distant
from the center of the primary
planet exactly three of the
diameters, and the outermost
five; the former revolves in the
space of ten hours. the latter in
twenty-one and half"
Swift wrote this before 1926.
Not until 1877 did Professor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
LAUDS JOHN G. SIEGLE

Editor. The Times: The gift
of humor, the philosophy of OPP
timism, the impulse of human
welfare. attributes of DR.. John
c. Siegle that constitutes a last
ing memorial.
We were privileged to hear
one of his last public addresses.
He had FASTENED back from
Olympia for this occasion, and
told of the numerous lobbyists
for vested interests. He had in
quired; Who is here to repre-
sent the people ,"
DR.. Siegle related conversa-
tons with the wealthy: "Of
what use are your millions
You can't take your money with
you, and if you could 1t wouldn't
do you any good, it would only
make ii all the hotter for you.
l am called crackpot and I
consider I ma compliment.
Something can get in a crack
pot. and if something can get
in something can get out"
He spoke of his experience
Christmas helping the unfortun-
ate and destitute whose condi-
ton. would not permit public
description; regretted his salary
was not 81 900 a month instead
of $500 that he might be Of
greater service. II afforded him
pleasure responding to all calls
day or night whenever he could
be of service. c. E. STEVENS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

Asaph Hall of Washington con-
firm the story by announcing
the actual discovery of Mars
moons, Phobos and DEMOS.
Strange as it seems, Swift
guessed almost the exact time
of revolution of the moons-at
10 and 21i2 hours; actually, they
are ~ and 3014 hours.
Voltaire (1694-177s) also pre-
dicted Mars moons in writing Of
'Micromegas."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24
SPENDING MONEY
DIFFERENT NOW

Two higherups in the Hoover
administration recently discus
sed the 500. 900, 900 loan TO the
Dawes bank in Chicago trans
action which provoked fierce
criticism of the former president
in the 1882 campaign. The two
were the men who received and
made the losn-General Dawes
and Eugene Meyer, then boss of
the RFC.
General Dawes pointed out that
$4,000, 900 of the total had been
repaid. and that the government
was getting interest of $500, o0o-
plus on the balance unpaid
Both INDUCED in a chuckle
over the squswks about the gov
eminent advance of soc, o00, 900
designed to save string of
midwestern banks from imminent
failure - and the comparative
calm which greets the expendi-
ture of billions of dollars for
special classes these days.
Copyright 1887
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

The unemployed know, and
the employers know that on a
purely competitive basis the
positions of many of the en-
ployed and the unemployed
would be reversed over night.
Many excellent artisans and
workmen re m a n unemployed
today because they refused to
take the other fellows job when
a strike made the job available.
despite the fact that years had
elapsed since these men had
known anything like financial
security.
Unions cannot afford figur-
atively to thumb their noses at
the unemployed, or the public in
general; they need this support.
Failure to recognize this fact
may cause unfavorable roper
cussions in the not too distant
future. d. WILSON,
All So. Fawcett ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

PREDICTED MARS MOONS
One hundred and fifty-one
years before astronomers discov-
cred that Mars has two moons,
Jonathan Swift. great English
satirist, wrote about them with
uncanny accuracy in his famous
"Gulliver's Travels" published
in 1926.
OF the Laputans, an imaginary
race of pseudo astronomers,
Swift wrote:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-24

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, The road has
been mended"; say, repaired"
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lGH I
Continued from Page One

He has a knack of putting his
opponents on the defensive SO
deftly that 1t gets them in worse
than ever with his constituency
If they attempt to answer him
and equally so if they don't.
Whatever they do is grist for his
mill.
Insiders frankly do not expect
the move to contribute to a
peaceful solution Of Europe's diff
ficulties-at least so far as Hit
Ter is concerned-but admit il
was shrewdly designed to fur
Their Mr.. Roosevelt's own objec-
tives.
President RoOsevelt's mo-
Utilization of American influ-
ence TO stave off a European
crash has not denied the
legions of isolationists on
Capitol Hill - Democratic
and Republican. He must
confine his peace efforts to
moves far short of war" II
congress has Its way.
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MR.. fIxIT
He fixe, Thing.

To receive attention in this COL
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer Only initlsls
will oe published when requested.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Civil Rights
Issue Upheld
In High Court

Washington, Nov. 22.-(AP)-
Municipal ordinances prohibiting
the distribution of handbiils or cir
cUlars on the streets Of Los An
geles, Milwaukee and Worcester
Mass, were held unconstitutional
today by the Supreme Court.
In addition, the tribunal declared
invalid an Irvington, N. j., ordi-
nance prohibiting the canvassing OF
homes for the sale of booklets
without first obtaining permit
from the chief Of police.
Another ruling of the court af-
fjrmed the action of District Judge
Patrick Stone is dismissing indict-
ments against eleven defendants in
the Madison, Wis, oil antitrust case
six months after they had been
convicted by the jury.
Justice Roberts delivered COM
blned opinion in the four civil
rights cases. He said the ordinances
violated freedom of speech.
Justice McReynolds dissented.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Siir,kiing|s Are
Reich Reply
To Churchill
c. rm an N e w S
Heaps Sarcasm on
Admiralty G h lie f's
Claim S ub, m a RI inc
Menace Had Been
d G { e a t e d; D.N.B.
Names Ships.

Berlin, Nov. 22-lAP)-D. N. B..
the official German news agency, as
serted today that eleven commercial
ships, eight Of them British, had fail
ed to reach British ports since Win
ston Churchill, first lord Of the Bri-
fish Admiralty, declared two weeks
ago the submarine menace had beer
defeated.
The agency said three English fish
cutters and the 5,000-ton British
freighter Arlington Court had been
torpedoed by German submarines
two English freighters attacked ir
the Atlantic, an done English freigh-
ter off the coast of Iceland.
The agency did not name the eight
British ships or the non-British ships
involved.
Reconnaissance flights over Eng
land yesterday cost Germany one
plane, D. NJ B. said, while the Ger
man navy was reported to have sunk
an unspecified number Of ships in
the North Sea.
German artillery dispersed advanc-
ing enemy infantry on the western
front, north of Grindorf, d. N. B
said.
French artillery of all calibres was
again reported active in the Perl sec
tor near the Luxembourg, French
and German borders.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Britain To
Expedite
u. S. Exports

Washington, Nov. 22-(AP)-
Great Britain's plan to expedite
American exports to neutral coun-
tries may aid her in checking any
flow of American goods to Ger
many.
The arrangement, announced yes
terday by the British Embassy pro-
vides for issuance of certificates to
exporters, showing that consign-
ments are "unobjectionable" to the
British. The certificate, called
''navicerts", will be issued by Brit
ish consulates to beginning Deem
Der l. The system amounts to a
REORGANIZATION of a cargo, and is
designed to prevent delays when
British contraband patrols search
vessels for contraband It will oper-
ate on American shipments to ten
neutral countries-Belgium, Den
mark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland,
Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Nor
way and Sweden.
One authority predicted today
that the British would maintain a
central control over the system in
London.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Japs To Stay
In China Long
AS Soviets

Tokyo Nov. 22.-(AP)-Premier
Nobuyuki Abe announced today ia
nan would keep troops in China until
"China is entirely free from the
communist menace"
In a statement published by the
japanese press, the premier said the
garrisons would operate under an
anti-comintern pact which Japan
would conclude shortly with a new
government for China, along the
lines of the anti-comintern pact OF
japan. Italy, Germany, Hungary and
Spain, but separate from it.
The Japanese government, he sald
is trying to establish peaceful rela-
tons with the Soviet Union, and
after demarkation Of the border be-
tween Japanese-protected Manchou-
kuo and Soviet-supported Outer
Mongolia, another commission likely
will be established to mark other
borders.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
2 British Agents Blamed
By Germans For Bombing
Former Munich Resi-
dent Confesses At
tempt on Hitler; Ger
m an Exile s ay S
EIimmler, &c st a p u
II e a d, Or d e r e d
Bombing Himself.

Berlin, Nov. 22-(AP)-Two cap
tured British secret service agents
were blamed today by German au-
thorities as direct links in the Munich
bomb explosion, which missed Adolf
hitler by eleven minutes November
Officials declared the agents were
responsible for the beer hall blast
jointly with Georg Elser, former
Munich resident, said by the Nazis
to have confessed setting the time
bomb, and Otto Strasser, German
exile, who lives in France.
The two agents, listed as Captain
Richard Henry Stevens and Sigis-
mund Payne Best, were seized at the
Netherlands frontier November 9.
German secret police who have ques-
toned them since then declare that
Captain Stevens is chief Of the Eu-
ropean division Of Britain's secret
service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
In the Sir Walter fiCte!
nailv DlSDafch Bureau

Raleigh, Nov. 2z.-The forest fires
in Western North Carolina, happily
drowned out by rain over the past
weekend, composed the worst pc
Rod we have ever experienced in the
western district, where not only tim
her was at stake, but watersheds,
game and fish," according to a pre-
Ii liminary and tentative report rushed
to Raleigh by w. c. Mccormick. as
sistant State forester in charge Of the
forest fire prevention division of the
Department Of Conservation and De-
velopment.
Extinguishment of the fires gave
him chance to look the field over
and arrive at preliminary conclus-
ion as to extent Of the fires and the
annroximate damage done by them
he reported to the department that
there were at least 227 separate fires
q a. minimum Of $4,000 acres and die
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Baptiists To
Free Paper
OF Control
Recorder Responsible
To No Committee or
Board, Only to Con
vention; Mission Re-
ports Are Heard;
Mrs. A ! d e r m a n
Named.

Winston-Salem, Nov. 22.-(APl-
The North Carolina Baptist Convcn-
ton, meeting here today, granted its
publication the Biblical Recorder,
complete independence from any
board or committee making it re-
snonsible to the convention as a
whole.
The convention heard reports by
DR.. Forrest c. Feezor, of Raleigh, and
John w. liner, Of Asheville, on for
eign missions, and by |. c. Greer, of
Townsville, and T. P. Pruett, of
Hickory, on orphanage work.
A committee of Is, headed by j.
L. Peacock, Of Tarboro, entered the
report upon which the Biblical Re-
corder charter was based.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of VIII
kesboro, was named chairman of the
committee on social Righteousness.
The committees membership includ-
ed Mrs. J. T. Alderman, of Hender-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Kuhn Uneasy
On Reading
Love Letter
Bund Head Denies
He Ever Had Love
Affair With Mrs.
c a m p; Testimony
Shows Accused Lar
cenist Was Man of
Many Aliases.

New Rork, Nov. 22.-(AP)-Fritz
Kuhn, bespectacled furhrer Of the
German-American Bund, clustered
scarlet today when the prosecution
depicted him as a shipboard Romeo,
and read a billet douX he wrote to
his ''heaven-sent" woman friend,
Mrs. Florence Camp.
Spectators Uttered while Kuhn's
checks redeemed and his eyes blazed
with anger as Prosecutor J. j. Nc
Carthy read the letter at the bund
leaders trial on larceny charges.
FLORENCE" he said, 81 am terribly
in love with you'll beg you to be-
come my beloved Wife-I will always
be real true to you, and will love
you foreVer-can't be without you
any more because l realize heaven
did send yOu-and l never will for
get that. (Signed) Fritz"
Fritz, who already has a wife, had
denied just a few seconds earlier
that he proposed marriage to Mrs.
Camp during an ocean cruise on the
steamship Westernland
CcCarthys continued delving into
the bund fuehrer's romantic life
finally impelled Judge James C.
Wallace to question Kuhn himself
in bald terms.
did you ever have a love affair
with Mrs. Camp" the court asked.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Growers Of
Burley Are
For Control
"a Percent in Tues
day Referendum Fa-
vor Quotas For 1910
Crop; Cotton Next in
Roosevelt's Victory
Swing.

Washington, Nov. 22.-(AP)-The
i.ministrati0ns crop control pro-
rama potential issue in next year 5
residential campaign-marked up
Ddav It's second farmer referendum
rct0rv of the fall.
Reversing a stand they took a year
ago, growers voted overwhelmingly
for strict marketing quotas on their
1870 hurley tobacco crop.
Virtually complete returns gave
67.l48 votes for quotas, and 1929
againSt-a favorable majority of "a
percent Quotas must be approved by
tW0-thirdS Of the farmers voting.
In October, growers of flue-cured
tobacco approved marketing controls
under which the Federal government
may tell each producer how much he
can sell
Obviously pleased with these re-
turns. From federal officials predict
cd victory in a third and more i'm
portant referendum December 9. The
Nations 100000 cotton growers then
Will be asked to approve for the
third consecutive year marketing
quotas on the South's big cash crop.
advocates said that with victory
n the cotton election, there should
be nj difficulty in winning endorse
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-22
Government Loans
On 1889 Corn Crop
Will Be Available

Washington, Nov. 22.-(AP)
Secretary Wallace announced
today the government would
make loans to farmers on sur
plus 1939-grOwn corn at the
base rate of 81 cents a bushel.
Eligible for loans at this rate
viii be farmers in the midwest
frn commercial corn belt, who
did not plant in excess of this
Years Agricultural Adjustment
Administration corn acreage al
l0tmentS.
Elsewhere, loans will be
made at IS percent of the base
rates, or 43 cents a bushel, to
farmers who did not plant in
excess of their AAA soil de-
pleting allOtmentS.