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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
Pull Sc OF THE PUBLIC

number by Just S55, the mini
mum wake, and you discover
that over S1,000.000 month
has been taken from the state
of Washington. Add to this the
great amount that Governor
Martin has cut from our social
security and you can readily
understand why the grocer, de-
partment store and small BUSH
ness in general will suffer. This
suffering will be small COM
pared to those people who were
cut from the relief rolls. l would
challenge anyone. including the
Employers association, who
says There are jobs for these
unemployed"
President Roosevelt in his
speech to the Retailers National
Forum said, You know what
happens to storekeepers if they
buy twice as much as the pub
lie can buy from them. In the
last analysis. therefore, consum-
er buying power is the milk in
the cocoanut of all business.
Whether You are a big depart
ment store or do business in
small way on the main street
of small town, your sales are
dependent on how much money
the average family in the COM
munity earns.
Never so long as ! am Presi-
dent of the United States will I
condemn millions Of men and
women to the dry-rot of idleness
on a dole; never condemn the
business enterprise Of the United
States to the loss of millions of
dollars worth of customer pur-
chasing power; never take the
terrific risk of what would hap
pen to the social system of
American democracy if we foist-
ed on il an occasional basket
of groceries instead of the
chance to work"
Reactionaries in congress are
trying to back out of and look
ing for an excuse to sabotage
and delay action on their prom
Use to provide more funds if
the president asked for them.
Congressman have already re-
vealed their strategy by intro
ducing a bill TO do away with
the WPA after July. II the re-
dictionaries mean TO do away
with the WPA after July. they
mean to cut the number en-
ployed on WPA as much as pos
sihle before July. Woodrum has
demonstrated this by mis- sup
posed investigation Of WPA.
We must write our congress
men and Senator Woodrum at
once. urging the appropriations
committee to act Immediately in
support OF an appropriation of
at least S2T5. OO0, 600. We must
not let grass grow under our
feet in our insistence also. for
a decent appropriation for the
coming biennium.
JEANETTE ALLEN.
5sle Ea. z st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
MISTER CAPPER OF
CAPPER'S WEEKLY"

A new military aide at the
White House spiced the recep-
ton TO President Somoza Of
Nicaragua with unscheduled en-
tertainment. when Senator
Capper of Kansas whispered his
name TO the aide on approaching
the official party, the latter
doomed out: Mister Capper Of
Cspper's Weekly" Mr.. Roose-
Welt covered up by explaining to
Somoza that Senator Cspper WAS
an agricultural expert, a con-
servation enthusiast = and a
great publisher"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
LESSONS IN ENGLISH
BY w. l.. Gordon

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED:
I'VE had company at dinner il
colloquial. 1t is better to say.
I'VE had GUESTS at dinner"
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED:
February. Pronounce feb-roo-
er-i. 90 as in book.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Wis.,
ual. Observe the s, though pro-
nounced as z.
SYNONYMS: Gigantic, i'm
mense, enormous, huge, colos-
sal.
WORD STUDY: use a
word three times and it is
yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one
word each day. Todays word:
DISCERN; to understand: to
detect. pronounce dis-zurn,
as in did, accent last syllable).
The first point of wisdom is to
discern that which is false. the
second to know that which is
true. '-Lactantius.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
Nses,sssssS1 81 The

the Great Pyramid in Egypt. On
that same date, the oracle fore
told, a period of great trial and
human distress was to begin and
continue until August 20, 1858.
In the form of a marked yard
stick" extending along an inner
passage of the pyramid, the proph-
ecy has foreseen and dated with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
PYRAMID PROPHECY

On September 16, 1886, Fascists
in Spain executed Basque national
lists at Irun and armed anarchists
began mass executions as SPANS
civil war entered its second
month.
But these events were definitely
stated in the age-old prophecy of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
BRIGHT MOMENTS
IN GREAT LIVES

Toward the close Of the Civil
war, the south was conscripting
every able-bodied man between
the ages of Is and As. Finally
an order went out to conscript
boys between Ia and is, and men
from As to 90. placing both in
the reserves.
Gen. William Butler. of the
Union army, when hearing of the
latest CONSUMPTION order said to
a subordinate:
Looks to me like they're
starting TO rob both the cradle
and the grave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

Chinese and Hitlerism
In the Eighties
Pierce County Situation
Worries Gov. Squire
Makes Plea for Law
And Order
Wood Deal a Puzzle 10
Gen. Spreeue
TOR those who assert that lit
L can't happen here the re-
view Of the story of Chinese
evictions from Tacoma and Sc
attic ought TO be Illuminating.
II the episode proves anything,
it proves that it not only can
happen here. it has actually
happened Hitler's drive against
the Jews in Germany was no
more illegal nor more inhuman
than the activities of the mobs
which drove the Chinese out OF
Tacoma and attempted to do
the same thing in Seattle.
a.,
were competing with white
workmen, not all of whom,
however. were American citi-
zens. Their quarters for the
most part were insanitary. The
'swill' or garbage which they
collected to feed their pigs was
carried in buckets suspended
from a neck yoke and the con-
tents often were spattered on
the clothing of pedestrians who
did not give them the right-of-
way. In a good many respects
they were undesirable members
of the community but they were
in this country legally, and it
was that point that Gov. Squire
stressed in asking the officers
to protect them until the proper
procedure could be taken to have
them move from the community.
He pledged his word that he
would use the machinery of the
law to require the Chinese to
leave communities in which they
were not welcome but begged
the people not to put a stain
on the name of the territory by
taking the law into their own
hands.
Replying to the governors in
quiry, 5ohn H. McGraw. sheriff
of King county, who afterwards
became governor, expressed the
conviction that he would be able
to protect the lives and prop
erty of all citizens and residents
of the county with the assist
snce of the territorial or federal
forces. He assured the govern
or that nineteen twentieths of
the able-bodied men in the
county could be depended upon
to assist him in preserving
order.
Lewis Byrd, sheriff of Pierce
county, responded evasively but
told the governor that troops
would not be necessary in Ia
coma. He said he was making
a canvass of the city TO determ-
Inc how many reliable men he
could command in case of
trouble and assured the govern
or that he need have no fear
that the legal rights of the
Chinese would be violated.
Not being quite satisfied with
Byrd's reply. Gov. Squire sent
a more specific inquiry asking
for details of how he proposed
to act in case of an Chinese
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

Editor. The Times: AS chair
man of the publicity of Horace
Mann Preschool ! have been
asked to write a letter in sppre-
citation of the very fine and cor
dial publications given to US
during tire past year.
MRS. r. B. HERZOS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
Womsns page for the answers.
l. Was George Washington
married more than once7
2. What is the name for shoot
ing stars?
). What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word grocery?
I. Name the jockey who rode
Johnstown in the 1889 Kentucky
Derby.
S. Who is Constantine Ouman-
sky?
8. Did President Franklin D.
Roosevelt ever hold a high office
under a Republican sdministra-
ton
I. Who invented the Diesel
engine?
s. where did the famous
"Picketts charge occur?
9. What form Of government
has Finland
10. For what labor orgsniza-
ton do the initials SwOC stand ?
TODAY's COMMON ERROR
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MR.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

tS tS&s s'f'J~
To receive attention in this coli
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. only initials
Will be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: From what college
did John kieran Of the 'Infor-
nation Please" program gradu-
ate? II. b. X.
Fordham. class of 1912.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you please tell
he where Mack IL Of XVI fame
Is he fired, or transferred, or on
vacation, or did Len Higgins
get the best Of him In a battle
OF wits? DAD :.
Mack MacAllister of XVI now
is with KGA and KHQ in Spo-
kane. There is no truth 10 any
rumor of that kind about the
Len Higgins-Mack dispute.
MIR. FtAu. Nnen dl0 &ol. In-
ward NJ. House die
March 2s, 1888.
Mr.. Fi.it: WIN the party who
answered an inquiry In this
column some time last year
stating she could give informa-
ton that would be Of help in
securing 4. s. patent get In
touch with Frances johnson,
1915 Ia. Fairbanks. r. J.
The lady who wrote at that
time was Mrs. Lester Nichols,
e02 So. G st.
Mr.. Fixit: i came from Can
ada ut the age of six or seven
years. I have lived In Tacoma
and a nearby city since. l mar
ried an American born man in
1929 and my two children were
born here. want TO know
would l have any trouble going
to Canada for q three-day visit
with my husband and children
In crossing the line going or
coming back. My head tax was
paid when I came down "a q
child MRS. ID. L. b.
You may be sure you have
nothing to worry about. Just to
be certain there will be no COM
plications, it would be wise and
no trouble to you now to obtain
written authority from u. S.
immigration officers in Tacoma
for your return to this country.
Mr.. Fixit: Please print the
postoffice address of Thomas J.
Mooney, San Francisco, In your
column. ]. W. r.
Tom Mooney is we'll enough
known TO be reached even in
city the size of San Francisco
without a postoffice address.
You could write in care of The
Labor Temple, 2940 10th St,
San Francisco.
NJ. FfNit: Answering a query
recently about the exact ques-
tons used at the naturalization
hearings. II may be said that
there II no such set list of ques-
tons In oral examinations. II
one IL given written examina-
tion. he il given about 80 ques-
tons previously made on type
written sheets, but the bureau
Of naturalization would not di-
vulge them. What one really
needs Is to attend term in an
evening school, and after ac-
curing fair grasp of city.
state and federal governments,
including rudiments of L. s.
constitution, he need not fear
any failure to pass as far as
educational requirements are
concerned. ID. kLlARIC.
That is we'll phrased. II an
applicant for citizenship is thor
oughly honest in his desire, he
should wish to understand the
workings of American govern
ment as well as to pass the ex-
animation.
Mrs. NJ. NJ, who inquired
about a IS-yesr-old boy to spend
the summer on her farm might
write to Mrs. II. Bells. 1918 So.
Henry St. Olympia, or call MIR.
or Mrs. Il. y. DotSon, Main
20S7, Tacoma.
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iceburgs has not hurt the court
in public esteem. The nine men
were never so popular as now
and they like the feeling.
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KEEPING UP TO DATE

The world record production
Of feldspsr was attained in 1925.
when a total Of 4so.s57 long tons
were produced by all countries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. This is q zenuin.
copy Of the will; say. anthem
tic copy"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

To receive attention in this coli
umn letters must sive name and
address OF writer. only initials
will be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-31

Mrs. NJ. NJ. who inquired
about a lS-year-old boy to spend
the summer on her farm might
write to Mrs. II. Bells. 1918 So.
Henry St. Olympia, or call MIR.
ar Mrs. r. y. Dotson, Main
20S7, Tacoma.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Aviator's
Death Anglers
Mexican Mob

Mexico City, June SLAP
A mob of about 40 persons stOn-
ed the American school today
while police guarded the United
States Embassy against demon
STATIONS feared because Mex
icO's air hero, Francisco Sarabla,
was killed in a plane crash near
Washington yesterday.
At least 20 windows were
broken in the schools library
and class rooms. One student,
an eight-year-O Mexican, was
cut slightly on the throat when
stone was hurled into a class
taught by Miss Juliet Thacker
former resident of Ell PaSO'
Texas. A police riot squad dis
persed the mob.
All traffic was blocked from
the vicinity of the embassy when
reports were received that stu
dents planned a demonstration
there.
U. S. Ambassador ,JOsephuS
Daniels said he had heard moth
ing of the reports, but embassy
attaches said they were inform
ed students were demonstrating
in front of the presidential pal
ace and were discussing march
on the embassy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08

Secretary of State Hull who ac-
companied King George and Queen
Elizabeth from Canada introduced
them in the presidential reception
room of Union Station shortly after
the royalty arrived from Canada.
MIR. President, l have the honor
to present their Brittanic Majesties".
Hull said.
"How are you? 1 am glad to see
yOu," Mr.. Roosevelt said.
The king and queen then greeted
Mrs. Roosevelt and Brigadier Gen.
eral E. NJ. Watson, the Presidents
military aide.
The royal couple and the first
family of the United States chat
ted briefly for a moment, and then
formalities got under way.
The British monarch's suite was
introduced to the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt
After the chief executive had met
members Of the royal suite, high
ranking officials of the American
government were introduced to the
king and queen. Overhead huge
army bombers droned, and swift
pursuit planes flew in aerial salute
to. the British monarch. Thousands
shouted and waved flags as Ne pro-
cession formed and headed toward
the White House through unbrok-
en- ranks of soldiers, sailors and Ma
rines, standing stiffly at salute
Ahead rumbled a police guard and
light army tanks.
AS the royal party eased through
the Capital grounds, the king sa-
luted the cheering crowds. From
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Halifax Says
Will Halt

London, June 8-(AP)- Lord
Halifax, British foreign secretary,
declared today that the time had
passed when the independence of Eu-
ropean nations could be destroyed by
the actions of one state.
He said it was clear now that any
further attempt at aggression would
"meet with wide and resolute resist
ance"
The foreign secretary spoke in a
foreign affairs debate in the House
of Lords.
At the same time, Prime Minister
Chamberlain told the House of Com
mons that the recent attitude of Ger
many on the colonial question was
placing further obstacles in the way
of a possible step toward adjustment
of that problem. Lord Halifax, in his
statement, said: 81 do not share the
view that war is unavoidable"
"There are problems in Europe on
ly too likely to lead to war, but 1
find it very difficult to believe, with
the certain prospect of resistance,
that those who might feel tempted
to risk the arbitrament of war would
not think it wiser and more profit
able to resolve their difficulties by
negotiations.
The prime minister said in the low
er house that he had observed with
great regret" that German officials
continue to make the allegation
that Britain was planning destruction
of Germany'S trade"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Bill Signed
For Buying
War Stocks
Roosevelt Approves
$1OO,OOO,OOO Meas
ure To Store Up Re-
serves for Wartime
Use if Needed

Washington, June 8.-(AP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt signed bill today
providing for the purchase of $780,
100000 worth OF stocks of strategic
and essential war materials in the
new few years. The measure is in
tended to build up stocks Of such
material as tin and rubber, which is
not readily available from domestic
sources and are vital for defense pur-
poses in wartime.
It also provides for development,
so far as possible, Of American sour
ces of such material.
The President also signed resolu-
ton which will permit his two plans
for reorganization of the executive
branch of the government to be ef-
fective July l.
Under the reorganization act, the
plans would have gone into effect
so days after their submission to Con
gress unless both Senate and House
disapproved them. The Senate and
House voted down resolutions Of dis
approval.
One plan will permit grouping of
numerous government agencies into
new units in charge of welfare, lend
ing and security. The other provides
for inter-departmental shifts of bu-
reauS.
Other developments:
Irish Suspect Freed.
The Labor Department ordered the
CONTINUED on Page FOur)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
y. S. Chinese
Betting On
Winning War

San Francisco, Cal, June g.
(AP)-The American Chinese, new
er bashful about betting, are laying
more than a million dollars a month
on General Chang Kai-Shek's s
changes in the war. And they are
betting it on the nose, because there
is no pay-off for second place in a
modern war.
About half of the money comes
from San Francisco's Chinatown,
largest Chinese settlement outside of
China. The rest comes from Chi
nese in New York, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, st. Louis, Seattle, Boise and
smaller cities.
Because of the unofficial nature
of money-handling, there is a little
uncertainty about the exact "take, y
but this is the way the game is
played:
Chinese families and business
groups assess themselves to amass
assets which periodically are remit
ted to China, mostly as credits. Some
of these remittances, possibly a fifth
are direct gifts to the Chinese ma
tionalist government, but the major
portion goes to personal or busi-
ness connections in Hong Kong
Shanghai and other cities, which
relay the money to Chang Kai-
Shek's treasury when opportunity
DreSentS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
More Than 10000 Be-
ing Expelled on Days
Motto e; Retaliation
Against Germans In
Poland Is Threatened
By Government There

Berlin, June g. (AP) Polish
Jews, who number more than 10000
in Germany, were reported being
rounded up today by the Gesapo,
police, either for deportation or con-
centration camps in new, Nazi eff
fort to get rid of foreign Jews.
Jews said groups were being es-
corted to the Polish frontier daily
after being given notice as short as
"a hours that they must leave. So
far only men have been involved in
the drive.
In Munich 400 Jews were reported
under arrest. Undetermined numbers
were in custody in Berlin and Bres-
lau. Several hundred Jews in Dres-
den were given until noon tomorrow
to get out of Germany.
Those who lost their Polish pass
ports under a new Polish citizenship
law last November are being taken
to concentration camps, while those
whose passports are in order are be-
ing put across the Polish frontier.
The sending of new thousands to
concentration camps was interpreted
as a means of putting pressure on
wives and other relatives to speed
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.

Raleigh, June 8.-Tobacco farm
ers in the Warren county section, at
least, are highly indignant at efforts
of the Federal Triple A to enforce
tobacco acreage control by indirect
methods, now that direct control is
impossible through defeat in last
years referendum, Representative
John Kerr, Jr., said today during a
visit to Raleigh.
Theoretically, the tobacco farmer
can plant just as much as he wants
too, said he, "but just let him try
to plant more than his allotment us
ed to be and see how long it is be-
fore he's penalized on his soil conser-
walton check"
The way the thing works out, Mr..
Kerr said, is for the federal officials
who reward farmers for planting Ger
tain soil conserving crops on their
acreage, to reduce the checks Of those
who overplant their old tobacco al
lotments or who never before had an
allotment but who now desire 10
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-08
AAA Forcing Control On
Tobacco, Despite Defeat

plant tobacco.
Admitting that there may be ar
gument for and against control as a
principle, Representative Kerr scor-
ed attempts to enforce it by indirect
methods as absolutely indefen-
Sible."
Warren county farmers are not
planting much more tobacco than last
year, he estimated, assigning the
AAA policy as one of the reasons for
such a state of affairs, which seems
to be different from that existing
in other counties of the tobacco belt,
where increased planting is reported
on all sides.
The State representative comment
ed briefly on the presidential veto
of the ban on tobacco seed exporta-
ton, sponsored by his father, Judge
John Kerr, Sr., in the Federal House.
He expressed the opinion that
President Roosevelt had been misin-
formed of the effect of the measure,
which he said is designed to increase
foreign sales of North Carolina and
all other American tobacco.