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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to the
Woman's page for the answers.
1. What colored singer took
over the leadership, of Chick
Webb's orchestra when Webb
died last summer?
2. Name the Goth president of
the United States.
8. Name the capital Of Puerto
Rico.
4. What Is the name of a
small Spanish coin worth about
6 cents and used extensively in
the u. S. during the Civil war ?
S. Which of these stars, Rigel,
Sirius or Capella is known as
the DOG Star ?"
6. Which cabinet officer is a
candidate for governor of his
state?
7. Whom did William Green
succeed as president of the
American Federation of Labor ?
s. What is the average num-
Der of heart beats per minute
of an adult?
9. Who wrote THE Last Days
of Pompeii?"
10. What is the name for the
former custom of cremation of
living widow on her husbands
funeral pyre in India?
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
RACIAL sYNIPATHIEs


Editor The Times: Writing
in disparagement of a most ex-
cellent article by James p. Raw
son, concerning the naturally
sympathetic relations between
the British and the Americans,
a German quotes two good Irish.
It is not too far fetched to say
that we have known Of other
instances where Germans and
Irish have not exactly loved the
English.
Now. the mere racial element
Is or should be Of no moment
whatever. Some of US who have
an abundance Of good Irish
blood in our veins find it very
easy to love and admire our
English cousins and their
achievements, and all the SPLEEN
did Germans and their achieve
ments as well.
But facts are stubborn things
after all. No race or nation has
a monopoly of accomplishments,
or. for that matter, OF mis-
takes.
Why question or doubt the
sympathetic alignment of the
Christian democracies Of Great
Britain and the United States,
as opposed to communism, nazi-
ism, fascism, totalitarianism or
any other of those weird eco
nomic and sociologic horrors for
which we have no need and no
use?
AS for unimportant individual
instances of discord and being
out Of step. We recall that a
well known American editor,
toward the close OF the Victorian
era. referred to the most wor-
thy Queen Victoria as "a rot
ten old rip" to quote him lit
orally. Does anyone imagine
that that represented the Amer
can sentiment at the time or at
any time?
ROBERT p. DOUBLEDAY.
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uStu 10 DidckOuI MS opponent
FDR win be travelling to Cali
fornia to visit the reopened
worlds fair during the very pc
nod when the COP is wrestling
with a platform and choosing a
candidate. Ordinarily. not even
a presidential cross-country trip
would prove a serious distraction
20 a major party's quadrennial
political parley. But the deep
ening war crisis-the near ap-
proach Of the Democrats own
assemblage - and a third-term
mystery will furnish Roosevelt
heady and headline stuff. No
body knows how to make news
better than he does.
Even more important the
scheduled trip signifies that the
president viii conceal his third
term intentions until the last
Enthusiastically until after the
COP has nominated its man. For
Roosevelt's journey would be a
lonesome and neglected affair
IL he should make 1t as one who
had proclaimed that he was
through with politics-and the
presidency. So it looks as If the
Republicans will be forced to
pick nominee without knowing
whom he will have to fight.
Allied spokesman have laid
their financial chips on the table
in backstage discussions of their
future war needs with admins
tration officials. And the pros
pect that they will eventually
run out of cash has already pre-
cipitated quiet talk of the need
for more generous American
treatment.
Great Britain's funds will dis
appear within 13 months, ac-
cofding to one set of figures.
That estimate is based on the
belief that London can raise
liquid assets of less than three
billion dollars. Under another
computation - the treasury's -
the foreign purchasers can pay
cash for two years more. Henry
Morgenthau's calculators figure
that their potential assets total
almost five billion dollars. So
far allied commitments amount
to much less than two billion.
Therefore, the upshot of these
conferences is that the allies ap-
parently intend to make vaster
purchases than they have so
far disclosed. The "big money"
talk is apparently inspired by
the belief that Hitler can be de-
feated only after a long and
costly war.
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CRITICAL OF GERMAN
NAILS ATTITUDE

Editor. The Times: In regard
to the apology for the Nazi ag-
gression in Poland put forward
by A. d. Mueller. where did Mr..
Mueller get his information In
the same issue of The Times In
which his letter appeared there
is a paragraph in E. T. Shorts
column-the first paragraph
that would advise Mueller to
ponder over before believing any
information coming out of Ger
many. Also an article In Lib
erty" by a correspondent who
was in Poland shortly after "the
blood bath" and brought out
pictures. also the announced in
tent Of Hitler to exterminate the
Poles to make room for Ger
mans.
The forced Polish labor was
not out Of charity to the Poles,
the pay was to obviate the trou-
bic Of feeding the Polish slaves.
Sanitary precautions? Oh yesl
1t is well known fact that lice
carry typhus. and that lice do
not differentiate between a Maxi
superman and a poor devil who
has had his country taken over
by would be world-conquerors.
BY the same token I suppose 1t
would be a blessing II some
other country would take our
country and give our unemployed
forced labor In foreign land at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27
HOROSCOPE

Mingled good and adverse
planetary aspects are discerned
in today's horoscope. The morn
ing may be marked by indecision
and a tendency to be discouraged
over obligations incurred In con-
nection with business, but the
evening is fortunate.
Heart and Home: This may be
q day OF small difficulties due to
irritability or discomfort among
members of the family. It Is
an suspicious date for dining
with friends, and especially for
girls who accept invitations from
eligible young men. The stars
preface romance and promise
future interest. Haste will char
acterize courtships at this time.
however.
Business Affairs: This Is en-
phaticsiiy a day for planning
future projects and the expan-
sion Of well established enter
prises. The stars predict large
returns from the earth. New
discoveries of oil win bring for
tune to many persons. Prospec-
tors win profit through mines in
which rare minerals used in
manufacturing are produced.
Trade and commerce will hit
new highs.
National Issues: Preeminence
among the nations OF the world
win add greatly to the respon-
sibilities of the United States
government. European changes
and complications viii contribute
to general desire to avoid ex-
periments in national policies.
There Is a sign read as indicat-
ing continuance in power OF
those who have had experience.
international Affairs: Fire
viii continue to cause anxiety
for the British government. The
conjunction OF Jupiter and
Uranus In 1941 Is believed 10 be
the date when final settlement
Of unrest Is attained. The health
OF the people may be unsatis-
factory through the summer, for
outbreak Of an epidemic Is fore
cast. Warning is given that vio-
ience win delay progress Of the
Irish people.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the augury Of a year Of
gain. The young win find the
right employment. Real estate
win be profitable.
Children born on this day
probably viii be ambitious, ener-
getic and industrious. Many Of
these Taurean subjects have
varied talents and succeed in
executive positions.
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Washington officials dare not
talk it openly. but when allied
buying power Is exhausted, there
will be an extensive CAMPAIGN to
lend them gold O. extend them
credits. White House spokes-
men already have limited at that
possibility. But the idea does
not set well with congress-and
never will unless the present
mood shifts radically.
Democratic politicos are prf-
vately proceeding on the theory
that John Nance Garner stands
no chance for denomination il
President Roosevelt runs again
or If he has any voice-and he
within the selection of ticket.
FDR's speech to the Young DEM
ocrats urging the naming of a
liberal pair" appears to under
write this belief.
Two outside candidates for
second place are Speaker Bank
head of Alabama and House
Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas.
Both are close friends of the vice
president, Rayburn having man.
aged his campaign at the 1882
Chicago convention. Neverthe-
less, both house bosses quietly
have told friends they will be
satisfied to wind up their careers
as presiding officer of the sem
ate. 1t is inconceivable that they
would let these intentions be
known if they thought there was
the remotest chance their Texas
crony would get it. Indeed, some
New Dealers are backing Ray
burn in the belief that his selec-
ton would mollify the v. P.
The fact is that Garner does
not want and will not seek a re-
nomination to his present post.
Although an overwhelming
majority of the members favor
1t, only a blast of dynamite can
force the revised Hatch bill out
of the house judiciary commit
tee. The house leadership OPP
poses it bitterly, but their oppo-
sition would not be sufficient to
suppress it. The individual hold
ing it up is Chairman Hatton
Summers of Texas. He fears the
clean politics" bill, despite its
appealing title, will lodge too
vast an authority in the reigning
administration.
Repub lican topnotchers at
Washington have almost aban-
doned the movement to stop
Dewey" So have prominent
eastern business interests which
dread the prospect of a man Of
his youth and inexperience in the
White House during the next
four years.
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Stories in
Stamps
Britoin's Penny Block
Storted Stamp Parade

ONE HUNDRED years ago, on
~ May I, 1910, Great Britain's
famous Penny Black. the first adj
hesive postage stamp, reproduced
above, was placed on sale at
London. Although not valid for
postage until May 6. the stamps
sold well, and receipts of $l2,500
were recorded on the second day.
About half the letters mailed on
May 6 bore stamps.
The idea of the adhesive post
age stamp was conceived by Sir
Rowland Hill, ardent advocate of
British postal reform and father
Of penny postage. The design Of
the Penny Black was from a COM
memorative medal picturing Ia
year-old Queen Victoria.
The Penny Black remained on
sale for nine months, when the
60 vas char ged. T. red. to make
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27
Let Us Call Forth Our Powers!

Build America" Is the battle-cry of the Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States 1t approaches its an
nual meeting April 29-May in Washington.
Il stirring cry the imperative to build in the midst
Of world which using most Of its energies TO tear down.
The chamber federation of business and industrial or
plantations including 1700 local bodies and thousands OF
individual firms has set magnificent goal for its sessions
~New fields He ahead-new fields for expansion,
fields for science and invention, fields for
ductfon-opening wider vstas for the distribution OF
necesities the comforts and luxuries Of life to
tire population. New horizons beckon in education, in
cultural development, in all those directions that will
make for better country in which to i've
So reads the chambers announcement, and it is true
These tasks these goals The note positive
from John Lewis president of the CO. to W. Gibson Carey
Jr., the chambers president.
Ten bitter years have driven home the lesson to all OF
that there Is stable prosperity even for the very rcn
unless the vast Of the people prosperous.
Is scarcely to be expected that the men meeting with
trying to attain the very goals they have set forth ideal
They will certainly commend other paths than those now
being travelled
But the important thing is the goal. The important
thing Is that all agree what it is desirable to achieve
And certainly such agreement detectives ought to form
bond between those who favor different means OF
reaching those detectives.
Sterile and ilhumored picking business by govern
en agencies will not help Sterile and indiscrmnate OPP
position government measures by business will not help
The goal must not be forgotten in the midst of bicker
ing over method The chamber has well set before its
members the of the meeting these stirring words OF
Danie Webster: -
let US develop the of land call forth its
powers build up its institutions promote all its great inter-
ests and whether also in day and generation
may not perform something worthy to be remembered
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27
Gosh, Have You Looked at the Map?

Startled people, coming to the presidential office in re-
days. asked in perturbation By gosh have looked
It the map?"
Thus the president introduced recent discussions
of Greenland and its position midway between blazing
Europe and peaceful United States.
Yes think be assumed that the president has
looked at that map. The War College has undoubtedly
glanced it from time to time Lindbergh surveying At
antic air routes took than glance at it. The coast
guard and the navy are not unfamiliar with it.
To many people, thrust rudey into their first look at
the north Atlantic map since school geography days. Green
lands proximity to North America surprise
But not to those whose business it is to know.
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twenty-five percent less than
their own labor gets.
About the Jews, what about
the DAY of Broken Glass" and
the horrors actually witnessed
by Americans who were there ?
Why do you suppose that young
Czech mother jumped with her
child several stories to her
death rather than return to a
German-ruled Czecho-Slovakia ?
Do you suppose that a doctrine
of superiority of the German
Kultur" and God given right
to rule of the German race" as
preached by the Nazis is going
to make the trouble-loving Prus-
sian an angel of sweetness. light,
and philanthropy when opposed
by what he is trained to believe
is an inferior race?
Perhaps Germany is wishing
she might solve OUR unemploy-
ment problem in the same way
some time. II seems so. for it
Is known that there is a "Nazi
Fifth Column" in this country.
The sources unrecognized by
many" is, / suppose, broadcasts
by German short wave stations
put out by Messrs. "Ananias"
Goebbels, and Hitler. taking
into consideration their past
negative record for truth-telling
that is at best a very poor
source.
All honor to our GOOD Amer
lean citizens, but if they ARE
Americans they owe absolutely
no allegiance TO Germany in any
way whatever; their sole allie
glance should be TO America
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ideals.
No opposing doctrine should
command any defense by them.
o. B. GERMOND.
Pc Ell, Wash.
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80QfEEH OF writer. ODlF Initials
VIII be published when requested
Mr.. Fixit; Please give me
name and address Of the Danish
consul In New Orleans, La.
TANKER.
There Is an honorary consul.
1ngemann Olsen. In the Board
of Trade building in that city.
Mr.. Fixit: saw In your col
umn some time ago that one
could have old age pensions
transferred to other counties IN
the state. II you ask the wei
fare, they say they can't. so
whom must person see 10 have
= pension transferred
MRS. II. T.
Transfers are made In any OF
the federal aid programs, such
as old age. blind or aid to de-
pendent children, but the person
wishing to move to. another
county must make all his own
arrangements for getting to the
new place and getting estab-
iished there. Sometimes a change
can't be made when medical aid
or some other kind of relief also
il going into the family. The
new county might refuse to ac-
cept the person.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me whether there Ii q reli-
able dealer In diamonds In Ia
coma, N I have several which
would like TO have appraised?
READER.
We suggest you just walk
along Broadway and take your
choice. but remember those
stores are in the business of
selling jewelry and you are ask
ing considerable favor in want
Ing them to appraise things for
you.
Mr.. Ffxit: Please may I ask
II II In against the law TO raise
pigs In the city limits Of Tacoma,
especially In the residential dis
trict, as l sure do hate rats and
flies. A COMPLAINER.
The city has an ordinance
mo. 1929 declaring the keep
Ing Of hogs within a certain
defined area of the city to be a
public nuisance. Description of
the area is too long for this
column, but you can inform the
police where the hogs In ques-
ton are and find out whether
their owner is a violator. He
would be subject to 500 fine or
30 days in jail for keeping them.
Mr.. Fixit: Where does one
ind q market for goats milk
n and around Tacoma Do hos
,itals buy its What price does
yoat's milk bring? A. M.
There isn't any regular mar
ket for the private goats milk
producer. The Sanitary Infant
Dairy In Tacoma sells II. but
ias an adequate source OF sup
ply now. The hospitals do not
use 1t. As a private produc Z.
you would have to find your own
customers. Retail price at pres
mt Ii Is cents quart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27

REVEkE'S SIGNAL LIGHTS
In 1868 Longfellow immortal
lied the famous midnight ride Of
Paul Revere but, strange as 1t
seems. he named the wrong
church when telling where the
signal lights were hung! Actual
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27
AFTER MANY YEARS
By E. T. SHORT

plant dug by their Indian guide,
Sacajawea. The plants grow
wild on the Washington coast
and was found in unusual abun-
dance near the Lewis and Clark
camp.
Some years later Ezra
Meeker, Pierce county pioneer,
looking for a homestead on
the Columbia river, located
near the present TOWNSHIP Of
Camas, Meeker spent some
time prospecting for a home
on the north side Of the
Columbia river before he came
TO Puget Sound and finally To-
Gated In the PuyaIlup valley.
A little more than fifty years
ago Harvey Scott, publisher of
The Oregonian, Portland, and his
associates d C i d e d that they
could save money making their
own paper. They found favor
able site on the north side of the
river east of Vancouver and
started what grew into the pres
ent great plant. They had some
difficulty in finding a name for
the town until somebody COM
mented on the prodigious growth
of the camas flower in that To-
cality and said, why not call it
LaCamas :" The name was
adopted and later changed to
Camas.
The paper mill started to
make print paper for The Ore
gonian is now a part of the Eel
lerback organization and is said
to be the largest speciality paper
manufacturing plant in the
world. Because the plant runs
continuously, Camas hasn't
heard a great deal about the de-
preston. Next to Bremerton it
is said to have the most stable
payroll in the Northwest. Out
OF population of between fiyx(
and six thousand, nearly q
are on the paper mill pay
With such a ratio of
lation to employment
can't be much very
times, though Of course
has been some effect o
nationwide depression.
just how lightly Camas
hit is indicated by the s
ment that IL was necessaf
import WPA labor to ri
the municipal building WI
the town is obtaining thro
the recovery set-up.
Something else about Cal
which is not generally knowi
operators Of the paper mill d
giving the extra jobs to boys an
girls who want to go to college
and have TO earn the money. On|
the occasion of a flying visit
there the other day the mill su-
perintendent had just sent
request to the high school for
twelve boys for part time work
at wages sufficient to earn
enough money to start college
next fall. Next summer there
will be vacation jobs.
This ends the story picked up
on a trip back over the trail on
which Archibald Melons lid
brought his crew and OK teams
from Vancouver TO establish the
Hudson's Bay company Puget
Sound station at Fort Nisqually.
Soon others Of the old trails
will be retraced to other cities
and towns that help make WASH
ington a great state.
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SO THEY SAY

On a fair and impartial analy-
sis, the trade agreement pro-
gram, taken as a whole, I'M
questionably resulted in gain
to agrlculture,s-> ssc-s1S-y.a
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And the Spirit and the bride say Come And let him
that heareth say, Come And LET him that is ahirst
And whatsoever will let him take the water Of life freely
Revelation 22:17.
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An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America


Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt-stll the master
Snowman of American poltcs-pans to steal portion OF
the spotlight from the Republican natone convention at
Philadelphia 1t is the sort of strategy he has frequently
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27

It is now revealed that P. T. Barnum was himself
sucker having been stuck for $4,000 in phony copper
mine scheme Maybe that's how he happened to think Of
that wisecrack.
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A Lively Spot Near the
End of the Trail
Town Named for Roots
Picked by Saeaiawea
One of the Places That
Make Washington Great

T IKE many other factors that
combine to make Washington
a great state. probably fifty per
cent of the people do not know
where the town of Camas Is To-
Gated nor the product for which
it is noted. The chances are that
1t would be a better bet to say
that thirty per cent Of the peo-
pie do not know. Trying it out
in Tacoma the other day only
one in seven knew the answer.
The other six said they didn't
know there was such a town in
Washington. We stopped there
the other day while back-track-
ing the cid trail from Nisqually.
Camas. on the Columbia river
a few miles east of Vancouver,
isn't so old, but the town is stu
ated on ground that has figured
in affairs of Washington since
before territorial days. 1t APP
pears that Lewis and Clark
camped there when they ex-
plored the Oregon country in
1928. They were short of food
and the supply was supplement
ed by the roots of the camas
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Mussoni pretty high up the list of persons
whose shoes we would not to be in.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27

ly, they shone from a window in
Christ church, according to evil
dence of the Massachusetts His
torical society. Christ church,
tallest in Boston at the time, was
popularity referred to as the
North church" because it was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-27

II you're not using It. sell 1t with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 3151.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n this col
umn letters must give same and
address OF writer. Only initials
VIII Do published when requested
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-16
Germany Warns Of
Torpedo Dangers
To Neutral Ships

BERLIN. Feb. l6. tUP) - Ger
many warned neutral nations today
to draw lesson from the torpedo
ing of tho Dutch steamship Bur-
gcrdijk and TO understand that all
vessels en- route to Allied blockade
control narbOrs will be regarded
by Nazis AS contraband ships and
treated accordingly.
The warning was contained in an
apparently inspired statement is
sued through the official news
agency and followed a declaration
In the official Nazi newspaper
Voelkischer Beobachter warning
neutrals not to cast their lots with
Finland because a Russian victory
was certain this spring and tho
ncutrals would be risking their ma
tionai existence.
The statement supplemented an
earlier one by an authorized 'spokes-
man which said that American and
other neutral ships taken volln-
tarily or by compulsion into Allied
contraband control points would be
subject TO attack by U-boats The
statement aroused widespread re-
sentiment in Scandinavian states