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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-20
MAY CONFER

VATICAN CITY, April 19.-R)
A Vatican source said today that
it was believed that Myron c.
Taylor, President Roosevelt's spe'
cial envoy to the Vatican, would
have an audience with Pope Plus
tomorrow, presumably to discuss
the war situation. Taylor came to
Rome today from his residence in
Florence. A member of his staff
said the envoy planned to return
to Florence tomorrow.
Annually England sells $500, 000,-
600 worth of merchandise on the
installment plan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-20

Hill to Grandma's," Back Home
Again in Indiana"
In the light from the fire, tears
glistened on Cissie's long black
lashes. Brent Nelson watched her,
f. fascinated. He had thought no one
in the world could be as lovely as
Romany. But Cecilia Harlowe wal
Romany with all the fire and all the
charm and appeal that matured
womanhood would bring to the
younger girl.
After the men had said good
night, Romany, Cissie and Cholly
sat before the fire for an hour,
dreaming and talking. Cissie sighed.
"Oh, it's good to be home. Back
here where things are so real and
YOU can go to sleep at night with
out wondering if a bomb will drop
on you before morning. I guess
I'm getting old and sentimental"
ITS been a wonderful day."
Romany said dreamily. your idea
of serving an old-fashioned Thanks
giving diner and singing old songs
lovely"
"I like your young man, Brent
Nelson" Cissie smiled, looked up
from the pictures in the fire. II
hope you are gong to marry him.
He's one of the most attractive men
I've ever met in my life"
HE was crazy about you, too,'
Romany told her aunt. He said you
were the most beautiful woman he
had ever seem"
Cissie laughed lightly, then turn
ed to Charlotte.
And as for you, young lady, II
you don't grab Dover Hayworth,
you ought to be spanked! That
boy is an angel, if I've ever seen
one in my life. And he worships
you. What more do You want?"
CTo Be C%ontinued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
Farm Prosperity---Made TO Order

There's something little nerve-wrackng about this
thing they call the Farm Problem
Primarily the objective of the farmer is pretty much
the that the in the factory. Both want
fair return for their labor But there is one difference
In addition to being working man, the farmer busl-
in his right, providing his own capital,
shouldering his overhead seeking his own market
And in that difference lies the Farm Problem.
When the depression came, the federal government
decided that since both business through the Reconstruc
ton Finance corporation, and the working through
workreef agencies being given governmental assist
anee the farmer, combination of BOTH entitled
TO help So Uncle Sam stepped in to what could
be done.
Well, here's what the situation looks like today of
all the major crops in the United States only two-soy
beans and oats-are unsupported by federal loans Soy
bean farmers however camoring for governmental
loans. And it may be only question of time before oat
rasers decide that they better about this potofgod
business.
The purpose of these loans? To keep prices up Ord-
nariy by the time farmer harests his he is pretty
nearly broke He's to unload and take what he can
get to carry him through the winter and to pay oil
mortgages and interest
But if Uncle Sam steps in and lets him have some
money account based the current market price OF
whatever he's raising the farmer can store his produce
until the market price rises.
1t looks good but there's one other side of the picture
The defense commission recently reported that onethd
the nation undernourished And according to Bruce
Cation Washington coumns the farmers domestic mar
ket would be worth about billion dollars more than 1t Is
today if able to buy much food as
family with an income of 500 month normally buys.
Which that time farm prices go up under
The current setup the folks in the lower onethrd can
afford buy much less of the food products they
need Which in that SURPRISES increase, and
prices continue be kept up by artificial means
Where will it all end up? How long can American
economy go on in this vicious circle? AT best it's guess
and yours is good as anyone elses
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
Women Have Real Place in World

In these DAYS of male dicators and male political bosses
and ascendency of armies and navies and air fleets man
needs to be reminded that women do after ALL have
place in the world.
Such reminder is National Business Womens week,
celebrating the 2st anniversary of the organization OF the
mems clubs
Thvre are 1850 such clubs with 73050 members. Bust
and professional have organizations IN every
state in the and the District of Columbia, Alaska
and Hawaii
Tacoma has long been among the cities boastng
club of business and professional women and its roster
points to leadership fields of the cys affairs
Locally the week will be marked particularly by the
banquet Wednesday evening at Hotel Winthrop when the
Tacoma club celebrates its 30th anniversary Mayor Cain
will extend his official greeting The principal address
will be given by Lady Willie Forbus, Seattle attorney who
will discuss Business Women in Democracy"
Theme of the clubs nationally throughout October is
Business Women in Democracy Vote" Not bad theme
for all classes of Americans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09

may be too late to make any
perceptible difference in the
situation. Japan is said to have
accumulated such a reserve that
an embargo now will not in
any sense cripple her activities.
Besides. there Is no embargo on
oil, without which her war ma
chine could not function; and
her huge exports of silk to the
United States make possible an
exchange of increased ship
ments of war materials.
Fl. B. Kaltenborn, one of our
most authoritative analysts and
news commentators, discussing
the far east situation. con-
demned in unmistakable terms
the foreign policy we have fol-
lowed in the Orient. Quoting
from recent statistics, he stated
that Japan's purchase of war
hnabCA AdAS AAOiIi tnC ~. o. hoSdAta
$4,000. 900 in July and $4,000
600 in August.
Said Kaltenborn: 1T is a most
ironic satire on democracy.
Britain closes the Burma Road,
the only avenue left to China
for obtaining supplies. France
opens the door which permits
the Japanese To invade French
Indo China; the United States
sells to Japan the munitions OF
war to carry on her aggression
-. II China is eventually con-
quered by Japan it will be to
the everlasting shame of Eng
land. France, and the United
States.
MAUDE N. RICHARD,
4221 So. L st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
QUESTIONS FOREIGN
POLICY

Editor. The Times: For the
past three years forward look
ing individuals and organiza-
tons in the United States. with
a sincere desire TO preserve
peace. discourage aggression IN
the Orient and maintain the in
dependence of friendly China,
have urged this government to
embargo all military aid to
Japan
The American committee for
Non Participation in japanese
Aggression. with Henry L. Stim-
son as chairman. took an active
leadership in this movement.
DR.. Walter Judd. medical mis-
sionary in China. toured the
United States. even appearing
personally before the congress
to make his plea for invaded,
multilated China.
All these pleas. however, fell
on deaf ears. The Infamous
traffic continued and now We
face a crisis for which we are
TO a great extent directly re-
sponsible. True. an embargo
on scrap metal TO Japan win be
invoked October 16. but this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09

Henry Morgenthau. FOR m
stance. held Up war preparations
several months by insisting on
his kind Of tax bill. He refused
to separate the excess profits
measure from the proposal per
hitting a Swear amortization OF
war emergency plants. At
torney General jackson spurned
the Commissions request that
he defer prosecution Of the oil
industry. although he modified
his original charges in Difference
TO the Knudsenites. Army-Navy
red tape has frequently tied the
Commission in knots. and de-
Iayed the letting of important
contracts. And finally, the to-
tai lack Of a board, hemisphere
defense plan forces the national
defense agency to operate in the
dark.
The commissions great need
is to be given a specific program
and sufficient authority to carry
il out. 1t should at least have
a recognized chairman. But so
far F. d. r. has refused to lis
ten to these suggestions. And
he always sides with his New
Deal reformers as against the
MISUNDERSTANDING agency.
Wendell Wilkes Cleveland
attack on the Administrators
foreign policy caused more dis
may in official circles than any
previous speech by the G. o. p.
nominee. Both President Roose-
welt and Secretary Hull sent out
a hurry call for their siickest
speech writers.
WILKES theme was simply
phrased-a vast improvement on
earlier attempts to impugn
r. d. RS conduct of foreign
affairs. He charged that, begin
ing with the quarantine the
aggressor" speech in October.
1887, Washington had gone out
of its way to affront the four
most powerful nations-Ger-
many. Italy, Japan. Russia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
in
Stamps

HONORS were showered upon
Samuel T. B. Morse for his
invention of the telegraph, but
the U. s. 2-cent stamp above in
PRODUCES his portrait to philately.
The issue is the second Of the in
ventors group of the Famous
Americans series. II will be placed
on frst-day sale at New York
Oct. 7.
Other inventors claimed the tel
egraph, but a decision of the U. S.
Supreme Court upheld Morses
patents. As early as 1882 Morse
was experimenting with his idea.
The first message was sent over
lo-mile wire at New York Uni
versity in 1898; the first public
message was transmitted over a
wire between Baltimore and
Washington in 1874.
European nations gave Morse
many decorations and honors.
In 1858 he received $4,000 from
nations Of Europe. America erect
ed a bronze statue in his honor
in New York.
Morse was originally an artist
He studied painting and sculp-
ture in England. opened . studio
IN Boston. Later he became a
portrait painter. He developed
his telegraph while teaching IN
New York University,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
PEOPLE ENTITLED
TO KNOW TRUTH

Editor. The Times: When q
healthy person INDUCES a putre-
flying food combination nausea
ensues preliminary to its expul-
sion by vomiting. Also. when
normal intelligence Is barraged
by lies, distortions and extreme
absurdities, revulsion is induced
and nausea all over. Humorous
caricatures are in q better cate
CORY.
A case in point is q lurid
drawing by Rollin Kirby in
recent Sunday paper depicting
a U-boat officer gloating over a
sinking refugee ship and 24s
drowning persons. But there is
no proof that a sub did it, Likely
a mine was contacted. Germany
denies guilt: terms her accuser
"a brazen liar" Really. II she
Intentionally did this, would she
deny il but rather declare it a
war policy To terrify and weaken
enemy morale ?
Another drawing by Ding APP
peared showing Hitler-as Ger
navigating all the food Of the
conquered territory. Nothing
more than this would start a
revolt Of most vital hindrance
to Germany's hopes. She wants
friendship and cooperation of
these people naturally. This
rates Ding's stuff with the in
sipid absurdities and associate
nausea A recent article AT hand
describes a very fair distribution
Of food by the Germans 10 all
This is not a brief for Ger
man war policies but right of
the American people TO the
truth. In these 50 tragic times
anything else Is trsitorous. A
lie is equally false concerning
a proposed enemy as Of ones
own father and just as reprehen-
sible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers:
1. In the northern hemisphere
is the evening twilight longer in
summer and fall. or in winter
and spring.?
2. Name the house plant that
folds its leaves and droops when
touched.
8. In what book is the legend
1.-THE Old Man of the Sea-?
4. In which large southern
city is a federal penitentiary
located ?
5. Which country had the first
railroad?
6. Can stars be seen in the
moons crescent?
Z. What is a cosmopolite?
8. Name the American archi-
tect who rebuilt Louvain Library
in France?
Q. What kind Of first-class
letters are sent to the dead let
ter office?
10. Mussolini is: 81, 81, IS or
81 years old?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
MUDSLINGNG WILL
PROVE INEFFECTIVE

Editor. The Times: c. c. Dill,
democratic nominee for gov
ernor in a talk over the radio.
said he did not attack his OPP
ponents personally in his pri-
mary campaign and that he
would discuss only the record of
MIS- opponent between now and
November 5. when the general
election takes place. The for
mer senator hopes to keep the
campaign clean.
The public will not vote for a
man or woman who tries to
scold their way into office. The
late Gallup poll gave Roosevelt
$50 to willkie 800. This should
teach all candidates that a mans
public record counts big with the
average voter.
The Seattle mayor has started
out to plaster mud" over his
opponent. The republican can
didate for governor will get few
votes standing on a platform
composed of mud. Long before
Mr.. Langley came into the po-
litical lime light" two other
King county men tried to make
the governorship with poor rec
ords and lots of mud but the
people left them in King county
to wallow in their mud and their
opponents went to Olympia to
serve the people and both men
were reelected to second terms.
Down in California houses are
built with mud" but il takes
good shingles to make a water
proof roof.
Dills record Is known in every
section Of the state as he served
in congress and also two terms
In the United States senate IL
years, and he will stand on his
record and keep his word when
he takes the governors chair in
Olympia in January. 1s41.
Tell all you can about your
record. Mr.. Langley, but be sure
and when you make a statement
that you know what you are
talking about. The source Of in
formation through the press and
radio can be had by all voters
and they will be well informed
before they vote November 5.
HARRY II. COLLIER.
Lake City.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER Q

Benefic aspects rule strongly
today which is most fortunate
for commerce, manufacturing
and mercantile enterprises. All
progressive or constructive pro-
jects should be pushed while this
configuration prevails.
Heart and Home: Women are
well directed today. They are to
assume heavy responsibilities
before the end Of the year when
philanthropic enterprises will en-
gage attention as never before.
While aid for foreign war suffer-
ers will be necessarily curtailed.
home needs will be recognized
in wise provision for the welfare
of the unfortunate. Relief is to
take new forms which carry SCI
entific ideas honestly material
ised. II a nation can mobilize
for war and can conscript men
for death the seers declare il can
be equally efficient in mobiliz-
ing for peace and In oonscript-
ing human beings for a life that
is worth living.
Business Affairs: The value of
public health to the nation will
be realized in the coming winter
when there may be much illness
costly to business. Epidemics
that accompany war conditions
will be imported into the United
States. which should look after
sanitation as never before. There
is a sign read as warning of con-
tamination to water supplies.
Vocational disease also may in
crease.
National Issues: Party leader
ship viii be assailed severely as
the national campaign draws to
an end. Bitter accusations re-
garding the use Of money are
forecast. Young Democrats and
young Republicans will make
mistakes which their elders will
criticize. The output Of words
viii be greater than in previous
national campaigns and the radio
is to furnish a major sensation.
International Affairs: Victims
Of World War III are to present
difficulties TO Hitler which will
be more perilous 10 his power
than enemy forces. As need OF
food and shelter for millions be-
comes more urgent. desperate
measures will be advocated by
those who have been sowing the
seeds Of revolution. The United
States is to make a gesture that
cannot be ignored. II the stars
are rightly read.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the sugury Of a year Of
success in business. There should
be much happiness in the home
Romance viii flourish for the
young.
Children born on this day
probably viii be generous and
courageous. Energetic. indus
trious and fsr-seeing. they should
enjoy success in Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention N this eol-
INN letters must give name ana
address o. writer Only initials
Vi % oubiishsd whsn requested
Mr.. Fixit: My parents were
married In Tacoma In 1898. In
1898 my father became . citizen.
= ny ms;hsf a citizen: VII.
Your fathers naturalization At
that time would have made your
mother a citizen. That rule was
effective until Sept y. 1922.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tel me who IL In charge of the
noedlework department nc the
Puyallup fair and how 4 can
get In touch with her:
MRS. B. II.
Write TO Mrs. F. E. King, s41
South Meridian St. Puyallup.
Mr.. Fixit: Did Joe Louis fight
In September. 1889: n 20, whom
did me fight: w. W.
He knocked out Bob Pastor in
II rounds At Detroit, Sept. 20.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me where 60 write 20 find
the address OF a friend at Nc
Chord field. MRS. WRIGHT.
Write to the friend in care of
Col Carlyle II. Wash, command
er at the field.
Mr.. Fixit: Win you please adj
wise me II you have listed an
1884 quarter dollar and N 30,
what Ia its value:
A READER.
Quarters for 1883 and 1855 Of
certain types are listed as worth
more than face value, but yours
Is just two-bits.
Mr.. Fixit: Would You please
tell me who the president Of the
dahiia society In Pierce county
and give me his address:
MRS. NJ. 4.
President of the Washington
Dahlia society Is Mr.. Clarence
Tryon, whose home is at Stella
COON.
Mr.. Fixlt: VIII you please let
me know n there Is q market
for 1917 style ladies' shoes, or
not? 1 have q new pair, gray
cloth, high shoes, never been
worn. French heels. That's why
1 couldn't wear them.
w. =. A, BUCKLEY.
You will have to write them
Off In your loss column. There
Is nothing 50 unmarketable as
an out-of-date pair of women's
shoes. II you save them. though,
someone may have some fun
with them at one of these old
timers celebrations which are
becoming more popular each
summer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
ALCOHOLICS FLIRTING
WITH CERTAIN DEATH

Editor, The Times: DR.. Emil
Bogen says: The fatal dose Of
alcohol varies with the age and
size of the individual, with his
general health and the tolerance
Of habitation TO drink as well
as with the amount and concen-
tration Of the beverage taken.
Two tablespoons Of brandy have
proved fatal to a child while
adults have succumbed to
single pint Of brandy.
The blood vessels are partic-
ularly affected by prolonged
over indulgence in alcoholic
liquors. The red nose Of the
chronic drunkard and vascular
ecchymoses are external mani
festations Of a general disturb
snce Of the circulatory system.
The heart itself. in common with
the skeletal muscle, shows weak
ening with the primary fatty de-
generation. with an increased
pulse rate and a tendency to
cardiac dilation-
The visceral changes include
a chronic catsrrh OF the alimen-
tary tract, particularly the so
called alcoholic gastritis, afro
phic cirrhosis of the liver, and
circulatory arrangements.
Alcohol is the most danger
Gus poison widely included in the
human diet. affecting nearly
every tissue Of the body but
having a particularly toxic &C
ton upon the tissues of the CEN
trail nervous system"
Viii any being capable OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09
BEACH PARK


Editor, The Times: Just a few
additions to Mr.. McGinnis' COM
ment on Titlow Beach park.
AS a former park commission
er I was a member of a group
of commissioners which visited
Titlow years ago with a view to
looking over its possibilities.
Like Mr.. McGinnis says. it was a
mess of tide sloughs, alder
swamps and black stumps. I
for one decided right then that
it would be impossible to ever
make anything of the place.
I had not seen the place for
several years until this summer.
when I was simply astonished at
the work that had been done.
Mr.. Benthien tells me that most
of the trees. shrubs, perennials,
bulbs and roses there now. he
has received as donations from
friends and nurserymen.
The park board is fortunate in
having a man of Mr.. Benthien's
ability in charge and l take
great pride in the fact that I
was instrumental in having him
appointed to manage Point De-
fiance park six years ago, from
which he was transferred to
Ttlow Beach park about two
years ago.
LOUIS F. TSCHUNKO,
Route Box 210.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09

without preparing W udck up
its beIligerent attitude. With de-
tails on military shortages that
must have been slipped to him
by somebody on the inside, he
pointed out that our Army is
not prepared TO wage even
defensive war. The low morale
and deficient supply OF modern
weapons at recent maneuvers-
as admitted by commanding Of
ficers in off-the-record COM
ments-corroborate his main
criticism-n ely, that the
United States has incurred
enmity all around the world
without taking thought of re-
prisal as expressed by the new
Axis alliance.
The Roosevelt-Hull retort. as
outlined at private councils. will
be that soft words would not
have checked the dictator ma
tions-that they would have
ganged up against the United
States. anyway. But the speech
writers are having trouble in
explaining why our national de-
Tense system is so anaemic.
The new Atlantic Squadron
officially proclaimed as the nu-
cleus of our second Navy" is
only a paper political fleet, in
the opinion of our seagoing ex-
perts. 1t was Washington's dip
lomatic answer to announce
ment of the Axis nations threat
against us-and ensuing criti-
cism of our foreign policy.
The four battleships-New
York. Texas, Arkansas and
Wyoming are described in
Navy circles as "old tubs" which
ought to be Reconnaissance
1.-THE Wyoming has been, is used
only as training ship, and will
shortly be used as a target for
a spectacular gunnery stunt)
They are slow of speed. difficult
to maneuver. they lack modern
big guns, and the shearing of
rivets in practice gunfire re-
mains a sorry Navy secret. Only
a few of the destroyers and sub
marines are first-class ships.
Their most efficient units are
the light and fast cruisers.
Since the Navy has not much
more than 800 first-line planes,
only few can be spared for
this detail. Most Navy planes
do 140 m.p.h.
Another factor suggests that
political rather than national
defense considerations motivat-
ed this announcement at this
particular time. In formulating
its foreign and naval policies,
Washington still regards the
British fleet as its first line of
defense in the Atlantic Ocean.
The second attempt of the
White House to force an adj
journment of Congress has fall
ed. A stubborn nonpartisan
group refuses to place sole and
complete charge of national
policies in F. D. RS hands at
this time of crises.
The boys and girls would like
to go home after their nine
months stretch; they need a
vacation. Some want to patch
political fences, though the few
casualties of incumbents in pri-
maries has been unprecedented.
But they recall how F. ID. r.
tried to shoe them from the
Capitol Hill in May, and what
happened afterward. Had they
needed his advice then. the re-
arming program-dawdling as it
is now-would have been further
retarded. Now-in view of
Roosevelt's plans for fresh aid
TO Great Britain and possible
difficulties in the Far East
they insist on sticking around.
Their decision to stay in ses-
sion is strengthened by their