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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
unto that by whom the Son of is betrayed! II
had been good for that If he had been bonMat
thew 1924
Let Congress Stay and Saw Wood

Just at the time when everybody else being urged
work harder and to slug away all the earnestly at
important business congress proposes to pack and
home
Month after month of work is tresome for congress
men, it is said So it is for all of Congressman have
campaigning to do this fall they protest The country isn't
interested in that.
The country is interested in getting its work done
The country is interested in seeing that the armament
program actually followed through and results shown
The country is interested in seeing that arrangements
are made to pay for armament 1t is ready to be taxed for
security.
Der of billions of dollars and then gay home not good
enough.
Congress may have its faults. But they the faults
OF the people Congress is the people action To argue
that its presence in Washington would somehow hamper
and handicap the preparedness effort foolish We
have not yet reached the point which England reached
when h+urned everything to Churchill
Congress highly valuable in times like these as
of national steningpos and broadcastng station Wash
ingon It's presence should have seadyng influence
the president constant reminder that he responsible
to the people, constant of strength in the thought
that the other half of the defense team is still pulling
tax bill to take of increased military expenditures
should be passed before congress adourns The old po
cal belief always that to levy taxes in election year
was unpopular This things different The nation
Is aroused 1t be unpopular not to levy
than to levy them.
The session should before definite provisions
have been made for the Alaskan and Pan American high
forward this summer, not next Access to Alaska
and the Canal Zone by land will not wait There many
other vital measures awaiting action.
The European situation cannot be predicted "a hours
advance The rise OF any mornings may look upon
completely unforeseen situation Congress- direct
representative of the people, should be hand the
discretion of the president to recall it, but because like
everybody else these days, is sticking to its job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

Letter Tells Of Journey
To NisqusIIy
First Meihodists Had
Rough Going
Just an Incident in
Missionary Life
A FTER the Thursday INSTALL
n ment Of the story of the
founding of Methodism was in
type there came TO this desk a
transcript Of letter written by
a member Of the party relating
to the journey from Fort Van
couver TO Nisqually. The ac-
count of the arrival at Nisqually
and some of the associations
there varies from other writings
on that matter but the discrep-
ancies are not serious. The fol-
lowing excerpts emphasize how
great was the change which the
Nisqually party was TO expert
ence in being transplanted from
the centers of culture in the east
to the Northwest wilderness:
After a brief sojourn at Van
couver, DR.. Richmond and fa~=s-
lily of wife and four children.
the youngest born on the way
and named Oregon" accom-
panied by w. H. Wilson, a car
penter, and Miss Chloe Clark,
teacher from Connecticut,
descended the Columbia river in
a boat furnished by the gentle
men at Vancouver, to the mouth
of the Cowlitz river.
They assembled that stream
some distances then mounted
horses. the ladies having side
saddles and the luggage on
pack horses. The children
were carried in the arms of
Canadian voyageurs and serv-
ants of the Hudson's Bay COM
pany.
Thus they Travelled by land
from the Cowlitz to Puget
Sound. They crossed on the
way the Chehalis and Mis-
qually rivers, and arrived at
Fort Nisqually, stockade en-
closure near the head of Puget
Sound in the summer of 1910.
AT Nisqually they found
Mr.. Kitson tan employee of the
Hudson's Bay company, with
an Indian family in charge.
There they found also a small
but very neat steam vessel
owned by the Hudson's Bay
company and under the COM
mand of an American, Capt.
Mcneil, also having an Indian
family. The vessel was called
the Beaver and was the first
steam vessel to pillow the Pa
cific waters and plying regular
ly between Nisqually and Sitka,
owned by Russia.
THE house occupied by DR..
Richmond and family was erect
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
P PULSE IF
THE PU BLIC
PLEA FOR PEACE

Editor Tacoma Times: Here is
an open letter to the American
boy:
You don't have TO be educated
to learn why you shouldn't 60
TO war. Here's the best reason
can give you-you'll probably
get your brains blown out if you
do. However. any boy who viii
volunteer to 60 to war across
the sea now probably hasn't
any brains TO be blown out, so
that wouldn't matter. You may
still refuse to go to war II
they TASK" you to. too. But il
they Tell" you to go, then you
say you have too.
American boy, if you let
them" tell you to go to war,
you are simply proving that
Wall Street has greater power
than that of the people of Amer
lea. Certainly the people do not
want war. And yet, many
American boys would go across
the sea and help the Allies. no
doubt, just because Wall Street
tells them TO.
Say you do 60 across the sea
to fight. may be big sinner
for asking Wall Street a ques-
ton, but l do think you have
a right to know what you are
being asked TO defend. What
are you asking America to de-
fend across the sea, Wall
Street? Surely, not any of
your interests. your oil wells,
stocks in European. English and
French institutions or indus
tries. You are surely not ask
ing America to help the Allies
for the sake of that filthy evil
called, in plain American.
money You would not ask
a boy to make his mother a
childless character just because
you want a little more dough"
to choke on, would you
Listen, American Boy. Amer
lea is still free-therefore, you
can say this to Wall Street
when and if they Tell" you
to go across the sea: The
Yanks are not coming. I know.
because I'm one of the Yanks."
Talk peace, not war. All you
can do with a medal, American
boy, is to pawn it and you
probably won't be given more
than a quarter for it. So stay
at home. Create-don't des-
troy. Live. don't die. You can
do America more good by liv-
ing for II, than dieing for it.
Hoping that you'll take this
matter into consideration, l re-
main, An American girl
JUNE A. BULLAT.
Puyallup.
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SATURDAY, JUNE Is

Benefic aspects are active to-
day which is favorable to recrea-
ton and travel. Under this con-
figuration there will be special
lure to the beaches and other
resorts near the water. II is
fortunate for the beginning of
vacations.
Heart and Home: House guests
bring great pleasure when en-
tertained under this direction of
the stars. 1t is especially lucky
for Inequalities extended to
older persons, particularly to
relatives who are interested in
young people. The stars en-
courage mental vision which en-
ables friends to understand one
another and to bestow benefits.
Summer homes this season may
be Ravens of help to many per-
sons who have sustained mis-
fortunes.
Business Affairs: As mid
summer of year marked by
national e election approaches
there may be little more ac-
tivity in certain lines of busi-
ness than the warm weather
apathy usually allows. The gen.
eral trend of trade will be fair.
Mining is to gain great i'm
petus. Ingenious inventions will
aid the discovery of rare min
erals used in modern medicine
and in various lines of manu-
facture.
National Issues: Because Of
the high ideals represented by
the democracy of the United
States there will be misunder-
standing among foreign nations
which misconstrue neutral poll
cies. Even the allies, who have
the sympathy of the majority.
will misapprehend the attitude
OF Uncle Sam when the need
of help is felt. There are to be
days of supreme anxiety in
Washington as the history OF
1917 in relation TO a world war
seems about TO repeat itself.
Internal ional Affairs: The
pope is to exercise his influence
in a way that will be OF great
moment in the European war.
but the effect Of his courageous
effort toward peace will be slow
in demonstrating its wide, full
meaning. Italy is to manifest
sudden changes of policy on the
part of Mussolini who hopes to
be on the side OF success.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the sugury of a year of
certain perplexities. II may be
necessary TO be extremely eau
tious in business and social rela-
tons.
Children born on this date
may be extremely emotional.
They are likely to be quick tenn
pered and impulsive. but posses
sors Of extraordinary talents.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To reeei. attention In this COL
umn Letters must give name and
address OF writer Only initials
VIII be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit; Someone asked You
about the book, The World In
Perplexity." IL was a small,
paper-covered magazine sold in
1918 and referring TO the World
war and the question Of turn
Ing hack 10 God" II was pub
lished by the Review & Herald
Publishing Association. Wash
ington, ID. c. MRS. LINNETT.
The booklet probably is out of
print now. The reader might
write 10 the publisher. or could
see Mrs. Linnett. who is head
cashier at Rhodes Brothers.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an argu-
ment. would you be 80 kind as
TO tell us the first paper pub
lished in Vancouver. b. C.. Was
10 the Vancouver World: II so,
when? w. NJ. h. b.
The first paper published in
Vancouver proper was the Her
aid. weekly founded by William
Brown in January, 1856. The
Advertiser and News appeared
about May the same year. The
World was published first Sept.
20, 1888, some months after the
Herald had gone broke and the
News and Advertiser had ANAL
gamated. The News-Advertiser
was absorbed by the present
Vancouver Sun, which thus
traces its history TO 1856.
All these are antedated, how
ever. by the "Moodyville Ticker"
few issues OF which were pub
lished more as joke than a
newspaper.
Mr.. Fixit: ] have been told
the government would finance
person TO buy a small farm.
II 80, could you please tell me
who TO write or sees
A READER.
The Farm Security Admins
tration, at 923 Fidelity building,
in Tacoma, does make an occa-
sional loan for purchase of
farm. II made only three last
year, however. and has no funds
for that purpose now. FSA will
not aid in purchase of a small
farm. II must have 40 acres or
more cleared. Most FSA assist
ance is in the form of loans TO
restock farms Of persons who
own them or rent them on long
term leases. Wherever loans are
made there must be definite
proof that the man is an estab-
lished farmer.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please
tell me the proper way TO ad-
dress letter 10 Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt In Washington. ID. c.
MRS. X. ii.
The wife of an American gov
ernmental official does not share
her husbands title. You should
write to Mrs. Franklin ID. Roose-
welt, The White House, Wash
ington, ID. c.
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and the youngest, snappiest, most
liberal war planners the U. S.
has ever had. They are finally
making things hum,
1t is General Strong's war plans
division that General Marshall
and the blitzkrieg-have worked
havoc with the fuddy-duddies re-
sponsible for delays in motoriz-
ing and mechanizing the army
and providing it with world SUI
premacy in the air. This key
organization has been increased
from II to 81 members, and ma
jor branches which formerly
lacked membership have been
accorded representation.
The infantry, with eight Off
GERS, still has a majority. though
not a top-heavy one. The field
artillery, whose weapons blazed
Hitler's path through the low
countries and to the channel
ports. has a contingent of three,
while the once neglected air
corps has two. The coast artil-
lery, which will have the task
of checking an invader if he
slips by the navy. also has two
representatives.
The engineers, the signal corps,
the tank service (still listed Of
ficially as 'cavalry"), the ma
tional guard and the war college
have one spokesman each. Gen.
eral Strong was a cavalryman.
War plans once was rated as
so per cent conservative and
hostile to liberalization; now it
is probably IS per cent for mod
ern technique and equipment. In
age it is about five years young
er on the average. II is this new
group which furnishes support TO
Assistant Secretary Louis john
son in his recently-won battle TO
provide the U. S. with an up-to-
date military and industrial pro-
gram of preparedness.
Despite President Roosevelt's
implied condemnation of the
American Youth Congress-and
their booing Of him-GoP ora
tors will level their attack
against the administrations tie
with this allegedly communistic
organization in the coming cam
paign. And the tie that binds
the White House with the con-
gress is Mrs. Roosevelt.
Only few weeks ago several
sympathizers assembled at the
home Of Ed Flynn. Bronx demo-
cratic leader and pal Of the
president, al the request of the
first lacy. she was present, ana
at her solicitation they raised
several thousand dollars TO fl
nance the congress July 81 con-
vention at Lake Geneva. Wis.
The COP strategists. who viii
try TO pin the red label on the
New Deal. think they have found
fresh ammunition in a recent
statement by George Dimitrov,
general secretary of the Com
munist International. SAID
Stains aide:
In the L. s., the American
Youth Congress. which met in
Washington from February 9 10
u, and which represented some
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions. Turn to the
Woman's Page for the answers.
l. Who originated the comic
strip, Mutt and Jeff ?"
2. A coup de grace is a brill
liant political strategem, type of
French onion soup, or merciful
blow?
3. Into what body of water
does the st. Lawrence river
empty?
4. Who was Crispus Attacks ?
5. What is the distance of the
famous Memorial day auto race
at Indianapolis?
8. What is metropolis
I. What are fifth column"
activities in a war?
s. Will ship which sinks be-
low the surface in mid-ocean
continue to descend until it
strikes bottom?
9. What travels faster, light
or sound?
10. Who produced the photo
play. The Birth of a Nation ?"
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AT TER MANY YEARS
By E. 7. SHORT

ed on the open plain or prairie
contiguous small riyulet.
running through a ravine from
a small chain of lakes in the
interior TO Puget Sound
Also embellishing the story
are the following excerpts from
a letter written by DR.. Rich
mond some time after he left
the oregon country. expressed
in the third person:
The writer of this engaged
to remain 10 years in Oregon
and intended to remain his life
time at Puget Sound. but do
nestle Affections and other cir
eumstances cut short his stay
to four years.
As IL is he retrospects
with much imaginary gusto
the time when he and his fam
ily lived exclusively for three
weeks on oysters and other
shell fish brought by the In
dians from the Sound, with a
pine box for a table, carried
there on a pack horse, with tin
plates and iron spoons for
table service. He wishes fire.
,quently for some of those
luscious shell fish"
A couple of months after the
party arrived at Nisqualy, Miss
Clark and Wilson, the mission
carpenter and instructor of the
Indian boys, were married.
There are several versions Of
how the romance grew, but it
is related that one of the i'm
pelling motives as far as Miss
Clark was concerned was the
question in her mind as to the
propriety of an unmarried man
and women living in the close
confines OF the mission. 1t is
said to have been a case of love
at first sight on Wilson's part.
However, that may have been,
the important fact is that it
was an ideal marriage in which
love for each other seemed to
be the dominating influence in
all their relations.
DR.. Richmond, as soon as his
family was settled, entered
upon the work for which he had
come. With an interpreter he
visited the Indian camps in the
vicinity and attempted to induce
the Indians to send their chill
drep to the mission school. The
response was disappointing. DR..
Richmond was full of the zeal
which caused the old home mis-
sionaries TO sacrifice everything
for what seemed to be a duty
but he was too new to the field
to be Immediately successful.
Tomorrow: The Methodists
help stage the first Fourth of
July celebration west of the
Rocky mountains.
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The American Library association already planning
fight the efforts censorship which is almost certain
1t is setting up committee which will put the force
and influence the A. L. A. behind any local library board
books
Libraries must be universal They for all the people
moment thought will show that if every group could get
the books thrown out of the libraries which it thinks bad
there would be libraries worth the name
The book which you want to find there the book
somebody else thrown evil And the book you
want thrown is the book somebody else wants to
suit Group dcation only destroy the very of
libraries, and impair their usefulness to all.
Because dislike book burners is certainly to
start burning books
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reached its peak. apparently. Now
comes the really dangerous time
the time that Germany and
German inspired propagandists
are waiting for. The Nazis know
that such mass, and individual,
emotion reaches a peak. the peak
cannot be maintained without
stimulus, so a revulsion sets in.
This time Of revulsion. or end
of cycle, is the time for propa-
gandists to get busy preaching
against government measures TO
curb subversive activities, and
other measures to grid the ma
ton for any emergency. To the
unthinking these measures will
be called too severe by the Com
munists and Nszis, who will
talk much OF civil rights, but
will not mention that they take
their orders from Berlin and
Moscow. There must be no hys-
teria-Nszi propagandists are
prepared TO use that against us,
too.
We must be moderate and
level-headed. We must be pre-
pared for an attempt TO drive
a wedge between the govern
ment and ourselves, but must
also remember that. although
Nazis and Communists use
moral axioms to mask their do
ings. they consider the observ-
snce of those sxioms a weak
ness 10 be used against us.
We must properly evsluate
the potential foes OF our coun-
try. II is imperative that we
come to a full realization that
this thing that is spreading
across the wrold is not, in its
essential, war. II is world revo-
luton. a revolutionary force
pledged TO destroy democracy
throughout the world. Nszism is
and always will be revolution.
AIRY. o. 3. GERMOND.
P. o. Box As, Pc Ell. Wash.
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The general staff, which was
once dominated by the old-line
infantry and cavalry branches,
has been revolutionized with the
exception of retention of Briga-
der General George V. Strong,
the brilliant strategist who heads
the war plans division. Brigadier
General Bill Dryden. a field ar
tilleryman who became a World
war brig" at 80. has supplanted
the conservative Infantryman
Lorenzo d. Gasser as deputy
chief of staff. William E. Shedd,
coast artilleryman. now heads
the personnel division. while
Sherman Miles, who has had
more experience in intelligence
than any other man in the army.
will organize that much-needed
spy service.
The air corps finally has been
given recognition by the appoint
ment of Frank Andrews in COM
mand of plans and training. He
is a filters flier," having com
manded the first CHG air force
that was established. Richard <.
Moore, an engineer, has been
brought in to handle the service
of supplies. Except for Gen.
Strong. all are Marshall men
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

WORLD REVOLUTION

Editor The Times; We have
started preparing for attack
from any possible enemy. The
American people were awakened
suddenly to the realization of
the insdequacy of the two oceans
10 protect us. We realized sud-
denly that the British navy
might at any time have TO base
in this hemisphere or be cap
tured by the avowed enemies of
civilization. as we know il. leav-
ing us alone and insufficiently
armed to face a victorious ag-
gressor.
There was great deal of fear
inspired hysteria, but that has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
An Inside Picture of Finan,
II ~ IL ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-George c. Marshall chief of staff, has
quietly reorganzed the brains trust of the United States
army to equip it for meeting the demands of modern
tare Although Major General Marshall backed for
his present post by the bureaucracy he has quickly
responded to the bitter lessons which Hitler teach
EurOne
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

five million young men and
women belonging to organiza-
tons and diverse political
trends, vigorously declared its
opposition to the imperialist war
and TO the U. S. being drawn
into il. The recent condemna-
ton of war by millions of Amer
lean students shows that even
the intellectuals of this power
full capitalist country are losing
faith in capitalism, which is the
source of the present war"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

If the president would just give the spirit of unity
chance to work in this country it would be helpful
ALI NJ Landon, COP presidential candidate in 1886.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

It's too bad But you know how it is Connie won't be
mad She understands.-John Barrymore, after missing
appointment with Constance Bennett.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15
PARALYSIS VICTIMS

According to the American
Medical association, human be-
ings are the only animals which
regularly suffer from infantile
paralysis. Monkeys and the
cotton rat also are susceptible to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

the disease, but these must be
artificially infected.
CARVER
Ernest II. Lockwood, Is, is
literally carving out an educa-
ton. Lockwood carves and sells
small wooden figures to defray
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his expenses at Adelbert college
of Western Reserve university,
Cleveland, o. A freshman,
Lockwood has already earned
S528 from carving hundreds of
odd little figures. He is entirely
self-trained.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-07-25

stirred fond memories of Yucatan,
and its mysterious ancient people.
The whole park seemed like a fairy
land. The zoo was exceptionally
good, and here we spent a whole
afternoon. The trained seals and
other interesting things would re-
quire too much space and tax the
patience of the reader.
OF outstanding interest. to all
were the two largest gorillas in cap
tivity, Ngagi and Mbongo. They
were brought from Africa by Martin
Johnson and his wife Osa, who still
carry on the work of exploration.
The gorillas had strong limbs, broad
backs, deep chests, little ears, POM
padour hair and low skulls. They
sat erect on seats just like human
beings. They never assumed an
erect walk, but stiffly moved on the
knuckles Of their hands. Clad in
black coats and weighing about 500
pounds, they made an impressive ap-
pearance, but their strong faces
were very coarse, fOrbidding and
without intelligent expression Their
eyes had faraway look, as if they
were thinking of Africa Some
one said "He looks just like an old
man with grouch!" Well If
gorillas are not like men, at least
there are some men who are like
gorillas. l wonder why We sur
denly remember another city and
another worlds fair, and turn our
car northward, toward Los An
geles, and San Francisco. 1t Is
Lincoln's irthday.-Howard H.
Scott. San Diego, Calf.