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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
AT FER MANY YEARS
SHORT

this 10 grade school children Of
today would raise ; laugh or =
protest. The fact that voliva
Vas sincere in his belief would
not prevent Us from thinking he
was either ignorant Of the truth.
or just plain stubborn. What
can you do with a man who
refuses 10 be convinced against
his WILL
There are many uniformed
person 5 today who in their
speech and writings refer 20
Abraham. Moses and David as
Jews. but that only places such
persons in the same class as
yoliva.
Queen Victoria was = lineal
descendant Of King David. but
neither Of them was a Jew. To
claim that they were Jews Is
Just as absurd as insisting that
King Alfred. who lived In the
ninth century, was United
States citizen. Lots Of people
In this country claim they are
descended from the passengers
on the Mayflower-which Is I'M
doubtedly true - but one of
them would be so foolish as to
say that these same passengers
were natives of California. To
assert that Moses was a Jew
hundreds of years before there
were any Jews is Just as
foolish"
And that's that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
Death Rides With the Driver

Accidents just accidents II you hear those involved
tell about them-bu not If you take look at automobile
safety records.
The thing that Is slaringy apparent in the figures
released by the Travellers Insurance Company of Hart
ford Conn., is that virtually all accidents are beyond doubt
due to negligence of those involved There were 80
slaughtered American highways last year Most
of them needn't have been.
In the vast majority of fatal accidents the usual abis
OF drivers had basis The weather clear in 86 per
cent of the cases and the dry in 1916 per cent
OF the drivers involved, 967 per cent had than
years experience; 1914 cent Ninety three
per cent Of the involved in good condition. and
SAB cent driving straight open stretches when
tragedy struck
Drivers can't blame accidents nature the
ice station who forgot to fix the brakes They've
got to face the responsibilities that fall upon them when
they take the wheels Of high-powered machines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
Hitler S F dithful Are Human

Adolf Hitler calmly pushing the buttons of state and
industry is beginning TO discover the human element He
learning that pure Aryans and faithful Nazs can't
run forever unadulterated zeal.
Production in German factories geared to build up
invincble machine, is beginning lag according
dispatches from the Reich On paper the plan appeared
sound But what Hitler forgot 10 take into consideration
evidently that the most Nazified body couldn't
hold up forever sound under consistent diet of raoned
food and under the continual speed and tension and the
longer hours imposed by the demand for war goods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
LOW TOLLS NECESSARY
ON NARROWS BRIDGE

Editor. The Times: There
seems to be difference OF opin-
ion as to what route traffic
should take to get down town
from the Narrows bridge but to
me the most important thing is
to get a toll that the people
from the olympic Peninsula will
pay and can pay.
I lived over there for four
years. I was there when the
rates on the ferry We're raised
and the Communication cards were
withdrawn or limited as to time.
We quit using the ferry so often
and Tacoma lost some trade.
Then the Olympia business men
got busy, put on ferry to Long
branch at a less fee. They also
put on bus to Vaughn. truck
to pick up the farmers products.
fruit and berries to the cannery
and it payed. At least it is still
going strong.
Bremerton bought farm pro-
ducts that were offered and both
places got trade that should have
come to Tacoma.
Here is what l am driving at:
Unless we in Tacoma do some
thing to get the toll bridge peo-
pie TO give us less rate than
is charged to Olympia 1t won't
make much difference what
street leads down town. II won't
be crowded for the average
raneher doesn't have sufficient
products at a time TO pay IS
cents one way or 81 25 for round
trip to come to Tacoma when
they can go to Olympia for so
cents or to Bremerton for an ad-
ditional gallon of gas and no
additional time.
Years ago when the old Flyer
was on the Seattle-Tacoma run
business was slow and the own
ers decided to raise the rates,
They consulted Capt. Coffee rela-
tive TO il. and he said gentle
men, you are going at this the
wrong way. lower the rates and
We will run with a full load"
They cut the rates TO 35 cents
one way or so cents for round
trip. he told me, and they had
a capacity load from then on as
hundreds Of couples would so
for four hour ride.
Hundreds Of cars would come
at the old Flyer rates and spend
the evening here In Tacoma az
movie. church. lodge. and shop
during the day.
The object OF the bridge is to
help the raneher and the bust
ness man. Are We going TO do
il. DR.. W. T. THOMAS,
sa2 So. Oakss 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, MARCH %

Kindly stars rule today which
should be suspicious for many
jewellers on the planet earth.
In the morning women are
under benefic aspects. In the
late afternoon the moon in
Capricorn gives help to those
who seek freedom and the pro-
lection of liberty.
Heart and Home: Women are
under a sway encouraging TO
intellectual activity. Interest in
the study of the occult is in
dieated as men of literary and
scientific eminence turn atten-
ton to psychic phenomena. The
seers warn against eharlatans
who will gain popularity by
their assumption that they can
foretell events. Astrology Is
the only science that accurately
predicts the future and the re-
liability Of interpretations vary.
according to individual readings
Of the horoscope.
Business Affairs: Banks and
bankers are under a swap pre-
saying perplexing problems of
international finance. Foreign
loans win be widely discussed as
war moves with momentum that
Ii felt In the United States.
Trade and commerce will con-
tinue satisfactory in the main
with a little slowing down in
midsummer. Women will find
good positions and receive ample
salaries in business and profess
sions.
National Issues: As taxes be-
come burdensome pension agita-
ton win lose support in certain
quarters where there was until
recently faith in possible good
results due TO retiring persons
long employed in good positions.
Decentralization of relief and
greater reliance upon community
effort 10 adjust unemployment
difficulties will be widely advo-
Gated through the spring and
summer.
international Issues: II the
stars are wisely read, increase
Of persecution Of the Jews is
TO mark the policies of dictators
who will SOW malicious propa-
ganda In the United States dur
ing the national campaign. There
is a sign that seems 10 presage
a sensational protest that con-
tributes to the rancor Of Hitler.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the augury OF a year Of
fairly good fortune. Extreme
care should be maintained in all
business dealings.
Children born on this day
probably VIII be sensitive and
intuitive. They may be high
strung and restless. Constant
interests should be provided for
them. Education should begin
early.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
Candor in CONGRESS

Senator Vic Donahey (Dem. Oho) is quitting congress
next year. after having served since 1894 His colleagues
will remember among other things that Donahey the
Man VINO Didn't Understand-and said so.
1t was in 1888, when the senate was voting on CON-
pick farm BILL that Senator Donahey got up and said he
voting against 1t because he didn't understand it.
Shocking words for statesman. Whether they really do
not, congressman supposed to know everything
1t may have been heresy. but Donahey got away with
It. Few others have dared try it. although there prob
ably legislator in Washington who fully under
stood every measure that laid his desk There
might be fewer mistakes il congressman canddly
admitted they didn't understand and acted accordingly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

manufacture or IL causes I'M
employment. The price must be
low enough so that more goods
will sell and put more people to
work. I think that the New
Deal has widened the disparity
between the wages and incomes
of the urban and the rural popu-
lation by their price raising
policy.
The fact is that large per-
centage of the people do not get
any representation In govern
ment. You can not represent
two masters monopoly. and
special privilege). and also rep
resent tthe unemployed. and
farmers). We need a free econ
omy-no price fixing. Give the
law of supply and demand a
chance to operate.
OSCAR c. ERICKSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
Right or Wrong
About People
BY DONALD A. LAIRD
Ph.D., Sci.D.
of How to Make Peep
Like You"

rh' n VIZ
When we see some yoracious
person in action at the dinner
table, it may be difficult to be-
lieve that people are eating less
today than formerly. but that is
exactly what has happened.
The past year the average per-
son consumed somewhere around
100 pounds less food than the
average person did back in 1000,
according to DR.. o. <. Baker of
the U. S. department of agricul-
ture.
There are three interesting
reasons for this, each of which
shows how the U. S. has changed
in some important ways.
We eat less because of cleo
tricity and gasoline. Electricity
does work in factories and
homes and farms which used to
make people develop man-sized
appetites. Gasoline power has
taken the place of foot-power
in walking and of man-power in
farming. and quite naturally
cuts down the demands for food.
Then, consider the effects of
the larger proportions of older
people in our population. Older
persons need less food than
younger stomaehs. Today, for
instance, we have around ten
million more people older than
as than we did in 1920; this cuts
considerably into the pounds of
food eaten by the average per-
son.
In addition. we must blame
the women folks. bless EN-.
Ever since the first World War,
they have been striving to have
slender, boyish figure. Most
of the fair sex has been working
at this, and many of them have
succeeded. DR.. Louis !. Dublin
recently reported that the aver
age woman is today several
pounds lighter than in previous
decades, end their dieting must
be given credit for part of this.
That is how electricity and
gasoline, the increasing older
folks, and styles in women's
figures have lowered food con-
sumption and caused headaches
for farmers and food professors.
The 100 pounds less food eaten
a year does not mean that peo-
pie are going hungry and unfed,
but simply that they are not as
hungry as they used 70 be. A
growing boy. however. can still
eat the family out of house and
home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

Jt ICA0dltd.
$3.50 war birds in 1888, it will
be able to manufacture about
5000 annually at the end of
this year. That is the result of
expansion resulting from foreign
purchases. The capacity to pro-
duee. as Col. Charles Lindbergh
reported after his tour of Ger
man plants. constitutes a more
important factor of national de-
tense than the number of ships
in the hangers.
Mass output of the Pas and
other types-the Allies want
5000 If the war continues and
they can raise the dollars-will
inevitably lead TO improvements.
When the prospective order has
been filled, perhaps year from
now, the American makers will
undoubtedly have evolved a far
finer ship. Lastly, as Assistant
Secretary johnson recently an
nouneed. the new system will re-
suit in lower costs. These are
the arguments which the war
department will submit in try
ing to appease Capitol Hill isola-
tionists. Whether this policy will
tend to involve this country more
deeply in the conflict, financially
or militarily. is question 10
which nobody in authority adj
mits having given any thought.
Secret Service Chief Frank
Wilson has strapped several
moth-eaten money rules prom
ulgsted by his venerable prede-
cessor Bill Moran.
The latter insisted upon a lit
eral Interpretation of the law
forbidding the photographing of
paper money. He feared that It
might encourage counterfeiting
by suggestion. He frequently
threatened prosecution Of news
papers or magazines which in
sdvertently printed a fac-simile
OF a bill.
Mr. Wilson. however, has es-
tablished a lecture system de-
signed TO lessen the dangers Of
counterfeiting. Several Of his
men are constantly On the
stump. teaching people things
they don't know about money
things they ought 70 know. he
freely reprints photographs Of
the mazuma in documents and
pamphlets utilized by his pro
fessors So now you may take
picture q your money = Z
any without going to the
hoosegow,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions ? Turn TO the
woman's page for the answers.
/ Name the horse which re-
Gently won the 500. 900 Santa
Anita handicap
2 Who wrote The Legend
Of Sleepy Hollow"
3. Who was Rahab the har-
LOTT
4. GIVE the title Of the photo
play in which Jackie Coogan
appeared with Charlie Chaplin.
5. The vicuna is a bear, llama
or muskrsts
6, Where Is the largest field
artillery range in the world
7. Name ths Great Lsks that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

T YONS, third largest city OF
- France. is honored by the new
pictorial, above. showing the
famed La Guillotiere bridge
across the Rhone. one of the city's
- bridges. Lyons was an impor-
tant city during the Roman En-
pire, and many ruins of Roman
baths. aqueducts, walls and a the
alter are still preserved. The city
is important for its many indus
tries and is the silk center OF the
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

To receive attention Il this col-
umn letters must give name and
address q writer Only initials
vii Be nuhiizhed when rsouextst-
Mr.. F1xif. DO abaIanes have
two half shells like = clam or
do they grow on n rock with
only one half shell:
A. HOPKINS
An abalone is a univaIve. like
a limpet. olinging TO rocks with
the shell completely protecting
IT. The souvenir ahaione shells
you see are complete.
Mr.. Flxit: VIII You please tell
me when the book. "Rebecca,r
was first published
MRS. A. HULL
II was published in England
in August. 1888. and In this
country a month later.
Mr.. Fixlt: We would like 10
know how printer knows
exactly what sire of type Is
wanted In n printing Job. How
deep IL a diamond mine and q
copper mlnee And what IL the
method Of finding the size OF a
nalls How many TINS docs a
standard car of coal weigh.
READERS
. Printing type sizes are mea-
sured on a point system. There
are approximately ~ points to
an inch.
Asking How deep Is a mine ?"
Ii just like How high Ia the
skyg" Any mine is just as deep
as 1t pays to go for the ore.
Nail sizes are s-penny, 81
inches long; 6-penny. 2 inches. 4
penny, Ia inches. and upward
In the same ratio.
A standard 100000 10. capa-
city gondola car carries an aver
age of 80 tons of coal.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you tell me
what day of the week the 2sth
Of April. 1908, came ons
MRS. NJ. W.
II was on Friday.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you tell me
where l can get pictures or n
book telling all about the
Golden Jubilee? ii. NJ. n.
There still are some souvenir
books on the Jubilee available
at the North Pacific Banknote
Co, sth and Pacific ave.
Mr.. Fixit: I don't know what
w. v. means about "moles In
flowers" But 10 rid your gar
den or lawn Of moles simply
probe around with pointed
stick until You have located
their runways. Then put the
nozzle of your garden hose In
the cavity. turn on the water
and flood their chamber
thoroughly. This Will not only
give MIR. and Mrs. Mole n pain
less death hut II will make the
soil settle down to Its normal
level. ED. NJ.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
in
Fire Uses Shomrocks
In Stomp Designs

THE shsmrocks of Ireland are 10
be found on stamps as we'll as
growing in the Aud Sod. They
are encircled on the upper corners
of the map of Ireland stamp,
above, issued in 1928 by the Irish
Free State. Note also that all of
the Emerald Isle is included in
the map, although North Ireland is
not a part of Fire. North Ireland's
mails bear the stamps of Great
Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
More About This
Moses Business
Readers Set Column
Writer Right
Include Some Preachers
And Other Writers

And Other Writers
ONCE the reference in this
~ column a few days ago to
Moses as a jew. number Of
readers have undertaken TO show
the writer the error Of his way.
Two of the comments are pub
lished today. This first Is from
Ruth Gard. 300 So. J st:
Using the Bible as my only
authority. I find that the par
ents Of Moses were both of the
tribe of Levi. which, at the time
Of Moses birth. was A part of
Israel: and which joined with
the tribe of Judah and part of
the tribe of Benjamin to form
what became the House of Ju-
dab. But this division of the
Israelites in to two houses or
Kingdoms did not take place
until approximately 500 years
after the birth of Moses. so one
could scarcely call Moses a Ju.
dahite-so much for that.
Moses was, then, a Hebrew
by race; a direct descendant of
Israel, therefore an Israelite:
with parentage of the tribe of
Levi, therefore a Levite. But a
jew? How could that be pos
sible. since the nation of the
Jews did not come into being
until the return of a remnant
of the House of Judah from the
Babylonian captivity, which was
over one thousand years after
the birth of Moses.
Until reading your query In
the paper. ] never realized there
should be any room for dis
agreement on this point. as the
record Is so clearly told in the
Book of Books. In fact, to call
Moses a Jew seems to me as
ridiculous as to call the great
great great grandparents of
George Washington, Americans.
Your readers can find proof
beyond doubt in the first two
books of the Old Testament"
This one is from E. c. West
wood, 9206 So. A st.
In E. T. Shorts column,
After Many Years, in the issue
of the Dist, he told an interest
ing story of Egypt, but serious
error was made in stating that
the temple mystics broke the
news to Moses that he was not
the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
but a Jew. This incorrect state
ment spoiled the story, and Mr..
Short was so informed. How
ever, in his further article In
yesterdays issue he accepted
the correction but concludes his
story by inquirina Was Moses
a Jew and offered space for
an answer.
"Voliya, the head of a large
organization in America, con-
tended for many years that the
earth was flat, and if a person
walked far enough he would
fall over the edge and disappear
into space. Such teaching as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

TO win a $40 bet. Johnny Eek.
of Baltimore. born with only half
body, in 1888 performed the
amazing feat of climbing to the
top of the Washington Monu-
ment and down again-entirely
on his hands. He required As
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
LIGHT
An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON-Now that war department officials
have finally captulaed to the Roosevelt Morganhau de-
mand they recommend the release of latest types of
planes to the allies this may be revealed:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

y
The ship which Great Britain
and France will be permitted to
buy in advance of volume deliv-
cries to the United States is the
much-discussed P-46, an Allison
engined plane made by the
Wright people. 1t is supposed
to be the fastest and most
maneuverable vessel of the air.
In reality, it is a modification
of the P-40. which the Allies
have been buying for some time.
The new model has been reduced
in thickness and height. thereby
offers less wind resistance and
attains much greater speed. IL
is the ship which President
Roosevelt referred to in recent
press conference flashing at
critics of the then unknown
shift of policy.
So far F. D. Rs advisers have
blocked the Allies in their re-
quest that they be allowed to
purchase several secret contri-
vanees with which these planes
and other types are equipped.
These include the worlds finest
bomb sight. new kind Of
armor. a supereharger and an
airplane detector. Foreign ma
tions-and this will be the theme
Of the Woodring-Johson justifi-
eation-will obtain only plane
bodies and engines. But Capitol
Hill critics aware OF the deal re-
gard II as a concession which
may lead to more of the same,
as have similar grants in the
past.
Military experts now advance
plausible arguments for adop-
ton of policy which they OPP
posed bitterly as recently as two
weeks ago. II Is difficult to
doubt their sincerity. despite
their sudden switch.
United States needs alone
$500 first-class planes by mid
1s41-they now contend, viii
never produce an aviation plant
capable Of quick mass produc-
ton. There would not be suf-
ficient market or incentive for
the manufacturers whereas
this country turned out only
lies wholly In the United States.
9. Is chemical energy con-
yerted into electrical energy by
an electric generator, thermo-
couple. or storage battery.
10. TIE esrth's interior Is
called the hydrosphere. Iitho-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29

And they spoke unto him. saying, II thou wilt be
servant unto this people this day. wilt them and
speak good words TO them then they will be thy
forever.-I Kings 1877.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-29
Mr. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention u this col
umn letters must give name and
address q writer Only initials
sili b published when requested.
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Crowd Jittery as Job Seeker
Shows OFF, Atop 7OO-Ft. TryIon

ideas. Fifteen minutes after he
appeared he tossed down a coil of
rope.
A quarter of an hour later those
below gasped as a small white-clad
figure detached itself from the
platform and came hurting down.
But suddenly a parachute opened
and the figure drifted gracefully
into the pool of water below.
It was a dummy!
Then the man above threw down
canvas sack. Next followed a
collapsihle handbag.
The police meanwhile had sent
a hook and ladder squad from
Queens. Ladders were raised, but
they were far too short.
Shortly after o'clock two spe-
cial policemen started UP the stairs
inside the trylon.
Twenty minutes later the white
clad figure was yanked back inside
the towner.
The crowd dispersed.
In Flushing Court, Magistrate
Thomas Aurelio fined Jost $25 with
the alternative Of Ave days in jail,
chiefly, he Explained, as an example
to others that they can't try these
stunts and expect to get medal"
Jost said he had no money and
would have to take the five days
He said the trouble Of carrying the
75-pound dummy to the top Of the
Trylon had ''tuckered me out"
Evening star., 1940-04-30
Presidents S Mother Rests
After Indigestion Attack
picture on Page A-6.)

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt, 85-year old
mother of the President, rested at
her home today apparently fully re-
covered from severe attack of in
digestion.
The attack occurred late yester-
day as she and companion, Mrs.
Gordon Crawford, were returning
from pre-opening visit to the New
York Worlds Fair.
Ordering her chauffeur to stop
when she became i'll, Mrs. Roosevelt
spent two hours resting in a drug
store in Corona, Queens. Druggist
John Tangredi said he gave her
aromatic spirits of ammonia, after
which Mrs. Roosevelt rested at the
rear of the store.
"She promised to send me a
photograph of herself" Mr.. Tan
gredi said.
When she felt better Mrs. Roose-
welt returned to her car and was
driven home.
At her town house, she talked with
the President by telephone, assuring
him she was feeling fine" Mem
bers of the household said a physi-
clan was not required.
The Presidents mother expressed
belief her indisposition resulted
from q dessert she had for luncheon,