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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

industries. They drop in. so they
say. to keep up their contacts"
OF late, however, they have been
showing unusual interest in
friends or relatives their custo-
mers may still have within the
reich. Their curiosity extends
far beyond the usual matters of
international commerce. And
they are asking questions which
they never voiced before the
eight-month-old war.
The supposition here is that
In event with difficulties with the
United States, der fuehrer would
put the heat-the pinch-on the
reich tied relations of these
American business men. WASH
ington is not disposed to leap at
unhappy conclusions, but it looks
like a war census.
Our diplomatic representatives
report that Hitler has mapped
detailed plans for grabbing the
British fleet If he wins so utterly
that he can dictate his kind Of
peace. 1t sounds fantastic
gruesome - but nothing is too
incredible to command belief
these days.
Hitler will take no chances on
scrapping of the kings navy or
its withdrawal to western-Ca-
nadian-waters, If he comes out
on top of the heap. He will de-
mand that 1t be turned over to
him intact under penalty of ere
ducing England to ashes" and
killing Of millions of Englishmen.
1t will be the same sort of APP
proach a gunman makes when
he pokes a rod in his victims
back and asks for his wallet-or
else. And his air force will be
MS roo.
According to this prognosis,
der fuehrer will likewise demand
that the allies industries, mer-
chant ships and supplies be hand
ed over in good shape. But it
is his reported scheme to cap
ture the British fleet which wor-
ries Washington. 1t alibis the
repeated official warnings that
Hitler must not be permitted
to win" and had much to do with
Colonel Lindbergh's warning to
the nation. The story has been
on the propaganda grapevine for
weeks, and now will run through
the press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
AFTER MANY YEARS
By {. 7. SHORT

st. Paul Lumber company's plant
In April that year.
A highlight In the picture Of
Tacoma about this time was
Walter J. Thompson's dona-
ton of $4,000 to establish a
manual training department In
the public schools. 1t was
some time later before the de-
partment was established, but
some Of the work benches,
costing SIS each, are still in
use.
Other developments in that Pc
Rod included identification of
the Tacoma street railway, con-
struction of Allen c. Mason's
steam dummy" line to the
North End. The Union Pacific
agents were taking options on
right-of-way and terminal prop
erty. 1t looked like continued
prosperity for the architects and
everybody else.
n
More of Mr.. Darmer's remin-
iscences will appear at an early
date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

Tense, make the money already
appropriated for less important
purposes available for national
defense, for example: (a) Change
CCC camps to military camps;
(b) Abandon, or curtail, WPA
projects. Use the appropriated
money, through private industry,
to build airplanes and other mill
tary supplies, giving regular en-
ployment, under proper supervi-
sion, and stop leaning on SHOW
els; (c) Transfer about so per
cent of the employees now in fed
eral bureaus to the work of ma
tional defense under the supervi-
sion of experienced business
men; (d) Use the vast sums now
appropriated for relief in such
a way that they not only give
relief, but produce war material
at reasonable cost. Practical
ways can be found to use other
existing appropriations to pro-
duce war material.
4. The use of federal funds to
influence voting should be dis
continued.
JAMES EMERY BROOKS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, MAY "a


Adverse planetary aspects are
active today. There is benefic
sign. however. that is very ia
vorable to labor. Industry
should be greatly stimulated.
Heart and Home: The stars do
not inspire wise love affairs,
but may encourage young folk
to be reckless in marriages
which are economically UNI
sound. The seers emphasize
the urgent need of strict econ
omy as an undertaking rule for
boys and girls. Housewives are
advised to be thrifty in view
Of exigencies that are presaged
for the future.
Business Affairs: In all parts
Of the United States many
merchants and manufacturers
will profit through the summer
which will bring wide demand
for American products from
foreign buyers. The list of new
millionaires will lengthen, but
heavy taxes will be laid upon
them, owing TO national finan-
cial problems. Novel ways of
exacting hidden taxes will multi
ply.
National Issues: Religious
prejudices will be apparent in
politics, but will not be infiu-
entail as in past presidential
campaigns. The stars are read
as indicating great surprise
In one Of the party conventions
when q candidate Of great popu-
larity may suddenly withdraw
from the race for first place.
Warning Is given that whispered
ISLANDERS may be more prevalent
than usual.
International Affairs: Siren
uous financial and social upsets
viii result from European con-
flicts that will be retarded by
peace negotiations but will not
be concluded until months have
passed. Death will intervene
where leaders enjoy power.
The next year is to add strange
chapters to history and again
the element of surprise Ia To be
especially noted.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is
may expect much good fortune
In the coming year. There may
be tests to nerves and patience,
but they viii be worth while.
Children born on this day
probably viii be systematic and
reliable. serious and resourceful.
They have the forecast Of sue
cess In life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
'Sprinqinq TO Arms" What Arms?

Write It in large Ietters-courage is not enough
The days past when the United States could afford
to listen to Bryan with his confidence that when they
needed "a million would leap to overnight"
apprehensvely Europe and especially the countries
which trusted in nonaggresson pacts in meticulous
trality, in patriotic spirit.
In the days when the United States rebeed against the
British crown embattled farmers" could crouch behind
the stone fences of Concord with muskets hastily snatched
from above the fireplace in confidence that they
were conspcuousy armed than British regulars
known for years. Now it is written the face of
Norway and Holland and Poland for all to read Courage
d not enough"
The British should have had their lesson in 1915, when
the great Kitchener felt that two machine guns
battalion were more than sufficient" and that the tank
"a pretty mechanical toy" Yet they have allowed
Germany to outbud them in planes and mechanical equip
ment
We also had some object lessons in 1917-191s when
our army IN France more than after declaration
of war; still using European-built artillery, machine
guns and aranes because not then able to
build own and deliver them to the fighting front
At last the Garand rifle is being delivered in slow drb-
let's replacing the 1908 Springfield The air forces have
not been neglected yet not for European ORDERS
rate of production would still be very slow. Pottraning
almost important than e-buldng ags There is
no antarcrat artillery worth the name and virtually
munitions industry.
All this for hystera but for sober thought
careful planning, and wise foresight.
We need to calculate carefully just what our military
needs are to defend this country from any likely attack
and then supply them promptly and effectively.
For whatever heroic deeds may have been performed in
the past by i-armed and under-equpped patriots it is
perfectly plain that today courage is not enough
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
P USE O F
THE PU BLIC
PLACES WAR BLAME
ON FRANCE, BRITAIN

Editor, The Times: After read
ing Robert Doubleday's article
of May 16, the thought as to
why France and Britain allowed
Germany to break the treaty
and rearm when they could have
easily stopped her, occurred to
me.
The only possible answer to
this question is she encouraged
Germany to rearm, believing she
would attack and crush the
Soviet Union, in view of the
fact their blockade of 1919 fail
ed to accomplish its purpose.
They allowed Germany a navy
35 per cent of their own strength
so she could attack Russia in
the Battles. They blockaded
Spain to keep the regularly
elected government from import
ing munitions, while Fascist
armies, fully equipped, were able
to get through.
Woe to their plans, however.
Germany turned. When, too
late, they saw Hitler's purpose.
they went to Russia for help.
Russia had taken steps toward
her ow, defense
When at last they decided to
fight, it was for Poland, a ma
ton which had never been a
democracy, and which was hold
ing a piece of German territory
To which she had no right.
They babbled about making
the world safe for democracy
and succeeded in making a large
part of it proof against democ-
racy. Now they are reaping the
fruits Of their own ineptitude.
Ny brother died in Flanders
field because England, since
1881, has been governed by
fools. WEBSTER ROGERS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

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For years the warriors at Paris
have held the view that no force
could break through the i'm
penetrable" forest of Ardennes.
Not only have they entertained
that theory. they have written
about it in their military tracts
and books. Naturally. the Nazis
were aware of this attitude, and
used it to their advantage. Hit
Ter sent especially equipped men
through the woods in a surprise
move, also rushing up tanks, ar
tillery and motor equipment to
meet them after they had emery
ed on the plains. The whole
movement was carefully covered
by hundreds of aircraft-bomb-
ers and pursuit.
II Is from this region that the
Germans famed out and formed
salient now penetrating deep
into their epemy's country. 1t
would not surprise our people
here If eventual information
about this mistake caused politi-
cal repercussions reaching far
beyond Gamelin.
An almost immediate result of
President Roosevelt's proposal
for construction of the worlds
greatest air armada has been a
congressional demand for an in
vestigation of airplane costs.
Unless they can be reduced, the
final bill will be staggering.
Numerous members of con-
gress have been informed that
prices now paid by the army and
navy are ridiculously high under
present mass production sched-
ules. Some of the complaints
have come from companies
small and independent - which
lost out on contracts, and per-
haps should be discounted.
But the critics have convinced
their congressional listeners that
costs can and should be cut be-
fore long. Big bombers now
bringing $3.50, 900, they maintain,
should sell for around $3.50, 900;
pursuit ships for $4,000 instead
of $4,000; trainers for $4,000 in
stead of ,000-plus. Roughly,
they estimate that the eventual
reduction should be about one
third.
1t is recognized on Capitol hill
that the aviation industry is a
hazardous business still in an
evolutionary stage. Research
and development costs are high.
But the unit cost of so, 900 planes
per year-or even of the numbers
now being made for the allies
should be lower than it has been
in the past, especially as only
about $4,000 planes of all types
have been manufactured in the
United States in the last 80
years.
Numerous business men of
Teutonic ancestry but Of I'M
questioned Americanism have
submitted curious reports to
Washington about the fifth COL
umn" technique here. The prop
er authorities have been making
a quiet check for some weeks.
Statesmen and purchasers for
German firms-Hitler's CONNER
cial representatives-still make
their rounds of old customers,
even though German-American
trade has virtually disappeared;
it is especially true in the heavy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention in this col
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. Only initials
VIII Be published when requested.
Mr.. Exit: Win ycu please
tell me when the state Of Colo
RADIO began keeping birth
records. where should I write .
MRS. Y. +.
Colorado began keeping rec
ords under state Law In 1907.
Write 20 the state bureau OF
vital statistics. Denver.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you tell me
II there ID any lock made that h
pick proof! have trouble to
keep people out Of my house.
c. j. ID.
For trouble like that II Is Gus
tomary to call the police. House
breaking Is against the law 30
you shouldn't have TO look for
better locks though 1t Is wise to
have the best you can afford.
Mr.. Fixit: wIn you please
tell me what the address Of
Kathleen Norris IL !? I understand
she Is the head Of Mothers
Peace move In the United States.
What does one have 10 do to
Join and what Ii the price?
II. X. p.
The home address of Kath-
leen Norris is Saratoga, Calf.
Such organizations as you men,
ton depend for their effect upon
the number of members so
usually cost next to nothing to
Join.
Mr.. Fixit: How could I find
out about an aunt Of mine living
In New York? have written
several letters and they have
not been returned. She IL an
elderly lady living alone and I
am worried. Il. X.
Have you tried a registered
letter? She would have to sign
for 1t so you would know she'd
received 1t when the return slip
came back to you. A registered
letter also Is an effective hint
that you would like an answer.
II the postal service can't de-
liver the letter. you will be so
informed. and then can ask
police assistance in finding your
aunt.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tell me II the state vehicle test
Ii compulsory? Us.
1t Is. II you car Is not tested,
and its faults corrected, you be-
come subject to prosecution and
also will be refused a license for
next year.
Mr.. Ffxit: l read a few DAYS
ago Of some one asking for the
address Of an expert bee man.
Since / am able and have
handled and operated rs high n
J. 200 or more colonies and pro-
duccd In time many tons Of
ioney, I would like this persons
address.
L. w. MAXWELL,
Route 2, Box ala, Tacoma.
Since we have thrown away
his name and address, we print
yours trusting he will see it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Building Slack Is
Taken Up
y y
Demand Lighter as
Statehood Comes
PuyslIup Hotel and
Sleepy Tom
-
First Presbyterians
Make a Good Deal

Though the demand for new
buildings began to fall early In
1889, the business of the archi-
tects, Darmer and Farrell. held
up through the year. That was
the year Washington became a
state. Business generally i'm
proved but the building program
had been so heavy in 1888 that
the slack had been taken up.
AS c. A. Darmer reviewed the
building program in the late
eighties for the Tacoma Archi-
tects association, he recalled
many buildings that were of
great importance so years ago.
Among them in 1889 were new
school at Ea. d and SD; the old
Unitarian parsonage on Tacoma
ave-: the Levin & Isaac building
on Pacific ave. near 18th.
In Puyallup there was the
three-story brick hotel for Peter
Bellies on Meridian St, near the
Northern Pacific crossing. For
many years it was a popular
stopping place for travelling men
doing business in the Puyallup
and Sumner valleys.
During the fair season 1t was
headquarters for the racing fra
ternity. Bellies owned a horse
named SLEEPY Tom" The name
was as deceiving as the detected
appearance Of the horse, for
Tom woke up when the starter
gave the word to go, and usually
finished first.
other Puyallup buildings that
year were the old Ezra Meeker
mansion, now a home conducted
by the women Of the GAR. for
their members. and the Frank
Spinning block.
Another outside job was the
hotel building promoted by the
late Gen. James Ashton at South
Bend. There was a great boom
on Willapa Harbor. but 1t dis
appeared in the early nineties.
Among the prominent build
ings In Tacoma was the First
Presbyterian church ut 10th
and G sts., now the Central
Lutheran. The Presbyterians
sold their original site where
the Fidelity building now
stands for enough money TO
buy the G st. lots and put up
the building.
Promotion of a steel plant at
Lakeview created q building &C
tivty in that vicinity. Among
the new buildings was a three
story frame hotel building for
c. H. Ktnnear. The steel plant
blew up and so did the boom.
One OF the occasions for the
building boom which continued
into 1889 and made business for
the architects was the increase
in the shipping business and the
opening Of the first unit Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
TIP O. THE TONGUE

Poland Is immortal We shall
deliver her from captivity and
restore her from ruins.-Ignace
Jan Paderewski. accepting presi-
dency Of Polish assembly In
exile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
One Thinq We Can Do

In times ike this, with world tumbing about our ears
most Of plagued by feeling of hepessness what
can DOR we mutter to ourselves.
Little enough But thing do That is to sup
port the American Red Cross
This organization of mercy is going to be faced with
terrible problems of helping the refugees the starving and
dspossessed victims of Europes horror 1t is going try
to do all it to relieve suffering.
For the means to do this it is going to call the Ameri-
can people, We have been unable to stop the holocaust
But In humility and thanulness for perhaps all
undeserved good fortune do something to bind up
the wounds to feed the starving the children
What do, should do gladly, thankful for an
opportunity to help a little.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

If you're not using it, sell 1t with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
T'TcuT An Inside Picture of Finn-
Ll0a ! ciol and Political America

General Weygand replaced General Gamelin because
the German break-through between the big and baby
Maginot lines due to bunder which amazes our
tactcans ~ view of the French staffs military shrewd-
ness Here is the inside story.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
BRlGHTENERS

Hitler gave King Carol
model electric train and got
useful oil; We gave the Indians
a bit Of wampum and in return
received Manhattan, LaGuardia
and the subway. Maybe smart
Yankee trading is only myth.
Proponents OF the classic
melodies will be encouraged 10
know that swing music has never
been popular in our solitary pri-
son cells.
The California man who al
lowed his wife 5 cents per an
mum for seven years would have
been a valuable member Of con-
gress during the reign of the
Happy Spenders.
Mr.. Roosevelt has finally pun
ished the economic royslists'
whose masters he said he would
be. Most OF them are now IN
eyile az Ambassadors
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

The bombing of helpless and unprotected civilians is
tragedy which has aroused the horror of all mankind
President Roosevelt to the American Red Cross.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
SOCIETY NEEDS
OVERLAPPING

Editor. The Times: Recently
the National Social Security de-
partment issued statement
that said the average national
dole dished out TO those on direct
relief was less than five cents
per meal per individual. After
considerable experimenting the
writer has hit upon a recipe
that will enable the reliefers to
exist in hit and miss way. Here
in Tacoma single -unemployable
reliefers get $3.50 per month,
but employable single persons
get nothing, even though there
is no employment to be had.
II the foregoing is a sample
OF our boosted civilization and
American standard Of living for
those unfortunates who have in
the past or are now willing TO
serve society. but are denied the
privilege, may God deliver US
from such a standard. A so
ciety that is responsible for
such conditions needs a thorough
overhauling and cleaning.
CAPT. w. Z. WESTERMAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

Gladstone knew todays budget he would not merely
turn in his grave-he would turn dizzy-Sr John Simon
British chancellor of the exchequer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

What science says, art says too.-Rev. Dr. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, New York's Riverside Church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
NATIONAL DEFENSE

Editor The Times: To save the
Union:
l. Tell Roosevelt to resign now
and let Garner finish the term.
designations in high places are
In order here as well as in Eng
land and France.
?. Place experienced business
men in the cabinet.
S, Before sppropristing sddi-
tional enormous sums for de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

One OF the occasions for the
building boom which continued
into 1859 and made business for
the architects was the increase
In the shipping business and the
opening Of the first unit Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

payments often last a lifetime.
II the husband decides not to
keep the wife, he may return
her-and get his money back.
TOY SOLDIERS
An ardent pacifist, H. G..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

Promotion of a steel plant at
Lakeview created a building &C
tivity in that vicinity. Among
the new buildings was a three
story frame hotel building for
c. H. Kinnear. The steel plant
blew up and so did the boom.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
TIRED
MOST OF THE Time?

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