The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-06

more fascination than do facts i.
sadly enough -.
With numbered motorboats 8.
already beyond the 300. 900 total In
the United States they con-
tinue 10 increase at an astounding
rate official tally just made
shows 6,0i2 new numbers is
sued during August normally
a low month only a couple of
hundred behind July. which usually
considered the peak we don't
attempt TO explain the remarkable
growth OF the country's boating
population maybe just that
more people are catching on-get-
ting smarted up TO potential plea
sure. rs il were
Next shindig on the Tacoma
Yacht clubs calendar a sail
boat cruising race November
.. 10. IL called the Hat Island
Race which should be clue
enough as to where. how. why. etc.
only thing still undecided :.
Is who will win q. seems TO be
some slight difference of opinion
regarding that minor point i
mere clubbing, o'course :.
We've lost track of the score
but the lightship Swiftsure is get
ting its color scheme changed
again Dec. l and hencforth
she'll be red with white lettering
has been yellow with black
lettering who says life IN
lightship is monotonous bet
you don't even change your shirt
as often as Swiftsure gets 1t once
over lightly with a different hued
paint =.
We promised to do what we can
TO keep tabs on the navy's mobil-
zation Of civilian craft latest
activity arrival here of the so
foot purse-seiner Majestic :.
presently at Western bodybuilding
Co. yards for conversion pre-
sumably TO a minesweeper the
six-year-old was owned by Clemen-
to Ear Of San Pedro the purse
seiners Three Star and Jadron are
due any time ;. for some of the
same
In view of the aforementioned
thought just occurred to us
perhaps Tacoma-built fish
boats are too good for our navy TO
use recall that when a French
naval delegation shopped here a
year ago officials were amazed
at our fishboats' super quality . 6.
frankly declared they were much
too good for the French navy
We have more than passing per-
sonal interest in the matter, you
see we know positively that
Tacoma-built fishboats are the best
in the world q. and we have more
than mere hunch that your scribe
will help fight this war (if any, in
a navy-converted fishboat so
are we crazy II we personally want
to have the best tools to do our
fighting? and besides, nobody
has yet explained to us why
local boatbulders shouldn't get a
slice of Uncle Sans national de-
Tense spree yes? no. :.
a client writes to inquire :.
years ago the japanese raised a
sunken Russian warship and IL WIS.,
tied Tacoma. When was IL here ?"
Can any reader identify said
warship for us? or offer any
suggestions regarding the topic
so far our own Sherlocking
hasn't produced much :.
Japanese reputation of the in
ternational sealing treaty :
sounds pouty to your reporter d. e.
that's going a long way to declare
your ambitions are i. destructive
rather than constructive but,
as the Teller once said :. II takes
all xmas OF people
This department . comes
closest to suspending operations
indefinitely at dusk these
autumn days :. more than at any
other time e. we are reminded of
the peacefulness of smuggling
down the ship just before nightfall
the warmish glow of lights
yellow in the purpling twilight at
sea we are homesick to leave
our home ashore for homes we
knew at sea and sometime our
waterfront wanderings will COIN
eide with departure of a ship
singling-up to leave in the crisp
dusk with a spare bunk I'M
filled and that'll be the end of
this department guess were
just a sea-going bum at heart.