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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10


Adverse planetary aspects
dominate today. In the morning,
world news may strike a key
note depressing in its future
implications. 1t is wise to pur-
sue routing matters, avoiding
all financial risks.
Heart and Home: Girls should
prepare themselves for pract-
cal tasks by training their hands
as part of their educational
achievements. Women now must
limit their ambitions TO sensible
attachments in which unselfish
service engages attention. The
trend toward individualism will
end with the need for service
for national welfare.
Business Affairs: Merchants
and manufacturers will con-
tinue to enjoy prosperous times.
Trade will be good, but there
viii be less demand for luxu-
ries as the season advances. In
this country many industries in
which foreign nations formerly
excelled will be successfully
transplanted and developed.
Refugees are TO contribute much
to the development Of many
American products. This is
good day for planning future
activities.
National Issues: In the presi-
Dental campaign the issue be-
tween fact and fancy will be-
come more and more marked, as
contrasts between past deeds
and future courses are present
ed 10 voters. The stars pre-
sage surprises in the last days
before the election, when scat
tered supporters will mobilize
under a tattered banner of the
president. Warning is given that
there will be eleventh-hour
events Of supreme significance.
Women will contribute to the
success of many candidates for
congress.
International Affairs: Trouble
in the West Indies is prognos-
ticated. Financial conundrums
will affect Europe as never be-
fore. The international banking
system is to be changed in a
manner alarming TO American
interests. as economic conditions
bring about strange commercial
developments. Whole sale de-
struction of world wealth viii
affect the United States directly
as well as indirectly. Money
will be used carefully BY the
few who still possess wealth.
Persons whose birthdate il is
will benefit through change and
travel in the coming year. The
young may encounter opposition
from their elders who do not
realize that the world has
changed.
Children born on this day viii
be intuitive. talented and strong
~ individual. but they may be
impulsive and. even unstable.
They should be wisely guided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN thz coz
umn lsttsrs must ave name and
address G Eriter OnlT Initials
81 - oublishso When rscusstea
Mr.. F1xit: Kindly print in
your column the names Of the
10 members Of the presidents
cabinet. A. ;.
II has been subject 10 sudden
changes lately but AZ present
includes corden Hun. secretary
of state: Henry horgenthau.
treasury; Henry L. stimson,
war: Robert II. jackson. at
torney-general: Frank Walker.
postmaster general. Frank
Knox. secretary Of the navy.
Harold L. Iekes, interior.
Claude r. Wickard. agriculture.
Jesse L. Jones, commerce, and
Frances Perkins. labor.
Mr.. Fixit: saw In your col
umn yesterday someone asking
how TO get q birth certificate
for = person born at Kermit,
New Mexico. In 1911. We were
living there ut that time, had =
son born there In 1911 and had
10 obtain a certificate n few
months ago. Perhaps this is an
old friend and neighbor Of ours.
Can you give ms their name and
address? MRS. J. W. LOGAN,
Route 2. Box 186-A. ChehAlis.
We hadn't saved the name Of
that reader. but hope she will
see this and write to you.
Mr.. F1xit: Could you please
tell me how 10 70 about getting
my birth certificate 1 was horn
at Brooklyn, y. Y, Dec. IL, 1871.
Have written there hut they
claim they have no record of IL.
! need IL to apply for the federal
old-age security. J. EN-.
II the record exists, 1t should
be on file with the Register OF
Records, Department of Health,
Municipal building, Brooklyn, N.
Y You could write to the State
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital
Statistics. Albany. Since you
were born before 1880. when reg
istratipn of births became COM
pulsory In New York state, you
might not have record. If it
is unobtainable, the Social Sc
curity Board will accept the next
best evidence, such as a baptis-
NAL certificate, family Bible en-
try. affidavits Of immediate rela-
tives, fraternal or union record,
or insurance policy. Such records
should be as old as possible to be
significant.
To the young man who in
quired about still joining the
national guard. Mr.. Fixit can
add that Battery G Of the 205th
Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft
also still Is training at the Ia
coma armory and has room for
n few more boys. II also can
be reached Mt the armory any
evening.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
by John Hix
DEFENDS ROOSEVELT

Editor, The Times: Our ances-
tors of scholastic ages admitted
freely that human authority is
the weakest probe of truth. II
understand rightly the saying,
it means that a proposition
which expresses a judgment is
not true because it has been
affirmed by Plato or Aristotle,
but because Plato and Aristotle
had proofs and facts to demon
strate the proposition.
II you would pile affirmations
mountain high" you would not
prove a thesis. II I understand
you well, you seem to think that
an affirmation however gratu-
itous is good argument.
I want to be polite with you,
Mr.. o. B. Germond, Pc Ell, and
/ won't repeat the qualifications
that you apply to those who in
your estimation want to destroy
our constitution. But ! would
consider myself a disagreement
IL would beat the slippery trail
of such lame logic.
You seem to be ardent in as
pertaining eternal duration of
our present institution. In other
words you seem to regard evo-
luton as a NEUROLOGICAL imagin-
alton.
We have examples, even of
very great men. who have made
the same mistake you seem to
court. Those men were excus-
able because the knowledge Of
their time did not permit them
to fathom the mysteries Of the
future. But now a day with the
actual progress of science such
a trespass should be avoided to
q great extent.
You qualify severely Mr..
Conner for his opinion. / am
sorry to tell you I disagree with
you.
Mr.. Conner seems to think
that the present is the child of
the past, and the future is the
grand-child of the present. That
Is to say, that the zig-zag wave
Of social evolution produce such
phenomena as slavery, feudalism
and capitalism. Therefore We
should not be surprised II the
future loads mankind with such
strange happenings as socialism
or communism.
Evolution is a power more in
finitely greater than the activ-
tiles Of the most enlightened
men of the day. OF course, man
makes his own history but not
the way he chooses.
He appears in the world under
the conditions he has not made,
and he was obliged accordingly
TO sct-according to the direc-
tons or suggestions of his in
vironment.
The above goes to show that
If the orientation Of social evo-
luton will bring US socialism or
communism in spite OF our OBJ
stinate opposition, We will have
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several senatorial colleagues:
Robert H. Hinckley, then c.
A. A. chairman but now assist
ant secretary of commerce, sub
mitted that program before
closed meetings of the House
and Senate appropriations COM
mittees. Hinckley asked only
$50, 900, 900 to start construction,
explaining that the 4,000-airport
program was a 5 or 10-year OBJ
jective. But somehow the de-
tails of the ultimate aim leaked
out and got into the headlines,
with the promise of an average
OF eight airfields for every con-
gressional district. For Adams
own state there were allocated
at least so airfields. Immediate
~ the folks back home, the
Rotary clubs and the chambers
of commerce bombarded con-
gressmen with letters demand
ing that they vote for the pro-
posal. The fact Is that the
4.000-airport plan is based on a
hasty survey full Of holes.
There is, for instance, no
scheme to compensate cities
which have already built air
ports out of their own funds.
The work will be done by con-
tract instead of by WPA or
PWA labor, thus creating more
unemployment. There is no pro-
vision for maintenance Of the
1000 fields after they have
been built, although it win tax
localities millions OF dollars. But
the hometown pressure stimu-
ated by that magic total of
1000 airports will undoubtedly
force the beginning bill through
congress. Therefore, several
senators conclude the national
defense has become a political
racket"
Anti-Truster Thurman Ar
nold's feuds with government
agencies engaged in rebuilding
national defenses are far more
serious than the public imagines.
And so far President Roosevelt
has backed him against the
army. the navy and the ma
tional defense advisory COM
mission in these squabbles.
Defense agencies have en-
countered difficulty in persuad-
ing certain corporations TO
undertake procurement or pro-
duction jobs which might tangie
them with the antitrust laws.
Before taking chance. the IN
dustries demand a written prom
Use that they will not be prose-
cuted at some future date for
alleged violation of the Sher-
man act. But Arnold viii not
underwrite such an agreement
unless the defense department
involved submits a written re-
quest. So far the only cabinet
member with sufficient courage
to call the Arnold bluff has been
Jesse H. Jones. who believes in
getting things done.
Secretaries Knox Of navy and
stimson Of army, being timor-
Gus men. have been reluctant to
duel with Arnold. especially in
view Of the latters White House
backing. Because Of its lack Of
authority, even the knudsen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
I5dT15:FFaa 'yT2z2zRgE.

That Fine Type-Ihere
Should Have Been q Law
Looking for One Thing
We Find Many Others
For Instance: The John
S. Bakers Entertain
And Ortine Women Do
A Carrie Nation. Almost
GOISG through the newspaper
VI files of fifty years ago seek
ing more information about the
Tacoma Athletic club was Just
one thing after another. One Of
the last things was the convic-
ton that there should have been
a law against the atrociously
fine type Of half a century ago.
That, on top Of some other re-
search. has brought on q case Of
eye strain. which threatens to
put this column out of business
temporarily. But there Is a sill
yer lining even to that cloud II
the eye trouble becomes really
serious there may be a chance
to cash in on that portion Of the
paycheck that for five years has
been going regularly every month
into a cooperative medical 1850
citation. Being bnormally
healthy, there doesn't seem to be
a chance to get it back any other
way.
Whether we do or whether we
don't, that was an interesting
period in the history Of Tacoma
and the state OF Washington
when the Tacoma Athletic club
sprouted. Believe it or not there
was a New Deal" in politics,
and according to the Democratic
organ. the Daily News. the time
had gone by when the political
bosses could crack the whip and
make the people crawl in the
dust. In their stupidity the
bosses could rage and froth at
the mouth. but would only make
themselves ridiculous. The peo-
pie were taking things into their
own hands.
News from outside con-
cerned the election on incor-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn TO wom-
ans page for the answers.
1. What is the slang term for
the securities Of companies en-
gagged in the manufacture Of
munitions and other war sup
plies?
2. Which fall flower Is nick
named mum"
3. Name the novel for which
Marjorie Kinnsn Rawlings re-
ceived the Pulitzer Prize in 1899.
4. In which middle western
state is the Miami river
5. What is the sign Of sub
traction called
6. Which II heavier. milk or
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

group has held off from a show
down.
Arnold-with White House
approvsl-has stymied almost
all efforts to reconcile the ma
tion's national defense needs
with the peacetime philosophy
behind the antitrust laws. Here
Is the inside story:
Perusing recent court deci-
nons, Blackwell smith-counsel
for the national defense advisory
commission-decided that an in
dustry could be prosecuted for
collusive actions affecting pro-
duction and prices even If the
government asked it to engage
in such practices. Mr.. Smith
then framed a bill to suspend
the antitrust laws during the
emergency, but Mr.. Arnold
bloc ted its presentation on
Capitol Hill. Then Leon Hem
derson, no reactionary, wrote
a bill giving the N. d. A. C.
authority to set aside the anti
trust laws in specific cases.
Arnold sort of liked that idea.
But then he stipulated that any
defense agency must submit to
him the reasons why a con-
tracing corporation should not
be prosecuted. If he approved,
the industry would be granted
immunity for the duration pro-
vided 1t did not cheat. And
that u the heavy handicap
under which many American
corporation must operate in
preparing the United States for
war.
Administration leaders in the
senate have turned thumbs
down on Bennett Clark's re-
quest for s25,000 to investigate
foreign propaganda in the Unit
ed States. They suspect-and
rightly-that. as chairman Of
any committee Of inquiry. he
would examine British as well
as German. Russian and Italian
fifth columns in this country.
Administration scouts are
more than correct in their sur
misses. Believing that the Unit
ed States should enter mo en-
tangling alliances. the Missouri
senator wants TO puhlicize un-
known conspiracies designed to
land us in the war on the side
Of Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
Sound Apples, Regardless of Size

Men who expected to be exempted from military service
because they only five feet tall again. Lieut.
COL Charles B. Pruitt medical adviser TO the selecve
service committee says the regular amys five feet four
inch standard won't apply for prospective conscrps More
enence will be shown in both height and weight standards
than applies in army recruiting
We're going take only Grade apples because after
years training the apples will be put in storage for five
or 10 years. Colonel Prutt says.
The decision is sound Modern conditions of place
no premium on height weight Ii is enough that the
conscrps be sturdy capable Of standing up under the
rigors of outdoor life and reasonable marches.
To continue with Colonel Fruits metaphor, you don't
throw good apple just because it's little larger
or smaller than average
War planes? Yesl We must have them. But
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in
Stamps
Berzelius' Discoveries
Beoon Modern Chemistry

CHEMISTRY has become so i'm
portant a part of modern life.
50 integral a part of everyday
necessities that il goes practically
unnoticed. But the "ersatz" OF
today's economics, the munitions
OF 1905 wars, the high-power
fuels Of bombing planes find .
common chemical ancestry in the
discoveries Of Baron Johann
Jakob Berzelius, 18th century
chemist pictured on the Swedish
stamp above. Berzelius was the
father Of inorganic chemistry.
John Dalton had advanced the
atomic theory of matter which
forms the basis Of modern chem
iStry. Berzelius elaborated that
theory, placed it on q firm, guam
titative basis.
To Berzelius. too, is credited
discovery Of new elements, sele-
mum, thoriun and cerium. Many
OF the>snalytiesl processes he de-
vlsed are still in use. The chem
teal symbols. familiar to every
student were originated by him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

cream,
Z. For what invention is 81
mon Lake notable.
s. Arthur B. Purvis is q IA
nous Oman, head Of the Brit
ish purchasing commission in the
Z. S, or an American labor
leader
Q. What is the common na-
tionality designation Of all per-
sons born in the U. s.?
10 Is the sea robin a bird or
q fish!
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u0TuII0u ~ ~ 9HuNs -
carried b = majority Of 12L
Ezra Meeker was the first
mayor.
The building boom which
started with the coming Of the
Northern Pacific trains to Taco
ma over the Cascade switch
back was still going strong. The
council had let q contract for a
city hall on the corner Of Ninth
and c street nov Hotel VIM
throp site) with quarters for the
fire chief. police department. city
offices, and public assembly
room. Everything was set to 20
but at the last minute the con-
tractor had trouble in complet-
ing his bond and asked a few
days more time.
Before he could get the
bond fixed somebody started
q deal to trade the city han
site at Ninth and c for the
Chamber Of Commerce build
ing site at Seventh and Paci-
fic, opposite the Northern
Pacific headquarters build
ing. The deal see-sawed for
several weeks and finally
was put over. II the con-
tractors bond had been OK
the city hall would have been
at Ninth and Broadway.
Among the other buildings
started that fall was the fire
station at Seventh and A; the
brick livery stable Of modern
design" to be built by Mrs. Mary
Coffin on C street between Elev-
enth and Thirteenth, to be occu-
pied by the Freeman & Boggs
livery. Freeman & Boggs had to
move because the property they
occupied had been sold to the
Knights of Pythias who were
going to put up $4,000 lodge
building about where the present
Knights of Pythias building or
Broadway is situated.
A glimpse of society life that
fall is revealed in the story OF
Zone of the most notable social
events of the season." the bril-.
liant reception at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Baker or
c street in honor of Mrs. Bakers
sister, Miss Ainsworth, of Oak.
land, Cal. The house was beau.
tifully decorated and the spa
cious grounds were ablaze with
Japanese lanterns, according tc
the society editor. There were
about 400 guests, including Col
and Mrs. c. w. Griggs. Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac w. Anderson, Mayor
and Mrs. Stuart Rice, Mr.. ano
Mrs. George Browne. Mr.. anc
Mrs. 7. B. Wallace. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Hewitt, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter J. Thompson, Mr.. anc
Mrs. D. w. Tyler, Mr.. and Mrs
c. P. Masterson, Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Hosmer.
Disturbing news came from
Orting. 1t seems that some Of
the men Of the town had beer
spending too much time in the
saloons and at all night staf
parties. much to the distress Of
their families.
In one particularly aggra-
waited case several women,
armed with hazel switches,
raidcd the back room Of a
prominent tavern, took a
well known citizen away
from a party of convivial
friends and marched him
through the main street to
his home. When he and his
friends protested they were
threatened with a hiding
with the hazel switches.
The raid had a salutary effect
Certain gentlemen of the towr
spent more time at home. Bar
tenders were threatened with q
dose Of the hazel switches If they
permitted their patrons to buy
more liquor than they could
handle.
What was the world coming
to, anyway? That Orting situa-
ton clearly was the result of the
women's rights agitation, and
goodness knows there was plen-
ty of that In Tacoma. So what
next?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
T.TcuT An Inside Picture of Finan
LlUa l ciol and Political Americu
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = The highpressure methods resorted
in the attempt to whip sentiment for national pro-
gram far exceeding Americas defensive needs recently
exposed by Senator Ava Adams of Colorado He branded
the CAAs plan to the countryside with 1000 air.
ports as propaganda Here what aroused him and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
FAyoRs wILLKnE


Editor. The Times: One by
one the leading new-dealers have
folded their tents and quietly
slipped away into the night.
They are bored and bewildered.
They have been betrayed.
From the closed eyes Of
F. D. r., the indispensable
man" rolled a tear. Tears. how
ever. didn't bother Mr.. Ickea
His heart was waterproof. He
said: 1T beats me how anyone
could desert our boondoggling,
rabble rousing, war mongering,
crazy new deal regime. Have
they no concern for their fellow
deficitizens ?"
Its policies are admittedly IN
sound. It's leaders are hyps-
critical and its influence is per-
nicious. II would be TO the
benefit of United States to
emerge from its seven and one
half years OF rainbow chasing
and elect q president who would
respect the constitution and re-
main American.
JOSEPH J. REED.
SIS No. Proctor st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
THIRTY YEARS WAR

IHIhTI 1EAhS WAH
According to an old Bohemian
custom. offending public off,
eials were merely tossed out of
q window. This treatment, APP
piled TO two of the kings regents
on May 20, 1918, started a civil
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

Draft evaders likely find that the also
combining than the sword.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

War planes? Yes We must have them. But we
should have had them years ago.-Wendel L. Wilkie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10
AND CHARITY

OAMbLlN0 AND CHARITY
Editor, The Times: If men
must gamble and break the law
just for the love and excitement
of the thing, and squander their
money witnessing filthy exhibit
tons of pictures and unclothed
women, that is their business.
But, when such exhibitions are
advertised as benefits for chart
table institutions, then it's the
public's business and should not
be tolerated.
Some of our energetic UP and
coming young business men
might convert some of their
surplus energy into things worth
while. Half OF the money now
spent on professional gamblers
and strip tease artists for the
benefit CD Of their pet charities
so highly publicized, would
easily make such charity self
supporting and not dependent
on the community.
MRS. ELLISON SHAW,
1880 No. Cedar ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

to face the music. Say what
you may.
Some people seem to think
that Carl Marx created social
ism. In other words, if Carl
Marx had not of written cap
ital, the capitalists of today
would not be afraid of socialism.
Such a high-flown argument
goes to compare with the declar-
alton of Mr.. Wendell Willkie,
that President Roosevelt is the
cause of the depression. Roose-
welt may of made mistakes but
don't see suspicion of logic
in such an accusation.
Mr.. Willkie evidently is of the
opinion that our present presi-
dent has strangled individual
initiative.
He concludes, vote for the Re-
publicans and you will have
prosperity. That is to say. the
human brain can create pros
perity independently of the con-
ditions handed to us. in other
words by Divine fiat. Risum
teneatis amici.
1t goes without saying. that
I never joined the Communist
party and as / am a very old
man, it's more than probable
that I will leave this earth be-
fore / join.
EDWARD LaFOND,
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News from outside con-
cerned the election on incor-
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TO receive attention IN this col
unn lsttsrs must eiFe nams an1
address C HFitef OnlH Initials
81 - oublizhse when REQUESTED
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