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appeared before the honorable
gentlemen in executive session.
The witness first Explained
that the American people had
been completely deluded con-
corning the Firms ability to
fight off the Russians and the
Allies chance OF dislodging the
Germans from Norway. He
brought out how our complete
misconception was due to Brit
ish and French newspaper CEN
sorship, which suppressed the
facts. Chairman Sol Bloom
reared up at that explanation.
Said Sol: why the only gov
ernments imposing censorship on
the press are the authoritarian
capitals like Russia, Berlin and
Italy" But Sol lost his breath
over the witness rejoinder that,
since the wars outbreak, Brit
ain and France have become
authoritarian" In their eco
nomic. military and press CEN
sorship regulations.
The committee also disputed
the foreign experts statement
that Italy was poised to enter
the war on the side of Hitler.
The pope and the king. they
argued. would not permit
II Duce to line up with Berlin.
Furthermore. they pointed out,
the Italian people don't like the
Prussians. and are intensely pro-
Ally. So they were upset when
informed that the younger Ital-
ians, who must do the fighting.
are wholly obedient to Mussolini.
There were other clashes which
depicted the house committee as
abysmally misinformed. Yet it
is this crowd of men which will
have a large voice in determin-
ing whether the United States
shall go to war.
The latest political war bulls-
tins issued by the major parties
publicists-Frank Waltman. jr..
for the COP and Charles Michel
son for the democrats-are quite
bewildering.
In his weekly article entitled
"Dispelling the Fog Nicholson
eulogiZes the New Deal because
corporation dividends have
reached a recent high. The pub
licity man for an administration
devoted and dedicated to the
forgotten man" cites corpora
ton profits as evidence that the
Roosevelt administration has
been an economic success. But
Waltman. supposedly the propa-
gandist for reactionary and
pro-corporation party retors
with figures showing that the
working man and the farmers
- supposedly the forgotten
men" of Ameriea--have received
less income under Mr.. Roosevelt
than they did under Presidents
Harding. Coolidge and Hoover.
Private canyasses indicate
that Mailman has the better of
the argument. In view OF polls
among members OF organized
labor and capitalistic groups, II
appears that the president has
more proportionste streng h
among his erstwhile enemies
business men and industrialists
than he has among the farm
and labor ciiques-
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Thumbinq Through Life

Gradually this business Of thumbprnting is sneaking
up onus. ~
We began BY manipulating criminals Then we included
possible criminals people arrested though not convicted
Consuls are now thumbprntng passports and all kinds of
identifying documents require the mystic smudge of
whorls and lines that make up the Who's Who of the
manual world.
indianapolis now has a new one II you want to 90 to
nce joe under the sign Of the Three Balls to borrow two
dollars on an old watch abandoned banjo you first
ax the mystic humbprnt to card That's police regula-
ton They'll be along later to If perhaps the etale
smudge connects you with crime.
The Indiana state supreme court the international
Association of Police Chiefs has upheld this invasion
of privacy but legitimate of crime detection.
Thus, little by little the time approaches when shall
literally thumb way from cradle to coffin like hitch
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things


To receive attention In thls COLI
umn letters must sive name ana
address OF writer Only initials
vill be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: Il II compulsory
10 take the vehicle test: II II a
state law How long before the
1900 and 1900 licenses would
be called? Can they arrest you
and fine you for not complying
:. J.
State law does make the test
compulsory. Licenses Of that Sc
ries were called in for testing
March 70 and must be tested
before May 81 unless an unusu-
ally good excuse can be offered.
II. few days after the latter
date owners OF cars with those
licenses haven't been In for test
Ing. warrants win be issued for
their arrest. Potential penalty Is
q fine, varying according TO va
lidity Of the excuse. and refusal
to issue a license next year. II
the order IL disregarded and ar
rest avoided.
Mr.. Fixifi To settle an arRu-
ment. win you please tell me
how old Floyd Lefty" Isekite
iss G. 7.
He IL ~ years old. We might
settle a few other arguments
we've heard by telling you his
name Ia pronounced as II II were
three words. rs a kite accent
on the first one.
Mr.. Frxit: VIII you please
tell me the address Of the du-
Pont factory where Nylon prod
ucts are produced And also,
can you find out II 1t Ia true
that Nyion stockings are going
TO be held back from the general
markets MRS. w. w. N.
Address OF 4. I. DUPONT de
Nemours a Co. In Wilmington.
Del. That is sufficient since the
company and city are virtually
synonymous.
You may be certain there IL no
intention of Withholding the
product from the public. Public
ity for Nylon would not be get
ting to your attention by every
possible route, II IL were not in
tended by DUPONT to push 1t for
all 1t Is worth.
Mr.. FIxit: Gan you tell us
anything about q Salzard violin
Who made II and when, and Il
IL valuables MRS. n. H.
From the value point Of view
old violins and old coins are in
the same classification. The
chance OF one being valuable Is
30 remote as to be hardly worth
the trouble of asking. First
step In learning II there Is any
value to your violin would be TO
ask one Of the local music stores
or violin instructors.
Mr.. Frxlt: Gan you tell me
when this state began keeping
birth records. Also the same
Information regarding Illinois
and where should I write TO oh
tain my birth certificate there?
l was born SO years. ago In Illi-
nois. A. r. X.
Washington began keeping
birth records under state law in
1907. Illinois In 1916. Many
counties and cities had been
keeping them long before that. so
you should write directly to the
county or city health department
OF the place where you were
born.
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w HtAl.
Perhaps the least informed
world capital concerning Stains
stratagems Is Washington. Nu-
merous Incidents attest that
fact. When the diplomatic rep
resentatives OF countries within
the soviet's military orbit ex-
pressed their fears OF Russian
aggression TO President Roose-
welt. he replied: "oh, don't
worry about Russia. She will be
the white angel of the democ-
racies. She will be on our side"
But within few months after
these presidential assurances,
Moscow gobbied up eastern Po-
land and launched her attack on
Finland. Stain doublecrossed
our president.
Like Hitler. Stain does not
announce his diplomatic or mill
tary schemes In advance. The
Russian boss never sees our am
bassador or members Of our dip
lomatic staff. At the present
momentum diplomatic advices
to the contrary-he is poised to
support the expected 1talo-
German attack on the Balkans.
President Roosevelt has made
congressional ratificstio of his
order for reorganization OF the
civil aerorautics authority
question of personal and political
privilege. Not since his demand
for enlargement of the supreme
court has F. d. r. exerted so
much personal and political
pressure on Capitol Hill. He is,
frankly. dismayed over the pros
pect OF reputation on the eve
of a national convention and
election.
Roosevelt has warned key
leaders in senate and house that
their attitude on this question
will furnish the acid test of their
loyalty to him. He has served
notice on the aviation industry,
which opposes the reorganization
almost unanimously, that they
will lobby against his program
at their peril; they may lose gov
eminent contracts If they buck
him. But his recent shift OF
Assistant Commerce Secretary
]. Monroe johnson to the ice
supplies a tipoff on the presi-
Dental concern.
As assistant commerce secre-
tary. Col. Johnson supervised
CAA's operations in its worst
DAYS. II was then "A political
agency. and the fatality records
prove il. Now. in his place,
F. ID. X. plans 10 name hooer'
II. Hinckley. cAA chairman, in
an attempt TO assure the Ameri-
can people that civil aeronsutics
will be kept safe. The proposed
shift explains why Hinckley. who
originally intended to resign In
protest against the cAA reor'
ganization. now favors ii. But II
shows how set F. D. r. Is Il
escape = major defeat on Cap
itol Hill.
The house foreign affairs com
mittee's utter ignorance OF
Europe's and Americas prob
lens WAS highlighted when |
witness intimately aoquainte'
| with the foreign scene recently
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QUESTIONS TO TEST

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions. Turn 10 the
woman's page for the answers.
/. who was the first U. s.
president not born . British sub
Jet!
3 Bamboo IL vine. tree or
grassy
3. Which island off the coast
81 Scotland Ia famous for IL
ponies
4. Which country is known ~
the Hermit Kingdom1
s. A stereoscope Ii something
10 hear. see. or speak through ?
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sion of gangster methods-ex-
pressed also In our taste for a
certain type of motion pictures.
international law protects the
heads OF other governments
from insults of this kind, even
as our own strictly enforced
Lindbergh law protects our citi-
zens. l wonder what the district
attorney OF New York, mention
ed as a possible presidential
candidate. will do in this case.
AS tree Americans, it seems to
be our duty to keep a cool head.
During and after the last war,
the German kaiser was wanted
just as badly. 1t is now agreed
by most historians, and backed
by no less an authority than the
Encyclopaedia Britannica" that
he was unJustly accused of be-
ing responsible for the World
war. S. C. LANNEQUIST,
Rt. 7. Box 462-C
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by John Xix
TOLERANCE

Editor, The Times: From the
New Religious Frontier, quote:
Norman Thomas makes the
charge that the Communist
party in Norway deliberately
cooperated with the Nazis
Norwegian Communists have not
yielded to superior force; they
have not advised or practiced
civil disobedience; they have CO.
operated with Hitler"
Submitted simply for the rec
ord, and without argument, save
to remind the reader of Norman
Thomas reputation for honesty
and perhaps excessive deliber'
ateness of statement, perhaps
too much tolerance for those
who are themselves most intol-
Grant.
ROBERT ]. PEARSALL,
5715 So. Park Ave.
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APPROVES GERMOND'S
REPLY TO MUELLER

Editor, The Times: 1 want to
express my appreciation to Mr..
o. B. Germond of Pc Ell for
his answer to Mr.. A. d. Muel-
ler's recent letter. I think -
gave him a good -
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SF1AfR
the city debt and the project
was confined to one-story
building.
Another improvement
which had general approval
and provided employment
for . number OF men was
construction of . graseisd
and corduroy road on Ia
coma and North Twenty
first street. the first real
highway between Old Taco
ma and downtown. The city
governments of Tacoma and
New Taco ma had been
united. New Tacoma be-
came Tacoma and the orig
inal Tacoma became Old
Tacoma.
Everybody realized that one
Of the towns greatest needs was
an organization that would rep
resent all the local interests
and provide a contact with the
outside. Several efforts to or
ganize commercial club or
chamber of commerce had failed
for various reasons and an
other attempt was made in
1884. A few leading citizens.
including DR.. II. c. Bostwick.
who built the Bostwick block in
the triangle at the junction of
st. Helens and Broadway: ]. w.
Sprague. Northern Pacific rep
resentative; and r. ]. Weiss
bach, mayor. and a leader in
the movement which resulted in
forcible eviction of several hum
dred Chinese who constituted
about one tenth of Tacoms's
population. started the move
ment.
In a few days there were on
the charter membership roll the
names of such pioneer leaders
as j. P. Chilberg, A. J. Baker.
Walter ]. Thompson. w. J.
Fife, w. B. Blackwell. Byron
Barlow, w. P. Bonney, John S.
Baker. N. B. Coffman, C. Bar
low, Charles Muehlenbruch,
Henry Mahncke. Allen C. Mason,
David Lister, John Holgate, C.
A. Cook, Robert Mottau, Albert
Whyte, F. T. Olds, Stuart Rice,
Isac Pincus and others.
With j. w. Sprague as presi-
dent and Stuart Rice. secretary,
the organization went to work
and people began to hear about
Tacoma.
About this time the first Of
several oil booms in the Puget
Sound country developed. Seek
ing an artesian flow, well drill
ers on a farm near Puyallup
struck a vein of hot water and
gas. Traces of oil appeared in
the water from a well on the
hill near Eleventh and X streets.
The Tacoma Oil company put
on a big show when operations
were started on well near
Puyallup. Ezra Meeker organ
lied the New Standard Oil COM
pany and Tacoma's mayor, r. j.
Weisbach, organized the Mu-
tual Oil company. An attempt
was made to involve the new
Chamber of Commerce in several
oil promotion schemes but the
level headed ones steered away
from 1t.
At the suggestion of Presi-
dent Sprague, Walter j. Thomp-
son and other members, the
chamber decided to put up a
building for headquarters.
Two lots on the southeast cor
ner of Pacific and Twelfth were
purchased for $4,000. Right
here Architect Darmer takes
over and will tell about Taco
mas first building.Aand en-
bellish the stovx some
personal rem be-
gins tome
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PROFIT VS..
HUMANITY


Editor. The Times: Those who
would like to define the just and
unjust in the present war and
drag Christianity into another
Holy" war, should answer the
question why we followed the
safe minority principel of profit
over humanity after the last
war. Even engineers like Mr..
Hoover bow to this principle,
and timidly suggest we feed sew
eral million people in Europe in
stead of transplanting them to
virgin soils which experts agree
could be made livable by use Of
power machinery.
The Jew in Palestine killed TN
lie that refugees are lazy
making the desert bloom agl
Scandinavian iron for
American scrap iron to oY
low brothers and airpla
tors to a destitute count
not send our surpl
Answer to this queS
stage for a far MD
munitions inveS
have yet expeI
The Ameri
is brighter
Just as on
up trying
of Europe
for the poo
must carry
and flag W
scientific re
economy.
The late
be proud
Temporary
Committed
augurste.
doing goo
hunting
do. Sen.
even gone
why John
! vote in
panies.
/ United s
must ha
suggest
be dismI
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TTcuT An Inside Picture of Finan-
II u II / ciol and Political America

WASHIN menacng and mys-
terous-represents Hiters most invaluable ally today in
the world system of pressure politics No foreign minister
office and that applies London Paris and Washing
ton, knows what the silent and secretive Kremlin will
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The house foreign affairs COM
mittees utter ignorance on
Europe's and Americas prob
lens was highlighted when a
witness intimately acquainted
with the foreign scene recently
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Let thy be such as thou mayest command and
entertain about thee but those whom thou gvest
wages.-Sir Walter Raleigh
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LUCKY FALL.

LUCKY FALL
Working high up on a tall
smokestake. Charles Won Gossett,
75-year-old steeplejack, suddenly
felt his rig slip and plunged into
a headlong fall toward what
seemed like sure death SIS feet
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S sSsS INVITES. ; Ne.

came close TO him, touching the
braid timidly. "Are you leaving
so soon7 I thought perhaps you'd
come home TO stay. - II would
be nice II I could talk to you
again, to thank you for every
thing"
Gilbert Lenox was brusque as
he answered. mo. I'm here only
for q few days. Came back to SUI
pervise the preparation Of some
special serum for gunshot wound
cases. It's being made up in our
London hospital laboratory. III be
at the hospital while I'm here so
you may keep these rooms until
you've made your own plans"
Mary Carroll should have been
relieved that he was going - glad
now that this scene, which had to
come was over He intended
keeping his bargain. She could
have her freedom. She could be
Vincent's wife.
Best Of luck II I don't see you
again." Gilbert was saying as he
shook her hand.
Mary knew In that instant that
she was In love with Gilbert Len
OK = madly, poignantly in love
with him.
ITO Be Continued
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Naugy Alembics
Meet Ansonia
WOODLANDS Tonight

Naugatuck, jan. lo-The Manga.
tuck Chemical Alembic basketball
team will battle the fast Woodlawn
A. q. Of AnSonia at the YMCA to-
night OF 8:4B In one OF the accrac.
lions OF the Chemical Night" spon-
Sored by the Alembic Association.
The Copper City team comes here
with formidable records, having
met and defeated some OF the
strongest basketball teams IN this
state and Massachusetts They are
well QUILTED and make flashy ap-
pearance on the court In their scar
lot and black uniforms. They feature
Harry Kelly, one OF the best shots
In the state, and I'd Lynch, one OF
the best play makers In tho lower
valley.
After q poor start, SIC Alemblcs
have como back and won three
games straight, their latest victims
being the Danbury Big Five. The
chemical makers have developed In.
10 high scoring combine and play
" brand OF ball that ~ liked by tho
spectators.
Starters
Coach Joe Smey plans 10 start
Bob Mariana and Walt Booth ut
the forward positions. These two
BtalwartS have been sinking them
IN from oil angles In the past few
games and much Is expected OF both
OF them. Art Nauges will DO ut the
center position and In practice per-
formanceS lately no has developed
some new shots which he plans 10
uncork tonight. Captain Frankie Ed
ri1ords will be at one OF the guard
positions and this fast breaking and
inspiring leader will be out TO show
his fellow workers that the Al0mbicS
have Q good bail team. Bill Winklis
will bo stationed at the other guard
post and most likely will DO assigned
TO check Harry Kelly. Winkus Ia the
teams best defensive bet and he will
be counted on 10 keep KellyS score
nc O minimum. All Of the above
players stand six feet or better,
In reserve the Alembics have Jack
Dunn, Bill Petrilas, I'd. Urashka,
George Backtis and Pete Thomas
All Of these players have been In
gtrumental In the AlembicS success
IN their past few games.
The lineup:
Aembics--Mariano Backtis, II,
Booth, Dunn, RI; Nauges, Urashka
center; Edmonds, Thomas, lg; Win
ktis, petrilas, re-.
Woodlawns-Kelly, II: MackniS
Adamchuk, RI; Marchand, q. sheaS-
BY, 0; Bedarnick, W. sheasby, lg;
Lynch re-.
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<n AMlGJM
CRACKERS
FICTION CHARACTERS

The characters In English clas-
steal fiction, mentioned In today's
test, should be familiar TO most peo-
Pile. In each group you must fur
nish both the title OF the book In
which the character appears and
the author. You are given q
choice OF authors; the title you will
have to I'LL In yourself.
/. william Darnay appears In
Name Of Book by tsir Walter
Scott, Voltaire, Charles Dickens
Tolstoy).
2. Tom jones appears in.u..,.
by (Henry Fielding, John Milton
Kipling, Jonson).
3. Becky Sharpe appears IN
.,,.,,.,,,., by mark Twain, An
thony Trollopo, William MakepeacC
Thackeray, Richard Sheridan),
4. jim Hawthorn appears in
....,,. by tChaucer, Shakespeare
Thomas Hardy, r. l.. Stevenson),
8. CULVER appears In ....,......
by emerson, Jonathan Swift, Bos-
well, Masefield).
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REV. QUINN RESIGNS

Providence, r. l.. January 10. --
(UP) - Tho Rev. Vincent g. Dore,
o, p, Of New Haven, Conn, head OF
the sociology department, was the
new director OF athletics at Provi.
dence College today.
His appointment 10 succeed the
REV. Robert q. Quinn, o. p, o son
Of Boston Bees president, Bob
quinn, was announced yesterday.
rather Quinn gave poor health aS
Tire reason for his resignation.
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Mary remained In the hospital

Mary remained In the hospital
q week longer.
In that week, Vincent was at her
bedside almost continuously. HIS
flowers made O florists shop OF her
room. Awaiting her In the morn
Ing on her breakfast tray were notes
from him-amusing and endearing.
They'd reached an agreement at
last. They would forget the last
few weeks OF their lives since the
Moravia disaster and start all
over. As soon as II could be ar
ranged, her marriage 10 Gilbert
would be annulled and she and
Vincent would return 10 America.
II Mary would awake sometimes
at night and remember, Gilbert's
kind gray eyes and the boyish,
unruly red hair, she'd brush the
thought aside. II she would pause
sometimes In looking at Vincent
70 wonder II CarlaS lips had
famed 10 his, she would shut out
the picture,
There could never DO anyone
but you" Vincent would tell her,
his old assurance returning. "Smit-
ten-that's me, Crazy, goofy, simply
hepped."
That stolid British nurse, Miss
Babcock, sometimes made Mary
nervous by her silent eisapproval.
A married woman -- DR., Gilbert
Lenox's wife--to have so attentive
visitor. Mary could almost read
her thoughts,
10 was because OF this that Mary
refused 10 let Vincent take her
home. "Afraid OF q scandal, aren't
you. sweet?" no leased,
She couldn't explain 10 him, but
there was another reason. IL
wouldn't be fair 10 let Vincent 90
with her 10 dilbcrt's rooms, 80
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. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Widows Mourn as War
Claims Two Ships q Day

Widows Mourn as War
Claims Two Ships a Day
FRANCES monument to sailors
d. lost ut seq, reproduced on the
French Seml-poStal above, assumes
greater significance as the toll Of
sea warfare mounts. Ships sunk
have averaged almost two q day
100 In the FIRST 100 days OF war.
France has lost only about one
tenth as many ships % Britain.
Neutral ships make up about one
fourth Of tho entire total.
The Postofiice Department sup
piled postmasters with 3,716,37B,-
024 extra postage stamps to take
care OF the holiday demand. Low
values made UP the major portion
OF tho supply, with i,l60,284, 900
Scent stamps topping tho list.
Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Do
miniean Republic, Honduras and
Panama will issue new commem-
oratiVc stamps In 1910, honoring
the golden Jubilee Of tho Pan.
American Union. Other American
republics are expected TO increase
the releases. No announcement
has boon made as to whether
United States will Issue O special
Pan-Amorican Union jubilee
stamp.
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CLAPPER's EYE HURT

Boston, January 10. CUP -
I'VE specialists will decide tomorrow
whether 10 permit defenseman, Dit
Glapper, 10 play for the Boston
Bruins against tho Rangers at New
york Sunday night IN @ National
hockey League battle for first place.
Clapper suffered o bruised eye
bali and O cut on the eyelid when
accidentally struck by O teammates
ntick during O game with the Can
beiens at Montreal Tuesday night
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CAST or CHARACTERS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
MARY CARROLL = American
fashion expert, In London dur
Ing wartime.
VINCENT GREGG - soldier Of
fortunet In love with Mary.
CARLA MARCHETTA - q mys-
terious London sOciallte.
DIR. GILBERT LENOx-surgeOn,
serving with British army.
YESTERDAY The operation
restores the real Mary Carroll to
Me and happiness. She writes
Gilbert, expressing her gratitude.
Then she summons Vincent He Ii
overiOyed 70 find her. but the
figure Of Carla stands between
them. Vincent begs for q chance
% regain their former happiness.
Mary does not answer.
CHAPTER XXI
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