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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
Quest for Faith

Without faith life is desert. He who has faith has
strength. He is like ship drifting with neither SAIL
rudder, anchor.
Faith in something that is II does not much matter
in what Faith in religion faith in science faith in pol
cal system, faith in eventually getting the jackpot in the
corner slot machine, faith in something.
Our weakness today much in the lack of planes
and cannon lack of faith 1t is here that Germany
gained such initial advantage France and England
Hitler gave the Germans faith often an unwilling faith
often grudgng desperate faith faith in things which to
us unworthy and despcabe but something to which to
cling.
The British bright young people, thoroughly dis
illusoned after the World war; Everything phony
Nothing mattered France, too was shot through with
spirit described by French phrase best translated
"whatthe-hesm This spirit prevalent in Germany,
too, in the early twenties.
But the black pail of depression descended Germany
10 years and before struck westward Men had to
grasp for and strange faiths Such they they
found them.
In the other countries: cynicism. The war?
spracy by the armament World organization for
peace? lot of professors and politicians Religion? The
opium of the people! Labor organization? bunch of
rackeeers Democracy? Politicians gypping the people!
Morality? Don't be dull!
Well there it is But the fun over, and the
brightest of the bright people of England know that
all that time they had something infinitely worth defend
ing worth dying for if necessary. They know 1t and
in the fires of Flanders faith is being rapidly forged
Whether it is too late, no man can tell
Archibald MacLesh, librarian of Congress and one of
greatest poets rhymer but poet in the real
and original Of who looks deeply and
clearly He said recently unless regain the conviction
that there are final things for which democracy will fight
can leave planes unbut and batteshps pap
er, for shall not need them"
He right The lines of that faith clearer with
every SCATTERING bomb that falls in Flanders 1t is when
they gravey threatened that at last the prec
worth of freedom and religion and tolerance, and
morality, and the whole panorama of democratic way
Our faith in devotion to, these things be felt in
these hours hardening and temperng itself in the fires of
adversely. What the hour requires, man brings FORTH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07

a dozen times before the first
purchaser received his deed.
But they didn't know Coff-
man. When Baker and Orchard
refused to put a price on the
controlling interest in their
bank Coffman at once prepared
to exercise the other alternative
which Thompson had authorized.
That altered the situation.
Baker was making money at
the time but he was a shrewd
financier and was not sure how
long the boom was going to last.
After thinking it over he decided
that 1t would be better to sell to
Coffman than to take chance
on the boom running out and
having the competition of an
other bank. Coffman took an
option and Thompson came out
to close the deal.
When the Thompson bank
opened spectators We're coming
into Tacoma by every train and
boat and fortunes were being
made almost over night. To the
mild-mannered young Coffman
there was something artificial
about the whole proceeding.
Against the advice of friends he
resigned and moved to Chehalis,
small country town on the
Northern Pacific in the center
Of an area of rich farming land
in Lewis county.
Coffman lost the opportuni-
ty to make a great deal Of
money In the Tacoma boom,
but he just as surely escaped
the fate which befell his asso-
ciates in the panic of the nine
ties that took away fortunes
rs fast rs they had been made.
Coffman didn't have much to
lose in the nineties but what
little he had was secure. The
rich lands OF Lewis county con-
tinued TO produce food. The
little money that escaped the
series of crashes was used to
buy things to eat. Some OF the
money stayed in the bank that
Coffman had been induced to
open at Chehalis TO accommo-
date the farmers.
When the panic was over
Coffman had another oppor-
tunity to make money quickly
but he preferred to stay in Che
halls, even then not very big
spot alongside the railroad. He
had confidence in the good
earth and there was plenty OF
IL around Chehalis. He also had
ideas about letting the other fell
low have q break.
The answer Is found In the
substantial business and hun
dreds Of sincere friends Of
"Noah, II. C." when he passed
away. And every one Of those
friends feels confident that
Noah" had the password
which opens the pearly gates
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fleet of bombers or training
planes. The second asked for
almost $4,000. DOC. 100000 in aP-
preparations. with emphasis on
the need for aerial expansion.
Mr.. Roosevelt, for once Jagged
behind public sentiment, had not
sensed the popular demand for
adequate defense. So he APPROX
ed the smaller request. After
adding other items, his original
proposal amounted to only ST.
100000.
Two weeks later-after Hit
lers successful smash through
the low countries-after criti-
cism Of his leadership by Her
bert Hoover and Lindbergh-
after murnblings among his own
partisans on Capitol Hill-he
asked for another billion. And
this time he included a provision
for bombers and training planes.
1t is incidents like these which
precipitate demands for an over
hauling of the Cabinet.
The American peoples appar-
ent resolve to remain out of the
European war has amazed the
politicos on Capitol Hill who
hold their jobs because of their
skill in gauging public senti-
ment. Despite Hitler's surpris-
ing successes in the low coun-
tries, and the ferocity of his
methods, the overwhelming ma
jority of letter writers demand
non-intervention.
They profess horror and shock
over the totally unexpected de-
bacle Of the allied armies in
Flanders-they had looked for
repetition of the 1914-1917
pattern-but they still want to
keep American boys at home.
They are sympathetic toward
efforts to help Great Britain
and France with methods short
of war" but they profess an
anxiety that even these may
still involve us more actively.
Mechanically measured, it APP
pears that the number urging
more than fiat participation has
increased from 2 to only 6 per
cent in recent weeks.
Revelations of the nations
unpreparedness pr o b bly, ac-
count for the unwillingness to
do more than we are doing now.
Mingled with these expressions
is readiness to pay heavily
for building up our own national
defenses, and there is strong
insistence that officials at Wash
ington talk more frankly about
prospective dangers - the costs
the existing army-navy estab-
lishment-than they have in the
past.
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stead Of holding themselves so
aloof from anything smacking of
politics and legislation (unless
1t concerned themselves Directly
which would benefit youth and
augment their efforts to make
good citizens, mentally, morally,
and spiritually, they should
carry the battle to the people.
They should come out of their
shell of intellectual snobbery,
and selfishness and get into the
battle for better deal for
youth and other worthwhile re-
forms. They want security for
themselves but are not much in
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Stories in
Stamps
Duke of Windsor Shown
On New Zealand Issue

FIVE British sovereigns who
have ruled New Zealand are
pictured on new stamp of the
dominion, above, one of a series
OF Is concentrating the Tooth
anniversary Of the annexation of
the islands. The Duke of Windsor
is pictured as Edward VIII, with
Queen Victoria, Edward VII,
George v and the present ruler,
George VI. &.
The centenary series was orig
inally issued in IL values. Re-
Gently the I'd. value, picturing a
Maori council, was withdrawn and
an Sd. value of the same design
substituted to meet increased
postal rates. The complete set
now lists Is values.
Modern New Zealand is a self
governing dominion of the British
Empire, comprising 103, 1862 square
miles. North and South islands
are the largest of the group. North
Island has several volcanoes, nu-
nerous geysers and hot springs.
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Quits Big Money Deal for
Good Earth Security

MIHEN George w. Orchard
w joined Andrew J. Baker in
the Bank of New Tacoma in
March, 1888 and increased the
capital stock from $50, 900 to
100000. Tacomas first big
boom was getting underway. The
prospects looked so good that
Gen. J. w. Sprague, with inside
information about the plans of
the Northern Pacific and the
Tacoma Land company, a cor
poration composed Of higher
ups in the railroad group, start
ed a second bank, the Tacoma
National.
The two banks were divid-
Ing n rapidly growing business
when there came to town
tall. lean young fellow who
said his name was n. b. Coff-
man. He facetiously said to
his first act siaintances here
that his initials meant Noah.
Is. c." and that he was In Ia
coma to buy a bank.
Coffman had been sent out
here by Walter J. Thompson
who owned country bank in
Hebron. Neb. Thompson was all
ready to come out himself to
start a bank and get in on the
boom which was being publicized
all over the country. The seri-
Gus illness OF a business partner
changed his plans and he sent
Coffman to buy bank or start
one.
Coffman was astonished at
what he saw here. As he
walked along the waterfront
or viewed the picture from
the high lands. he visualiZed
Tacoma as a great sea port
and commercial center. with
beautiful homes on the hills
and the wealth OF natural re-
sources pouring In from the
timbered areas and the farms
and mines.
His report was so optimistic
that Thompson urged him TO
lose no time in buying a bank
or making arrangements 10 es-
tablish one.
The other bankers didn't take
the young newcomer seriously.
He was so mildmannered and
friendly that everybody liked
him but he didn't appear TO be
the type Of boomer who could
hold his own in the rough and
tumble period when real estate
sometimes would change hands
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
/. Are whipping posts still in
use In any Of the states?
:. Which state Il nearest to
the North Pole?
:. What ID the correct pro-
nunciation Of Thailand, the new
name for Siam?
Z. How many days are there
n 1910.
3. What character in drama
said, TO be or not TO be, that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07
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.. Ffxit: Would any punish
ment be given a person who
deserted from the navy about
10 years ago: MRS. T. T.
That would depend entirely
upon what the naval court at
Washington. d. c.. decides after
investigating the circumstances
of his desertion. He might be
imprisoned. or he might be Civ
en- type Of dishonorable dis
charge. Certainly. whatever the
punishment he should get his
record cleared as early as posi-
bic. A desertion never will be-
come outlawed. He should sur
render himself at the Puget
Sound navy yard in Bremerton.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tell me TO whom I should write
or see for information concern
ing all the requirements to be-
come a relief worker In France
now. What money IL needed?
How old must you be- What
training ia required and where
can YOU get IL. r. G.
The Red Cross has sent some
of its present paid personnel to
France to do administrative
work, but necessarily is using
trained workers in the stricken
nations in subordinate capaci-
ties. While a few other Ameri-
cans may be sent over, If they
can be OF service, there really is
no chance Of a person now I'M
trained being sent.
You can. IL you wish. send a
written application by letter to
the American Red Cross. Nation
al Headquarters. Washington,
d. c.. telling what qualification
and training you have and
whether you would be prepared
to go on paid or volunteer
basis.
Hxt
have a social security number In
selling on commission Or does
this apply to salary positions
only: s. ID.
Anybody can get social Sc
curity number. Funds are not
deposited, though, for persons
working strictly on their own,
such as general agents for a
number Of companies which pay
only commissions. A person paid
entirely on commission may be
eligible for social security only
IL his employer has some con-
troll over his work or his hours.
You might ask the ". s. social
security board in the Washing
ton building, Tacoma, to consid-
er your case.
Mr.. Fixit: Is there to be q
Franklin county picnic In Ia
coma this year? II so, when and
where: READER.
We have no way of learning
that for you other than to ask
someone who knows to write to
Mr.. Fixit.
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Our experts expect Hitler to
conquer almost all of France in
a surprisingly short period. The
French and British forces lost a
vast volume Of their motorized
and mechanical equipment IN
Flanders. and Weygand's hastily
erected Notifications along the
Aisne-Somme line are not relied
upon TO check the blitzkrieg.
Meanwhile, Mussolini is ex-
pected to hurl his legions against
the French in the south of
France. That will have the eff
feet Of pinching the French forces
in a modified form of the old
Won Schlieffen plan.
SPANS Franco probably will
leap in, rendering the allies po-
sition even more desperate. 9th
er neutrals. including Turkey,
may repudiate their alliances
with London and Paris. That
would make Hitler the master
Of Europe even more completely
than Napoleon was.
Hitler will eventually attack
England directly, according to
this pessimistic theory. How
long he will wait will depend
upon the time he needs to repair
and refuel his machine. Unoffi-
cisl guesses here are that he
will turn on his chief enemy DUR
ing July. And our people give
Britain only a small chance OF
outstanding him.
Administration officials believe
and privately say 80 that
American involvement will hang
in q narrow balance If these
things happen. 1t may depend
upon the demand der fuehrer
makes for the British fleet-also
Anglo-French possessions in the
western hemisphere - and how
the near-vanquished allies answer
them.
If the English surrender their
navy under the threat of their
islands total destruction-this is
the acute fear of the state de-
partment-the u. S. may stand
in imminent peril. II the fleet
withdraws to Canadian waters
virtually placing itself under the
protection of America-our neu-
trality or non-belligerency will
be seriously affected.
If Hitler tries to take over
British, French or Dutch terri
torv on this side Of the Atlantic,
or even to exercise legal but
minal sovereignty, there
again lies the danger of actual
involvement. Under President
Roosevelt's terms of neutrality
and his principles of hemi-
spheric defense, the U. S. is
committed to fight, provided
congress assents. And the con-
gress may be far from Wash
ington when these troubles
come.
These things impress many
people as hysteria-pipe dreams
propaganda. They may be.
But they form the subject of
almost every conference and
conversation among administra-
ton officials these days. The
drums of war are rolling furi-
ously and more furiously at the
capital these days.
Meanwhile, a equate and
speedy preparations for nation
al defense are being botched be-
cause of differences and indie
cisiveness within the administra-
ton. They explain why Presi-
dent Roosevelt boosted his de-
mands for war money by 100
per cent within two weeks. Here
is the inside story:
At the first White House pre-
paredness conference a few days
after May 10th, two army-air
budgets were placed before F. D.
r. The first, which was prepar-
ed by the anti-airplane faction
headed by Secretary Woodring
and Chief of Staff Marshall,
provided only 100000, 900. 1t
did not call for construction Of a
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TEACHERS AND SALARIES

Editor The Times: l have
been much interested in the con-
troversy regarding the teachers
getting their back pay, and let
me say I am very much in favor
OF them having it-every cent
of it-but | want to call their
attention to few facts. In this
modern age when married wom-
en- predominant in business and
have so little time to devote to
their children. the school teach
err automatically becomes the
greatest influence in the life of
school children. Therefore, in
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terested in security for others
the others who pay their salaries
and give them their security. A
teacher should be a better citi-
zen by example as well as in
theory.
The old-fashioned hool
teacher was an unselfish citi-
zen who worked for the benefit
and betterment Of whatever
community in which she taught.
The teacher can come out of her
little sphere and be a power for
good only when she grows be-
yond her petty immediate circle.
AGNES LARSON.
OLD FOLKS DELUDED
Editor The Times: For the
special benefit of the oldsters
who have been so certain of the
passage of the present Town
send bill in congress, l wish to
quote from the Congressional
Record, page 1894, April Is,
Rep. Robert C. Allen of Penn,
in a letter to Otis J. Bouma, has
said: Il have just received
copy of No. Z of your Washing
ton Flash, in which my name
appears among those who have
signed a petition to discharge
the Townsend bill from the ways
and means committee. I have
not signed this petition nor will
I do so. signed your petition
one year ago, and helped give
you a fair hearing in congress.
This you had. In my opinion,
you are guilty of deluding the
old people of this country in
shameful way. You are primar-
lily interested in perpetuating
your own jobs rather than allie
waiting the woes of our elderly
citizens. The economic basis of
your legislation has undergone
an annual change for the past
five years. A year from now
you will probably pull a new bill
from Mr.. Townsend's hat which
will be as different from II. r.
1854, today's bill, as it is from
II. r. 6466, which you tried to
cram down our Threats last
year. Your political machina-
tons and the demagoguery Of
your leadership have brought
your movement into disrepute.
l ask that you correct the
statement in your Flash of April
II, where my name appears
among those who have signed
the so-called Townsend dis
charge petition"
Louis c. Silva of Hawaii, De-
cember II, 1889. two days after
his contract with the Townsend
organization had ended, began
his speech at Tampa, Florida. by
saying: You have been led and
misled-told and untold-until
you find yourselves grouping in
utter darkness, for you know not
what. Time and again have you
been promised salvation - only
to get the same old medicine,
starvation. You have scrimped
in the past only to starve later,
with a daily diet consisting Of
the crumbs, though you live in a
land of plenty"
In the same address. Mr.. Silva
warned his listeners that as far
as passing legislation during this
present session OF congress was
concerned. they would go
through the motions" in order
TO make the "deluded" oldsters
still hang on and believe they
would get il next time.
I wonder just how long il is
going TO take some Of those
"deluded" folks TO realize they
are in the same boat with the
horse whose owner in order TO
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TTrTT An Inside Picture of Finon-
Lldn ! ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-The darkest and most determinatWe
DAYS of the just ahead according to advlces when
Washington has received from iason men with the
allied armies The events of the next month may Clarity
for people of this hemisphere the problems wneh hurop
nresenf-and the future role of the United STATES
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In the field Of human association, the role of govern
ent is to encourage to cooperate and to coordinate pr
vate initiative and the initiative of institutions seeking to
broaden the base of human cultureEs o. Briggs acting
chief State Departments division of American Republics
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get the horse to go, tied a bum
die of hay on pole and fastened
the pole to the names and har-
ness so that it was just out of
reach Of the poor old animal,
which seemed to expect every
step Il am sure going to get it
this time"
CLARENCE DOLAN.
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ture, car, vacations and an
adopted baby with her winnings
from six to nine contest prizes
a month. When people wrote to
find out her secret of success,
she opened a school for contest
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AT TER MANY YEARS

By {. T. SHORT
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HOW TO WIN A HOME
My mother says / won prizes
at all the kid parties l ever at
tended" says Hazel NJ. Friend,
Decatur. Ill. Strange as it seems,
she has paid for a home. furni-
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Noah, B. c., Comes to
Buy q Bank
Arrives in The Midst Of
Tacoma's Biggest Boom
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-27
BY HENRY McLEMORE

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 26
(UP)-The best proof that college
football still operates under the
amateur banner lies in the fact
that the paying stadium customers
never know what they are going
to get.
They buy their tickets and hope
for the best.
Take today'S game between Mich
igan and Pennsylvania, for exam-
pie.
Most of the customers who bought
tickets for today's conflict between
the king of the west and the leader
of the east, bought them in the
hope of seeing hand-to-hand,
to-man, battle between Tom
my Harmon and Frank Reagan.
Tommy of Michigan and Frank
of Penn are the two most publiciz-
ed handlers of footballs in the
country. They are fast, they are
tricky, they are versatile, meaning
they cannot only run with the ball
but pass, kick, and handle it.
But the chances are the paying
customers won't see Harmon and
Reagan at their best. The chances
are they will be hushed and the
main responsibilities placed on the
shoulders of lesser backs. Coaches
are that way, you know. The game
is the thing to them the winning
of the game, that is.
To hell with the customers. To
hell with what he came to see.
Let's win the game.
Nothing new mind you. Only
last week Michigan sidetracked
Harmon-Illinois was looking for
him-and let Westfall run wild.
Down in Texas last week the Texas
Aggies crossed their opponents (and
the customers) by giving Thoma-
son the heavy work and letting
the mighty Kimbrough do odd
chores.
This sort of deceit has been going
on for years. Remember the Rose
Bowl game when Tulane had every
thing set to stop Shaver and War
burton and so Howard Jones turn
ed loose blocking back, Ernie
Pinckert? Remember another land
more recen) Rose Bowl game when
Washington came out determined to
do or die in an effort to stop Mar
shall Goldberg of Pittsburgh? All
Jock Sutherland did was to turn
Goldberg into a blocking back and
confound the westerners by having
Bobby Larue do all the ball-carry-
ing.
And-to bring in the Pennsyl-
vania touch-do you recall the game
Penn had with Notre Dame not too
many years ago? Penn built de-
fense to halt the mad marches of
Marchmont Schwartz. Well, you