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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-12

Perniconi, Jean Quinn, Irene Ribar,
Dorothy Sotak, Lois Thatcher,
Alva Pryor. Mable Gilbert, Helen
Leznick, Florence Kelly. Mesdames
Patricia Miller, Leonard Cares,
Julius Brecht. jr., Michael Jayko,
Gerald Bryor. James Healy, John
Brecht. James LaPenske, Dorothy
Borchert, Henry Hesketh, Charles
Paulick. Bert Kacha. Camelle
Tillis. Harold Rossman, Cora Stew
art. Michael Vanerick. Cyril Ryan,
Arthur Andrews. Ed Micha jla,
Frank Scowkowski, NJ. Waring and
A. T. Hopkins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-12
Colleges Beckon
Younger Set
Migration 10 Schools at
Busiest Point This Week

After a busy summer of
parties the younger set once
more start out to colleges
throughout the country. To
some a new experience, to
others il will be an old story.
Miss Catherine Snyder left
Monday for San Rafael col
lege. Leaving at the same
time was Miss Mary Lee
Griggs who will attend Miss
Bransom's school.
Friday Miss Anne Weyerhaeuser
will leave for the Masters school in
Dobbs Ferry with Miss Suzanne
Ingram. Miss Ingram will join a
former Tacoman. Miss Leila Sulli-
van. to enter Connecticut College
for Women. On the same train
will be Messrs. Tommy Murray,
Corydon Wagner and Philip Weyer-
haeuser, all three Of whom plan
TO enter Taft.
Mr.. Robert Pascoe win return to
Yale for his junior year, while his
brother, Mr.. Jack Pascoe, viii enter
as freshman. Leaving with them
will be Mr.. William Watts, who will
enter st. Johns college, Annapolis.
Mr.. Jack Titcomb will also enter
Yale this fall.
Three girls leaving together or
Saturday viii be Miss. Frances
Mary Oakley, returning for her
third year to Julliard School of Mu-
sic; her cousin. Miss Eleanor Soule
is going to the University Of North
Carolina, and Miss Jean Willard
is going to Oberlin.
Miss Jean Hopkins has decided &c
continue her studies at Northwest
ern. Miss Ann Baker will return
to the Eastman School of Music
for her second year. Miss Carolyn
Soule will return TO Whitman.
Miss Nancy Corse will be in New
York City this winter. where she
will enter Finch Junior college. Hei
brother. Mr.. Thorne corse, viii re.
turn at the same time to Yale fol
his junior year.
Mr.. Bruce Gilpin already has left
for the University Of Virginia
while Mr.. Ralph Schaeffer will re
turn to Pomona for his sophomor,
year.
Many will return TO the Univer'
sity OF Washington this year
Misses Virginia Haines, Mary Cor.
don. Phyllis Jackson. Mary Anne
McNerthney, Marijane Argue, Bet.
ty Klopfenstein, Catherine Kelly
and Dorothy Fawcett. Transfers
from California will include Misses
Virginia Grove, Joan Burmeister
Mary Jean Morris, Betty Doud
while among the freshmen will bs
Patricia Early. Jean Sanders, Jul.
iette Schwalen. Virginia Carver
Sally Middleton and Joan Bonnell
To continue her dancing as well
as her studies, Miss Margaret Nc
Ginnis will return to Mills.
Men returning to the university
include Messrs. Bill Russell, Jack
Prins, Guy Kelly. John Long. Bill
Guyles, Jim Petrich, Bill Burmeis-
ter, Tom Lyle, Ross Butler and
Fred Deering.
Young Tacomans choosing STAN
ford are Messrs. Richard Derby,
Cyrus Happy III, Jerome Stickney,
Jim La Casa, Bill McCreery and
Miss Peggy Shaw. Bob Love, Lee
and David Doud will return for an
other year.
A variation in education has been
chosen by Roderick Olzendam and
William Moore. They have left for
a three-months' tour of the country
by auto, to return home just in time
for the Christmas holidays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-12

green topeoat with a badger scarf.
Her other accessories were olive
green and beige and her flowers
were white orchids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt have gone
South on their wedding trip and
will make their home in Los Ange-
les, Calf, where they will be To-
Gated at 1926 Barbara Court
after October 1.
The bride was educated at Mills
College, California and the Uni
versity Of Oregon from which she
was graduated. She IL affiliated
with Delta Delta sorority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

Gus. w. Dyer OF such VaclllatlOn
in human estimates, the meaning
Of words must change from time
to time. The word Humanitarian
has undergone radical change in
its meaning.
Originally, Humanitarian" was
q lover of mankind, q philanthropist
who gave Of his time and substance
to help people. The idea Of penalis-
ing one class In the interest of an.
other was fundamentally antagonis-
tic to the conception Of humans
tarianism. But today q great hui
manitarian is one who uses his
power to take property from one
class by legal compulsion and dis
tribute it to millions as gifts. A
great humanitarian now Is one who
gives away other peoples money on
a large scale. He assumes the role
Of redistributing the wealth Of
others.
Under this new conception Of
humanitarianism, who can deny to
Jesse James, the noted bandit Of
the last century, the right to qualify
as a great humanitarian? It Is true
that he ignored the injunctions Of
the Ten Commandments and the
Constitution of the United States
against the invasion Of the sanctity
of property rights. But this only
demonstrated the fact that he was
not bound by supernscal restrictions,
and believed that human rights
should come before property rights.
In his efforts to bring about q
better distribution Of wealth, Jesse
James raided only the big boys,"
the economic royalists. He specialize
ed on banks and transportation com.
panies. He was dominated by the
conviction that these great organ
izatiops had more than their share
Of the countryis wealth. Hence Q
redistribution was demanded. lie
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
YOUNGSTERS CHEER
BATTLING LIONS
Local Club Wins S0ftball
Contest in Woodbury.;
Comedy Features


A contest worthy Of Ebbetts Field,
Yankee Stadium or Polo Grounds,
was staged last evening between two
teams representing the waterbury
Lions and their fellow lodge-nien1-
bers from woodbury., at Bantam
Lake. The audience, consisting Of
various complaining Lions, the chill
dren from the Health Farm, friends,
townsfolk. and passing motorists,
was quite as vociferous as are the
bleachers rooterS for the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
The final score, as calculated by
Walter A. Woods, was 49, in favor
Of the local aggregation, but the
emphasis throughout the contest
was not on the play itself, but
rather on the various accompanying
features. John Stokes operated O
sound truck which added its bit to
the general hilarity and confusion
of the scene, Offering q varied pro.
gram Of music and impromptu adj
vice to the players.
The batteries were .yack cowles
and n sears for Woodb,,rv and
Ravmond p SNYDER ana MAY xiess-
iins fol- the victors SNYDER also
scored one AZ the twenty-or,e de-
cidinr runs with a round trim hit
and Edward ]. smith also conr,ected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
IYOUNCSPEAKERSI
APPEAL FOR AID
Travelling Caravan Hats
Here to Urge Support
for Great Britain

An audience that varied in si1e
from 80 or 90 people to 400 at one
point, gathered ct the soldiers mon
ument on the west side Of the green
last evening to listen to five young
speakers Of the Committee to De-
fend America by Aiding the Allies.
A caravan Of the young volunteers
Is making o tour Of the Southern
New England states, to win converts
to their cause. They stressed the in
difference Of the average American
to the great issues which are being
fought over and decided in our day,
and pointed out that this lethargic
attitude is one Of the strongest wea-
pons that could be given to Hitler,
In his attempt to undermine the
strength of America. All the speak,
ers seemed to feel that Hitler's CAM
paign In this country, as well Is
South America, has already begun.
The speeches were made from the
platform Of public address system
truck, and attracted several mo-
florists who were passing by, so that
before long, q little knot Of park
ed cars caused congestion around
the monument which made 1t difi-
cult for buses to get past.
The various speakers discussed the
need of mailing letters and post
cards to Congress and the president,
demanding that SO obsolete United
States destroyers be sent at once to
the aid Of England. This, they said,
was no attempt to fight England's
battle for her, but simply the most
effective way we could defend our
country. As one Of the speakers said
"The world simply Is not big enough
for both Hitler and America"
In the group are william Exton,
Jr., of New York City, the manager
Of the caravan; Richard Webb Of
New York City; Gwyneth Kahn OF
New Rochelle, N. Y; Olive Mckay,
New York City; and Matthew Lasz-
czkowski Of New York City, student
at Columbia law school. The cara
van will next stop at Newtown Sat-
urday, having already visited sew
eral other cities in Connecticut and
other states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

of all its ordinary peacetime business
but If it wants to fill immense or
ders for American rearmament it
may have to build extensive new
plants which might well be useless
after the emergency has passed.
Business men want to take care Of
this by being allowed to deduct from
the taxable income of the company
each year 20 per cent Of the cost Of
these special new plants. Thus i'll
five years the matter would be taken
care Of.
Until Congress and the admins
tration act on these problems, many
Of the new plants necessary for i'm
plementing the American rearmam-
ent program are simply not going to
be built. There are exceptions, Of
course. Several big airplane manu-
facturers have announced that they
are getting ready and are relying on
Congress to do the fair thing.
Even If adequate plants are
available, it takes time to provide
the necessary machines, tools, dies,
gauges and precision instruments
necessary in much Of the work for
the army and navy.
Sit also takes time to secure
and assemble the skilled labor nee.
eSsary.
MARSHALL
PLAYS POKER
It would be interesting if the
American public, which foots the
bills, could be informed month by
month of the actual progress being
made in delivery of materials Or
dered. In other words. If q box
score could be published.
For instance, it could be shown
that on May is last, when the
President sent his defense message
to Congress. the army had 100 X
guns; on June 16 had $50 x guns,
On July l6 had 200 x guns, on Aug.
l6 had 800 x guns.
But not long ago General George
G. Marshall, Chief Of Staff Of the
Army, shut down on that kind Of
q score. He was quoted as saying
1t was no use playing poker If
everybody was going to see the
cards you held. There was good
sound soldier sense in that.
NET: Facts and figures on what
the army has done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
YOU And Your Nations Affairs
JESSE JAMES THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN
BY GUS w. DYER
Professor Of Economs sociaIosy Vanderbilt University

took 1t upon himself to remedy this
evil, in part. by compelling the big
boys" to hand over to him large
parts Of their holdings. He did not
hoard the money he received. He
used his increased buying power"
to bring prosperity to the commu-
mites that he and his associates
would visit from time TO time. The
hardware business, the munitions
business, the grocery stores, the ho-
tells, the restaurants, the saloons.
ETC., were all helped by his increased
buying power.
Jesse James was the friend Of the
poor. He never restored to the pol
icy Of obtaining money from one
group Of the poor by indirect, un-
der-cover methods In order to make
gifts to another group. He never
attempted TO finance his humane
tartan activities by selling notes made
against the property and income of
unborn babies. AS humanitarian
he raided only the "big boys" still
alive.
An example of the humanitarian
ism of Jesse James is here given. On
one occasion he and his associates
stopped at q farm house to get din
ner. They found that widow was
in charge Of the little farm. The
poor woman seemed SO sad and de-
jected that Jesse asked her to tell
him the cause Of her trouble. She
told him the banker who had car
ried mortgage for many years on
her farm was coming over that
afternoon to take over her farm since
it was impossible for her to pay
anything on the Indebtedness. He
asked her to tell him the amount
Of her Indebtedness. He gave her the
full amount, and instructed her to
take o receipt in the language he
dictated. James and his associates
concealed themselves near the house.
The banker came at the appointed
hour. and the widow paid of her
mortgage. When the banker got
short distance from the house he
was relieved OF his money by the
great humanitarian.
To the credit Of Jesse James, he
helped the poor without any ex-
pectation of o political or any other
kind Of reward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
NLRB REPORTS
EDD IN VOTING
mo" ON UNIONS
Opposing Ballots Decline
4.8 Pct. in Past
Fiscal Year

Washington, Aug. 16-(UP)-Na-
tional Labor Relations Board cleo.
ton figures disclose that the per-
centage of anti-union votes is de-
clining slightly as more factory
workers participate In collective
bargaining polls.
A survey of NRLB elections fol
the last three fiscal years, ending
June 80, 1910, showed that the board
conducted 3,087 elections. in which
1,O66,520 of the 1,187,223 eligible
workers cast 1,047010 valid votes.
The anti-union votes in the 1910
fiscal year constituted 17.3 per cent
of the total, as compared with 22.l
per cent in 1899 and 17.8 per cent
in 1888.
Up 3 Pct. For 1910
The percentage of eligible workers
casting their ballots went up in
1910 to 81 per cent-an increase of
3 per cent over 1889 mad per cent
over 1888.
"There were only slight changes
in the proportion of the total valid
vote cast for each of the major
classes Of participants the NLRB
report said. Unions affiliated with
either the AFL or CLIO received a
slightly larger percentage of the
valid votes cast in 1910 than in
1898; unions affiliated with these
labor organizations received a
slightly smaller percentage of the
valid votes cast in the later year
than In the earlier.
THE votes cast for unions affili-
ated with either the AFL or the
CLIO constituted 678 per cent of all
valid votes cast in elections in 1888;
they constituted 68.6 per cent of the
total in 1889, and 693 per cent in
1910.
Minor Groups Tabulated
Votes cast for unions unaff1liated
with either of the major labor bod
les constituted 14.4 per cent of all
valid votes cast in 1888, 93 per cent
Of the total in 1889, and 125 per
cent in 1940."
The present study did not take
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

duction prevailed in Britain as now
appears here. For instance, it was
proudly announced that certain
airplane factory had increased its
production 300 per cent. That SCUM
ded good but meant little.
If the factory had been producing
10 planes and jumped to 80, that
was 800 per cent increase. But
80 airplanes are not enough to
brighten Hitler.
The British and French countries
were repeatedly told by their leaders
and their press that in this war
time was on their side. They were
fed figures giving the vast potential
strength and riches of the two en-
pires. The trouble with that COM
forting twaddle was that Hitler's
generals, admirals and air marshals
did not give the English and French
the time they needed. The Germans
hit before the others were fully pre-
pared.
I drew that picture for member
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

of the House Committee on Military
Affairs. His comment was, '"Time Is
not working on our side, either. 1t
is very much up to us to work on
times side. In other words, we must
not waste time. We must get trem-
endously busy. Dictators wait for
no man."
THREE CAUSES
FOR SHOWDOWN
There are three primary causes
for the showdown in rearmament
that have so far been manifest:
L. Congress, having promptly
voted the money for defense, is
holding up progress because, so
far. it has not enacted legislation
defining what excess profits tax
the governemnt shall exact from
those filing defense orders. Nor has
it decided upon any plan to allow
the manufacturers to amortize what
they spend on new plants.
The situation is this: corporation
may have plant ample to take care
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
RoosEvELT-wILLKIE TWINS

Wilkes-Barre. Pa. (UP)-A COM
plicated situation was settled when
twins were born to Mrs. Vas Baro-
vich. Mrs. Barovich is Republi-
can and wanted the child to be
named after Wendell Willkie. Ba-
rovich, a Democrat, wanted the
child to be named for President
Roosevelt. A compromise was ag-
reed upon when the twins were
born. They were named Wendell
Delano and Franklin Willkie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Washington, Aug. 16-From close
up I watched the tragic course Of
French and British rearmament.
The American program - three
months after the Presidents call to
arms-seems to be travelling much
the same route of detour and delay.
Five billions have been voted for
defense, another five billions almost
certainly will be voted soon.
Yet production lags. The National
Defense Advisory Council has
cleared contracts for only about IS
per cent of the first five billions.
There is a very great danger in
this. The public may be lulled into
a false sense of security, may take it
for granted that the cash has been
converted into goods, just as the
housewife converts her weekly allow
ance into groceries very promptly.
That is exactly the kind of spor-
ofic thinking that put the British
public almost fatally to sleep some
years ago. Alarmed to the vast mill
tary machine Hitler was building,
Parliament voted $500, 100000 in
one lump for rearmament.
But progress was deadly slow. 1t
was only when the war broke out
that the British public learned their
country sadly needed far more tanks,
airplanes, big guns, anti-aircraft
guns and machine guns.
TIME is
NO ALLY
The same reticence as to pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
OLD TIDE MILL TO CLOSE

Kennebunk, Me.-(UP)-The na-
tion's oldest continuously-run tide
mill, built on the Kennebunk river
in i740, soon will be transformed
into o teashop. With only 80 horses
here, the mill has failed TO show q
profit recently. At ore time the
towns 425 horses largely depended
on the mill for feed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
vEICLEs CRASH; S TYPES

Pasadena, Cal. Cup - Five types
Of vehicles figured in crashes here
on a single day. A 15-year-old boy
ran his bicycle into an electric bus;
an ambulance crashed into q truck
and car blew a tire and skidded
for 40 feet on its side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

Tor ocl W 70
c annon ade Its
prophets " lille
they are living
and an n o n lie
them after h ~
are dead. It is
not unusual for
society to con-
denim and punish
certain activities
at one period, and
Q o m m end and
honor such ac-
tivities at another
period. As Q result
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

It Is not unusual for great dy-
manic personality 10 be misunder-
stood and misinterpreted by people
on their own time. It is not unusual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16

into account the rivalry of the AFL
and CLIO with each other, and
Jumped their totals together in
seeking to determine the trend of
organization sen Il m ent among
workers, board officials said.
The following table shows the
trend year by year:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-16
How CONE IN MoNTE1s3. FIRST OF ARTICLES
Rearming America Appears To Be
Heading Down Same Tragic Course
Followed By France And Britain
Production Lays
AS Congress Tries
To Make Up Mind

First of three articles analysing
progress of the American defense
drive in the three months since
the President made his call to
arms.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-17
William M'Guire, Film
Writer, Taken by Death

Beverly Hills, Calf. Sept II
AP-Death has taken from the
stage and film scene William An
thony MCGUIRE, who wrote many
Of the Florenz Ziegfeld girl glor-
flying plays and. then won further
success in Hollywood.
He died Monday at 55 OF kid
ney ailment. Rosary will be said
Wednesday night, after which the
body will be taken to Chicago, his
birthplace. for burial.
One OF Is children. MCGUIRE at
10 wrote a play. THE Heights"
which was produced on Broadway.
He followed it with THE Divorce
Question" which proved a smash
hit and earned 100000 for him in
its initial engagement.
MCGUIRE went to Hollywood In
1880, writing a number OF plays and
preparing others stories for the
screen. His most successful orig
inal screenplay was The Great
Ziegfeld," and the most recent.
Lillian RUSSELL.
Production will start soon on his
'Ziegfeld Girl. He was doing a
story on Sam Dreben, American
soldier of fortune, when death
came.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-17
Local Residents Attend
Burial For 0rvaI Rose

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Hogan. De
troit. daughter and son.in-law Of
Mrs. Z. D. Moore. this city. re-
turned Sunday night from attend.
ing the burial Of Mr. Hogan's
nephew. Orvsl Rose, at Harbor
Springs.
Mr. Rose was Killed when the
plane in which he and Mr.. Hogan
ard pilot. William Conrad. became
lost in a dense fog and crashed in
Lake Michigan March, Mr.
Roses body was recovered last
Friday by Mr.. Hogan.
The. body was placed in sealed
casket and taken for burial at. Har-
Dor Springs where Mr.. Roses faith
err and two sisters live.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-17
Last Rites Wednesday
For Mrs. C. SChlimmer

Ann Arbor Mich, Sept. 17-Last
rites will be Wednesday afternoon
at 1880 at the Muehlig Chapel for
Mrs. Clara NJ. Schlimmer. II, WI
dow OF Charles Schlimmer, who
died Sunday at her home at Delhi,
following a brief illness. Rev. E.
c. Stellhorn will officiate at the
services and burial will be in Wood
land Cemetery, Jackson.
Mrs. Schlimmer was born April
20. 1863, at Whitmore Lake, and
she had resided in Washtenaw
County the greater part of her
lie. For the last 2e-yesFs- she
had resided at Delhi.
She is survived by son, Floyd
Schlimmer Delhi; seven grandchil-
dren: a brother. George Lemen,
Brighton; and several nieces and
nephews.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-17
News From London

Lee, Mrs. Arlia Cline, son. Robert.
were other Sunday visitors. Mrs.
Augusta Jennings and Aieria Sack
EFT, were Saturday visitors. Mr..
and Mrs. George Rothman and Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Smell were 'yisi-
tors the last OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Clare Rausch and
family, Detroit. were Sunday guests
Of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rausch and
Mrs. Minnie Rausch.
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Schultz and
daughter Diane. Detroit, were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Heidi Saturday and Sunday. They
also visited Mr.. and Mrs Walter l..
Heidi. daughters, Audrey Jeanne
and Nancy Ann.
Thomas Mclaughlin and daugh-
tiers Virginia and Mariory, Detroit
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry II. Cline and son Frank
Sayre Ostrander and son Hurst
Munising. Mimi. visited the for
mer's brother, D. H. Ostrander
from Thursday night until Satur-
day.