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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

When James II. r. Cromwell
was appointed minister to Canada.
the United States rounded out q
5000, 00o. 900 set OF gold-plsted am
bassadors the like of which has
never been seen before on land or
sea.
Cromwell, himself wealthy as
the son OF Mrs. r. T. Stotesbury
of Philadelphia, Ia married TO the
former Doris Duke, who a few
years ago inherited the $50, 1000
900 remnants OF what was once
her tobacco-msnufacturing IA
theirs 500. o0o. 900 fortune.
Anthony Drexel Biddle, who had
such hair-raising experiences as
ambassador TO Poland when that
country was conquered by Ger
many, can match him. Biddle had
two very rich wives. His first was
Mary B. Duke, heiress to a $780,
600, 900 fortune. His second inher-
tied much OF the ss5. o00. 900 estate
of her father, the late William
Boyce Thompson.
The personal fortune Of Joseph
w. Kennedy, built up in the movies.
law. and Wall Street, was esti-
mated as high as s35, ooo.o0o when
he became the ambassador TO
Great Britain. And Joseph e. Da-
vies, now returned from posts In
Russia and Belgium to help out at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
ESSAY CONTEST
NOW UNDER WAY

Plans were completed Tuesday
for the fifth annual essay contest
sponsored by Veterans Of Foreign
Wars auxillaries. Topic for the
new contest will be The Benefits
OF Democracy"
Competition IL open TO any boy
or girl who Ia regularly enrolled
in any high school and taking q
full course OF study. Post
graduate and pre-entry students
may not compete.
The contest has endorsement Of
Tacoma and state public school
officials. according 10 committee
members in charge OF arrange
menu. Essays may be between
500 and 1000 words. with the
deadline for submitting completed
themes Feb. %.
In addition to local awards 10
winners. national awards are also
listed.
Information covering the con-
test may be obtained by contact
ing the following auxiliary men,
bers; Mrs. Kathryn Groner. GAR
land 27e3-R: Mrs. Ina Fletcher.
Main 1878. or Mrs. Daisy Russell.
Main 53Tl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

Mr.. and Mira James r. Cromwell
the state department. was wealthy
before he married Marjorie Post
Close Hutton. whose Inheritance
from the breakfast food fortune
was around $40. 900 900.
Comparatively poor in such glit-
tering company is William c. Bull
lit, ambassador TO France. whose
share in the SIS. 0o0. 900 fortune Of
his Philadelphia father must have
been considerable. At least. Bull
lit is known to spend around s75,-
900 year on his job in France,
which pays only si7,ooo.
Balancing this sort OF financial
background In the diplomatic ser
vice is the vast experience Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
TACOMA ACTION
BEFORE COURT
Attack Made on Law
Creating Indus
trial Areas

0LYMPIA-A suit attack
ing constitutionality of the
1889 law permitting creation
of industrial development dis
tricts within port districts was
up for argument Tuesday be-
fore the state supreme court.
The suit was brought by J. s.
Kelsey against the Port Of Tacoma
and Pierce county, attempting TO
block formation Of such an indus
trial area on tideflats in Tacoma.
He contended the law grant
ed immunities TO large prop
erty owners, violated eminent
domain provisions OF the con-
stitution and surrendered the
county's power Of taxation.
In another appeal up for argu-
nent. the South Bay Motor Freight
Co. sought TO force the state public
service department to permit II to
charge freight rates as low as
those granted Puget Sound Freight
Lines. The former hauls by land
from Seattle TO Grays Harbor and
the latter by water and land.
A third appeal on the calendar
was that of Saginaw Logging Co..
of Grsys Harbor county. seeking
10 set aside damages awarded Joe
Prince for injuries sustained when
he walked out of the wrong door
of boxcar house" during the
night. The company contended he
was not actively working for 1t at
the time of the fall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

CALIFORNIA DEBATERS
Ate. p. WEDNESDAY,

Two star dehaters from the
University OF California. Douglas
Badt and Edward Howden. viii
invade the College Of Puget Sound
Wednesday evening for non-
OCCASIONAL match with one OF the
Logger teams.
The debate scheduled for .
o'clock In Jones hall will find one
Of the three following teams meet
Ing the California boys. either
Dewane Lamka and Iawrence
Henderson. Marie and Margaret
oiistrap. or Richard Dews and
Russell AiEsard. DIR. Charles Hat.
tin, Puget Sound coach. announced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
TUO Arrested in
Car Forfeit Bail

On q charge OF being drunk In
an automobile, Walter Boenno. 80,
and Mrs. Jessie Fraser forfeited
bail Of s25 each in police court
Monday afternoon. Neither APP
peared to contest the charges, filed
following their arrest In the early
morning by Officers Garrison and
Thore. The charge against Boenno
was reduced from the original
count Of driving while under the
influence Of liquor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

career men" who make UP In en-
perienoe what their exchequers
lack. rhirty-two years Ia the dip
lomstic service Ia the average Of
these career" diplomats: Joseph
c. Grew Japan: 80 years.. Jeffsr-
son caffrey tHraxil; 70 years..
Nelson T. johnson lchlns; 81
years.. John Van A. hscMurray
Turkey; - years.. and William
Phillips tItsly: IS years..
Five men with ie& years OF en-
perienee. and five men with $500
0oo. 600 The diplomatic service
has everything.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
TWO ENLIST IN ARMY

Robert Patton Glass. son 81 hrs.
y. A. Iinghsa. AHA No. sath St.
has enlisted for service In the aist
Observation squadron 81 Fort
Lewis. Dave Henry Aiken. son
Of Mrs, Grace Aiken. puysilup.
has re-snllsted for the Coast
Artillery corps. Panama Canal
acne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
DONATIONS TO Firms
TOTAL Sll5,OO0 WEEK

NEW YORK - In the rs days
since former President Herbert
Hoover called upon the nation to
aid non-combatants of invaded
Finland. donations have poured
into the Finnish relief fund at the
rate of $4,000 a week, it was
announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
Duck limitations
Pass The judge

FORT WORTH. Tet.--Iudss ".
u. Gllmariln. Judge of = corpora
ton court here. decided that Fort
Worth citizens can a1aek like a
duck and initiate cats and crows IL
they want ciimartin acquitted
three men. OF whom a nsighbor
complained that they we're dis
turblng the peace with their as
sorted calls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
Now Many Wear
FALSE teeth
With More Comfort

(non-acidl powder holds false teeth
more firmly. To eat. talk and laugh
with greater security and to avoid
the worry and discomfort OF slipping,
rocking. wabbling false teeth sprinkle
your plate with FASTEETH No gum
my. gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Docs
not sour. Checks plate odor." Get
fASTEETH at any drug store. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
3 CUB BEARS
ADDED TOzOO
Park Board Contract
for Gas Supply
IL Awarded

A sadltion 81 thre< native
black cub e<ars - To SO - r..
Defiance park vas announced
Monday sfserneon ~ Sherman
faEsls. superintendent ef pafks
IT the regular meeting ~ TIE park
beard Ths animals were fanstssi
BY the state game farm.
They yin ~ placed IN the cage
newt "a the polar bears the latter
p.ri 81 this week. Hears formerly
occupying the cage win be sfsns.
ferrsd 20 another,
Routine business 81 N. hasrd.
carried on during absence ~ rsesl-
dent A. @. Mace. eonfsnea 70 his
home with the ia. included letting
Of the leso gasoline contract %
standard OH Go. Elesen other
companies submitted hlds.
Want Community House
A delegation from Roosevelt
Heights. consisting a. members Of
wv sthNtRftsAt&Ht taAAs - -
Garden club and Roosevelt Heights
church. vas In attendance In inter-
est az . community hou.~.
A building. formerly usei ss IN
annex BY Roosevelt school and naw
located on school property. has
been offered ths club by ths schcal
board. with understanding ~ b
moved Immediately after being
tern down.
The building. according 10 pres
ent plans. 10 10 be erected across
the street on park property. A
basement with coeking facilities
has been requested BY the club.
which offered $500 to help defFsy
expenses.
To Meet Win Club
fngeis was Instructed BY the
board 10 meet with the club q, its
next meeting and present plans and
approximate cost o. the project.
An easement was granted tho
city on the road bordering the
north end OF Jane Clark playfisld
between ssth and sist sts on
Ferdinand IT. The city wants 20
grade the road.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10

hing : rp&rk,Ina conversational
- <srrs~ utonr1o1e eplnx - -
81 ri zxixe er~yn tefs@ess -
ssalazNr lniti<i<d eleef<tte <eee
whlie enjoying rsy e<mernd>fie n
tswn esfs rsunn Jp<llex n<<<inx
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

You're promised this and promised
that;
Most everybody is all right.
Babies are kissed and made over,
And cigars are always in sight.
New promises have to be made
By those aspiring an office;
For the public wants to know,
Especially when you run more than
twice.
Colorful campaigns add a flavor
To the public's thought of cleo
tons;
1t seems to be necessary adjunct
To help voters in their selections.
The public is not fooled
In this respect any more,
But looks for major improvements
Or else they'll surely get sore.
Candidates are humans like we are;
We make promises that are never
kept.
So, when we feel critical and skep-
teal,
Remember, what's said isn't what's
always meant.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Hats Off to New York ''U" Students

We University who said
Monday ntoerant Jim
Crow colleges They struck southern schools who insist that north
colleges discriminate against their Negro students by refusal to
games scheduled with southern colleges
Not only did meeting of 20 student organizations condemn
schools practice of benhng Negro players when they
southern schools threatened boycott all future N u foot
games Bates schools sophomore uback
against Missouri University Columbia, No.
Nov 2
Southern schools will Jim Crow practices when student
bodies the positive action that the N Y u students did
officials
embarrassing their Negro students whenever Jim Crow
school officials insist
We all remember University Minnesota benched
Dwight Reed its when the University of Texas north
play memory right Horace Bell treated
similarly
School officials make mocky the democracy they seek teach
when they surrender to such vicious practices.
three southern schools including North Carolina
Methodist University NJ and Texas
University ceased the policy demanding that northern
schools humate their colOred players by benhng them keeping
them of uniform when they play such schools
Strange the such undemocac
does from school officials but rather the student
bodies whom the officials instruct the laws of morality
democracy and portsmanhp and fair Maybe that's the
students listen with tongue cheek when school officials
preach them conduct in classroom and athletic compeon
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Lynching Corrective

Lnchngs reached atme low last when only three
recorded all of them in the early months full year
elapsed without single ynchng None the
months of 1940 Since July however, there have been
The Gavagan anlynching BILL last the house.
has been the calendar months
Jersey the Barley
majority leader made soothing and sympathetic which
the effect that nothing could be done this
1t be only coincidence but the of almost total
muny from nhngs followed the long congressional battle
the Gavagan bill in 1885, when southern senator's by buse
vented The south has been pleading allowed with
the problem by state laws and local enforcement and the
record of the last has proudly cited that fed
era interference is unnecessary.
Now southern mobs have the applicant again The
record looks bad The NAACP chief advocate
cites the nchhg Negro Brownsville Tenn his
ofense only asking how qualify coming
election.
What have the Democratic southern
the behavior of their constituents? Their
bill has been knocked into cooked hat Senator Barley
his judgment that the be passed this tm
bringing into the headlines the
Der of mob murders by all let have another
the bill to a vote-The Minneapolis Tribune daily.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Stay Out of Navy!

quay OuI VI Navy
Editor: As America and the
world speeds toward and past each
succeeding crisis, it becomes in
creasingly more difficult for the
youth of the land to accept these
rapid changes with a discerning
eye and a clear, Unconditional mind.
The war drums are beating all
around US, and amid the crash of
guns on foreign shores comes the
cry at home, Defend America!"
Already many of the youth of the
nation have rushed into the Army
and Navy in answer to the chal-
lenge from abroad.
However, even in this day of
crisis, with feeling running high,
and God Bless America" the order
of the day, it would be we'll if the
youth of black America did some
very serious thinking before plung-
ing blindly into the task of defend
ing their country.
1t should be unnecessary to re-
mind the young Negro that he is
Disseminated against and segre-
gated in the regular U. S. Army;
that he can only enroll in the mess
mans branch of the U. S. Navy;
that he is not admitted at all in
the Army Air Corps-that he is a
citizen of these United States in
name only. He knows all this. He
has met this same vicious, insult
ing manifestation of racial preju-
dice many times before.
Yes, he knows all these things,
but sometimes it is not enough to
know. Sometimes one forgets. Just
as the youth of white America
swept into the maelstrom of emo
tionalism - are hammering at the
doors OF Army and Navy enlist
ment offices; so, too, does black
America witness the same surging
uneasiness, the same madness,
within its own ranks. Negro youth
speaks more impatiently each day.
What if they don't want US in the
Air Corps? What if we are segre-
gated in the Army? What if we
can only join one branch of the
Navy? America is in danger; let's
enlist; they're going to draft US,
anyhow" 1t is such talk as this
on the lips of thousands of Negro
boys that prompts me to write this
letter.
l am an enlisted man in the U. S.
Naval Reserve with six years
service, and for that reason 1 feel
qualified to speak for or against
the U. S. Nays attitude toward
Negro enrollees. At this time and
in regard to enlistment in the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Listen To This
By Hobart T. Mitchell

to James C. Conkling, chairman of
a committee of Lincoln's former
neighbors at Springfield, Illinois,
who invited him to return to Illi-
nois for a meeting. He did not
avail himself of the opportunity to
defend his policies in public adj
dress but wrote the letter instead
from which the above is quoted.
A writ of habeas corpus proceed
ings:
The petitioner, J. D. Coles
Judge of County Court in Vir-
ginia), was arrested, and held in
custody under an indictment found
against him in the District Court
of the United States for the West
ern District of Virginia.
The indictment alleged that he,
being a judge of the County Court
of Pittsylvania County of that
state, and an officer charged by
law with the selection of jurors to
serve in said county in the year
1878, did then and there exclude
and fail to select as grand and
petit jurors certain citizens of said
county of Pittsylvania, of African
race and black color, said citizens
possessing all the qualifications
prescribed by law, and being by
him excluded from the jury lists
made out by him as such Judge, on
account of their race, color, and
previous condition of servitude, and
for no other reason, against the
peace and dignity of the United
States in such case made and pro-
vided.
In 1860 there were 487, $40 free
Negroes and 3,953,76O slaves.
AS early as 1925 the West India
Company imported Negro slaves
among the quiet burghers of New
Amsterdam New York;.
The city itself owned shares in a
slave ship, advanced money for its
outfit, and participated in the prof
its. The slaves were sold at public
auction to the highest bidder, and
the average price about $40.
Peter Stuyvesant (Governor)
was instructed to use every exer-
ton to promote the sale Of slaves.
THAT New York was not a slave
state like some southern states was
due to the climate and not to su-
perior humanity of its founders"
The S7Oth Infantry (colored)
was the first American regiment to
enter the st. Mihiel sector during
the World War.
If you like or dislike this column,
please write the editor or the col
umnist letter or post card; this
is the only way we can find out il
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

we are pleasing or displeasing oul
readers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Abraham Lincoln in a letter to
one of his Illinois friends written
August 26, 1868, gave his answer
to northern critics of the Emanci-
patton Proclamation. Here are a
couple of the important para
graphs. Notice what he says about
Negro and white soldiers.
81 know as fully as one can know
the opinions of others, that some
of the commanders of our armies
in the field, who have given US our
most important victories, believe
the emancipation policy and the aid
of colored troops constitute the
heaviest blows yet dealt to the re-
bellion, and that at least one of
those important successes could not
have been achieved when it was but
for the aid of black soldiers.
Among the commanders holding
these views are some who have
never had any affinity with what
is called abolitionism, or with re-
publican party politics; but who
hold them purely as military opin-
ion. / submit their opinion as be-
ing entitled to some weight against
the objection often urged that
emancipation and arming the
blacks are unwise as military
measures, and were not adopted as
such in good faith.
"You say you will not fight to
free Negroes. Some of them seem
willing to fight for you-but no
matter. Fight you then exclusively
to save the Union. l issued the
proclamation on purpose to aid you
in saving the Union. Whenever
you shall have conquered all resis-
lance to the Union, if l shall urge
you to continue fighting, it will be
an apt time for you to declare that
you will not fight to free Negroes.
/ thought that, in your struggle for
the Union, to whatever extent the
Negroes should cease helping the
enemy, to that extent it weakened
the enemy in his resistance to you?
Do you think differently? l thought
that whatever Negroes can be got
to do as soldiers leaves just so
much less for white soldiers to do
in saving the Union. Does it ap-
pear otherwise to you? But Ne
groes like other people act upon
motives. Why should they do any
thing for us if we will do nothing
for them? If they stake their lives
for us, they must be prompted by
the strongest motive, even the
promise of freedom. And that
promise being made must be kept"
The above letter was addressed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Southern Enlistments

Much has been said recently by southern editors about the large
proportion of souhene (mOsy wtes) who have voluntarily
listed the during times The southern tries
explain the matter by suggesting that the ouheers pa
the
convincing theory which without questioning
patriotism the Texas volunteers be conceded that there
many factors other country which
the Army living opportunity
the Army might much than would where
living high jobs better
than that of Army private Only time of do
generally abandon opportunities civil life enlist
after ALL the universal training
tive service for otherwise the enlisted Army would
made largely who believed they could better
cylif
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Negroes and Defense

The complaint raised St. Paul Sunday against the refusal of the
Army recruiting station here Negro volunteers focuses aten
totally procedure
of growing Negro all the nation against color dscna
ton in the national defense program.
Speaking the radio Sunday the University Chicago
Roundtab Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Hershey frankly
mtted that practice
position that the line of the Armys drawing
problem handed the armed by and which they have
to deal with best they
Although expressing the that opportunities
military for advancement
whites Lieutenant Colonel Hershey expected general policy
of segregation will be continued simply because be the
practicable solution of the problem. predicted however, that
the Air would be enlistment
future.
1t be hoped the practice
recruitment of Negroes in northern cities There compelling
why administrative regulations should
ing his the national defense because lives
the Mason and Dixon Ene.-S. Paul Dispatch
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
Letters From The People . .

Navy, l would warn every Negro
youth to think and think again be-
fore enlisting in a branch of our
defense force where he is reminded
again and again by his own posi-
ton and treatment that he is a
Negro in a white mans armed
force, and where his opportunities
for advancement are practically
negligible. And all this is true of
the U. s. Navy where white en-
rollees may some day be admirals,
while colored enrollees have moth
ing more encouraging to look for
ward to, as long as they are in the
Navy, than the four walls of a
galley.
Another thing. The much-pub-
licized adventure and excitement
which every young (white) man is
supposed to experience in the navy
is to the Negro youth only so much
meaningless bait to catch suckers.
What possible adventure could
there be in acting as a six-year
indentured servant (hunkie, to
you) to a master in gold braid?
What conceivable excitement is
there to performing the miserable
duties of a dishwasher or parlor-
maid? The answer is that there
isn't any adventure, there isn't any
excitement-for the colored en-
listed men. If there are such things
as adventure and excitement in the
U. S. Navy then they must be
tagged "For Whites Only"
So 1 say this to the impa-
tient, over-zealous, patriotic Negro
youth: you can serve yourself,
if you must, and your country best
by refusing to enlist in the U. S.
Navy as long as it's system of re-
stricted enlistment prevails. If you
are of military age, you will be
conscripted into the Army anyhow,
and while it, too, has a Jim-Crow
arrangement, the possibilities for
promotion and recognition are i'm
measurably greater than they are
in the Navy where democracy has
been buried under the debris of
racial intolerance and bigotry.
Don't let the rising tide of patriot
ism make you swallow a more bit
ter pill than is absolutely neces-
sary. The U. S. Army is bad
enough. Heaven forbid the U. S.
Navy!
Samuel A. Reed,
Mess Attendant,
First Glass,
47th Division,
MINI. Naval Militia,
st. Paul, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Samuel A. Reed,
Mess Attendant,
First Class,
47th Division,
MINI. Naval Militia,
st. Paul, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25
CALCIUM
The Great Human
Need

People of all ages need calcium
and few today get a sufficient
amount of it for the greatest or
most abundant health.
The best and the cheapest source
of calcium is in dairy products.
The lower the income for food,
the greater the need for more of
dairy products is the regular every.
day diet of all of us.
Fresh fluid pasteurized milk
daily in some form should be used,
either as a beverage or in cooked
food.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

The Student Council of the Uni
versity of Minnesota held a meet
ing at the Coffman Memorial Union
Monday of this week to make plans
for a Homecoming Party Saturday
evening of this week.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-10-25

Most candidates before election
Promise voters everything under
the sun;
Think they have to do so
If a campaign is to be successfully
won.