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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19
A Great Nation in the Maxine

Canada which took the first stages present
rather easygong stride has been deeply stirred by the
British disaster in Flanders 1t is bucking down to the
stern reality of a really vast military effort.
This year Canada will spend billion dollars the war,
out of national income of only four and half billions.
Comparable effort by the United States would spend
ing around fifteen and half billions in year.
Canada began by raising only two rifle divisions to to
Europe Now third and fourth under way which,
with air force enlstmens will put 10000 under
But Canadas most vital effort remains that of
supply base, workshop granary, and arsenal Especially
throughout lower Ontario, scarcely day without
new factory beginning to rise New steel works and ship
yards arplane factories and oil refineres auto
mobile friedrich and electrical works, sheforgng plants
and powder factories
Many of these tie closely to the United States In some
cases. u capital is providing the snews in others, plane
and tank plants geared to the of u S. motors and
parts This vast industry arising to the north is closely
linked to
This has significance for the future one sense
competition arise for existing U. S. industries. But in
larger they adding to the defense facilities of
North America, and developing it under forced
draft. the ong-undeveloped neighbor country
Whatever happens in Europe, the groundwork is being
laid for Canada much better able to bear its share in
hemisphere defense 1t is being pessmstic than
Churchill himself to point out that this New Canada will
be increasingly vital to the British Empire does not in
fact become its very center.
Because any serious disagreement with Canada is un-
thinkab the United States welcomes these developments
welcomes Canada emerging state not independent
politically only but in the actually of its emerging strength
The logic of events bring Canada and the United States
closer together with each passing month Not that such
events make any sort of political union any likely
That is unlikely and unnecessary.
But just France and England one in every
thing but local political government SO the United States
and Canada growing into continental unity of mutual
interest that is the only durable link between peoples
do not maintain that balancing the budget is an easy
feat but it be done il there conviction and deter
mnaton that it be done the of the president
of the United StatesSenator Robert A. Taft (Rep, Oho
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AFTER MANY YEARS
By {. T. SHORT

tected on both sides by wide
oceans. the United States would
attend to its own affairs and
let other nations attend to theirs.
We would not commit ourselves
in advance to do anything in the
international field.
This country. then. was the
first TO break the combination
which has been set UP to pre-
serve peace. II was an invitation
to other nations. in all of which
there were strong elements OF
nationalists. to do the same
thing. And they did. Instead
of an organism through which
nations would have done most of
their international business. the
league sunk lower and lower in
power until 1t became impotent.
I'VE helped to win the war
TO make the world safe for de-
mocracy,' the war to end all
wars and then wasted it all by
leaving the future to the grace
of God and gravitation.
Those responsible have often
argued that the league would
not have worked even with US
in it because it did not work
with us out of it. That is poor
reasoning. In the making of the
league the United States was the
driving force. For years our
country had stood for some such
organization, as the record
shows. Wilson knew that ma
tionalisms would oppose the CO.
operation he planned and that
is why he tied the league into
the Treaty Of Versailles. The
nations had to take it to get the
fruits of victory.
who can say that If WASH
ington had insisted on the virile
league Wilson planned, if Wash
ington had made it necessary for
other nations to go to Geneva
to do international business with
us, if the league had had put
back of it the force Wilson in
tended, it would have sunk to
such low degree? The statement
that anyhow the league would
not have worked is a statement
which cannot be proved.
In a pathetic movement we
surrendered the benefits we had
helped to win for ourselves and
for the world, and for selfish
reasons We took a path of isola-
ton.
"Since 1t was national selfish
ness which prompted us, 1t Is
fair enough now to ask whether
we would not have been better
off to have tried the league.
Right away, 1t may be said that
we could not have been worse
off. Might we not have ben bet
ter OFF,"
Concluded Wednesday,
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Born at Fort Brady, Mich, he
entered the army in 1898 as an
infantry lieutenant. Like so many
topnotch officers today, he is
not a West Pointer. But it is
doubtful if any private or Off
Ger has seen more actual soldier
ing than Hugh Drum. He fought
in the Philippines, in Mexico. and
served as chief of staff of the
First American army in France
frequently rated as the finest
fighting unit in our military an
nails.
He eventually rose to the posi-
ton of deputy chief of staff at
Washington, and he was James
Aloysius Farley's candidate for
chief" He lost out, however.
but his feelings were solaced by
creation of the post of lieutenant
general, and his assignment to
the New York area.
With Drum leading the forces
in the field, Chief of Staff Mar
shall will remain at Washington.
His task will be to supply men
and material for the fighting
forces. And the strategist-the
planner - will be the blue-eyed,
bespectacled, scholarly Brigadier
General George V. Strong. head
of the war plans division.
Bill Knudsen - nobody calls
him williams no stranger to
the nations capital. For many
years he has been an off-the-
record lecturer at the War In
dustrial college, and no speaker,
with the possible exception of
Hugh Johnson, has drawn such
crowds. The army likes Knud-
sen.
This cynical capital, so used to
red tape, likes the way the Gen.
eral Motors head has tackled his
job. They like his direct-action
methods. they like his simplicity.
they like his massive physique
and personality. He is the kind
of man who gets things done
this Danish emigrant who rose
through sheer ability to the top
post Of one of our nations great
est corporations.
Bill Knudsen may. indeed. turn
out to be the find" of the war.
provided he is given the author
ity he needs. So far he has been
sidetracked.
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people who have lost the right
Of their own efficient use for
themselves.
But even though we argue
with fate, the rules of the game
are laid down long time IN
advance. The poor man is the
offspring of the rich as the SER
want is the social product Of
kings. The wealth Of a Henry
Ford is as well established in its
own right as the poverty II leav-
es behind. Necessity rules man:
and the efficient use of his own
individual talents can only be
preserved by protecting the
freedom which allows him the
right to follow the rules Of the
game. J. COLLINS
spanaway. Wash.
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Bill Knudsen, if allowed to
carry out his ideas, may perform
for President Roosevelt the
same miracles which Goering
rendered unto Herr Hitler.
Our army and navy officials
deplore the presidents unofficial
declaration of war against the
totalitarian powers in his Uni
versity of Virginia address. They
agree with everything he said,
but they wish he had not said it.
For the simple reason that the
U. s.. in a military and naval
way. cannot back him up.
The American public does not
realize it. but nations like Por-
tugal and South Africa are far
more prepared for a major war
than is the U. S. Our shortages
in key material are deplorable
and unbelievable. We have no
planes-we have no artillery
we have no rifles-we have no
ammunition for small or big
guns-we have no munitions in
dustry-and 1t will require from
two to four years to fortify the
u. S.. militarily and industrially,
against the kind of attack which
the four coalition powers
Germany, Japan, Russia and
Italy-might hurl against us.
Washington, belatedly. is try
ing to cuddle up to Tokyo and
Moscow, to wean them away
from Hitler. The state depart
ment won't admit it. but Japan
and Russia will probably fall in
line with Mussolini's eleventh
hour roles. All hope of tying
them to the allies kite has van
ished. So the only powerful
friend of London and Paris and
this disturbs our naval and mill
tary strategists-is the president
Of the U. S.
The American state depart
ment-privately, of course-fig-
ures that Japan will play the
same role in the present world
conflict that Mussolini did. Our
diplomats cannot afford TO say
so. but Japan is regarded at
Washington, as Italy is, as a
"jackal nation"
When the time is ripe-when
and II Hitler subdues Great Bri-
tain = 1t is expected here that
Tokyo will move on the Philip
pines. the Dutch East Indies and
the British bases at Hongkong
and Singapore. Japan. in short,
will seize this opportunity to
drive the white man out OF the
Far East. And there isn't thing
which Britain or the United
states can or will do about IL.
Both London and Washington
are too worried about other prob
lems-Hitler and Mussolini, for
instance-to tangle with Tokyo.
II may be a bad bet, but smart
diplomats at the capital are
wagering good money that Japan
will gobble up British. Dutch,
French and American territory
in Far Eastern waters without
provoking more than 4 paper
protest
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And What Might Have
Been But Isn't
MOT so many years ago-only
~ 20. and that's not long as
time goes now-Woodrow Will
son led the representatives of
the nations victorious in the con-
flict with Germany into League
of Nations. Before she was stop
ped by the allies, Germany's
rampage had cost the lives of
100000 persons and an ines
Unable amount in property and
business.
To be sure, said Woodrow
Wilson. the allies stopped
Germany, and could do II
again, but why not stop Ger
many and any other rampa-
geous nation without much ter
rible cost? Why not set up a
court before which the case
would have to be heard before
any nation could attack an
other?
Starting from the foregoing
premise Edwin l.. James has an
interesting communication in the
New York Times on what might
have been if selfish interests
and partisan politics had not
kept the United States out of
the League of Nations. In some
respects, to talk about the
League of Nations now is COM
parable to thinking about lock-
ing the stable door after the
horse thieves have been around,
but because it closely follows
number of letters brought to
this desk in the last few days,
Mr.. James communication is
given in part. He writes:
"The subject of the league was
to shape international relations
and, above all, by a group Of
peoples who loved peace, to make
sure that a future aggression
would be a losing undertaking.
Ratification of the treaty
containing the Covenant of the
League of Nations required a
two-thirds vote in the United
States senate. 1t failed to obtain
that vote, through the opposi-
ton largely of group of Repub-
lican senator's. The basis of the
fight against the league was the
allegation that it meant the sur
render of some of our national
prerogatives in the effort at in
ternational cooperation to keep
the peace. OF course it did, for
any treaty means the surrender
of unfettered national rights.
And, so, the argument of iso-
lstion prevailed. 1t was decided
as a national policy that, pro-
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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.. Fixit: VIII you please tell
me which Is correct and explain
your answer: "Will you 20 to
the movies with Jack and II"
or will you go with Jack and
me ?" BERT ID.
The correct word is me"
That is because IL is the object
Of the proposition with" and
must be in the objective case.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you please give
me the address to the Perkins
observatory? M
The Pcrk observatory,
sponsored by Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity and Ohio State. is stu
ated at Delaware, Ohio.
Mr.. Fi,it: would you please
print details As to how a quail
fled person may receive or earn
q reserve commission In the
u. 8. army? do not mean
through r. o. T. G. or &. NJ. 7. 4.
Some years ago the government
had a home study course.
w. T.
There are four classes of per-
sons who may become reserve
officers. The first includes for
mer officers, former reserve Of
ficers, officers of r. o. T. c.
and c. M. T. c. and graduate
flying cadets. Second group in
cludes enlisted men of the regu-
lar army. national guard or en-
listed reserve corps, on recon-
mendation of an exam lining
board. Third is persons of spe-
cial value in industrial mobiliza-
ton by direction of the secretary
of war. Fourth Is persons not
in any Of those classes, such as
engineers. those Of medical
training and lawyers, by recon-
mendation of the examining
board.
A man without some special
attribute would do best to Join
the national guard or enlisted
reserve and study there in prep
aration for the examinations.
The Tacoma Military Sub-Dis-
trict, offices at 40 Federal
building, can give further infor-
nation.
Mr.. Fixit: / would like to
know II the campaign for funds
carried on by the Metropolitan
Opera Co.. New York City, has
reached or passed Its goal Of
million dollars and IL the
opera wiz be continued next fall.
l. X.
The goal was reached more
easily than usual and the opera
will be continued.
Mr.. Fixlt: Was the sun god
one Of the dieties worshiped by
North American Indians?
MRS. T.. s.
Worship Of the sun in some
form was widespread among the
Indians Of the plains, the South
west and the East. Nearly every
tribe had some variation of 1t.
II you wish to make something
Of a study of sun worship, you
will find plenty of information
at the Tacoma public library.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19
Suffer Little Children

Like a strange modern recurrence of the chidren's
crusade the plan being perfected in Canada to bring
the thousands of children refugees from Great
Britain France, Holland and other invaded endangered
countries.
But the children of that crusade of the middle ages went
frenzy religious ZEAL These children of 1910 have been
driven from their homes driven from the sacred domain of
childhood itself by the insane fury of
It does Canada credit that she is willing to take them in
And it is good to know that in place in the world those
beautiful simple words spoken long by the farther
side of Jordan have been forgotten Suffer the little
children unto Me- and forbid them not for of such
is the kingdom of God"
1t the failure of the democratic societies to meet real
issues with relatively successful policies that is largely
sponse for the reverson to natca dictatorship and the
rising chaos of war-John W. Studebaker, u s. commits
sioner of education.
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TTCHT An Inside Picture of Finan-
Ll0A i ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-The John J. Pershng of the next
American army the u S. goes is forced into
twill be prm patriot who to the of Hugh
Aoysus Drum He is of the four lieutenant
OF the army and ne headquarters at Governors Island
N. Y, as commander of the First army
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19

Galapagos Islands on the
Equator, but none is found in
the northern hem sphere.
Strange as it seems, some fossil
specimens measure seven feet
tall.
AUTO IN STORM
Although lightning ordinarily
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19
RANGE OF PENGUINS

Contrary to popular belief.
penguins are not exclusively
Antarctic birds. There exist
about twenty-five species of PEN
gums. ranging from the ant
arctic continent far north to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19

seeks anything metallic to
strike, you would be safer inside
an all-steei automobile than out
of one curing an electrical
storm, says DR.. c. B. McEashron
of the General Electric Com
pany.
TOMORROW: Mayday Taboo!
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
questions Turn to the Wo-
mans page for the answers.
l. Who is credited with hav-
ing introduced the Closeup"
on the motion picture screen?
2. When it is IL o'clock noon
f. S. T. in New York City, what
time is it in San Francisco?
3. What is the name of the
new rifle with which u. S.
armed forces are being equip
ped?
4. In which State is Lake
Placid. the home of winter
sports?
5. Which department in the
Federal Government was estab-
lished last?
6. Do bananas grow pointing
up or down?
7. Give three English words
that contain all the vowels in
their order.
s. Name the only President
ever nominated three times, for
that office.
9. How many fireside chats
has the President of the United
States made?
10. Who said you may fire
when you are ready, Gridley?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-19

What we fear most is the
more destructive enemy the
enemy from within the ranks
inter-union quarrels.-The Rev.
DR.. John P. Boland, chairman,
New York state labor relations
board,
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have called upon thee for thou wilt hear me- God
Incline thine unto and hear my speechPsams II e.
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Some Day We May Have
Other Horses in the Barn
So We Talk About the
League Of Nations
And What Might Have
Been But Isn't
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do not maintain that balancing the budget is easy
feat but it be done if there conviction and deter
mnaton that it be done the part of the president
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Sunday School Lesson

buke David in a plain and ex-
ceedingly courageous way.
Nathan's rebuke was ingenious
as well. He told the story of a
rich man who had everything, but
who had nevertheless stolen the
eve lamb of a poor neighbor.
What, he asked David, should be
done with the man who would do
such a contemplate thing
David denounced him and de-
clared him worthy of death, and
it was then that Nathan, pointing
his finger at the king, declared
"Thou are the man." Here again,
however, that finest quality in Da-
vid came to light. He might have
destroyed Nathan, but he acknowl-
edged the greatness of his guilt
apd confessed his sin.
Whether or not he wrote the 51st
Psalm, in which the writer calls
for Gods mercy and pleads to be
cleansed from his sin, we do not
know. But much in this Psalm
would have applied to David's
case, particularly where he says,
II know my transgressions and
my sin is ever before me-" The
Psalm is a clean and noble prayer
for salvation from sin and from
past wrong. Create in me a clean
heart, o God; and renew a right
spirit within me-"
If the Bible is a book of sin and
tragedy-in this case, of adultery
and foul murder-the Bible is a
book that is magnificent in its
revelation of forgiveness and in it's
teaching that even those who have
fallen to the greatest depths can
find respiration and salvation if
they seek God in the humility Of
sincere and true repentance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
HELP BRITAIN,
YARNELL URGES
f0rm ner As'atie Fleet Chic,
Also Says China Must
Be Rescued

Rear Admiral Harry F. W.
U. S. N, retired, former A ssae.'
fleet commander, urging AL r'l aN
sible aid for Great Britain poS,
China, said today the Unit ala
States future existence as =
ton depends on the overtbran, "a,
the two great despotisms in VI "
west and in the east" |s
ut is our war as much as tb..
Great Britain and China" he s. "
in an address prepared for q, san a.
union of the second naval distr Is.
association.
And make no mistake" ho ~
ed, THE outcome of the w.r rNU w.
Asia is as important to us As ,,. i.
in Europe" S'''
LAS for Great Britain" yorr.n
said, I'VE can send planes ~
craft and repeal the neutrality ~.
craft and repeal tn eneutralit vsns
johnson acts in order that the nv
cessary naval craft and repeal III.
neutrality and johnson acts in or'
der that the necessary food and
munition supplies may reach her
"As for China, we can ston W.,
material going to Japan, insist M
the opening of the Burma Ro.5
make the necessary loans to SIM
port the Nationalist governmen,
and strengthen the Asiatic flee,
basing the reinforcements as SIM.
apore.'
Citing speeches by Adolf HitIe,
and Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat,
suoka of Japan as evidence of ths
Fascist intentions to rule the world
Admiral Yarnell warned that 4
the Liberties won by bloodshed in
past centuries were lost now, 'tba
world will revert to the Dark Ace,
as far as the Rights of man are
concerned" .
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Text: II Samuel 12:13-l4; Psalms
51:1-3, -13; ass
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, d. D..
Editor of Advance

A man CT generous spirit, noble
thoughts and virtuous deeds may
none the less be capable of sue
cumbing to gross temptations, and
ono caught in the tolls of sin he
may descend to shabby and even
criminal things. All this is strik-
ingly illustrated in the history Of
David, the shepherd boy and
psalm-singer who became king of
Israel, and particularly in the sor-
did and tragic story that lies back
of this lesson.
David, contrary to his S a
character, was staying at home
while Joab was leading the army
in the field against a menacing
enemy. If he had been out where
he ought to have been, leading his
troops, the tragedy might never
have occurred. The allurement Of
a beautiful woman, whom he had
seen from the roof where he had
gone for the siesta, proved suffi-
cient to entice David into adultery.
Then, to cover up his sin, he sug-
gested to Joab that the innocent
husband, Uriah, should be put in
the thick of the battle and then de-
serted so as to make sure of his
death.
With the husband out of the way,
David married Bathsheba, for
whom and for whose child he evil
IDENTIFY had a very sincere love, but
the foul deed he had committed
was by no means wiped out. The
child died, and a year afterward
Nathan. the prophet, dared to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Wage-H Hour Compliance
Check-Up Starts Monday

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-R-
A nationwide drive for compliance
with the wage and hour law in
five manufacturing industries-fur-
niture, leather goods and luggage,
boots and shoes, hosiery and wool
en- goods-was ordered today by
CT. Philip B. Fleming, wage-hour
administratr.
The labor department agency in
structed 237 inspectors to move in
to the field Monday to check more
than 5000 factories in all parts of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
CHRISTIAN

First Church Of Christ-Scientist,
18th and Chestnut streets. Sunday
morning service at II o'clock. Sub
ject of Lesson Sermon, Mind"
Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Wed
nesday evening meetings at 8
o'clock, at these meetings may
be heard testimonies and remarks
on Christian Science.
Reading room at SO North Third
street in the Wallace building;
this room is open daily from 3 to
6 p. m, except Sundays and holi-
days. The Bible and all authoriz-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Colored Church Here
To Note Flower Da,

With special services this after
noon at 4 o'clock, st. Luke A. M. E.
Zion church, colored, will observe
Flower Day.
Numbers of special solos and mu-
steal selections will be rendered.
Space will be reserved for white
visitors.
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HOLINESS

Holy Church of Jesus Christ, Third
and Marsteller streets. the Rev. G.
l.. Pridgen, pastor; J. D. Wells, sup
erintendent; Miss Ila Pridgen, plan
list; Clyde Lewis, choir leader; Sun.
day school, 1880 a. M, preaching
service, 8 p. m, young people meet
8 p. m. Tuesday, prayer meeting s
p. m. Wednesday, the public is in.
vited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

for such permission with the Unit
ed States consulate in Mexico City.
Goldman said that if the request
were granted, Trotsky's body
would be- cremated and returned
to Mexico after the service. 2