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La gaceta., 1940-12-20

Habana, Die. 20.-El sena-
dor AguStin Cruz present6 a
yer una resolution pidiendo
sea declarado persona no-gra-
ia, por sus actividadeS falan-
gistas Y antidemocraticas, ell
Sr. Genaro Riestra, actual con
sui de Franco en- la Habana.
Aprob6 ell Senado, en- session
secreta, una moci6n pidiendo
al gobierno declare personals
no gratas o inconvenientes a
los diplomaticos y agentes con
sulares empehados en- realizar
propaganda antidemocratitca.
Washington, Die. 90 FL
crucero Tuscaloosa" ha sido
escogido por ell presidente
Roosevelt para Que lleve has
ia Franncia al almirante Lea
ny, nuevo embajador ante ell
gobierno de Vichy. Saldra ell
crucero ell pr6ximo lunes, EN-
direction de Lisboa, Portugal.
Roma, Die. 2O.-Radio Ro-
ma acus6 aver a Winston
Churchill, ell primer ministro
ingl6s, de mentir sobre la de-
rrota de las tropas italianas
en- Libia. LAS palabras dichas
por 81 en- la Camara de los Co
munes forman parte de la pro
paganda que los ingleses vie
men hacienda.
New York, Die. 20.-E ge-
neralisimo Rafael l.. Trujillo,
llamado ell primer ciudadano
de Santo Domingo, su pals, Sc
encuentra aqui en- union de es-
posa y de su hijo Rafael, de
II amos. Trae una mission CO.
mercial Y lie acompahan An
dres Pastoriza, ell DR.. Jose En-
rique Aybar, r. Paino Pichar-
do, ell coronel c. A. McLaugh-
lin v ell teniente Saladin.
Helsinki, Die. 20-Luego de
una ceremonial de entrega de
poderes al nuevo presidente
de Fnlandia, Ell presidente
Gallo, que habia renunciado,
perdi6 Ell conocimientO, vict-
de una enfermedad del co
raz6n. Cay6 en- los brazos del
mariscal Mannerheim. Mo-
mentos despues fallecia. Sc le
rendiran al cadaver grandes
honores.
Belgrade, Die. 20.-Los a
viones que llevaron tropas ma
zis a Noruega, estan siendo
usados al presente en- trans =
portar r~efuerzos para los tia
lianos que huyen en- Grecia.
ContinGa aflrmandose que
por ell Paso del Brenero, en- ire
mes sellados, han entrado va
en- Italia mas de 100, 900 sol
dados alemanes.
Londres, Die. 2O.-Un sub
marino italiano ha sido hun
dido por la escuadra inglesa.
D~ocumentos encontrados por
los oficiales ingleses en- ell sub
marino gentlemen una orden
del almirante Mario Farango
la para que sean hundidos, sin
aviso, los vapores espaholes
de las companies de Ibarra y
Pinillos, que hacen Wales en-
tire la peninsula, Casa Blanca
y Lisboa. Creese que la inten-
ci6n es hundir los vapores des
pues achacar ell hundimiento a
la escuadra inglesa.
Roma, Die. 20.-Los peri6-
dicos dicen que eli mariscal
Graziani Sc propone resistir
en- Bardia pero que pudiera
ser tuvlera necesidad de reti-
rarse, abrumado por la con-
contraction de equipo mecani-
zado que realizan los ingls-
La gaceta., 1940-12-20

Ell departamento de earpinte-
ria y Sc extendieron hasta las
maquinarias.
Varazze es I'm lugar situado
al suroeste de Geneva.
La gaceta., 1940-12-20

lAceptara Petain las nuevas
condolences que Hitler va a inn
ponerle, como amigo Ell "nazi"
del traidor Laval?
Francia no puede resistir mi
h~tarmente; pero en- mucihos
casos la actitud firme y digna
de un hombre honrado equivale
a una victoria moral para el y
para su pueblo.
La gaceta., 1940-12-20

Esos que difaman a Joss Mar
tinez no pueden cfrecer una lin
pia historic como ciudadanos y
tampoco como trabajadores.
No Is decente el que dice SER
La gaceta., 1940-12-20

Los "andarines' imploran en-
estos dias la ayuda de Hitler.
ST Adolfo Sc resuelve a COM
.placerlos, de aliado pasara a ser
padrastro o padrecito de Musso-
lini.
La gaceta., 1940-12-20

Palabras del secretario de ha
cienda Morgenthau sObre 81 ru-
morado prestamo a 'Pancho''
Franco: La Ultima vez que OF
de Franco me reclamaba $751;
Ell litigio fue declarado
sin valor por les tribunales. Yo
tenia entonces un buen abogado,
Henry Stimson, Ell actual secre-
tario de la guerra.
Franco trataba de recuperar
la plata enviada por la RepG-
blica para abonar sus compras
y obligaciones en- estas fertiles
tierras de Samuel.
La gaceta., 1940-12-20
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
Reforma de Avila Camacho. La mayoria. -
Los nombres en- un libro del "Bund."- Nom
bres comunistas. Un trabajador digno. =
Trujillo. - Pancho Franco.-Los "andarines"

Duerma tranquilo ell hombre
viril y honrado, Y que las "co-
ces' de la osadfa y la insensatez
no lie quiten ell suenO.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
P u LSE O F
T HE PU BLIC
PROBINIS APLENTY

Editor, The Times. America is
mena c 2 q by storms from
abroad" declared Pres d G n t
Roosevelt in his message Jan.
1889 to congress. Three insti-
tutions. continued the president,
ARE indispensable to Americans.
The first is religion. 1t is the
source of the other two-democ-
racy and international good
faith"
Religion is diyisive. confus-
ing and provokes strife, as is
witnessed today by differing re-
ligious groups all over the world.
Christianity is engaged in pro-
noting: "On earth peace to men
Of good will"
1t, therefore, behooves IN 10
concentrate our energy polit-
ically on the practical and do
nestle problems, and leave the
insoluble and irreconcilable to
the realm of metaphysics.
D. d. JONES,
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
Stories in
Stamps
Surinom Is Netherlands
Largest American Colony

TN 1857 the Dutch traded New
York to the English for Surf
nam, or Dutch Guiana, a section
of South American jungle, sand
WICKED between British and
French Guianas. In 1910, with
Germany occupying the Neither
lands, Surinam and other Neither
lands colonies in the New World
assume greater importance under
the U. S. Monroe Doctrine.
An Indian woman OF Surinam
is pictured on the semi-postal
above, one OF an issue of four.
picturing women Of the colony:
Creole, JavaneSe, HinduStani and
Indian.
Dutch Guiana is almost FIVE
times as large as the Netherlands.
has a population of l7l,000, Of
which almost half are Hindus or
Mohammedans from the Nether-
lands East Indies. Paramaribo is
the capital. e.
Equally important under the
changed European system are the
Netherlands West Indies, includ-
ing Curacao and Aruba Most
of Venezuela's oil is refined at
these islands. The worlds largest
oil refinery is located at Curacao.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
AT TER MANY YEARS
By {. 7. SHORT

The combination Of radio tele-
phony with wire lines made pos
sihle the opening Of transoceanic
telephone service. between New
York and London, on Jan. 7,
1927.
Recent extensions would
permit conversation between
an Eskimo in ketchikan. Alas
ka. and a Malay in Singapore.
Getting back to the inspiration
for today's column. the new di-
rectory just distributed by the
Tacoma exchange is something
We have been waiting for. Who
ever compiled the information
in the blue pages did a good
job. Questions which have both
cred telephone users for many
years are answered. The new
type face is easily read. Alto
gether the new directory ~
something for which the Tacoma
office should be complimented.
W. P. Bonney. secretary of the
Washington State Historical So
ciety. says it's by far the finest
directory ever issued in Tacoma.
He should know, for he has been
using telephone directories since
the first telephone in Tacoma
was installed in his drugstore
about ten years after Bell OBJ
tanned his patent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
SO THEY SAY

Mistakes have been made, but,
on the whole, we have served
the nation honestly and we'll
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
Wallace.
We didn't Just buy an arm
with a man attached. We bought
DIZZY Dean because We knew
he had a lot in his head we could
use nicely.-Phil X. Wrigley,
owner, Chicago Cubs.
l don't suppose any girl has
Leen kidded as much as | have.
l can take kidding, and do ap-
preciate what oomph did for me.
Movie Actress Ann Sheridan.
In Egypt we live better. We
pray five times day, which is
restful and helps rebuild body
tissues.
-Sayed Mehren. Cairo-born Chi
cagoan who claims to be 129.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. The average milk contains
g. per cent, II per cent or 81
per cent water?
2. Which two continents does
the Equator cross?
3 Is steam visible?
4. What Greek word is COM
monty used as an exclamation,
meaning Il have found it ?"
5. What is the name of the
Negro college founded by Mary
Mcleod Bethune?
s. Are Canadians required to
have passports to visit the
United States?
:. Who composed Listen to
the Mocking-Bird ,"
s. What is the name for the
long, narrow band or scarf. worn
by priests and Episcopal minis
ters during services?
g. How many members are in
the United States senate?
10. Is st. Augustine, Florida,
or Santa Fe. New Mexico, the
oldest city in the United States?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06

a furious demand that President
Roosevelt run again. Roosevelt
democrats have abandoned all
pretense that they regard the
utility magnate as the easiest
COPPER to defeat. That was
their line before the convention.
No other democrat, in the
opinion of democratic liberals,
will have any chance of licking
the aggressive and colorful Will
kie. Secretary Hull, they believe.
would suffer because of his lack
of political virility. Jim Farley.
as a politician, would face a ire
mendous handicap in a contest
with this successful industrialist
and business man. The presi-
dents personal favorites - SUI
preme Court Justice Douglas
and Attorney General Jackson
would bump against the argu-
lIlful IbdA nv y NUN cope 'N'',N
in business and government.
Political veterans, until the
Willkie nomination, figured that
F. D, r. would not accept re-
nomination. But now they are
not so certain. In naming the
head of Commonwealth & South
ern. the COP has put a chip
on its shoulder and asked Mr..
Roosevelt to knock it off. And
Mr.. Willkie has sharpened that
challenge by insisting that he
wants to meet the champ
(RoosevelD, not a substitute
So he PROBABLY will.
A new era of bootlegging may
be inaugurated as a result of the
increases in liquor prices caused
BY the tax bill which became
effective on July /. The treasury
has warned its field forces to
maintain extraordinary vigilance
within the next few months.
The liquor interests, according
TO confidential reports reaching
Washington enforcement off
GERS, may kill the goose that
laid the alcoholic egg Instead
of raising prices Just enough to
offset the tax. they are pyramid
Ing them unreasonably. Such
tactics will eventually create
markets for the hooueggers.
And the latter are playing q
smart game these days. They
deal In honestly-made stuff. and
they pay their federal taxes
thereby avoiding any clash with
Uncle Sam.
Their only worry are the state
agents. who can arrest them and
seize their stocks for not render
ing financial homage to the
state. But since only few
commemorative have sppropri-
ated funds for enforcement
agencies. the bootleggers oper-
ate with little danger of en-
bsrraSsment And they expect
the war taxes TO pave the way
for cleanup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
MISS BULLAT REPLIES

Editor The Times: Mr.. Ger
mond's reply to my letter must
have convinced some people that
l was emotionally hysterical
when wrote my letter in OPP
position to military training for
American youth. He stated that
took the approach of youth!
or course I did-because l am
youth. And most apparently,
Mr. Germond took the approach
of the aged for all he will have
to do is sit back and relax while
We youth make fools Of them
selves marching up and down
carrying flags and shouting for
something they do not even UNI
derstand. My thoughts emo
tional, not real7 Well. after all.
anyone void of emotion is IN
human. but so far as suffering
from citation, l don't think l do.
If we want no war, why do We
need an army?
II the real facts were unveiled
before the American youth. they
would see that the only reason
they are asked to train is so
that there viii be a market for
munitions and that is the same
reason why we have war
to create more millionaires. De
INFLAMMATION is what we
need - not militarzation. AS
long as the world has armies
and weapons OF destruction op-
posing each other-we will nave
war and destruction. II every
one took the attitude that the
gentleman took. il would be
he'll Of a world-in plain Eng
lish. The world is so upset
afraid wicked l believe they
have forgotten God.
II they remembered Christ
they would remember that We
should have peace and that we
shouldn't create millonaires by
draining the blood Of our youth.
I don't want TO train. for good
ness sake. 1 want to have q job
and work and be an independent
person-in a free country
knowing that I can train If I
wish but that ii is not eompul-
sorry. Some youth. no doubt,
will think IL a romantic sdven-
ture to get 10 train, but even
the bravest man has been known
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY. JULY q

Benefic aspects rule under this
configuration. The stars encour-
age trade and industry. The
evening should bring good news
regarding commercial problems.
Exports should increase for
southern ports.
Heart and Home: Women are
under a fairly fortunate rule of
the stars which encourages do
nestle and social activities.
There is a sign promising for ro-
nance, but suitors may be wary
regarding dates for new eco
nomic responsibilities. Gardens
will attract more general atten-
ton than in previous seasons.
In dress and manners more con-
servative standards than those
of recent years will gain popu-
larity.
Business Affairs; Shipbuilding
will be widely pushed in the
United States. The navy con-
tinues under CONFORMATION
presaging a great expansion.
Many promotions of officers are
prognosticated. Transportation
by land and air also will be
recognized as Of major import
snce and whatever contributes
to rapid communication will be
recognized as part OF the nations
preparedness program.
National Issues: Secret agents
of subversive organizations will
gain influence and make con-
verts as the summer advances.
Class prejudices and race an
tagonisms will be fomented in
cities east and west. There is
sign read as pressging violence,
riots and property damage owing
to political troubles. Labor
unions are 10 contribute much 10
the success Of a presidential can
didate who makes no promises.
Women are 70 he active as vote
getters. but few will be office
seekers.
International Affairs: Japan
continues under a planetary rule
that presages extreme economic
strain which will not reduce the
ambition to assure a vast empire
in the Orient. European alli-
ances win aid in the extension
OF power in the Pacific and the
United States will have reason
to patrol the high seas In safe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06

in the world He prints cinema
inserts" you see when a news
paper Is shown on the screen.
He has collected thousands of
items from all over the world to
make sure his reproductions are
authentic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06

to scream when the enemy
gently pressed a bayonet into
his breast or when a cannon sc-
cidentally went off and took
along a part of his hip. Strange
how a person remembers his
emotions when he is in that sort
of a fix, isn't it?
JUNE A. BULLAT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
TAILOR ANTS

To make a nest, worker tailor
ants yank leaves together with
their tusks while others stimu-
late half-grown larvae to spin
silk thread which binds them to-
gether. These ants are found
throughout the old world tropics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention In this COL
umn letters must give name and
adore. Of writer Only initials
will be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixlt; VIII there he Fleet
week In Tacoma, Seattle or i.
Portland this year. II so, what
ships viii be In Tacoma: What
ships are now In Bremerton.
MISS l.. III.
There won't be any Fleet weeks
because the time for them is
almost here and the ships are
in the mid-Pacific. There are
four battleships and two cruisers
in Bremerton. though. In port
there are the Tennessee, Califor-
MIA, Utah. Oklahoma. San Fran
cisco. Louisville and Breese.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me the
bus fare from Tacoma To Brem-
erton that includes bridge and
all. MRS. o. NJ.
The fare to Bremerton il no
different since the buses began
running over the Narrows bridge.
II IL 81 one way and $50 round
trip.
MIR. Fixit: A man born In
Sweden came to this country At
the age of six years. His father
took out first papers but died
before getting his final papers.
This man served In the Spanish
war. Ia he q citizen: This man
IL now 81. II. G.
None of those facts would
make him a citizen. His father
would have had to get his full
citizenship before any rights
would have been acquired auto
matically by the son. War serv-
Ice always is an added advantage
to person applying for citizen
ship but in itself does not make
him a citizen. 1t would appear
he must make regular applica-
ton like any other alien.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me what annual, biennial and
perennial flowers mean: +. r.
An annual is a plant which
grows from seed, produces its
flowers and goes to seed all in
one season. Biennials are plants
like carrots. beets and cabbage
which grow leaves the first year
and store energy in their roots
TO be expended the second year
in production of seeds. A peren-
NAL lives on year after year on
the same stalk like rose bush.
MIR. Fixit: wonder II you
could help me. I would give a
school boy . good home on a
small ranch In exchange for light
duties. Have . comfortable
home, electric lights and radio.
A boy Of 10 or IL years would do.
GABE HENDRICkSON,
Castle Rock. Wash,
(Star ROute)
Any parents whose boy might
be interested in a farm venture
for the summer might write to
Mr.. Hendrickson.
Mr.. Fixit; II a person pays
SIS for application for second
papers and IL denied citizenship,
can the applicant demand the
SIS back:
SUBSCRIBER.
He cannot. His SIS pays for
hearing before the United States
district court. Once he has had
that hearing. he has received all
to which the fee entities him,
even though citizenship Is denied.
The fee in no way gives an OPP
ton for purchase of citizenship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
Want 10 Talk 10
AZ, 800, 900 Folks7
You May If You Desire
And Can Afford II
New Directory Inspires
To Renaissance

~
IF ONE is inclined to be remi-
L niscent, comparison OF the new
Tacoma telephone directory with
the card tackled on the wall be-
side the two-foot-long box-like
instrument fifty years ago en-
phasizes few rather amazing
facts:
II was only sixty-five years
ago that Alexander Graham
Bell, following in the footsteps
of his father in the profession
of teaching deaf mutes how 10
talk. conducted the first con-
yersation over the telephone.
In sixty-five years the tele-
phone business had grown into
one of the major operations
of the world.
Because Bell labored at his
invention long after some OF
his intimate friends had con-
cluded that he was Cracked"
IL II possible for a person in
Tacoma to hold a conversation
with any one of 42,600,000
telephone users scattered
throughout the world.
In the United States he can
talk to 20.,5O.0O0 persons
that was the number of tele-
phones In operation at the be-
ginning Of the year-the high
est percentage of any country
in the world.
More than 1000 ships at sea
can be reached by telephone.
Last year the number of
telephone conversations In the
United States averaged 49,
500. 200 daily. Multiply that
figure by sos and II makes a
lot of conversation.
In the last dozen years tele-
phone operation has been more
than a billion dollar business.
Gross operating revenues of the
Bell company in 1889 were ST.
107.1ss.000 The 297,100 en-
ployes of the company received
$3.50, Isl 900 in wages. Taxes and
maintenance made big hole in
the other half billion.
Telephone plants in the United
States represent total invest
ment Of S4,590,510,000. The
equipment includes more than
100000 poles. enough for a
solid thirty-foot fence from New
York to San Francisco; $1,000
900 miles of wire, enough TO
reach from earth to moon and
back 10 times. 625, 100000 duct
feet of underground conduit
enough to go through earth from
pole to pole Is times.
The Bell system prints and dis
tributes each year a total OF
27.oo0,ooO copies 100000 tons)
of about 2,100 different direc'
tories.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
Defense Moves Forward

We as people are extremists. We either way up
or way down. We go all the way
That is without its advantages world which
with emotion for gasoline. But it has its failings.
1t is necessary to rise to high pitches of emotion and
enthusiasm. But it also necessary to follow througho
set goal and hold grimly to after the initial enthusiasm
begins to ebb away.
Take the matter of defense for instance For 90 years,
right in the face of Europe and Asia that evershy
preparing for the that desoate both yawned
and allowed that it all pretty terrible but it couldn't
touch U.s. During all those 20 years never built a
battleship We let the to seed We held air
forces good though they quality down to mini
NUNS
War came to ASIA then to Europe Even for the first
ok months of Europes dawded. "Phonyr some
said. Plenty of time
Then in all its fury the broke bounds Hulabaloo!
Hystera! Ld-off appropriations! All of sudden, quick
like bunny going to grind out 5000 airpanes
day from plant Nobody stopped to multiply that
by 800 and to realize that it a million and half
planes in year. requiring three million pilots and ground
staffs of 100000.
Now settling down to reality. Leve-headed Gen.
era Marshall the chief Of staff has pointed out that
have two problems of Defense The first get
into some kind of formation the defense forces
have This is already being done. Bases have been rein
forced and further protected Small forces have been
sembed and consolidated into effective units Reserve Off
GERS of whom fortunately have szeable force,
being called up National guard training is rapidly being
placed realistic basis The countrys readiness for
instant emergency is far greater than it six
weeks ago.
But ong-term program possibly be ready in time
to affect the outcome of Euopes present crisis That pro-
gram Is aimed at enabling the United States to live in
parave security in whatever kind of world energies from
the present That where the folowthrough in
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Ton mar peoplp in too man in ton nuch of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
TIP O. THE TONGUE

Once a movement Of suppress
sion is started, II leads TO con-
illusions unforeseen. 49, DR.. Geo.
n. Shuster. president, Hunter
college, New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
T.TcuT An Inside Picture of Finan-
Il u II i ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-Wend Wilkes first and major
task is of political appeasemen He btzkreged and
disrupted republican state organizations well
his presidential rivals. Resentement still fingers over
the rough-handed tactics used by the Hamilton Martin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
HAYS PRESS

Earl Hays Of Hollywood runs
the strangest newspaper plant in
the world. He seldom prints
more than IS copies and often
his papers have only a front
page. Yet, strange as it seems,
they have the largest circulation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-06
Road TO Alaska

This very is not too to begin pushing
through the highway TO Alaska. This 1,200-mle road
would cost $14000000 engineers say is perfectly prac
ticabe
There should be no trouble in getting Canadas full
operation. The road is defense against attack
on North America through Alaska Canada is surely
less interested in this than the United States perhaps
But money spent such a highway has than mill
tary value The United States has daled too long
development of Alaska. Plans under way send
settlers there. This would provide homes
market for u S. exports new of supply for
materials produced under the American flag AS this plan
gathers momentum the road would become every year
more valuable asset
Why delay! The cost is less than fifth the cost OF
single batteship.