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planetary influences. II Is pri-
marily day TO push construc-
tive work. The stars encourage
new public enterprises. but
there Is sign read as indicating
difficulty in choosing govern
ment executives TO take charge.
The week begins with much
promise from the stars.
Heart and Home: Under this
configuration there should be
harmony In the family. Gen.
eral good feeling should prevail
as young folk devote attention
to serious things. Education il
well directed and vocational
training win prove successful in
many lines Of work. The stars
encourage work with the hands.
Sewing and food conservation
should engage attention. Warn
ing is given that. even more
than in recent years. women will
become wage-earners.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury OF q year OF
prosperity and happiness which
includes for many young persons
oourtship and marriage.
Children born on this day
probably will be devoted TO the
finer things Of life. Religion and
philosophy, art and literature
win appeal to them. They may
be restless and fond Of change.
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tation for sincerity. they believe
him to such degree that they
are discounting and discarding
him as a candidate.
Hull's reasons are largely per-
sonal. He will soon be 20 years
old, and despite his physical fit
ness for the strenuous duties the
European war imposes upon him,
he does not relish the prospect
of entering a bitter and hard
fought campaign. Moreover, the
altogether delightful Mrs. Hull
Is Jewish, and he is too practical
a politician not to realize that
he and she would be the victims
of the same sort of whispering
campaign" directed against AL
and Mrs. Smith in 1928. Anyone
who knows Hulls sensitivity will
appreciate his feeling.
The prospect of liberal-con-
sentative split threatens to dark
en- Republican hopes Of victory
next fall. Sober second-thought-
ers within the partys top-flight
councils are striving to escape
the political pitfall, but so far
without much success.
1t is difficult to define the diff
ferences or to describe the two
warning groups, but they exist.
The Martin McNary-Landon fac
ton. for instance, wants to high
light the New Deals alleged
waste and inefficiency without
assailing its fundamental re-
forms. The Taft-Simpson-Hoo-
yer school demands a headlong
assault on the Roosevelt policies.
Tom Dewey, whom New York
National Committeeman Simp-
son backs only half-heartedly,
has apparently assumed an in
between position. So will Ar
thur Vandenberg when he takes
off the wraps, which he will do
If he wins in the Wisconsin's pri-
mary against Mr.. Dewey.
Two incidents herald a warn
ing of the nservatives
strength in the COP. The first
is the sidetracking of ex-senator
David Reed for a senate nomi-
nation because of his New Deal
ish speeches. The second is the
selection OF Ernest T. Weir as
COP treasurer. Mr.. Weir may
have favored the Glenn Frank
report, and he may not have
engaged in sabotage of the
NLRB-as his friends in inner
COP circles here insist. But the
people believe that he stands for
reaction-and it's what the vot-
ers believe that decides elections.
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umn letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
viii be published when requested
Mr.. Fixit; How can I promote
myself a talk over some radio on
snakes Of the world a. / am q
herpetologist and know my
snakes from A 10 z.
EDW. BEIssEL
II you have something to offer.
the radio station program mana
gers viii recognize it Only way
you can promote yourself
chance to talk is 10 call on the
stations and sell your talents.
Mr.. Fixii. WIN you please
give salaries Of orderlies at the
Buckley Custodial school.
Minimum would be 500, since
that applies to all state jobs
now.
Mr.. Fixit: ! am searching for
my brother. unheard from for
several years. His name Ia N. p.
johnson, but he In better known
In the Northwest and Alaska ~
Discoverer johnson. II living or
dead, l would like to know
where he IL.
JOHN 3. JOHNSON
General Delivery, Seattle.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you tell me II
the widow Of q World war yeter-
m viii get n pension from the
government, II her husband was
getting SEQ . month . How much
would she get, II he passed away,
II no children are left.
MRS. MP.
II she can prove her husband
had as much as one per cent
service-connected disability, she
will be eligible for a pension of
$3s per month up to the age of
so and then an increase. She can
get her husbands discharge rec
ord, which will tell of any disa-
bility he had. by writing the Vet
erans' Administration. Seattle.
Mr.. Fixii: Does this county
pay pension to unmarried
mothers: Who were auditor and
sheriff in 1918: SUBSCRIBER.
II there Is a proven need of
county help. aid IL granted to
tina dependent child OF an un-
married mother, but 1t is not in
the nature of a pension to her.
Pierce county auditor In 1915
was Thomas w. Morris; sheriff,
Robert Longmire.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me II
the WPA h giving piano lessons.
Also. the name of the leading
daily paper Of Sacramento, Calf.
MRS. w.
WPA has a number Of piano
classes in the city. Phone GA
45s5 to learn where the nearest
one to your home is.
Principal Sacramento dailies
are the Bee, evening, and Union.
morning.
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SUNDAY. MARCH 10

Until late In the afternoon
benefic aspects dominate today.
The morning In suspicious for
religious observance and for
music, especially in it's relation
to church services. The clergy
come under fortunate planetary
direction and will contribute
greatly to the aid OF those In
distress. High dignitaries Of the
Roman Catholic church are to
assume a great responsibility.
Heart and Home: Women are
under good influences which
aid in making home the center
Of interest. Under this sway
informal hospitalities have I'M
usual significance. News of
some sort will cause a sensa-
ton today and will divert atten-
ton from church-going. 1t Is
wise 10 listen to the counsel Of
the aged under this rule Of the
stars.
Business Affairs: Philsn-
thropic and charitable organiza-
tons will require support.
Americans will have reason to
realize that charity begins at
home. Efficient methods of re-
lief will be instituted by the
churches and will engage the
efforts Of we'll trained men and
women. Business experience
will be applied to religious or
CARNATIONS with good results.
Generous benefactions are fore
cast.
National Issues: Public health
viii be OF wide concern. and
hospitals viii command unusual
attention. The training of
nurses Is TO be of deep interest,
as many young girls are called
to the profession which is OF
supreme Importance at q time
when human life is wasted. In
creased need OF aviation host
esses will cause recruiting
through the summer.
International Affairs: Bar
barrie treatment of Russian
prisoners is 10 arouse the people
Of many nations. and eventually
it will destroy Stain who comes
under most evil portents before
the end Of this year. 1t is pre-
dicted that he will meet sudden
death. Another severe earth
quake in Japan will add to the
economic and other problems
which the invaders OF China
must meet.
Persons whose birthdate It Is
have the sugury of a year of
progress and good luck. EN-
ployes will gain promotion. Both
men and women may receive
increased incomes.
Children born on this day
probably viii be intense in ma
ture. persistent in ambitions
and generally successful. Many
Of these subjects Of Pisces have
scientific trends.
MONDAY MARCH IL
Benefic aspects are active to-
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found It necessary to establish a
department Of foreign affairs
NOW department of state), Of
the treasury, and of war. The
post office department was
established even before the dec
laration of independence.
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better place in which to live.
RAY F. ROBERTS.
615 So. 18th st.
FAVOR HOSPITAL LEVY
Editor The Times: Whereas,
the county hospital is officially
rated at 150-bed capacity but
has been carrying an overload
up to 1919 and at times more,
but if this were admitted by the
board of county commissioners
state law would require them to
appoint a six-man board of lay
men to administer all of the af-
fairs of this institution. This
would necessarily take it COM
pletely out of their control and
politics.
Therefore, we feel that it is
time that the misfortunes of the
unfortunate be taken away from
the obvious exploitation of poll
tics and politicians. The voting
public has this opportunity on
March IL by voting for the
three-mill levy.
We coneede that the three
mill levy is not the most perfect
answer, but it is the. only solu-
ton which has been offered to
the public. We cannot look at
this situation in terms of cost,
but in terms of need and defi-
mite reputation Of the part poll
tics have played in the lives of
those who cannot afford hospi-
taliZation.
We further recommend that
upon the passage of this levy
that the commissioners appoint
a board, including people con-
versant and familiar with the
needs OF the hospital, to formu-
late definite plans and make
recommendation as to how this
fund will be expended.
A. B. wooDWORTH,
President,
Allied Citizens c. & P. Club.
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and fairly soon 10 a crackup
The New Dealish David Du-
binsky. head Of 100000 ladies'
garment workers. has been
quietly negotiating for the re-
turn Of his powerful organiza-
ton TO the ALL. A majority
of his executive committee al
ready favors the move, but
noisy minority on his board
would object If the decision were
made by the committee alone.
Therefore Dubinsky will with
hold his proposal until he can
present 1t to his convention late
in May.
The garment workers left the
Clio some time ago, but it will
be a severe blow to Lewis II they
actually join the enemy. An
other influential clio unit-the
woodworkers of the northwest
is also preparing to forsake John
L. for the older labor faction.
Still another factor tends to
weaken Lewis movement. In
the industries where he has been
most successful with his organi-
cation tactics-coal, textile, au-
tom bile-m INFLAMMATION is
making the greatest Roadway.
His recruits are losing jobs every
day before the advance of the
machine, and cannot afford to
pay their dues, which is the test
Of membership totals. These
present and prospective setbacks
for the CIO explain why the
AFL'S backstage dictat tors
Matthew Vol, John Frey and
William Hutcheson - refuse to
talk peace now.
Diplomatic insiders expect
President Roosevelt to stage a
spectacular gesture for peace
upon the return of Sumner
Welles from Europe late this
month. Unless the under-secre-
tary's report is far gloomier
than predicted on the basis of
confidential reports of his trip
so far, FDR will make a pro-
digious attempt to stop the war
in its tracks.
The president may not ask for
complete cessation of hostilities,
but he may voice plea for con-
tinuation of the conflict along
present lines-a polite, economic
war rather than fierce and
bloody fighting on land and sea
and in the air. So long as the
present stalmate lasts, Washing
ton believes there will always be
a chance for peace parley of
sorts. But IL the belligerents
take off their 16-ounce gloves
and go to it with 16-inch guns,
and If the battling spreads to
several other fronts, the posi-
bility Of peace will be dimmed.
Such a move would also
strengthen the administration
on the political home front. AS
reported here, FDR will seek
continued control of the Demo-
cratic party-as a candidate
himself or as dictator of the con-
vention-on the ground that his
more experienced crowd is best
qualified to aid in negotiation
of a just and permanent peace.
A Roosevelt Hull-Welles demand
of the kind, bolstered by the
Vatican and other neutral pow
ers, would lay the groundwork
for such a campaign.
Cordell Hull recently told close
friends that he is definitely not
interested in the Democratic
presidential nomination. In view
Of the secretary Of states repu-
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

economy. no arbitrary, monopo-
listic price fixing of goods and
labor, so that prices of goods
and wages could adjust itself
properly. Who else would get
the goods If not the people? In
reality there Is not much
grounds for all this agitation,
protectionism, and nonsense.
Capital and labor have not much
to fight about. They can both
gain by cooperation, and they
both lose by this class war. The
general public are the greatest
losers.
OSCAR C. ERICKSON.
DARE TO STOP WAR.
Editor The Times: Do the
governments of Europe dare to
stop the present war? Let me
call your attention to what
should be an obvious fact: that
there are more than thirty-five
millions of men actively en-
gagged in military service in
Europe today, and behind these
millions of soldiery there must
be at least as many industrial
workers engaged in the manu-
facture of the implements Of de-
struction for these soldiers to
use.
Is there any government In
Europe that dares TO face the
problem that would follow peace
and the return of these seventy
millions of workers to an indus
trial field where there would be
no possibility Of their being re-
employed?
We, in America, can remem-
Der when the small number OF
soldiers that We enlisted for the
war OF 1918 returned home to
find no jobs. We can remember
when a delegation OF those sol
diers went to Washington to Pc
tition for aid in their distress,
and were elected with bayonets
because the then chief executive
of the United States had fear in
his heart for the consequences
that might follow a return OF
armed men.
We can also remember what
happened in Russia when the de-
feated armies OF the car re-
turned from the war front TO
find government unqualified TO
deal with the economic situation.
In the light of these cireum-
stances, is there government in
Europe that dares TO face the re-
lease OF those who are now en-
gagged in the armed forces OF
these nations. should peace be
declared FRED A. SMITH,
A aseSsor
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HISTORIC CABINET

HISTORIC CABINET
Strange as it seems, five Of
10 government departments are
really older than the constitu-
ton.
The navy department had its
beginning in April, 1898. The
old continental congress also
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GREATEST ACCURACY
by John Hix

A newly developed machine
uses a tiny beam of reflected
light to discover sub-microsopic
flaws in surfaces. Errors of
1000, 000th Of an inch can be
found.
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LACK OF UNDERsTANDIN,

Editor The Times; The basic
theory back of all this radical
unionism, liberalism, planned
economy, strife, hatred, and
class war, is that the so-called
capitalists or employers are UNI
fair, unjust and cannot be trust
ed to deal fairly with the en-
ployes and consumers, therefore
it becomes necessary to legis-
late and find other means of
protecting the people from being
exploited and cheated out Of
their just share of the produce
ton of goods and services.
Let us assume, for the sake
of argument, that the capitalists
are all of this and then some.
The fact remains that you. the
people, must first get possession
OF money before the capitalists
can skin you out Of il. 1t is
impossible to extract sugar from
a lemon. Therefore it becomes
necessary that you have work,
producing goods. and earning
money before the capitalist can
get it away from you. You can
not make a profit by selling
goods to people who have no
money.
Who IL going to employ the
people 80 that they may have
money II not these very same
capitalists or employers that
you fear viii skin you out OF it
IL you are not protected? And
how are they going to get it
away from you? BY selling you
the goods and services produced
In the nation. How can they dis
pose of the production other
wiser Then in reality you. the
people, will get the goods and
services produced in the nation.
The more produced the more you
get.
1t stands to reason that they,
the capitalists. will have to pay
you, the people. enough wages so
that you can buy the production.
or they cannot sell the goods
and make a profit. The law of
supply and demand would take
care Of all this If we had a free
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An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America
l IG HIT

WASHINGTON-John L. Lewis Congress of Indus
trial Organizations may suffer two body blows
within the next few months. 1t would surprise no in
formed labor leader if impending assertions led directly
and fairly soon to a crackup of the Go
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FAvoRs PROJECTS

Editor The Times: Page
One, Column One in We'd
nesdsy's Times was very
timely and TO the point and con-
tains much food for thought
The three propositions on next
Tuesdays ballot should carry
by a big majority, especially the
one TO make a special three-mill
tax levy to get funds for improv-
ing the county hospital for in
the health of its people lies the
strength of a nation"
Also Melvin 6. Tennent should
be elected mayor. and Ira $.
DAWSON. commissioner Of pub
lie utilities, should be reelected
Too. other candidates seeking re-
election should be returned 10 Of
flee. This fall viii see President
Roosevelt reelected by the big
gest majority he has yet re-
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Short Skirts and Crops

Brushing aside purely esthetic considerations the farm
ers of the land would give joyful whoop if the dsa
part Of the population would abandon short skirts and
sylph-like figures.
Men Of the soil have eye for well turned ankle
luscious but there things important in life
than beauty Their crops instance Just because skirts
have crawed up the knees cotton growers missing
sales Of million bales year. according to the u s. Census
Bureau And the cornmeal consumption per capita has
dropped from lit pounds annually to 81 poundsust be-
cause the gals would rather look wowy than bowy Same
for buckwheat.
Farmers aren't expecting anyone to do anything about
the situation right away They're just waiting hopefully
They know oil about the vcssitudes of feminine fashions
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Judge thysf with the judgment of sincerity and thou
Wit judge others with the judgment of CHARITY Mason.
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ceived. BY voting as above, the
voters will make Tacoma, Pierce
county, our state and country
better place in which to live.
RAY F. ROBERTS.
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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
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motors company reported built lie 15th milicnh
TIN week and that checks perfectly with the number ducked
~ nnoFsing work.
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MONDAY MARCH IL

Benefic aspects are active to-
day. but there are also adverse
The Nome nugget., 1940-04-12
WIFE OF OFFICER FALLS DOWN CLIFF TO HER DEATH

HONOLULU - Mrs. Sydney Bunting, wife of a Navy Heuten- ant commander, was killed in a 600-foot fall down the face of Nuuana Pali cliff at the entrance of scenic Nuuanu Valley, six mil es from Honolulu.
 Friends said she recently under went severe nervous strain be- cause of the illness of her son.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
 FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY

rtly cloudy occasio nal light rain showers probably snow Saturday. No change in temperature tonight, er Saturday.
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the negroes forced the couple off the street into a hotel where they attacked the woman while hold ing the husband helpless and robbing him. She eventually es- caped by jumping through a window
 The convicted men are James Ganaway, Junius Foster, Fred w. Alderson and Chester Game.
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FOUR NEGROES CONVICTED OF RAPE AND THEFT

SEATTLE, April 10 - A jury convicted four negroes for rape and robbery in connection with the attack on January 27 on Mrs. Adah Edmundson and husband M. J. Edmundson, both of Fair banks, in a Seattle hotel.
 The jurors deliberated two hours. The testimony was that
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Grand Trunk.

Grand Trunk.
 If Miller got off the boat at Prince Rupert, he may now be speeding east over Canada
 Indictment Would Be Needed
 Should Miller be located in Canada, he could not be extra dited until an indictment was re- turned against him by a grand jury in Fairbanks.
 If Canadian authorities should locate him, they might hold him until this indictment could be ob tained. I would ask Judge Harry E. Pratt of the United States dls- trict court to call a jury if the fugitive were caught and detain ed at any place in Canada.
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Sneezed A Bullet

WEST FRANKFORT, IL, - William Darnel sneezed and a bullet accidentally fired into his head in 1920 emerged from his nostriI. It had traversed a l9- year downward course from a point above one of his eyes and for several years had been lodg ed alongside his nose.
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S2,500 Stolen Fairbanks And Alleged Thief Flies Out And May Be In Canada

Fairbanks, April 9-On a char ge of having stolen $2,500 in cur rency, John Gordon Miller is wanted by authorities here He is accused of having taken the money, belonging to John Kelly accountant from a safety box and then to have flown to Juneau. He now Is believed to be in British Columbia or some other part of Canadian territory.
 Miller, unmarried, about 35 years old, was employed in the office of Kelly & Byrd in the La throp Building.
 Had Access To Box
 He is said to have been the only person to have had access to the safety box, which was kept in the vault of the accountancy office. From time to time, in the course of his duties, he put into the box and took from it import ant papers.
 Miller left Fairbanks last Sat urday morning on a Pacific AL aska AirWays plane for Juneau. He told persons in the account ancy office that his visit to the Territorial capital would be brief and that he would be back in few days.
 However, it was learned by some persons in the office Satur- day that Miller had taken with him on the plane excess baggage which cost him $24.30 for trans portation.
 Suspicion Is Aroused i
 This incident in connection with his departure aroused some suspicion, but the $2,500 that had been in the safety box was not missed until Monday. Then the discovery was made that the en- velope which contained the mon ey was still in the box but that it was empty.
 Complaint was made to United States Attorney Ralph J. Rivers and complaint charging grand larceny was issued. A warrant on the complaint was issued with out delay and telegraphed Mon day afternoon to Juneau and Ketchikan.
 'If Miller boarded an Alaska Steamship Company vessel at Ju neau for Seattle he will be taken off the craft at Ketchikan," Unit ed States Attorney Rivers ex- plained.
 May Be In Canada
 But I doubt if he left Juneau on an Alaska Steamship Com pany vessel, or any other boat un der United States registry. I think he boarded the Canadian Pacific Railroad passenger ship that departed from Juneau Sun day for Vancouver, B. C. This vessel is now near Vancouver, B. C. However. I am of the opin- ion that Miller disembarked at Prince Rupert, B. C., where tne ship called Monday Prince ftl- pert is the Pacific terminal of the transformation railroad,
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Came Last Year

Miller came to Fairbanks last year. He had been employed on the hotel erected at Mckinley Park Station on the Alaska Rail roal and previously had lived in Anchorage and Ketchikan.