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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-25
Clubs

Lydia Crossett Sewing club will
meet in Lincoln Park for a picnic
pot luck luncheon at 1880 o'clock
Tuesday.
T. r. and p. bus drivers auxil-
larry viii meet Tuesday evening at
8 O'Clock in the Pythian temple for
a social evening.
Mothers' club Of st. Lec's win
hold . special meeting at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon In the social
hall Of the school. Mrs. George
Cookson will preside.
L. A. to o. Il. c. will meet Tues
day at o'clock in the Odd Fellows
temple on 6th ave. for their regu-
lar meeting at which final plans
will be made for their annual pic
] mic. Mrs. Devereaux viii preside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-25
Mrs. Bundy TO Entertain

Ozanam circle No. 10 will meet
Tuesday for luncheon at 1890
O'Clock at the home of Mrs. v. B.
Bundy, 1910 So. D st.
Ladies' Independent club will
meet for pot luck luncheon at IL
o'clock noon in Lincoln park. Miss
Charlotte Hennessey is the hostess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-25
Receive Word Of Birth
OF Grand auohier

Mr.. and Mrs.. Harry H. Collier
have just received news from
Eugene. Ore. of the birth Of q
little granddaughter, Sailie-Jean.
born to Mr.. and Mrs. o. Robert
Anderson Of that city. The new
baby was welcomed by her year
old sister. Christine Elizabeth. and
by her paternai grandmother. Mrs,
Bernadine Anderson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-25
Miss Margaret Nielsen Weds
Mr.. Ray Arthur Bramstedt
Quaint St. luke's Memorial Church Is Setting Tor
impressive Ceremony Sunday Afternoon

Strkinply beautiful in its simplicity the marriage
late Sunday afternoon quaint St Lukes Memorial church
of Miss Margaret Anne Nielsen daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Christian Nielsen of this city Mr. Ray Arthur Bramstedt
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bramstedt of Cosmopois.
Vows were read at five o'clock by the Rev. Arthur
Bell impressive setting of white gladden. and blue DEL
minimum on which were cast the lights of tall white taper
in stately candelabra Candles lighted preceding the
ceremony by Louise Knudsen small cousin of the bride
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-25
Fireresi Garden Club
Picnic Meefino

Members Of Fircrest Garden
club viii 90 to Little Spanaway
for . picnic on Tuesday. The group
will meet at IL o'clock at the
home Of the president. Mrs. Roy
R. Conger. and from there viii
70 IN cars to the lake.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

vation was to that in front of the grounds
of the Presidents residence.
"'Some public criticism says the re-
port, has been made by the local author
tiles of the District in disapproval of
this site. This seemed to turn mainly
upon preference for the center of the
square over one on the public thorough
fare of Pennsylvania avenue. If this
point had not already been occupied by
the statue of Gen. Jackson the consid-
erations already set forth would have
given the preference to the site actually
selected. If the relation of the statues to
each other should prove unsatisfactory it
was thought in the improvement of art
in this country and liberality of Congress
in respect of commemorative statues and
monuments, greater and more impos-
ing statue in honor of this illustrious
soldier and statesman, illustrative of his
military achievements, might well be pro-
vided to replace or to be in addition to
the equestrian statue now in Lafayette
Square and to be placed on a site more
In accordance with the requirements of
its position"
Evening star., 1940-06-09
THE GUIDING LIGHT
By the Right Req. James E. Freeman D. L..
Bishop of WdShinqton.

edged her genius and lifted her from OBJ
scurity to national distinction. Her name
was Minnie l.. Haskins and what she
produced in a modest book was quoted
and cited throughout all England. The
title of her poem was: God Knows" and
the few lines that won her fame were as
follows:
II said to the man who stood at the gate
of the year.
Give me light that I may tread safely
into the unknown
And he replied: Go out into the darkness
and put thine hand into the Hand
of God:
This shall be to thee better than light
and safer than known way"
Very simple, commonplace words these,
and yet they won from King and literary
critics such praise that their author
"awoke to find herself famous She
had answered one of the searching in
quiries Of the average man or woman;
she had put in simple words what she
believed was the way of securing serenity
and peace. They are reminiscent of the
ancient word in Isaiah: Il, the Lord thy
God, will hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee: Fear not, will help thee"
Simple, unadorned statements of truth
make strong appeal, especially when the
way of life is difficult, and Minnie Has
kins had learned an eternal truth and
put it in homely phrases. So it is with
the greatest words of Christ, they are
simple easily understood and they
serve us when their meaning is most evil
dent to us. We need His reinsurance
today, we need to strip away all the
conceits and speculations that men have
employed in seeking to interpret Him.
We need and need sorely to appropriate
what He has said in interpreting the
mysteries of life and thus to find our
security in His promises He declared
Himself to be the Light of the world;
He has said that they that follow Me
shall not walk in darkness but shall have
the light of life"
Amid the babble of confused and dis
cordant voices His remains the one true
voice, the deeply understanding voice,
and His voice shall speak when all other
voices are stilled and the panic of the
world is forgotten and past.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Gurnishment Cuses

In reaffirming the traditional doc
trine that an employe of the District
government is not subject to gar
niShment proceedings, Judge Nathan
Cayton of Municipal Court has
thrown new light on a confusing
situation that had arisen in the Dis
trict.
Since the Supreme Court in
recent ruling upheld the right of a
Michigan creditor to levy against
the salary of an employe of the
Federal Housing Authority on the
theory that Congress had authorized
instrumentalitieS of that type to
"Sue and be sued" numerous debt
actions have been started against
District workers on the assumption
that the immunity they heretofore
enjoyed had been ended by the
Supreme Court decision, as the
Organic Act of 1871 provides also
that the District can sue and be
sued.' In an opinion rendered yes
terday, however, Judge Cayton ruled
to the contrary.
AS he pointed out, the Supreme
Court decision rested on the ground
that the F. H. A. is Federal agency
created to discharge commercial
functions, and therefore, in the
nf q ~
contrary, is presumed to be subject
to the same judicial processes as
private enterprise
With this the District of Colum-
bia has nothing in common, being
purely and simply a municipal cor
poratlon, charged with the GUS
tomary functions of an Incorporated
municipality.
Judge Cayton also held that as
District funds are subject to the
control Of the Treasury they remain
a public trust until they have
actually passed into possession of
the Wage-earner, and consequently
cannot be diverted to secure payment
Of private debt.
That very point was emphasized
in the F. H. A case by the Supreme
Court, which said that no claims
could be executed against funds
held by the Treasury, even though
this barred collection of a judgment.
The immediate effect of Judge
Cayton's decision probably will be to
halt litigation of this type until and
unless there should be ruling on
this particular question by the Su-
preme Court or further legislative
action bv CONGRESS.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

The world Is in search of a guiding
light on its shadowed pathways. To all
men there come times when the road
ahead seems dark and obscured. Say
what we will, to every man there comes
time when what he has of intelligence
and self assurance fails to serve him. In
the main we have sense of confidence
that is born Of favoring circumstances.
The security Of life, olr self-reliance, our
tested friends, Our own sense of ability Il,
weigh the exigencies of life, these give US
assurance that the course we have plot
ted is adequate and sufficient Then comes
an unexpected, unanticipated turn in
the road, an uncalculated misfortune
and all that we have planned against
such day fails Of realization. The man
who has not experienced such a sudden
arrest, finds himself wholly incapable in
his own strength of meeting with calm
mind what lies before him At best we
all are the children of circumstances.
We are quickly affected by changing
scenes and changing events, hence the
hysterla and panics that frequently beset
us. At best life is an unbroken series of
fortunes and misfortunes; of days of
sunshine and days of clouded skies
Helpless and hopeless is the man who has
no strength apart from his own in such
a crisis. st. Augustine was right when
he said: Our souls are restless till they
rest in Thee Life requires for its sup
port in days of testing something more
than we'll calculated plans and the wise
reasoning of men,
Our little systems have their day.
They have their day and cease to be,
All are but broken lights of Thee,
And thou, o Lord art more than they"
Tennyson was right, and to meet these
ever-recurring changes we need some
thing more Stabilizing and assuring than
human wisdom. Those who are as bull
warks under such conditions are the men
and the women who have found security
and peace in an abiding trust in God.
Here is fine example of what we
mean. Some years ago, an English
woman whose name had never been ac-
claimed as an author, wrote few simple
lines that meant so much to the King
of England that he Immediately acknowl-
Evening star., 1940-06-09
pellate courts greater leeway in re-
viewing the boards findings of fact.

pellate courts greater leeway in re-
viewing the boards findings of fact.
Although these House approved
changes may be assumed to reflect
the attitude of the majority of the
people on the question of revising
the Labor Act, there is doubt whether
they will be brought to a vote in the
Senate. The chance of securing action
in the upper branch has been greatly
increased, however, by the fact that
the American Federation of Labor
is supporting the House proposals.
and if the Senate tries to dodge this
issue by resort to dilatory tactics
it must assume responsibility for
blocking reform which has the
support of two-thirds of the voting
House members and which may be
expected to eliminate most of the
injustices which have contributed
to the failure of the Labor Act to
achieve its praiseworthy objective.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
A Summons for Americans

The average American citizen loves
his country. He cares about its
future in changing world. It is
natural for him to feel a personal
responsibility for it's welfare. He
counts himself among it's defenders.
But it sometimes happens that he is
reticent about testifying to his
patriotism. 1t suits him on occasion
to pretend that he is casual about
the things which in fact he holds
most dear.
Recently, however, an alteration
in the temperament of ordinary
Americans has been noticed. They
have been educated to appreciate
anew the essential values of democ-
racy. Events abroad have served to
teach them the practical meaning
of freedom in republic. They have
learned to be proud of the institu-
tions under which they live-and
grateful for them A quarter CEN
tury ago they believed that liberty
was threatened by the onward march
of the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm.
Looking back now from the vantage
point of the present moment, they
realize that the So-called Great War
of 1914-19l8 was merely a dress re-
hearsal for the struggle currently
raging. A far more compelling dan
ger is that which has been created
and let loose upon the human race
by the perverse and anarchistic
genius of Adolf Hitler.
The American people know in
stinctively that such power must be
resisted. 1t is gangSterism developed
to maximum degree, and it wakes
stronger and more fearfully evil
with each success One force alone
it respects-the force of a unified
community organized in dynamic
opposition. To demonstrate that the
masses of the population of the
United States are at least as devoted
to their ideals now as ever they were
in the past, this suggestion is offered
Next Friday will be Flag Day. The
Star urges every reader to make
of the 163d anniversary of the adop-
ton of the National Emblem an
opportunity for a display of their
affection for their colors. Let every
home, every office, every place of
business fly the Star Spangled Ban
ner on June IA. Never before has
there been better reason for such a
manifestation of the solidarity, the
fellowship, the determination of the
American people.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Capital SideIights
By Will P. Kennedy.

How the "lie detector" has developed
into a very important aid to law-enforce-
ment agencies in seven States and Is
large cities is emphasized by Representa-
tive Chauncey w Reed of Illinois, who
was one of the first States attorneys in
the country to use this device some IL
years ago. He WAS later member of
a commission of nine who prepared a
revision of the criminal laws of Illinois
The first polygraph he used was owned
by Northwestern University, of which
he is graduate, in its crime detection
laboratory which he, with group of
Chicago business men, established fol-
lowing the Valentine Day massacre To
that laboratory they brought crime de-
lection experts from all over the world
and the laboratory has now been turned
over to the Chicago Police Department.
Representative Reed considers the great
est value of the lie detector to be in
eliminating innocent persons from suspi-
cion and in curtailing extensive investi-
cations, thus assisting the police in pur-
suing more direct course against Grim
lnals. The States using the lie detector
are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
West Virginia. Cities in California, New
York. Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Texas
in addition to Honolulu-also employ
this device. The polygraph was first
used by Berkeley, Calf, in 1921. Repre-
sentative Reed recalls that in one notable
case the instrument failed to indicate
a persons guilt-Mrs. Mary Wynkoop,
known as Mrs. Bluebeard, now in the
Illinois Penitentiary for numbering her
husband
Senator Jim" Mead of New York is
not only one of the most able and
popular Senators among his colleagues,
but is an idol of all Capitol employees
because he never forgets that he was
one of them 80 years ago When he
first came to Washington after helping
to build the East Coast Railroad in
Florida, and playing professional
baseball, he was a rookie policeman
James Aloysius Reilley, who had already
been four years on the Capitol force,
took Mead under his special care. They
were known as Big Jim and Little
Jimmie" When Mead left to go back
to New York he told Reilley: I'll be
back before long but not as policeman"
When he did come back as a House
member, Reilley was one of the first to
greet him, and made the prediction:
You'll be Senator yet, jim" Then, when
Mead won the Senatorship, he did not
forget Jimmie Reilley, who himself had
been secretary to Representative Bill
Carey of Wisconsin, and had made
good run himself for the House but in
the wrong year. Reilley was employed
as doorman on one of the Senate gall
lery doors. Mead made personal appeal
to his colleagues on the Appropriations
Committee, who gave Reilley an increase
in salary raising him to the status of
special employe. 1t is in such individual
service that he finds his greatest graft
fication.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Our Front Line

A veteran soldier who knows what
it means to 60 to war without ade-
quate equipment yesterday lifted his
voice in behalf of the ill-prepared
Allies. From General John j. PERISH
ing came an urgent and persuasive
plea that America send to Britain
and France with all possible haste
unlimited quantities" of planes,
cannon, rifles and ammunition Gen.
eral Pershing spoke out of the full
ness of his own experience with an
American army we'll equipped with
courage and enthusiasm but sorely
lacking in the vital materiel which
wins battles. He rested his appeal
not on a sentimental concern for
the plight of friendly nations but on
a very realistic concern for the Sc
curity of the United States.
To this seasoned warrior-prac-
ticed in evaluating a situation with
out regard to politics or emotions
the second World War is not just
another European squabble that is
none of our business; it is "a war
for civilization" The French and
British troops now battling for their
lives along the Somme and the
Aisne are, General Pershing declares,
holding our front line" AS a mat
ter of protection, we must ex-
pedite the delivery to these shock
troops of as many fieldpieces and
Warplanes and small arms as pos
sible, he believes. In this concept of
Americas responsibility in todays
ever-increasing emergency, the Cen
eral of the Armies is not alone. A
vast majority of American citizens
share the same views and many of
them already have given expression
to them in public forums or in
private circles. The Star has held
to this opinion editorially through
out the present conflict-even before
the Panzer divisions and dive bomb
ers launched their blitzkriegs. Be-
latedly, the administration and Con-
gress have begun to indorse the
principle openly and to put it into
practice. And it is none too soon,
for the Allies are in desperate straits
for want of the implements of war
which we can give them. Quick and
fortnight action on our part may
save the day for them and, most
important of all, for ourselves.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

part of the Nations preparedness for
war or for peace, whatever our des-
tiny may be. 1t is necessary that our
people re-learn the lesson that free
dom was won in the beginning with
the blood and the sweat of free men;
that it is a precious heritage that
must be actively, not passively, de-
Tended.
Universal military training is a
good starting point in the necessary
lesson that we, as a Nation, quickly
learn
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Labor Act Amendments

The WO-tO-one majority by which
the House has approved number
Of important amendments to the
suredly reflects a widespread popular
demand for the overhauling Of a
statute which has failed to serve
its purpose. At the time of its adop-
ton, the Labor Act was hailed as
an instrument for the promotion
Of more harmonious industrial re-
lations, but it has not accomplished
that result On the contrary, in the
hands of unduly jealous admins
traitors of both high and low degree,
it has been productive of bitter
ness and dissatisfaction on the part
of employers as well as in the ranks
of labor.
Most of the criticism resulting
from enforcement of the act has
been more concerned with the man.
ner of its administration than with
the law itself, which is clearly shown
by the fact that the bulk of the
House approved amendments were
designed to curb what were deemed
to be unWise and harmful admin
1Strative acts and policies. This, of
course, is most evident in the amend
ment to abolish the present Labor
Board and set up new three men,
Der agency. Another amendment
would separate the judicial and
prosecuting functions of the new
board, and agitation for this change
did not gain strength until there
had been repeated charges that the
members of the board were biased
in their function as prosecutor,
judge and jury
Some of the most significant
changes voted by the House bear
directly on the manner in which
board hearings are to be conducted
in the future. While these to some
extent also reflect dissatisfaction
with the attitude of board members
and their trial examiners, they are
aimed primarily at practices which
have been approved by the Supreme
Court as being valid under the
terms of the law, and which, there
fore, can be changed only by act
of Congress. One of the most signifi-
cant of these requires that hereafter
a board finding that an employer
has violated the act must be sup
ported by ''preponderance" of the
evidence This follows common law
rule in civil court proceedings and
would abolish the present practice
of requiring only that board find
ing be supported by substantial"
evidence. The latter policy is sus-
ceptible of serious abuse, and, in the
opinion of many members of the
House, has been so abused, since
it enables the board, in given case,
to base its findings on the testimony
of few witnesses while ignoring
the testimony of the great majority.
The House amendment, of course,
does not mean that mere majority
of witnesses necessarily shall con-
stitute a preponderance of evidence,
but it does require higher degree
of proof than has been the case in
the past, and also gives the ap-
Evening star., 1940-06-09

One of our higher-up generals says
that the armed forces of the United
States are better prepared today than
in past crises. They need to be, for
there was never a crisis like this one
before.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

A parrot, jealous of a male cocka-
too's splendor, pads her tail out with
long strips from newspapers. Alta
polly! Show him your clippings.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-30
SEPTEMBER

Interested observers Of the changing have almost
accord during years been impressed by the generally
proved performance given by autumn In fact there is dis
position give the somewhat higher rating than has
granted spring whose traditional delights have been
measuring up expectations.
Spring of late has been attended by disappoinments 1t
has been distinguished by that gradual transformation from
winter that has awakened the Tyre Of the poet thru
the and also has inspired pleasant emotions in the heart
of the most prosac.
Autumn is much more reliable and pleasant season
is hoped September will prove the satisfaction of ALL
fingers and is welcome but the time there is
suggestion of The outdoors holds all of its customary
auremen while the time the comforts Of home become
a little more appealing.
September which marks the beginning of which
without its sombre aspects has its elements of charm
and they strkngy manifest 1t is the hope OF
all citizens young and Old that the autumn which it inaugu
will compare favoraby with those Of other years and that
will be prolonged within easy reaching distance of the
Christmas holidays.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-30
LABOR DAY

There fine sentiment dedicatng holiday to be
called Labor Day All right thinking people always have re
spected labor.
This year particularly, Americans challenged by the
the lot the worker in this country with that Of
many other countries To be faced with constant
certanty 60 work each morning under the threat that
before night bomb may descend upon the factory to live
like slave the heel of the must be distressing
conditions
viii be disposed to make this Labor Day day OF thanksgiving
spite of the that times good might be
many lacked employment the fact remains
that the American wage has degree of freedom hardly
known in other lands.
condition for the present. On this Labor Day,
least may his day off, where he peases
and celebrate he likes.