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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
10, 900 Buyers Can't Be Wrons

u the current business Improvement IL nothing more
than fash in the pan. then 10000 furniture buyers from
a over the country wrong. That isn't very likely.
Check books Tipped continuously and fountain
pens flowed unhesitatngy at the annual merchandising
mart in Chicago. Furniture dealers don't make any
mistakes than they help and the volume of their bust
ness reflects general conditions Among other things,
furniture men confident there will be lot
homes built In 1910.
men to Be put back to work. this is the sort Of
thing that win do it. Confidence alone is not enough Con-
1dence mixed with revtaized business activity will set up
new motion Ill along the business circuit
This country is not yet Mt the peak of its production
When industry reaches that point perhaps the problem Of
cur jobess viii be less acute. Perhaps, it will be
possible to zee the solution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
You Worry About X

you want something else to worry about these days
you might try this:
University of Michigan professor has figured out that
Il costs the average motors $3.50 year push his auto
mobile registration plates along he travels 1000 miles
3 month.
That's based the average plate But Michgan's 1910
plates viii be larger than usuaand the professor estimates
cents
It's all calculated on wind resistance If you want the
exact formula. the professor probably furnish it.
II, on the other hand. you would just as soon forget
about the whole thing, you may be lot better off,
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lies at the heart OF Lewis in
temperate denunciation OF the
Democratic party and all its
works. The labor chieftain
recognizes that In any continue
ton of the new deal-whether
by a third term or by a Roose-
Welt sponsored successor = his
voice would be permitted no
greater dominance than in the
past. He's shopping just now
for a better bid.
Practical politicians know
that he'll get some sort Of offer
from any nominee. The CLIO
may not be as large or as potent
as the AFL. Butts it's more
homogeneous and its vote In
more susceptible Of delivery.
Moreover. the mainstay of the
CLIO. the United Mine Workers
union, has the funds and the
willingness to chip in hand
somely to a campaign kitty. In
a campaign year, candidates are
prone to figure that half a mil
lion dollars can't be wrong.
Two labor leaders are still
working theoretically to achieve
united labor movement before
next November-and to hold the
bulk of the labor vote in the
Democratic camp. Dan Tobin
on the AFL side and Sidney Hill
man on the CLIO side continue,
In the face OF all discourage
ment, TO be earnest advocates
of peace.
A plan Is under discussion
among labor insiders to have
them do more than merely ad-
vocate. They're being urged to
teach by example, rather than
by precept. The idea is to have
each of them withdraw from his
parent body and join the other
in a new congress or federation
of labor, taking along whatever
unions choose to come. 1t would
demonstrate in a practical way
how the differences between
craft and industrial organiza-
tons can be ironed out where
the will exists to do so.
Men familiar with the affairs
of labor don't expect the scheme
to be tried. The obstacle lies in
the fact that most of the affili-
ated unions in both major
bodies aren't financially able to
stand on their own feet. They
need aid which neither Hillmans
Clothing Workers nor Tobin's
Transfers would be able to give
them. The CLIO and AFL execu-
tive boards still hold the purse
strings.
Now that state department
dander Is up respecting the
British, some of our diplomats
are asking pointed questions
about the status Of visiting lee
turers in this country. A num-
Der of them are not registered
as foreign agents. Yet they're
undoubtedly getting in propa-
ganda ticks for the fatherland.
One of the theme songs of the
corps is that Uncle Sam must
take up the white mans burden
in the far east. England is po-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
IN NEW YORK BY GEORGE ROSS

Flying Eagles.
Those Dead End Kids aren't
as tough as they are cinemati-
cally painted. The group is in
New York, and every afternoon
Huntz H all, the toughest"
slips out to browse around the
Madison Avenue Art galleries.
Joe z. Lewis is the wag who
tells US about the musician who's
so swell-headed his hat became
too big for his trumpet.
The most ornamental first
nighters, Hope Hampton and
Jules Brulatour, have deserted
the premieres. They have ski
dooed to Florida.
demonstrated Walter Huston
looked like an old-fashioned tin
type as he skated gaily on the
Rockefeller ice pond with Fran
chot Tone. ?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10

Editor The Times: Enclosed
is an open letter to President
Roosevelt. which i hope you
will publish:
ITO President Roosevelt, Dear
Sir: / am handing you here
with a publication issued by the
Finnish Workers Organization
at Astoria, Ore. I am doing so
for the following reasons:
I'VE have all admired the
manner in which the people Of
Finland have kept their obliga-
tons in connection with the
debts resulting from the Great
war. Naturally. this nation
should feel very friendly toward
the Firms. We have accredited
that people with very high de-
gree of honor. falling to realize
the possibilities which their ac-
ton may have implied.
Having passed through our
entrance into the Great war and
taken an active interest in the
political aspect of those times,
as well as having become per-
sonally acquainted with some Of
those who were sent to this coun-
try by England to conduct an
educational" campaign. In order
to drag us into that war; even
taking over the editorial respon-
sibilities OF that portion of sew
eral OF our leading western pa
pers: including that paper which
your son-in-law now edits in Sc
attic; ] have. as a loyal Ameri-
can citizen, tried to study the
present Russian innish-E English
German situation.
1T has been the practice Of
the British government, In prsc-
ticslly all parts of the world, to
join in the development of nat
ural resources through English
controlled corporations: to insure
their future by. as far as posi-
BILE. controlling the officials Of
such countries: making use Of
the same to hold the native peo-
pie In subsection with the de-
struction. as far as possible. Of
their democratic rights.
Almost invariably. such con-
troll has been backed through the
means of armed forces. made
from among those native ele-
ments which might be made use
Of. That, in event Of serious
troubles arising, some other
country has been made use Of
by the Britain to pull her
chestnuts out of the fire
II am. after much study and
investigation. convinced that
English influences at work In
this country through the 'Edu-
cational Army which they tell
about in their publications. are
expecting TO drag us into the
present conflict through our
friendship to the Firms. and the
srousing OF hostile feeling
against Russia In other words.
las in the Great wsrl. England
Is planning to make this nation
10 come 20 her assistance 10
once more help pull her chest
nuts out OF the fire
Il witnessed the efforts Of
President Wilson. and carefully
studied his writings, promises
and the work he did. I am now
convinced that one Of two things
Is the TRUTH: Either he delib-
erstely BETRAYED HIS cOUN-
TRY. and Is responsible for the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10

NEW 1Ohh-SOTne fU years
ago Prof. Meyer hung out his
single as a practicing astrolo-
ger. Since then he has climbed
out on many a limb to prophesy
the course of the nation or of
an individual. To the good pro-
fessor's credit, it must be said
that some of his more important
predictions have been borne out
by time, and he shifts at critics
who contend this is due only by
the law of averages.
Peering at his charts for the
new year, the professor foresees
even worse looking hats for the
women, and an onrush of novelty
songs. In national affairs he
fears civil conflict in 1912, be-
cause it is "a years after John
Browns Raid at Harper's Ferry,
which led to the Civil war.
The professor explains that
there are IL signs of the zodiac
each Of which rules for seven
years. Gemini, the twins, is the
sign under which the United
States lives.
The professor thinks the Allies
will win the war and that we
will stay out Of it ends in the
next two years. Otherwise there
is, he says. grave danger.
The national horoscope is
pretty grim for the next few
years. Prof. Meyer declares. al
though there may be some bust
ness prosperity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn TO the
woman's page for the answers.
1. Was George Washington
married more than onceg
2. What is the name for
shooting stars?
3. Name the Y. S. attorney
general.
4. For what degree does Lit.
d. stand
5. Is Finland q grand duchy.
limited monarchy or republic?
s. For what invention is Ru-
dolph Diesel famous
I. Where did the famous
"Pickett's charge" occur
8. With what sport is Leo
Kodak associated
2. What is the correct pro-
nunciation Of the word hierarch ?
10. Did President Franklin d.
Roosevelt ever hold a high Of
flee under q Republican admin
istration?
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Your HEALTH
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

In the reign Of the Emperor
Hadrian, about 300 A. D., there
lived a Greek physician, named
Aretaeus, who recognized the
disease which today we call
diabetes.
Despite his fundamental OBJ
servations, more than 1900
years passed before much def
mite information, regarding dia-
betes, was acquired. Then an
English doctor, named Willis,
found that the waste matter in
diabetes is sweeter than the
normal. and another 100 years
passed before another doctor
showed that the sweetness was
due to sugar. Now scientific
medicine began to understand
the character Of this disease.
Then German Investigators
found out that removal from the
body of a dog of gland called
the pancreas is followed by the
development of diabetes. Still
later, another investigator show
ed that it is not particularly the
pancreas. but certain glands in
the psncreas known as the
islands of Langerhans which are
primarily responsible for dis
position of sugar by the body.
Eventually. Canadian investi-
gators. named Banting and Mac
leod, with their assistants, Best
and Collip, received the Nobel
prize in medicine for proving
that an extract can be made
from these glands in the PAN
creas and that this extract,
when taken into the body, will
substitute for the secretion
which the pancreas would ordin-
arily pour into the blood. This
enables the blood to take care
of the sugar in the diet.
This substitute for the secre-
ton of the pancreas is called in
sulin. Among the Magic Medi-
cal Bullets known to modern
medicine, insulin stands very
high.
Before the discovery of in
sulin, diabetes in childhood was
practically an uncomfortable and
fatal disease. Today. children
with disbetes can be promised
long lives of usefulness. More
over. adults who develop diabetes
nowadays live much longer than
did people who developed dia-
betes in earlier generations.
But the battle against dis-
betes did not stop with the dis
covery of insulin. New modifi-
cations have appeared. including
protamine zinc insulin and more
recently crystalline insulin. both
Of which are vast improvements
over the original products.
II may soon become possible
for the diabetec 10 take fewer
injections to obtain the desired
effect. II is also possible that
as We learn more about sugar
metabolism in the human body.
means VIII be developed for still
further increasing the length Of
life Of the diabetic.
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$1,000 A TON


thousands of lives lost in that
war; or else, he was dominated
and overruled by the English
propaganda and the English war;
lords work in this country, as
sisted by those American inter-
ests which did not hesitate to
sacrifice our boys upon the altar
Of PROFITS OF WAR.
II pray God. that history be
not allowed to repeat itself, for
in the years past have had
every confidence in your good in
tentions and the thought that
you consider the GOOD OF THE
PEOPLE to stand above COM
ERCIAL INTERESTS and
WAR PROFITS.
II realize that 1t is impossible
for you to keep in personal touch
with ALL of the details incident
to the times. II President Will
son did not betray his people,
then some OF his assistants must
have done so. ! am therefore
sending the enclosed information
direct to you. with the further
statement that have found that
the statements made in the pub
location very closely harmonizes
with the results of my studies in
connection with that subject.
May God give you the
strength and the ability to rise
above and control those forces
which would not hesitate TO
again sacrifice our men and
treasures upon the battlefields Of
Europe"
Z. TAPPAN TANNATT.
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AAAA : -N1AAA$1 AAafN A(NA AAdA !.
Icing the Atlantic for Us; ergo.
We ought to police the Pacific
for old England. The state de-
partment men observe scidly
that the British might well re-
form their own police methods
before offering US instruction.
In his public affairs pamphlet
on Loan Sharks and Their Vic
Tins" William Trufant Foster
points out one Of the meanest
angles of the widespread small
loan racket. Small-time en-
ployers sometimes engage in
lending on the side, dragooning
their underpaid employees A.
clients.
By instituting a bi-monthly
pay plan, a boss can, in some
instances, force his workers 10
come TO him for a weeks loan.
He makes it--at the rate Of 10
per cent per week, a charge 30
high that the worker never sue
ceeds in getting out of debt to
him. What it amounts to is
10 per cent wage cut. Yet in
many states there's no legal pro-
lection against the practice.
The District of Columbia is a
pet target for loan sharks who
operate from Maryland and Vir-
ginia, just outside the district
line. Negroes are their special
prey.
Young-and naive - adminis-
tration members have had some
sad encounters with the usurers.
Incensed when a colored cook
or handyman tells them of some
outrageous gouging. many Of
them have assumed the role of
knight-errant and attempted to
do battle for their lowly pro-
teges. They don't know what
they're up against. The racket
is legal; the law is the guardian
Of the racketeers.
Germany's assurances TO Ru-
mania are looked upon by the
diplomatic sharps here as assur-
ances to II Duce. They're de-
signed in essence to preserve the
remnants of the Rome-Berlin
axis.
The foreign affairs men In
Washington have been watching
intently for the next move in
the Balkans. Italy's ultimate
role in the war may well be de-
determined by it. Nothing would
be more likely to drive the
Italians into the arms of the all
lies than concerted Russo-Ger.
man action against the Ruman-
ians. As expert observers here
see 1t, the pledge to King Carol
was a sop to King Victor En-
manuel. 1t preserves the deli
cate balance by which the
Italians have thus far managed
to straddle the fence.
Military men figure that Ger
man action against Rumania
would almost surely open the
war on another front. 1t would
supply the political prerequisite
for a British attack through the
Dardenelles. Hitler, they con-
clude, has decided, for the time
being at least, to let well enough
alone.
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Aodrc1t OF WfaDcI. OnlS lnltlAn
viii Be published when requested.
Mr.. Flxit: I would like infor-
nation ~ 10 how ! could secure
. Job on . freighter, either for
eign or U. 8. ships. Do al Z. S.
lines hire from unions. E.S.
All u. s. lines serving these
parts hire through the Sailors
Union Of the Pacific. Sc Seneca
st. Seattle. Since our govern
ment does not let its citizens
serve on foreign ships. that
leaves you only the union hall
Of the 8. u. p. for your inquiry.
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please
tell me where I can send 20 get
. map Of the United States:
MRS. =. A. Y.
Don't bother sending. You
can get one At any gasoline sta
ton.
Mr.. Flxit: WIN You tell me-
the length and beam of the
Constitution, ''OId Ironsides"f
WALT z.
Her overall length was 240
feet, length at the waterline IFS
and beam IS feet.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
give mo any information In re-
gard to changing ones name:
ADO you 20 to . Judge or some
other officer! Also the cost:
MISS 4. r.
You will need services Of an
attorney TO prepare the neces-
sary documents. 1t is q SIM
pie enough process. which
should cost around $50. The
attorney would have to prepare
q legal petition to superior court
and take you with the petition,
before the court for a brief in
quiry into your reasons for
changing the name.
Mr.. Fixit: WIN you please
print the day and year the Boz
Ing plano crashed ut Alder,
Wash? r. w.
The stratoliner crash was on
March IS. 1899.
Mr.. Fixit: have q 50 cent
piece 106 years old, dated 1884,
with . special mark. Could you
tell me what value II h? Also
I have . silver trade dollar
dated 1877. M. s. r.
The 80 cent piece Is not on
our list as of any extra value.
Trade dollars generally are not
worth A. much ~ their face
value.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an argu-
ment. would you please tell me
the outcome Of the Ceferino
Garcia-Henry Armstrong fight?
INQUIRER.
In their first fight, Armstrong
won. They are re-matched next
month.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you tell me
what time Of the year to prune
fruit trees? G. w. r.
You should be safe in prun-
ing them any time now. after
the chance Of q really heavy
frost Is over. There shouldn't be
any danger after this month.
Try to get them pruned before
they are budded out to well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
TIP O. THE TONGUE

Unless one assumes that the
public wants the antitrust laws
enforced and wants il vigorously
enough that the agencies doing
the job viii be supported with
men and money, one might as
well grant that the effort viii
fsil.--Corwin D. Edwards. De-
psrtment of Juuxtice economist
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
U. S. Stomp Honors
Finnish CoIonists

A MERICA'S ties of friendship
IA for Finland date from colonial
times when the Swedes and Firms
established a colony in what Is
now Delaware. The 300th annie.
versary of the founding Of this
settlement was commemorated in
1898 by the U. S. Scent stamp
above. The design is from a paint
ing by Stanley Arthurs, showing
the landing of the Swedes and.
Firms in the New Wofld. Sweden
marked the anniversary with an
issue Of seven stamps and Finland
with q single release. :
u. S. Postcffice Department on
Gals are conricering issue of a
single u. S. stamp 10 mark the
centennial Of the adhesive postage
stamp. II approved, the stamp
probably viii be released early in
May. A nationwide celebration
Of this important philatelic event
viii eliminate in an international
broadcast on May S.
Special stamp exhibitions have
been scheduled 10 mark the an
niversary. British plans for .
stamp centennial celebration have
been abandoned because Of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
Fewer Words---More Sense

Everybody would Be much better off II lawyers drawing
up legal documents would eliminate rs per cent of the
words That's not the radical, cracpot Recommendation
Of some disgruntled ayman. who's just had summons
slapped him. Instead, the idea from Charles A.
Beardsley president Of the American Bar association
lot Of legal documents don't make to anybody,
not the lawyers who draft them They include lot
Of phrases and words that have accumulated Of
tradition and have lost al meaning.
People who into legal papers sometime in their lives
and most folks dowoud be happier II they could read
the documents Mr. Beardsey would have attorneys pre-
pare papers they be read inegenty They be
Just As legal, il they are less egalstic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
BRIGHTENERS

During Soviet air raids on
Finland. one writer reports. for
eign correspondents had a fine
chance to learn many Finnish
swear words Also some new
names for Jos Stain. probably.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
ropAY,s COMMON ERROR

Do not say. He made q con-
temptible reply to our question;
say. "contemptuous." Contemp-
tible means worthy Of being des-
pissed. as a contemplate mLser."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10
BOOKISH
CRITIC

More about the working habits
of noted writers: George Jean
Nathan reserves certain days OF
the week for his prolific essays.
and on other days. out Of long
habit. he does not approach the
writing table. Incidentally. he
writes amid one of the highest
barbados of books, magazines
and newspapers TO be discovered
in any literary mans lair.
There are some scriveners who
cannot settle down to their tasks
until they hear the roar of waves
against the shore. Hence, the
traffic between New York and
Atlantic City. which is notable
for It's high population Of tran
sient writing men.
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SKYSCRAPER CITY

Boosting practically all the
basic functions of a well organ
lied city, Merchandise Mart,
Chicago. worlds largest single
building, has a population of
26,140, with more than $4,000
daily traffic. Headed by a
mayor" Percy Wilson, man
aging director of the Mart, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-10

We must not allow ourselves to become infested by the
hatreds based outworn prejudces that have been
DIR Franz Boas emeritus professor Of anthropoogy, Co
lumbus University.
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JUST BY
The WAY

Casual Chatter: Elevator
starters who get weary OF sig
mailing their charges with a
buzzer have taken 10 yelling
Contact" in Msnhattsn's sky
scrspers. fzncying themselves as
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L | G II 7
An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America

WASHINGTON-New Dealers accuse John l. Lewis of
biting the hand that feeds him. John l. Lewis the
New Dealers Of refusing to eat out of the hand that og-
nay fed them The big Go mans feelings have been hurt
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seems, specifications required
that the ships must carry at
least two passengers; fly SO m.
p. h. and stay up one hour. OF
~ bids received, one was for
$40, 900, 900. Award went to the
Wright Brothers for a bid of
SIS, 1000.
Tomorrow: Fish That Drown
in Wateri
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buildings inhabitants number
more than the combined cities
of st. Augustine and Key West,
Florida.
$1,000 A TON
When the United States army
invited bids for construction Of
its first heavier-than-air flying
machines in 1908, strange as it
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Mr.. FIxIT
He fixe. Thing.

To receive attention n this COLI
umn kitten must give name and
address OF writer. Only initials
viii Be published when requested