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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-17
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER II

Benefic aspects are strong af-
ter the early hours today. The
stars encourage expansion or
development Of business or pro-
fessional connections. Bankers
and finaneiers should plan WISE
ly under this CONFORMATION.
Heart and Home: Girls viii
find the evening lucky, especial
ly for social affairs. II is
happy wedding date. Marriages
viii be numerous all through the
autumn. Speedy courtships and
hasty weddings viii increase
under the influence of the stars
which presage amazing events
and encourage the idea that Now
is the only time on which one
can count with any degree Of
certainty.
Business Affairs: While there
will be opportunities for specula-
ton. astrologers warn that it is
unwise for American men and
women to take any risks. A
leveling of incomes Is prognosti-
Gated as mechanics draw big
wages and capitalists pay big
taxes. Heavy drains on orga-
nizations for charity or philan-
thropy are forecast as fan
storms cause losses and add to
the number of those who must
be aided.
National Issues: A political
blitzkrieg which win be boone
rang is prognosticated for the end
of the national campaign. Ora
tory this month win become I'M
popular because of an overpro-
duction of spoken words. News
papers and magazines win profit
as econmic questions command
growing interest Calamity
howlers viii attract the atten-
tion of timid persons. but the
stars smile upon the greatest Of
democracies-
International Affairs: Foreign
sstrologers who watch Hitler
predict that his fortunes viii de-
cline rapidly next year. Accord
ing TO an American seer Hitler
has been under the constant flow
of a primary direction without q
discordant note since the sum-
mer Of 1897. but in 1e41 and
especially in ie43 serious Attic
tons set in when Saturn and
Mars are in square 70 the Moon
in his horoscope.
Persons whose hirthdate II Is
have the augury Of a year Of
success. despite sudden setbacks.
Persons in authority may cause
trouble for a short time.
Children born on this day viii
be keen. clever. artistic and
tempersmental They may sue
coed In music or literature.
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BE Not Afraid of Greatness :.

The United States Is about TO have greatness thrust
upon IL The Of world events places in the posi-
ton of bobsled rider knitting down a steep hl-we may
be able TO direct national sled 10 right left may
be able 10 drag the brakes little but stop and rest pause
10 survey the scenery, cannot.
We must ride out the with only little time given
to polish the runners. test the steering gear and
strengthen the seds braces Whether viii or no. the
United States ptchforked into position of world leader
ship. of world power.
We must read again Maria's letter to Mavolio in
Twelfth Night which might have been written to the
United States mot to be opened until $780,
8. be not afraid of greatness: some are born
great, achieve greatness and some have great
thrust upon 'em. The Fates open their hands;
let thy blood and spirit embrace them -.
The United States has been reluctant to embrace its fate
It has always held back When continental United States
accomplished thing sat back expanded basked
We wanted nothing We recoed from the unnatural
American We not adept at coonizng. We had
wish to rule others.
These were sound instincts We still have them. The
greatness to which we called today is not call TO
dominate other nations other peoples 1t is different
kind of greatness, new kind of leadership.
Soon the United States will be charged not only with
maintaining its freedom, but with keeping freedom
alive in world in which is temporarily overshadowed
The United States must be tower of strength around
which may rally all people of good will throughout the
world II must develop within its own borders social
regime providing happiness and webeng than exists
in any toataran country. 1t must give moral leadership
the free countries of the west and help them to defend
each other from enemies within and without.
To do these things requires citizenship, vision wisdom,
unseshness and the broadcast patriotism. To every man
given the task of supporting with all the strength within
him the greatness which the times are thrusting upon
America.
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Inconvenience Is Also Sacrifice

in order to have assurance that its personnel
will not be constantly being taken away from
requesting that they furnish with written report
showing that they have military connections whatever
More buny its employees must quit the national guard or
get fired
With this patriotic ZEAL Ohio firm is now trying to
see that its sacrifices preparedness do not include ncon
venence Thus it young men to join the ma
tona guard thus the volunteering that some
feel adequate for deense thus backs the men
who may be called to offer their careers and their blood
for their country.
The young men may leave their homes, put on the
Khaki fight and perhaps die but thanks to foresight the
personnel problems of this patriotic firm will not be In
creased Whatever sacrifices they may make they do not
propose to include inconvenience.
If we were perfectly that this attitude is
that of minute minority, would feel pretty blue about
the job of lifting defense such hurdles OF
stupidity and selfishness.
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struck a sour note in the ears
of navy insiders when he herald
ed the letting of contracts for
200 warships as an immediate
start on a two-ocean navy. In
their opinion, he gave an Alto
gether erroneous estimate of the
future state of the nations de-
fensive strength.
With only a few exceptions,
Americas shipyards are now
cluttered with construction of
battleships. cruisers, destroyers
and submarines already author
lied and appropriated for. 1t will
be from three to five years be-
fore this flotilla of vessels is
completed, and the ways cleared
for Mr.. Early's personal navy.
Thus the 200 vessels figuring in
these latest paper deals viii not
be ready until 1e4s or 1919 at
the earliest.
As of today the contracts
publicized by Early are nothing
more than political documents
-promissory notes to the areas
where the ships will some day
be built. For at least several
years-navy men say 1.-THE
United States must depend for
whatever naval protection we
need in the Atlantic ocean chief
~ on Churchill's pledge to pre-
serve the British fleet intact.
President Roosevelt was ad-
vised to proceed cautiously in
calling out the National Guard
lest it prove. political boone
rang. The August maneuvers of
the guardsmen and the regular
army have already reacted
against the administration.
Army officers admit that they
cannot provide proper weapons,
clothing, training or medical
care for any stable mobilization
of soldiers. Vital shortages ex-
list in these categories even for
the regular army. II civilians
are dragged into camp In large
numbers without proper prep
aration. the newspapers are sure
to report it. Miitiamen's letters
to their families and friends will
stir up complaints against UMPIRE
paredness, as they did during the
recent encampment. Under such
conditions it will not be possible
to conceal the country's woeful
situation.
Such a announcement might
prove politically fatal II II de-
veloped before the November
election. II might arouse sus-
picions that. despite glowing an
nouncements and the expendi-
lures Of grotesque sums. the ma
tional defense establishment Is
Enthusiastically in adequate for
modern warfare.
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SO THEY SAY

The flag Il the symbol of the
nations power. the emblem of
freedom in its truest, best sense.
II signifies government resting
on consent of the governed: lib
erty regulated by law: the pro-
lection of the weak against the
strong; security against the ex-
ercise Of arbitrary power. and
absolute safety Of free institu-
tons against foreign aggression.
u. s. Supreme Court
The world into which we are
passing Is a world new to US,
which viii require new leader
ship and new methods. This
spells. not the doom Of de-
mocracy. but the urgent need
for its genera tion--Yera
Michaels Dean. Foreign Policy
Association research director.
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Then, exit jails and poor hous-
es. Enter churches and lodges.
Forget about the war, as all
wars are the result of starvation.
Then the modern Romans can
say of us: Just see how those
Townsendites love one another"
You all know that just recent
ly bill to conscript the wealth
of our nation in case of war,
was defeated in congress. What
can you wage earners expect
from them? Help yourself by
coming out for the Townsend
Plan: come out to our Townsend
clubs.
II you are not of the pension
age. that additional spending by
the old folks viii make your
present job more secure. as well
as happiness to grandpa Jones
across the street.
CHAS. KASTLE,
oil Fawcett ave.
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Mr. .FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention n tnzs eui-
INN letters must rive name .nd
address @ sxlter Only tnftlaIz
IL - oueiizhso wh<n requested
-. F1xl1. should tie - -
two questions. Does Labor day
ever come - sept. i When se
climbed Paradise glacier recent
y We looked down into what
TIE guide aid 49, ; incline
lphoneticl- Il uas : long shaft
IN TIE ioe the bottom Of which
Ne could not sc. The dictionary
does not give such = word and
I should Ike 10 know the oor-
rect spelling. Y. X. L
Whenever Sept ! Is Monday.
obviously Labor day must be on
the first. Il fell on that date IN
1902. 1913. 1919 and 1880 and
viii again next year and IN 1917.
The word OF the guide was
moulin" which means \ nearly
vertical cavity worn IN : glacier
by running water.
Mr.. Fixif: Please settle an
argument. We have neighbors
who have parties outside. There's
one certain man who enjoys %
shout and yell 20 keep another
neighbor awake. Can't this be
reported and this man fineds
Tell us just what can be done
- n has gone on long enough.
A NEIGHBoR.
The afflicted neighbor has q
right to call the police. II some
one really is disturbing the peace.
Better do 20 while the distur-
bance il In progress. Before call
ing the officers. though, 1t Is
wise to sit down and consider
whether the disturbance isn't
just innocent exuberance.
Mr.. Fixif: Could you please
tell me where l could sell hand
crochefed table cloths and bed
spreads, n there h such place:
I heard there was one In Seattle
but don't know the address.
c. j. NJ.
We never have been informed
Of any regular market where
fancy work can be sold. II is
not uniform enough to lend it.
self to commercial handling.
Mr.. Flxif: In case one moved
from one county 10 another,
how long would one have 10 live
In that county before one could
get the old age pension9 Also
does one have to be or get ON.
relief before one could get the
pension? A. L.
II the person Is receiving an
old age grant now. he can move
to another county with no diff
Guilty. He should notify his well
fare department visitor. 80 ar
rangements for the transfer of
his check can be made. There is
no county residence law applied
to old age assistance. even il the
person Is not getting a grant
now, but he would find it easier
to prove his state residence In
his home county. A certain
state Of need must be shown to
qualify an aged person for a
grant, but he need not be on re-
lief.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC

TOWNSEND PLAN
FURTHER EXPLAINED

Editor. The Times: I would
like to explain to Mr.. J. II. Dick
son why Wall Street doesn't like
the Townsend National Recovery
plan. Mr.. Dickson thinks the
more money in circulation. the
more Wall street makes.
The Townsend plan is a pay
as you go proposition. It pro-
poses to force enough money into
circulation that we can pay up
our debts and also pay off our
national debt in a decade or two.
This sounds good to most of US.
You hear some of our politicians
preach that we should balance
the budget. Most businessmen
desire to do a cash business.
Under our minority system. 81
per cent of our money is based
on debts. When we pay our
debts. our money disappears. II
we don't pay our debts, the
sheriff takes our property.
All the real money we have
is S346, 6s1 ,016 of u. S. notes
and our silver and silver certifi-
Gates and some treasury notes
of 1890. Our U. S. notes are the
Lincoln legal tender notes or
green backs. The rest of our
money is based upon debts and
can be Cancelled at the viii of
the Federal reserve board or
bankers.
Our professional economist tell
us the Townsend plan is not
practical. They call it absurd
and many other things.
Either the Townsend plan is
impractical or else our present
minority system is impractical.
Another reason why the Town
send plan is said to be impracti-
cal is that it would force much
money into circulation and cause
initiation. This would not harm
the laborer. business man. or the
farmer. But if money were
plentiful. prices would rise and
Wall Street would not be able
to buy as much with the interest
from their bonds.
So. in order to protect their
interests the American people
must expect a lower standard of
living.
That is why we have to cut
down production in order to
meet the low buying power.
o. o. MORRIS.
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Troop B Moves From
Mexico 70 France
Tscoms Horse Soldiers
Have Many Experiences
Latest Move May Be
The Last Roundup
ITO 20 into all the details and
L personal "reminiscences
concerning the activities OF
Troop B. now being swallowed
up in the new defense army pro-
gram would require more words
that the story OF Anthony Ad-
verse" or Gone With the Wind.
All that can be done is to review
some of the high spots IN the
last IS years of the career oil
the states most notable milf
tary organization Capt. Ever
EFT Griggs, who was promoted to
that office when J. NJ. Ashton
became major of the cavalry
battalion and then br1gadier
general in command of the state
troops. very seriously assumed
the responsibilities Of that office.
Prior TO the war with Spain
the troop had been recruited to
full strength. Its services were
offered to the government and
the troop was held in readiness
but was not called as only the
state infantry units were taken.
Capt. Griggs remained In
command of the troop until
he was commissioned major in
the Coast Artillery reserve in
1909. He was succeeded by
his first Lieut.. Hartwell w.
Palmer. He was in command
Of the troop on the Mexican
border where Elliott Metcalt
and Charlie Johns, the former
q reporter on the Ledger and
the latter a member of the
old News staff, were involved.
one directly and the other In
directly In an episode concern
ing army mules. Metcalf Will
furnish intimate details to
any who are interested.
In a few months the neces-
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The voters, particularly In the
west, have registered deep re-
sentiment against policies en-
dangering American peace. Iso-
lationists like Senators johnson
of California. Wheeler of Mon
tana, Bilbo of Mississippi and
vandenberg of Michigan have
been renominated by whopping
majorities. Senators King of
Utah and Burke of Nebraska
the most pro-Ally members of
the Senate-have been ignomini-
ously licked
In the defeat of Mr.. King and
Mrs. Ashurst Of Arizona-one of
the most popular men at the
capitalize voters may have re-
vealed an anti-third-term drift.
A major factor in their involun-
tary retirement was the voters
feeling that they had held office
too long and outlived their use-
fulness.
In louisiana the people turned
savagely against four congress
sional survivors of the Huey
Long machine. In view OF the
administrator intimate tieup
with the Hague. Kelly. Tammany
and Crum organizations. the
popular revolt against the bosses
democratic and republican
may advantage Wendell Willkie-
In short. results up to now per-
susde the GOP-ers that they are
riding a wave-a trend-of dis
content against the party in
power,
The democrats may revise
their strategy in the national
campaign as a result of these
laboratory tests. They may shift
the emphasis from foreign TO
domestic issues.
In most instances where demo-
cratic candidates echoed the
presidents warnings against the
appearance of Hitler's troops on
the Virginia hills. or his Navy
In the Potomac river below
Washington. they were defeated
or their majorities were reduced.
Henry Wallace's hysterical
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES orations
have fallen on deaf or cynical
ears: he has been roundly con-
demned for this sort Of attack
by almost every New Deal news
paper. The people. especially in
the Middle and Far West. favor
rearming. but only for national
defense.
Despite official dissvowsls.
the destroyers, planes and mu-
nitions deals arouse suspicion
that the administration Is inter
vening too belligerently in
Europe's domestic reforms. they
have had better fortune. The
voters appear more concerned
over bread-and-butter issues
than over foreign commitments
and entangiements- Which may
explain why F. D. RS first adj
mitted political" address high
lighted the gains he has achieved
for organized labor-znd why
Henry has shifted from berating
Hitler TO buttering the farmers.
White House Secretary Early
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BOOSTS TOWNSEND
AND OLD AGE PENSIONS

Editor. The Times: A great
master has arisen today in the
person Of DR.. Francis E. Town.
send, who bids US 10 enact the
Townsend Plan into a law; this
philosophy being that for every
dollar you have earned you have
earned another for some one else.
until as today we hear of our
sixty families. and one third Of
our nation III housed. Ill fed and
III clothed as Roosevelt says
That one thing Is necessary is
when the wealth collected by an
income tax from those who have
an income Of $1,000 per year or
more mot the little fellow.
what viii it matter TO you who
is president or about that job.
when every one win be spending.
As the good Book says. An idle
mind is the Devils workshop"
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BRlGHTENERS

II Is In these days Of intel
lectual confusion and anarchy
that we can more fully appre-
ciate the value and efficacy Of
the intellectual discipline which
viii enable US to seek the truth.
the truth that viii make Us fee
HUI Shih. Chinese ambassador
to thu u. 3
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THANKS SUPPORTERS

Editor. The Times: VIII YOU
permit me to express through
your columns my sincere APP
probation to my many loyal
friends in Pierce county and
elsewhere in the state for their
fine support Of my candidacy?
Although / did not succeed of
nomination, I shall always re-
member gratefully the conf
dence and faith in me which my
home folks evidenced by given
me big vote locally.
LOUISE S. TAYLOR.
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TTcuT An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ll0A i ciul and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGT0N-The congressional primaries held so
far in 30odd states afford solid comfort to Republicans
While entirely satisfactory they suggest that winds
which may the force of hurricane blowing
against the "ins"-as they did in 1918 and 1920 81
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have no doubt that in the end freedom will prevail.
The only question is the amount of suffering bring
upon ouselves before learn lesson-Lord Lothian
British ambassador to the English-Speaking Union
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sity for = patrol on the Mexican
border nazzed. though some dif-
ferences Of opinion were ex-
changed in the high command
and there was sharp Republican
criticism Of the military policy
Of Woodrow Wilson. Eventual
N the troops were withdrawn.
But Taeoma's horse soldiers
had been at home only a few
months when the draft boards
began drawing numbers out Of
a hat to select an army to 20 TO
Europe and fight the war to end
al wars and make the world
safe for democracy.
As far as the fighting was
concerned. that was carried out
according to schedule. World
peace and democracy seemed To
have been saved when the fight
ing stopped but the politicians
both OF this country and Eur
ope-who sat around the con-
ference table and laid down the
rules by which peace and democ-
racy were to be perpetnated, sold
the rest of Us down the river.
That laid the ground work for
Adolph Hitler's campaign and
another world war to save de-
mocracy and civilization.
Members of Troop b were
among the first to be ordered
for duty somewhere In
France" The troop, with other
cavalry units recruited In the
state, were mustered into fed
eral service and sent over
seas. Capt. Palmer became q
major and LIST Lieut.. Myron
Cramer became captain.
The troop performed various
services overseas, including i'm
portant police and patrol duty.
In the words of the song to
which thousands of recruits
marched fir o m mobilization
camps in America, Troop B
stayed until it was lover over
there" In 1920 the Washing
ton cavalry units were mustered
out of the federal service and
Troop B was reorganized.
One of the men who had an
important part In the develop
ment Of Troop b was SER
geant, now Capt. Joe Middles-
worth, who obtained his caval-
ry training when the federal
horse soldiers were kept gall
Looping back and forth across
the country to protect
the white settlers from hostile
Indians. He became n cap i.
tain In August, 1920. No use
to try to tell the story OF
Capt. Middlesworfh. There Is
In it too much of national mil
itary history. 1t win make an
other interesting book.
Members of the troop this
week are making arrangements
to leave civil life and spend
year in federal service. At least
that is what the orders say, but
there is nothing sure about it.
The year of training as a mech
anized unit may be the prepar-
alton of many years active serv-
ice IN the regular army. And
there is no assurance that some
of the service may not be on
foreign soil. In a world turned
upside down because politicians
were false to fundamental prin-
ciples, nobody knows what is
going to happel. 1t will be so I'M
til we stop listening to partisan
baloney manufactured to serve
special interests.
In the meantime Tacoma's
horse soldiers are on the way to
new experiences in a mechanical
army where armored cars will
take the place of their horses.
This may be the last roundup
for Troop B as distinct unit.
On the other hand the high COM
mand may find that there are
still jobs which horses can do
better than machines.
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boring into their bodies.
JOB INVENTOR
Eig year -old Charlotte
Schnitzer OF Chicago needed
money; so she invented q job.
She organized junior summer
school for small children, in her
own home. Now Is, she has
found the project profitable.
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INSECT BOMBER
A strange parallel of human
viciousness exists in the insect
world in the Ocnsea SMITH Cole
fly. which sprays aggs by hum
dreds over land inhabited by
trap-door spiders. The larvae
bore into these AFRAID shell
ters." then kill the spiders by
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Whosoeyer therefore shall humble himself this little
child. the is greatest in the kingdom Of heaven
Matthew 1874.
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In a few months the neces-
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In the meantime Tacoma's
horse soldiers are on the way to
new experiences in a mechanical
army where armored cars will
take the place of their horses.
This may be the last roundup
for Troop B as a distinct unit.
On the other hand the high COM
mand may find that there are
still jobs which horses can do
better than machines.