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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
FOREIGN TROOPS
AIDINe FINLAND

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

rally votes. He and Alfred f..
Smith, Democratic nominee, were
the star platform performers of
the campaign.
When the special session met, the
Republican old guard took over re-
vision of the tariff and produced
the Smoot Hawley act, driving
Borah into an opposition to Hoover
from which he never swerved.
HELPED #. ID. SOME
In 1882 Borah refused to sup
port Hoover for denomination or
reelection, but he did not follow
other progressive Republicans into
the New Deal camp.
Notable since 1882 were Borah's
sympathy for President Roosevelt's
monetary policies, including aban-
donment of the gold standard,
which he regarded as the fictitious
standard of money conceivable
next to irredeemable paper itself.
He approved many Roosevelt re-
form measures, but denounced the
transfer Of legislative powers to
the president.
HIS like is not apt soon to
come again ont of the aoest.
Nor is there an orator of equal
ability to fill has place IN the
senate. HIS passing a0as a
tremendous shock to his COL
leagues, because there is not
q man of the IS, a0ho, achen he
arrived, did not find Borah
there before him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
NAB -FOUR DRIVERS

Police Saturday listed four driv-
ers arrested as speeders and cited
To appear in court. Ticketed were
A. r. Peterson, Sic So. saith ST.;
Frank r.. Ferguson. 4016 No. 2Tth
ST. Robert r. Pardue, 1924 So. l.
st: Dale o. Williams, 54Sl SO.
Oakes ct.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
TO APPEAL COURT

Assistant U. S. District Attorney
Oliver Malm will appear in the cir
cult court Of appeals in San Fran
cisco to argue against granting a
writ of habeas corpus to Virgil B.
Cook. inmate at Mcneil Island
penitentiary. Cook was denied a
writ here by Judge Edward z.
Cushman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

helping guide American foreign
policy and winning recognition
abroad as an unofficial secretary
Of state.
A presidential possibility in his
own right since 1912, Borah was
summoned to the White House just
before the 1924 Republican ma
tional convention.
WENT FOR HOOVER
Senator said President Cool
idge, would you accept q place
on the ticket ?"
at which end of the ticket" was
the answer generally attributed to
Borah.
1t was in 1928 that Borah per-
formed his greatest political act.
He was cold to Hoovers presiden-
tial aspirations and threatened a
sit-down sulk at his Boise home
when, suddenly, he announced to
his regular press conference that
Hoover was the man for the job.
THE REASON
The story was simple enough.
The two men had met and Borah
had demanded as the price of his
support that, If elected, Hoover
would attempt to undo existing
tariff injustices to the farmers. 1t
was agreed that there should be
a special session of congress i'm
mediately after March 4 If the Re-
publicans won-and there was.
Borah took the stump and prob
ably accomplished more than any
other man--Hoover included-to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
NAVY CASUALTIES a,Is2
Is SHIPS SCUTTLED

Against this double blockade,
Germany has used mines. U-boats
and airplanes on a vast scale to
brighten neutral shipping away
from England.
In four months Of war, Ger
many has lost 247 merchant ships,
of which IS were scuttled by their
own crews. according to British
statistics. Twenty others have
been seized by the allied naval
forces. .shich have intercepted
more than 100000 tons Of goods
destined for he Reich. Germany
officially admits the loss Of only
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
"War May Last
Century" --M0rris
United Press Writer Contends Present
Conflict in Battlefield Stage OF Siege

rprToRs ~oTE-He second dispatch N rn Of Mars
the reviewing
in OF developments which point y" '
xsaffbe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22
DRAMA PARTY GAINS
IDEAS AT SHOW BOAT

Deventy-one members Of Taco
n Drama league drove to Seattle
Friday evening to witness the
0hOw Boat performance Of Dis
soeli.
Afterward Nrs. John Conway OF
~ art division. dramatic art de-
rartmenf a the University OF
washington, showed the Tacoms
party through the theater. Special
interest attached to the revolving
Gkage.
Mr.. Conway explained how al
- TIE best features could be IN
<nrporated IN the new Little Thea
~ n Tacoma-
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BY JOE ALEX NORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor

This war is in battlefield stage of siege that might wen
last century But other and probably more oeei
fields it is being waged at unprecedented speed. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

Each borrower 1T the public
library ID asked TO change his
present card for one which carries
q brass slug. This win be used
in a new electric machine 10 be
installed Monday. Feb. s. Ac-
cording to Miss Margaret Ut
ringer. librarian. It makes the
process Of borrowing books prac-
tically fool-proof. The machine.
the librarian states. is being used
successfully at Bremerton. Olym-
pis. Wenatchee and Fort Lewis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

MEMBER Of the local Wisconsin
club will gather at the home of
Nrs. w. A. Miller, SGT w. Pioneer
ave-, Friday evening for = pot luck
dinner. All persons native to the
Badger state win be welcome.
There win be election Of officers.
Those attending are asked to pro-
vide their own table service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

The great years Of Borah's life
run from 1920 through 1925. when
his arms limitation resolution
seemed. actually, to have some
promise OF bulwarSing peace: when
he was asked by Calvin Coolidge
To aecept-his for the taking-Jhe
vice-presidential nomination Of
1924: when. as senior member and
then chairman OF the senate for
eign relations committee. he was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

riremen answered two alarms
Friday. one in the morning to the
home OF william Davis. 601 Ea.
Main ave-. and the other In the
afternoon to the residence Of Earl
Triplett, e02 18th ct. S. w. Both
were chimney fires with no dam
age reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

Mrs. r. H. Colby. 7Ss End st..
N. W., will be hostess for q /
o'clock luncheon Of the North
circle. women's guild Of Christ
Episcopal church. Thursday.
Cards viii be played during the
afternoon. Members Of the South
circle are invited. Members whose
birthdays occur In January. Feb
ruary and March will be honored.
Nrs. d. A. Burns will be Co
hostess. Those planning to attend
are asked to call Mrs. Colby OF
Miss Hattie Whitworth.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always. seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight tor progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
lzation; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
UNPLEASANT TO CONTEMPLATE

The news from London is not pleasant
to the mind or the imagination.
The rain of heavy bombs upon pop
ulOuS districts, with the great loss of the
life that the inhabitants of the British capl-
tai undergo, is abhorrent to most Amer
leans.
Naturally. the loss of life among Ger
man families is just as repugnant but the
people of this country have placed upon
Hitler and his regime the onus of causing
the present war. Consequently, they look
upon the British people as the innocent
victims and while deplOring the death of
German women and children, as all must
do, the tendency is to regard their fate as
the inevitable consequence of the resist
ance that brave people are putting up to
a ruthless foe.
The bombs that rock the English capt.
tai leave in their wake death and destruc-
ton. Many innocent children suffer hor-
rible torture Adults face grief that is
worse than death in the suffering of loved
ones.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
LIONS NIGHT CLUB

A novel and altogether worthwhile
experiment in leisure-time employment
for the youths of Key West is about to get
under way with the announcement made
yesterday by the Lions Club of the turning
over of their Den each Friday night for
High School couples who like to dance and
partake of night life in a conservative sort
Of way.
One OF the big problems concerning
parents of this city in bringing up their
children was what to do about their
natural desires to go out of an evening and
dance Night clubs and the liquor in
fluence were the only places to which they
could &C. Therefor, in too many cases, the
parental ban was on and young couples
have not been allowed to go out at all.
Now, with the Lions announcement,
the lack will have been supplied, that is,
if the students take kindly to the idea and
parents supply moral support.
On many college campuses during the
past ten years soft-drink night clubs have
successes, too, in most cases. COllegians
have had the advantage of all the glamor
of night life, as it were, with none of the
Objectionable features introduced with
liquor drinking.
1t is this idea that the Lions mean to
feature in their Den might club. Under
careful supervision, the young couples will
be made to feel that this is your enter
prise" to have and to make into something
really worthwhile. A regular, weekly
function to look forward to each week,
providing opportunity for healthful recrea-
ton in social dancing and all-arOund good
fun.
The Lions realize the responsibility
thrown upon them in making this an
nOuncement In edicting that no parental
chaperonage will be admitted, they feel
that parents will take the hint and step
aside for Johnny and Mary and put them
on their own At any rate the Lions, given
this responsibility, will see to it that no
harm will come from the trust given them.
The whole program has been given
thoughtful consideration over long
period of time In fact, the night club idea
is one of several ideas that sponsored the
initial move to constructive Den and pro-
vide recreation center of kind for any
number of enterprises. This is the first on
the program and it will be given full
length trial.
Suggestions have been welcomed by
the Lions on this enterprise. They can be
made. so The Citizen has been told, with
IL Il hot aC
is possible, the students are to feel, always,
that minimum of interference is to be
allowed The Lions are putting the youths
of Key West on their own. The Citizen
feels that they will get the cooperation
they deserve, all around.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
KING CAROL QUITS

King Carol we see by the newspapers,
has abdicated.
After putting up a wonderful exhibit
ton of tight-rope walking in the Touring
circus that is performing in the Balkans,
the King stumbled and fell to the ground.
Rumania was caught in the squeeze
between conflicting big powers and there
was practically nothing that the King
could do except to buy off his antagonists
as cheaply as possible Apparently the
people. now paying for past shows, are dis
gruntled.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
OUR DEFENSE

Continued from Page One)
IDENTIFY. were first developed by
the United States Navy, climb
out of range of the anti-aircraft
guns. The pilot takes a deep
breath, pushes the planes nose
straight down, aiming himself
like a projectile straight for the
enemy battleship. At the end Of
his dive, he will be screaming
through the air at 500 or more
miles an hour If he is successful
in ducking the anti-aircraft
shells, he pulls the trigger, laying
his bombs right on the enemy
ship, and pulls out of the dive in
an up-Swinging zoOm. Centrifugal
force shoves him down in his
seat at six times his normal
weight, like a tone in sling.
Even if he plants a thousand
pound bomb directly on his tar
get, he may not sink a battle
ship. He hopes to force the ship
to drop out of line, or stop the
action of one big gun turret, re-
ducing the enemy's fire.
Preparation For Battle
While the planes are busy in
the air, on Shipboard every man
has taken his battle station. The
Marines man the anti-aircraft
guns The dentists are assigned
to the DECIDING rooms, for no
battleship speaks to another in
plain English during the battle.
Cooks serve the ammunition
hOists, elevators carrying powder
from the bowels of the ship TO
the turrets. The diShwaShers
stand ready to seal a bulkhead if
the side of the ship is blown
open Inside the turrets, covers
! of steel that house two or three
big guns-the crews wait for
their range data.
The aiming of the guns repre-
sents the highest mathematical
achievement of the fleet. On
battleship carrying l,500 men,
one-third of these are assigned TO
man the guns, and 100 of these
men operate the fire-control sys-
tenn. which is the business of aim
ing the mighty guns. The obser-
vationS are made in fire control
stations placed high in the masts.
If the first mast is shot away,
there is a duplicate apparatus IN
the second mast If this, too, goes,
the fire-control is switched to a
squat, oval structure that rises
only q few feet above the deck.
This first-control tower is the
most heavily armored part Of the
ship. Here, the telescopic sights
OF the fire-control supplement
/ the exact information coming In
from the planes. All this material
goes to the plotting room. far be
low decks. Here, with machine
like precision, all the variables-
the temperature of the powder,
the barometric pressure, the at
moSpheric temperature, the age
of the gun "a l6-inch gun may be
fired no more than $50 times),
the wind velocity. the enemy's di-
rection, speed, and position-all
are integrated in a matter of sec
onds, and the aiming orders are
wired constantly to the gun tur-
FetS
The fleets are drawing near
each other
The work of years, designing
and building our fleet, is coming
to test. The iron mined in Min
nesota, worked into steel at Chi
cago. fabricated in Pennsylvania.
forged into ship al the building
yards. is ready. The search of the
National Defense Advisory Com
mission to supply the Navy with
every last article a battle fleet
needs for such an action has been
undertaken and supplies are rap
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

The American Newspaper Guild is
undoubtedly Red-tinged. WestbroOk Peg
ler the cOlumniSt, calls the Guild "a trans
mission belt of the Communist party" but
besides having unquestionable Communis
tic tendencies, the organization Of Amer
lean writer's is also formed in the mold of
the dictator, as evidenced in its proposed
contracts with newspapers, one of the pro-
visions making it obligatory for an en-
ployer to discharge any emplOye who falls
behind specified limits in his union dues or
assessments. This on its face is an abomi-
nation and virtually slavery if counte-
nanced. Mrs. Roosevelt is a member of
this subversive organization and has stated
that she would nc resign even if she found
the Guild guilty, uut would stay and fight
against it." Isn't it apparent to every
thinking person that the most effective
way she could fight" that body would be
to sever her connection, for as the PreSi-
dents wife her membership is a sustaining
weapon in its defense.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
JACK AND THE
BEAASTALK OF 1940'
BY ART. ESPINoLA

A handful of beans
He got for a COW
The same thing has happened
And it has happened now.
FDR. from England
Has received a sacred VOW,
And fifty very old deStroyers
Have replaced the mythical
cow f.... J.
Now the one and only problem
Is the planting of the beans.
The King and Queen suggested
Canada
Here's hoping you know
what that means.
Some sources don't seem to think
That the cow was good
enough,
So let's throw in twenty-five
bomberS.
Pay? Oh, just put it on the
cuff
The hen that laid the golden
eggs
Has ran out of the gold sup
ply.
Steel is the best that she can do,
And she's raining them right
down from the sky.
Let US all hope and pray
That this universal craze
comes to an end
So that we may not regret IN the
future
The billions we are carelesSly
about to spend.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

In his condemnation of the Republican
Henry Wallace in his speech of acceptance
imply that the Democratic Party is the
party of war? That's an insincere and
false picture. Apparently there is nothing
annoasing in WILKES acceptance speech
DicAge to beat Hitler in any contest he may
choose. That leaves it up to Hitler; if he
asks for it he will get it. Willkie does not
carry chip on his shoulder as does Roose-
velt
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

know. only to learn that you were
in the hospital again"
The chaplain groaneo.
Il should never have gone on
that beach party-neveri Not but
that p. was most kind of everyone
to insist-you in particular. San
dra, my dear. And ! found it
most enjoyable, most enjoyable
indeed. Aside. of course. from the
tragic sequel-not my own indis-
position; naturally that is not
what / have reference to. That
Is a slight thing. painful. but
slight"
He shifted a little in bed-he
was lying on his side - and an
expression of utmost concern
warped his discolored counte-
nance into a ferocity unbecoming
tC sanity man; but he ironed it
out wit. an apparent effort and
resumed his involved discourse.
mo. what | refer to. of course,
is the sad accident to that young
mani say sequel. because / un-
derstand the tragedy occurred
after we had left the beach. ]
should feel deeply concerned,
more deeply concerned, should
say. if | felt that he had been
lying there, perhaps trying to
summon help. and we but a
stones throw from him. never
dreaming-
He paused to draw breath and
Sandra took advantage of the
pause.
''He did not try to summon
help" she said calmly. 'They say
he died instantly. And it was not
an accident. Chaplain Henry. It
was murder"
The chaplain looked panied. Il
know the papers said that, but !
feel sure there has been some
mistake"
told him. then, of the silent
evidence of the piece of drift
wood. and watched his preposter-
ously mottled face pale in patch
eS. Little beads of moisture ap-
peared on his brow.
But that's dreadful Who
would want to kill that nice
young man? Why, we had only
just met him-all but you. my
dear Sandra. and of course no
one
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

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. by VIRGINIA HANSON

YESTERDAY: A h0rd-taced
man approaches Gerald al Field
stone Inn and calls him -Frin-
gy." Gerald processes not to
knOl0 him but Kay is suspicious.
After dinner they inquire about
the chapldin's unknoWn paSsen-
ger.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
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The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

CTil 7:30 p. m, Friday
Key West and Vicinity Eos-lF
cloudy with scattered showers To-
night and Friday moderate r.
occasionally fresh nOrtheasf al1
east winds.
Florida: Mostly cloudy 1unlgh-
and Friday with scattered Show
ers.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

We have compulsory education. COM
pulsOry military training, and we should
have compulsory voting. We also have
compulsory paying OF taxes, but that COM
pulsi0n has broken down in Key West, due
t. .,pineless city councils.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 More Hotels and Apartments
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
1. Airpnrts-Lar and Sea.
5. Consolidation of County and City Gov
CTnmentS.
s a Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

Florida showed her wisdom in barring
IFS governor from succeeding himself 1t
anticipated the probability that long
term in this office might work to the dis
advantage of the state.
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

Wilkes plain speaking battles poll
tici&ns it is said, but it pleases plain peo-
pie
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

Astoria. Oregon. was founded
in 1871 as a fur-frading past hy
John Jacob AStor-
The Key West citizen., 1940-09-19

l. it real love or the draft, that's the
question in the minds of women when they
ct proposals now.