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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24

family, the man most concerned
gave evidence Of panied incre-
dulity.
President Roosevelt phoned
National Chairman Ed Flynn.
He got in touch with his politi-
cal and publicity secretary,
Steve Early. He told them
frankly that he was worried
over evidences that Willkie was
making gains in key states. He
directed them To contract for
paid-time on the radio 50 that
he could carry his cause to the
people. He tossed out the form
ula that he could not campaign
because of the war emergency.
In tones OF a commander-in-
chief he ordered his political
minions to bring up all reserves
for Roosevelt blitzkrieg.
F. d. r. will not meet Wen
dell Willkie in open oratorical
combat. The presidents basic
theme will be that the dictators
seek his defeat = that he is
Americas indispensable man"
and that a Willkie triumph
would give encouragement to
Berlin, Rome and Tokyo.
The Roosevelt administra-
tons tongue-in-the-cheek atti-
tude toward the Hatch act is
well known. Through every pos
sible device F. ID. r. and Ma
tional Chairman Ed Flynn seek
to evade or avoid 1t. But a
wealthy Maryland farmer" re-
Gently demonstrated how laugh
able any attempt at enforcing
the clean politics law will be.
This Maryland millionaire
was given a job in the Farm
Security administration some
months ago. He had no agricul-
tural qualifications for the posi-
ton. did not need the salary
and soon resigned. But he inn
mediately asked all members
OF his old government organiza-
tion-Farm Security-to contri-
butte all they could afford to
the third-term campaign. The
question OF a possible violation
OF his law was placed before
Senator hatch. He ruled that
because the f,lnds-seeker had
retired from the government,
and because his letters had been
sent 10 federal employees homes.
there was no violation Of the
Hatch act.
Both the solicitor and Sens-
tor Hatch-also the contribu-
tors to the political fund-forgot
that the s575. 00o. 900 allocated
TO Farm Security came out Of
the general relief measure. They
also forgot the specific provi-
sion in the Hatch act under
which nobody receiving relief
funds may be tapped for politi-
cal contributions. The fact Is
that Senator Hatch does not
seem To care whether his act is
enforced or not; he's Just going
along. But the belated discovery
about not soliciting funds from
Farm Security reliefers meant
that the collectors have had to
return 5000 IN order TO keep
out Of jail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
Stories in
Stamps

A MERICA honors the inventor
= Of the telephone, Alexander
Graham Bell. with the l0-cent
stamp above. fifth of the inventors
group and final issue Of the Far
nous Americans series. The Bell
stamp will be placed on first-day
sale at Boston. Mass, Oct. %.
Although his invention of the
telephone brought him fame and
wealth. transmission OF speech by
electricity was not Bells life
work. He devoted most of his
time to teaching deaf mutes to
speak. His wife was one Of his
pupils.
Bells grandfather was an IN
structor in speech, his father IN
vented universal phonetic all
phabet, which was devised 70 al
low a person to reproduce sounds
OF any language. As a lad, Bel
and his brother invented" me-
chanical speaking head. which
attained a screeching mama" be-
fore being abandoned.
Bell also taught his dog 10
speak. BY manipulating the ami
mails lips and throat, = growi was
changed into How are you,
grandma" but the dog could
never manage it without Bells
help.
In later life Bell became inter-
ested in flying, invented a hydro
plane, contributed generously 70
aeronautical study.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

Ts receive attention IN thls eel-
umn ietffEs mat give uanz nd
HadEfes q writer OniH Initials
III BE published aheu requested
NJ. Fikit; In = newspaper I
have read that -the president Of
the I. ;. can commit any crime,
including murder, yet cannot be
arrested or prosecuted. Piea=e
explain n this II literally frue.
since this would initiate against
the principle Of equality before
the law. DIX
That isn't strictly true. a
president, the chief executive
couldn't be arrested or prose-
cuted for any crime. II he should
commit one. however. he could
be impeached by the house Of
representatives and removed
from office. II convicted By the
senate. Then. as q private citl-
zen. ne would Be sub jeet 10
prosecution for a crime like any
one else.
Mr.. Fixit: Through a medium
which l have now forgotten. 1
heard Of an anti-sabotage school
under TIE direction. I believe. Of
Secretary Knox. ! do not know
II this school n In connection
with the federal bureau of In
yestigation or not. Being inter
ested in that kind of work, 1
would appreciate II very much
II you would inform me about
such n school. W. A. q.
There seems 10 be no Informal
ton available about such a
school, II IL exists. but your let
ter has been referred TO the FBI,
which may contact you.
Mr.. FirIt: WIN you please
give me some information In re-
CARDS TO obtaining a job on the
new construction work at Fort
Lewise Must n man have $50
to give the union before ne gets
the job. or can he hire out
through the government en-
pioyment office? MRS. Il. L.
Hiring is being done directly
through Tacoma building trades
unions. II a man Is skilled in
one OF those trades, he should
go to that union and ask 10 be
placed on its lists. We are in
formed there Is no such thing
as that $50 fee. Jobs would have
10 be available-and they aren't
yet-before new men on union
lists could be put to work. II
this man will call the office of
the Building Trades Council,
740Is Broadway, he can get a
complete explanation of eondi-
tions.
Mr.. Fixit: Would You please
give me some information ON
where l could receive informa-
ton on modelling clothes?
WINNIE A.
Talk to the managers Of wom-
ems apparel shops and apparel
departments Of the local depart
ment stores.
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PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
1T Is PEOPLE WHO WIN
OR LOSE ELECTION

Editor, The Times: Candidate
Roosevelt cannot win or lose this
election. Candidate Willkie can
not win or lose this election. 1t
Is the American people who will
win or lose its soul. The choice
Is not between Candidate Roose-
welt or Candidate Willkie. These
are simply Incidents in a strug-
gle between world revolutionary
forces, one tending to q foreign
way of life. the theory that the
state should be all powerful in
every area Of life, including per-
sonal rule by the impulses of an
executive, without consent or
consultation with parliament or
congress or the people, who are
told after the decisions have
been made.
The other force represents the
American way of life, with all
legislative power vested in the
people or their duly elected rep
resentatives in parliament or
congress, not accountable to the
executive but to the people.
Actually it should not make
so much difference to thought
full voters If one candidate turns
on his charm at will and uses a
pink tea type of oratory. or if
the other is a physically vigor-
Gus man with a rugged person
atty, who uses fortnight state
ments of principles and cannot,
or will not, resort to cheap ora
torical claptrap. The issues of
the election are far more funda-
mental. In this hour OF peril the
country is not selecting per-
sonality; it is charting a nation
al course.
One candidate is smilingly
trying to lead the nation in the
direction Of personal. irrespon-
sible government, the other can
didate with solemn earnestness
is pointing the nation to the
American way of constitutional
government by law and prin-
ciple.
II mistakes are made under
the first, there Is no way pro-
vided to return and correct the
error. II mistakes are made
under the latter, power will still
vest in the people who can make
any corrections that experience
may dictate.
One Is the way of the weak,
the defeated. the regimented.
and eventually. the enslaved.
The other is the way Of free
men. willing TO assume the re-
sponsibihties of manhood and
citizenship.
p. NJ. SNYDER.
$40 pus& Rldo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
To Wheel!

This popularity supposed to be the age of the auto
mobile but the bicycle is popular today than
before in its history No less authority than the federal
census bureau people riding the vehicle of
the sprocket and handebars than since that day just
about 100 years ago when a Scottish blacksmith named
kirkpatrick Macmillan applied driving levers to old bone
shaking contraption called a celerpede.
Last year, the bureau says 1852 029 bicycles
manufactured in the United States Their value is
placed at $22,449000. That total higher than the
previous record which had stood from 1899 at the height
of the horse and buggy days. when 1182691 bicycles
built.
More adults riding bicycles for pleasure and
else, and at time when place an increased premium
physical fitness that's important
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24

Voter Advised Nisqually
MIGHT Increase Light Bills
And Hard Boiled Bankers-
What Would They Dol
But II Didn't Happen, and
Everybody Was Happy
PROPOSAL that the city OF
/ Tacoma 70 into the electric
light and power business on
big scale started q rumpus.
Those who saw in the movement
a possible trend toward the So
cialization Of business and IN
dustry were vehement in their
opposition. So were those inter-
ests who saw in the movement
a threat to the profits that were
being made By the sale o. cleo
trio power to the city. The two
elements combined to create
serious opposition but they
made the mistake Of starting
arguments that could not be
sustained. After about a year
and a half of controversy the
city council called a special cleo
ton Jan. 2. 1909. to vote upon
the question of issuing bonds for
x300.000 and authorizing the
city to construct a 10000 horse
power plant at LaGrande on the
Nisuually river, the balance to
be paid with warrants.
The day before election. The
Ledger climaxed a campaign of
opposition with a warning to
the people To think carefully on
the subject. One editorial in
cluded these paragraphs:
"Mr. Voter, on your way
to the polls. you will have
TO answer this question: III
the 100000 debt should
be authorized. and a power
plant should be built, would
my light bills be smaller?
The answer IL no. II
we meet fixed charges and
do not draw on general
taxes TO do It, the rates
would In all probability
have TO be increased
To this was added the argu-
ment that the proposal Of the
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soup. The wire touched one
Of the legs, causing it TO jump.
Later. GaNani found that two
different metals in contact with
the nerve would cause the same
effect. 1t was the principle of
the electric cell.
JOB INVENTOR
William NJ. Harris u, of Illinois
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
FROG LEG DISCOVERY

FROG LEG DISCOVERY
II Luigi Galvani's wife had
not liked frogs legs. the prin-
ciple of the electric battery
might have waited years for
discovery. Calvani left a wire
from a static electric machine
on the kitchen table where
frogs legs lay for the dinner
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
I5FT5FFaargT2EsRs|EA

civ council 70 build the plant
with s1.7o0. 600 worth Of city
warrants was ridiculous. The
demand for the warrants. and
everybody agreed to this. would
depend upon the confidence
with which financiers viewed
the enterprise. Il would depend
On 4 matter OF cold business
Judgment as TO the ability OF
the city government Of Tacoma
to manage an electric light
business. There was no senti-
ment in finance-it was cold,
hard business.
There was only one dis
appointing feature about
the. election. Out Of 1904
voters registered. only
4.4sI voted, but out Of the
approximately 20 per cent
Of those authorized 10 vote,
IS per cent gave their ap-
proval.
The comparatively small pro
portion of voters represented at
the special election gave the
opposition courage to continue
the fight. One after another
various attacks were made only
to be swept aside. A year after
the special election the council
let the contract and the plant
was complete in August. 1912.
Three years after the
plant was In operation, ths
rates were reduced 70
figure which provided cleo
frie current for domestis
use ut the lowest price In
the United States.
As the Nisqually plant neared
completion fears were expressed
by the opposition that to install
the full proposed capacity would
provide more current than the
city could use. 1t was suggested
that the safe way would be to
install one unit at a time TO
meet the demand as 1t devel-
oped. But instead of over-pro-
duction, 1t soon became appar-
emit that the full capacity of the
Nisqually plant would not sup
ply the demand. That's when
Tacoma began to talk about the
Cushman plant.
And incidentally those un-
sentimental, hard headed finan-
ciers not only did not shy at the
light department securities but
even bid against each other for
the privilege OF providing money
to enable Tacoma to go deeper
into the electric power business.
And also incidentally, then, the
Nisqually plant paid for itself
several years earlier than the
most optimistic opponents ex-
pected.
Don't get the idea that those
who were opposed to Tacoma go
ing into the electric power bust
ness were not good citizens.
They were. They just didn't see
it that way then but most Of
them do now. They like the way
it figures out on the light bills.
As was mentioned the other
day, completion Of the Nisqually
plant brought demand for cur
rent from farmers living along
the power lines. The city
couldn't operate outside the
corporate limits. The only way
the farmers could be served was
by building a transmission line
To the city limits and taking the
current on meter on the city
side Of the line.
This whipping the devil
around-a-stump got past the
prohibition to do business out
side the city limits but it was
expensive for the farmers. That
was one Of the situations that
brought Homer Bone into a pro-
gram that finally landed him in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
AN ANALYSIS OF THE
SOURCE OF OPINIONS

Editor, The Times: In a previ-
Gus letter said that Roose-
welt is not the cause of our
depression Ny assertion as I
learn did not please anybody.
I am not surprised neither do
complain because am old enough
to realize that in the present
stage Of our intellectual develop
ment and the social condition Of
the race We can not expect TO
have uniformity of opinions all
over our planet.
OF course. admit that my
affirmation would have been
more correct. II for instance I
had said: Roosevelt Il not the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24
TTcuT An Inside Picture of Finun-
Ii u / ciol and Political Amsricu
BY RAY. TUCKER

Tn their a-private claims the Republican sraegsts
do yet forecast Wile victory President Roose
welt But they do believe that the presidential contest has
become horse-race and that their candidate has first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24

engineering student. invented a
non-wobbling. non-inflammable
T-square-sold dozens TO the
campus store at a profit. If you
have invented a job, write to
John Hix. care of this paper.
Strange AS II Seems pays 81
for each Job Inventor" fea-
tured.
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class chance OF winning.
National Chairman Joe Mar
tin and his associates figure
that WillIie has at least 246
sure electoral votes, with 266
necessary to win. The Martin
ties. as OF October goth, give
their hero all New England ex-
cept Connecticut; New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois. Ohio. In
diana. Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Kansas. Nebraska, Iowa, the
two Dakotas and Colorado. They
regard Michigan. Maryland and
New Jersey as $3.50 battle
grounds.
The ultra-eonservative New
Highlander was frozen blue a
month ago. His rock-bottom fig
ure today measures the extent
of the thaw. When he says "if'
the three debatable states are
added TO this total, he Is talking
In terms which mean that $50
electoral votes are where he can
look at 'em with a smile. But he
wants more than the margin of
%. and he's the best go-getter
the COP has had in many a
year, as every insider knows.
The swollen registration fig
ures in key states-New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois. Califor-
mia. etc.-have puzzled the poll
ticos of both parties. They don't
know whether the increase in
new voters represents a pro-
Roosevelt or pro-Willkie trend.
New Dealers insist that the
new registration consists OF
youngsters out of high school
and college. The Rooseveltians
expect this class 10 vote over
whelmingly for F. d. r. because
OF his social and economic re-
forms. The GOP-ers maintain
that the tremendous addition of
new voters consists of mothers
and wives who resent the APP
parent attempt of the present
administration To involve the u.
s. In a foreign war.
Some private canvasses indi-
cate that the division OF new
voters will be $3.50 with the
edge slightly in favor OF Will
kie. But all polls of universities
and colleges show the students
TO be distinctly snti-war. They
also register the belief that F.
d. r. will get the Z. S. into
some sort OF conflict sooner
than would his presidential
rival.
The older folks. whose sons
viii soon leave for consumption
camps, are dead set against 20
ing To war To save England and
China So, despite the politicos'
figuring. independent observers
say that the increased registra-
ton is probably an anti-Roose-
welt demonstration.
II Is almost impossible 10
describe the spirit OF panic
which swept through The upper
rooms Of the White House when
recent polls-public and private
revealed that Wendell WnIkie
was gaining on his Democratic
rival. Sitting amidst members
OF his personal and political
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-24

To this was added the argu-
ment that the proposal of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
SCHOOL BOARDS
SESSION PLANNED
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
Hill, associate director of the Uni
versity Of North Carolina Exten-
sion Division. The work of the
state association will be described
by H. E. Isenhour, of Salisbury,
president, and by Guy B. Phillips,
of Chapel Hill, executive secre-
tary.
The Southeastern district is COM
posed of school boards, city and
county, and school committees in
the following counties: B d e n,
Brunswick. Clumbus, Cumber'
land, Duplin, Hoke, Jones, New
Hanover, Onslow, Fender, Robson
Sampson and Scotland.
The annual meeting will be held
in the new Fayetteville High school
cafeteria, beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
H. M. Roland, of Wilmington,
superintendent of the New Han.
over county schools, district sec
rotary, will deliver the invocation.
Superintendent Horace Sisk of the
Fayetteville schools, will make an
address of welcome. Election of Of
ficers and the adoption of resolu.
lions will follow the addresses.
One hundred fifty to 200 persons
usually attend the annual meet.
ings, held according to custom on
the even of the opening of the an
nual convention of the district or
%ganization the North Carolina Ed
ucation association, M r h a l ]
said. 2
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the dying moments of the general
assembly.
3. Shorten the time of sitting of
the general assembly.
From the time they are elected
until they take their seats, he
pointed out, %leislators have no
less than two months to consider
legislation they plan to introduce
and to get the sentiment of the
public on proposed and pending
legislation. Drafting of such legis-
lation prior to the opening of the
general assembly will make for
better laws, he said, and make
it possible for the lawmakers to
study them and understand thor
oughly their provisions before vot-
ing on them.
Morris Bills
Morris proposed to introduce two
bills in the general assembly.
One would call for a semi-an-
nual inspection of all automobiles
in the state to determine if their
brakes, lights and other required
equipment are in order. Each car
would be required to carry a stick
err on its windshield showing that
it had undergone the required ex-
animation and had been put in
good working order.
This, he said, would greatly aid
the work of the safety division of
the state highway and public
works commission, which is work
ing constantly to cut the death
toll On the state highways.
The other bill, he said, would
require any mechanic who repairs
an automobile damaged in an acct
dent to report the fact to the near
est law enforcement officer with
in "a hours after the work is done.
This, he said, would greatly aid
law enforcement officers in their
search for automobiles operated
by hit and run drivers which are
damaged in an accident.
The old-fashioned divining rod,
for locating oil and water, h a S
given way to electricity and dyna-
mite in 1earnino nat11re's cerAatS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
Pile Torture
Soothed In Few Minutes

Act now for quick relief from tor.
ture of piles. Don't wait another day
but apply Peterson's Ointment at
once, the cooling, coothing, astrin-
gent formula that has brought joy
full relief to thousands for 80 years.
Relieves itching promptly. All drug
sists have Peterson's Ointment, IS
box, Or Coo in tube with applicator.
Money cheerfully refunded if not
deloihted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
BIG FRENCH SUB
SUNK BY BRITISH
Continued From Page One)

breville or that light British ship;
aided the landing of free French
troops near there.
A communique issued by the ad
miralty said the only naval en-.
gagement the British naval squad
ron been concerned in was IRE.
sisting an attempt by the Frenc.
submarine Poncelet to sink a Brit,
ish warship without warning"
The Poncelet, the admiralty
said, was forced to come to the
surface, as a result of "retalia'
tory action and then was scuttlee
by its own crew.
All members of the crew were
saved, the communique said.
The 1~,739-ton Poncelet was one
of Frances large and successful
'Redoubtable" class.
She was built in 1929 at Lorient.
now a Nazi-held invasion port
on the French coast, and carried
a crew of 81.
The Poncelet's radius of action
was 30 days cruising. She had d
rated surface speed of 10 knots
but several of her sister subma.
rines had exceeded that without
being pressed.
Her ornaments included one 49,
inch anti-aircraft gun, two ma
chineguns and II 21.7-inch torpedo
tubes.
Another submarine of the same
class, the Phenix, was lost in d
pre-war disaster off the coast of
French Indo-China, June Is, 1889. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10
WEATHER
CONTINUED From Page One)

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-R-weath-
er bureau records of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending 8 D. m.
IN tn: principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere: 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

Germany's world-renowned Uni
v~ersity of Heidelberg vas founded
in 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

Left to right are Douglas Watson as Will Connolly, Harry Davis as
1ncle Bob Connolly and Miss Jean Mckenzie a Patsy Tate i'm the Caro-
INA Playmakers' production of Paul Green's "The House of Connolly"
TO pc presented at the New Hanover High school auditorium Thursday
nlsh Nov. IA, under the auspices of the County Council and the N. II.
H. S. Parent Teacher association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-10

The old-fashioned divining rod,
for locating oil and water, h a S
given way to electricity and dyna-
mite in learning natures secHets.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-27

Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Here comes my father
Lickity split.
sss ssw
He. Can / take you homer"
She: Sure, where do you hve?"