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Evening star., 1940-07-16
Nationals Succeed Brownies Prize Trouble Makers American Leaqu
Win, Lose or Draw
Hommerine Hank and Lurrupinq Lew
By FRANCIS {. STAN.

NEW YORK July 16-Most prize fighters
hard way the long ouous trail
to glory on the brake
Even old Primo Canera whose
hbted in this country plodded
. freak in fy-by might circus.
So Henry Armstrong and Lew jenkins
The barrel Negro
the skinny mopheaded
VINO literally bated their from the bottom to
white lights OF the prize But matter
tho story, goes trie
Hammerlng Hank and Larruping Lew two tough
learned that life
hungry mouths with which buy
groceries wanting to poetry
instead fighting
preudce turning fighter then finding willing
an unknown coored boy bigger losing losing fights
eeng nowhere until night in Hollywood
west ancied his fighting and word
tnat mere was promising boy meeting
named Eddie Mead
borrowed money from Jewish
moving forward eating regularly
the eatherweght title the finally lightweight
too being the first history world CHAMPIONSHIPS
simultaneously and putting the
write his poetry most of it bad sing
This is Hammering Armstrong
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Official Score
sc 6 ~ "a II

Batted for Andrews In 9Th.
I Batted for Humphries in 7th.
/ Batted for Maymick in 9th.
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1t Could Be Great; Also Otherwise
jenkins Has Yet to Prove Himself

good deal of credene is lent to theory that
fighting
relieved him the lightweight title
the time might wide instead
he good
take punch? This the satisfaction
him Amb landed
a to
fight of the has cleaned
Hghtheaves
mediocry
fight putting 1t
that tough with
OF travel rough there swinging
Evening star., 1940-07-16

newspaper career deep down in
Dixie today.
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When Lew Came to See the Fair

hammer1ng Henry this
other fellow down in Army mules
ong-jaWed lean little soldier man
called Sweetwaer fellow
lighting little getting very far
VINO fell love with midget
and got out OF the Army who aopy and
dove to New York the Worlds little extra
money signed for and
right up to match with lightweight champion who
LOST TO and then defeated
snd' oy Knockout became champion of the
This is Larrupng Lew Jenkins
Hammerlng Hank and Larruping Lew who
UaVed the hard road and tomorrow
meet in the ring Gone by the Amrones atherweeht
title Gone to Ambers ghtweht crown
But he still welerweight
the man who licked the who defeated him.
1t Could Be Great; Also Otherwise
Around the big town fight
which may go down the greatest altogether
unreasonable Then
claims ridiculously extravagant.
When he held one of the
lighting men, Pound for pound he perhaps
He may still be- No knockout artist
craftsman Of modern times with neverslowng
which gave him an incredible kayo
jenkins has not proved himself
are certain OF is that in the skinny
carried OF the best punches
opponents heads sends them sinking blank
Hammering Henry against Larrupng a
Perpetual motion against dsappoint-
fight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions Turn to
womsn's page for the answers.
l. Which is older, Harvard,
Yale, or Columbia university,
2. The Statue OF Liberty is on
Governors islsnd, Bedloe's
island or Ellis island?
3. Soldiers are called rock
les when first entering the U.
S. army; what is the nickname
for sailors and marines when
they enter the service ?
4. How many teaspoonsful are
in one tablespoonful?
5. What is the name of the
curved wooden missile which if
properly thrown returns to the
thrower?
6. VIII a rocket work as well
in a vacuum as in air?
I. What is the general name
for the laws in the United
States regulating traffic in in
toxicating liquor?
S. Which president of the
United States was a Quaker?
?. A typewriter. unsea led
letter Is third or first class
mail?
10. Who was Lord Protector
of the Commonwealth of Eng
land"7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
Out in the Darkness and the Silence

We modens take pride in the fact that the world is
known to today We like 10 think that to the past
belong the dark believed haunted by monsters
tracts which photographers could only label terra
incognita,' the unknown land In pride have
believed had changed all tha-that the world
that lands and people known to another.
Pride. always dangerous, here TO yet another
fall For the brutal fact that today know almost
nothing of what goes on in the major part of the world
Three million says Tracy Strong. general secre
tary of the World Alliance of Y NJ C. As prisoners
of today. Had you known that? Do you picture
three million behind barbed wire? Where all
these men? How fares it with them? We do not know
Most of them of course, somewhere within Ger
many; in Canada. England, Greece But all are
behind veil of mystery withdrawn from the land of the
known Three million men suddenly snatched away, not
into death, but into darkness
What goes in Czechosovaka and Poland? No one
knows least in the general world Here teeming
millions of people have been removed from the worlds
consciousness like figures erased from blackboard They
exist they go somehow, believes. But how, and
where. know not. The veil has bloted them out
What happens in that vast third of the occupied world
go with freedom reporters cannot send out the
pitifu scraps of information they may CLEAN Here
other veil has been drawn around multiple millions
How do they fare in Holland in Belgium, in Denmark
and Norway and Sweden? We do not know-ony
svers of light penetrate this curtain Normal travel.
normal intercourse between people of the world is
pletey shattered.
The United States is probably the best informed
try the world about the peoples of the rest of the world
Yet to whole sections of that world whole seeth
ing populations unknown the lands of
Tartary to Europeans before Marco Polo.
What then must be the ignorance of these yelled
gions of the of the world?
They talked when broke out in 1889, of New
Dark Age to come. Is it not perhaps, already here?
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Stories in
Stamps
plones Bring Modern War
To Ancient BottIefields

WARPLANES are flying over
Greece. as pictured on the
sirmaIl stamp above. bringing
1905 conflict TO the backgrounds
Of dead civilizations.
But most Of the planes are Brit
ism or Italian. The Greek air
force has only 40 airplsnes.
The striking power Of Greece is
not IN the air. but IN its skirted
Evzones, crack highland resi-
ments, marksmen from the noun
tsIns. The Evzones were formed
during the revolution Of 1921. to-
day have FIVE regiments Of light
infantry IN the Greek army. They
are easily Identified by white
kills, or "toustanella," and by
long-toed shoes.
Greece's army IS small, poorly
equipped. Full wartime strength
Is estimated al 40 900. Military
service IS compulsory. including
two years active duty, ie years
n hrst reserve and eight years N
second.
The Greek navy consists Of one
cruiser. launched IN 1910, y de-
stroyers, SIX submarines and Otner
smaller craft. A construction pro-
gram 70 increase the navy was
interrupted ~ the var.
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lea should have minded her own
business and stayed out of the
World war. II she had done so.
the Allies would have made peace
with Germany in the spring of
1917. thus saving over a million
British, French, American and
other lives and preventing the
subsequent rise of fascism and
Nazism."
But in 1917, Churchill was
backing Lloyd Georges claim
that nothing but American aid
and knockout" blow to Ger
many could save freedom, de-
mocracy, civilization. etc. And
on Armistice day. 1888, after
the democracies had aided the
fascists to overrun Spain by an
unprecedented embargo against
the legally and democratcally
elected Spanish government.
Churchill praised Hitler, saying,
IF ever England were defeated
in war. hope we would find a
Hitler 10 lead us hack n our
rightful place among the ma
tons
Today he and most other
great 90 statesmen revert to
the very words and phrases Of
1el4-1s. These contradiction
occur because those who lead ma
tons in war must silence reason
within themselves and crush il
in others. Only the attributes Of
the tiger are valuable: these
must be released and stimulated.
But reason. though bruised and
manned, creeps back with peace.
ROBERT J. PEARSALL.
Sis So. Park Ave.
Editor The Times. 7 couldn't
speak Of the truth or sense Of
the balance OF Oscar c. Erick-
sons letter To the Pulse Dec.
IS. but as far as his insinua tons
20 toward Grapes Of Wrath.
he Is all wet"
Maybe ne saw the movie. I
doubt whether he read the book.
II he did, ne didn't understand
II Tell him to take a trip to
California sometime. Not in a
DIX car on main highways, but
hobo through and see things.
did and wasn't an "okie, "
either.
II Erickson wants 10 read the
BOOK, I'll loan il
JOHN D. KIRK.
$3.50 So. Park ave
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HOROSCOPE

Good and III combine in the
planetary influences for today.
The early hours are less fortu-
nate than those after midday.
Labor comes under an adverse
direction of the stars.
Heart and Home: This is an
suspicious date for letter-writ-
ing and should bring responses
that are heart-warming and
purse-filling. Under this sway
elderly persons may be de-
pressed. Kindly attentions will
be appreciated gratefully. The
head Of the family should be
fortunate today which should
bring good luck to all the men,
beers. Young folk will enjoy
friendships which are devoid OF
any smorous sentiment.
Business Affairs This is
promising day for all retail mer-
chants, The Christmas spirit
will encourage generous spend
ing, especially for practical
gifts. II is lucky date for sign
inr contracts for next year.
Labor troubles will interfere
with certain important projects
as union differences emphasize
conflicting aims Government
spending viii bring profits to
small business enterprises as
well as to large manufacturers
The evening may mark a strike
decision OF serious portents.
National Issues: Political
fends which are hangovers
from the national election NAV
retard certain important ma
uonal plans. Patriotism now
should assume forms that as
sure unity in whatever eontri-
hutes 10 national defense. Again
the seers warn OF friends who
become enemies. because OF
personal ambitions that inter
fere with governmental plans or
may tend 70 re;aud them. The
Pacific coast viii provide a sen
Sation.
International Affairs: While
the United States really had
been in the World war for some
time, the new year Is 20 bring
the deliberate provocations
which compel the discsrding 81
the neutrality mask. RecoCni-
ton that the small waterways
and scattered islands represent
strategic positions VIII cause
grave clashes in the Pacific
ocean. The United States navy
viii demonstrate its efficiency
IN that troubled area.
Persons whose birthdAis IL is
have the augury Of year Of
certain difficulties or perplexi-
ties. The Young should De on
guard against unwise love az
fairs.
Children born On this dsy
probably viii b dignified and
weli-bslsnced. They Will have
keen brains and good executive
ability Morning births may Be
less fortunate than rhos q
later boGra
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Der Fuehrer contrasted the
economic position of the Nazi
and American workingman to
the formers ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
although President Roosevelt's
pro-labor record excels any of his
predecessors and contributed
heavily to his reelection. Hitler
scoffed at another favorite ad-
ministranon policy - reciprocal
trade agreements-by emphasiz-
ing the barter methods under
which he obtained materials and
foods during his period of classic
bankruptcy. He intimated that
Americas hoard of gold, under
his new world order. might be-
come a worthless pile. He also
took vicious sideswipe at our
Good Neighbor" attitude toward
South America and other neu-
trails.
The German leader apparently
sought to strike suhtly at the
foundations OF the "democracies"
still opposing him the suppos-
edly better status of the working
classes IN the Z. s. and Great
Britain. II may be wishful
thinking. but insiders here draw
comfort from their conclusion
that he felt it necessary TO as
sure his people that they live and
work and fight for the best Of all
possible economies.
The New Deals earliest exper-
iment in stock market regula-
uon-the registration and CEN
sorship Of private security issues
appears to be breaking down
under its first real test. II may
lead TO liberalization of SEC
rules designed to make federal
registration more attractive. or
at least less objectionable.
In 1910. when industrial estab-
hshments have expanded as
never before, private place
ments"-thst is. sales OF new
securities or refunding Of old
obligations through banks and
insurance compsnies-will prob
ably reach a new peak. They
VIII exceed $500 600 900 as
against only s400. 600 600 in
1897 and approximately ST25 600
600 for 1888 and 1889. More sig
nificsnt Is that the total Of Sc
eurlues sold privately increased
from II per cent in 1887 70 an
estimated <3.7 in 1870 Mean
while, issues under SEC scrutiny
viii undoubtedly reach q new
low IN net proceeds-about
H.4oo. o00. 900 as against s. 2s2
100000 in the dun year OF 1887.
The explanation is that pri-
waite financing saves time and
money, and enables the issuing
corporation TO escape the spot
light Of SEC publicity. But il
also tends 10 centrslize control
Of American business. finance
and industry in fewer hands,
tendency abhorrent TO the cohens
and Coreorsns and FrantIfurters
VINO dashed out 70 curb exploits-
ton % the investors by the
issuers.
American wsrships old and
new-wl b transformed INTO
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&2.E3s1lZl2l -. -

many years. was bodybuilding.
The lumber was imported. car
red BY the armstrong method
al he way Up 10 Bottom on the
top q the mountain. fashioned
into small boats. then launched"
some 1000 feet down the cliffs
Il water.
Because there's no hsrhor or
regular seaport. the ranking Of
ficisl Of the community is ~
course. the hsrbormsster
Sabans believe in national de-
Tense and preparedness. too.
they have a standing army total
ing one soldier.
There IS also e jail. there are
two policemen. Only time the
Klink was ever used was when
one COP stuck the other cop
therein for some obscure reason
many years ago.
The people Of Saba are reii-
gious. They attend the islands
only church Ccatholic) faithfully.
The church is located on kind OF
cove that's known as HelTs
Gates,
Ssbsns are very poor, but Just
the same that doesn't prevent
every family from having a fine,
well-polished coffin as part Of
its regular household furniture
ready for whichever member 81
the family happens to be next.
The little island is full Of such
contradictions. But with its
people matters follow such
narrow pattern as to most I'M
usual
Saba has a population OF
approximately 1000 white
descent persons. All are nam
ed either Simmonds or Has
sell.
Thus. if the name OF Simmonds
you may be sure of the follow
ing facts: The person lives in
Bottom. is Of English stock. is
brunette. is a blood relative Of
those cheerful pirates who sail
ed with Morgan-and settled
Saba in 1865.
Or, if the name is Hsssell.
this will be true: The person
lives in the settlement Of Wind
ward or in st. Michaels. is
blond, is of Dutch descent. and
is comparative newcomer to
the island of only a couple OF
centuries residence.
And last but not least. every
last man jack on Saba is
proper sailorman true to his
heritage and particularly famed
for skill with small boats.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
STRIKE ECONOMICS

Editor. The Times: If B.CR.
Of Dec. IL must talk down to
Clio. wife. let him at least talk
sense. You point to the increase
from s1.50 of 1900 TO $3.50 go
an hour basel of today obtained
by union action. o. X. Granted,
union has its good results but it
is developing a personality like
the person you speak about when
you say give him an inch and
ne will take a mile" In other
words. they undo by overriding;
they cut off their own noses to
spite their own faces.
Figures talk if you give them
a chance. Listen to these. B.C.R.
Some OF the mills went out
Sept. 80 and have been closed
ever since. That's 81 working
days. Let's say you were max
ing $500 a day, then you have
lost S255 in wages. You belong
to a union that grants you So
worth of groceries a week. In
your 81 days you have S30.61
worth of groceries. Subtracting
this from your wage loss brings
that total down to S22440.
Now with the .05 raise you
gained by striking you have
gained 81 a week or IS a month.
how many months will it take
you TO make up your wage loss >
Divide the S2244O by SIS the re-
suit is 2s05 months to TWO
YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS
just TO make up what you have
lost in the one strike. How long
has II been since the strike be-
for this last one? So you gained
one week vacation with pay?
Excuse me Il I laugh,
Just whose nose were YOU
biting? Let some Of our jaw
Tapping agitators explain that
In the face Of facts. The beauty
OF the argument is the higher
wages you were getting the
greater your loss-figure it out
for yourselves.
Here is plea TO the other
union wives, cut out this little
arithmetic problem and save Il.
then when you hear that tell
tale rustling in the background
that precedes another strike SIX
months from now. hand 1t 10
your husbands. Even your hus-
bands don't ike being short
changed ny sgitstors Ike B.C.R
ANOTHER UNION WIFE.
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SO THEY SAY

OF course. people viii think
an a liar and fool, but I don't
care about making any money
from this picture (Fsntssiz) -
Walt Disney. movie producer.
In many respects the corporal
OF today requires the leadership
qualities Of the lieutenant Of
yesterdsy.-Lieut- Gen. Hugh A.
Drum
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18
Everyone Should Be Happier

With Tacoma's sawmls running full blast again, and
the pywood plants WELL 76 days of continuous labor
strife have been finally ended Ii is to be hoped that the
eup serious it has BEEN will leave serious
the part of either organized labor the mill operators
1t is the old of labor strife-a sides lose and
tcuarly the innocent bystander who had individual
particular part in the contest.
is to be hoped that future production of the much
needed lumber and forest products for the 4s division
cantonmen and Fort Lewis and Camp Murray well will
be carried speeder pace. Proper housing
for armed forces is absolutely essential The work
stoppage has been serious date although fatal
Everyone sincerely hopes that the Pacific Northwest lumber
industry will be free of strife for many many months
to come.
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a little yarn Of our own with
regard to that fabulous locale.
Nothing whatever 70 do with
the book. mind you)
Down there in the super-his-
tornic Spanish Main is an island.
The place is little more than an
orphan. as islands go in the
West Indies-a conicslshaped
mountain top sticking out of the
sea. It's name is Saba.
Virtually the whole Of Saba
is the crater Of an extinct vol
csno. It's bare. very black
rock rising steeply some 1000
feet out Of The Caribbean. On
one side not far from the top
is sort of a stadium-like hollow
overlooking the cleaning blue
sea far, far below.
That's Saba's town. Locally
it's known as Bottom. Real
name is Leverock hardly
anybody knows that
There's no proper hsrbor. no
wharves, no beach. no nothing.
Saba seems TO be all cliffs as
you come from sea.
However, il has its own "hole
in the wall" channel. and after
one maneuver and another you
can get ashore all right by
means of lighters and skiffs
etc. There's a bit of beach on
which all freights and visitors
may effect a landing of sorts. If
the shoals, reefs. surf and cliffs
don't take the first trick.
Well. since the highest inha bi-
table spot on the hunk of rock
is called Bottom. everything
must 60 up 10 Bottom.
And everything else on
saba II just about a. logical.
There's no natural timber on
the island-yet Saba's first in
dustry, and the principal one for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18

IN addition % playing
around with wordage in
this manner, We are so
enamoured Of language per-
tanning to things nautical
that We spend a good deal
Of our free time reading.
Most recently we've read a
book yclept TO the Indies. "
Highest and best possible
recommendation We can make
Of the tale II that it's written
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN thi. coi-
umu lsttHHs must EIEe name and
address q writer OnlF Initials
al be published when requested
Mr.. Fixit: At ahat approx
mate altitude and from what
usual direction do the anti
trade winds blow. n moderate
attitudes p. VI.
Geddes SAYS snti-trades range
from two 10 10 kilometers in
thickness depending on location
and season. that there often -
a calm layer between them and
the surface trades. this LAYER
varying IN thickness from 200
70 500 meters. even sometimes
as much as 1000 meters. The
trade winds vary BY location and
season from one kilometer 10
four IN thickness Accordingly
the altitude Of the anti-trades
may vary from about three kilo-
meters 70 a. high as "a plus
kilometers-that Is from aslittle
less than two miles 10 nearly
nine miles. Anti-trades blow m
direction contrary 20 trades.
northern latitude trades found
As far north as the Both parallel.
generally blow from east 20
vest: anti-trades from west to
east hence are clsssed as
"westerlies
MIR. fixit: I was born In
Alma. Wis. In 1877. Where
should I write for copy of INV
birth certificate v.
state Health Office. Madison.
Wis Records there go back to
1860.
Mr.. fixit: To Greta, who
asked about Amos Of Amos and
Andy. He was born in Rich
mond. Va. May 5. 1899.
MkS. \. r.. THfff.
Thanks FOR the date; my re-
sources didn't give that.
Mr.. Fixit; Could YOU tell me
where In Tacoma I could buy
"A used tricycle. wheels I'm try
Ing 10 find one before Christ
mas hut have been unable To.
MRS. {. l.
Box III Eatonville.
Try the Tacoma Good Win
Industries. 1856 So. Tacoma
ave. or some of the second hand
stores along Commerce st.
Mr.. fisit: Last summer there
was AN article In the paper tell
Ing Of n person who had hobby
of collecting old newspapers. I
would like To correspond with
him or anybody who collects
them. I have an edition of the
Tennessee Rebel dated 1862. an
edition of the last wallpaper
dated 1863. Astoria Budget 1924
and one of 1921. l.. W. LEE.
Sis Ea. ID NJ.
Don't recall IL but he or some
of his friends may read this and
get In touch with YOU.
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CHI RCHILL AND L. =.

Editor. The Times: To those
who would die or send others u
die for an English victory. 7
commend THIS statement from
Prime Minister Winston Church
III. written IN 1886 10 William
Griffin Of the New York n
quirer. and now quoted in the
December u New Religious
Frontier.
Legally We owe this debt to
the United States. but logically
we don't and this because Amer