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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER is

This is not an important day in
planetary direction. The stars in
dicate continuation of existing
conflicts in all parts of the
world.
Heart and Home: The stars
presage discipline to persons of
every class as the precious trea-
sures of many countries are de-
stroyed or hidden. In the new
order of affairs women will gain
great influence, because Of their
intuition and spiritual vision.
Social barriers which have long
been crumbling will disappear as
new standards are established in
many lands. The stars today en-
courage development and unfold
ment.
Business Affairs: Prosperity
will be widespread, but prices of
many articles OF merchandise
will rise, notably rubber, leather.
and woolens. The effects of the
European war will be evident in
the lack Of many imports long
familiar to purchasers in the
United States. Persons with
foresight will buy now what is
needed in the coming year. Delay
will mean higher prices. the stars
presage. Merchants are under
promising aspects. but money
may be tight"
National Issues: Unity of
thought and purpose will rapidly
develop among loyal citizens Of
the United States. Labor will CO.
operate with capital in producing
record quantities OF sirplsnes,
munitions and tanks. Inventors
will contribute amazing gadgets
that aid defense weapons. Sc
crets regarding certain discover
les in the potency OF electric or
sother rays will be well guarded.
international Affairs: Banking
relations will engage attention OF
international financiers. Econom-
ic problems will rapidly multiply
and will encourage revolutionary
tendencies in the countries taken
by Hitler and subject TO the
Reich Sabotage will be the cause
of a disaster on the Pacific Coast
where shipping should be watch
ed with great care. Hidden diplo-
macy will be necessary in Wash
ington.
Persons whose birthdste IL il
should have a year Of exceptional
good fortune. Employees will be
promoted.
Children born on this day will
be shrevd and ingenious. Many
may nave mercurisl natures and
unusual talents
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

l. Male deer are called boars,
bucks or rams?
2. One who collects and makes
a study of postage stamps is
called numismatist. philateist,
or physicist?
3. Which is hotter. a blue or
or a yellow flame?
4. Is Honolulu on the Island of
Oahu. Kauai or Molokai?
5. Name the governor Of New
Jersey.
s. Name the famous war play
by Maxwell Anderson and Law
renee Stallings.
:. Does sound travel faster in
air. water. or iron?
S. Who said: Speak softly
and carry big stick?
9. Which of the following
words indicates that a person is
fool: jester, clown. buffoon
10 With what Biblical char
scters are Meme. meme. tekel,
upharsin" associated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

with such modern conxeniences
as running water and electric
lights
NeNt In Importance to in
dueing the GloNds - take
charge Of the property - ac-
curing some furniture. relics
Of the pioneer DAYS. and >ev-
eral case Of historic relics.
There are Kerosene lamps.
candles and candle molds. on
shoes. a Wheeler a Wilson
sewing machine. 1854 model:
an Edison Fireplace phono-
graph" one Of the first man
ufacfured: dishes. including
some priceless blue plsiters
that have been In the Rigney
family for more than $50
years. and other valuable
relics.
The purpose is to add to the
collection and develop the re-
constructed Fort Nisqually into
a historic shrine of the first
magnitude.
Archibald Macdonald. Will
liam kitson and Or. W. F. Toll
mic. all Of whom had a part IN
building the original Fort Mis-
qually might thing that the old
place was being given too much
of modern touch. but the men,
bers Of the council arc only 60
ing As far in that direction as
necessity compels. At a meet
ing the other day in the old fac
tors residence. known as Mis-
qually House" the fire places
which once served Macdonald,
Kitson and Tolmie. proved in
adequate to temper the "un-
usual" Puget Sound cold snap.
AS they sat and shivered the
commission decided that the next
thing should be a circulating
heater. II was a fine idea. but
there is no money for heater
so a committee is going to look
around bit to see If there isn't
somebody who would like to do
nate a good heater.
Even without this unusual"
spell of low temperatures the
big building is chilly in the fall
and spring, and there are lot of
visitors coming in every day to
look around and ask questions
about pioneer days. Last Sun
day there were more than three
hundred visitors, and they some
times run two or three thou
sand a month.
They would feel more at
home If they felt breath Of
warm air when they opened
the door. Hence. the demand
for a heater. Anybody has
any good ideas along that line
tell DIR. Hoover or Art Cook.
They'll tell you who to see.
Shivering around the fireplace
the other day wasn't as bad as
it sounds, for the Gloyds boiled
water in a kettle IN front of the
fire and made coffee. The cof-
fee was served from a perco-
lator that had an attachment
for an electric gadget but the
dough nuts had just come off
the stove in the Gloyds kitchen
the kind the girls of pioneer
families learned to make.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

Because Of age and the swift
rush of events II is probable that
many famous political veterans
have fought their last major
battle Roosevelt. Hoover, Smith.
Hiram johnson, George Norris.
Carter Glass. John Garner. On
both sides new and younger men
are coming Willkie, Lodge,
Danaher. Burton of Ohio. Lee of
Oklahoma, Green and Lucas OF
Illinois, Bricker. Saltonstall. The
substitution means more than
the arrival of a new cast of
actors.
The Older men represented an
age when the dominant prob
lens were the tariff, gold
versus-silver. continental expan-
sion. They were rugged indi-
vidualists." The newcomers en-
tered public life after the World
war and world depression Gre
ated strange issues-social Sc
curity. liberalization. guarantees
to labor. drastic regulation Of all
forms of human activity.
The transformation is most
wildly reflected in the person
slities of Vice President Elect
Wallace and House Speaker
Rayburn. On the rostrum once
occupied by Coolidge. Dawes and
Garner will sit the head A. A. A
er. Sam Rayburn. author of the
holding and the securities acts,
supplants old-fashioned conserv-
tives like Bankhead. Byrnes.
Rainey and Longworth. Today's
generation OF rulers are a diff
ferent breed from Key Pittman.
who once clswed FOR Klondike
gold with his fingers and didn't
know where his next meal WAS
coming from,
The American motion picture
industry is a ma jor victim of the
war involving half the world. II
has lost IS per cent Of foreign
business once estimated at
$500. 900 900 a year.
No new pictures are being
exported to Hitler-held coun-
tries. and Der Fuehrer has con-
fiscsted the films previously
shipped TO European centers. He
permits them 10 be shown. but
no revenue sccrues 10 American
producers from this source. He
has burned thousands Of feet of
costly film sssailing him and his
regime. The British blackout
system-and the decentralization
in the Orient-has reduced these
markets. And London allows
only a small percentage Of funds
10 be shipped here in payment
for movies she buys. despite
Ambassador kennedy's good
offices.
Almost the only markets open
are Canada. Australia, South
Africa. South America and
until lately-the Balkans. And
none OF these portions Of the
earth are very productive. due to
the inadequate thesters and linn
tied audiences So "C'est Ia
guerre" has become a popular
or unpopulsr-slossn in Holly
wood.
The industry is also suffering
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN tn, col
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
VII os published when requested
To MRS. c J. e. who inquired
about fresh citron. the vine type
Of eitron il raised easily locally.
according 10 George Girtz. who
lives across the Narrows He
said cost OF transportation kept
him from marketing them. The
lamon type o. citron would have
10 come from the south.
Nr. Fixit; Are they going To
have a lighted Christmas tree
and porch contest again this
year: VI. &. VI.
The Committee OF 1000 ex-
poets 10 have a contest this
year as usual. but has not yet
begun talking about the de-
tails.
Mr.. Fixit: There are several
people interested in these ques-
tons: Can an Americsn-born
japanese own property and
vote? Have any Japanese or
Chinese ever served at the front
In any u. =. war; Can either
race become a naturalized cifi-
ZEN l. an American-born Chi
nese an American citizen and
can he vote and own property?
MRS. J. X. MILLER.
The answer is yes TO all of
those questions except that con-
corning naturalization. Chinese
and Japanese are not admitted
To citizenship by naturalization.
but those born here have all the
rights pertaining to other citi-
zens. Men of both races have
served In our armies and navies,
quite large number during the
World War / and all who did
were made eligible for natur-
alizstion.
Mr.. FiNit: How can I get rid
Of mice: Traps have proved
unsuccessful. Would like 10
know some way that they would
not 20 behind furniture and die.
We live In the country and the
house II not on stone founda-
ton, 10 u seems they come In
from outside. &. II. W,
Catching mice by trap is the
surest way. but it's like fishing.
The trapper has to outsmart the
rodent by skillful placing and
batting of the traps one
trap but several, set at each end
of the runways or probable
holes through which they enter
and leave the house. Spot such
a hole, set a large box within
about two inches of the wall
and put a set, baited trap at
each end so the pest has TO step
on the trigger whichever way
he goes. You'd be surprised.
Don't scald traps that have been
used. They're better after they
have seen service.
MIR. Fixit: Is there person
In Tacoma who could teach
hula dancing.
MISS :. n. W.
Most of the dance studios
have such a teacher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
CAMPAIGN Buttons and Tin Reserves

The presidential campaign is There is no longer
any for campaign buttons except for few that will
be saved souvenirs gravtae into historical
In the meantime the government is ping up metal
and is storing up tin lnasmuch the Repub
hcans estimated to have put out 100000 Wikie
buttons and the Democrats 81 100000 Roosevelt embems
the whole lot would make pretty impressive pile of
metal for in the defense program.
AS they melting in the furnaces of great
armorpate shell plant, they would make good symbol
Of the in which partianshp must fuse together
into united purpose to be strong
An English officer escapes from Nazi prison by
donnng clothes from a scarecrow, which than
RondSf was ah 10 do for him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
WEST VIRGINIA
BRIDGE ERROR CORRECIED

Editor. The Times: Many
years ago when I was a boy.
Wheeling. West Va. built
suspension bridge like the Mar
rows bridge and the wind blew
1t down They cut the pillars
down and shortened up the main
cables and added more cable 10
strengthen the main span. The
bridge was all right after that
l expect they still have a record
OF that II the authorities should
care 10 make an inquiry.
W. r. SCOTT.
Winlock. Wash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
GLEASON GRATEFUL

Editor. The Times: I wish TO
express my appreciation 10 my
friends throughout the county
for the great work done IN my
behalf during the recent cam
psigns. A candidate can do
just SO much and from there
on his friends must take Up the
work In my case I fee they
did that. and m ore. I am
grateful % every one ot them.
r p. Bob GLEASON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

$50 years ago. Governor Simon
Bradstreet suppressed il.
The snappy sheet included
such news as: Capt. Mason at
Port Real cut the faces and ript
the bellies of two Indians and
threw a third overheard in sight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
TIcuT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
II u IL ! ciul and Political America

WASHlNGTON-The deaths of Key Pittman and VIII
liam Edgar Borahand the enfeeblement of several SEN
ate neutrality-suspicious. the passing of in Amer
lcan politics The mortality Capitol Hill reveals strik-
ingly how faces and issues now occupy the public
stage. There was more than campaign humor in the
Wlkle slogan that American political life begins in 1940
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16


on the home front from Thur
man Arnold's antitrust attacks.
His consent decree scheduled for
submission TO a New York court
today may cramp Hollywood's
style further. 1t appears to sat
isfy nobody in the business.
The government action was
originally inspired by independ-
ent exhibitors. They beefed
mainly against a. movie pro-
ducers ownership Of and favor
itism TO theaters and 90 the
system of blind block booking.
Under the plan devised by Mr..
Arnold producers may still con-
troll outlets. though they cannot
expand their holdings for three
years. Instead of forcing local
theater owners TO buy, willy
nilly, a batch Of good and sec
ond rate pictures, the producers
may sell only five at a time to
their customers. Moreover. the
pictures offered must be in ac-
tual production, and not merely
a vague idea in some Holly
woodish imagination.
The exhibitors who started the
original suit are rebellious
against this kind Of settlement.
They insist that IT legalizes the
monopoly they want 10 smash.
Producers maintain it will result
in poorer pictures or increased
charges at the box office. It
may hit the pocketbooks of the
$4,000. 900 Americans who pack
1900 movie houses every week
in the year.
As third-term president.
Roosevelt has the best chance
of recent chief executives to
insugurate a government career
system II is a project in
which he has always shown deep
concern.
F. d. Rs opportunity lies in
the fact that he has overhauled
federal personnel almost COM
pletely in eight years. In his
third term he will make even
more changes. His sppointees
have gained experience in
handling new problems. and IL
would be difficult for any sue
cessor 10 replace them. Govern
ment operations would be at &
standstill for months during the
training Of officials named
under the old spoils system. In
side and outside congress there
is general realization of this
stubborn fact For that rea-
son the usual political opposi-
ton 20 blanketing employees
under civil service will not be
voiced.
The Ramspeck bill gives the
president authority TO carry out
this reform II is now jsmmed
in House-Senate conference
row. but a presidential push will
prod il loose. Mr.. Roosevelt
has told congressional leaders 20
compose their minor differences.
and they will-either al this or
the next session.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

Strange as it seems, America $
first newspaper was muzzled
after the first issue, according to
Max r. Grossman, Boston u.
journalism epart ment head.
When Benjamin Harris ''Publick
Occurrences" appeared in Boston
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
by John Xix

Of the French, who informing the
other Indians of il. they have
barbarously Butcher'd forty Cap
tives of ours that were in their
hands"
Tomorrow: Mysterious Death
knell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
DON'T FORGET "TUBBY"

Editor. The Times:
TO "TUBBY''
To each who claims to be the
last
To cross our mighty span:
Let's not forget the real
HERO
Was dog and not a man.
GRACE JONES BODHAINF.
706 18th ave. s. W.
Puyallup Wn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

rate every corner. Both the
army and the signs are treated
as a huge joke by the speed
maniacs who are going nowhere
in order to get nothing.
But the dead will not return:
time moves in only one direction.
We suppose this Is the price we
have to pay for what someone.
with a weird sense of humoF.
calls progress / sometimes
wonder what anyone who has
seen the body of a loved hus-
band, wife or little child laid
away in a cemetery would call
it. SAM H. DOUGLAS.
qO2fs So. Yakima ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16

Remember Old Hudsons
Boy Fori7
Committee Shivers in
Nisouslly House
The Answer Seemed 70
Be e Circulating Heater
But Howl Aye, There's the
Rub-But Read On
Il began when members Of the
Washington State Historical
and Pioneer society and the
Washington state Historical az
ISOLATION began the movement
10 preserve the buildings Of his
toric Fort Nisqually. The
property occupied by the Hud-
sons Bay company and later
owned by the Edward Higgins
family. with the historic build
ings. had been purchased by the
Dupont people as a location for
their powder manufacturing
plant About ten years age
visitors 10 the historic spot be-
came 50 frequent that the
powder company closed the
property 10 tourists and an
nouneed that unless the build
ings were removed they would be
destroyed.
The Pierce county pioneers
and the historical society sought
10 interest other organizations
in helping to move and preserve
the historic buildings.
The job finally was taken
over by the Young Mems
Business club by July 1. 1884.
the principle buildings had
been moved to Point Defiance
park and a replica of the ORR
ginal stockade with the has
tons overlooking two opposite
corners had been built around
them.
That was a good Job well done
as far as il went but IL didn't
go far enough. No matter what
the historical background is.
a group of empty buildings sur
rounded by split log stockade
don't hold public interest very
long. That's why there has been
organized a group known as the
Fort MISC ually Completion
Council to finish the job. The
group is headed by two active
members Of the staff of the
Young Mems Business club
DR.. II. V. Hoover. chairman.
and Arthur A. Cook. secretary.
Membership includes represen-
tatives of pioneer groups and
others interested in preserving
some of the things that repre-
sent traditional ideals of the
pioneers.
This group has made some
progress. Most important is the
engaging of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gloyd as curators. In case you
don't know them. the Glodys
represent lot of historical
background. Mrs Gloyd is
sister of Frank Spinning. whom
everybody knows. Frank be-
longs to another pioneer family
and was around Pierce county
more than sixty years ago. For
about twenty years he was con-
nected with the office of the
secretary of state. The two of
them fit admirably into the job.
They are domiciled in a replica
OF the home occupied by the
boss farmer at old Fort Mis-
qually hundred years ago. but
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-16
ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR

Call a book q book not a
tome"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
Labor Statistics Unit
Increases Field Force
To Check Living Costs
Defense Commission
Kept Informed on Change.
In industrial Areas
BY OLIVER MCKEE.

To keep the National Defense
Commission informed on prices and
living cost changes In industrial
areas, the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics has recently increased the
number of its field investigators,
and q further expansion of its staff,
it was said yesterday, will probably
be made in the near future. Since
the defense program moved into
high gear, the general level of prices
has shown only slight advance.
In addition to its staff in WASH
ington, the bureau has many field
investigators to check reports of in
creased living costs. They include
both men and women. The bureau
now receives monthly reports on
changes In the cost of SO food
stufis from 81 cities. To supple
ment the data received from its
regular staff. the bureau also re-
ceives reports from women, en-
ployed on part-time basis, in many
large cities.
Surveys Rent Schedules.
At the request of the Defense
Commission, the bureau also is sur
veying rent changes In several
cities where defense spending has
stimulated industrial activity, and
Is also making special cost-of- living
surveys in defense production areas.
During the World War, prices
scared to peak in May, 1920,
year and half after the armi-
stice. In that month the wholesale
price index Of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics stood at 1872, as compared
with ITS in 1917, and 681 in 1914.
There is little indication that de-
Tense spending will be followed by
anywhere as near as sharp an up
ping In the price level as that which
took place during the World War
period, Government experts said
yesterday.
Based on 1926 Averages.
The bureaus wholesale price in
dex is a composite of the prices of
nearly 900 individual items and is
based on the 1925 average Of 100.
During the week ending November
16 the all-commodity index of the
bureau increased 06 per cent, reach
ing 1913 per cent of the 1926
average. Eight of the ten commodity
group indexes advanced during the
week and two remained unchanged.
The bureau reported yesterday a
fractional decline to 1173 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
D. {. 10 Baltimore
Eight-Lane Highway
Studied by 0'Conor
$50, 600, 900 Toll Rood
Would Be Built Without
Cost to Stote
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. ga pro-
posal for an eight-lane super high
way from Baltimore to Washington
similar to the four-lane Harris
burg Pittsburgh express highway
has been submitted to Gov. O'Conor
for study.
The plans were drawn by John E.
Greiner Co.. consulting engineers.
The highway and bridge over
the Patapsco River from Fairfield
to Canton would cost about $50. 900, :
600, it was said, but the highway
could be built. operated and main
tanned without any direct cost to
the State.
Proponents of the plan said reve-
nue. bonds could be sold to cover
the cost, the bonds to be supported
by revenue from tolls by highway
users and by charges against OPP
orators of gasoline stations, res
taurants and hotels along the route.
These sources said traffic studies
indicated toll of Is to 30 cents
might be sufficient, with an addi-
tional toll Of Is cents for the
Patapsco bridge.
Plans call for a 300-foot right of
way with four 12l2-foot lanes on
either side, separated by a wide
center. Both south and north
bound groups of lanes would in
clude two lanes each for slow We
hicles, two for high-speed vehicles.
Lanes would be separated by plate
rails" or steel plates about as high
as an automobile running board.
High wire fences on both sides of
the highway would keep both
pedestrians and animals of the
road, 1t was said.
Gov. O'Conor said other sources
also had volunteered proposals for
Washington Baltimore highways in
recent years.
He said he would meet soon with
the State Roads Commission and
Planning Commission to discuss all
such proposals, possibly selecting
the most feasible ones, so If the
State is ever in a position, We can
60 into one of the plans seriously"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
Prizes TotaIing $4,000
Offered for ESSAYS
On Future j. ). Policy
Institute at College
Of William and Mary
Sponsors Competition

The College of william and Mary
at Williamsburg, Va, has announced
formation of the Institute for Ma
tional Policy, which will sponsor
a national competition among
college students to select the best
essays on The Next Decade Of
American Foreign Policy"
Three national prizes of $3.50 each
and nine regional prizes of $500 each
will be awarded in the competition.
Essays must be mailed to the College
Of William and Mary not later than
March /, 1941.
The institutions which participate
will select a group of three students
and a faculty adviser to draft a
memorandum, not longer than 5000
words, which will analyze the
economic, political, geographic and
other factors most likely to influence
our foreign policy and set forth the
basic principles of the suggested
policy.
The judges awarding the prizes
will be men of national reputation.
There will be board of three to