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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
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We reckon you'll prob
ably remember the Mar
tinolich boys who moved
their bodybuilding plant out
of Tacoma after DO years.
Well sir, a few times
since last August they have
sent us some clippings
from the San Diego papers,
in lieu of a letter.
We recall the first such wad:
All about how Tony said he was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

and plunking it down lock, stock
and barrel in the sticks"
Rural Electrification Admin
istrator Harry Slattery has at
tackled several phases of this
problem under direct instruc-
tons from the White House.
He has laid foundation upon
which a decentralized system
can be built in accord with the
Nazi pattern.
Almost 100000 farms have
been electrified. The power they
now utilize for peaceful pursuits
could quickly be harnessed to
a machine, as in Germany. In
fact, lis small industries en-
gagged in war work consume 20
per cent of r. F.. AS power.
r. F.. A has also financed Farm
Cooperatives purchase of 80
portable diesel engines to sup
ply juice in remote areas. They
are mounted on trucks and can
be rushed to nearby points in an
emergency. Larger diesels than
those now in use could operate
fairly large-sized factories. fur
nish water, light and heat for a
bombed town. speed UP produc-
ton of tanks. planes, etc.
Whet her the administration
projects this experiment into
the final stages adopted by Hit
Ter will depend upon circum-
stances.
A recent incident revealed the
advantage of these portable
diesels in peace or wartime.
When floods knocked the water
supply system of Albuquerque
out of killer. a diesel on a
nearby farm was loaded on a
flat car and rushed to the city.
II remained in operation until
the regular pumping system was
repaired.
Farsi & h ted administration
men are more deeply concerned
over the capitalization problem
than over any other difficulty
on the national defense front.
They are disturbed lest this
human and non-technical ques-
ton become the biggest bottle
neck in rearming. without
blaming either side. officials
here insist that either president
or congress must move fast to
solve IL.
Even New Dealers concede
that industry is giving utmost
cooperation in preparing this
country for possible war-or for
an army and navy and air force
so powerful that conflict can be
avoided. Nevertheless. capital
did demand legislation permit
ting five-yesr amortization OF its
expanded setup. 1t is complain
ing bitterly over the priorities
boards proposal that the air
craft industry quit building COM
mercial stuff. Naturally. labor
figures that il. toe. has a right
TO preserve old gains and 10
make new advances in any fresh
era OF profits and activity. II
resents suggestions that il sbsn-
don its night TO strike and or
ganize because of the emergency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions Turn to
Editorial page for the answers.
How many persons consti-
tute q pair Of twins
2. What was the nickname Of
President William Henry Har-
xison?
3. By whom was the Military
Order Of the Purple Heart
founded?
{. Which State of the u. s.
- the smallest population
s. Whose portrait 10 on the
400 United States paper
money!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

A discerning presidential fried
estimates that the age of Off
cials now advising Roosevelt av-
erages go. whereas it was nearer
As in ardent New Deal days.
He meets regularly with Hull,
Knox, Stimson, Lord Lothian,
Knudsen. Jesse Jones from the
downtown offices, Harrison, Ray
burn, Doughton, George and
Barkley from Capitol Hill Ma
tional defense needs bring to his
inner office experts and tech
nicians instead OF breathless
young reformers. Hardly a lib
eral appears In these carloads OF
conservatives.
FDR shows no disposition to
crow over his third-term tri-
umph. He has passed up many
chances to whack groups tbank
ers. businessmen. industrialists)
he once delighted to spank. And
finally, ne has checked partisans
who ached to transform his third
inaugural into New Deal fiesta.
A confidential army study OF
Hitlers methods of industrial
decentralization clearly demon
strates the y. S. has no concep-
ton Of the real meaning OF the
system. Here is how der fuehrer
did it:
AS soon as he seized power in
1898, he pushed rural electrifi-
cation and obtained substantial
coverage of farm homes. He
pressed the sale of portable cleo
trio motors. supposedly for agri-
cultural users. In 1887 sealed
crates were delivered to electri-
fled farms. The farmers were
ordered to keep these in storage,
told that they were eventually to
be used in the manufacture of
toys and similar products.
After war against Poland was
declared. instructors arrived on
the scene and unpacked the
crates. The contents consisted
OF machine tools for turning out
weapons. Next came semi-fin-
ished materials.
Then the farmer was taught
how 10 make rivet for use in
airplsne assembly. to punch
hole in srmor plate for a tank.
TO rough-drill a hole in a con-
Meeting rod" Production plan
ming and fine roads insured a
steady flow of semi-finished
articles from one operating farm
to the next-a rural assembly
line.
The assembly plants were
also kept small" says the memo.
Instead OF building q huge air
craft plant TO turn out three
light bombers a day, they have
20 small assembly plants. each
Of which turns out one light
bomber a week The reason
that English bombing of indus
trial plants has not been as ef-
fective as it might have been
has been due TO this scattering
OF small production units into
rural areas The above is
what we can't seem to get
through our heads in the L. s.
Our industrialists think that de-
GENERALIZATION means picking up
q big industrial establishment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

ment is still of the opinion that
Tony Martinolich is a genuine
optimist Anybody with his en-
thusiasm is not to be quarrelled
with; rather, the world needs his
kind.
But that's not what we start
ed to tell here. Well can we
imagine Tony's every gesture
and innermost thought - when
he told that San Diego water
front scribe:
"On one issue the Martinolich
brothers are in full accord. With
San Diego's superb climatic adj
vantages for speeding up ship
building they are wondering why
it took them 35 years to make
up their mind to move here"
Okay, Tony. You didn't need
to mark that paragraph with
red pencil, however. We would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

quite a reversal from anything
they have been up against dur
ing the past six years, or at
least since Senator Wagner's
Magma Charta for labor. We
might say that the vote getting
tide has changed. Politicians
go into office to large extent
by their Interpretation of public
sentiment toward vital issues
at stake. The Gallup poll indi-
Gates very decisively that the
low income, middle income and
high income groups have re-
ceived their fill of unrestricted
unionism.
It has gone past the state of
collective bargaining to combat
the capitalistic plant owner, to
racketeering and subversive ac-
tivities preventing defense pro-
duction. In addition to this I
always consider the third black
eve to the labor movement as
being the ill-advised strike. We
have one now in Tacoma. The
payroll loss to date is S229, 600.
Allocated to each workman it
figures out to approximately
S225.00 each. When you con-
slider how long it will take to
make this up at zoe, Acc or even
60c per day, we must admit II
has all the earmarks Of being
ill-advised.
We are told it is easy to criti-
CHE and tear down. but not so
easy to offer something con-
structive. The something con-
structive would be labor legis-
lation patterned after the Rail-
way Labor Act and applicable
to any industry engaged in in
terstate commerce. There is
nothing involved or anti-labor
about the act-briefly. the pres
ident appoints a board of three
men to look into a dispute and
report back in 80 days. A strike
is forbidden for so days after
the strike call. This allows a
lot of time for both parties to
blow off steam, and in the
meantime since there has been
no time loss, a settlement is
much more possible without
Gloss of face" Loss of face by
the labor leader after strike
has begun. cannot be considered
too lightly. since there is no
alternative for him but to con-
tinue the dispute indefinitely in
order to fulfill the promise he
has made Of so called ultimate
victory. Such legislation as the
Railway Labor Act is generally
opposed by labor leaders. since
il does cut down on their i'm
portance. although it does still
leave them a place in the pic
ture.
II is stated under the Rail-
way Act the odds are so to l
against time loss due to a strike,
which is different than gam
bling with 1929, 10000 Of some
body else's money on a scheme
that knows no winners.
r. y. Olson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
TINES COVERAGE
OF FORUM PHASES

Editor. The Times: May 7 ex-
press my pleasure and thanks
for the fine write-ups your paper
has given the programs Of Ia
coma's Progressive Forum this
season. Mondays Nov. 25)
article on the musical program
iven Sunday night was especial
ly discerning and Of real value
present. but 20 all lovers Of
music.
MARY ALICE HOOVER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
SO THEY SAY

A scientific tax law would
place all death taxes in a sink
ing fund applied annually
in its entirety against the retire
ment Of the national debt
Henry H. Hermann. executive
manager. National Association
Of Credit Men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

Deutsche Luftschiffahrt Aktien-
Gesellschafft. or "Delag.' began
operations in 1921 with five
airships. Main attraction was
sightseeing.
Lelag's two-year lift set a
record, carrying 34,22s passen-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

going 70 build
So 0 90 600
worth Of war
ships for the
navy.
Now we get
another batch
Telling how his
latest plan is
{ o build 10
tuna = clippers.
c o n ira c [ S
worth 81 1885,
900 he says.
This deDart-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

print It here anyhow. just as you
intended.
But Of course we don't have to
believe too much of il. We lived
in San Diego once. Never saw
so doggone much rain in a 30
day period in our life.
It now appears that some
civilian radio operators aren't
familiar with certain very i'm
portant emergency signals.
To contact any or all Of the
following United States stations,
use
NAVY warships: NERh-
Merchant ships: WGBC.
Naval shore stations: MOO.
Commercial stations: WAUS.
Coast guard; NCU.
The above share Importance
with MAYDAY" and "SOS" and
like cryptic signals. Don't for
get EN-.
Mariners and their associates
in the greatest profession are
generally ready to give FRIDAY
plenty of sea-room.
Was a time. for that matter,
when it was blessed hard to find
a shipmaster or crew who COM
mence a voyage on Friday. Or
do anything else other than
strict routine on a Friday.
And then along comes the
Transportation club of Tacoma.
They are going to have-accord-
ing to an exclusive communique
furnished the department by Adj
miral Ed Pole-a dinner-meet-
ing next Friday eve.
That's not only Friday, but
the 18th as well. Boool
Walt Suffer will be there
(enough said and so will Noon
Pitchers of the late Tacoma
Narrows bridge.
The Tacoma hotel will be
scene of the fracas.
The 36th annual national mo-
torboat show will be held in New
York on Jan. lois, with Isl ex-
hibitors signed already. Wanna
go?
War is an octopus whose ten
tacles reach around the world to
strangle and disaccommodate
people and places and things far
removed from the actual bloody
arena.
At the moment we're thinking
of the weather. We of the Pa
cific seaboard know that our
weather is made at sea. So 1t
is on the other side of the CONT
nent.
And although you and I make
fun of the weather mans prog
nostications, all the while we are
really aware of the Importance
to shipping, aviation, agricul-
ture, even to department store
sales-of reasonably accurate
forecasting.
In peace times this is made
possible for the most part by the
ships at sea which regularly
radio weather reports each day.
But war comes, and shipping
on the high seas is not only
sporadic and catch-as-catch-can,
but radios are conspicuously
silent for obvious reasons.
So the U. S. coast guard has
just assigned two cutters to
fixed positions in the north At
lantic to maintain continuance
of the weather reports vital to
life ashore.
The only comment we can
think Of offhand is that war
makes a lot Of useless. expensive
trouble yet never seems to really
accomplish anything.
Wen bet pretty that you
didn't know-well. at least we
didn't until we were told-that
because fish don't have a tongue
with which to taste. they ac-
compish the same results with
their whole body. If we poor
hooman beans could do as much.
just think Of the fun we could
have with a vanilla shampoo,
chocolate cold plasters, a rum
bath, lemon sunburn lotion, etc.
Yumyum!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
An Inside Picture OF Finon-
II u IL / ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

Observation-Disclosures Roosevets amazing mod
Grafton these days from constant association with
older and more thoughtful as well as from heavy
responsibilities imposed him by the foreign crisis
Always peculiarly susceptible to personalities he is now
ringed around by wall of conservative thought and
chp,o,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
by John Hix

gers among eight German cities,
flying 107 900 miles without los
ing a passenger, according to
Edward Pearson Warner, SGD,
member of the National Advis-
DRY Committee for Aeronautics.
TOMORROW: Bonnet Lady.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
ToDAY,S COMMON ERROR

Avoid the trite expression.
I'VE wended our way along the
banks Of the stream: say. We
walked along the banks Of the
stream"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

II is very apparent labor is
soon TO enjoy government re-
strictions and interference
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
FIRST AIRLINE

FIRST AIRLINE
In 1908 Count Ferdinand Won
Zeppelin estimated that an air
ship could carry rs passengers
225 miles for a SIP fare 1913
cents n mile). so the worlds
first commercial airline-the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04

Accustom yourself to walk rapidly if you go
ing nowhere and have nothing to do-Roberto Unanue
visiting Argentine newspaper man, setting up rules for
visiting fellow Argentines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-04
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN This col
umn lettsrs must give name and
address OF writer OnlH initials
Will be published when requested.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

Polrot repeated to himself: "She
died so young =" That was the mes
sage he must take back to the young
man who had asked his help so con-
tidingly.
''She is not for YOU, my friend. She
died young"
His quest had ended - here where
the Leaning Tower was silhouetted
against the sky and the first spring
flowers were showing pale and creamy
with their promise of life and JOY to
come
Was it the stirring of spring that
made him feel so rebelllously dis
inclined to accept a final verdict? Or
was it something else? Something stir
ring at the back of his brain - words
"a phrase - name? Did not the
whole thing finish too neatly - dove
tail too obviously? Poirot sighed. He
must take one more journey to put
things beyond any possible doubt -
to Vagray les Alpes -.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

ter suppose she thought the name
Of Juanita was more romantic and
chose to call herself by il.
"Ah. you think that? For me, there
is another explanation.
What is it,
Poirot leaned forward. He said:
Blanca Naletta. Black eyes snap
ping with anger. The girl that Ted
Williamson saw had hair that he de-
scrlbed as being like wings OF gold.
He leaned still little further forward.
His finger Just touched the two spring
ing waves of katrlna's hair.
Wings of gold. horns of gold? 1t is
as you look at it; it is whether one sees
you as devil or as angel! You might be
either. Or are they perhaps the golden
horns of the stricken dcer?'
Katrina murmured: The stricken
deer ~ and her voice was without
hope.
Poirot said: "All along Ted William
sons description had worried me - 1t
brought something to my mind - that
something was YOU. dancing on your
twinkling bronze feet through the for
est. Shall | tell you what | think,
Mademoiselle? | think there was a
week when you had no maid, when
YOU went down alone to Grasslawn.
Already you were feeling the illness
which has since overtaken you, and
you stayed in the house one day when
(Confinved on poge 23)
Evening star., 1940-05-19
VANISHING LADY
Continued from pose fifteen

Here, he thought, really was the
worlds end. This shelf of snow - these
scattered huts and shelters, in each of
which lay a human being fighting
death.
So he came at last to Katrina
Samoushenka When he saw her, lying
there with hollow cheeks and long thin
emaciated hands, memory stirred in
him. He had not remembered her
name, but he had seen her dance -
indeed, had been carried away and
fascinated by that art that can make
you forget art.
He remembered Michael Novgln,
the hunter, leaping and twirllng in
that outrageous and fantastic forest
that the brain of Ambrose Vandel had
conceived. And he remembered the
lovely flying creature eternally pur-
sued, eternally desirable - a golden
beautiful creature with horns on her
head and twinkling bronze feet. He
remembered her final collapse, shot
Evening star., 1940-05-19

~ Of the .> worst er' she, shel'ach- acb
- prnea "n fSs' nsrs s"" i" our '"s. schooi hapi
district. MIR. II Parker Stimms
got it. We had an election to pick
out a new trustee, and after 1t
was all over, Stlmns figured that
he could buy everybody who
voted for him tcn-Cent cigar
without cripplln' a dollar bill.
The women's vote done it to
him. My wife told me how it
happened.
There was a parent-teacher
meetin' where both the opposln
candidates was to speak. MIR,
Stimms's opponent was a mousy
little guy who everybody thought
was all right. but who didn't
have a chance against the hand
Evening star., 1940-05-19

and wounded. and Michael Novgin
standing bewildered with the body OF
the slain deer in his arms.
Katrina Samoushenka was looking
at him with faint curiosity. She said:
Il have never seen you before, have
|? What is it you want Of me?'
Polrot made her little bow. First.
Madame, | wish to thank you - for
your art which made for me once an
evening of beauty
She smiled family
But also, am here on a matter OF
business. | have been looking, Ma
dame, for a long time for a certain
maid of yours - her name was Nlta.'
"Nita?" She stared at him. Her eyes
were large and startled. What do you
know about Nita?'
Il will tell YOU
He told her of the evening when his
car had broken down and of Ted
Willlamson's visit. She listened with
close attention.
She said when he had finished: at is
touching. that - Yes, it is touch
ing -"
HERCULE PoIRoT nodded. Eyes, he
said. "It is a tale of Already. is it not?
What can YOU tell me, Madame, OF
this girl?"
Samoushenka sighed. 81 had maid
- Juanita She was lovely, yes - gay,
light of heart. 1t happened to her
what happens so often to those the
gods favor. She died young
''She is dead?'
"Yes, she is dead"
Poirot was silent minute, then he
said:
Yet there is one thing | do not
quite understand. | asked Sir George
Sanderfeld about her and he was -
upset Why was that?'
There was a faint expression of dis
gust on the dancers face. WAS it at
the first - when you just said a maid
of mine?'
That is so, yes.
The contempt showed stronger on
those thin features. "He thought you
meant Marie - the girl who came to
me afterwards She tried to blaCkmall
him, | believe, over something that
she found out about him. She was an
inquisitive girl, always prying into let
tiers and papers,
Poirot murmured: Then that ex-
plains that
He paused a minute, then he went
on:
"Juanita's other name was Naletta
and she died of an operation for appen-
dicitis in Pisa. Is that correct?'
He noted the hesitation, hardly per-
ceptible but nevertheless there, before
the dancer answered.
Eyes, that is right" she acknowledged.
Polrot said: And yet - there is
little point - her people spoke of her
not as Juanita but as Blanca"
Katrina shrugged her shoulders. She
said: Blanca - Juanita, does it mat
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Evening star., 1940-05-19
IIE!t5Y5|E!5QIl !;;;I;;::: g;
"The Women Done II"

some and - up to then - popu-
lar K. Parker Stimms.
1t came MIR. Stlmms's turn to
speak and he addressed himself
to the mothers.
You good ladies'" my wife
tells me he said, you good ladies
must share my pride in the fine
character of the boys and girls
of this neighborhood! They are
growing up, these youngsters
who once toddled at your knees.
Before you know it they'll be
grown; they'll be fathers and
mothers themselves and you will
have grandchildren calm out
their greetln's to you
"Wally," says my missus, IF
you ever run for any office, re-
member that Women all call each
other the girls Don't nerer call
a woman a good lady and for
the love OF Pete don't remind
her that she's practically grand
m0theT''
"Aw," says, you don't mind
me calm attention to the fact
that you are slightly over twenty
one, do you?'
"Well,' she says, givin' me
dirty look, even Mrs.
\ r. Parker herself
voted against Mr..
Stlmms!
- OuoQQ~
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Ae0toA "AIIr 6OReN
teIIin EN- the truth"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-29
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Good farm work horses
also milk cows, fresh and coming
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Norbert Pitzel, of Seattle, Wash
ington, Bob Pitzel, of Tacoma
Washington, and Ray Chenery, OF
Bismarck, North Dakota, were
visitors Friday afternoon at the
home of Frank Unger, Sr. Mr.. Pit
Eel, former resident of this COM
munity, used to work on Mr.. I'm
gers farm.
Texas Ranger is visiting several
days here at the home of his cou.
sin, Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Weeks
Harold Westhoff, of Minneapolis
arrived this week and Is spending
two weeks on vacation at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Westhoff.
Miss Catherine LUX, after three
weeks vacation in California dur
ing which she visited her sister
Genevieve, in Sacramento, arrived
last weekend for a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lux
Miss Lux returned to Mortified
where she is employed in the tele-
phone company, Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-29
GETS SHEEPSKIN AFTER
SN-YEAR PURSUIT

Pursuing his college degree for
six years and some three thous-
and miles, Fay Domke found the
end Of the trail last week when he
was graduated from the University
Of Hawaii with a degree last Fri
day. Fay is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Domke, of this city.
Graduated from the Sank Centre
high school in 1888, Fay lost little
time in getting on the road to that
degree for in 1884 he enrolled in
Sank Centres first effort at Jun
Tor Extension College. The next
year he entered Manchester College.
Midway through the four years he
returned to this city, went to work,
and then about two years ago left
for Hawaii where he enrolled in the
University at Honolulu. This spring
when the Civil Aeronautics Auth
ority made flying instructions avail
able to college students, Fay en-
rolled, passed his instructions, holds
now a pilots license enabling him
to fly passengers.