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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

aim 10 make absolute teetotalers
out OF them.
In reply TO a congressman
query as TO the srmy's policy
respecting sale of liquor within
military encampments or TO men
in uniform, the adjutant general
stated recently that intoxicating
beverages won't be sold on any
premises used for military pur-
poses. Off such premises. though,
he made il clear. the army con-
siders its soldiers still full
Pledged Americans.
1T is believed unwise." he
wrote. TO deny soldier. dur
ing his few hours OF leisure
time. the privileges which are
enjoyed by other citizens II
would be harmful to the men in
the service TO direct a prohibit
ton against them that did not
apply TO other citizens. To do
80 would inevitably lead to in
temperance.
The more cautious authorities
on foreign affairs have been I'M
willing until now 10 appraise the
results of the recent diplomatic
talks between Moscow and Ber-
lin. But time and some patient
study have at last brought them
TO the conclusion that Soviet
Premier Molotov gave the Nazis
little and promised them less.
The Russian aim was, and
apparently continues 10 be, to
keep out of trouble. The diplo-
matte sharps assume that Stain
has no desire 10 challenge the
Axis and that efforts TO wean
him over TO a pro-British atti-
tude are fairly futile. On the
other hand. they 90 not believe
he will give the Axis powers
more aid than seems obligatory
and expedient. They see no IN
dicstion of a change Of Soviet
policy respecting the Far East
the phase which most init
mately interests the L. s.
Chang Kai-shek is still getting
a steady trickle OF supplies from
the L. s. s. r. And there has
been no appreciate withdrawal
Of Red troops from the Man
chukuo frontier. In Europe. II
the Russians have not positively
opposed German ambitions. they
have al least neglected 10 ad-
vance them. They have refrain
ed from joining in the efforts to
brighten the Bulgarian. and the
Turks.
Washington observers sur
mise that all Hitler cleaned
from Molotov's visit 10 Berlin
was an agreement 10 consult
and 70 work out Soviet-Reich
relations comparatively. Tn e
portents are that Stain still has
finger raised 10 feel which
way the wind is blowing. The
debscls in Albania doesn't make
il. blow any more strongly toward
the Avis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
LANGLE STILL
PEOPLES CHOICE
by John HiX

Editor, The Times: The only
trouble with some of the COM
mittees mentioned in your ar
ticle of Nov. % is that many of
the committees make the cause
their own instead of the cause
of those who are backing them.
Personally. l did not vote for
Art Langlie. but I can't help
thinking of the song, "Oh, what
are you squawking about ?"
when I read of the doings of the
democratic committees.
As / understand il, Dill him.
self is gentleman enough TO con-
cede his defeat, If it were not
for the insistance of those COM
mitteemen. The good people Of
the state gave sure proof they
were Disguised with the Martin
reign. Now they, the bunglers.
are talking of leaving Martin
in office in preference to the
man whom il seems clear was
the voters choice.
II there is an ambiguity in
the election laws or in the
printing of the ballots. that
might be cleared up without di-
rectly revoking the peoples
vote. All in all. it sounds to me
like the fuses | have heard the
ballplsyers make when the
umpire calls a strike.
A. L. PATTEN.
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MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN TT. col
address OF writer OnlF Initials
all be published When requested
Mr.. Fait: Have . small In
vention and no funds 10 secure
. patent. Il there aay firm or
manufacturing concern In Ia
coma who would ~ interested
In financing same on = partner
ship or royalty basis
n. y. BACkUs.
Not knowing the nature Of
your invention. couldn't sug-
gest any firm that might be
interested. You might write di-
rect TO officials OF firms engaged
in the field in which your inyen-
ton applies. For this step. con-
suit Tacoma city directory.
You might talk your problem
over with Glenn Reeves at the
North Pacific bank IN your own
neighborhood.
Mr.. fffit: To settle an argu-
ment: When a gentleman take.
his sister and lady friend Ia
lunch. IL IL proper for the sister
10 take the lead and the lady
friend To follow behind the man.
Has the lady friend reason TO
be peesed: NJ. J.
She certainly has. Either OF
the girls might 60 ahead in the
lead, or together. assuming that
the head waiter or other attend
ant Will show them TO seats.
The gentleman. unless he pre-
cedes both ladies' tc select the
seats himself. should stay be
hind them both of them. How
ever. young people now seem 10
make up their own rules of Ell
quette as they 90 along. and
Older folks appear TO have for
gotten. Perhaps the lady
friend" shouldn't make too much
Of the incident.
Mr.. Fixit: At $50 p. m. sun
day Pacific Standard Time. what
time was 10 with Admiral Byrd's
expedition In Little America.
MRS. VI. l.
Now what did you want To
ask that for? Anyway, the an
swer is 3;3s p. m. Sunday after
noon. mean solar time, COM
puted from the i20th (Wills-
mettel meridian. Bay of Wales.
Little America. Is at approx
mately 1853 degrees west longi-
tude. On pure rule. Little Amer
lea time is only slightly earlier
ton the clock) than Honolulu
time; and hours 50 minutes
earlier than ours. Little America
lies west of the International
date line, hence no change in
day is involved. Anybody want
to argue7
Mr.. Fixit: Please print the
names and locations Of the peni-
tentiaries In the state Of Cali
fornia. NJ. :.
Alcatrsz tFederan at San
Francisco. Terminal Island Fed
eraD at Los Angeles San
Quentin (statel at San QUEEN
tin. Folsom (stste) at Sacra-
mento.
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same date in 1884. The object
was 20 strengthen the relig-
ious convictions of the people
and promote world peace.
The other related to the new
government set-up in Germany.
The United Press earned the
news that the head Of the
Fascist movement in Germany
was the new German chaneel-
Tor; that "Adolph Hitler rides
to power as President Won Hin
denburg hands the reins Of gov
eminent 10 a new leader"
Thus the Hitler regime in
Europe and the beer regime in
the United States came in
about the same time and with
some similarity.
A proclamation issued by Hit
ler's spokesman contained this
statement:
The governments goal il
70 live in peace and friendship
with the whole world"
When the wet forces were VIC
torious they issued proclams-
ton which assured the opponents
of repeal that the old saloon
never would come back; that
beer, wine and hard liquor would
be dispensed under strict gov
eminent supervision. Time and
again they reiterated that the
liquor business had learned its
lesson as they hoped the people
had learned the lesson of the
failure of prohibition. The BUSH
ness would do its own policing;
there would be no more selling
liquor to high school boys and
girls or other minors. The NUM-
Der of dispensaries would be linz
tied.
The record speaks for itself.
Seven years Of Hitler sees
the world In a turmoil and
nobody knows where it will
end.
Seven wet years have pro-
duced-not the old saloon. the
vets kept their promise in
that respect-something inf
nitely worse than the old sa-
loon ever was.
Lincoln must have been
wrong. II seems that most of the
people can be fooled most Of the
time.
And speaking of Hitler and
beer: In Germany the ministry
of health is gradually eliminate
ing beer as the national bever-
age as a health measure.
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The StiffeSt Resistance

American newspapers have come in for good deal of
criticism in recent months much of it based the thesis
that they failed espouse the most popular side politically
This has been discussed at great length and we
think proftaby.
1t is then pleasure to record unconscious bouquet
for the American press attributed by the Dies committee
to Dr. Manfred Zapp head of Transocean News Service
the German service offered widely throughout the country
at advantageous rates.
He offered it. DIR. Zapp is represented reporting
'ony to meet with the stfest resistance everywhere
American newspaper and press associations he found
fer to gather their news from abroad.
Nobody will claim that American news coverage of the
in Europe perfect 1t could not be- in view of chaotic
conditions and rigid censorshps But is the best in the
world and the American has right to be proud
of its work in this connection and especially that of
correspondents who choose risk their lives daily rather
than accept foreign reports which would present easier
but less impartial coverage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

The current capacity of the
industry is estimated by experts
at about $4,000, 900 tons a year.
Present needs are calling for
nearly complete utilization of
this capacity. Bethlehem's ex-
pansion won't add more than
about one per cent to the pro-
ductivity OF the industry as a
whole. To the administration
economists. an expansion of no
less than 20 per cent seems
necessity. And they insist that
the expanding ought 10 be be-
gun at once. II takes good
year and a half TO construct a
new blast furnace.
II isn't merely for military
needs that they desire enlarged
output. The demand for steel
in civilian pursuits rises auto
matically az the national income
goes up. According to a reliable
estimate. this country will re-
quire 81 5000 tons of steel in
any year in which the national
income reaches a level Of SO bill
lion dollars-a level which II
may well achieve a. speedily as
new blast furnaces can be built
even IL work is started on them
right now. To have a demand
without the facilities to meet il,
the economists argue, is 10
create bottlenecks and invite in
flation.
Naturally. though. it's the
potentially of armament bottle
necks which most alarms the
defense commission critics. Even
granting the steel industry
thesis that its plants are ad-
equate for the present pace of
military orders. they ask what
would happen IL events should
make il necessary suddenly 10
step this pace up sharply. We
might want to increase our aid
TO Britain. Or, in case Of = Brit
ism collapse. We might want 10
shift our own armament pro-
gram swiftly into high gear.
Gradually were getting the
increased aircraft plants 10 meet
such contingencies. Were build
ing new shipysrds and powder
and gun factories. We've pour
ed federal funds into expansion
OF the upper stratra Of pro-
duction. But steel-the founds-
ton out OF which must be made
the machine tools TO make the
guns and plsnes-stays static.
New Dealers are elsmoring 10
have the defense commission
compel expansion. The govern
ment should put up new plants.
IL the industry itself doesn't I'M
dertske them. they insist They
like 10 answer the preference of
the steel makers for priortes
by quoting Wendell Willkie.
Now who's curtsiling production
BY advocating an economy Of
scarcity
The L. s army means 10 De
careful Of the morals Of its con-
arrinf <h.rrSx But IL dO<kn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

STRIKES AND BILLS

= hlnLS AND DtIsl>S
Editor The Times: In answer
to B. c. r. and Mrs. L. J. Ward.
maintained in my first letter
TO your paper that organized
labor has and will continue TO
do much for the laboring man
staying out on strike from
one day to months never
helped any man when his bills
pile so high that il takes year
or more 10 get on your feet
again.
l firmly believe that our men
should have wages equal 10 liv-
ing conditions and that If the
the unions would use their heads
and talk sensibly with mot att
employers they would gain
much by it. But no-union Off
Gals demand and say You must
do this and you must do that
After all, employers aren't going
10 turn over the keys TO the
unions and tell them 10 run their
business.
The rank and file have little 10
say when il comes right down 10
IL That was the case in 1889
when ST. Paul and Tacoma was
out for five months. And this
present AF'L strike was the
same thing They went out for
- cents and a weeks vacation.
They were offered cents just
after they went out but the
union officials said sit tight
boys: well get Ia for you and
what did they get. Just what
they were offered two months
ago.
Seems silly B.C.R. that 1000
men should remain idle for
nearly three months and not
gain their point. II they DO
strike. why not get their de-
mands. or else stay and work
and bring in their paycheeks
every two weeks
You say to keep our chins up.
and vel learn something. You
don't get very much education
from strikes. especially when
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21
An Inside Picture OF Finan-
LldH / ciol and Political America
Girl. GUIDE
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The long-range economic planners Of
the defense commission badly worried by the lack of
expansion basic particularly steel Beth
lehems recent decision to enlarge its plant facilities
them injection of hope. But they DISPOSE
ton the part of the of the steel makers to follow
Suit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. We passed over
the road quickly and soon the
camp was reached; say. and
wei soon reached the camp"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

naturally took to the work.
Mayor Charles Hammer of
Salmon. Idaho, regards her as
one Of the most competent
guides in the state.
CAUGHT A RAT
William Cope was fishing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

Unless all signs fail, living in of the
three four most Hateful periods in all historyDr John
Dewey, famous American philosopher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

We've yet anybody keep the upper hand by
dealing from the bottom of the deck
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21
CHURCHILL's QUOTATION

Editor The Times: In view
Of the agitation for lending or
making a present to England of
u. s. money. send the following
quotation from a letter written
in 1886 by Winston Churchill to
William Griffin Of the New
York Inquirer:
Legally. we owe this debt to
the U. s., but logically we don't
and this because America 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 Brit
ish. French. American and other
lives and preventing the subse
quent rise of fasicism and
nazism."
Churchill failed 10 mention
the fact parliament sppropriat-
ed 100 millions for propaganda
10 get US into the last war. How
long will the American people
permit themselves TO be fooled ?
JOHN w. PAUL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

Hitler and Beer Arrived
Seven Years Ago
Both Long on Promise;
Short on Performance
Seven Year Record Both
Bloody and Wet
THROUGH December and into
L January congress backed and
filled over the wet and dry issue.
In most Of the state legislatures.
including Washington. there was
the same issue. What made the
situation difficult was the at
tempt to play both ends against
the middle. There were dry and
wet factions TO be appeased, and
two schools Of thought to be sat
isfied on the proper alcohol con-
tent for beer.
The alcohol content of beer
was the rock on which congress
sional legislation came to grief
several times One group con-
tended that alcohol in the pro-
portion of 80 per cent was too
high. The other group protested
that to reduce the alcohol con-
tent would take all the kick out
Of beer to those who had become
accustomed TO home brew in
which the sky was the limit.
They wouldn't buy legal beer
when they could make more
potent product.
&. &. Dill, then a member of
the senate. Joined the appea>-
er~ and proposed a test to de-
tcrmine " s., beer were as
intoxicating as the other side
said. This test WAS 10 select
jury Of several persons, let
them drink all the 81 beer
they could hold, and let their
words and actions he the YER
diet. The only trouble with
that was the great number Of
persons who demanded places
on the jury.
While the wet and dry fight
was being continued. the news
columns carried two important
messages.
One came from Pope Plus
NJ proclaiming holy year
from April ?, 1888, to the
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thev are as futile as this ALL
strike or this CIO foolishness.
We women have kept our ears
open. too, but we didn't hear
anything but promises from
organized labor officials that
they never have kept After
awhile you get tired of that,
especially when you have chill
dren that want to know if Dad
is lazy or has the union put
them out of work again.
And Mrs. Ward. it isn't nee
essary to organize into clubs
for women, the unions have
their auxiliary to their locals
but they don't do much toward
keeping our men at work. Take
it from me. I've been to their
meetings. We can do more by
standing firmly behind our men
and seeing they attend their
union meetings and take active
part in the business. and not
let a few men have all the say.
Stick TO it women, and we'll
show the men yet.
MRS. c. L. GARRISON
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-21

The L. 6. army means TO be
careful Of the morals Of its con-
script ehsrgeA But II doesn I
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
BITTINGER

The accumulated snow from last,
weeks storms had scarcely been re-
moved from the main roads here until
another fall of snow on Sunday again
blocked traffic, but on Monday snow
plows and men with shovels worked
all day and had the roads again in
travelling condition by evening.
Joe Buckle, son of Merchant O. C.
Buckle, has secured a position with
the Motor Service Co., of Grantsville,
and entered upon his new duties on
Wednesday of this week.
Mrs. Irwin Beachy is reported as
being seriously i'll at her home near
here.
Lawrence Fortney and daughter,
Miss Clara Lee, accompanied by
Lyman Schrock, motored to Grants
vile on business last Monday.
Adam Snyder, who was recently
discharged from the Maryland Indus
trial School, was seen in this neigh
borhood early this week.
Cecil Brenneman, Washington, D. c..
visited his parents here last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Shawley, in
company with Ralph Buckle, motored
to Cumberland last Sunday.
Miss Ruth Emory was shopping in
Grantsville last Monday afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Honiemakers' Column
Edited by Miss Mildred Barton, Home
Demonstration Agent, Oakland.
Roll Variations

From any standard roll recipe an
endless number of shapes and forms
may be. made.
The finger roll, sometimes called the
dinner roll, is simple variation. To
make it, shape the dough until it is
long and narrow-about the size and
shape of your finger. Crusty bread
sticks are made in the same way, eX-
cept that you roll each piece Of dough
between your hands until it is very
long and thin. Or you might like to
braid three Of these long, narrow
strips together to make braided roll.
If you'd like to try some tricks with
baking rolls in muffin tins, there is the
always popular clover leaf roll. To
make this three sectioned roll, pinch
off very tiny pieces of dough and
shape them into balls. Drop three in
each muffin tin and, presto, when they
rise they'll be joined like the lobes of
clover leaf. Of course, you can make
twin rolls by using only two balls in
each tin; and if you want to hurry the
job you can get attractive looking rolls
by putting just one larger ball in
each tin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
IVA STUDENTS TOP THE
JANUARY HONOR ROLL LIST
Sophomore Class Rates Highest
With Thirty-One; Seniors Are
Second With Thirty
NAMES LISTED BELOW

The IVA pupils were at the top OF
the list, with group of seventeen
names, on the honor roll for the month
of January in Oakland Hi. These were
followed by IVC and lila, who had
eleven each.
The Sophomore class rated highest
having a list of thirty-one. The Sen
iors who had thirty, came second.
Out of high school of approximate
ly five hundred eight pupils, only one
hundred twelve names were on the
Honor Roll. These were as follows;
Seniors, IVA Boys-James Bell, Ed
ward Smouse, James Darby, Maurice
Davis, John Grant, John Wilt, Daniel
Wonderly; Girls: Isolde Booming, lie,
ona Dodge, Betty Hamill, Annice Ha-
ney, Martha Lewis, Frances Nine, Vau.
da Paugh, Eleanor Sincell, Mary c.
Treacy, Virginia Harvey. IVB, Girls:
Julia Aronhalt, Frances Hogue. IVC
Boys: Robert Barkman, Merlin Gnegy,
Lawrence Harvey, Ralph Martin, Lei
and Mosser, Charles Shaffer, Clarence
Stark; Girls: Marian Kiser, Christine
Lands, Hazel Davis, Norma Howell.
Juniors-IIIA, Boys: DeCorsey Boil
den, Frank Fazzalari, Ray Lambert;
Girls: Clara Beckman, Nancy Bolden,
Kathryn Butt, Peggy Casteel, Esther
Lou Davis, Emily Jones, Marcella Ker-
ms, Annabelle Kloss. lib, Boys: John
Mason, William Owens, William Stem
pie, Neil Wolfe; Girls: Helen Hans
ford. TIC, Boys: Howard Beckman,
Junior Beaghly, Dalton Tower, Will
liam Truban; Girls: Vida burst, Es-
Their Griffith, Catherine Steyer.
Sophomores-Boys, Robert Bittle,
Bill Casteel; Girls: Nell Broadwater,
Villa Browning, Nancy Lou Dawson,
Mary Filsinger, Mary Jane Gnegy, Vir-
ginia Lawton, Jacqueline Tower, Dol
ores Yutzy. lib, Boys: Ward Ashby.
Clinton Shaffer, Eugene Rock; Girls:
Anna Lee, Sara Lewis, Ruth Martin,
Helen Ridder, Martha Whorton. TIC,
Boys: Charles Blamble, Paul Custer,
John Hansen, Merle Hoover. IID,-
Girls: Evelyn Fitzwater, Mabel Gill
bert, Ruby Shreve.
Freshmen-IA, Boys: Stephen Cof-
fey, Wilbur Jones, William Stahl;
Girls: Evelyn Fraley, Goldie Martin,
Adalee Whorton. IB, Boys: Jack Wei.
ling, Warren Whitaker; Girls: Helen
Gordon, Nolda Griffith, and Margaret
Schmidt. &c, Boys: Bernard Bachtel,
Robert Hoye, James Lohr, Ernest Nc
ROBBIE, Orville Wolfe; Girls: Kathleen
Black, Mildred, Hansford, Ruth Kahl,
Rosalie Minard, Mary Moreland, Nina
Ream, Amelia Ream. I'D, Boys: Lee
Shillingburg; Girls: Helen Miller,
Mary Wilt, Blanche Wolfe, Wanda
Lee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

Vice-President Garner announced he
would enter the Democratic primary
in California. Senator Burton X.
Wheeler, candidate for presidential
nomination, refused to enter primaries
which also name President Roosevelt
Mining experts agreed that the
United States is deficient in resources
for seven essential war materials and
two war minerals. The seven are tin,
nickel, manganese, chromium, lungs
ten, mercury and anthony. The two
minerals are mica and quartz.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
| SEE BY THE DAILIES THAT

The fire prevention committee of the
State Firemen's Association criticized
John B. Centrum, State Insurance
Commissioner, for poor cooperation
with firemen and appointment Of po-
litial building inspectors.
President Roosevelt made an inspec-
ton tour across the Panama Canal
zone and sailed into the Pacific toward
an undisclosed destination.
An Archbishop of the Catholic
church at Cleveland placed angry
parishioners under an interdict after
they turned back sixty policemen seek
ing to escort a church official and new
pastor to the recotry. The people
didn't like the selection of their new
pastor.
James Roosevelt, the Presidents ell
dest son, sued for divorce in Cali
fornia court. Two other children of
the President have been divorced
The Republican National Convention
will be held in Philadelphia beginning
Monday, June "a.
The House of Representatives voted
the navy 5,772,OOO for defense, but
not one cent for harbor and seawall
improvements at Guam.
A Rhode Island woman became d
grandmother at the age of 81, on St.
Valentines day. She married at IA.
Her daughter is now II.
The. Virginia House passed mar
riage bill requiring three-day waiting
period. The bill now goes to the
Senate. =