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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-26
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n this col
umn letters mus Eiys nane &c
address e writer OnlT initials
WI Be published Ehen requested.
Hr. FIxit: When n group Of
men goes out on strike, do
they draw unemployment lnsur-
anee from the stateg +. A. u.
The courts have decided a
strike II a voluntary cession Of
work and does not entitle the
men directly involved to state
benefits. When 4 strike causes
closing OF other plants by the
management. when the men
stand ready and willing to go to
work. they have been given I'M
employment compensation.
Mr.. FixIt: In tonlght's paper
VI. W. asks where he can study
navigation In Tacoma. The Ia
come Power Squadron each year
holds classes In elementary
plotting, seamanship and small
boat handling. open 10 the public
at no charge. Our next classes
viii be held IN January. exact
date not vet set. These classes
are held one night each week
for eight weeks and cover the
subject Of navigation n applied
10 small beats. For those wish
ing 10 study further II II nee
essary 10 Join the Squadron.
c. NJ. HUNT. secy.,
4l21 No. Cove II.
Thank you and please pardon
our oversight.
Mr.. Fixit: was born here In
the United States and married
an allen May 9. 1892. VIII
have 20 register as an allen?
MRS. }. p. II.
That would make you an alien
20. II you never have been
repatriated In a naturalization
court hearing. you will have to
register. II you'd waited until
Sept. 20 that year, you'd have
kept your citizenship.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tell me how a bashful girl could
10 about getting acquainted
with a boy she likes very much.
1 don't see him very often but
when I do. l can't get up enough
nerve 10 talk 20 him. And also
could you tell me n Il Is right
for a girl TO talk 10 hoy first
In case like mine? You see,
he's sort of bashful, too.
II he appears interested, why
not just smile and say hello"
next time you pass him in your
goings and comings. II he Is
interested. he'll manage to be
going in the same direction
some time. II you have to stand
on your head. turn handspring
or drop a handkerchief to at
tract his attention, he isn't
worth the trouble.
But why not ask Cynthia
Grey, who should be a better
authority on attracting males
than Mr.. Fixit? We're taking
the liberty of giving your letter
TO her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-26
You Don't Throw Away Emeralds

we don't Know who he
But we hope that somehow he will read this.
lie was jerking soda for us in strange town. He
wasn't talking to US at ALL but to friend beside US at
He said Jaw! amt going to vote at all. I
don't care"
We're little slow to talk to strangers, so we said
notnng But We hope he reads what wanted to say:
Won't you think that over a little mister?
That ballot that you don't about = you've got
something there That freedom that you aren't going
use-there millions who would give great deal to
have it. We don't want to sound sentimental, but that
vote is precious thing mister You wouldn't throw away
a gttering diamond a glowing emerald But many
people have found that their freedom is precious than
diamonds GENERALIZATION they lost It,
What's that got to do with voting? It's got lot to
do with it. To be free you have to deserve to be
a free man.
You like to do as you please that's plain Well to run
country in which people can do more or less they
please 1t takes effort by everybody You can't
pect to live IN that kind Of country and never give it
thought You may be called of these days to
into the and learn to be soldier to protect that
country But that's not all the country requires of
II needs your thought, your attention your vote.
1t is important. The choice of president at time
like this may deeply affect the of your life You
have opinion, preference one candidate
the other. You that to yoursef-you it to all
the rest of us.
You're only one of the 100000 eligible to vote? Your
vote won't count for anything? Oh yes, it Wilt will
count for much j. P Morgans, Albert Einstens
The ballot box is one place where we're still equal
equal say free man with every other free man in
the country
Think about it a little You're not jelyfish You
have opinions. Step up Nov and express them!
or course, we hope you vote the way we see it. But
we'd rather have you vote the other way than not at all
Every vote in 1910 is more than vote for Candidate A.
Candidate B. 1t is vote for free government
avowal of faith in the ability of ordinary menlike
yourself and myself-to have opinions and to have
country in which the majority of those opinions run the
show
You don't throw away emeralds. Don't throw away
your right to 1t precious right Unused it dies
Think it over, mister!
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London has assured Washing
ton that II will hold out against
bombings even against at
tempted invasion - until April.
But by that time 1t will need
more aid short OF war" II II IL
to continue the resistance. or TO
carry the war TO Hitler, as the
prime minister has promised. IL
will want at least two-thirds of
the planes then manufactured
here. and the figure for export
has been fixed at 1000 a month.
1t will require loans and
credits. active naval aid In the
Far East, the Mediterranean and
around the British Isles. To
smash Germany once and for all
to reduce the Reich to ashes"
1T will have to call for Ameri-
can troops.
There will be official denials
that such program is contem-
plated. for the administrations
edging into war has become the
dominant issue of the political
campaign. 1t is freely predicted,
however. that national defense
preparations and CONSUMPTION OF
additional men will be stepped
up in order to execute our part
OF the bargain" II is believed
that future crises will so affect
public sentiment that congress
will be high-pressured into ap-
proving this program.
II Is the prospect of Ameri-
can entry sooner than later
which has blocked persistent eff
forts for a negotiated peace be-
tween Germany and England.
according to confidential infor-
nation among diplomats here.
Powerful interests in London,
Berlin and Rome-religious. eco
nomic. political - have never
abandoned behind I h : scenes
moves to terminate the conflict
which may plunge Europe-and
the world-into a hundred years
OF darkness.
The pope is understood to
have labored quietly and dis
cretely for an end to the war
which distresses him and handi-
caps the church, and he has ire
mendous influence with two Hit
Ter aides-Mussolini and Franco.
There Is a peace party in both
Germany and England. consist
ing of men who fear universal
catastrophe unless mass distruc-
ton Of lives and properties is
stopped. Under informal terms
proposed, Germany would be
recognized as the dominant con-
tinental power. Britain would
retain her colonial empire. The
United States. Russia and Japan
would also sit at the table when
world spoils are divided.
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill are holding
out against such a solution.
T cir bases-destroyer deal
with Churchills promise never
70 scrap or surrender the Brit
ish fleet-was timed to head off
any progress in these peace
talks. The prime ministers re-
cent address to the French peo-
ple-F. D. RS reelection-an-
other sensational American gez-
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In the Midst of Death

While Europe franticaly punges onward to newer and
better means of killing people, American science has
ceeded cutting materially the death rate from pneu
nonia most fatal of all germ diseases.
Thus in the midst of death there is life and the same
human mind which has proved clever at killing has
proved that it has not forgotten also how to Sui
fanilimide and its close chemical relatives have made
great inroads in the pneumonia death rate. This has
been reported the Interstate POSTGRADUATE Medical
Association of North America Some place the cut IN the
pneumonia death-rate high two-thirds.
Is it useless to save young mans life from pneu-
inonia and then bomb him in his bed? Perhaps in so
simple an example yes But must have faith that the
knowledge of how to fight disease will still be serving
man long after he has learned to get along without
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ture on behalf OF Britain-aFe
expected to suppress new over
lures and negotiations. Ameri-
can participation in the war
openly instead of secretely-will
probably kill all chances OF any
negotiated peace.
Russia = naturally enough
regularly tossed monkey
wrench into any termination of
the war short OF a collapse Of
the capitalistic system and ma
tons. The proposed peace would
o obviously wreck Stains
schemes under which the soviet
will emerge as the only winner
of the war.
Diplomats do not expect Mos
COW to become a belligerent on
either side. Neither do they be-
lieve that Stain viii fall for
belated Anglo-American at
tempts to win him away from
Hitler. They look for Moscow
to remain on friendly terms
with Der Fuehrer while making
all the trouble she can for the
warning powers to east and
west. She will supply China with
weapons but not become in
volved with Tokyo. She will egg
on the Turks to resist Mani
penetration of the Balkans and
Asia Minor. but the soviet
schemers will not tangle with
Germany in that area. In recent
days Stains newspaper has
given encouragement to the
British by praising the bravery
and skill Of the r. A. F.
Unlike political leaders of the
western nations. Stain is not
swayed by his prejudices or
emotions in his management Of
soviet diplomacy, He thinks
only Of the gains he can make
for Russia and for communism.
Although he once abandoned
Lenin's vision of a world revo-
luton, the spectacle of a world
at war-especially involving the
United Stetes-has reawakened
his hope Of the doom of capital
ism. Then he win pick up the
pieces.
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HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER as

Sal thDAls o1hObEsf y"
Adverse planetary aspects
dominate until late today. II
is a time to avoid all risks,
political, and social. The eve
ming is promising for meetings
at which public questions are
discussed.
Heart and Home: Women are
subject to depressing planetary
influences today. They should
put aside apprehension regard
ing the future by assuming
courageous ceptance OF
changes that affect American
life. Men. young and old, will
be required for service in de-
Tense Of the nation for more
than temporary enlistments. The
stars presage necessarily pro-
longed wearing of uniforms Of
the army, navy and aviation. II
is imperative to put demoeracys
stamp upon widespread regi-
mentation.
Business Affairs: Temptation
TO speculate should be ignored,
for there will be many stock
fluctuations and rapid-fire In
dustries that promise quick for
tunes. In the pursuit OF the
usual branches of business and
industry there should be fair
profits. for government spend
ing will reach new volume and
support prosperity.
National Issues: Candidates
for congress are to leap many
hurdles in the race for WASH
ington. Disappointments for
longtime office-holders are prog
nostieated. Records Of states
men win be liabilities rather
than assets in many cases.
Those who have retarded de-
Tense preparations are under
sinister portents. In the radio
war Of words those who speak
oftenest may lose most votes.
International Affairs: Anxiety
in the Philippines win be in
creased as Japan continues
aggressive policies. Activity OF
United states warships will be
extensive in the Orient where
island possessions win attract
attention Greed for great re-
sources win spur ambitions to
deprive Great Britain OF many
colonies A deliberate act. pro-
vocative of resentment IN WASH
ington. is prognosticated within
a short time.
Persons whose birthdate IL is
will have q year Of successful
work that promotes ambitious
plans. Women viii enjoy many
pleasant surprises.
Children born on this day
probably win be keen in mind
and possessed OF varied talents.
They may cause opposition be-
cause Of their determined or
stubborn pursuit OF their am
bitions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-26
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions ; Turn TO the
woman's page for the answers.
l. Name the city in Canada
largest in population.
?. Will salt water freeze
). Who wrote the novel so
Big,
4. In which colony Of French
West Africa is the city Of
Dakar2
5. Where did Gen. Robert f.
Lee surrender 10 Gen. U. S.
Grant7
8. Dorothy Thompson is the
wife OF ...-?
7. What relation is King
Mihsi Of Rumania 10 the late
King Constantine Of Greece
S. How many children has
Wendell Willkie
Q. What near-eastern peoples
engaged N the African slave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-26

trade for more than a thousand
years
10. Name the French explor-
er who discovered the Miss
tssiPpi river.
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Stories in
Stamps
Netherlands Indies
Bolster Defenses

TokIo'S entrance into the
Rome-Berlin axis increases
threat of japanese conquest
military or economical the
Netherlands East Indies. Japs-
nese ambitions in the Great East
Asiatic space" are well known.
Although the majority of the
Indies $1,000. 900 natives are more
concerned with rice cultivation,
pictured on the stamp above. than
with war, Japan win not find the
Indies undefended.
Military airports dot the islands,
each protected by heavy guns
The naval base in Java is well
fortihed, forms the base for the
Netherlands feet Of cruisers, subs
ana destrorers, patrolling the
area. Military preparedness and
industrial mobilization are well
underway.
And soc, 900 Europeans living IN
The Indies are determined not 20
snare the fate Of the mother coun-.
Try. Japan may covet the Indies
OF, tin. rubber and quinine, but
Nippon won't get It without q
6ghl
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PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
STUART CHASE
AND THE BUDGET

EDITOR, Inc Times. stuart
Chase is not only a c. p. A,
noted liberal. author of innu-
merable articles, pamphlets, etc,
lecturer, one OF the worlds
foremost genuine accountants,
but probably the worlds highest
authority on municipal account
ing and budget making. No man
has worked at higher assign
ments in this line. He is q credit
to the accounting profession and
man none dsres to contradict
in his chosen field.
I am quoting from Chase's re-
cent work idle Money Idle
Men"
mo distinction is made in
either the budget or the treasury
bookkeeping between expendi-
lures for running expenses and
expenditures for permanent
structures like dams, postoffices.
hospitals. The government never
follows business procedure in
capitalizing its assets; 1t dumps
them all into the years run
ming expenses A substan-
tial part of the debt is offset
by debts owed to the govern
ment. Thus the treasury bor-
rows money and advances it to
the RFC. The RFc lends 1t to
the Pennsylvania railroad. An
other considerable part is off,
set by permanent plant and
structures, some of 1t self-liqui-
dating. Neither offset appears
in the present budgetary proce-
dure AS an accountant ]
have been skeptical for many
years about the federal budget
and treasury bookkeeping as Of
ficially presented. 1t doesn't
mean anything significant to
me. AS a taxpayer I feel that
/ am entitled to a much clearer
account of what has happened
TO my money. Here, briefly. is
the story of my establishment.
Shortly after I left college,
my father. Harvey S. Chase
Ia noted authority alsol. took
me to Washington TO help him
set up a new federal budget
procedure. President Taft had
appointed him a member of the
commission of economy and ef-
fiency. to DO this. Ny father
said that the old budget made
little sense. II dealt only in cash
receipts and cash disbursements.
It did not allow for capital items.
No business kept its books in
such primitive fashion. Not
even an expert could tell where
Uncle Sam was at.
so. with Republican en-
enlargement. my father tried to
formulate a capital budget.
Presently he hit a stone wall.
in the opposition of a corps OF
treasury officeholders. A budget
that was good enough for Alex
ander Hamilton was good
enough for them. My father
was a tough fighter IN those
days = but they were tougher.
The capital budget. despite
President Taft's interest. was
not introduced then and never
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has been. Sweden has one, but
not the United States.
This was a vivid experience
for a cub accountant. Twenty
eight years ago, by working on
the treasury books, l lost faith
In the federal budget. Ever
since / have regarded 1t with
suspicion. and have looked else
where for more useful informa-
ton about national finances.
The government borrows
money and buys or builds houses,
forest land, postoffices, high
ways, dams, office buildings,
and so forth. There they are.
good solid evidences of commu-
nifty wealth. Their depreciation
or amortization should be
charged to the budget over the
life of the asset. The whole out
lay should not be charged in
the year it is bought or built.
! refuse to be frightened by a
catalogue of debts which seems
to me to reflect not facts but
bad bookkeeping"
To all of which your humble
contributor says Amen. No man
can compete with Stuart Chase
in brilliancy of accounting
achievement. What is good
enough for Chase and others
Of his mental build is very good
for me. Had Chase's advice
been followed. the government
today would not be calling dams.
forests, the navy, postoffices.
highways, its magnificent office
buildings, etc. what do you sup
pose? A deficit And politicians
of Chew and spit in the red hot
stove" variety, this blissful gen.
try, would not have anything to
CAD about the country and poi
son the peoples minds by jam
mering about the many billions
we have wasted. And the people
would not needlessly fear a per-
fectly safe future. Yes, I still
have faith even in a budget re-
form, difficult as 1t win be
She is coming
r. L. KERZIF
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WONDERS AS TO
SILENCE OF AXIS

Editor, The Times: A few
days ago Germany and the
axis generally were making dire
threats in regard to American
procedure. Then. of a sudden.
they have decided what Amer
lea does concerns them not at
all. Consumption is beneath
their notice, much less their
comment.
II is too bad they couldn't
have arrived at this conclusion
a little sooner II would have
saved a lot Of fuss and furry
However, better late than never.
II CONSUMPTION has this effect
on them, it Is well worth all il
Is costing mentally, physically
and financially.
EMMA Z. CATS.
Olalla- Wash.
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TTcuT An Inside Picture of Finon-
Lldn i ciul and Political America
RY RAY TUCKER

Observation-Disclosures American participation in the
European war in the spring if Britain withstands the
Nazis' winter attacks and if President Roosevelt is re-
elected is now foreseen here distinct possibility 1t
is common talk in all military, naval and diplomatic
circles 1t lies behind definite promises by Churchill that
The Is IN the right track"
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IMPERIAL NOsEGAYs
Because Emperor Nicholas Of
Russia had heard that a certain
tribe of the north with huge
noses were good fighters, he
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Fern Hi Teacher Goes
To Muldoon's Picnic
But Thsf's Only Part
OF the Story
Starts With One Room
And Hazel Switch
Sirfisth Anniversary
Marks School Progress
IT'S a long jump from the one
L room frame building OF
1850 to the modern brick strue-
ture in which residents OF fern
Hill meet Saturday to celebrate
90 wears of education in the once
isolated school district q. Inc
land for the first school was do
mated by George w. Byrd, one
Of the altruists Of that perioo
of transition from the primitive
to the modern. Just how primi-
tive were the education facilities
of those days is indicated by re-
ports Of two county superin-
tendents to the state superin-
tendent, the first dated Aug. 70
1851. was made by the then
Pierce county superintendent,
Clara Mccarty, first woman to
graduate from the University OF
Washington:
II have visited nearly all
the schools in the county
and find that the teachers
have very little or no help In
the way Of maps, charts,
etc. The schools, with the
exception Of three. are
mixed schools. There are
not three graded schools in
the county. In a num-
Der of schools one teacher
IL compelled to teach forty
10 fifty pupils with nearly
rs many classes"
Two years later, the county
superintendent made a report
which included the following:
According to the clerks re-
port there are only two die
tionaries in the county. Some
of the schools are graded after
a fashion, but until we have a
course of study authorized by
law and enforced by the proper
authorities, the work accomp-
lished by most schools will not
be satisfactory.
II find the primary teach
ing generally very poorly
done. Among the thirty
five or forty teachers in this
county there are probably
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not five who have had any
special training

not five who have haa any
special training
In another two years. accord
ing h. this paragraph from the
August. 1885. report Of Harvey
R. Cox. the schools OF Pierce
county. including Fern Hin had
made great progress:
There are now thirty-four
districts with as many build
ines. and many of them are
provided with improved desks.
We have, as a class, live
and energetic teachers who take
A great interest in their work,
a fact which is verified by their
attendance at our two weeks
normal institute just closed"
Six years ago there were more
than a hundred districts in the
county. The number has been
reduced to seventy by console
dations.
The first teacher at Fern Hill
school was Mrs. C. ]. Geer. who
became county superintendent.
Equipment included home made
desks and a couple of hazel
switches. About a dozen pupils
were enrolled the first year.
Some of them walked five miles
or more. Sixty years ago people
had the quaint idea that feet
and legs were made for walk
ing. The army Is reviving that
idea but 1t is tough on the re-
cruits.
One of the pupils Of that
first year was George Byrd's
daughter, Mrs. Addie Byrd
Athow. She Is on the recep-
ton committee for the Sat
urday celebration.
Among the early teachers at
Fern Hill was Ruth Bigelow,
sister Of Mrs. w. P. Bonney.
Tacoma then had just opened
the most modern theater in the
Northwest, the Alpha opera
house. The opening attraction
was a rollicking comedy, Null
doon's Picnic" put on by a New
York company. The night of the
show Bonney left his drug store
early and drove out to Fern
Hill to bring Ruth in for the
unusual treat of a theatrical
performance. 1t was a great
event for the Fern Hill teacher.
The school brought new resi-
dents to Fern Hill community
and in 1883 a second room was
added. In 1888 there was a
three-story frame structure
topped by a bell tower. In 1891
a two-room addition was built
and a heating plant installed.
Fern Hill then had a ''modern"
school. This building served for
thirty-seven years.
Intended originally as a grade
school, Fern Hill added a high
school course. Being outside the
city, pupils attending the Taco
ma high school were required to
pay a tuition Of 500 a year.
That was expensive for the aver
age family and an effort was
made to provide the high school
classes.
On top of the tuition was
the Is cents carfare each
way. That was before Rem
Dow, Peder Jensen and 9TH
ers staged the "battie OF
Fern HILL" In which the
street car company was the
loser and the fares reduced.
The first unit of the present
brick building, was provided in
1911. 1t is now fourteen
room building with auditorium,
gymnasium and lunch room.
Many well known Tacomans
received their educational start
at Fern Hill. They remember
the hazel switches with which
discipline was enforced and stu
dious habits instilled.
The original building was
purchased by the late Henry
Berger who moved it to So. esth
and Ea. A SITS. where 1t was
remodeled for a residence and
Is still occupied.