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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
The War Of Words

George Bernard Shaw who has for many spoofed
his people outsider has dared to spool hem
has character who temporarily discounted splutters
mo Engishman Is ever fairly beaten!"
So it to be with the of propaganda which to
date has been perhaps important in Europe than the
the western front The English have been beaten
but fairly beaten And this time there does some
thing unfair about the contest.
Radio nterchanges between England and Germany have
been constant each country trying to beat down the morale
Of soldier and civilian behind the others lines London
pers have orthrshy admitted that thus far the battle
field of propaganda Britain has been decisvey BEATEN
and that Goebbels has had a walkaway.
But the odds really are unfair In Germany every effort
Il made keep the people from listening to the French
British broadcass The secret listener caught in the helm
crime of listening to the broadcast of his choice may
have his head shorn off by that German revival OF Dr.
Guilotines ingenious invention.
The British can't do that In a in which they have
announced that freedom Is of their chief detectives 1t
would be most embarrassing to begin the fight by sacrificing
the objective So the only defense is to laugh off the Ger
radio barrage that daily blankets the British isles
That has not always been successful The British pa
pers themselves the extent to which the Ger
broadcsts have appealed to the poorer and less or
nate of the British people, saying Look being used
sacrifices to situation in which miser
able and have stake To the extent that the listener is
miserable and has stake this has been effective It is
reflected in growing movement for peace compromise,
settlement and It is disturbing to British authority.
The Germans have bated their broadcasts with personal
messages from British prisoners who put the air to
British relatives that they all right What
Birth family knowing that in this way they may get first
word of loved ones safety will fail to listen in on the Ger
stations?
It hard and there is no place to put faith in such
confct but in the old certainty that truth will eventually
prevail and that sensible people, though misled perhaps for
. time viii eventually cleave to truth.
don't think you should adopt resolutions anything
you don't believe. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt addressing
American Youth Congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

The senatorial sponsors deny
that their proposals amount to
an unwarranted invasion of the
executives power to manage
foreign affairs. They also insist
that 1t is not inspired by idle
curiosity or resentment at the
secrecy surrounding the meth
DDS short of war" by which the
administration Ii aiding the
allies-war plane sales. our UNI
complaining acceptance of allied
scrapping of the reciprocal trade
and gold sterilization agree
ments.
In their opinion. the data which
Welles gathered may prove help
full in influencing the handling
Of future legislation bearing on
our war role. 1t may, for
instance, suggest the need OF
changes in the neutrality act.
Some anu-war senators adj
vance an even more pertinent
reason for the inquiry. II Welles
gained the impression that the
allies face defeat, or may be
forced into a disadvantageous
peace through formation of a
German-Italian, Russian-Japan-
csc alliance, they want to know
cit. In that case they would de-
mand that the administration
adopt a more aloof attitude to-
ward the Anglo-French fortunes
lest 1t antagonize the other four
powers.
r. D. RS selection Of Harold
L. Ickes as party peacemaker
in California may damage New
Deal prospects there in the
forthcoming primary and cleo
ton. The president could not
have chosen more unhappy
person as envoy to a common
wealth whose politics become
more muddled every year.
At one time or another the
secretary Of the interior has
squabbled with almost every
politico In California Mayor
Rossi of San Francisco over
Hetch-Hetchy, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Patterson over the Central
Valley project, Senator Downey
over the federal governments
claim to tidal oil lands. But the
most dangerous Ickes foeman
in the State happens to be his
old pal Of Bull Moose days and
the man who landed him in the
Cabinet-Senator Hiram john
son.
The two quarreled over per-
sonal matters several years ago.
and exchanged sharp words. The
Senator felt that he was being
snubbed by his protege. Now he
believes that in trying to COM
pose difficulties among Califor-
mia Democrats, the Secretary
was helping to strengthen the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things


To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give nams and
address Of writer. Only initials
VIII be nubfished when REQUESTED
Mr.. Fixit; Would you please
tell me on what date Easter
Sunday fell In 1918.
MRS. G. r. 8.
Easter was on March 20 that
year.
Mr.. Flxlt: Tacoma appears 10
be growing but public school at
tendance was down 300 at the
start Of the year. How come
II. II.
School authorities here and In
other cities are waiting for the
1910 census to help answer that
one. Attendance dropped a
couple of thousand in Seattle,
too. There may be many causes.
Effect of the smaller families Of
depression years. and moving of
many families TO suburban
homes are among them.
Mr.. Fixit: How many square
miles does Fort Lewis include?
And r. Tacoma short ON rainfall
for the season? MRS. Q.
Fort Lewis includes about
10000 acres. which Is little less
than 1914 square miles.
Tacoma Is short about Sc of
an inch of rainfall since the first
of the year. Added TO that is the
shortage of e.13 inches last year.
Mr.. Fixit: What must o per-
son take In high school In order
10 attend Pacific Lutheran coll
lege: What courses do they
have besides liberal arts and Of
what do they consist? About
what IL the cost for the first
year: I mean books and school
expenses. l. N.
Any college entrance course in
an accredited high school will
qualify q student to enter p. L.
c. There are many courses
principal one is the normal
course, for teachers-but you
can learn much more about them
than we can tell you here by
calling or writing the school for
a catalog. It also will tell you
about tuition. Books generally
cost around s12 to SIS a year.
Mr.. FixIta: win you please let
ms know II any special value IL
attached to . very large U. 8.
one cent piece dated 1891 and
silver half dime dated 1853?
Where should l write 10 find
values Of old Canadian coins?
A SUBSCRIBER.
An 1881 penny is not listed as
a premium coin. An 1853 half
dime Of particular Typo
mint and with no arrows at the
date-is listed at 81 to So. You
might get some information
from Fred w. Urch. president of
the Tacoma Coin club. at Broad
way 260s. who also could tell
you something about Canadian
coins.
Mr.. Ffxit: Could you please
tell me II there In harmonica
band In Tacoma and where
should ! write 10 get informa-
ton on It? BUDDIE WRYE
II there is one, 1t is so modest
that the radio stations and
other organizations which might
have met 1t do not know of one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
ELECTION ALTERNATE

Editor The Times: / am a
laboring man though not a men,
Der of any union. but have al
ways believed that organized
labor had a place in modern so
ciety. When Initiative 100 was
before us for vote. I voted
against II; not alone on account
Of labor. but / felt such q drastic
procedure was dangerous 10 all
organizations.
What puzzles me is how our
newly elected mayor says he will
be so fair with labor that it
will all like him. He worked for
passage of $50 and only a short
time ago made the statement he
still believes in 1t. How could
the supporters Of Kerstetter who
claimed TO be so progressive,
have the audacity to tell the
people they were carrying out
Kerstetter's wishes. He was
never for No. $50. Let those who
take credit for Gains election,
the Barney Jacksons and Rex
Roudebushes and others. answer.
A. NJ. THORNTURN
Midland. Wash
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opposition TO his own reelection
next year. To johnson, whose
capacity for violent hstreds il
great as Icke's. this act appears
to be an unfriendly move, and
he resents il. He Is even think
ing of expressing his thoughts
in a Senate speech.
On the advice of the pres-
dent, Ickes pursued a more eau
tious course when he invaded
the state Of Vice President
Garner after the California
fiasco. He refrained from any
word or action that might Gre
ate the impression he was try
ing to proselyte Garner dele
gates.
Mindful Of the i'll effects Of
the 1898 purge-which Garner
and Farley discountenanced-the
New Dealers did not want to
put themselves In the position of
using the same tactics against
Cactus Jack" They were
afraid of an adverse reaction in
other States as well as in Texas.
Mr.. Ickes even refused to meet
Ed Clarke, who was Secretary
of State under Governor Allard.
and yearns to head up the third
term movement. Mr.. Clarke was
informed that a conference Of
the sort he requested would be
indiscrete.
The difference between Tex
ans treatment OF the secretary
Of the interior and James A.
Farley Is Illuminating, POLITICAL
ly. Whereas the presidential
emissary was neglected, bang
up breakfast will be given to
the national chairman by e. B.
Germany, who happens to be Mr..
Gamers campaign manager. It
will be a sharp warning to the
third-termers that the No. 2
and No. 3 men in the party think
alike on the subject of four
more years for Roosevelt. And
it will widen the breach now
existing in these high Demo-
cratic circles.
The first survey of the eco
nomic effects of the wage-hour
Law indicates that its benefits
have been tremendously over
rated. Although made by pri-
vate industrial interests, and
only preliminary as yet, the
canvass was conducted conscien-
tiously and comprehensively.
More than 5000 corporations
employing $4,000 people re-
ported, and tabulations have
been completed with respect to
$500 companies. These reveal
that 262 corporations had to
raise wages when the 25-cent-
an-hour minimum went into eff
feet. Only s,755 employees, or
II per cent. were affected by
the increases. The 30-cent mini
mum forced raises in $50 plants,
with 1S,320-or 3.5 per cent
benefiting. On the other hand,
2,023 workers lost their jobs
because Of inability to earn the
minimum. About 5000 additio-
nal people were employed be-
cause firms found 1t cheaper to
pay them the regular rate than
to hand out overtime. That ap-
pears to be general tendency.
The wage-increase benefits
have been geographically spotty.
The largest percentages of rails
es took place in the South At
lantic, East South Central and
West South Central States,
where pay was VIGOROUSLY low.
On the Pacific Coast only 0.3
per cent had to be given fatter
envelopes, and the next lowest
figure was in New England ter
ritory-0.s per cent. For the
nation the average of those en-
joying an improved status was
3.5 per cent,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
WE HAVE DUST BOWL"
OF OUR OWN HERE

Editor The Times: The NOV
ing picture Of the Dust Bowl,
Grapes of Wrath" shown at
local theater recently is provo
cative of deep thought. Is it
merely propaganda in behalf of
the contemplated agricultural
workers camps? What is the
real motive back of the Dust
Bowl evacuation? When the
land is rebuilt will families live
there? II so, in what capacity?
As serfs for big caterpillar trac-
tor barons? Do we not see the
same trend toward big unit con-
troll in agriculture and industry
elsewhere Can such a system
be made to fit the needs of all
humanity? After all what is
the difference in the soul quail
fications of a Dust Bowl grand
mother who smokes a corncob
pipe and chews tobacco and a
city bred granddaughter who
smokes cigarettes and chews
gum?
A nation that survives must
be something Of a unity. Its
government. its agriculture, its
industry. its religion. sciences
and art are all phases Of its
body as whole. Each are
equally important. People who
have additionally fitted them
selves into one or another de-
psrtment of national life are
perhaps in their rightful place.
And back Of all this orderly ar
rsngement is family life. While
there may have been shortcom-
ings in family life in the earlier
history Of America, at least 1t
was founded upon stable Sc
renity and security. Almost
every family whether In agri-
culture or the arts, owned and
lived In a home. Today people
without any very great family
ties live in apartments. workers
camps and auto trsilers where
the ideal is two chickens In
every pot and where the birth
controllers are ever at your
service TO give you the latest
scientific information as to how
you may enjoy yourself and at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

the same time not burden Uncle
Sam with any more nephews and
nieces than Is economically
profitable.
One does not need to 60 to
the Dust Bowl to see peoples
homes plowed under, the fami-
lies set out in the road and told
to keep moving. You can find
that right here in Tacoma. Get
copies of the Tacoma Index for
the past fifteen years and look
up the fortunes of the people
whose homes have been sold at
the east entrance Of the county
court house. I know a party
whose home was sold there at
ten o'clock one morning few
years ago. I was the only oral
bidder present when that home
on which the owner had spent
$4,000 and which was valued
BY the insurance company at
$1,000 was sold for a mortgage
of $500 plus taxes and interest
and city public utilities lien
making a total of a little over
$3,400 or less than half the In
surance company's valuation.
And the whole thing was in
keeping with our state laws. No
doubt but what the east en-
trance Of the court house could
give up tales that would beat
the Dust Bowl story all hollow.
MANN TILLY
III East goth,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
Circuit Rider Had
Nothing on DR.. Harold
Former Epworth Pastor
Finds Some Tough Spots
AdeIphians Now in the
Mefhow Country

AoeIPhidnS wow VT me
Meihow Country
COMPARED to the old circuit
~ riders who travelled from
parish to parish on horeback,
carrying their worldly posses
sions in a pair of saddlebags.
travelling preachers of today are
supposed to have an easy time.
The automobile has replaced the
saddle horse; sitting on a well
upholstered seat, shielded from
the elements and doing more
miles In an hour than the cir
cult rider covered in a day,
sound pretty soft, but the Job
still has its drawbacks. For in
stance, take the Rev. Ernest
Harold, former pastor of Ep-
worth Methodist church in Ia
coma, now superintendent of
Spokane district, whom we met
in Wenatchee just as we were
about to start for the Methow
country.
DR.. Harold dropped into Wen
atchee unexpectedly just before
the Adelphians were about to
start north for their first venture
into the Methow country. We
had a chance to visit a few min
utes at breakfast, and among
other things DR.. Harold men,
toned some Of the tribulations of
the district superintendent who
undertakes to visit the out-of-
the-way places scattered over
the northeast corner of Wash
ington.
One experience in the Mes
pelem country a while ago he
won't forget for some time.
On the way to Nespelem about
midnight he came TO a spot
where fill had just been made
TO repair a portion of road DAM
aged by recent heavy rains.
There were no signs to tell him
that the center of the road was
as soft as the shoulders and all
al once the car begged down 10
the hubs.
He got out. and the minute
he stepped from the running
board he went in the mud over
his shoe tops. To move the car
without help was impossible and
he started TO walk in the direc-
ton Of Nespelem. hoping TO CONS
to a farm with q telephone.
Several miles down the road
he came to an Indian farm
house. Nobody was home but the
squsw and she couldn't under
stand English, After trying sew
eral times 10 make her under
stand that he wanted to find
telephone he said automobile"
several times.
Then. grinning at him she said
stuck. huh ?" and pointed down
the road.
DR.. Harold took the cue. and
after walking several miles more
he was picked up by couple Of
Indians end taken into Mes
pelem. The Methodist preacher
there had a good car and he
came out and towed his super
intendent's car out Of the mud.
That's Just one OF the things
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

canic wells in the Valley of He'll
produce power for cities hundreds
of miles distant.
Giant condensation towers, each
large enough to swallow the Tower
of Pisa, turn natural steam into
water, which is then purified and
converted back into steam from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. Have you got a
knife >" instead say, Have you
a knife :" Get means TO secure,
as. Il can get a knife from my
brother"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
.IC hit
An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America

WASHINGTON Senatorial non1nterventionlsts are
quietly promoting investigation of Sumner Wees fact
finding trip Europe and the information which ne con-
veyed President Roosevelt The understandings COM
mutins among European capitals smacks too much of the
secret consultations which Colonel House once held on be-
half of Woodrow Wilson
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
Three Hurdles TO Recovery

Republican Presidential Candidate Frank E. Gannett,
a recent Los Angeles appearance offered 17pont pro-
gram which he guaranteed would bring recovery within six
months.
There's no doubt that it would-if it could be made to
work out As matter of fact only three of the detectives
need be attained and the rest would follow inevitably
Those three as offered by Mr.. Gannett:
Solve Unemployment and give willing worker job at
fair
3 Restore to normal income
public country will not become involved
b foreign
The man who can reach these goals will himself
permanent place In history. No candidate will survive un-
less he pledges himself to the attainment Of these objec-
tives-and means It
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04
HARNEssING VOLCANOES

Italian engineers recently an
nounced the possibility of harness.
ing volcanic Mt. vesuvius as a
source of power. That's no idle
dream. The proposal was based
upon the success Of Italy's famed
Larderello project, where 2s6 vol
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

States7
10. Where Is the Big Sioux
riveri
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

Whatever else may result from the present war; have
no belief that will again have to meet the forces Of
economic depression of hate and intolerance These forces
are not lessened by Former President Herbert
Hoover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

the heat of the natural steam itself
t220 degrees F.). Besides produc-
ing more than 1,200, 900 kilowatt
hours of electricity daily to run
Italian factories and to light and
heat homes, the project annually
produces more than 5000, 900 tons
of chemicals as by-product.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

don't think you should adopt resolutions anything
you don't believe Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt addressing
American Youth Congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

For whatsoever shall do the win of God, the same is
NY brother and my sister, and my moher-S Mark 1885.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-04

To receive attention IN this coi-
umn letters must give nams and
address Of writer. Only initials
viii be published when REQUESTED
Evening star., 1940-08-13
Alexandra Boy Fights
Rescue Attempt, browns

A 13-year -old boy drowned in
Hunting Creek late yesterday after
struggling, police said, with two
would-be rescuers-one of them his
brother-until they were forced to
release him and swim for their own
lives.
The victim was David Reese, 13, Of
313 South Columbus street, whose
body was removed by the Alexander
Fire Rescue Squad two hours after
the tragedy
David, his brother, Wesley, Is, and
Lawrence Washington, Is, of 40
South. Henry street, Alexandria,
were swimming near the middle of
the creek when David sank.
The older Reese boy and young
Washington quickly located him,
but David clung SO desperately to
the two boys, Fairfax County police
reported. that they were compelled
to release him to save their own
lives.
His body was taken to Wheatley's
funeral home in Alexandria after
members of the rescue squad re-
covered it.
In addition to his brother, the
victim is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Reese.
Evening star., 1940-08-13
| WomonLe
|Of $65, 900, If
| She Doesn't Wed

The late DR.. George Leman Col
lins,. 66, former medical director OF
the United States Public Health
Service. created a S65,000 trust fund
for an Oakland (CalifD woman un-
der terms of his will filed yesterday
but in the event of her marriage
"to any other person than myself,
either prior or subsequent to my
DEATH" the money was to go to
another person.
The will, dated December %,
1887, and filed at District Court
provided that the net profit from
the trust fund shall be paid to Miss
Media King, whose Oakland address
is AIT Oakland avenue, provided
she does not marry another person
The money is to be paid to her semi
annually.
In addition, DR.. Collins, who died
June II, left Miss King S. 900 to be
paid her in lump sum immedi-
ately.
In the event Miss King does
marry, the profit from the trust
fund will go to Mrs. Herman Doug
lass Collins, 1922 Adams street, Bos-
ton. The former physician, among
his bequests, left $1,000 to William
Cook, 1719 Eighteenth street NV.
The estate, totaling more than
$92, 900 in personal property and
nearly 5000 in real estate, will be
administered by the American Sc
curity & Trust Co.
DR.. Collins was retired from the
Health Service In 1888 after 80 years,
Evening star., 1940-08-13
66 Traffic WARNINGS
Are Issued by Police

Diplomatic immunity saved four
members of the diplomatic CORDS
here from paying traffic fines as DO.
lice today announced 66 warnings
and Is cancellations of tickets last
week. Three members of Congress
received warnings for violations.
A request by the State Department
cancelled an overtime parking
ticket for George B. Howard. 1901
Connecticut avenue, attached to the
Polish Embassy.
Other cancellations through Dip
lomatic immunity were Ignatius S.
Ramos of the Mexican Embassy,
parking 4 to pm; Fake wenner-
berg of the Swedish Legation,
parked abreast, and Ionia T. Hem
mingson of the Netherlands Lega-
ton, parked less than 20 feet from
stop sign.
Representative Kefauver, Demo-
crat, of Tennessee received a warn
ing for parking to when police
were told the car was not operated
by the owner. Representative Celler,
Democrat, of New York interceded
for Seymour Gutham, 5000 Thirty
ninth street NV, who was given a
warning for disobeying an official
sign. A car listed to the ONCE of
Representative Anderson, Democrat,
of Missouri had parking ticket also
changed to q warning, according to
police records.