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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
Last Proud Stand

The broad Canadian province of Manitoba may easily
become the last firm stronghold of the horse The horse
has been slipping the North American continent ever
since the automobile took So for gentlemen of the
old school, be comforting to realize that in Manitoba,
50 per cent of the farmers still rely on horses.
The province has $4,000 horses of all varieties, but
they are not of the kind track addets know Theses
farm horses of the working casshe kind that dragged
pioneers westward and then helped them start their
farms very many The farmers of Manitoba
are still faithful the horse and old timers will be glad
But noble sentiments probably have nothing to do with
the situation Canada Farmers there just anxious
to acquire tractors and automobiles farmers anywhere
are The trouble is crops haven't been too good
When they good. prices weren't right Now things
look better for Canadian farmers The fall better
and prices up this keeps up perhaps the Mani
toba farmers will trade in Old Dobbin for tractor.
Washington is welcoming back its congressman, includ-
ing several who not presidential candidates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10

Benefic aspects are active TO-
day. particularly suspicious for
women. 1t is fortunate time
for advancing ambitions and for
social activities of all kinds.
There Is sign warning against
deceit and pretense.
Heart and Home: Peace should
be preached within the family as
explosive forces affecting the
whole world will be reflected in
the domestic circle. The spirit
OF thankfulness should be Guilt
waited as the benefits OF citizen
ship In the United States are
realized.
Business Affairs: While manu-
facurers push work, there may
be grave hazards in the distri-
button Of output. Business will
be active through the month.
Cooperative projects will be
widely discussed and easier
credit for the masses will be
advocated. Methods OF increas-
ing crop production viii interest
the government as chemistry
develops unusual aids to sgri-
culture.
National Issues: AS candidates
for president OF the United States
throw their hats into the ring.
bitter criticisms of the admins
tration will cause reaction. For
eign policies viii arouse oppose
ton.
international Affairs: Acts Of
unspeakable horror such as the
world has not known for CEN
turtles will be revealed as Stain
pursues his ambition TO over
power part OF Europe and domi-
nate Asia. Japan comes under
a sway that seems to presage
an alliance with the Russian die
tator. Treachery will mark mid
winter policies. Great suffering
among soldiers is prognosticated.
Poor food and bad weather viii
contribute to the spread Of dis
ease In massed armies.
Persons whose birthdste II is
have the augury OF n year OF
good fortune. Unexpected wind
falls may tempt many 10 be ex-
travagant. Friends viii prove
helpful.
Children born on this day
probably win be adventurous mad
energetic These subjects OF
Capricorn are industrious and
are usually successful in what
ever they undertake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

Immortal Baby JEAN who has lived only six months Of
her eternal life earth ward of the Royal Fraternity
OF Master Meaphysicians, presented recently with
$4,000 diamond ring by Mrs. Anne Tomlinson, late of
Monte Carlo One think of safer place to deposit
valunbe than in the safekeepng of who is being
srooed to live and and ad infnitum ad
Baby JEAN ypu will recall, adopted by the meta
physicians not very long the object of experiment
She will be brought in the cheerful secluson of the
frateitys Pezce Heaven Long Island) home There will
Be talk Of death sickness human suffering and
result the metaphyscians contend she will live forever
The prospect Of eternal life earth is, at best, little
dreary. The individual badly constituted withstand
the shocks Of earthly civilization for longer than century
1t the very most Imagine how desoate you would feel if
you happened s to be around when scientists dug down
for that capsule thougtfuy by the New York
Worlds Fair people for the progeny of $685. That kind of
eternity win begin to wear on you after while.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers:
I. On which continent are
gorillas nativeT
?. Who commanded the Union
army at the Battle of Gettys-
burg7
5. What Is the average life Of
horses
4. Name the head football
coach at the University Of South
ern California.
s. Who is the commander in
chief OF the Finnish armies.
s. Name the inland republic
OF South America. bounded by
Bolivia. Brazil and Argentina.
Z. What is the correct pro-
nunciation OF the world defls-
CRATE,
s. The British flag is common
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
DIR. TOWNSEND CALLED
MODERN "ALI BABA"

Editor, The Times: open
Sesamew Words used by Ali
Baba to open a door leading into
a cave filled with untold wealth.
For years the government has
been seeking and trying many
words or magic keys to unlock
our national storehouse, since
Roosevelt said, "One-third of our
people were i'll fed, i'll housed
and i'll clad.' and who further
declares. They are lacking in
purchasing power"
Mark Twain wrote. Every
body is talking about the
weather. but no one does any,
thing about it," Our govern
ment has appropriated much
money, such as S1s6 per month
for this state. S126 per month
for every WPA worker, of which
the recipient receives S57, and
5000 per month for each CCC Of
which each boy receives $50.
That is why the wave of pros
perity never starts, for who can
build a house or purchase
clothes or furniture when the
administrators put most Of their
wages back into tax free Securi-
ties7
Even your job at the mill is
insecure, so you cannot build
any house either. Meanwhile
you pay taxes, and who receives
the relief?
A modern magician. DR.. Town
send has appeared with a mod
ern open Sesame" proposing
10 place a per cent transac-
ton tax upon all business and
salaries. including SIS billions of
so-called tax free securities at
present escaping taxation. and
to give the entire amount to our
elderly citizens past 60 years OF
age. Don't you think he de-
serves il after az least 40 years
OF toll. when perhaps his father
and even his grandfather con-
tributed to our national jackpot?
Il won't do IT," you say, but
listen 10 a Sunday school story:
There once lived a very quarrel
some family. when one day the
son dragged the father down.
stairs by his hair: when he
came down the first flight, the
old man cried: Stop. wretch,
This is how far I dragged MY
father"
Don't you feel that IL you re-
fuse TO vote for this Townsend
plan. that some future day your
acquaintance viii be Just as SCI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19


The prospect that the Gannett
boom may split the New York
delegation is not nearly so trou-
blesome to the district attorney
as Is the Wadsworth backing.
The representative served many
years in the senate. where he
became chairman Of the military
affairs committee; has a wide
circle of influential friends. is
highly respected by GoP-ers
throughout the nation. Many
believe that he himself is the
best qualified man for the nomi-
nation. His turning thumbs
down on Dewey will cause a lift
ing OF republican eyebrows
throughout the country. The
leaders know Jim and they don't
know Dewey.
On the other hand, the Dewey
people may be able to capitalize
the Wadsworth opposition If it
grows yirulent. Though extreme
ly able, the congressman has
been an avowed Tory ever since
he bucked Teddy Roosevelt and
Charles Evans Hughes back in
Albany days. At Washington he
headed the few Republicans who
dared to battle the New Deal in
the years when it was most
popular. So his attitude gives
open confirmation to the suspi-
cion that the old-time politicos
and the so-called interests" will
side-track the youthful New
Yorker if they can. He is no
more popular with them than
Franklin d. Roosevelt is--or was.
The Dies committees most
striking achievement-though it
is not spread on the record-has
been to dry up many sources Of
funds for the Communist party
in the United States. The reds
can barely raise a red cent since
his revelations and Attorney
General Murphy's prosecutorial
followup.
Former contributors to their
various front" organizations,
now that these have been dis
closed as reddish, have folded
their wallets. Others have quit
giving out of disgust over the
pact with Hitler and the Finnish
invasion, which were approved
by the American annex of Mos
COW. Hard pressed for money
and unable to obtain American
dollars due to the European wars,
the home office at Moscow can
no longer advance the 1000, 900
year it once contributed to the
comrades over here.
The Commies' organization
its newspapers. magazines, "edu-
cational" agencies and paid
workers-has already begun to
feel the pinch. There has been a
sharp slump in their noisy out
put of vocal and written propa-
ganda.
Frank McHale, 800 pound
manager for Paul V. McNutt,
processes no concern over the
federal income takers curiosity
about his financial affairs. In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

fish towards you, when you cry
out for an adequate pension?
When that old fellow puts up
a house on that vacant lot next
to your house, yours will be in
creased in value. And all those
new clothes and that new furni-
ture will take care of the I'M
employed, besides, your wages
will rise, because of the ready
sale of your products. At the
same time your taxes will de-
crease as the new wealth will
be taxed instead of your house.
The least you can do is to
come out to a Townsend club
and hear the speakers.
CHAS. KASTLE,
oil Fawcett ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
Your HEALTH
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

The scientific name for the
navel is the umbilicus. Since
this is the point at which the
body of the child is attached to
that of the mother before birth,
it has constantly had a great
interest for numbers of people.
After a child is born and the
cord which connects it with the
mother is cut, there is a gradual
shrinkage of the excess tissue,
leaving the umbilicus. From
that time on the umbilicus needs
little attention, unless it becomes
involved in an infection.
Because the navel contains
creases and folds, it is difficult
to keep clean and is likely to be
affected by infection anywhere
in the vicinity. Some surgeons
have attempted to remove the
umbilicus every time they per-
form an operation, but some
people object because of the no.
ton that the umbilicus is in
volved in beauty.
When there is an ucler in the
umbilicus. it demands the same
attention that would be given to
ulcers anywhere else, except that
the condition is difficult to treat
because OF the nature of the It's
sues involved. Occasionally there
are ruptures which occur in the
umbilicus because this is a weak
spot in the abdominal wall.
When there is bulging in the
neighborhood of the navel,
surgical operation may be re-
quired.
The tissues OF the navel are
OF the same type as those Of the
skin. For that reason, they may
become subject to any disease
that will affect the skin, includ-
ing a cancer. However, cancer
Of the navel is extremely rare.
Not long ago a distinguished
American physician discovered
that serious hemorrhages in the
abdomen were occasionally asso-
ciated with the appearance of a
blush discoloration of the skin
around the umbilicus. Apparent
ly this blush discoloration was
due to the fact that the blood
which flowed when there was a
rupture Of one Of the Fallopian
tubes in women or hemorrhage
from any other cause. would in
filtrate itself through the tissues,
finding he area around the UNI
bilious the point easiest for in
filtration toward the surface.
This is unlikely, however. when
there has been complete healing
of the umbilieus and abdominal
wall after birth.
Care of the navel in the new
born child is an important mat
ter. II is necessary TO prevent
hemorThsge and secondary infec-
ton. The person who assists in
childbirth must tie off the cord
satisfactorily ar a sufficient dis
lance from the skin. Then il is
Necessary 10 apply sterile dress
ings and 10 keep the umhilicus
covered until il is healed.
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fact, ne appears 10 aPfiVNiaeN
their attention and bears them
no malice. He denies that It has
any connection with his assoeia-
ton with Paul's presidential
campaign.
McHale admits that his IN
come tax returns are under scru-
tiny. but he does not regard the
treasury's interest as unusual
political or pathological. His
reports. he says, have been IN
vestigated for several years past,
and IL his business keeps up
which he hopes it will-he ex-
poets that they will continue to
be subject to official examina-
ton. 1t is simply a matter OF
routine checkup, he maintains,
with his tax expert pitted against
the treasury's representatives.
Moreover, the McNutt man.
ager also predicts that the fed
eral agents now invading Indiana
will affect the politicos there no
more seriously than they would
in any other state of the union.
So far as he is concerned, the
only folks worrying about his
plight, and the possible conse-
quences on his hero's political
fortunes, are the latter's enemies
at Washington and elsewhere.
Frank Murphy may leave
politically distressing legacy to
Bob jackson at the department
of justice. Unless the outward
bound attorney general acts
quickly on several patronage
problems. he may do serious
damage to his successors presi-
Dental boomlet.
There are two federal bench
vacancies in the Second New
York; and the Third (Philadel-
phia) districts, with many cla-
morous candidates. In both dis
tricts the contest involves two
types of men-the political and
'ivy leaguers." The dilemma is
particularly acute in the Third
district. The New Dealers back
Dean Herbert Goodrich of the
Pennsylvania University Law
School, a Roosevelt Earle Demo-
crat. Joe Guffey supports one
of his boys - Common Pleas
Judge John Mccain of Cambria
county. J. Warren Madden has
also been advanced by those who
want to remove him from the
N.I.R.B. In Connecticut the line
up is similar. The candidates
include Max Spelke, Cummings
man; Reps. Smith and Stanley,
William Fitzgerald, son Of Ma
tional Committeeman Davey
Fitzgerald, and a Yale law pro-
fessor.
Bob's great problem-if Mr..
Murphy does not act-will be
whether to favor the politicos
or the profs. Will he play with
the universities or with the dis
trict' clubhouse-with the Far
leys, Guffeys and Cummingses
or with the academicians? For
a man with political ants in his
pants, it's a tough seat. The
smart stunt is for Mr.. Murphy,
who is forswearing politics, to
do the job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
WAITING
MOTLEY

The motliest collection of
walters in Manhattan is the staff
at Reuben's. the all-night super
beanery. The headwaiter is
former English chef. another is a
Syrian Turk raised in French
monastery. A bus boy is an ex-
Heidelberg student. who studied
medicine for three years; one OF
the walters is an ex-dealer in
butter and eggs in Switzerland.
and another was a British insur-
ance broker.
According TO Reuben. Euro
peans regard the role Of waiter
as one approaching art In Eu-
rope, walters cannot take their
stations in the dining room until
they have served a three-year
apprenticeship with out pay.
They are rigidly schooled. first
in kitchen duty. then in the wine
cellar and finally in the pantry.
Then they are eligible as bus
boys. After two years at this
mental occupation. the best are
selected TO serve the clientele.
Reuben ought to tell that TO
some hash-house proprietors in
this country,
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MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thing.

To receive attention IN this COLI
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. ONLY Initials
viii be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixif: VIII you please tell
me how long II takes To obtain
. divorce In the state Of Idaho
and how long must one be n resi-
dent of that state. v. &.
Idaho has a e0-day residence
law. After person has fulfilled
that requirement, he Is free to
file legal actions. If he chooses.
Time TO get divorce after liv-
ing 20 days in the state would
depend upon how long IL took
To get the case filed and the
hearing before Judge arranged.
Mr.. FixIt: Il there q city or
town by the name Of derry in
the state of Washington
READER.
There is a Jericho In Grant
county but no Jerry.
Mr.. Fixit: would like TO
know II IL would be possible for
me 10 get plans or data on the
submarine Ssh or any other sub
marine. II possible. could you
tell me where: The S-5l was hit
by the City of Rome and sunk
In 1928. CLAIR G.
Obviously the navy department
isn't giving out plans for its
submarines. but you can look In
the files OF scientific magazines
in the Tacoma public library and
find sketches of submarine plans
which should be good enough IL
you don't plan to build one.
Mr.. Fixit: In military par
lance, what Is a pill box.
1t Is a small concrete cast
ing. usually round, with a small
opening on the side facing the
enemy through which a machine
gunner can fire. Like the cover
Of a druggists pill box. from
which the name was adopted,
the inverted concrete cup COW
ers the gunner. protecting him
from rifle fire. grenades and to
a certain extent from air attack.
Mr.. Fixit: A says the Golden
Gate International exposition In
San Francisco IL not n worlds
fair. say IL Ii and am quite sure
Of my answer but he can't be con-
WINGED. Who Is right? r. G.
The San Franciscans called II
a worlds fair in their literature
on II and that's about all that is
necessary to make 1t one. There
is no international authority to
confer that title. Since a num-
Der Of foreign countries other
than those OF the Pacific rim set
up buildings or bought inside
space at the San Francisco fair,
you can feel justified in calling
II a worlds fair.
Mr.. Fixit; I have n silver dol
lar dated 1884. have heard that
that Is n rare piece and that col
lectors value IL. Could you tell
me II that II the right date and
what value has IL, IL so: Or
could you tell me who Is n col
lector Of rare coins and do they
really pay for these rare coins.
A READER. :.
1t isn't on our list as having
any extra value. You might ask
Mr.. Fuller A. Coy. at Garland
3022-R. II he is interested. Col
lectors do buy coins. but only
when they think they can get
something out OF them on resale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

NEW YORK -Alexander
Korda. the British film genius
who is deyoting his energies to
photoplays on embattled Eng
lands behalf, told an eerie tale
before he embarked on the Rex
for his studios. Before he flew
from Hollywood a few weeks
ago. he was compelled to say
only brief farewells to his wife,
the beautious Merle Oberon.
After he boarded the plane. Miss
Oberon retired and had a dream.
She dreamt there were owls
hooting outside her window.
She regarded this as an omin-
Gus sign. So she phoned New
York by long distance and ascer-
tanned that her husband had land
ed safely. Next afternoon, she
had a visitor at her home. He
was Douglas Fairbanks. Fair
banks passed away late that
same night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

RIDE TO FAME ON
30 JOHNNY o"

Orrin Tucker and his band
weren't any place in particular
when they made a recording OF
20 Johnny o" and now they are
major attraction. Something
of the same sort happened to the
Andrews Sisters when they wax
ed Bel Mir Bist Du Schoen"
which rocketed them to the big
money class.
But 20 Johnny o" has quite
story for a song. II was written
20 years ago by Abe Gilman. who
Is now executive of the Robins
Music Co. Jack Robins, who is
Olman's boss, used TO work for
Gilman at that time. And his job
was TO publicize 20 Johnny o."
What chagrins both of them is
that they own no part OF the
song at present and another firm
is reaping a harvest they might
have taken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

~ called the Union Jack, Jolly
Roger or Long Tom7
Q. What compounds have the
property Of neutralizing acids
10 Name the third letter Of
the Greek alphabet
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Reg. U. 3. Pat or.

and can WELD a sledge hammer"
Last April Mrs. LETTER was
sworn in as Ell Monte's first
mayoress when the city's fl
nances were IN a depleted con-
dition. Our finances now are on
the upgrade" she says. within
the year we were able to cut the
tax rate rs cents"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
LAUGHERS
SMITH AND LEHMAN

Al Smith. his brown derby In
evitable with any attire. has
been the seasons loyal playgoer.
A few weeks ago. he was COM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
An Inside Picture of Finan-
eiaI and Political America
L IG II

WASHINGTON-The most serious threat 10 Ihohas II
Dewevs presidential candidacy viii come from upstate
New York Republicans headed by Representative JAMES vs.
Wadsworth and Frank Gannet the Rochester pupsner'
Though nobody comedies him chance for the nonnao,
the latter has entered the campaign with the support Vi VIC
conservative forces the congressman represents
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
, STORIES
IN STAMPS
BroziI Stomp Recalls
Boundary Settlement

IN 1893 Pope Alexander VI
issued decree dividing SPAN
ish and Portuguese possessions in
the New World. The Pope thought
his Zine Of demarcation" would
end all argument, but he started
series of boundary disputes that
lasted more than 400 years.
Brazil, originally a Portuguese
colony. later the seat of the Portu-
guese government, came in for its
share of the qusrrels after the
establishment of the empire in
1871 and again when the republic
was proclaimed in 1889. One ~
these boundary disputes. with
Argentina, was settled by U. s
President Grover Cleveland. IN
1895, VINO supported BraziI's claim
Cleveland's action IS Commence
rated by the Brazil stamp. above
bearing his portrait. one OF
series Of four stamps honorine the
New York Worlds Fair.
Chiles railroad stamp, the high
est value Of the new regular
postage series, will not be release,
until 1910. The design will show
a train. The stamp honors stats
railroads
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
STAR DUST

Minute diamonds have fire.
quently been found in meteorites,
as in that found in Canon Diablo,
Ariz. A piece of this meteorite
was dissolved with hydrochloric
acid, separating the diamond
dust, and was used for the first
time in history to polish a ter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19
restrial diamond.
MADAME MAYOR

Arriving in FL Monte, Cal, in
1925, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam LETTER
bought out defunct spring and
trailer factory. The factory's
supervision fell TO Mrs. LETTER,
and she says: II can operate
lathe, drill press or wire loom,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

To receive attention IN this COLI
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer. ONLY Initials
will be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

Washington is welcoming back its congressman includ-
ing several who not presidential candidates
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-19

those srho are governed least are governed best"
THOMAS JEFFERSON