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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

THURSDAY, NOV.


After early morning adverse
aspects rule today. Under this
configuration the urge toward
effort may be overcome by de-
preston or encouragement.
Bad news will affect initiative.
Heart and Home: Women may
be restless under this sway, but
they should concentrate upon
routine tasks. College girls
should train themselves for prac-
teal work, especially for nurs-
ing or the profession of medi-
cine. Warning has been given
that there will be much illness
toward the end of the winter.
Epidemics, forecast as likely to
reach this country from Europe,
are to be met with scientific
preparation. Women are to mend
the torn fabric of the worlds
life.
Business Affairs: Demand for
trained hands in many trades
will be fortunate for efficient
men and women. Unemploy-
ment will shrink. but the num-
Der OF the unfit will be surpris-
ing. The stars presage amaz-
ing discoveries regarding the ef-
fects of idleness and alcohol.
Trade schools will contribute
much 10 the great army of
American workmen. II seems
safe for merchants to prepare
for lively holiday trade in
which shoppers will require gifts
that are useful.
National Issues: Conservation
OF the nations natural resources
will be OF foremost concern.
Lavish living will be curtailed as
the need OF helping war victims
is impressed upon persons Of
every grade Of prosperity.
Thrift. so long preached by the
seers. now will be taught as
economic conditions in the Unit
ed States reflect world changes.
International Affairs: Span
ish refugees are to come 10 the
western hemisphere In large
numbers. They will be welcomed
by Mexico and will establish
new kinship with Southern Cali
fornia. il is foretold. Immigra-
ton laws In the United States
will be relaxed TO meet & world
condition which presages such a
varied influx OF Europeans as
has never been visioned in the
past. The best blood of many
nations is 10 mingie with that
OF the Americas.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury Of changes and
perplexities which will not inter
fere with good fortune. The
urge to spend money should be
overcome.
Children born on this dsy
probably will be independent and
difficult 10 control. They may
like adventure and may be reck-
less IN their courage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
Contribution TO Democracy

DIR. James p Warbaoe has spent lifetime in fostering
the cooperative movement in the United States His service
extends from day when the tiny movement regarded
less subversive day when it has the benec
ton of both major parties and at its recent silver jubilee
congress gathered 700 representatives of 5000 members
of organizations affiliated with the Cooperative League
Dr. Warbasse told the delegates that the cooperative oil
refinery Phipsburg Kansas is important the
peace of the world than all the marble halls of peace at
Geneva He may be right Certain it is that democracy
the greater stake which and people have in the
economy the greater the stability of both the economy
and the government
Not Of those 900 cooperative members for
get that the first of otaarian take
away from their members and destroy cooperative
ipatons, which exist and thrive only in democratic
climate
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
StOriesin
Stamps
Wilhelmino's Rule Spons
Half Century of Stomos

QUEEN wilhelnins. 6o-year-old
K ruler OF the Netherlands. is an
exile in Britain. Her daughter.
and heir 10 the throne, Princess
Juliana, is in Canada. Germany
rules her homeland, Japan ewes
her East Indies, her West Indies
may come under Pan American
defense Of the hemisphere. But
the queen fights on, rallyins her
people. by radio. TO continue the
battle for freedom.
Wilhelmina. pictured on the
Netherlands East Indies issue
above, is philately's undisputed
queen. For almost half a century
her portrait has appeared on
stamps. She is the only living
ruler TO De pictured on stamps
since before 1900.
Wilhelmina succeeded to the
throne upon the death OF her
father William III in 1890, was
crowned eight years later when
she became is.
In number OF stamp issues. the
queen Of the Netherlands ranks
third. behind Carol OF Rurania.
and Victor Emmanuel III OF italy.
Her portrait has formed the de-
sign for Is stanpA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer only initials
will be published when requested
Mr.. TIxit: Please LED me know
n there Il school Mt or near
Olympia where one can learn
radio work. mean 90 repair
radios. A READER.
We have no information about
q school IN Olympia. but while
there some day you might ask
some OF the radio shop operators
what they can do for you.
Mr.. Fixit: Would you please
tell me where can get a record
Of my birth certificate was
born In California hut do not
remember the county.
MRS. T.. J.
In California write to the State
Registrar OF Vital Statistics,
Sacramento. In any state. re-
gardless OF the county In which
you were born. you can be sure
OF reaching the right place by
writing to the office by that
name at its state capitol.
MIR. Fixit: have friends In
Vancouver, Is. C.. and they can't
cross unless they go through n
lot of red tape with passports
and all. And we have To also.
Would u be possible To go TO the
border and for them Ia come To
their border? Could we visit at
the border without any trouble
Il there n place we could all he
together 10 visit Mt the line?
Or would we still have To he
questioned and 60 through all
the details? MRS. 1. 4.
Such meetings at the border
do take place occasionally. but
the immigration service looks on
them with disfavor and tries TO
discourage them. Naturally they
cause suspicion. There wouldn't
be convenient place TO get to-
gether. but IL you went to the
immigration office when you ar
rived at the line and explained
your purpose. you should be per-
mitted to meet.
II you are an American citizen
by birth or naturalization, and
have proof you'll find no red
tape involved in visiting in Can
ada. II you have trouble prov
ing your citizenship, you might
call at the Tacoma immigration
office, 231 Federal building, for
some help and suggestions.
Mr.. Fixit: l have gladiolus rs
large or a little larger than a
good sized tea cup. VIII they
be any good for next year or
not? The ground they were In
was fortified well with green
rye last fall. r.. W.
They should grow all right in
the same spot next year. You
don't make 1t clear whether the
bulbs have been taken out of the
ground or not. They should be
by this time to save them from
frost and replanted next spring
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
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ed in great stone jars left stand
ing several weeks in the sun.
From Egypt the beer business
spread via Greece. proba bly,. into
Britain and countries to the
north but 1t was not until the
Germans went into the beer
making business that the bev-
erage even Appropriated any
thing TT for human consump-
ton. Gradually il became the
national beverage.
As one writer puts It:
Besides having social impl-
cations. beer has been a cure
for everything. Germans In
doubt about their health went
10 cool, sweet-scented brew
cries to sniff the maltiness In
the air and he cured. II was
beer that oiled the joints and
put an apple-red hue into ro-
tund kermess-like cheeks.
Every stein of II had a mirac-
ulous trick of becoming light
er than the last one. The
third or fourth leaped to the
lips Of its own accord.
But beer that was so much =
part Of the German life is
through Beer drinkers have
been pretty good soldiers. but
the health ministry has learned
that a soldier who doesn't know
beer is the better fighter. The
same goes for workers in the in
dustrial and other fields. So,
even though it is smashing ira
dition Of thousand years. beer
must go.
Here in America we abhor the
Nazi faith and philosophy. but
In this case it can hardly be
called treason TO suggest that
those boys are one up on us
when it comes to dealing with
something that does strange
things to men. Mr.. Hitler may
be all that has been said Of
him, but in this one instance he
is smart. Much smarter than
we who pay a heavy toll to
drunken drivers. and in broken
families. ruined lives and dis
sipated fortunes. And in Ia
coma, specifically, we make il
easy as possible for our defense
army recruits to get beer and
hard liquor and invite them to
participate in activities that do
not make for efficiency or good
living.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
REVERSE LIGHTNING

A freak Of nature brought
death to Roswell Murphy. CCC
man. After striking and split
ting an old apple tree near the
CCC camp. 1t travelled under
ground TO the barracks. came up
through the floor and struck
Roswell II was the first known
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

proof of my statement is not
far to seek.
Fifteen restaurants are too
many for a small city If they
want TO make a living, they
must fling away the COMPETE
zion bug-a-boo and resort to
some scheme of combination,
and woe to one of the restau-
rant-keepers who would break
the agreement.
So, today you pay 40 cents for
your dinner which, 80 years ago
would have cost you 25 cents.
The same thing may be said Of
the barber shop. Today you
have 10 or Il BARRIERS where
you had three or four 35 years
ago. And the net profit of
competition is that it costs you
65 cents for a hair cut which
cost you but 35 cents 80 years
ago.
Some people solve the prob
lem by saying. Too many
restaurants and too many bar
bers." 1t would be. in nv esti-
nation. a trifle more logical to
say. Too much machine" be
cause the machine displaced
labor and put many jobless work
ingmen on the sidewalk. Those
who are lucky enough to be
able to jingle few pieces of
cash in their pockets will try
some little business TO exc out
a living.
Machine production is good
thing providing we understand
the magical harmonizing of our
political machinery and social
organization with the imperious
demand Of our economic system.
EDWARD LaFOND.
1872 Z Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

Europe. the British blockade
problem has grown 80 complex
that its effectiveness has be-
come highly questionable. From
private reports evidence Is
mounting that within Europe in
general and the Nszi reich IN
particular the supply of war
essential materials shows no
signs OF dimunition. The occu-
patton Of Rumania has opened
up the Black sea-Danube route
for supplies from southern Rus
STA and large shipments Of
lubricating oils are currently on
their way north. The eastern
harvest has been excellent and
the fear OF famine has definitely
passed. From French colonial
Africa tropical produce is be-
ginning to arrive as well The
rich timber and ore deposits Of
Scandinavia provide an enormous
reservoir OF resources while the
German. Belgian and French
coal mines are amply sufficient
for fuel requirements.
Moreover, in a few instances
the Nazis are Sneaking ships in
and out OF the North sea and
German industrial deliveries are
known 10 have been made in
South America. for example.
These are indisputabls facts.
propaganda to the contrary not
vithstanolng.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
MACHINES AND
COMPETITION

Editor. The Times: There is
today sharp distinction and va
riety of opinion about the money
question. But on the subject of
competition, the great majority,
II am not mistaken. honestly
believe that competition is the
life of trade. This way of think
ing is caused by the fact that the
mass of the people has only
Indicative knowledge Of evolu-
ton.
Evolution means not only
change, but development. Two
years ago in settlement far
away from a trading town.
population OF $50 families OF
farmers would naturally well
come another merchant who
would cut down the prices OF
the one merchant wha had fleec-
ed little Mr.. Farmer. But today
the conditions are different. A
settlement that was Is miles
away from the next city is today
nearer. thanks to the introduce
ton of the automobile and
trucks.
Thirty-four years ago acct
dentally spent one day in a small
city hidden in the southwest ex-
tremity of Puget Sound. There
We're, in this town, three or four
restaurants, not very richly
equipped. Today, in the same
town. you have IA, IS and some
times 16 restaurants with costly
fixtures in fine buildings on the
business street. Well, the popu-
lation of the town has increased
by 20 or 25ee. and the num-
Der OF restaurants is four times
greater than in the olden days.
If you say for such case. that
competition is the life OF trade,
! would take the liberty to reply
that competition is the mother
OF trusts which are the natural
children Of competition. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

Failure to seize this strategic
point is interpreted as some
thing of a confession of weak
ness. II may indicate an UNI
willingness on the part of the
British to give about aid to the
Greeks-a preference for con-
serving their forces for a last
stand against the axis at some
other point. Obliged to face
the danger of naval challenge
by the combined Italian and
French fleets as well as the
likelihood of German over
land thrust through Bulgaria at
the Dardanelles. the British APP
parently decided against risking
their strength in an almost hope
less cause.
American military experts
don't believe that Greek resist
ance can continue for long with
out full British aid. Finland's
stand against the superior num-
bers and equipment of the Rus
slams can scarcely be repeated
in Greece. Neither the climate
nor the terrain affords the de-
tenders comparable advantages.
And behind the Fascist legions
lies the full strength and eff
cheney of the Nazi war machine.
Turkey will be far tougher
nut for the axis to crack. Astute
observers here who have doubt
ed Turkish willingness to fight
are now convinced that a gem
uine stand will be made.
Turkeys army is large and
fairly well trained. Its equip
ment. while not adequate to
cope with Germanv's mechanical
forces, is greatly superior TO
that of the Greeks. And in the
case OF Turkey it is possible for
the British forces in the Near
East under General Wavell to
render effective assistance.
It's here that American army
men expect the British 10 make
their supreme effort TO check
the axis drive toward the Suez
canal. Should the Dardsnelles
fall to the invaders more than
half their battle would be won.
Nc big bets are being placed
here on the ability Of the Turkish
and British forces to prevent
this. But good deal Of i'm
portance is placed on the danger
10 the Germans OF greatly
heightened and attenuated lines
OF communication.
Without benefit OF publicity
commission headed by Dean
James lands Of the Harvard
Law school is studying q pos
siole revsmping of the CCC.
According 10 informed sources,
the chances are rather good
that il will be merged with the
National Youth Administration
and divorced entirely from army
control.
At one time. as reported 10
editors. thought was given 10
using the CCc camps for the
purpose Of training a service of
supply reservoir for the army.
But about so per cent Of the
enrollees are under q years Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
An Inside Picture OF Finon-
II u IL ciol and Political America

WASHlNGTON-U S. army chiefs intently following
every move the European battlefeds frankly dis
appointed that the British have apparently not yet moved
to occupy Corfu Early reports that they had done
think pieces prompted by the logic of such
The military men look the island important key
to naval control of Greece's western seabOard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

of their yachts. Soon she de-
veloped it into a profitable BUSH
ness. II you have invented
job. send the story and a snap
shot to John Hix, care of this
paper. Strange As 1t Seems pays
50 for each Job Inventor" fea-
tured, to stimulate initiative
among job seekers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
DAHLIA SHOW WAS
FINE SUCCESS

Editor. The Times: On behalf
Of the Washington Dahlia So
ciety. I wish to extend our
thanks for your kindness in CIV
ing US such fine publicity for
our fan Dahlia show al Point
Defiance floral hall.
We believe il was the best
dahlia show We have ever given.
and owing to your fine coopers-
ton. We had a splendid crowd
both days OF the show.
Again thanking you. and with
best wishes TO yourself and The
Tacoma Times, ! am yours sin
eerely.
MRS. J. ". LEE.
Publicity chairman. Washing
ton Dahis society.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
SO THEY SAY

We shall be in a position to
take further view of what we
should do with victory when we
get British Prime Minister
Churchill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

Never say. Y had the privi-
leEe Of meeting the president" /;
say. had the pleasure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

age. the bulk of them about II
or Is. Their eligibility for regu-
lar army service is some time
away. Moreover. the selective
training program will enable the
military men to develop their
own SOS. among draftees.
The scheme having been drop
ped. FDR is reliably reported as
anxious to keep the CCC as
free as possible from military
influences. He prefers to have
the boys training directed
toward preparation for some
part in the industrial defense
effort-in a manner which will
fit them for normal civilian en-
ployment. This ties up closely
with what the NYA is doing,
so that union of the two looks
logical.
The almost daily reiteration
that Great Britain controls the
eastern basin of the Mediter-
rsnean, II not all of that 2400
miles long sea, does not jioe
with certain facts.
Most of the Egyptian steamer
mail comes now around South
Africa and very few tankers in
conveys have made the trip
from Haifa in Palestine past
Gibraltar. What little oil can
be shipped from Near Eastern
wells leaves from the Persian
gulf and thence around the
cape OF Good Hope. New York
banking sources have checked
these facts with meticulous care
and are sure OF the conditions.
Scrutiny of incoming mail has
led TO another discovery: That
some German mail has arrived
here without British censorship
and all indications are that il
has made the trip by air from
Europe or Africa to some point
in South America. From there
it was flown up here. Berlin
and Amsterdam letters are
reaching New York via this
route in about two weeks.
Circumstantisl evi den c e
strongly suggests that some Of
the old French seaplane bases
on the African Atlantic coast
have been. put IN operation
again. This information CO.
incides with the departure Of
several French steamers from
American ports under sealed
orders and great secrecy-an old
Nazi trick.
The air war over Britain. the
obscure maneuvers in the Bal
kans. Adolf Hitler's travels and
lastly our own elections have
distracted attention from the
huge task Of the British navy
in protecting the United King
dom. bloekading the entire con-
tinent including the French
colonies. defend ding Egypt,
Gibraltar. Malta and helping
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
JOB INVENTOR

Friends of pretty Mrs. Ar
letah r. Elrod, Wilmington, Cal,
wife OF sea captain, requested
her TO paint names on the sterns
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

time lightning from the ground
ever killed anyone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

After thousand Years
Germany 70 Quit Beer
Would Make Nezi Machine
More Efficient
Mr.. Hitler Not So
Dumb in Some Ways
4 BOUT three years ago the
Il Nszi health ministry began
a program Of education 10 stop
beer drinking throughout Ger
many Surveys and tests over a
long period had given the min
istry definite information on
the bad effects on the human
system OF even the small per
cent of alcohol contained in beer.
Clear minds. steady nerves and
strong muscles are required of
the men who operate the ma
chimes of Germany's mechanical
army. The greatest human ef-
ficiency is required TO bring Ger
many's production to the point
required for the job of taking
over the rest of Europe and as
much OF the rest of the world
as seems desirable from the Nazi
viewpoint.
There can be no let-down.
The Nazi health ministry knows
that beer causes let-down.
The Nazi theory is that success
can be obtained only by getting
rid of anything that interferes
with reaching an objective. Beer
interferes. therefore beer must
go.
But beer IL not going 10 be
eliminated by such direct and
ruthless measures a., for in
stance. were used 10 get rid
of the Jewish race, or to ex-
tend the Nazi regime into
other parts of Europe. Nor
will II be by the ballot, as we
in America obtained prohibit
ton and then by the same
method went back to our beer
and hard liquor to increase the
ha tk-
Germans are now going
through the kindergarten grades
of a course of education de-
signed to teach them the harm
fulness of alcohol as a bev-
erage. BY the time they have
finished the course il is ex-
pected that they will voluntarily
knock in the head of the beer
key and put the stein away with
other family heirlooms.
The transition will be gradual.
AS consumption decreases the
brewery plants will be turned to
other productive uses. Seems
sensible.
Though Germany has been
drinking beer about a thousand
years, the industry did not
originate there. Beer making is
said to have been carried on in
Egypt 5000 years B. c. That
was not the beer that we know
today. The Egyptian brew was
for servants and peasants,
women of the harem and slaves.
The Egyptian beer was brewed
from grains and water ferment-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

good is better than precious ointment; aud the
day of death than the day Of ones Observation-Disclosures L.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Publicity chairman. Washing
ton Dahlis society.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-10-19
Will We Get A Negro Judge?

THE RECENT tragic death of the late
/ Judge Robert Sage of Common Pleas
court has loft iudgeship vacancy
which Governor Iaren Dickinson has pow
pr to NH hy appolntmen' The Governor has
been netitoned rs representative coored
citizens 20 appoint 70 this vacancy any one
Of p numhcr * highly qualified Negro at
tornev- WHO are eminently prepared 10 hV
this iGdvcshin with distinction. but AS YET
Governor Dickinson has not acted IN the
matter
Iris is q splerad opportunity for the
Republican Parry 81 Michigan to demon
s-ra'e its recogrif Of and appreciation
for a. marp thousands Of Negro citizens
who have fanhfiik Supported the 9. @. r.
In Michigan tor many years. II offers
tire Republican leaders of this great COM
rorweai.h 2 rafe opportunity 70 show the
world ;fa- fret are TOO broad and demo-
cratic n lose The doors Of political adj
vanceuent "a qualified citizens who hap
per have dark skins
The Democratic leaders here set a
shining precedcn' last week when they
nom nated cnmpefcn' colored member Of
Their par'r. Rev Horace a White. as one
Of their seventeen Democratic nominees for
the Michigan State legislature in the
November election They nominated Rev.
White although here were a number OF
white aspiranfs for he honor. They chose
a Negro. because the, felt this recognition
was due be race. and because they did so
thousands of Negro voters will show then
appreciation on election day
This example of broad-guage political
leadersnn and Justice on the part Of local
Democratic leaders could we'll be emulat-
Cd by those " no are directing Republican
strategy ln our State. The appointment by
Governor Dickinson Of an outstanding Ne
gro attorney 10 I'm the vacancy in the Com
mon Pleas court caused by the death OF
Judge Sage would 20 long way toward
helping win Republican votes among our
people when they go to the polls on Novem-
her B.
What will Governor Dickinson and
the G. o. p do about it? Negro voters are
waiting 10 see