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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-25

experienced the same reversal
toward TIL dore Roosevelt,
though he once said of his early
hero: "Since Theodore Roosevelt
sat in the White House, there
has been no Republican president
whom l could honestly support"
so Borah would have aided
John Nance Garner, whom he
once described to the writer in
the pre-convention campaign as
a great progressive American"
1t would have been his answer
to insidious suggestions that the
V. P. is ''reactionary" and an
"evil old man" He would have
backed Frank Gannett, Roches-
ter publisher, in the COP race.
Not because he expected Mr..
Gannett's nomination, but to
serve notice that he opposed
Messrs. Hoover, Dewey and
Taft. Whom he would have
supported in the presidential
contest itself-after the nomina-
tions-is a characteristic Borah
mystery.
The United States may soon
face a crisis-within a year at
the most-with respect to pros
pective involvement in the Euro
pean war. The reason-and a
few high-placed insiders here
discuss it frankly-is that the
allies need many more planes to
establish air superiority, and
they will run out Of dollars with
which to buy them. Their greedi-
ness in selling gold to us at an
artificial price may prove their
undoing in their fateful hour.
The British and French have
so far ordered about 5000 planes
from American manufacturers.
and presumably they can obtain
sufficient exchange with which
TO pay on the barrel But now
they want to increase their
original order by 5000 ships,
making $4,000 in all. Such an
expansion would cost them an
additional cold billion dollars,
approximately. and 1t is doubt
full whether they can raise il.
So doubtful. In fact. that the
British and French purchasing
agents have returned home TO
ask the big bosses - Chamber
lain and Dalsdier and their poll
teal bankers-whst they can do
about il.
Americas resultant problem
resembles that OF 1917. Then
our industrial plant had ex-
panded so rapidly and invested
so much money 10 handle for
eign orders that, when the al
lies funds ran out. Uncle Sam
had 70 extend loans and credits.
Otherwise, there would have
been an economic crash. as
Treasury Secretary MeAdoo
stated in a letter 70 President
Wilson that was not uncovered
until the Nye neutrality inquiry.
They're wiser at Washington
now, but certain cabinet men,
bers are whispering the same
advice 20 r. D. r. that MeAdoo
handed TO Wilson.
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II there was anything phony about the invitations
handed to COP leaders to attend the $10Oapate jackson
DIV dinner will be conceded that the Republicans,
through Senator Arthur Vandenberg who wasn't even in
vited, managed to get in the last punch.
Senator Vandenberg wrote to genial Jim Farley that
he would be glad to buy place the dinner If at time
the event is Historically faithful to the first dinner 100
ago. The senator then reminded Jim that the original
dinner was held to celebrate the extngushment OF the
national debt Anything the Democrats might in re-
jonder would be antlmax The best they do is to let
the matter drop and hereafter make sure that no Repub-
leans are invited--even as non-paying guests.
With the national debt only few billion dollars short OF
the 45-billon statutory limit most politicians bit
touchy on the subject just 1t will be enough of fight
to balance the budget much less to wipe out the debt
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ECONOMIC SYSTEM
NEEDS REVAMPING

Editor, The Times: A recent
trip brought me in contact with
many hundreds of persons -
business men, working men, COL
lege professors and students, in
their offices, homes and on the
campus. They were a fair cross
section of our people; and the
strongest impression I retain is
of sanity, decency, honesty,
kindness.
Yet most of these people con-
demned humanity in the mass.
You and I understand-you and
I would live justly. But these
others have the sort of world
they want-they are satisfied
with it."
Never did I meet these myth
cal "others," who were satisfied
with the hunger of the child next
door, wastage and degeneration
of unemployed youth, poverty
impelled crime, the gradual di-
version of our national energies
into preparation for mass muir
der.
What is needed is understand
ing that our selfishness and our
sins are nine-tenths not the re-
suit of human perversity, but
our inevitable reaction to the
stress and strain within an out
worn, contracting economic sys-
TEN which makes ruthless strug-
gle the price of survival. Hence
the war in Europe; hence the
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THURSDAY. JANUARY rs

This should be n fairly lucky
day. Women are subject to
benefic aspects which incline
them toward philanthropic work.
The stars stimulate constructive
enterprises, but there may be
envious criticism of ambitious
projects.
Heart and Home: Increased
appreciation Of the American
home with its many Injuries is
forecast. Women today will
find Joy In contributing TO the
comfort of their families. The
domestic arts viii be popular in
the home circle. There is a
sign presaging the wearing of
uniforms by women as well as
men.
Business Affairs: The stars
forecast generous support to
business by banks as trade Of
fers profits in new ventures.
Cooperative experiments will re-
ceive financial aid. The desire
to work will permeate even the
army of relief recipients. Old
age pensions and social security
will contribute TO the well-being
Of many Americans.
National Issues: Care of neg
lected children will engage pub
lie attention as crimes against
them are reported on the in
crease. A statesman will be-
friend INDECENT boys and girls,
emphasizing their potential
value TO the nation.
international Affairs. The
stars appear TO presage little
progress in peace negotiations.
Treachery viii underlie certain
representations calculated to
provide an armistice. Only an
armed peace can be attained so
long as dictstors are in possess
sion OF power. the seers declare.
Unless conflict is ended before
March, there will be a long
drawn-out war, II is prognosti-
Gated.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the sugury OF a year Of
increased financial resources.
Speculation or inheritance may
add substantially 10 bank &C
counts.
Children born on this day will
probably be intelligent refined
ana able 10 win friends. They
achieve success through the
appreciation Of audiences Many
musicians and actors belong TO
this sign
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Among the most common of
all conditions affecting the fin
gers is the one called a bone
felon or "runround." Usually the
finger becomes infected through
a wound or through damage to
the skin in some manner.
In a recent series of cases, the
first was the result of penetra-
ton of the thumb by a piece
of wire: the second, penetration
of the index finger with a safety
pin; third, penetration of the in
dex finger with a needle.
After the puncture occurs,
germs get into the wound and
set up an infection. Usually lit
tie attention is paid to the in
jury until pus formation begins.
Then there is a swelling, tense
ness, inflammation and pain. Home
remedies are usually applied,
such as painting with various
antiseptics, heating, boric acid
packs and similar treatments:
but frequently the condition be-
comes worse.
What has happened is that the
infection has penetrated TO the
bone and has involved the COW
ering Of the bone.
Once an infection of this type
has occurred, there is little TO be
gained by moderate methods of
treatment. II is absolutely nee
essary 10 remove the infection
completely. This means not only
evacuation Of all of the pus from
the soft tissues. but, in some in
stances, attention TO the cover
ing Of the bone as well. Then il
is necessary to apply wet dress
ings OF hot antiseptic solutions
for a long period to make GER
tain that the infection Is brought
completely under control
Unless this IS done. Il is quite
possible for the infection 10
spread up the hand and arm
along the line OF the lymphaties
and TO produce a generslized in
lection OF the entire body
Most OF US ike 10 think that
we are big enough and strong
enough TO disregsrd minor
scratches Of the snn or pune
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-25
THE FORGOTTEN
GENTLEMAN

Editor. The Times. All TINS
RECOMMENDATION. price fixing. cur
failing production, union labor's
wage dictation, and what have
YOU. has not Helped the Forgot
ten Man" THAT is the people
who work for the very smallest
incomes). II has been dertimen-
tai to their interests. 1t has
caused unemployment, and 1t
has raised the cost of living for
the poor. This il not simply be-
ing contrary. II is the truth
The reason that many will not
agree with this is because they
have been taught to think en-
tirely in terms Of money. They
have a sort Of money complex,
If you please. They think OF
money as wealth. when in reality
it is simply an order on the ma
tional production Of goods and
services. The more money issued
and circulated, the higher go the
prices of goods, providing pro-
duction Is not increased. II
money was really wealth, it
would be very easy for the adj
ministration to make all the
poor wealthy by simply printing
tons OF ii and distributing it
among the poor. Your money
income denotes your portion of
the national production of goods
and services.
Our national production is yet
far behind that of 1929, even
though population has increased
considerably. l admit that many
groups are paid higher wages,
and that they enjoy a higher
standard OF living, but being
that the national production has
decreased, they must surely get
1t at the expense of other work.
ers and the farmer.
1t is getting possession Of
more goods and services that
creates a higher standard of liv-
ing, and being that the produc-
ton h low, some people must get
less. Mortal man cannot dis
tribute more than the produc-
ton. According to the Bible, it
was accomplished, but not by
politicians.
OSCAR c. ERICKSON.
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m NEW YORK LIGHT a. s .as r sS,s xn Tin:n
BY GEORGE ROSS

NEW YORK FIRST
NIGHTS: When a critic bites
a producer, 1t passes as an ordi-
nary morsel like breakfast
cereal. But when a producer
bites back, that's news! Critics
have been punched around by
irate show people. but seldom,
as in the current case of critic
John Anderson, have irate show
men threatened to settle a score
with n libel suit in court.
And such litigation seems i'm
minent. The plaintiff is that ro-
tund. show-producing cosmopo-
lite Clifford c. Fischer. who
firmly believes that ne and his
show, the Folies Bergere, have
been maligned to the point of
libel by critic Anderson.
His principal plant is that the
critic referred to his show
(which Is still running on Broad
way) as guilty of blatant vul-
garity." These words, one in
fers, cut Fischer, his troupe and
his press agent to the quick.
Sure, there are nudes present
ed in varied poses throughout
the Folies Bergere and the theme
is frank deshabille. But. says
Fischer, that does not make 1t
either blatant or vulgar.
MR.. THURBER'S
AMBITION
No one is going TO be sued for
what the critics said of James
Thurber's and Elliott Nugent's
new show, THE Male Animal"
For with the exception of sin
gle, mild dissenter, the general
chorus was Bravo"
You've encountered Thurbers
mad, nightmarish essays and
drawings in the magazines. He
is the gent who hears seals
barking in the night and draws
every dog with ears Tapping
down TO the ground.
The show he wrote with
Nugent is somewhat in that
spirit, telling a crack-brained
story of the college professor
who can't quite bravely face the
world. You get some idea of
Thurber's mental state by re-
flecting on what he told a friend
who asked him what his next
ambition was, now that he is
a successful artist. essayist and
playwright.
Next" replied rhurber I'D
like to be able TO play a contra
bassoon.
"why7" his friend asked.
well" said Thurber, 1--WE al
ways been crazy about ships en-
CINE rooms and contra-bassoon
reminds me of them"
Such madness is profitable
sThe Male Animal" is a hit, the
second for Producer Herman
shumlin. incidentally. this thea
trical season.
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SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS
TO DRAW TOURISTS

Editor, The Times: 1t is rather
surprising tn a t Tacomans do
not put their tourist attractions
more in the foreground. Yes,
here is a Chamber of Commerce
with an information bureau. It
is in an off street and, of
course, any question you ask
there is answered - but what
tourist will know to ask for
Point Defiance Park? Or the
historical museum Or Para
disc valley? They must be told -
that we have them first.
Why not abolish the Informal !
ton bureau and place maps and :
records in the hands of service
stations? They are really the
best guides for strangers and
the first place they go to.
Neat signboards should be
placed along the highways at
strategic points with slogans
similar to this:
Tacoma, the Friendly City,"
Lets Go On to Tacoma" See
Point Defiance Park-Tacoma, -
See Tacoma's Historical Mu--
scum" See Paradise Valley and =
Mt. Tacoma" etc.
Every lot in Tacoma proper =
should be kept clean. There may
be reason for being poor, but
there is no reason for having q -
dirty yard. II. S. AASEN,
$40 So. 18th st.
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address Of writer. Only initials
viii be published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: I have been told
that there are free flying schools
In the state of Tennessee or Ala
hama Can you tell me N this
h true and N 20, where can !
get information concerning these
schools? BUD b.
You must be thinking Of the
civilian pilots training recently
instituted by the government in
all states. In this state II In
available to students at the
University Of Washington. WASH
ington State college. Conzaga
university. st. Martins college,
Pacific Lutheran college, and
the College Of Puget Sound.
Mr.. Frxlt: Would you please
inform ms ~ to requirements Of
the state income tax law? How
much income Ia . single man
allowed before he must pay In
come tax? I understand . mar
Red couple II allowed % 800. II
In business, would this be net
profit? MRS. o. X.
Income tax questions are out
OF the province Of Mr.. Fixit.
The collector of internal revenue
has a trained staff at 207 Fed
eral building prepared to answer
all questions you can PROFOUND.
Incidentally, 1t Ii not q state
tax.
Mr.. Flxlt: Please give me in
formation NJ to where TO find
out abouk the total disability
pension. l would like 10 hear
about this right away.
w. H., Toppenish.
Unless you are an ex-soldier,
there LIS no such thing. AS far
as the state department of social
security is concerned, the only
thing that can be done for a
person totally disabled is TO
classify him as unemployable
and grant him direct relief on
that basis. Inquire at your
county welfare office, which
would be in Yakima.
Mr.. Fixit. A says an ex-
husband Ii under no obligation
TO make any payments on .
promissory note given his ex-
wife ~ property settlement
when he remarries. Also that
the ex-husband can disappear
and the cost Of locating q miss
ing person In very great. b
thinks m ex-wife can collect.
g wonders n ono writes to the
Bureau Of Missing Persons, just
what the fee would he. 10.
Remarriage doe automatic
cally dissolve the obligation Of
ex-husband. as we understand 1t.
II A has an unfulfilled obiga-
ton on her hands, she might
talk to the prosecuting attor-
ney. B is right, II the man has
anything from which to collect.
The Bureau of Missing Per-
sons Is a part OF every police
department. The officers in Ta-
come will help you and without
a fee.
y
Mr.. Fixlt: / have n penny
with an Indian head. 1882. Would
II be worth anything. Err.
No pennies after 1877 are on
our list as Of any particular
value.
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There are raggedy rips in the Shirts.
Though exposures Of Dies
Opened radical eyes,
It's the Finnish invasion that hurts.
Exposure and arrest of Christian Front group In New
York tnpot revolutonaries may bring further mark
down in the U. s. Shirt market
Shirts were already marked down, and Isms have been
slowly sliding to dime dozen since the European war and
the exposures of the Dies committee.
Thousands Of Communist fellowtravelers got off the
Stain Special at Ltovsk and many at Helsnk
Dues-eolections in most Of the semi-racket political
organisations have fallen off badly The 1901 leagues,
ons associations declarations friends of this and that
committees knights and shirtwearers which bossomed
during recent years whitening on the vine.
With Fuehrer Fritz Kuhn in jail and Secretary James
WheeerH also convicted of crime the Bund is not doing
with Stain In New York the shaken Bund tried to ANAL
e1mate with the Christian Mobizers of Joseph E. McWi
liams, but this Topped.
ism Dudley Policy on the la unwilling to face either
Dies committee subpoena Ashevile N c. capias for
alleged violation of the terms Of suspended sentence for
'hlue sky" law violation.
George Deatherage who gave the country bit of
thrill with Dies committee testimony that his knights OF
the White Cameia ready to take the govern
ment, is Interested" but inactive Deatherage is
reported pretty discouraged ct the peoples failure to don
hb particular kind Of shirt.
Down in CHATTANOOGA. Tenn George W. Christians head
Of the American Reds" sits before his mmeograph ma
chine meditatng on his human effort monetary system
hut the locals simply refuse to recognize him Fascist
Menace and he appears to have subsidized for the present
Communist party membership has probably not been
much affected by Developments But the casualties among
felow-traveiers have been frightful.
Most examinations Of the shirt variety however have
more lives than The fact that foreign Developments
and local investigations have killed off or anesthetzed
some of them does that their leaders will reappear
and resurrsct them under other names
The present period is such timethe shirts have prob
ably not been thrown away they probably just at the
laundry.
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Borah firmly believed that cir
cumstances would steadily tend
to bring the u. S. toward actual
participation in the war-finan-
cial, If not military. He was as
firmly determined to prevent it,
IL possible, and he had intended
to deliver one of those old-time
Borah warnings against EN-
tangling alliances" specific or
spiritual, with Europe. AS a SER
geant major Of the Battalion
of Death" that prevented Ameri-
can membership In the League
of Nations, he knew all the
legislative and political tricks.
Though II is not generally recog-
nized, the "old mana term Of
endearment-was an exceedingly
willy worker off the senate floor
as well as on it.
Moreover, the American people
trusted him. He moved both the
senate and the senate's masters
the common people who sit
around the cribs and the stoves
and the cracker barrels. He
was a great voice and influence
rather than a legislative manipu-
lator. At least Is senators and
numerous representatives - Re-
publicans. Democrats. Progress
sives-wstched how he voted or
felt, and then did likewise, some
times against their own convic-
tons. In his passing the isola-
tionists have lost their st. Paul.
Borah might have exerted an
even more powerful influence
with respect to both the Demo-
cratic and Republican presi-
Dental nominations. Too old to
cherish any personal ambitions,
he meant TO wage g deathbed
battle against the denomination
of President Roosevelt and the
selection of Herbert Hoover.
Thomas f. Dewey or Robert A.
Taft a. COP stsndard-bearers.
The senator liked and admired
Franklin d. Roosevelt almost TO
the point of declaring for him
both in 1882 and 1886. He saw
Mr.. Roosevelt as a wsrm-hearted
individual and humanitarian.
and Borah once said: The key
to my public conduct is my
sympathy for the undendog
wherever he roams the alleys Of
the world" But F. d. RS fed
eralizstion policies - Borah was
a great constituencies in the
bald sense OF that term-alien-
ated the Idahoan. He eventually
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-25

Strange as 1t seems. the great
Columbia icefield, on the CONT
mental Divide between the Ca
madam provinces Of Alberta and
British Columbia, drains into
three of Canada's foremost riv-
ers--the Columbia, Athabaska
and Saskatchewan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-25
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Jamestown Colonistsl
Built Fort in Swomp

If the colonists who founded
jamestown had searched for
worse location il is doubtful il
they could have found a hotter.
more unhealthy bog than the land
upon which they settled. Hot as
an oven in summer, cold and
damp in other seasons, jamestown
was full of malaria. More inter-
ested in finding gold than in
planting crops, the oolonists al
most starved before Capt. John
Smith assumed control.
Despite discomfort and disease
the colony survived. newcomers
to America swelled its population
and il became one of the rooSt
important Of the Is original coI-
onies. The tercentennial on m.
founding Of jamestown was corn
memorated in 1907 by an issue q,
three U. S. stamps. The 2-cent
value. above, slightly enlareed.
depicts the landing.
SO~u8ein hhooeSia will issue a
series OF eight jubilee stamps in
Snile has announced DESIGNS
ior TWO semi-postsls 10 Comment
crate The soth anniversary of
Cniles acquisition Of Esster L.
lano- Commander Policarpo Toro.
naval officer who purchased ~.
be honored. WIZ
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
i. What is q micrometer?
?. Under the constitution OF
the L. S, where is the power 10
declare war vested ?
5. Name the capital Of French
Guiana
4. Does the human heart ever
rest?
o. What Is the name Of thu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-25
DA CANVAS DISCOVERY

Oddly, Columbus greatest dis
covery was also his greatest
failure-he did not find the sea
route to the East Indies. Only
six years later, in 1923, a Portu-
guese navigator, vasco Da
Cana. did find the route via the
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YOUR HEALTH By Or. EIsAsEN

lures of the soft tissues of the
body, but it is not safe to dis
regard any penetrating injury
because of the seriousness asso-
ciated with generalized infec-
tions.
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twin bright stars in the constel-
lation OF Gemini?
s. Who defeated John L. Sui
Ivan for the worlds heavy
weight boxing title?
7. Which country lies north
Of Belgium
6. What relation Is Charles
Edison, recently appointed sec
rotary Of the navy, to the late
Thomas Edison?
2. What is the principal alksl-
old of tobacco?
10. What is the current nau-
teal term for the middle Of a
ships