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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of
these test questions Turn to
woman's page for the answers.
/. What is another name for
April Fools Day?
2. What are the official lam
guages Of the League OF Ma
tons?
3. After graduating from the
U. S. Military Academy, are
Filipinos commissioned second
lieutenants in the U. s. Army?
(. Name the three great di-
visions Of the U. s. Government.
S, What scholastic degree is
designated by the letters d. c.
L.
8. Does an electric storage
battery deliver a direct or an
alternating current?
Z. How much short OF eight
years will President Roosevelt
have served when his term ex-
pires in January. 1912
s. Is a person who greatly adj
mires or favors England and
English Institutions called an
Anglophile or an Anglophobe?
3. Does q woman citizen OF
the u. s. lose her citizenship II
she marries an alien
10. Who wrote The Song OF
Marion's Men ,"
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Stories in
Stamps
Alden Is q Newcomer
To Stomp Collections

IF you are starting stamp coll
u lection. begin with Alden. Three
issues and your collection on
Alden is complete. And all three
series were released during the
last three years.
Aden's 1889 series commence
rates the Tooth anniversary OF the
seizure of the area in 1889. One
of the stamps, above, pictures the
Aidrus mosque, with an insert
portrait of King George VI.
A vital link in Britain's life
line of empire" Alden was pur-
chased by the British in 1887,
after natives had mistreated sur
vivors of a shipwreck there. Two
years later the purchase was re-
pudiated, Britain landed troops,
subdued the area.
The colony was administered
through the government of India
until 1887. when Alden was made
a crown colony. This new status
produced its first stamp issue, IL
values picturing native dhow.
The coronation issue, showing the
king and queen, was released in
three values in 1897 and the COM
nemorative series of IL values
and seven designs was issued last
year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5

Until evening adverse plane
tary influences are strong. This
Is a day for caution and careful
procedure. Envy and jealousy
will be rampant, and misinter-
probation Of motive will be at
tributed to capitalists and poll
ticians. women should be
especially circumspect.
Heart and Home: This Is a
day for following routine pro-
grams. Irritability and discon-
tent with commonplace matters
may be prevalent. One should
pause to forget troubles and to
count blessings. Efforts to OBJ
tain employment ought to be
postponed. Girls should be wary
OF new suitors. The summer Is
to provide plenty Of work for
trained women. so patience Is
advised.
Business Affairs: Merchants
and manufacturers will profit as
the spring advances. Building
operations will be widespread.
The seers continue to warn.
however. that international
finances will affect the United
States before the end Of the
year. Drastic reforms in bank
ing systems long have been prog
nosticated. Thrift is enjoined
as temptation To spend money Is
To be strong.
National Issues: Investiga-
tons OF many sorts viii supply
material for campaign issues
and oratory. Communist trails
win be followed into surprising
places including educational
institutions. Political interests
win interfere with the disclosure
Of a national scandal.
International Affairs: Peace
gestures will continue To enliven
suspicion regarding motives as
wars take on novel features and
become more terrible in poten-
tialities. The United States Is to
gain surprising power in efforts
to adjust differences Smong
European nations. and the stars
seem to presage closer connec-
tions with world problems. Des-
pite difficulties regarding ship
ping British and American in
terests win work toward adj
justment.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury of a year Of
mingled good and bad expert
ences. There may be losses and
disappointments which will be
balanced by success.
Children born on this day
probably will be high-spirited.
kindly and affectionate. Strong
artistic talents and love OF plea
sure are characteristics OF these
Arians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03

What they expect. on the basis
of private memos. is that Europe
will continue as an armed camp
rather than resort TO the furious
battling of 1e14-1s. The Allies
are clearly not ready for a large
scale offesnive. as their prospec-
tive airplane purchases here re-
veal. Germany needs breath
ing spell while she steps up the
industrial and agricultural pro-
duction in Russia. Austria,
Poland and Czechoslovakia. SO
far she seems to be getting
along nicely despite the partial
British blockade.
Paul Reynaud, new French
premier, has never been known
as a fire-eater, despite advance
and aggressive notices. And
even If he were, the French peo-
pie, through the chamber of
deputies, have demonstrated that
they are in no mood for slaugh-
ter and sacrifice. The poilus will
defend but not attack. For
many months to come, the war
will remain in the economic and
diplomatic doldrums.
The Woodring-Johnson pro-
gram for expansion of the air
plane machine tool industries
appalls national planners who
peer beyond the immediate pros
pect of war profits. Their de-
tailed analysis convinces them
that a serious though restricted
crash may lie around the corner.
For the last five years. their
blueprints reveal, the u. S. pro-
duced an average of less than
5000 planes annually-and pro-
ably 10000 engines. Now it is
proposed to increase this output
to 10000 or 10000 planes by late
fall, with a similar expansion of
motor production. One engine
factory in Connecticut will soon
employ more mechanics than
the whole industry needed be-
fore the war boom. The expan-
sion will also affect many allied
and accessory plants-also pro-
ducers of raw materials. 1t will
not be confined to plane plants
alone.
Meanwhile, the belhgerents
are building up their own air.
plane industries. There will be
few markets for foreign exports
after the war. The commercial
development now in sight at
home will hardly absorb the con-
templated output of 10000 ships.
So the more serious thinkers
look forward to a dangerous dis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
Learning the Hard Way

Too many Of us have to learn things the hard way
Safety for instance We've got to be oted good and hard
before really understand that accidents are pretty
horrible.
We read about tragedies such that of the "a fruit
pckers who killed when train smashed their truck
near McAen, Tex We nod sagely sound advice we
study statistics But too often all these things aren't
enough We've to together heads cracked
OPEN blood spling before we're convinced.
lot of catastrophe could be avoided il we just took
the safety peoples word for it that auto accidents not
pleasant everyone remembered the rules and tossed in
little extra there wouldn't be thing for
any motorist to worry about.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
PHILOSOPHY OF SCARCITY
PERNIEATES SYSTEM

Editor The Times: A little
while ago, millions of women
were enthused by the reported
discovery of a new hosiery ma
terial, nylon. which promised to
eliminate the darning basket
along with embarrassing runs"
and through durability help bal
ance the unstable family budget.
But nylon failed to appear.
What happened to it? The an
swer was given by Representa-
tive Plumley of Vermont, before
a congressional committee.
"The first batch of stockings
could not be worn out, so the
manufacturers (Dupont) have
changed their formula. and are
making them of little different
grade now, SO they will wear
out"
Concerning another discovery
in hosiery manufacture. Hugh
johnson recently grew enthusi-
astic in his column. Instead of
going through several indepen-
dent, time-consuming operations
to produce the finished material,
the raw material goes into the
hopper at one end of the process,
and comes out complete at the
spout at the other end, with a
very great saving of money and
OF time, which is itself money
Fewer men are employed"
But neither has this process
been permitted to lessen toll and
increase human satisfaction. For
obviously. imperishable stock
ings destroy their own market;
while IL workers do not work,
they cannot buy, hence are no
source of profits. These are only
two of hundreds of inventions
that have been sabotaged since
1919 for the same reason.
So capitalism, the mother OF
science. is forced in her old age
to infantieide in sheer self
preservation. Scarcity is a neces-
sity OF the system. So long as
II persists. the efforts of work.
ers TO achieve plenty will be as
unavailing as the efforts of
Sisyphus, condemned forever to
roll to the top of huge Hill a
rock. which forever rolled down
again.
ROBERT J. PEARSALL.
5715 So. Park ave.
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location-economic and social
when the bubble bursts.
The fsvorite presidential can
dldates of representative Ameri-
can businessmen appear to be
Senator Robert A. Taft and Sec
retary Cordell Hull. In an Off
the-record discussion they re-
vealed their preferences during
a recent Chamber of Commerce
convocation at the capital.
They like the Ohioan and the
elderly Tennesseean because
they regard them as the most
balanced. the most conservative
men, in the two major camps.
They are inclined to suspect Sen
ator Vandenberg as a vacillator.
They are slightly suspicious OF
Thomas E. Dewey and Senator
Burton X. Wheeler. They con-
slider Dewey too young and too
liberal, especially on social and
labor problems. And despite his
mellowing, Wheeler's early radi-
calism disturbs their dreams.
They doubt IL Burt would stay
put and they resent his obvious
play for F. D. RS preconyention
support.
For vice president they line up
behind Farley with HulD and
Dewey with Taft. They don't
exactly relish this vice presiden-
tial setup. But if the Ohio sena-
tor and the secretary of state
head the two tickets, they will
be content to permit the politi-
cos to nominate the democratic
national chairman and the New
York prosecutor.
James A. Farley has refused
to team up with Burton K.
Wheeler or any other democratic
presidential candidate. But the
Farley-Wheeler strategy in the
pre-convention jockeying is
strangely similar.
Jim and Burt are concentrat-
ing on picking up second choices
at a good bargain. In numerous
states-Maine and Massachu-
sets were the latest-the politi-
cos have selected delegates who
will vote for Jim if F. d. r. does
not run. Inasmuch as Farley
does not expect the president to
be a candidate. his friends insist
that he is sitting pretty. The
nomination has frequently fallen
to second-choicers.
Burt is operating more secret
ly, keeping his head down, maxi
ing no enemies. but he has OBJ
tanned promises from key poll
ticians in many pivotal states.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
M R. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this coll
umn letters must give name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
viii Be published when requested
Mr.. Fixit: WIN You tell me
how 20 avoid the accumulation
of creosote In stove pipes: use
q fwo-lid refuse burner In my
kitchen with coll. The creosote
collects on the coll. also In the
stove pipes Today / had TO use
kerosene and paper 10 burn out
pipes out In my yard.
MRS. c. X.
Improving the draft Is the only
way you can stop the creosote
from collecting in your pipe and
stove. Your chimney may not
be adequate. OF your stovepipe
may have long, flat run or
something else which makes the
draft ineffective.
Mr.. Fixlt: VIII you please tell
me how TO take the squeak out
Of shoes? N. H.
IL they are new shoes, the
problem is 10 soften them. You
migl.. work them little by hand.
or try a tiny bit OF neatsfoot oil
where the squeak Is. II the
shoes are old. the cause usually
is soles rubbing together, where
they are n little loose and sepa-
rated. Resewing or pegging
should stop that.
Mr.. Fixlt. Is an 1884 quarter
worth anything besides rs cents:
II. w. 8.
It Isn't our list Of rare coins.
Mr.. Fixit: Please tell me where
I can get n copy Of the consti-
tuition of the United States: !
would like to read II. G. @.
You win find 1t in any United
States history book, In any en-
cyclopedis, in the World Al
manac. In the state Legislative
manual. Many books in the Ia
coma public library have 1t. IL
you care to drop in there to
read 1t.
Mr.. Fixit: Will you please tell
me how long will have TO hold
dresses after doing repair work
on them? do dressmaking and
have two garments that have
been her since last September.
MRS. Q. N.
II you haven't established a
rule and notified the people of
Il, you'd better get a lawyers
advice before disposing Of the
garments.
Mr.. Fixit; l have been told
that using olive oil ~ cleanser
will cause hair TO grow on ones
face. Is this true: w. w.
II Is not for Mr.. Fixit to say
whether that Is only super
stition. Oil might affect differ
ent faces In different ways. Be-
fore you use anything which
you think might be harmful. you
would be wiser to ask quail
fled skin specialist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
No Help F rom Cosmic Rays

The human race which has already worked its head off
trying to find some by which it would not have to
work its head off, is going to have to jog along for awhile
longer without the help of cosmc In fact says Dr.
Robert A. Mlikan, noted phycst just returned from
equatorial India, cosmc rays may be worth shin
plaster.
Dr. Mllikan said the rays powerful all right
about 1000 times stronger than the most potent abora-
tory-produced radationbut that they didn't fire.
quenty enough to insure steady flow of energy to the
EARTH Just can't be depended upon.
We may well figure sticking to our jobs for awhile
longer. Working isn't such bad way to up time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
AFTER MANY YEARS
By E. T. SHORT

out to build the fire and take
care of the stock
Oscar had started the fire and
had gone outside. Father Woods
hadn't heard him and called sew
eral times. Getting no response,
he took one of the switches
which helped bring the Woods
boys up in the way they should
go, to teach Oscar that he
mustn't oversleep when it was his
turn to start the days work.
In the dim light, without inves-
tigating, Father Woods jerked
the covers back and laid couple
of lusty ones on the form that
was supposed to be Oscar.
The preacher. astonished,
jumped up and tackled his as
sailant. Father Woods, in
censed that his own son should
attack him, laid on with more
fervor and the preacher fought
back more desperately. Final
~ they grappled and went
down. Father Woods on top.
Imagine his surprise when the
face he saw was not Oscars
but the terrified one of the
prairie preacher.
Explanations were made and
the preachers feelings assuaged
with good breakfast. but for
a long time the episode was the
basis for one of the best stories
in Nebraska. Naturally. it lost
nothing by continued telling.
Getting back TO the Adel-
phians; As this is being read we
will be in Okanogan, one of the
important towns in North Gen.
trail Washington. for a concert in
the Methodist church. So far the
trip has been a sort of tri-
umphal tour The welcome sign
Is out everywhere and cordial
invitations are given to return
next spring.
Wednesday We will be in Che
Ian and Thursday in Spokane.
We are booked for big time
there. all day. singing for the
Inland Empire Educational ASSOC
citation. the Chamber Of COM
merce. and two high schools In
the evening there will be a con-
cert in the First Methodist
church sponsored by a city-wide
committee. From here it looks
like the makings of Adelphian
history.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03

1T Is FOR OR AGAINST
NEW DEAL IN 1910

Editor, The Times: Every
presidential campaign begins
with some issues clearly de-
fined and certain outstanding
personalities championing them.
II sometimes happens as in
1896 that a candidate brings
before his party convention GER
tain convictions or measures
that fuse, as after the 1928
democratic convention, the cam
didate himself elects TO intensity
one plank or issue of his party.
The 1882 democratic platform
had a whole compendium OF
issues, some of them Of great
merit. The candidate in the
beginning stressed one very
much, and that was the repeal
OF prohibition. But the slogan
of the leaders and politicians
was: Smear Hoover" II was
so successful that the odium Of
those malicious ISLANDERS still
elings To the name of that great
humanitarian.
The campaign Of 1886 was
sort of stalemate. The con-
tention of Landon and his adj
visers that many new deal meas
ures had been helpful and that
the Republicans must be more
liberal. took away much OF the
basis for argument and slowed
the discussions down TO methods
rather than principles; 80 the
drifting voter thought he might
be just as well off to vote as
he had been doing labor.
misinterpreting the offers made.
accepted promises and theories
rather than practical hard facts,
and threw its weight behind the
administration.
The 1870 campaign starts out
as a .'for the new DEAF and an
against the new dear affair.
No Republican candidate who
straddles that issue will get
the nomination. In both Demo-
cratic and Republican ranks
the burning question is to get
industry back on the job and
men working for II rather than
on made work. New dealers
will probably fan in behind
Roosevelt or the man he chooses
to run in his stead
c. W. VAN ScoYoC.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
TIP O. THE TONGUE

To clear up any misunder-
standing. let me say that my
name will be presented to the
Democratic national convention
at Chicago, and that's that
Postmaster General James A.
Farley.
To me. il is only too appar-
ent that the life. the liberty. the
livelihood and the very safety
OF the neutral citizen may be
dependent upon the outcome Of
the present war.-Jsmes II. r.
Cromwell, L. S. minister to
Canada.
Live near 10 God, and 50 all
things will appear to you little
in comparison with eternal re-
aliues.-R. N. AeCheyne.
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scooped common mud from his
backyard and began modelling it,
finding that the ashes. bits of
glass and nails it contained
made 1t of sufficient consistency
to serve as modelling clay.
He carried his first efforts to
the Dallas Art institute. En-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
MUD SCULPTOR

Thurmond Townsend, cook in
Dallas. Texas, hospital, has
found beauty in a trash heap.
Married. with three children, the
$40 a week he earns leaves him
nothing for desired art educa-
ton. Yet two years ago he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03

We should not,so much esteem
our poverty as a misfortune.
were 1t not that the world treats
IL So oyee.
The British don't like 10 have
neutrsls telling them not 10 in
trude. It's Engiand's war, but
she's willing 10 share IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03

The other story concerns the
time Father Woods thrashed a
preacher who came TO stay all
night. II was winter, and I'M
known To the rest Of the family
one of the boys who had gone
out 10 revival meeting brought
the preacher home TO gay the
rest Of the night and put him
in bed with Oscar. the exem-
plary member of the family. II
happened that the next morning
was Oscars turn TO get up at
the unesrthly hour az which
Nebraska farmers then turned
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03

WV OF Tue pesl sloIieS VI eiiis
L Adelphian tour so far were
heard while Rufus Woods. pub
Usher of the Wenatchee World,
and John Paul Bennett, conduc-
tor of the chorus were remin-
iscing in the hospitable Woods
home where half dozen men,
bers of the Adelphian party had
been invited for Sunday dinner.
Editor Woods and Prof. Bennett
are natives of Surprise, Neb., a
little place by the side of the
road. Every time they get to-
gether. one or the other starts
the do-you-remember stuff and
then they're off. This time,
while the finishing touches were
being put on the chicken and
biscuits and fresh peas, Rufus
mentioned the first circus that
came to SURPRISE wagon
show with one elephant, drom-
edary and a couple of clowns
and some horses. 1t was a great
thing for the prairie farmers,
and Father Woods took the
twins. Ralph. Tacoma attorney,
and Rufus, along.
OF course the boys were
thrilled, and all the rest of the
summer they played circus.
They learned a few tricks but
try as they would they couldn't
accomplish a sort of double
somersault. After a number of
failures they decided that maybe
the trouble was that they didn't
get high enough for the take-off.
Then they tried it from the
top of the granary. Ralph con-
scented to make the first at
tempt. He took sort of rolling
dive from the top of the granary
wall and landed head first in the
shelled corn several feet below.
He was unconscious for a few
minutes and when he came to he
insisted that Rufus also should
make the attempt.
Each of the twins usually did
things together. but after seeing
the near catastrophe that befell
Ralph, Rufus refused.
Ralph was incensed because
Rufus wouldn't risk his neck.
too. and for number of years
any mention of the circus would
start Ralph on the warpath.
Having the wind knocked
out Of him and being nearly
suffocated by going head first
into the shelled corn took all
the circus ambition out of
Ralph. Rufus, who escaped
that rough experience. became
a circus addict and even today
sometimes goes off for bit
of Glowing.
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couraged to continue, Townsend
modelled a bust of his wife which
won the sculpturing prize in
last years Allied Arts show in
Dallas.
II am certain to follow my
career as long as there is dirt to
be found" Townsend assures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
An Inside Picture of Finan-
cial and Political America
LIG HIT
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = American diplomats accept with
misgvng AngoFrench threats that they INTEND 10
prosecute a-out war; land and sea. Nor do they
look for Hitler to make any major warlke move in the
near future
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
ropAY,s CoMMoN ERRoR

Do not say. He has gotten his
reward at last; say. got his re-
ward" Gotten is obsolete.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
BLACK AND WHITE
BUT READ ALL OVER

Harold Dahl. the American
aviator, is bouncing from Jail
to Jail. Something like those
checks of his out in California.
Now Russia appears ia be
making further inroads on Finn
ish territory by the simple ex-
pedient OF changing the bound
aries on Its maps. Finland may
have 10 fight its next battle
with n corps Of surveyors and
map-makers.
The United States is going 10
furnish each OF its Alaska
families with two reindeer.
Santa Claus should be able TO
pick up plenty of psrt-time help
next Christmas.
A new kind Of radio permits
veterinary surgeons 20 listen
IN" on cows 10 detect Internal
diseases. II will probably he =
good deal more interesting than
some Of our commercial pro-
grams.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-03
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC
LINCOLN BOWL
AND TREES

Editor, The Times: I favored
Lincoln bowl and voted for 1t,
but ! also favor the trees. and
IL bound to choose one or the
other I would choose the trees.
I donated a dollar to save the
big cedar of North Bend country
from the clutches of the wood
chopper. and l have never seen
1t. "only God can make tree"
and 1t takes time. II can be
destroyed in a matter of min
utes but there is no need Of
destruction.
Tacoma surely has room to
spare. Why not use all of the
present bowl and add to 1t the
gulch and as far north as neces-
sary? What are a few resi-
dences as compared with even
one lovely tree? II present bowl
Is wanted for something else,
don't crowd the new one over
into the park. Take it where
there Is room. A few blocks
away cannot matter. II there is
more room farther down the
gulch. go down. 1t need not be
bigger than Stadium bowl. Build
what we have room for but do
not make room by murder"
q p FFNTON.