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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-28
Hole Without Douqhnut

democratic country based equal opportunity for all
make the best of whatever abilities they have always
has certain amount of trouble because of those
individuals abuse those freedoms They make too much
money in too devious ways for instance.
The toaltaran countries with their continual ranting
against capitalism make much of the alleged fact that they
have ended all such explotationended it, true at the
expense of denying opportunity to all alike but ended it,
They leave hole thereby but present their people with
doughnut of ant-hill security.
Yet reports seep out of Russia from time to time of
shooting of profteers from Germany of beheadngs of
profteers: and from Italy Lavita ltalana,
paper published by Roberto Farnacc secretary of the
Fascist party itself Says Lavita: us there who
imagnes prices blocked and profiteers have disap
peared?
What profteers! In co-ordinated cooperative passo
Romanified Italy,
Tch. Tchl No doughnut ether7
The Italian soldiers started for Greece with the idea
of running things and wound up just running.
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Stories in
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
Pitcoirn Island Today
Is Poetic porodise'

THE happy isolation mutineers
Of the Bounty sought but did
not find on Pitcairn Island belongs
to their descendants today. The
Islanders live pleasant, pious,
. Woodworking life. far removed
from the strife Of the rest Of the
world
A view OF the rocky shore Is
shown on the stamp above, with
Fletcher Christian. leader of the
famous Bounty mutiny, pictured
al left.
Pitcairn is tiny two-mile-
square dot in the south Pacific be-
tween Australia and South Amer
lea, about $500 miles west Of Chile.
War has halted the frequent visits
of passing ships; postal service IS
irregular
The religious regime estab-
lished by John Adams persists
among the 200 descendants of
mutineers. There are no taxes.
but every man is required TO work
seven days a year on public prof.
ectS. Education Is compulsory.
The islanders have an abund-
ance Of food Agriculture and
hsning are the principal occups-
lions There are no COWS, pigs
or horses on Pitcairn.
Many descendants Of the mu-
tineers now live on Norfolk Is
lsno, to which they transferred IN
1859 when Pitcairn's population
became too numerous
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to Women's
page for answers.
/. What does the Irish word
Fire mean.
2 or which Pacific Coast
league baseball club was Oscar
Witt. former manager OF the
Cleveland Indians. recently ap-
pointed manager for 1917
5. Does dry air weigh more
than moist air
4 What is the English equiv
slent Of the German expression
Gesundheit. used when a person
sneezes?
5, What was Americas chief
contribution 10 military aviation
during World War I?
6. Is Kentucky. Tennessee or
louisiana called the "Hog-and-
Hominy" state
:. The Philippines are Off
cislly & state. territory or COM
naonweslth7
s In which house OF the I. S.
congress must al bills for rais-
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
WORD To THE
THOIGHTI.ESS

Editor The Times: This is an
open letter to all thoughtless
persons. Tonight a tired young
father came to tell us that his
small son who has been very
i'll for several days has taken q
turn for the worse and is going
TO the hospital in the morning.
This young father is just an
other public servant. He is a
trouble shooter for the tele-
phone company. On the night
of December p, during our near
hurricane, he was called out
as was every available man
at 1920 He worked straight
through until o'clock the next
evening. This morning he was
back on his usual shift again at
:. and spent another hectic day
fixing phones TO- impatient peo-
pie. In the course of the after
noon ne took quite dressing
down from an irate lady" who
wasn't getting good service. He
stood and took it," but in the
back Of his mind was the con-
slant nsgging worry about his
little son.
l wonder how many of us ever
stop to think when we give
somebody a piece OF our minds"
that that somebody really is
another human being after all,
and that many, many times we
are "bawling out the wrong
person.
Don't you suppose. you-and
you-that il might be a rather
nice gesture, all in the holiday
spirit and everything-to step
to that wonderful little instru-
ment. the telephone, and apollo
gize maybe Ito that person
who stood and took It" while
you got it off your chest
There is no person who gets
il in the neck" oftener or more
wrongly than our public ser
wants do
The old idea Of stopping TO
think holds good and a lot more
Of US could practice II to good
advantage TO ourselves
and those We meet
ANOTHER NEIGHBOR.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

70 receive attention IN this col
umn lettea must 80 name and
address O. writer only Initials
~ Dc published Vhan requested
Mr.. Fixit; There - a boy. a
high school graduate. who has %
stay in bed nj the I. n. san
forum for at least a year. l.
there an agency that viii pro
vide materials for handiwork
such a. carving. etc. and cor
respondence schooling free of
charge VI. ROBINSON.
There may be such an agency;
there should be one II you viii
furnish a little more informa-
ton. giving his name and ad-
dress. well see II something
can't be worked out 10 keep this
fellow busy.
Mr.. Fixit: l. there opportu-
nifty for a position In military
service - air corps. navy or
arms--for a woman experienced
In typing. comptomeier. book
keeping. credit reporting and 10
on Now and for several Years
she has been employed "a credit
manager for large mercantile
firm In another state. She would
like 10 locate In Washington
state. R q
The army and air corps nor
maily employ a number Of civil
ians Of both sexes in clerical and
stenographic work. but almost
invariably these positions are
filled from civil service. You
might consult with the secre-
tary. U. S. Civil service. at Ia
coma post office for more infor-
nation about your specific prob
lem.
Mr.. Fiait: Why do chickens
lay soft shelled eggs on the roost
when they have shell and can
run out for gravel? What can
i feed them? They Law ON the
roost. n II
IL would appear that there is
a deficiency OF lime in the diet
your chickens are getting What
Is worse, the chickens NAV be
suffering from some sickness
That is affecting all the hens
Drop line 10 the Washington
State Experiment Station. Pio-
neer way. Puyallup. They've
been experimenting with poultry
Tor years and have most of the
answers.
MIR. Fixit: What are the re-
qhirements 10 take the civil
service examination for fireman
city Of Tacoma. such A. age.
weight. height. education and
legal residence Ar
Apply TO room 100. city hall
lPacific ave, ground floor1
where the office of secretary
chief examiner, municipal civil
service will give you complete
information.
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Uncle Sam is not getting sui
ficient students under the pres
ent system. Hardly 20 per cent
OF the candidates can meet exist
ing requirements. They call for
at least two years OF college
study and a thorough grounding
in algebra, geometry and trigo-
nometry. Besides restricting the
entry list, these rules are as
sailed as tending TO create a
class system" in the air corps.
II is also noted that Hitler built
the worlds most powerful air
fleet without resort to such
methods.
The trainers maintain that
modern air tactics - blind and
formation flying necessitate a
knowledge of mathematics. But
the hard fact is that II takes Is
months to turn out good flyer,
and they will not be ready for
the planes unless the tempo of
training is speeded up somehow
and the number of prospective
pilots sharply increased.
lndustrialists engaged in re
arming the u. S.-also Great
Britain-now have another howl
against the administrators ma
tional defense procedure. The
Presidents lend-lease- give plan
has introduced a new note OF
uncertainty into their operations
and outlook.
The phase of the presidents
announced scheme which they
fear and deplore is the POSSIBLE
ity of British repayment in
kind" They point out the obvi-
ous-namely, that these postwar
imports would compete with
their own pro ucts tships.
planes, munitions). They would
lower prices. create unemploy-
ment and jeopardize investments
in their expanded plants. The
mere prospect kills their incen-
tive TO invest in what may be-
come obsolete or empty fac
tories.
Roosevelt's repayment in
kind suggestion - and IL may
have been so designed-has
given q boost 10 his sid-to- Brit
ain program. II has led many
conservative businessmen TO
break down and urge that mill
tary assistance and stuff be
given away without any thought
OF eventual restoration.
Most manufacturers are shy
ing away from Jesse II. Jones
offer to sell them money al IL
per cent. Administration insid-
ers understand - or suspect -
that the borrowing hOldouts are
acting in cahoots with the bank
erS-or vice versa.
Industrialsts frankly fear
that they will put their necks IN
nooses II they accept Jesse s
seemingly attractive invitation
They know that whenever he sd-
vances funds to a bank or cor
poration. he insists upon super
vising corporate methods and
policies. including officers sal
aries So they don't want 70
give Uncle Sam such an entering
wedge II they can help IL They
are financing expansion out n
SURPRISES or with the coopers-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-28

Centre college He went along
and sat in the grandstand
After heavy team injuries.
Coach Bible, in despair. called
Beesley from the grandstand,
put him in uniform and sent
him into the game. Texas A. &
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'NaA ' ~
ton of friendly banks and insur-
ance companies.
Anti-New Dealish interests
suspect that certain people at
the capital yearn to make the
war-or even national defense
a pretext for establishing a mod
flied form of state socialism.
They recognize. too. that Mr..
Jones will not live or serve for
ever. And even he strikes
them. as friend recently an
alyzed him. as "a Karl Marx
parading in a Wall street cos
tune" He doesn't rate the con-
fidence he once enjoyed
Small business and industry
- supposedly the admlnistra-
tons economic royalists are
losing out steadily in the scrap
for army-navy contracts The
thickest gravy is falling into the
dishes of the fat boys" once de-
nounced by New Dealers from
the White House down.
The great and established in
dustries-logically enough-are
getting the juicy wards
amounting to hundreds of mil
lions of dollars. So far they
have doled out only a minor
part OF the work TO subcontrac-
tors. Meanwhile, they are out
bidding the small fellows for
skilled workmen and managing
brains. They offer higher pay.
and are slowly lifting the gen.
eral wage level. Naturally. they
also obtain private money at
cheaper rates
Unless the small arms people
crash the national defense gate
soon, they will be hurt still more
severely. When and If real
priority system is clamped on
delivery OF raw or semi-finished
materials. the concerns which
have grabbed off prior contracts
will be accorded preferential
treatment C'est la guerre, But
il is ironical that things like this
should happen under the New
Deals anti-higness philosophy.
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oitiicult 20 OBTAIN transports.
ton. one Of the members ~ -.
party. who had been ma.
a sailing vessel, suggested ina,
they build their own boa, NJ
vile bought the material ,ns -.
boat was built on III. ,a,,or..
specifications.
About three weeks later IN.
boat was finished hu, !,
proved to be too small 70 EAR,
the sis men and supple. at.
" and Manville refused =.
He stood on the dock .,d
watched the Others sail AVA
Before the boat reached Br;,'
ish Columbia 1t was cap.lz.d
In storm and the five me-.
were rescued by Indian.
Among those who had con.
down to the beach to n. ~.
prospectors off was Lieu, Av
kautz, Of Fort Steilacoou 81
think you were wise TO s,av an,
of that boat" he said To N,,
vile. Haven't I seen you sop..
where Your face look,
familiar"
hanville then recognized him
as an officer at Fort Lane in IN.
Rogue river country where he
had served in the Indian war in
1883. AS they walked back tn
the hotel Lieut.. kautz said hs
was in charge of the construc-
ton at Fort Steilacoom and wa.
In Olympia looking for mechan-
les and asked Manville If no
could do anything along that
line. Manville said he was 4
plasterer and had some experi.
ence as a bricklayer. Lieut..
hautz said he was just the man
he was looking for. They finally
agreed on wages-S5 a day-and
Manville started for Steilacoom
IN a canoe padded by an Indian.
1t was with a good deal Of
fear and trembling that he en-
parked in the frail looking craft.
He told Lieut.. Kautz that the
canoe looked less safe than the
boat on which he had refused
to sail.
1T h ats where you're
wrong" said Lieut.. Kautz.
You just sit down In the bot
tom. mind your own business,
and the Indian will land you
at Steilacoom."
Half way to Steilacoom the,
struck rough water and Man
vile was sure his time had come
He urged the Indian to try I,
reach the shore but he refused
and finally landed Manville a
Steilacoom.
Manville had been working a
the fort several weeks when tn,
county commissioners advertise,
for bids for the county jail
Lieut.. Kautz urged Manville t
put in a bid. He did. and wa
the only one who could meet tn
specifications. Lieut.. Kaut,
provided the bondsmen. Man
vile started the job and sool
found himself the victim of {
feud between the building com
mittee and the county commits
sioners and also up against
shortage of materials.
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TWELFTH-MAN TRADITION

TNEIFTH-MAN TRADITION
Although Ben b esley had
been out for football for four
years, he had not won the covet-
ed "T' letter of his alma mater.
Texas A. a NJ. when his squad
left for Dallas in 1922 to play
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-28
WHERE ARE WE HEADEDs

Editor. The Times: Wise men
are too diplomatic 70 tell the
truth. They say fools do. so
here goes. Another year has
passed, and al least 40eS OF the
people are still looking for that
fellow Prosperity The other
60fc say that he has come and
is here among US now. AS far
as they are concerned he is
here. for about Soc Of the peo-
pie are making an easy living.
The point that the so-classed
wise politicians Of both parties
Will not acknowledge is that this
sos have gained this easy NV
ing BY Withholding. curtailing.
or retsrding production and sale
OF goods and services in order 10
raise prices. wages. salaries and
profits. which has caused the
other 400 10 suffer as a result.
We vii not progress until we
are willing TO admit tins. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-28
BRlGHTENERS

The difficult is that which we
can do today; the impossible
takes a little longer.-Fridtjof
Nansen, polar explorer.
II ! didn't think there will he
time when this country will
have no unemployment, I'd quit
my Job.-lsador Lubin. director
Of statistics, department Of
labor.
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IIcuT An Inside Picture OF Finan-
Ii u II i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHlNGTON-The pressure for pilot personnel may
force the army, navy and Civil Aeronaucs authority to
lower the educational qualifications for applicants for
flying instruction 1t has been recommended by numerous
airmen inside and outside the service.
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by John Hix

NJ. won 22-14 and Beesley got
his letter. Since that day. Aggies
stand at each game to show
they're ready to give a player
chance.
TOMORROW: Not Worth
Continental.
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SO THEY SAY

A Florida stunt flyers heart
was found TO De on his night
side. Ours would be in our
mouth.
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employers are not any more to
blame than the labor dictators.
The politicians of both parties
take dictation from this 500.
That is why I doubt very much
that there will be any solution
for unemployment, the farm
problem. and the increasing ma
tiOnal debt. We will continue as
we are until something serious
happe rs. Then God only knows
what we will get.
The founding fathers created
republic. We now have an almost
unlimited democracy. The diff
ference is that in republic the
electorate choose capable repre-
sentatives who are expected to
do the thinking for the elector-
ate, and act according to their
own reasoning. While in a de-
m ocracy the representative
when elected stop thinking. but
listen intently TO the thinking of
the electorate and try to please
the majority regardless of right
or wrong.
According to the sound econo-
mists, the only solution for our
plight is TO bring about con-
tinual reduction in the prices of
manufactured goods so that the
lowest income groups can buy
more and more of these goods.
but we are going contrary to
this by continually raising the
cost of production so that any
reduction in price is impossible.
OSCAR { EPTCKSON
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ing revenue originate
2. Which United States coin
Is called two bits
10. A pen in which sheep are
kept Is called a Sd?
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Pierce County Sheriff
Wanted Decent jail
Uncle Sam Needed Place
To Keep SoOtIeeeers
Territory Wanted
Another Prison
A NSWERING a request for in
n formation concerning the
old brick building which stands
on one Of the most enhancing
view properties in Steilacoom IN
volved digging up the interesting
story Of the first Pierce county
iail. The old building also served
as one OF the first territorial
prisons in Washington and the
first federal prison north Of the
Columbia river.
Pierce county's sheriff had
been Fostering the county
commissioners for decent
Jail" There also was need
for a territorial prison, hut the
real inspiration for the OLD
Pierce county Jail built 81
wears ago was the need of a
federal prison to punish white
men who violated the United
States edict against selling
liouor 10 Indians. That also
was the inspiration for the
first federal prison on Mcneil
island.
White men still sell whisky
Ia Indians hut reflect on their
sins In the federal road camp
instead of with the counter
feiters and other financial
sharpshooters on Mcneil is
land.
Though the newspapers of the
fifties have accounts Of the old
Jail. the best story is histori-
cal sketch written many years
ago by George Manville. the
contractor. His ding in
Steilacoom was an accident.
That is an interesting part of
the story, for if fate had not
directed Manville to Puget
Sound the Jail might not have
been puilt - not that year at
least. for mechanics were scarce.
There were plenty of good AK
men who could fell and dress
the trees for a comfortable and
substantial log house: there were
thsse who could qualify for as
good carpenter work as some
of the loggers and sawmill work
ers who got on the payroll at
Fort Lewis, but there were no
bricklayers. And it had been
decided that nothing but a brick
Jail would do.
Manville was in Portland when
news came of another gold field
being opened in the Frazer river
country. With five others. all
out of a job, he started for the
mines.
They went by boat to Month
cello Uongview) and from there
walked to Olympia. AS it was
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HOPE Is FOUND

Editor, The Times: Simple.
eloquent and moving. The Times
brief editorial on the few hours
sureease to cringing people on
both sides Of the English chan
mel by "Europe's killers" on
this bloody Christmas" finds a
place IN my scrap book devoted
10 sane utterances in these days
OF mounting war madness in
great sections Of the press.
Your voorhees, indeed writes
as one Of the little people" and
not one Of the great. in making
no geographical distinctions in
that game Of grisly murder. and
IN recognizing that the lustful
ones that grope for power and
glory 'mongst the broken bodies
OF the weak" are found on either
side.
II IS in that bit OF sanity that
/ find flicker OF hope. and not
in the partial and temporary
truce. For be sure the hours
taken from bombing today will
De devoted TO preparations for
more efficient bombing tomor-
row: and the agony and horror
inflicted upon the innocents NAV
IN the long run De even increased
by the brief respite in the spirit
Of Christmas
ROBERT 7. PEARSALL.
Sis So. PARK ave.
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The Italian soldiers started for Greece with the idea
of running things and wound up just running
Evening star., 1940-02-03
Capt. F. A. Voss|er
To Be Transferred
To Annapolis Post
Cupt. DroemeI to Head
Destroyer FIotiIIo;
Others Are Shifted

Capt. Francis A. Vossler, COM
mander OF cruisers, scouting force,
soon will be transferred to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis as
commandant of midshipmen, the
Navy Department announced last
night.
Capt. Vossler, whose home is in
Wheeling, w. Va, was in charge of
the department of seamanship and
navigation at the Navy Department
from 1885 to 1888 and has been on
his present assignment since last
June.
He is to succeed Capt. Milo F.
Draemel at Annapolis. The latter
has been ordered to sea duty as
commander of destroyer f1otilla
No. /.
It was announced by Navy officials
that Capt Walter K. Fitzpatrick,
commanding officer of the cruiser
Chester, will take over Capt. Voss-
lers command of cruisers attached
to the scouting force.
The Navy also announced that
Capt. w. F. Amsden would be de-
tached as captain Of the Ports
mouth, N. H., Navy Yard in May to
command Destroyer Squadron 4
His home is Sewickley, Pa. III
Other changes announced were:
Capt. H. C. Gerring, Annapolis,
detached from command ofDestroy-
er Squadron 4 to command U. S.
S. Rigel.
Comdr. Paul Cassard. student at
Naval War College, to command the
U. S. S. Argonne He is a native OF
Prince Frederick, Md.
Comdr. w. A. Heard, to be trans
ferred from executive officer OF the
cruiser Memphis in March to duty
in the Office of chief of naval opera
tions here. His home is Sabinal
Tex
Evening star., 1940-02-03
Rules Fraud Order Hearing
By Farley Unnecessary

The statute relating to issuance
of postal fraud orders does not re-
quire that hearing be held by the
Postmaster General, Justice Jen-
nings Bailey held yesterday in Dis
trict Court in memorandum opin-
ion, in which he dismissed a case
brought against the cabinet officer.
Seeking an injunction against
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley. after he had issued fraud
order against them, were S. w. Pike,
scotsman; the Globe Seed Co., the
Best Gardens and the Middle West
Supply Co. of st. Charles. Ill. The
fraud orders, the Government said,
accused the concerns of conducting
a scheme through national adver-
tising to obtain money through the
mails, by means of false and fraudu-
lent pretenses. in which the public
was promised free plants with their
orders.
Assistant United States Attorney
William S. Tarver, who represented
the Government in the case, with
Attorney Peter j. Connolly OF the
Post Office Department, said that
the firms obtained some $240y000
annually.
Justice Bailey in his decision to-
day pointed out that the Post Office
is a creature of Congress, which
may restrict it's use in any way that
it deems advisable and that the
National Legislature has vested the
right in the Postmaster General to
exclude matter from the mails which
he finds to be of a fraudulent ma
ture, when there is evidence salts
factory to him presented.