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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4

Through the busy hours OF
today benefic aspects rule. 1t 10
a date for launching important
projects and for starting new
ventures in trade and commerce.
Heart and Home: Under this
sway the head Of the house
should feel optimistic and happy.
II Is q fortunate date for seek
ing money for special household
Improvement or decorations.
The stars stimulate advance
ment of family interests of
many sorts. II is a day of prom
Use for the young. There IL a
good sign for new acquaintance
of opposite sex; the head will
decide whether II is worthwhile
TO pursue a friendship which
may involve the heart. Under
this CONFORMATION the cook may
be difficult-labor comes into
an influence causing discomfort.
Business Affairs: This should
be a profitable date for mer-
chants. especially those who deal
In women's wear and in fine
jewels. Many engagement rings
will be purchased. also numerous
wedding gifts while this rule
continues. Shops will be en-
HANGED by many objects rescued
from the ruins of European
marts Of trade. Refugees skilled
In arts and hsndicrafts will con-
tribute to the alluring stocks
displayed in retail centers of
American cities. Buying should
Be generous.
National Issues: As eonven-
ton dates Of organizations COW
ering innumerabls interests
draw near. discussions OF public
questions will monopolize chief
attention. Taxes will engage
consideration, but the stars are
read as promising cheerful ac-
ceptance of increased obliga-
tions.
Persons whose birthdste IL is
have the augury of = year of
pleasant changes and surprises.
New friendships and financial
benefits are forecast.
Children born on this day
probably will be intellectual and
artistic. They should be logical.
refined. idealistic and fond of
change.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

the economic front.
without publicity. Hitler has
sent numerous representatives. To
the United States to negotiate
for the purchase OF American
properties. abroad. In some In
stances consular agents have
handled the initial conversations.
Under the best offers. American
owners would receive a few cents
on each dollar of their original
investment. Washington officials
have urged Americans to hang
on and refuse to sell. They also
have let Hitler's buyers know
that they are unwelcome guests.
The Americans may lose out in
the long run. whatever they do.
But the treasurys main game is
to embarrass the Reichs money
changers.
Non-American interests. Dutch
and French. also have been re-
buffed. Individuals and corpora
tons with assets in this country
which now are frozen. have
asked permission to withdraw
them. The Franco-Dutch expla-
nation IL that they need this
money TO maintain their equity
in plants now held by Hitler.
The answer has been as per-
sistently in the negative. Under
lying reason is to keep good
dollar exchange from falling into
der fuehrers hands. Washington
also suspects that the French
and Dutch owners are acting
under eompulsion from Berlin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
u. S. WARS ON
ECONOMIC Front

Washington officials have sly
mied Reich financiens' smart
schemes for cashing in on for
eign-owned Industries which are
under Hitler's control. within
Germany and in the occupied
countries Of Europe. This action
amounts 10 an extension OF the
warfare against DER fuehrer TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
IGNORANCE IN STRIKE
Is DEATH

Editor. The Times: What can
we, of the producing class. gain
by striking? Let us assume that
each Of US produces different in
gradients towards the making Of
a pOtful Of soup TO which each
Of US is entitled 10 as many
spoonfuls as ingredients individ-
ually furnished. II someone
draws more spoonfuls than his
quota which, although unseen. is
predetermined by the total
amount Of individual efforts,
others in the circle will have 10
cineh their belt accordingly.
However. as is the case in our
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buzz. Engines throb and electric
motors whine. Commands are
shouted and lights flicker.
The army men gather around
the control panel while = navy
host explains ting and that
The visitors showed particular
interest in the depth gauge
30 feet. so feet, 80 feet, down,
down. down.
As beads of perspiration be-
gan TO appear on troubled brows.
the subs skipper endeavored to
bolster his guests sinking spir-
it, by confidently explaining
that the submarine was designed
TO withstand at least 20O-foot
depths. but could probably 80
to 800 and survive.
When the depth gauge regis
tered 200 feet, however, the COLI
lision siren screamed, more
buzzers buzzed. frantic COM
mands were shouted, water
tight bulkheads were logged
down. the lights went out.
Escape lungs" were given to
all hands and the army men
were hastily instructed in their
use. A flashlight showed the
depth gauge quivering at $50
feet,
Then silence. The submarine
seemed to shudder. And the
hand on the depth gauge started
to climb slowly-250 feet, 240
feet, up and up ever so slowly.
Finally it registered zero.
Everybody cheered and ex-
changed congratulations. The
army men were wet with the
cold sweat of excitement as
they Imply dared to breathe
again.
The hatch was opened and
said army officers scarcely re-
membered dignity as they
scrambled up the ladder to day.
Highland discovered the sub
marine had been safely moored
next to the wharf all the time!
Write your own moral. sir.
The maritime commission now
is training 404 merchant marine
cadets. Only Arizona, Idaho,
Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Me-
vada and the Dakotas aren't
represented. Washington has II
boys in the service.
Members of the Olympia Yacht
club will rendezvous at Gig Har-
Dor the weekend of the 2Sth
and 29th. Other cruises slated
for each of the other week-ends
this month.
Approximately SIS per cent OF
the cost of battleship goes for
labor. We wonder how that
compares with vessels of other
types. Any ideas. sir?
Jim Buck was debating let
ter having to do with the tug
boat business and certain
gangway slip that was slightly :
damaged. And the inshore side
of your slip is still sagging," he
dictates. My, my, you should
have seen his stenographer drop
her pencil, blush very rosily and
nervously inspect the hem of
her dress. Members of the
waterfront sorority sure supply
plenty of such giggles, tsk tsk.
From fear of sabotage, the
city fireboat spent the weekend
moored at the Foss landing. The
wags therea bout couldn't resist
the temptation to hand the ia
nous company's famous Always
Ready insignia on her. They
even went through the motions
of measuring her with the dec
laration that on her towing
bits would look good.
In 1920 there were 1000 idle
merchant ships rotting in U. S.
seaports. This week the last Of
them, the West Grama, was re-
commissioned for service again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

present distribution up
where the process of soup maxi
ing is a continuous one, the
shortage in the one batch is
made up with part of the next
which. incidently. includes the
output of the machine in dol
lars and cents. As result, one,
then another and another. then
the machine. all find themselves
without any soup at all.
AS the need for consumption
becomes more acute and no solu-
ton is found, in an attempt at
preventing the inevitable break
down and make the soup"
available again, it becomes
necessary to ration the supply
by decreasing the size of the
spoons presently used. In other
words, initiation.
Meanwhile, with the view in
mind of increasing the ever
diminishing capacity of their
spoons, dollars, francs or liras,
the people resort to other means
such as cooperative associations
to purchase and distribute their
own goods. But. this too proves
to be boomerang Of the same
category as the call for more
money by labor.
Wen say that member saves
$40 monthly on his grocery bill.
That seems enviable on the
surface, but, it is evident that
the small groceryman at the
corner will be short that much,
and therefore, will not be able
to spend it so our member will
earn it back again. Though it
may be said that the latter him
self will do the spending and it
will amount To the same thing
as far as the circulation of
labor value is concerned. Quite
so. That circulation will be there
except -. for the little grocery
man whose only recourse will
be to try and get it some other
way" What other way?
And what If we all belonged
to the same association? Would
everybody save or would
We? Would the small dealers
and the whole array of labor
necessary to keep them going
such as, help, fixture-making,
trucking, etc. all of them dis
appear into nothingness of their
own free will. or would they be-
come farmers or what-have-you
to divvy-up the already slim
chances of their brother work.
ers TO make both ends meet?
Wouldn't we all be forced to buy
from centralized agencies, thus
setting up monopoly and de-
stroying all of what democracy
stands for?
What we are really after is
more soup and bigger spoons.
To strike can only bring us less
soup and smaller, though more
plentiful spoons. and even they
find their way beyond the reach i.
Of the common man. And what
about the loss Of time?
Would labor invest but a small
per cent Of the time wasted by
strikes TO learn with its own
thinking cap where its bread and
butter should come from, instead
of being lead TO more money!
by the radically limited thinking
power Of others, the prospect for
life of abundance would be at
hand. As 1t is. there is nothing
else IN sight than an inevitable
dictatorship which Is being
forced upon ii by leading ignor-
ance.
II Is said that ignorance is
bliss, but in strikes ignorance is
death. Just you think IL over,
LEO V CAETrIr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
TTcuT An Inside Picture OF Finan-
Ii III ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia grand jury
which investigated alleged violations of the Hatch Act has
adjourned without returning any indictments. Despite
official estimates that the two major parties spent about
$15,00OO00 last year. it is presumed that the law
full of holes q permit prosecution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

Maher Of the u. S. coast and
geodetic survey. who numbered
his sextant, took bearings. and
announced the position as near
the intersection Of Frederick and
Ashbury streets. Sure enough.
1t developed that the family so
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

There are probably high-minded fuzzyminded'
weeducated crackpots trying to undermine the admins
tration of criminal justice than other public function
Thomas E. Dewey, N. Y. district attorney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
MAIL DELIVERY BY
sFxTANT

In January, 1885, a letter ar
rived at the San Francisco post
office addressed simply in lati-
tude and longitude. Postal Off
Gals called in Captain T. J.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

The following little yarn
is briskly going the rounds
Of the waterfront raeon-
tours, and we think il typi-
cal of a greater number of
mere mortals than just
those sea smarties involved.
As Is common nowadays amid
all the national defense. mill
tary maneuvers and like scurry-
ing about Of officialdom. a group
Of navy officers were guests for
an inspection tour conducted by
officers Of the army's air force.
The party concluded with the
srmy's aviators taking the navy
officers for a ride in an airplane.
And q very fancy ride 1t was,
too-loops. dives. tailspins and
all the trimmings.
The navy lads were pretty
pale and grim when they at last
wobbled away at the end of the
trip. But they remembered their
manners enough to cordially in
vite their hosts to repay the
visit and make a dive in a sub
marine by way of returning the
hospitality.
This was thereupon arranged
and we find the same group Of
army and navy officers pussy
footing down a narrow gang
plank to board a submarine.
They go down through the hatch
to the interior.
A seaman slams the hatch
and tightens bolts. Buzzers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

tOO 1ull VI UOlcS 10 pei lIllJ
Former Republican National
Chairman John ID. M. Hamilton
had an amusing experience dur
ing the grand jury inquiry. When
the files showed that the three
main COP organizations. includ-
ing the willkie Democrats, had
spent about $4,000 900, the ex-
aiming district attorney asked
why the party had exceeded the
legal total of s3,0o0.0O Hamil-
ton pointed out that the law
permitted each of various orr
CARNATIONS, inclu ding state
groups. to spend the maximum
allotted to 1t. Thus the expen-
diture of $4,000, 900 was not IL
legal.
But didn't you know" pur-
sued the district attorney. that
Willkie himself said the total
expenditure must be kept to
$4,000, 900? Didn't you have
express orders from him -
Smiled John: mo. wnlkie
made that statement in a news
paper interview. He never gave
such an order to headquarters"
FRUIT GROWERS
RESENTFUL
Producers of numerous farm
crops figure that they are en-
titled to nurse a slight peeve
against certain experts in the
department of agriculture. The
growers of early fruits. including
grapefruit. oranges. Strawberries,
etc, are particularly resentful.
: For months they were asked
TO produce plentifully. with the
promise that they would re-
ceive a generous price for their
products. They were told that
aid-to-British exports and in
creased purchasing power result
ing from national defense en-
ployment would insure them a
rich return on their output.
They responded. perhaps too
nobly. In vegetables and certain
fruits the crops now coming to
market are the largest in sew
eral years. But the prices have
not reached the levels anticipated
by the agricultural statesmen.
In fact, they are lower than
they have been for some time.
The AAA-ers are rushing out
don't-worry bulletins 10 the dis
appointed producers. They point
out that national defense expen-
ditures soon will increase. con-
sumers win turn 10 fruits and
vegetables they could not afford
in the past. and everything win
be hunky-dory. But this pros
perity around-the-corner prom
Use does not make happy the
grower Of perishsble. or of stuff
which the British are not buying.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04
AN APPRECIATInN

Editor, The Times: On behalf
Of the chairmen for the recent
national school music competi-
uon-festival wish TO thank you
for the splendid publicity your
paper gave to the occasion The
success Of the festival was large
ly due 70 the public interest
aroused through your efforts
and We are indeed grateful
MONT J. DOWNING
Directing chairman.
National School Music
Compeution-Festivsi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-04

MANN TILLY.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

dive on you. Or a metal fragment
might smash into you. and then they
would check you off as killed in
action. with maybe a aposthumous men-
ton in the Meritorious Services List,
with your number. color and sex -.
Our R.A.F. pigeon homed 80 min
utes later, and after a hand had hauled
her out, and secured her message
tube. she tucked her beak into sue
culent grain. and got her wind back.
But outside the phones were ringing.
and offshore destroyer's radio oper-
ator scribbled on his pad and sent
message up to the bridge. The low,
black craft swung around and noeed
out into the fog to look for a seaplane,
or maybe rubber boat. somewhere in
the North Sen. s. miles out.
Twelve hours later the lookout
yelled. bells rang. ard there was the
seaplane, gray blob on the port bow.
with crew of five airmen, who were
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Confinvsd from poss eleven

water. But you always got back. You
made fast time in good weather. and
slow time if you had to roost up at
night, or fly under storms, zooming
over woods. But you got back. You
had to. Your mate was back there,
your regular food supply. your home.
You might not make it, of course.
You might hit something or you might
fly until your heart cracked. and they
would put you in pigeon dispatches as
having done your best and been
picked up dead from exhaustion miles
from home. Or a game hawk might
Evening star., 1941-09-28
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
BIRDS AGAINST HITLER

very pleased indeed to see the navy.
Back at headquarters, they marked
down on a sheet of paper: bird number
so-and-so, ring number such-and-such,
color dark-blue. sex hen. for dispatch
mention. Then there was a special
note that. besides homing fast through
fog with message that her plane had
met rowing Hun. fought him off, but
crashed in fog with dead engine, the
pigeon herselfhad been nearly drowned
in her basket before starting.
King Hoods Pigeon Service
Mosr of Britain's 10000 registered
fanciers belong to the National Pigeon
Service Volunteers. The Service is
headed by King George, whose pigeon
keeper. Sergeant Steele. presides over
one of the finest lofts in England.
Pigeon fanciers get ration cards for
their birds, and they stand ready to
supply all military needs. Pigeon re
serves approximate a million, though
50 far the active service birds number
no more than twelve to fourteen thou
sand. Only the pick of the conditioned
racing birds are good enough for duty
under the tough conditions of high
speed, modern machine war. The serv-
ice is carried on by experts with
immense energy. enthusiasm. zest.
Marshals. generals and admirals treat
the pigeon men with respect.
Recently young air pilot came
into mess late from a testing fight
with new loft of pigeons, and heard
the men at the top end of the table
talking of pigeons. He began to speak
with irony to his neighbors about
these birds. The first two released
hadn't reported back when he landed,
he remarked. although they were due
to ring the bell half an hour ago. He
was about to add that he supposed
they had gone back home to mother,
when a sudden kick on the shin caused
him to ram forkful of sausage and
potato into his nose. A staff captain
hissed: Shut up! The generals look
ing this way. Don't you know those
pigeons come from the old mans own
loft?"
1t turned out that the pigeons had
been fitted with an experimental tail
whistle, the idea being that it would
daunt attacking hawks as a screaming
bomb daunts troops. But the whistling
60 disconnected the pigeons them
selves that they coasted carefully
down to the nearest perch and roasted
there.
am happy to say that in the end
the offending whistles were scrapped
and the honor of the generals pigeon
loft restored.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-07-17
"MANHuNr''

The "chase' has long been favor
lite method of highlighting motion pic
lures, but it remained for goth Cen
lures, but it renamed for goth Cen
fury Fox to inject new life and mean
ing into the "chaseb In it's latest
thriller "Man Hunt starring Wax
ter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett, which Is
currently at the Roosevelt Theatre.
To start with, Godfrey Household s
book, "Rogue Male"'o on which the pic
ture is based, put the studio about
twenty strides ahead of the field. Pre-
eminently an adventure sto1y, with a
new and different "chase' theme, ita
dramatic impact made it best.seller
on two continents.
Dudley Nichols script, which took
two months to complete was hailed as
even better and more exciting than
the novel--for Nichols sensed the
movie value of the theme and pointed
up those portions which were "natu-
rals'' for the screen.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-07-17
NEW TYPE COMEDY

Concealing punch-paeked thrills a..
mong its many laughs, the new Para
mont comedy Reaching for the Sum-
has its initial showing Saturday night
at the Columbian Theatre. 1t has
surprises and excitement along with It's
comedy and is delightful new kind
of comedy.
Starring Joel McCrea and Ellen
Drew, and produced and directed by
William A.. Wellman, Reaching for the
Sun" offers the highly amusing story
of clam digging Michigan woodsman
who yearns for an cupboard motor and
is lured by the promise of high wages
TO work in a. Detroit automobile fac
tory. Tn the big city he finds Romance
and the funds with which to buy mot
or. McCrea is the wooasman and Miss
Drew the girl he marries, who aftef-
wards becomes jealous of the AFFECT
ion her husband bestows on the motor.
Imagine sharing your husbands al
fections with an cupboard motor!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-07-17

Saturday from trip to WILDLY Is
land.
L. J. LAWN was on business trip
to Ritzville, Monday.
FOR SALE-Well broken 7-year
Saddle Hose, S50-lb. beauty: lots of
snap, $50. Also 12-year Brood Mare,
in foal, 1900 lbs, s25. Will deliver.
Dan Dawson, Valley, Wash. adv.
Miss Eileen Dierkes, a student at
the University of Washington, visited
over the week end with her parents in
Coulee City.
Jim Jess transacted business at the
dam Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Margaret Snyder of Canton,
China, is a guest this week at the q.
w. Rice home. She attends school in
Tacoma.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-07-17
City In Brief

Glen Bean, manager of the Centen-
NAL warehouse, reports the first load
of wheat delivered to his company
here came in Saturday. The grain was
brought in from the ]. w. Wilson farm
and was of the Turkey Red variety,
testing GO pounds to the bushel.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Dierkes went
to Spokane to meet their nephews,
Jack and John Flaherty, Jr., OF Great
Falls, Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chef Evans and fam
lily of Wilbur spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mis-. Frank Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tucker returned