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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
Nth ELLIOTT METCALF


Chalky Wright %. steps up the line tonight in the
east TO make bid for the worlds eatherweight champion
ship.
BY modern boxing mean within the last 10 years or SO
chAy in letter to Jack Conner manager
And adds believe will champion. win be
viii be pulling for me want your support all of you"
Well sir here goes for big s00du's wish for the little ebony
In tn. middle so. he brourh. by
weigh, for BATH. in side bet action. y
And money as high n Grand.
Dave willing the limit chsky brilliant
boxer good hitter who good of the big would
chaiy fddled around Tacoma for spell displayed his wares
fsv times and convinced the fans OF his class
and Payn. hasn't hit him yet
Lost Foith in Stamina -.
Toward his last days in Tacoma he worked out in the
old Northwest gym day. dressed and sat down on
long bench next TO your reporter - So.
He shook hi. head sort of
brilliant kid two previous
determined to retire Later wound up In
- cas-. where he took new .'s. on IL. and began going like
bstsd hghtweghts and ~saters In
goa. pit against
ing whale of chance to grab the baub's
polite Negro probably whipped himself temporarily while
her. who befrended him this
hope . fighter
q gentleman with It."
Sammy Baugh the Texas passing wizard the pro grid
took vacation this summer. Worked at Hollywood in
picture called Kng Of the Texas Rangers and drew down
$4,000 Not bad vacation podner New York Giants
bosses anywhere in rebuilding the club it Ii that
bad Gone the gories of the Giants Coach Snavely
nj Cornell his entire starting team of 1940 the squad
the fifth down" incident the Dartmouth
Gophers Washington soil this sept ~
your Goph tackle who TAT and
pads large" The little WI
last but the five II
bsahed has cortng youngsters to the higher
grades baseball Bob Johnson waiting the last out
Inea Jump Philadelphia Athletics
into plane Tacomaward Has duck waiting for
him IN Inc the Business
association e THANK Jane Bradley The
the Saturday will
Amundsen bright well meaning
younsster sngthy reasoning Ring
August Northwest old, returning
the the Yanks don't Joe DNiag
minimum 1s49 then fans boycott
what Atheron rules Wilson
eligible play with Well her~ hoping he's another
like Washingon George Of old That whom the Ore
gsnans playing the Huskhes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
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~. Loui. IS 80 .ss7 10
Games behind leader.
-Games 10 play.
NEW YORK The Dodgers
were picking themselves up off the
floor today and. with a PARKWAY
look in their eyes. asking what
happened >" as they prepared to
meet the Cardinals in a three
game-do-or-die series in st. Louis.
A Mack truck couldn't have
done more damage TO the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12

The Cards outhit the Champs,
14-9. last night, but errors de-
cided the outcome. Green pitched
the whole game for Pocatello,
while synder, staley and Fields
worked for the Pilots. irwin Peters
OF Pocatello hit home run in the
eighth inning with the bases full
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WEDNESDAY SRESULTs

st. Louis at New York, played
former date.
Boston IL, Detroit 2.
Philadelphia 6. Cleveland 4.
Chicago IL. Washington 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12

Your postmaster can tell you
how TO invest in U. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12

And that's q margin Of just a
point between the three top teams.
The Rainiers- given break In the
weather - must meet San Fran
ciseo's Seals In four double
headers this week before going
into their final series with Los
Angeles. San Diego and sscra-
mento have only five games each
remaining this week.
Los Angeles and Portland.
fighting for last place, split =
double header, the Angels taxi
ing the opener, 81, md the
Beavers q go shutout In seven
innings.
Los Angeles remained two
games ahead of Portland by split
ting the double bill. A six-run out
burst In the ninth inning with
Mike Gonzales as the pitching vic
tim gave the Angels the opening
win and ended a tight pitching
battle between Gonzales and NAL
lory. Five hits, two walks and Al
Wright's error did the damage.
In the nightcap. Byron Specie
pitched six-hit whitewash ball for
the Beavers. who jumped on Byron
Humphreys for four runs In the
first inning and scored two more
off Joe Berry In the sixth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
1T The
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

WEDNESDAYS RESULTS
Sacramento 2, Hollywood l.
Oakland 4, San Diego 3.
Los Angeles so, Portland 1t.
San Francisco at Seattle, off
rain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
Second Gamer
lbs ANGET EC

IONAlS 50 v ~
Batted for Humphreys in NTH.
b Batted for Holm in seventh.
Batted for Berry in seventh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
Coast Chase
Grows Hotter
Sues Win: Padres
Lose; Skiffs Idle
BY UNITED PRESS

Games behind leader.
tGames 10 play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12

fCames 10 play.
BY uSrTfD fgEss
Oakland's Acorns pulled San
Diego back into a virtual tie for
the Pacific Coast league leadership
last night by rallying in the ninth
inning for a 4-3 victory.
The second place Seattle Rain
iers were again rained out and
Sacramento scored a narrow 81
victory over Hollywood TO leave
the top three teams with the fol-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-12
PioneerLeaque
Nv UNITED PRESS

The Boise Pilots. Pioneer league
champions, defeated the Pocatello
Cardinals, 1919, last night in the
first game of the annual Shaugh-
messy playoffs.
The Pilots and the fourth
place Cards meet again to-
night while Ogden and Salt
Lake open their half Of the
series. The winners of the
two-out-of-three game series
will clash for the Shaughnessy
title and a $1,000 purse In a
fhree-nnf -nf-f four Rame series.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
The Right Attitude

Mayor Vincent A. Scully adopts the proper attitude for any city official of Waterbury to take with respect to the proposed legislation that is now being held up at Hartford. We refer specifically to Waterbury's trade school appropriation and charter revision bills. They have been generally approved by legislative leaders of both parties. There is little or no objec- tion to the measures. But there is tend ency to make the city sit up and beg for such legislation as this. Some one evidently thought we were getting what we asked for too easily. We needed to be blocked just a bit.
 The mayor says however, that he doesn't intend to engage in any trading or swapping in order to have these bills approved and passed in the House. That's the only attitude that he can take. For him to do anything different would be an open admission that no legitimate piece of legislation can go through the House or Senate without strings attached can't enact legislation of general benefit to a community without provisions that something else must be done to compen- sate for this, there's no real purpose in sending men up to Hartford to make laws.
 This business of swapping law for piece of political patronage is throw-back to the days when the state government was dominated by the Republican Party and the party by the utilities. We got rid of most of this few years back. We have no desire to return to it. Hence there should be general support for the mayors stand and declaration. If necessary it should be brought out on the floor of the House and Senate that this city isn't in the market for horse-trades.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Teachers Retirement

The announcement at last nights Board of Education meeting that Pro- lessor James E. Grafton of the Crosby High School faculty was to retire at the close of the school year comes as shock to most of us who claim this school as our Alma Mater. Whether or not we came under the direct tutelage of Mir. Grafton in the long years that he has presided over classroom we knew him, respected him, and perhaps even sought him out in later years for conversation. Both in the classroom and out he was the same likeable and highly-interesting charac- ter.
 Without his presence in it's corridors we don't know just what Crosby High School will do. There have been other schoolmasters and miStresses, of course, whose term of service may have been longer than his, but somehow or other he, although his coming and going was quiet and most unobtrusive, had some magic quality, some rare trait of character which set him apart. We are sorry to learn that he is retiring, but we know that he has given faithfully of his time and his considerable endoWments to the education of many generations of Wa terburianS
 It is also somewhat disconcertlng to read, too, that accompanying retirements are those of Miss Elizabeth Kane, head of Crosby's history department, Miss Mary Coyle, principal of Russell School, and Miss Helen McMahon, secretary at Wilby High School. Miss Kane Is one of Crosby's veteran teachers and count less men and women have come under her benign influence. Miss Coyle has given full lifetime to the teaching pro- fession and only i'll health has inter- rupted 1t in recent years. Miss McMahon was trained in grammar school work be- fore going to Wilby and has served faith fully and well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
May Be Too Late

Unless 1t is immediately forthcoming we don't see how the city would be able to make much use of federal aid for its second pipe line According to news re- ports in the city over the past weekend, there is a possibility that Waterbury might be in the category of those com munities which could avail themselves of federal funds to be used for public projects that are definitely classed as vital to na- tional defense. Already Waterbury's water expansion program, which involves the second pipe lines, has been termed vital to national defense by no less than Sec- retary of War Henry Stimson.
 But the point that we make is this. Application of the federal law, which will make many millions available for such work, may not be for many months. This would mean that the city would have to gamble on securing federal funds at some later date. Right now we have funds assured through sale of bonds. This is certain; the federal aid is uncer- tain at best. We prefer the certain way of doing this job and we imagine a great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Another Record Broken

Every American industrial record will probably fall this summer. Records are made to be broken, and this is the time for industrial America to break them all Latest record to go is the April record for transit of iron ore from the Lake Superior regions to the lower lakes. In that month this year 6,954, ,793 gross tons of ore came down in 26 days, close to double the amount transported in any previous month of April. General freight movement through the Sault Ste. Marie locks also broke all records for the period.
 All that ore will be steel by midsum- mer or fall; steel that will help make the United States strong and aid those 1t has chosen to aid. Faster, every day, we move toward the objectives we have set.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

It was good news to read that stations of the Mutual radio chain had voted to do business with ASCAP once more and that starting today the one million and more tunes that ASCAP controls would be voiced and played over the air waves. True radio could probably continue to get along without many of these numbers and no one would suffer, but there are so many of them that have won popular favor down through the years that it's nice to be able to hear our favorite orchestras or singers employ them for our benefit. No doubt in time all radio stations will come to work ing agreement with ASCAP. We have no idea of what terms may have been agreed upon, but certainly 1t Is to be presumed that one of mutual benefit to the concern ed parties must have been reached. That is as 1t should be in any dispute of this type. There must be give and take on both sides, so that these may be mutual ap- preciation of the others strength.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE LAND RENTALS INSTEAD OF
 LACKING UP TAXES

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Tn view of the fact that our Presl- dent has called for c tax measure that will not make the rich richer and the poor poorer, does t not seem more reasonable and less liable to cause strikes, discontent and rab- otage If the Government would ap. propriate what is logically It's own the entire rental value of land to finance the defense program, instead of a tax on everything of human need, comfort and enjoymentp
 Such Q measure would leave to the producer the full value of his pro- duets and to the land owner If you please) the full value of his improvements; encourage production industry and cause Q more patriotic spirit. If such c measure should not prove adequate then in addition we could consider other sources Of revenue.
 Yours Sincerely
 Walter A. Verney
 Rosindale, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

world today is that 1t is being man. aged by men who will not accept Christ and His spiritual empire.
 The New Testament is charter of freedom, and 1t assures Us that we can rise above life because we can rise above self, and we can rise above self because God through Jesus Christ has made 1t possible for us to rise above sin. Surrounded as we are today with world con- ditions more alarming than hue manity has known for centuries, the heart of every true believer may be comforted with these words: Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
 This is no time for Christians to despair either of themselves or of the world. It is 8 time which calls for solemnity and recommendation, but not for hopeleSsness. It is 6 time when we need to watch, plan, and pray; but it is no time for be- lieving men to wiring their hands.
 All Rights Reserved--Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

many waterburians feel the same way about 1t.
 There is also another school of thought which feels that this community hasn't ever taken very much from Uncle Sam for purely civic projects. True we have had our WPA and PWA and IVA projects to mention but few. But so far as out right grants are concerned, we can't say that any one project has brought to Wa terbury from Uncle Sam are tremen- dously large sums. All of which is to as well as the other water projects, with the $2,000,000 we expect to have available very shortly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Good Augury

May there not be an augury in the fact that Jugoslavia, which has achieved strong internal unity in the face of an external threat to that country, is country of heterogeneous people, like the United States? Louis Adamic author and active worker for the interests of the new American, has pointed out this fact, and cited it in support of the plain and simple idea that it is not blood and origins that unite people, but common interest, a common purpose, a common goal and ideal.
 That also links the British, largely a homogeneous people of one blood, with the people of JugoSlavia, who are of many racial strains. What is forming against Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan, is group of people linked by powerful tie "the people who won't be pushed aroundl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
AN OPEN LETTER TO
 MIR. MCCONNELL
May l2, l04l.

May 12, 104l. Editor of The Democrat:
 I am taking time to answer your letter, MT. Mcconnell, of April 28tfH, which has been brought to my at tention. In 1t you wanted to know who the Mothers of American Sons were. Well, MT. Mcconnell, we are the mothers who belong to the class of Americans who won the Battle of Freedom in 1776. What Q coin- cidence Let's hope that F1R 1776 is the bill that is not going to take our freedom away from us. You also warned us of our so-called friends. We'll, we mothers are organized for just that purpose, for we do not trust any foreign country even if 1t happens to be England. She was al- ways our enemy and as far as I'm concerned, is yet.
 You also said it was bunk, plain and simple, for me to say that is cowardly to have England fighting out battles. Well, 1t is. or should I say that 1t is if she were fighting our war, but deep down in your heart, you and every other person in the United States knows only too well, that England never fought any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

What ever happened to that movement to take Carrie Welton's memorial away from the street at the east end of. the Green? A few years ago you could start a hot argument in no time over this. Some people wanted to put 1t right on the Green proper, while others thought 1t ought to go in one of the parks. General sentiment probably will keep 1t where 1t is for long, long time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

Waterbury employment figures con- tinue to mount to unbelievable figures. Those for April indicate that an all-time record is probably about to be set for this city if 1t isn't already reached. It's un- fortunate that we haven't official figures for employment here during the World War days when local factories were work ing night and day to supply the European belligerents with more munitions to kill would compare with the present ones. When it's reported that there are 44,510 people working in this city we get some idea of the tremendous amount of busi- ness that is going on here in all lines ot merchandising. It's good news.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

An illustration Is the handling of the crucial mater of building up reserve stores of strategic raw materials, such as tin and rub- Der, which must be imported from abroad.
 With the shortage in shipping already acute and likely to grow worse, tho greatest care must be exercised to conserve the stocks of these materials on hand. But Army supply chiefs are literally tearing their hair over over the failure of dollar-a-year officials to do this.
 The Army men blame this fail- ure on OPM unwillingness to dis turb the normal business opera tons of non-defense industries which are heavy consumers of strategic materials. And they ap- pear to have good grounds for the charge.
 TIN DISPUTE
 Recently, Robert F. Mcconnell head of the OPM Conservation Division, called conference of tin can manufacturers In Wash- ineton. At this meeting, he de- clared that the tin situation Is "easy"; that there is q fifteen inonths' supply in the country; and that at this stage of the de. fense program there is nothing to worry about.
 His only precautionary hint was the mild suggestion that 1t might be desirable to reduce the thick ness of the tin plate used to coat containers.
 Army officials disagree with Me- Councils cheerio view that the tin situation is "easy". They contend there is plenty to worry about, and, that the fifteen months sup. ply should be rationed in such Q manner as to stretch out over q period of two or three years. Can makers use 50 per cent of the tin consumed in the U. S., and the Army sees no reason why glass Jars and lacquer.coate cans should not be substituted in the interest of defense.
 INSIDE STUFF
 One inside reason why Emil schram left the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to head the New York Stock Exchange was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Ir, Today's Mail

other country's battle but ENG. LANDS.
 We mothers helped build this glorious country, and VIC are de- termined that it's never going to be destroyed by lot of war-mon- gers. If you want to convoy Eng lands ships, then we mothers say in Heavens name, go to 1t, and stop your foolish shouting
 You also stated we are afraid of Hitler, but let me tell you, MT. Me- Connell, that 1t is the people who are urging all out-aid to Britain that are afraid of Hitler. For that is all you traitors say, that If E'"- land goes down then Hitler will come right over and take the LIli- ted States. But let him or you, or any other dictator try to do that, and watch out MT. Mcconnell, for we still have our minute men, and once again we will chase them back as fast as they come; and the big ger they think they are, the harder they fall.
 Of course, we can't win if all our defense is sent to England to be used against Us. So, Mir. Mcconnell, my hat is of to George Washing ton, the greatest president the Uni- ted States ever had and ever will have How can we American Mothers ever trust even our own leaders, when men like Wendell Willkie gave us his solemn pledge that if he was elected President of the United States, he would keep us out of all wars, and later said, and is still saying, that if he were President, he would convoy ships no matter what. What does he mean? No matter what the Amer ican people say? Let me finish my letter by saying that the quicker he stops his foolish double crossing the better the United States will be.
 spoke to him personally when he was campaigning in Waterbury, and shook his hand and he prom ised to keep our boys off foreign battlefields. Little I knew that I was shaking hands with @ traitor. And that Is just what the Mothers of American Sons thinks of Wendell Willlxie. Our own ambassador Ken. nedy warned Us to keep out of the war, and after spending seven years in Europe, he should know what he is talking about Surely q man that spends one week in Europe can't tell the American people what we should do. We Mothers believe in the strongest national defense in the world, for no matter who wins the war, VIC will be hated by every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

that Jesse Jones has insisted on passing upon every penny spent by the REC, even though Jesse long ago was supposed to have graduated to other things. Schram resented Jesse's constant intru- sion, hlnted that he was no babe- iil-arms, finally got out New Hdmpshire's two Republican sen- ators, pro-British Bridges and anti-British Tobey, are anything but pals. Bridges thinks Tobey'S isolationlst stand will mean To- bey's political death Mayor LaGuardia declined with thanks FDR's request that he head the new Civil Defense Commission, indicating to the Boss that he wants a cabinet job or nothing Roosevelt needs c man for Civil Defense who will make more of 1t than merely parading old men on drill grounds. lie wants to clean scrap iron from city dumps, and put across various civic reforms On May l7 WilL liam J. Donaldson, Jr., popular Superintendent of the House press gallery, will celebrate his 30th year with the press gallery, in which he started as e fnesSeng- CT. Donaldson has attended every national political convention since 1912.
 ARGENTINE
 FOREIGN MINISTER
 More significant than most peo. pie realize Is the arrival in Wash- ington of distinguished pr. En- rique Ruiz Guinazu, first Argen- tine foreign minister in history to visit the U. s. A.
 duinazu is the third recent Ar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

1. Name the large island belong ing to France, that lies off the west coast of Africa.
 3. There are thirteen stripes in the U. s. flag; how many are short ones and how many are long oness
 3. Names the Senator from Texas, famous as Q prohibitionist, who died recently.
 4. Did all American Indians speak the same languageS
 5. What weapon did David use against the giant 0oliath2
 6. Which West Indian island was originally named Hispaniola9
 2. Tn which city is the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art?
 8. With what industry was Seth Thomas identifieda
 g. Does the sun rotate on it's axis?
 10. Tn which American City did the Duchess of Windsor spend most of her girlhood9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Selected Poem
MEMORY.

MEMORY. lenn Ward Dresbach in the New York Times We store in It, year after year, Strange hoards each sense selects But few things may be changeless here Where many time rejects. And 1t held nothing at the start Though holding at the end Too much for any secret heart To list or comprehend. We say 1t fails us with the years We find dust where the gold Was hidden and glow appears Where dust had been of old. In it. though all the world we crossed, Alone at last must be Wood violets-when the hill Is lost! Sails-when night hides the sea! Tn it. though gathered near and far How close at last must dwell Some glimpse of heaven with its star, Some personal flare of helll