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eraIlx a mark Of real distinction
Seldom then id the bearer OBJ
Jet. rather. to tbs day, most Of
them appreciate that said tiles
are a badge o. office 20 be worn
With a certain amount Of pride
and honor
To emphasize the dire need Tor
and enduring impetus given tol
such nicknamiug. there Is the
authenticated yarn about the
Vessei out Of Grsys Hsrbor With
lumber for South America
The schooner A. r. johnson
vas owned BY A. 3. johnson Of
san Francisco. The captain,
mate and cook were named
Johnson.
TO load the vessel this part
vas admittedly INTENTIONAL q
foreman named Johnson was
placed in charge Of 10 longshore-
men named johnson. The Mil
shipping the cargo assigned a
tallymsn named Johnson The
exporting company brokering
the shipment detailed to the Job
an inspector named Johnson.
Thus. thanks TO Scandinavian
seafarers and the unhonored yes
sels OF our coastal waters. that
the language Is enriched.
The government wants TO
charter a fishboat for use in the
Alaskan fisheries during the
summer months.
II needs a vessel 80 feet or
more in registered length, with
at least a 90-horsepower diesel
engine"
The charter is for about four
months. during which time the
vessel will be engaged in fishing
for crabs and scientific investi-
cation in the waters Of South
eastern and Southwestern Alas
ka and the Boring Sea.
Details Of the ohsrtering are
obtainable from the L. s Fish
& Wildlife Service, 2725 Mont
lake blvd, Seattle.
l.. NJ. Snow of Sumner drop
ped in to say hello. Among
other things, he mentioned that
he'd been born at sea aboard a
sailing vessel. Now we're Won
dering how many others there
are who came into this world
under the same circumstances?
Surely not so very many-we've
only met one other.
For the record: The first ship
to boast steel masts and rigging
was the Seaforth. She WAS built
In 1868.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20
horoscope
SUNDAY. JANUARY 10

According TO the seers this is
not an important day In planet
airy direction. II is day for
serious thought and careful
planning. The clergy should
benefit Ms the churches focus
interest.
Heart and Home: Young and
old come under planetary
sway which encourages preoo-
cupation with religion. For many,
there will be spiritual vision and
n renewal of faith. The Roman
Catholic church will gain greatly
after terrible persecution The
Church of England also will at
tract many persons. Community
congregations will grow. At the
same time numerous cults will
expand.
Business Affairs: Chemists
will contribute wonderful dis
coveries to industry as well as
to medicine. Prosperity will con-
tinue and will afford oppor-
tunity for the careful training of
the young for merchandising and
manufacturing Women will be
in demand in offices and shops
where the standards OF eff
cheney will require expert train
ing, War conditions in Europe
will teach the United States
valuable lessons.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the augury OF busy.
active year In which many gains
will come unexpectedly. oppor-
tunities for advancement will be
numerous. Domest peace
should be safeguarded.
Children born on this day will
be- sensitive and gifted. They
will like whatever is formal and
will be natural leaders Lawyers.
writers and designers belong TO
this sign of the goat.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive attention IN This roll
umn lsttaTz must siFs name and
address Of writer Onle initials
MI b. published when requested
Mr.. fi1it: l. the defendant In
q divorce action compelled To
wait ia months before remar-
ryings A READER.
Under Washington laV the in
terlocusory provision applies 10
both husband and wife. regard
less Of which Is defendant Nei-
Their NAV remarry = third per
son within SIX months waiting
period. before the final decree il
entered.
MIR. fikit: Has President Roo<e-
welt any new cabinet members:
MISS r.. r..
Frank 2. Walker j. the new
postmaster general; other com
paratively recent appointments
were Claude x. Wickard secre-
tary OF agriculture; Robert Jack
son, attorney general. Henry l..
Stimson. secretary Of war. Frank
Knox, secretary OF the navy. and
Jesse n. Jones, secretary OF com
merce. Other changes. however.
are rumofed and may come any
day. Watch the paper.
MIR. Fixit: The bricks In our
fireplace are falling out. Can
you tell me n the old bricks
can be used again, and II so,
how to do II inexpensively?
MRS. w.
Dash Point.
The old bricks are likely to be
brittle ard break easily in nan
ding again. BE safe. and pre-
vent possible fire hazard in the
future by hiring good brick
mason 10 make the repair. especi-
ally II II is in the firebox. An
expert In this line would be glad
to give you an estimate OF what
IL would cost after seeing the
fireplace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20
INTERVENTION
AND PEACE

Editor The Times: Having
taken special interest In the
subject OF Intervention lin inter
national law for some years.
may l have space for few
comments on the radio address
by Senator Burton X. Wheeler
few years ago opinion in
this country was divided into
three groups. ON foreign policy.
These groups advocated, respec-
lively, extreme isolationlsm.
neutrality with emphasis on
its rights as well as obligationsl,
and collective security. Today
the terms 'interventionists' and
Neutrality-suspicious. are being
applied loosely To those support
ing or opposing an American
defense policy which would keep
war out OF this hemisphere by
seeing that the Nazis are de-
feated in Europe.
Senator Wheeler recently call
ed the policy OF the 'interven-
tionists" (as he calls the people
who would rather see the Nazis
defeated In Europe than see
them coming TO the support of
their agents over here insane.
But In the same speech, sur
prisingly enough, the Senator
proposed an eight-point work
ing basis for peace which. for
its achievement, would require
Intervention" on a worldwide
scale. And, If this Just peace"
which the senator advocated
were To be achieved, the United
States would have to do the
intervening.
Consider those eight points
and their achievement. Is Ger
many going 10 retire into its
1910 boundaries simply because
an American senator thinks this
would be a desirable first step
toward peace? Is Germany GO
ing TO restore France. Holland,
Belgium, Denmark. Norway lin
cidentally we should have liked
10 have heard Poland. Czecho-
slovakia, Austria, and LuNem-
bourg included in the list TO
please Senator Wheeler or even
10 please the entire American
people?
Or. Stowall of American uni
versity defines intervention as
the rightful use OF force or the
reliance thereon TO COnstrain
obedience TO international law
So understood. intervention may
be as socially desirable AS the
enforcement OF a city ordinance
by policeman. Clearly, some
use OF force is going to be nee
essary II all the countries list
ed by Senator Wheeler are To De
restored An advocate ~ the
League Of Nations or OF Federal
Union OF the Democrscies might
we'll have cited the need for re-
storing these lands to their
riehtful freedom. no matter how
much ''intervention" might be
required IN the process. But.
coming from Senator Wheeler.
who considers intervention in
sane" The proposal is a little
strange"
Point five OF the senator's
working basis for peace" calls
for protection Of all racial and
religious minorities in all cOun-
tres The League. OF course.
attempted that through its pro
visions affecting refugees. MI
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Stories in
Stamps
ltoly's Greotest Potriot
Wos Also First Dictator

MORE than half century be-
~ fore Mussolini's rise 10 power,
Italy had dictator He was
Giuseppe Gsribaldi, the patriot,
who led the fight TO free Italy from
foreign domination, unite Italian
states
Garibaldi is pictured with King
Victor Emmanuel ii on the stamp
above. one of an Italian series
COMMUNICATING the 10th anniver-
sary OF the proclaiming Of the en-
pire.
Garibaldi was a plotter and a
fighter. Under sentence OF death
for a plot that missed FIRE. ne came
10 South America. helped Uruguay
win independence Later ne re-
turned 10 Italy to take part in an
other revolution, bsttled armies Of
France, Austria, Spain and Naples.
For a time, ne lived in exile in
New York
Returning again to Italy, he at
tempted 10 settle down But ne
left his bride Immediately after
the wedding 10 begin new cam
paign. Il was during this war
that ne was named dictator.
But Garibaldi Gid not want TO
rule. After Sicily and Naples were
conquered, ne saw Victor En-
manuel proclaimed king. Modern
Italy traces It's beginning to the
achievements of this patriot VINO
refused 70 admit defes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20
Bravery---Plus

Sheer physical bravery is common enough. Even among
the uckess Italian troops in Albania and Lbya there
probably plenty of holding their posts and dying
etolidly
But among the British there is certain quality added
ability to make joke of misfortune and to greet the
grimmest fate with a wry smile
British booksellers drawing the admiration of the
entire American book world by their determination to
carry despite fire and bomb Their export trade
cay among antiquarans, is encouraged by the govern
men because brings exchange to England for articles
produced long ago Stocks of have already been
damaged but their defiant spirit well shown by
who recently advertised in poetic tone but grim spirit:
"Rumour, thou lying Jade. We have not been hit. We
functioning Our great stocks intact Our build
ings have not been damaged"
Hard to beat-the grin that font off
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terfront scene is the closest liv-
ing relative to the sailing ship.
The men who are essentially
qualified TO call themselves
steam-se hoonermen would seem
to substantiate the belief.
OF course, in the beginning
steam schooner personnel was
necessarily drawn from the
windhags that's all there was.
1t was no difficult task, how
ever. to lure the men of sail from
the long and uncertain windship
voyages into the shorter and
somewhat more pleasant teven
IL more degrading unbeautiful
coasting steamerboats
And 1t was conceded pecu-
liarity of the sailing ship that
the ma ority OF its sailors should
be of Scandinavian. What's
more, those same Scandinavians
born to canvas and rope and
graceful tall spars - contrarily
seemed especially attracted to
the novel but lowly steam
schooner.
Well iand here at long last we
are getting around TO the topic
of steam schoonermen S tradi-
tionally unique namesl one of
the outstanding characteristics
among Scandinavians. apparent
~, is the lack Of Imagination and
variety in family nomenclature.
That il the basis for the
peculiar fame of typical names
native only to steam-schoon-
ers.
Among the steam chooners. il
was the custom 10 assign dis
tinguishing nicknames to the
various masters, such names be-
ing derived from the respective
personal traits and characters
tics. Thus among the Johnsons,
alone We're found Hungry. Scar
face, CLASSY Eye, Single Reef,
Rough Pile, Cordwood. Coffee,
Baby, Swell Head. Watch Tackle
and similar identifiable nick
names tagged on members Of the
Johnson tribe.
The Petersons, Andersons.
Hansons. Larsons, etc, were
likewise numerous enough TO
warrant nicknames. Among
them We find such swagger
specimens as Silent. Breakwater
Bill. Woodenshoe Pete. Double
Reef, Picnic Charlie, Saliva ton
John, Fancy Ben, Admiral,
Jumping John and dozens more
of like richness. MANY are def
nitely unprintable >
Ii II to he understood. how
ever, that such names were gen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20

Coiorful enough them
selves. certainly. Pacific
Coast steam-Schooners have
contributed 10 maritime
lore a richness Of pictur-
esque person names steam
schooner men. no less than
their ships, are a breed
apart.
Sal gave way TO steam or this
coast long before the Windbsgs
were eiboWed of the trans
Pacific routes. and il was the
steam schooners that did il.
While the briggs. brgantnes
and schooners were still carrying
Washington and oregon lumber
across seas and 10 South Amer
lea, the unelamorous steam
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

topmost peak. Make charge
for the ride.
No place in the world offers
such senic splendor.
Tacoma will reap r rich re-
ward World wide publicity will
come with the completion OF a
railway to the top of The
Mountain.
EDWIN A. HENDERSON,
Olympia.
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schooners were
already firmly
established as
an ] m p ortant
factor OF west
coast shipping.
Now II has
long been this
d 2 ? artnent s
contention that
the o 4 ! c
steam-sc hoOner
so Familiarity a
D art o our
everyday va
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20
GOVERNOR TAILOR

When President Andrew John
son was governor OF Tennessee.
Judge John W Pepper. once
blacksmith. made and presented
him fire shovel. Governor
johnson. once a tailor, retired
TO the governors office and sit
ting cross-legged on the official
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20

Popular elections express the will of the people, but
back of that will be the democratic spirit which alone
from the of the rule of force-Chef
Justice Charles Z. Hughes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20

The nations fire losses in 1910 800 million
enough TO burn up the insurance companies
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20

And charged your judges at that time. saying, Hear
the between your brethren and judge rghteousy
between every and his brother and the stranger that
r. with him-Deuteronomy 1:16.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-20

dom from want" and freedom
from war"
Russis sold US the former.
and England sold US the latter
some twenty odd years ago
and again today. Our hobnob-
bling -with-royslty president long
with a majority Of the people
have swallowed these later. hook.
line and sinker. Do We learn
from history?
z SEAAsA
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SOC IAI.fSM

Editor. The Times: r. J. Pear
sail agreed with A. 3. Seaman
that TO prosper men must learn
10 work along with economic
forces. and added that that was
good socialist doctrine. Seaman
continues to argue that social
lists aim AZ control OF economic
forces. instead Of working along
with them. and hence that
Pearsall contradicted himself.
How DO engineers control q
river OF even, on occasions.
glacier. save by working along
with IL No power on earth can
stop the descent Of water from
the mountain top 10 the sea, but
oy working along with II. II may
DO turned from = devastating
force into : bsnificent one. So
would socialists. through produc-
ton for use. turn the illlmitsble
and dangerous forces Of our
modern machinery TO benificent
instead Of destructive ends
Good reading. as well as good
writing. IS an act of intelligent
Interpretation OF what mas gone
before.
JERRY TODD.
Auburn
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by John Xix

encyclopedias 20 fellow students
by the week. II you have in
vented job, send the story and
4 snapshot 10 John Hix, care of
this paper. Strange As 1t Seems
pays 81 for each Job inventor
featured.
Monday: Berlin Bombed.
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table. eventually presented TO
Judge Pepper a handmade
broadcloth coat. II now re-
poses in the Tennessee State his
torical museum.
JOB INVENTOR
Joan Poynton, Jersey City,
n. j., found r way TO make
knowledge pay. She rents out
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DO WE LEARN
FROM HISTOk :.

Editor, The Times: have
Times readers read that edi-
torial. The Tide of The Future"
just published? grant the
authors right to think ito say
ito spread 1t on the pages of
The Times, even. Look at this:
1T is too late, again, TO look
back to 1915 and the dream
chats all II was) that was
dashed into a million pieces
=. =" the prize we lost.
And why did we lose il, pray?
Has The Times forgotten the
reason printed in its own COL
umns-that same nation We
saved then, wrecked that dream
because IT denied the man who.
talks like Jesus Christ That
same nation is now imploring us
To save II again from its own
follies-for what, that 1t may
again wreck our dreams
We rallied around that man
then because He Kept Us out
of War" Now we have rallied
around another savior who
claims to be able TO lead us
Short OF War"
Thank the Nazis for one
thing. anyway. They h ave
shown us that - the security
which the Nazis promise their
people is the security which
every country must achieve
That much is clear. Few clear
ly-stated war aims nave come
from Churchill, but every word
from England is that the
ancient world OF privilege and
position is dead.
An yes,-until and if, Eng
land is saved again, to re-exert
her self-chosen privilege Of
denying the man who talks like
Jesus Christ" only We nave no
evidence, as yet, that he talks
that way.
Whether those waves VIII
mean war for the United States
We do not vet know. They may.
whenever the Nazis leaders be-
heve the United States Is no
more dangerous a. war than as
the arsenal Of democracy. -
tJust a matter Of degree
Thus We kid ourselves Of plso-
ing the blame on the Nszis. eh
Furnishing munitions to one be-
hgerent while denying them 20
the other. our hattleship trail
ing the merchant ship Of one on
the high seas and 0etraying II
70 the other. and countless other
items are not acts Of war, then
II seems 10 this writer that
our national oblectives have De
come slightly added freedom
OF Xpress everywhere
freedom 10 worship God yes.
but the founders Of what vas
Their republic. were not 50
foolish as to guarantee free
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JERRY TODD
Auburn.

II YOU knock Al friend door
and are admitted. It's tine 10
quit knocking.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Services for 1t. Col. Try
Are Set Tomorrow

Funeral services for 1t. Col. c. N
Try, Engineer Corp, U. S. A., will
be held at 9:45 am. tomorrow in
Fort Myer Chapel. Burial in Ar
hngton National Cemetery. Men
who saw World War service with the
9Th Engineers are invited to attend
Col. Try, so, killed himself with
his service revolver yesterday in a
hotel at First and D streets NE
Deputy Coroner Christopher J
Murphy issued a certificate OF
suicide.
The engineer officer was in Wash
ington for consultation with Wal
Department officials. He made his
home in Columbia, S. C.
Col. Try served overseas with the
9Th Engineers during and imme-
diately after the World War. He
was awarded the Silver Star fol
gallantry in action on the Marne
The occasion was his direction under
fire of platoon constructing a pom
toon bridge.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Tobey Knows Nothin!
OF Hawaiian Battle,
Roosevelt Declares
Declares Knox Is Now
Gathering Facts on
Pearl Hurbor Attack

While Secretary of Navy Knox is
seeking full facts on the Pearl Har-
Dor battle of last Sunday, President
Roosevelt today joined in bitter de-
nunciation of uniformed criticism
of The conduct of the Pacific Fleet.
The Presidents remarks were
prompted by an angry debate on the
subject on the Senate floor, when
Senator Tobey, Republican, of New
Hampshire charged that there had
been "dereliction and ineff1ciency'
on the part of responsible naval
officers.
The Senator who made those
statements, Mr.. Roosevelt told a
press conference today, did not know
a thing about it.
He repeated somebody's gossip, he
made it as a statement of fact which
he had no right to do whatsoever
the Chief Executive said.
Knox Assembling Facts.
The President said he had nc
added information at present, but
that Secretary Knox was assembling
the facts.
Reminded that British Prime Min
lister Churchill had said publicly
yesterday that mo one can under
rate the gravity of losses inflicted
on the United States" the President
acknowledged this to be perfectly
true.
Secretary Knox reached the is
lands yesterday, the Navy Depart
ment announced without further
detail last night.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Air Defense Office Set Up
For A. u. Park Section

The American University Park
Citizens Association was informed
last night that a central air defense
Office, set up at American University,
would open today and remain open
from m. to pm. daily.
Personnel in the office will issue
information and coordinate air de-
fense efforts in the American Uni
versity Park section for the duration
of the war 1t also was announced
that patrols of citizen air wardens
were to tour the section nightly in
case of any emergency, such as an
air raid.
The Office was contributed free by
the university.
The association, on motion OF
Henry L. Colman, former president
of the group, voted to join the Fed
eration's city-wide membership
drive. scheduled to be held late in
February.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Rites Set Tomorrow
For DR.. 6. 6. Murbury

Funeral services for DR.. Charles
Clagett Marbury, II, who died yes
terday at his home, 2202 Massachu-
setts avenue NV, will be held at
1918 am. tomorrow at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H
streets NV. He will be buried in
Arlington National Cemetery.
DR.. Marbury was associated with
Providence Hospital here for 40
years. and was its first resident
physician.
He is survived by two stepchil-
oren. Mrs. j. j. Willard of Elmira
N. Y, and Andrew Stewart Mes
sick of Chicago; a niece, Mrs. Henry
c. B. Clagett of Upper Marlboro
Md; two nephews, DR.. William
Berry Marbury of Washington and
Judge Charles Clagett Marbury OF
Upper Marlboro, and a cousin, DR.
John Bayne Marbury, who was
closely associated with him in prac-
tEe here. His wife, the former Mary
Stewart of New Orleans, died last
year.
Evening star., 1941-12-12
Pennsylvania Reaches
'Distrieting Agreement
Ry thp Asxnciatad prsss

By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. IA
special Legislative Committee, after
months of deliberations, last night
agreed on a plan for reducing Penn
sylvania's "a congressional districts
to 80, as required by the 1910 CEN
sus.
State Senator John H. Dent made
the announcement for the commit
tee, saying it had been decided to
eliminate one predominantly Re-
publican district and one Demo-
cratic district with another to run
at large.
The plan was regarded as a COM
promise politically since the Re-
publicans had insisted upon elimi-
nation of one district in Philadel-
phia, and the Democrats for re-
moval of a rural Congressman