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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-24
NEW WEAPONS FOR
ALL COMPLIMENTS

Our streamlined army will be
equipped with entirely new
weapons in all categories from
artillery TO small arms. Behind
the changeover lies the neces-
sity for concentrating maximum
fire power at any given point.
That requires heavier ordnance
and more mobile vehicles-pos-
session of which has accounted
for German successes on every
front.
The semi automatic Garand
now has reached such q stage of
production that this soon will
replace Lee Enfields and Spring.
fields as the basic infantry wea-
pom. the los and 155 how'itzers
viii supplant the French 75s.
although the latter will be re-
tanned for snti-tank use. Even
World war models Of that ia
nous gun have proved their
worth in the present conflict.
A new 4.5-inch gun has been
devised. and soon viii be placed
under contract. The .50-caliber
machine gun will become stand
ard equipment in place of the
lighter .s0-caliber. Officers be-
low the rank Of major will carry
csrhine capable Of killing at
500 yards.
Only the brass hats will rely
on old-fashionsd pistols. Where
as tank units now have two
light and one heavy vehicle. that
proportion viii be reversed as
soon as the 2s-tonners are pro-
duced II volume.
Our motorized stuff viii at
tain a speed matched by no other
srny's rolling stock. In recent
maneuvers the artillery moved
SO fast that It was constantly
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in
Stamps
Wife Wos Model
For Rubens' Pointing

A THOUGH the paintings OF
a Peter Paul Rubens, the Flem-
ISL painter whose works hang in
the principal galleries Of Europe
and America, are practically price,
less. the Belgian government was
obliged to issue surtax stamps TO
restore his home in Antwerp.
The stamps. issued in 1889 to
honor the great artist, bear pic
lures of his home, his two wives
and children, and some Of his bet
ter known paintings. The stsmp
above was titled The Velvet Hat ="
and is a picture OF his second
wife. Helena Fourment.
The Flemish school Of painting
which Rubens exemplifed. nor
trayed powerfully the animation
Of life and nature. His dogs
horses, men. women. and an his
subjects have a vibrant, robust
color and Interpretation.
Rubens. was not restricted To
portraits. His paintings include
landscapes, subjects of pure fan
cy, those with religious motifs. and
irescoes. IN Antwerp churches
huoens composed and directed 80
ceiling panels. All SO, however.
were destroyed BY IRE 70 lib,
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picture Of the much hated
Kaiser Wilhelm and under the
picture are the words, The
Most Brutal Murderer in the
World"
II remember right. I read
not very long ago where this
most brutal murderer, this most
hated man of that time died. He
died a natural death at a ripe
old age. Perhaps his follower,
the great leader Of Germany to-
day, will meet a similar fate,
although l doubt whether
Adolph Hitler would spend the
rest of his military career chop
ping wood.
Millions of lives were lost In
that last World war fighting
for the slogan, Get the Kaiser"
guess he would have been
eventually got if old age
hadn't stepped in first. I per-
sonally believe that Hitler can
be got" without the loss Of a
million lives and without spend
ing billions Of dollars in war
equipment TO get him. After
reading how the leaders of these
countries get away without paw
ing any penalty, am inclined
70 believe that there is some
other purpose in war than lust
70 get one man.
am inclined 10 believe that
these wars pay dividends to the
people who urge them on and
who do not have to sacrifice
their lives and the lives of their
sons and relatives. Dividends
large enough TO create thou
SANDS Of millionsires such IS
was the case during the last
war. Is il a coincidence that
me moment the fighting masses
reach . revolutionary stage the
war Is stopped When il is over.
me once great soldier and de-
tense worker is found 10 Dc no
longer needed in the country he
fought and worked so hard for.
am hundred per cent for tn.
elimination Of Hitler. but I am
also for the elimination of the
otner causes Of war that 7
believe exist.
WALTER WILLIAMSON.
1920 South Adams.
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A Bit OF Undisfigured HiehwoY
II Reminds OF Horse and Buggy Days
Twas Before the Hot Dog Was Born
And Folks Ate Their Chicken at Home

those Who want 10 avoid some
Of the Pacific highway traffic.
Another Vas the frequent sign
boards AT intervals telling that
inside the fence was the Fort
Lewis firing range and warning
folks 10 keep out or take
chances on . possible dose Of
shell shock.
Keeping those signs too much
in mind the driver overlooked
the arrow pointing toward the
Pacific highway and landed in
a dairy farm yard. a fitting cli-
max to the pastoral scenes
which had made an hours drive
a delightful experience.
Driving on one of the states
main highways a few days later
provided a study in contrasts.
Hot dog stands Of every design
and character, beer halls and
dance halls; disreputable looking
shaeks with flambouyant signs
announcing chicken dinners for
a price at which no decent
chicken would want to be
served; stretching for a couple
Of hundred feet along the high
way a junk yard with rusting
wrecks of trucks and automo-
biles.
The highways in this modern
age cannot be maintained as
parkways but there are thou
sands of the younger generation
as well as those who remember
the horse and buggy days who
wish that one Of the jobs Of the
state planning commission was
to pay some attention to the sit
uation and at least require some
standard and uniformity of con-
struction along the highways.
And I honor the man 1Oho
is aOilling to sink
Half his present repute for
the freedom to think:
And, tohen he has thought,
be his cause strong or
Weuk,
WI risk t'other halt for
the freedom TO speak.
james Russell Lowell.
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pEMEMBER when you used to
~ hitch VI the family horse
or the carriage pair Il your fam
lily was more than moderately
well-off-snd drive sometimes a.
much ss ten or twelve miles
along country roads. One seldom
drove more than twelve miles IN
one direction because the return
trip made double the distance.
Few family horses could do
more than that in n day.
There were a few horses like
Frank Filer's sorrel trotter or
Louie Goodenough's gray mare
that could, IL there were not too
many hills. do twelve miles in
an hour. Even such speedy trot-
tiers reached destination pretty
well winded and lathered.
The average family horse,
however, was considered to be
well worth his feed and care II
the road was covered at the rate
Of about eight miles an hour.
There were a number of family
horses-heirlooms and hkeable
old plugs-that did not get over
the ground at better than six
miles an hour. To this generality
there were a few exceptions like
Uncle Jim Baggott's strawberry
the "Selim." and a certain
other family horse named Doc"
They were amiahle. dependable
creatures, as safe for women
and children to drive as some
Of the highpowered automobiles
are unsafe. The only exception
was when some speedster tried
to pass. Then they would take a
squirt at about a 2:40 gait for
perhaps 300 yards. Having
shown the other horse that he
wasn't no much they would set
tie down to a respectable family
jog along country roads lined
with a wall of green trees
broken here and there by a we'll
kept farm field with the red
barn and comfortable looking
white house in the background.
For miles-at least IL seemed
q long distance then - there
wasn't a sign board to he seen,
hot dogs had not been heard of:
there were no 'filling stations"
along the way. for the hay and
grain the horse had eaten an
hour before starting was suffi-
Gent TO last until the end Of the
trip.
What brought the foregoing to
mind was p recent drive over the
old Roy road and part of the
cutoff to the Pacific highway
by which ii is proposed to re-
lieve the traffic congestion at
Fort Lewis. Had it not been for
the actual experience 1t would
have been hard to believe that
anywhere in this Puget Sound
country was there as much as
five miles of highway without
service station. hot dog stand,
chicken dinner cabin. tavern.
dance hall or junk yard. The
road passed through second
growth timber. stretches of open
prairie on which cattle were
leisurely feeding, and an ocea-
sional farmstead.
One emphatic reminder that
this was not one OF the old
country roads near Lake Mlchi-
gan was the yellow streak down
the center for the guidance of
picture Of the much hated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-24
HOROSCOPE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER %

Benefic aspects dominate to-
day. II il configuration that
encourages foresight and clear
thinking. II Ia fortunate for
churches and the clergy.
Heart and Home. With the
exception Of aged persons who
may be depressed by a world
In chaos. members of the FAM
lily should find this an inspiring
day. stimulating to their faith
and encouraging TO their ambi-
tons. There should be mental
vision which gives assurance
that right must triumph.
Business Affairs: The week
may be less active than usual
In trade. for the annual Thanks
giving holiday win have a dis
rtiptire influence. General pros
perity will be reflected in shops
and thesters which will be we'll
patronised by a. people still OBJ
livious to the future effects Of
the world war.
National Issues: Advocates of
q middle road between isolation
and Intervention will command
attention as cosmic forces drive
the United States into full part
nefship with the allies.
Persons whose birthdate Il In
nave the sugury of a year Of
good fortune. superiors In bust
meas or In the army, navy and
sir forces viii favor them.
Children born on this dsy
probably will be ambitious, serl-
Gus. snterprising and prosper
Gus. Many may be exceedingly
artistic and intuitive.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20
Good aspects balance with adj
verse In the horoscope for to-
day. The morning is most prom
Using for constructive work and
fortunate for the army. There
liz an evil omen presaging bad
news regarding the navy.
Heart and Home: As enter
tainment for relatives and
friends sbsorhs attention in the
household and the holiday mile
stone reminds families of losses
within the year. the Importance
of making a will should be felt
by parents. There is a sign read
as foreshadowing much delay in
the settling OF estates and con-
fusion in the matter of taxes.
Business Affairs: As 1871
draws toward its closing month
prosperity will be enjoyed far
and near in the United States.
wage-earners win improve their
living conditions and will be
generous buyers.
National Issues: Recreation
problems will become pressing
at training camps Cor men in
uniform. The seers stress the
Importance OF avoiding we'll
meant lectures and other cul-
tural projects when music and
light enusements make strong
appeal to young folk.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the surury of year Of
much good fortune. II caution
guards against sharp practices
which viii he more common than
in previous months.
Children born on this day
probably will be successful and
popular. Ambitious and deter
mined, they may seek adventure.
They viii be stable in their az
fections.
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By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The u. S. army will emerge as a
faster and harder-hitting force than any military unit
in the world after reorganization has been completed on
the basis of lessons learned from home maneuvers and
foreign wars GHQ already has prepared a rough blue
print subject to modification.
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DENTAL RECEPTION
Shortly after having some
dental work done, Mrs. stutz
was riding in the car with her
husband and heard faint music.
She asked him II the car radio
was turned on, and he replied
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on the infantry's heels. The
strange sight led q major gem
ersl of the latter branch to sug-
gest ironically that heavy guns
should be fitted with bayonets
for hand-to-hand fighting.
This streamlined, heavyweight
army will not be prepared to
take the field until early 1943,
largely because there will not be
enough of the new weapons until
then. But when the boys are
ready 10 20 into sction-they
should pack a knockout punch!
REPUBLICANS SHY
OF CANDIDATES
The Republican party may
have to draw lots to conscript
enough candidates TO make up
Eubernatorial and senatorial
states in the off-year elections
next November. COP members
Of congress ordinarily receptive
to nomination for these offices
are shying off.
These refussls 10 run a year
hence give an insight into the
smarter Republicans long-ranre
plans. Most Of the men sp-
preached by state leaders do
not regard 1ps2 a. a winning
year for the opposition. They
believe that the United States
may declare war next spring or
summer. and that the people
then will be under a patriotic
spell. There will be demands
for national unity and a mini
mum of political sharpshooting.
The burden of increased taxes.
higher prices and shortages will
not have had time to annoy the
voters. In short. 1912 should be
a fairly favorable year for the
"ins."
These same sidesteppers think
that their opportunity will come
in 1914. BY that time they fig
ure the people viii suffer from
the same sort Of war WEAKNESS
that led to overthrow of a Dem
oeratio house in 1918. They may
be wrong in their reckoning. But
right or wrong. COP insiders are
confident of a local and national
comeback in 1914.
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that she must be hearing
things" Switching on the set
she was surprised to hear a Sc
lection being played that was
identical to the one heard with
out benefit Of radio. This con-
dition lasted about four months.
during which Mrs. stutz often
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-24

You help yourself when you buy
L. S. Defense Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-24

heard faint music, and occasion
ally, voices. Another routine
visit TO the dentist destroyed
the self-contained receiving set
Mrs. stutz has no explanation
OF the phenomenon.
Monday: Golden stool OF
Ashanti.
Evening star., 1941-08-25
EMADE UP TO KILLEEl
by Kelley Roos-

: hop calling Mr.. Nelson at the other
end.
And his first name is Tom .,
Tommy?"
Yes Tommy Nelson. He was
in our show"
An Eavesdropper Speaks.
She walked to the window and
looked out into the street. There s
quite crowd in front of the Es-
quador. Three police cars and
don't know how many policemen. u
The operator at the Bristol was
back. Sorry, Mr.. Nelson doesn't
seem to be in the hotel just now.
Is there any message?"
hung up and started for the
door
Wait a second! Please, just q
second!" The woman was standing
grasping the sills with each hand,
and the knuckles shone white
through her bony fingers. I stopped.
She glanced out into the street
again, then back at me. Her lips
frightened as she spoke II I
think l have some evidence"
I looked at her sharply. "Evi-
dence? You don't mean you saw
who fired that shot?"
She shook her head. mo, no.
Nothing like that Nothing like
that at all. Why, I was d. I was
in my kitchenette when I heard
the shot, and when I ran to the
window there was no one there.
It's something else, something I
I overheard"
overheard? Where?"
I'm your apartment. One night
about two weeks ago. I was sit
ting in that big armchair over close
by the wall reading. And the voices
came out to me very distinctly. I
had no intention of listening, alb
solutely none at all. I just happened
to overhear, that's all"
She blushed furiously as she spoke
Evening star., 1941-08-25

ting In that chair. But II this build.
ing is going to be filled with those
strange looking men who Jinx tells
me are detectives and people are
going to fire bullets into the window
right next to mine, I suppose I'll
have to make it my business"
"Yes. I understand" I thought
that if she didn't get to the point
would do her some physical damage.
What was this one thing you
heard?"
i heard him say" she said slowly,
"'I will kill you flrst!'"
gulped audibly. "You--you must
be mistaken!"
Tells Of Threat.
She shook her iron-gray head
mo. Those are his exact words.
I will kill you first.' he said. OF
course" she added with a pathetic
eagerness, 'he probably was jesting.
People say foolish things when
they're excited. I'm sure there's
absolutely nothing in It,"
I thought of Alice McDonald's s
story and then laughed at myself.
OF course there was nothing in it..
If Tommy Nelson had threatened
Carol she would have told us. She
would have been afraid of him, and
she wasn't
Yet why on earth should this
woman, who was obviously reliev-
ing her conscience and would give
her right arm to have nothing to
do with this mess, invent such a
tale?
Ilooked at her suspiciously. "Why
haven't you said anything about this
before? The papers have been full
of the murder for two days now"
Because I didn't want to get
mixed up in any vile murder case"
she said defiantly. I'm school
teacher. have my work to think
about, my job to take into consid-
Grafton"
We'll, thank you very much. I'll
tell some one what you've Just told
me at once" I started for the door
Evening star., 1941-08-25

and.1 knew at once that she hadn'
happened to overhear anything. Thl
woman was q chronic eavesdropper
thought of some of the rare and
spicy tidbits she could have picked
up in my apartment during the last
year, and L felt myself reddening
with her. For q moment we must
have looked like couple OF Indian
squaws.
Your little friend, Miss Blanton,
was there. We've spoken to each
other several times in the elevator
and in the lobby and I recognized
her voice Immediately. The person
she was talking to was q man whom
she called Tommy. That's why
thought I" when I heard YOU
calling ="
Appeared to Quarrel.
"Yes. 1t was probably Tommy
Nelson. He's been up several times"
Il don't believe that any one else
was there because they were
QudTTelUS
"Quarreling? Tommy and Carol?"
oh, yes. Yes, quite violently.
They raised their voices and talked
very loud. That's why I happened
to overhear them, you understand. 4"
Eyes, of course"
II couldn't hear all they said be-
cause they spoke SO fast. You know
how people, do when they're angry.
But, I did hear one thing and it wor.
ried me even then. Not much, of
course, for people say things they
don't mean when they're angry and
their tempers are aroused. But
then, nothing had happened to Miss
Blanton and I forgot about it,
really"
She stopped and knitted her bony
fingers together, studying them in
tently. Il thought it wasn't any
of my business because if I hadn't
been sitting in that one chair
probably wouldn't have overheard.
There's no reason why I should be-
come involved in thing like this
simply because happened to be Sit
Evening star., 1941-08-25
Chapter 20.

Some one said Hello" and rec
ognized Amelia's slow, heavy voice
/ clanked the receiver on the hook
Your little roommate did
they is she all right?"
I was running my finger down
the BIS to find the Bristol Hotel
/ wished fervently that this tall,
gray woman would let me alone
yet was borrowing her phone, and
1t would have been difficult to tell
her to be quiet. found the number
at last, and dialed the number.
Good afternoon, Bristol Hotel,
said lifting female voice.
Tom Nelson, please, quick!"
There was pause, then the voice
came over the wire. still lifting.
Sorry, Mr. Nelson has left word
that he is not to be disturbed"
Hes got to be disturbed. I've got
to talk to him"
Sorry. Mr.. Nelson has left
word -
Listen" I said, and my voice
was definitely not lifting, this is
important. I'm calling for the po-
lice. You ring Tom Nelson's room
and you ring it right away"
heard the buzzes then, short,
impatient ones. counted 10 of them
and I jiggled the receiver hook.
will you have him PACED, please?"
asked when the girl answered.
The gray woman touched me
lightly on the shoulder. Her face
was worried and she was biting her
lip. This Mr.. Nelson you're calling.
Is he .. SuSpect?"
You bet your life he is" I said
grimly, holding the receiver against
my cheek
You mean it's possible that he
might have tried to kill Miss
Blanton?'
nodded. I could hear bell
Evening star., 1941-08-25

baked synthetic lacquer resistant to
gasoline and water. The outside Is
painted with regular olive drab lus-
terless enamel.
The new treatment saves not only
vital defense metal-zinc-but also
the weight of one and a half pounds
per can. There is saving in cost.
Evening star., 1941-08-25

but she caught me before I quite
made it.
"You-you don't have to tell the
police, do you?"
Naturally, do. Why not?"
She fidgeted nervously. "They
won't want to question me, will
they? Detectives, I mean, and po-
hcsmen. They won't be coming up
here to my apartment?"
"They won't hurt you"
Continued tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-08-25
Army Cons Loequered
To ConseryAZinc

The Army's new five-gallon gaso-
line cans are being lacquered instead
Of galvanized with zinc. They are
coated inside with a clear, high
Evening star., 1941-08-25

Gypsies and tinkers were kept
from wandering in Fire during the
hoof -and-mouth disease epidemic.
Evening star., 1941-08-25
Wandering Curbed

Continued tomorrow
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-19
Potraviny stouply.

V New Yorku National In
dustrial Conference Board O.
znamila, re v mes1ci srpnu t. r.
cena potravin stoupla O 1.3 pro
centa, kdezto cena vsech zivot-
Mich potTeb v teze dobe re stou
pla o 0.6 procenta.
Cd srpna 1910 cena zivotnich
potreb stoupla O 49,, takze
byla O 24.7% mad nejnizs1m
bodem v dob6 deprese, ktery
byl dosazen v dubnu 1888. A
vsak vzdor tomu primer je sta
lie jeste O 1852 pod 1rovn1 re
srpna 1929.
Najemne z bytu stouplo O
20 prot 1rovn1 re srpna 1910.
Od6vy zdrazily o 90 procenta
v srpnu t. r. a proti srpnu 1910
isou nynf o 2.1% drazs1. Uhli
stouplo O 1870 v srpnu t. r. a
prot srpnu 1910 je nynl drazsi
O IL procenta.
Jmenovana organisace dale
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a prinutili je, ably vstoupili do
reky Mississippi. Cernosi, KITE
II NELL devce v automobile, by
Ii zatceni pod viaduktem bllze
Papin ST., asi pGl hodiny pc te,
kdy detektivove Edward Par
dyke a Charles Bergman zaha-
Jill patranf pod viadukty v dol
nj casti mesta ma zaklade theO-
RE, re cernosi sc neodvaz1 Cd
vezti devce daleko. PRIMAL
sc k svemu cinu a podepsali pr
znani. Byli watt do vazby pro
1nos, loupez a nasili. D1vka,
jez byla hystericka nasledkem
teto strasne zkusenosti, byla
dopravena do Mestske nemoc-
nice. Jejf stryc ztotoznil diva
cernochy jake muze, kteT1 jej
uderili kladivem. Stryc sc SWIM
pfltelem, kterf bydl1 v Joplin,
Mo-, p~ozorovali lodi ma fece S
hraze ash O 10. iodine vecer,
kdyz pTisli k MINI diva cernosi a
zahnali je do reky. Kdyz pro-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-19
Samy hrach.

z Gatesville sc sdeluje, re z
polepsovny uteklo najed
nou At hochI. Diva z Mich byli
chyceni "a malou chvfli a ostat-
nj behem nekolika dni. Byli
povolani pred l~egislacnf vybor,
kteremu sdelili, re velmi spat-
ne j1dla a neustale stejne cvi-
cent bylo pr1cinou, re utekli. K
ob6du dostavajf hrach a zema-
ky, k veceTi totez a ma druhy
den zemaky a hrach; tax pry
TO jde dale a stale. A v hrachu
pry byli cervi, take hosi Sc roz
hodli, re jiz to nebudou sna-
.seti.
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Zabit pri pitce.

John Kinchler, holic v st.
Louis, byl zabit kdyz udefen
byl do hlavy prazdnym pejl-
KEN ma pivo, ktery mu poda-
val kamarad, S nfmz pill, ably
jej dial znovu naplnit. Knich-
lerovi bylo 40 let. Jeho spolec-
nix Henry Schuermann, 60 let
starry tesaf, Tekl policii, re pill S
Kinchlerem cd sobotn1ho vece-
ra v esvem domove. Dive jine
osoby odesly pred tim, nez dial
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-09-19
Novy nepritel Pile?

IDA spalovane plyny z mo-
toru a prach z dehtovanych sill
mic jsou pr1cinou vzr1staj1c1 ra
koviny Pile, snazil Sc zjistit
Campbell ma zaklade pokusu
ma zviratech. Nechaval mysi
a morcata denne pod vlivem
prachu S 2 proc. obsahem deh-
tn. Pc roce melo z devetatri-
ceti mysi cytriadvacet dehtove
bradavice, z nichz Sc polovina
premenila We zhoubne nadory
V plicich byla nalezena spous-
ia prachu a nekde i zanetliva
reakce dychac1ch cest.