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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn TO
Woman's page for the answers
1. What was the fun name OF
President Roosevelts mother.
who died recently
2. The name Of the half-wit
character in the play, of Mice
and Men" is Bonnie. kennie or
Lennie7
3. What was the name Of the
ship in which Henry Hudson
sailed up the Hudson river in
1909,
4. In United States slang. 4
WOW" is a surprise, grave
disaster. or q sensational hit7
S. From what Is coke made,
s. What is the mascot Of the
army football team?
Z. The mace, which Ii the
symbol Of authority in the Brit
ish House Of Commons and the
United States House OF Repre-
sentstives. was originally q
lethal weapon: true or false!
S. In which month does spring
begin in the south Temperature
zone,
Q. The capital Of the Domin-
ion OF Canada is Montreal, To-
ronto or Ottawa;
10. The president of the
American Federation OF Labor
is John L. Lewis. William Green
or Philip Murray.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention N this coi-
umn isftfzs must Eixe nanf snf
address q Nritsr Only Initials
vill - published vhen auestee.
Mr.. Fixit; A couple 81 years
age I read In the pspsrs that
the public schools would no
longer enroll new Children In the
first and secone grades In the
middle Of the term February.
Now a friend of mine szys they
do. Also hos close do they have
10 be TO their sixth birthday 10
enter public schools
Just CURIOUS.
The past three or four years
IL has been the policy in Tacoma
schools 10 admit no beginners in
the middle OF the year. When
that change was made. though,
the schools began enrolling near
~ al who would reach their
sixth birthdays by Dec. 81, and
some who wouldn't become SIX
until March. II they could pass
aptitude tests. Some county
schools may admit first graders
in the mid-year. Each school
board can decide for itself. The
city schools admit at mid-year
any pupils from second grade
up.
Mr.. Fixit: ] am going 10 try
eementing linoleum on the floor
myself. Please tell me how To
fla the cement. MRS. =. O.
You'll have to buy the limo
leum cement at a store. The can
will have fun directions on 1t.
Mr.. Fxit: How many times
has Lou Nova fought Joe Louis
since Louis has been the cham
pion. Also how many rounds
did each last? n. b. ".
They never had fought before
Sept 20. 1e4l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ll0a ciol and Political America
Ry RAY TICKER

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. +. Dewey, who aims to run
for the New York governoshp in 1912 and for the pes
dency in 1914 will not get those US0 community centers
built unless he cracks down the White House and the
department. Tom has told Washington friends that
he oath to make issue housing USO because he
doesn't to transform the question of soldier morale
partisa matt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

CUPPORT Of the newspapers
~ BY the Federalist and Re
publican parties definitely es-
tablished the political party
press in America. For hun
dred and forty years the polit-
cal press has been a factor in
creating policies Of government.
Another epoch in development
OF the American newspaper was
establishment Of the penny
press" This bagan with the
issue OF the New York sun in
1888. with Benjamin II. Day as
the directing head. The ven
ture was successful from the
start and penny papers were
started in Boston. Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Among most popular fea-
tuers of the penny papers were
the complete reports Of sensa-
tional criminal trials and the
humorous treatment of the po-
lice court cases. When this went
too far and the people protest
ed. and the publishers were
quick to change their methods.
Next important development
in the newspaper field was the
entrance of James Gordon Ben
nett and his New York Herald.
Bennett went into the news
paper business because he be-
ieved it was a money making
proposition. He started the
Herald as penny paper to
compete with the other cheap
papers but later raised the price.
Benefits capital was $500 and
credit with a firm of printers.
The Herald business and edi-
torial office was in a single
basement room. The furniture
included a cheap desk and
counter made by a plank resting
on two flour barrels. The Her
aid policy was announced in this
paragraph:
We shall support no party-be
the organ of no faction or
coterie, and care nothing for any
election, or any candidate from
president down to constable.
We shall endeavor to record the
facts on every public and proper
subject. stripped of verbiage and
coloring, with comments when
suitable, just. independent and
good tempered
Be is said to his credit, Ben
nett stuck to that policy, and
because he did, was able to-
demonstrate that money can be
made in the newspaper business.
His paper was read not only by
the element that supported the
other penny papers but by a
large proportion of the business
people.
Bennett was the first Ameri-
can editor to feature society
news. His society reporter was
a man who attended social func-
tons in the proper attire
whether it was a morning af-
fair, a dinner or the opera.
When the Herald was ten
years old the cost Of publica-
ton ran from l,400 TO 81 900 a
week. The receipts were APP
proximately $4,000 a week.
Another milestone in the prog
ress of the American newspaper
was the establishment of the
New York Times with Henry J.
Raymond as editor. The Times
was the first OF the early pa
pers that was not started on
a shoe string. Encouraged by
the profits shown by Bennett,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
SCRAMBLED INSECTS

Experimenting with the chry-
sails OF the California oak moth,
research man Bodenstein cuts
away part of the chrysalis with
a razor blade. attaches it TO a
II m / larry prepared chrysalis
with wax. In this way ne has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
ToDAY,s COMMON ERROR

An Interchangeable truth and
a present fact are expressed IN
the present not the past tense;
as He said the beoon light on
the Washington Monument u
mot wal stil burning"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
sUMPTUoUs sHooTIN' IRON

SUMPTUOUS SHOOTIN' IRON
The highly decorative pistol
carried by John Burnett. special
officer for the Rock Island rail-
road. was presented to him by
a sheriff in 1918. Silver plated.
the revolver 10 Smith a. Wes-
son 40.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
Coat Hanger Crisis

Another of the defense sacrifices that face with
undue expected shortage of those twisted
wire coat hangers.
all the wire coat hangers cuttering the closets of
American homes could be collected Strengthened out and
laid end to end, would be good idea No doubt if the
cosstuttering wrework could be assembled and remeed
into steel 1t would be sufficient build 4S9 tanks,
16 new battleships, Is cruisers, and Swiss watch.
Sacrifice! Well, take it!
With school open, dad can swing back into helping
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

produced such freaks as a pair
of fully developed moths grow
ing together head on! He has
come to the conclusion that a
type of hormone is probably the
factor which controls the change
from one stage TO another in in
sects.
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Penny journals Come Into the Picture
New Ventures Return Big Profits
Republican Paper Helps Elect Cleveland
, the Picture

Raymond was able 10 interest a
group Of business men and
started with a capital of $780,
900. At the end Of the fifth
year they divided a net profit
Of $4,000.
Though his paper was not
partisan. RAYMOND took an ac-
tive interest In politics. He wrote
the platform for the first Re-
blican national convention
and a. chairman of the national
committee he directed the cam
paign that elected lincoln.
Raymond's fair and consistent
policies and the high literary
character of the paper made the
Herald the most popular paper
in New York. In eighteen years
the value of the paper increased
from 500. 900 to S1.00o,00o. Just
before he reached the end of
the second decade as head of
the Times. Raymond died sud-
denly, only forty-nine years old.
The candle had burned too
much at both ends.
One after another other stones
were laid in the foundation of
America journalism. Two months
after the telegraph was per-
fected Samuel Bowles establish
ed the Springfield, Mass. Re-
publican, the first step toward
the decentralization of the press.
Another important figure in the
pattern is Edwin Goodwin, edi-
tor Of the New York Evening
Post and the Nation. He came
into the picture when great
economic, political and social
changes were developing. His
associates were Carl Schurz.
Wendell Phillips Garrison and
Henry Willard. who once con-
trolled the Northern Pacific.
Though independent and in
clined toward the Republican
party. Godl<in, with the Nation
and Post, supported Grover
Cleveland for the presidency and
was the chief influence In de-
feating James G. Blaine. He
also Is credited with giving
Tammany hall one Of the worst
beatings the organization ever
received.
Volumes could be written on
the other great figures who
helped establish the American
newspaper Of today-Horace
Greeley and the New Work Trib-
une: Charles A. Dana and the ,
New York Sun; Joseph Pulit-
ger and the New York World;
William Rockhill Nelson, whose
Kansas City, Mo-. Star and
Times set an all-time high for
mselfish community service.
But this series ends with the
close of American Newspaper
Week, Oct. s. That leaves a
great deal to be condensed into
one feature without saying any
thing about the foregoing lead
ers in journalism.
II you are tempted to reuedl
A tale to pOu someone has
told
About another. make ii pass,
Before gou speak, three
gates of gold:
Three Maroon gdtes-First,
rs IL true?"
Then, rs it needfM?" In
your mind
Give Truthful onSWer. And
the merit
Is last and narrowest, us
1t kind"
And if to reach your lips at
last
1t passes through these
gdteUdys three,
Then you may tell the tale,
not fearing
What the result of speech
may be.
Beth Day
4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
DEFENSE TO CRANrP
STYLE OF COP

The war and national defense
Will erimp and crsmp the Re-
puolicans in both the 1912 and
1914 elections, provided the
conflict lasts that long. The
exile Of Ex-Governor Vanderbilt
To Rhode Island 10 the Canal
Zone. as a result Of connivsnce
between the president and Demo
cratic Senator Green Of Rhode
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

Island, underscores the politico-
military story. Mr.. Vanderbilt
was sent to Panama at the re-
quest of the Senator. who fear
ed that the former chief ex-
ecutive might beat him next
year.
Hundreds of eminent Repub-
licans have signed up with the
armed forces during the past
few years. Under army-navy-
marine regulations, they cannot
contribute a penny to the Re-
publican campaign chest in the
coming congressional and presi-
dental elections. But the adj
ministration will have almost
one hundred billion dollars
worth of patronage, consisting
of defense contracts, agricul-
tural payments, social security.
etc.
COP leaders won't admit 1t
publicly. but they figure that
their party as it once flourished
is a thing Of the past. How to
support FDR's foreign policies
without cutting their own po-
hucal throats is a problem which
Messrs. Martin. AcNsry and
their associates have been un-
able 10 solve. But You can
paste this in your hat: The
COP majority will back up the
White House on foreign affairs.
UNABLE TO GET
REPLY TO FDR
A half dozen members of con-
gress, plus several now retired,
are hunting for a magazine
syndicate which will permit
them to reply TO the presidents
current series of magazine ar
ticles justifying his political
purge and his assault upon the
supreme court
The only congressman defeat
ed in the so-cslled purge was
Representative John J. O'Connor
OF New York. The man who
stsge-mansged senate resistance
to the supreme court packing
bill was ex-senator Burke Of
Nebraska, Both men. in view
Of their involvement in the
purge and the supreme court
battle. have invaluable histor-
ical information.
But the magazine which pub
hshed the presidents articles
has refused TO print their re-
plies. Other outlets which they
tried have declined TO run any
articles belittling FDR. So II
looks as though Messrs. Burke
and o'connor may have TO make
their speeches under auspices Of
the American first committee
and frank their stuff out At
Uncle Sans expense Then
they will be accused Of having
affiliated themselves with anti
Semitism.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

gestion of religious freedom"
in Russia is a straw in the wind.
Stain will promise anything for
all-out aid, and his promises will
be as empty as the phrases in
the Russian constitution. One
does not have 10 be a socialist
to appreciate Norman Thomas
record for honesty and intelli-
gence. His lecture on war will
include treatment OF the new
interventionist front, the Stain
lists and their fellow travellers.
ROBERT J. PEARSALL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

Your postmaster can tell you
how TO invest In Z. s. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08
ADMINISTRATIONS STILL
AFRAID OF LABOR

Washington apparently has
placed on the shelf its most
effective weapon for controlling
strikes In national defense in
dustries. 1t appears that the
administration is afraid to an
tagonize organized labor. Here
is the inside story:
When workers at the North
American Aviation plant walked
out early in June. stalling con-
struction of British and Ameri-
can planes, Draft Director Her
shey, by direction OF the White
House. instructed his California
officials TO reclsssify the strik-
ers on a work or fight" basis.
Hershey's wire pointed out
that the strike was sabotaging
soldiers earning only $2i at the
front. Even more than the reg
ulsr srmy's occupation OF North
Americas plant. the Hershey
work or fight" order broke that
strike. The men went back into
the factory rather than risk be-
ing drafted into the army.
Brigadier General Hershey
eventually hroadened his ulti-
mstum to affect all draft direc-
tors. Wherever and whenever q
labor dispute affecting a ma
tional defense contract occurred.
the generals boys were supposed
TO suppress disorder by resort to
the work or fight alternative.
But the White House, which
helped TO frame the June IS or
der, will not permit the use as
a means Of breaking strikes. II
Is q dead letter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

With school OPEN dad can swing back into helping
son get his arithmetic lessons wrong.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

Your postmaster can tell you
how to invest in U. s. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

But Dewey's friends suspect
that politics already has been
injected into the selection of
sites. In numerous instances.
Local politicians with land or
buildings on their hands have
tried to palm them off on Dewey.
Numerous communities are de-
manding that the USo quarters
be constructed in such a way
that after the war they can
serve as community centers. The
call is for brick and steel and
other materials which are sub
Ject TO priorities.
MeNutt. also the army and
navy, want wooden structures
which can be thrown up over
night and torn down after the
emergency. But Mrs. Roosevelt
sides with the social welfare
workers who want permanent
and expensive buildings. Prob
ably she will win her point. She
usually has in the past.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-08

Another milestone in the prog
ress of the American newspaper
was the establishment of the
New York Times with Henry J.
Raymond as editor. The Times
was the first Of the early pa
pers that was not started on
a shoe string. Encouraged by
the profits shown by Bennett,
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
CIVIC CLUB NsTALLs
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR

The WrangelI Women's Civic Club
met in the Civic Center last Satur-
day for its regular dessert luncheon
aud business meeting with Mrs
Hill Darlington, Mrs A. ". H
Smith. and Mrs Frank S. Barnes
acting as hostesses. Visitors present
were: Leftenant Babeock. who is on
her way to her new station with the
Salvation Army in Anchorage, Mrs
E. J. Cowling of Juneau. and Mrs
Clarence Henning of Ketchikan.
The impressive candle-lighting In
stallation service conducted by Mrs
Ernest Anderson and Mrs. Edwin
Isler installed the following officers
for the coming year: President, Mrs.
Frank S. Barnes; Vice-President,
Mrs. Harry Coulter; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs Ben Engdal; Re
cording Secretary, Mrs. n. Harry
Champlin; Treasurer. Mrs. H. B.
Thornquist; Trustee, Mrs. Harry
Coulter.
The club voted to sponsor a
Children's parade on the Fourth Of
July, and to conduct its usual
Wienie sale on that day.
Mrs. Harry Coulter and Mrs. J. S
Gillingham volunteered to serve
the Chamber OF Commerce lunch
cons during the month OF July.
Mrs. H. B. Thornquist reported
that SIS had been spent this year
for new books for the Library.
A farewell letter from Mrs. Mild
red R. Hermann, President Of the
Alaska Federation of Women's
Clubs, was read in which she sum-
med up work done by the Clubs in
the last three years, pointed to
new tasks to be undertaken, aud
thanked all members for their help
ful cooperation with her on her pro
gram.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
IN TIE IAILHnnsE NOW

Marion F Haines, bound from Sc
attic to Kodiak on the Yukon. was
disembarked here on complaint OF
disorder1y conduct He was sentenced
to seven days in jail and will resume
his journey on the next boat
Gus Lindquist, Wrangell, was sen
fenced 10 serve five months in jail
in Juneau on a disorderly conduct
conviction. Peter John also of Wran-
CELL was given a like sentence to
be served out in Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
CAA STARTS SURVEY
OF POINT AGGASSIZ FOB
PROPOSED AIRPORT

PETERSBURG -CAA Engineers
Edward D. Griggin and Harold c.
Miller are at present in Petersburg
to make a preliminary survey of a
proposed airport at Point Agassiz.
The information is being assembled
for transmission to CAA headquar-
tiers IN Anchorage.
The survey will comprise detailed
information concerning wooded
growth, contour of land. character
OF all ground. all the things which
will need to be known by any con-
tractor before he is able TO make
a bid on construction.
Present plans call for the con-
struetion of two runways TO be
built at right angles to each other
ether in a T-shape or an L-shape,
depending upon the contour of the
land. Each runway will be one mile
long. and 500 feet wide.
On the shore of Thomas Bay. at a
distance Of two miles from the air
port. viii be constructed a tower for
the housing of radio beam equip
ment
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13

May 30. where young Barnes is an
/ engineer in the Industrial Depart
ment of General Electric Company.
The bride. formerly Miss Dorothy
Rice. is a Schenectady girl and IS
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Rice, Jr., of that city. She was
employed in the Music Department
of General Electric's broadcasting
station. WGY.
Following their marriage. which
was attended by only members OF
the brides immediate family. the
young couple left for New York
City where they spent their honey
moon. They are now at home in
Schenectady at II Union street.
Congratulations and best wishes
for happiness are being sent east
ward by young Barnes many
friends here in Wrangell were he
has been known since childhood. 4
graduate of the Engineering School
Of Stanford University, Barnes has
been in Schenectady the past four
years where he is rapidly becoming
an important member Of the Gener-
al Electric engineering staff.
He is a brother of Mrs. Clarence
Henning of Ketehikan and Doris
anne Barnes, a student of Oregon
State College.
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Alaska Lures
Texas Gal On
Kayak Voyage
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one)
here and Ketchikan took her six
days.
1T was great to get here and get
a bath and get cleaned up for a
change" she laughed. but I'm real
y having a wonderful time. Miss
Fraser denied she ever felt lonely
on her solitary camping places at
night and she said although she had
seen plenty of game, bears and deer
and wolves. she has no fear of them.
As to plans for the future, Miss
Fraser was undecided. If. when she
reaches Juneau. she finds work she
may stay in the Territory a while.
If not, or If she finds she prefers
Texas to Alaska, she win return
home to her mother, who, incident
ally has no idea of what her dar-
ing daughter is doing. But of one
thing one may be certain after
talking to this pleasant young Tex
as lass IS that she is fully capable
OF caring for herself, fair weather or
foul. and with the determination TO
back her yen to see Alaska by car
rying it through the hard way
she has what il takes to finish her
daring adventure.
She Will leave tomorrow for Pc
tersburg and from there-no definite
objective. just to points north OF
west.
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IMPROVED

Mrs. Sig Veseth patricia Wies) g.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Wies Of WrangelI. recently under
went an operation in Seattle where
the Yeseths now make their home
and is much improved, having re-
turned 10 her home from the hos
pitaI last week, according to word
TO her parents here.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
MISS BARNES DUE HOME

Miss Dorisanne Barnes, daughter
of Mrs. Frank S. Barnes of Wran-
CELL, is due home tonight or early
tomorrow morning on the Denali to
visit for the summer. She is a stu
dent at Oregon State College. Mrs.
Clarence Henning, married daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Barnes from Ketchikan
is also visiting at the family home
here.
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!. 4. :. 5. :. :. = s. s. = :. :. =
= . HOTEL. ARRIVALS : :

= = = - = = - = = = = = =
Guests registered the past week
at the Wrangell Hotel were. r. W.
Hubbard. P. T. Rowe. J. Nichols.
Arcade Tagari Earl A. Neuru. A.
". Allaire, Donald speer, y. c. Stew
arr. sam Lewis, J. Rhodes. sam
Hubble. R. D. Fraser. D. P. Fraser.
A. H. Rolls. E. J. Andrews. A J.
Campbell. A. R. Davidson. Major
George Baker, J. f. Boyle. Mr.. and
Mrs. Y. Wrathall. Mr.. and Mrs. T
A. Perry. Robert Ridley. Ralph
James. Gerry Bach, Mary Austin.
o. H. Dunlap, B. F Kane. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Dolphin. Eddie Grabells.
D. Marcillo. Mary Acton. Pat Gil
more Jr.. J. Meherin, Emmett Lin
ser. Burton Rix. ] Boyd. T. Chill
cote. Mr.. and Mrs Dalzen and
children. Mary Lee Fraser. John
Mccormick. J. E. Bennett. Tony
sehwamm. P. H Lindsey. James
Michaels.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
RAmEY THRnTTGH

E. E. Bailey, Ketchikan teacher
and son of Mrs. P. L. Stump of
Wrangell. is visiting in WrangeIl
for a few days after a brief jaunt
to juneau. He expects to return to
the First City the first OF the week
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
YOUNG FRANK BARNES
MARRIES NEW YORK GIRL

Announcement of the marriage OF
Frank Plummer Barnes. son OF the
late Frank S. Barnes. former widely
known southeast Alaska cannery
man. and Mrs. Barnes of Wrangell
has reached here.
The marriage was solemnized in
Schenectady. New York. Friday,
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13
Foo. SALE

Buy your 4th of July goodies at
Ladies Aid Food sale Thursday
July Bird at J. c. Johnson's Store.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1941-06-13

20-FOOT CEDAR Gfllnet skiff for
sale-See Loyal Binkley. 29-tf