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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07
RECALLS IMPASSIONED
WORDS OF PAINE

Editor. The Times: These are
momentous times for all man.
kind. The word democracy, that
means so much. is on the lips
OF many warmongers, isolation
lists and preachers alike. Save
democracy is the plea of much
of the world. The thrilling
words. Give me liberty or give
me death" have been pro-
nounced several times to arouse
the siumbering patriotism Of
some Of the populace, and al
ways Patrick Henry was given
due credit for the memorable
utterance. and I glory in its as
much as any American
The casual listener VIII think
that his patriotism and love for
democracy Is 100 per cent genu-
inc and more. but being skep-
tic. 7 question his sincerity. Once
I heard the equally stirring pro-
nouncement. THESE are the
times that try mems souls but
the name of the author, Thomas
Paine. was not mentioned They
all know and fear the holy indig-
nation that would ensue VIII
any Of this alliance for democ-
racy question Paine's devotion
TO democratic principles Of gov
eminent? VIII they hold up TO
public scorn his Common
Sense" that set the colonies afire
with enthusiasm and brought
forth the Declaration Of hide
pendence >
Within a few months Thomas
Paine. not being a swivel chair
patriot. marched away 10 war
with a musket on his shoulder
and when many Of his comrades
deserted because Of hardships he
remained. and al night by the
light Of the camp fire. wrote his
Crisis IN an endeavor To bring
them hack TO continue the strug-
gle. "Thess arc the times that
Try mems souls proved n Be
too much for them 70 ignore.
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House liked the idea. however.
F.D.R. saw the need of humaniz-
ing Joe Stain and his faction.
So, he sent Harry to Moscow
to hobnob with the topnotch
Communists, to have his picture
taken with them and to return
with WORD that the Bolsheviks
aren't such bad fellows, after all.
The futility of trying to econo-
mize on nou-defense expenditures
is illustrated most wildly in the
experiences of the civilian con-
servation corps and the n Y. A.
Despite defense factories demand
for unskilled labor. those two
new deal agencies are fighting
for new customers as flereely as
rival corporations contend for
trade.
The CCC camps can accom-
modate 100000 young men with
the appropriations recon y
granted by congress. But the
most they have been able To re-
cruit in the last few months is
ISIS. 900. Economically minded
congressman have urged that the
CCC shut down some Of its
camps. and return its unexpend-
ed appropriations to the treas
ury
But such a move would mean
the loss of lucrative administra-
tive jobs. SO. when the sugges-
ton was made. CCC topnotchers
replied: why should we cut
down: It's the NYA that ought
TO 20 out of business. They are
giving ~ tough competition.
They pay SEQ a month 10 kids
who do nothing but go to school.
CCC boys get $50 month, but
they have TO work for II. So,
the NYA IL taking away our
recruits"
II is generally admitted that
the Gee ard NYA are two Of the
presidents finest reforms But.
in view Of the demand for IN
skilled workers, Capitol Hill be-
lieves these agencies ought 10 be
abolished or reduced drasticaliy.
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For some years American Gus
tom agents have suspected that
japanese fleets in these areas
were more interested in espion-
age than in fishing. Whenever
the fleet was in, it seemed that
fishing for the japanese was
good. Their ships roared out of
the Californian and Hawaiian
harbors.
But Henry Morgenthau's men
could never prove any connec-
ton between the Japs' interest
in fish and the fleet The YES
sells manned by Japs were regis
tered as An eriean. and they flew
the Stars and Stripes. For four
years the customs men tried to
build a case against them. but
without success.
Two years ago. on New Years
eve. the japanese fishing ships
bought ads in San Pedro news
paper extending greetings 10
their land customers in that
area. One of the ads listed
japanese firm as the owner of
the ship which purchased the
newspaper space.
A smart customs agent on the
coast noted that every Japanese
fishing ship had been registered
rs Of Ameri lean ownership.
whereas the advertisements re-
vealed that the real ownership
interest was Japanese. He tipped
off Washington.
The treasury's crack detective,
Elmer Trey. went to work with
out the headlines which often
glorify the operations of other
federal detective agencies. FL
r1er got evidence. with the afore-
mentioned ad as his only guide.
that all these japanese fishing
ships were espionage units. The
breakdown following is Of Al
Importance now.
Harry hopkins made his trip
to Moscow for propaganda rather
than military reasons. Long be-
fore the lend-lease administrator
reached the Kremlin. Joe Stain
had told Washington what he
needed IN the way Of military
reinforcement.
The Hopkins visit derives d.
rectly from suggestions voiced
by F. D. RS politico-religious
advisers and first publieized IN
this column. They pointed out
10 the president that the ueup
with Moscow had slienated many
groups in the United states.
They urged r. ID. r. to send a
note TO the Soviet leader asking
him II he would fight 10 the end
for Roosevelt's flour freedoms.
Stain was supposed TO reply in
the affirmative. and thus allay
unrest resulting from the Russo
British-American alliance.
The plan was relayed 10 the
White House through state de-
psrtment aides. But the presi-
dent and Sumner Welles tossed
il in the wsste-paper basket
They figured = Stain endorse
ment of the -four freedoms
would tax the credulity Of the
American people. The White
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They returned with the heart to
fight on.
Washington ordered each of
these treatises read aloud before
every company Of the army. Was
Thomas Paine wrong in oppos-
ing slavery when It was consid-
cred fashionable by the state?
Was he mistaken in giving to
the world his Rights OF Man"
after 100 years PRONUNCIATION of
The Divine Rights Of Kings"
for which price was placed on
his mead, dead or alive
IN a conversation. Benjamin
Franklin said, Where liberty
is. there is my home Paine
retorted, Where liberty is not
there Is my home. and proceed
ed 10 France where the people
were IN revolt against unbear-
able conditions. and as a MEM
Der Of the National Assembly.
although being most bitter
enemy Of monarehiaI rule. ne
fought and voted against the
execution Of Louis XVI. SAYING.
Kill the king. but save the
man.
For this humanitarian act he
was himself sentenced 10 death
and languished in prison for
eleven months. His adherence
OF human bloOdshed was too
deeply imbeded in his soul TO
permit him 10 sit impassiyely
by while the mad assembly and
gallery mob czmored for the
death Of the brutal monarch. Is
il amiss TO suggest that pos
sibly Abraham Lincoln was in
spired by this sentiment when
ne said. With charity for all
and malice toward none ."
Would that the world had such
minds 20 guide rs affairs to-
dav. GEORGE 2 sPETTEL
RI. 3 Box 222. Olympia
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An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ii u II ! ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON-A seemingly innocent advertisement
in Southern California newspaper furnished the tip which
enabled the easury topnotch seuths to smash the Jap
spy ring California and off the Hawaiian islands,
Except that the details documened in the depart
mental files the story would to be fantastic
Oppenheim novel
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imaginable. Just a. Il i pos
sihle In this enlightened age
to obtain certain honorary
degrees from colleges and
universities.
As an improvement On this
system Louis Tappan proposed
n tho New York merchants
that they organize a sort If
cooperative and centrs ized
bureau # credit The idea vas
generally approved One Of the
leading hackers NJ Tappsn idea
vas a. T Stewart. then Amer
ios's leading merrh snt and
father Of the department store.
The merchants agreed IN
pool their ledger experiences
and provide each other with
all the information they could
obtain about their customers.
That was in the spring of
1sil, and out Of that organiza-
ton came the commercial
agency. Dunn 4 Bradstreet.
just celebrating Its hundredth
anniversary.
The system which now lists
more than 100000 business
firms and individuals in the
United states, required many
years to develop. There were
many difficulties to overcome.
One Of these was the making Of
copies of records. The office
staff included hundreds of fine
Spencerian artists whose neatly
handwritten records are still
preserved, but the job was run
ming away from them.
Mechanical writing ma
chimes were then in the early
stages Of development. After
examining a few experimental
models, the credit agency gave
financial assistance for the de-
yelopment of the Sholes ma
chine, then in experimental
manufacture at the Reming-
ton plant. The machine proved
success and in 1874 the
agency placed an order for a
hundred No. Remington
typewriters-first large type
writer order in the United
States.
Operators soon were able to
write 30 to so words a minute
and make several carbon copies.
They soon crowded out the
Spencerian handwriters.
The first credit rating book
issued in the United States ~
1859 contained the names of
10000 traders. In 1866 there
were 10000. BY 1856 there were
million credit ratings. This
year, the hundredth anniversary.
there are more than two million.
More than six million reports
are written annually by the
agency credit research staff.
Ratings are constantly chang
ing, the average for one day
being about 5000. The refer
ence book, one of the largest
regularly published volumes in
the world. requires a specially
trained staff of printers and
large privately owned printing
plant. Its pages tell the story
of the credit rating of firms and
individuals doing business in vir-
tually every city and town in
the United states.
Did yoU tackle the trouble
that came your U0y
With Il resOlHte heart
and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the
light Of day
With a crdreH soul and
fedrfW?
oh. a troubles n ton or q
troubles on Ounce,
Or n trouble is Whdt gou
make II.
And 1t isn't the fact that
you're hurt that counts.
But onlg-HoW did you
take IL?
4
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Cspr issl b. niied F.siur- svnaiesi I've.
Tn Ref . Pal On=Af rigtts reserved

Tn EsI 5. Pat on-An rissu RESERVED
26 inches. BY this method he
won the four 1s-hole rounds of
the Long Island open with a 2s5
score. He also putted with one
hand in several other tourna-
ments.
Tomorrow: Living Torpedo
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He doesn't know the tempo of the American citizen
and that's why he's ex-presdent instead of presi
dent-Sgt. Alvin c. York, World war hero, on Herbert
Hoovers recent speech.
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One Of the largest mercantile
concerns which failed at that
time was the conservative silk
importing firm of Arthur Tap
pan 4 Co. New York. When
members of the firm recovered
from the shock sufficiently TO
look around To see what had hit
them. they found the answer in
defaulted bills of country cred
itors.
On what was left, the firm
started to rebuild, and in Is
months had paid off about a
million and a half of liabilities.
Then. with business getting back
toward a normal basis. Arthur
Tappan. credit manager. making
a study Of the methods of ex-
tending credit, discovered the
fundamental weaknesses that
caused the failure of his firm.
Actually there was no way of
checking on the credit of Gus
toner. but there was practice
something like this.
4 trader would arrive in
New York and offer hatch
of complimentary letters writ
ten nv his clergyman. one of
the town aldermen. the sheriff
or y lodge brother. a. evidence
Of his honest intentions and
ability Ia pay his bills. In
many cases the letters were
forgeries. II u related that
there were persons who for 4
consideration would provide
the grandest recommen dations
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make gold recovery in minute
quantities profitable.
ONE-HANDED PUTTER
Joe Turnesa's left hand gave
him trouble from nervousness, so
he putted with his right hand
only. cutting the club handle to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07

The problem for democracy is how to be total without
being totaarian-Prof Ralph Barton Perry of Harvard
university.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07
GOLD SHIP

UOID SHIP
The gold dredge idea was i'm
ported into northern California
from New Zealand. These huge
machines. weighing more than
300 tons, move such vast
amounts of material that they
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07
Axis Held Together With Haywire
What holds the Axis together?

What holds the Axis together?
Is it hope of loot? Is it sheer overawng of Italy and
Japan by the superior force of Germany? Is desperation
born of the thought of What if lose? Is IL vast
mutual international nferority complex?
Maybe it's simpler than any of these. Maybe it's just
haywire.
Recent publicity efforts of the Axis powers suggest that
the strain of the past 10 has been much and that
the much-vaunted ingenuity of Axis propaganda has
hausted itself and gone completely haywire
If there is anything that super-race and its super
by-couresy hangers-on must never do. it is to appear
ridiculous. Yet if anything could be ridiculous than
the efforts of Sgnor Gayda and the pupils
of DR.. Goebbes it would be hard to find it,
The Italian government-controled newspapers all
sympathetic with the thought that the United States by its
conduct is rsking 1t is deeply concerned by the
thought that American boys may be asked to continue
military training for than year. For country
which pitchforked into by single leader and
without the ghost of reason country whose every male
child from the age of five subjected to rigorous military
training all his ife such ridiculous
result only in long horse-laugh.
The crocodile tears of Berlin paper which charges
that President Roosevelt is crcumvenrng the rights of
congress- equally udcrous 1t is hilarious for country
which threw its completely out the window
eight years to take this stand in relation incident
in which every American child of knows that the
president has put the issue squarey up to congress-
Two countries which have openly avowed their inen
ton to put end TO decadent demooaces shed croco
die the rights of democratic citizens and the
funconing of freely elected democratic legislative bodies
1t is to laugh.
The object of the propaganda services of toslitsran
countries is not to make other people laugh When the
telegraph in the lands of the barbed wire hay
wirs, it's time to look for short circuits
/ would hundred times rather my country ally
itself with England with Germany with all her
faults than with the cruelty the godlessness, and the
barbarism that exist in Soviet RussaChares ndbergh
He doesn't know the tempo of the American citizen
and that's why he's expresident instead of pres
dent-Sgt Alvin C. York, World hero, on Herbert
Hoover's recent speech.
The problem for democracy TO be total without
being totalitaran-Prof Ralph Barton Perry OF Harvard
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ropay's COMMON ERROR

DO not say. Amt that just
like a boy say. "lsn /
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07

Your Credit Is Good
I00-Yesr-Old Firm Checks
On Ability 70 Pay
Grew Out OF Wildcat
Money Boom
nNF firm Or individual on the
OPacifir coast Port Angeles
for example will telegraph an
order 10 a wholesale house on
the Atlantic coast. AS soon As
fast freight or express can bring
the goods will be delivered. pay
able IN 80 or so days. Another
firm or individual in Portland
telegraphs an order to the same
firm. and the goods come just
as fast but with a draft and bill
Of lading attached, which means
that the cash must be paid 10
the bank or transportation COM
panv before the goods can be
delivered.
What makes the difference
There NAV be several reasons.
and the answer must include the
story Of the commercial rating
system now hundred years old
in the United States.
Near the middle Of the third
decade Of the nineteenth CEN
tury. that part Of the United
states in the Atlantic coast area
was m the midst Of = boom.
Opening Of the trail across the
Appalachian mountains, con-
struction of the Erie canal and
development of river traffic on
the Mississippi and Ohio, encour-
aged expansion toward the west.
Settlers began to spread over
the rich lands of Illinois and
Iowa. Some of them even ven
tured into Dakota, Kansas and
Nebraska.
Banks sprang up every
where and issued currency
notes without resources to
make the money good. There
was an expansion epidemic all
over the country. Everybody
was making money. such as IL
was. when the bubble burst.
Andrew Jackson cracked
down on the wildcat currency.
There wasn't enough good
money left 10 go around. The
trade Of the country begged
down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07

take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries in necessity
In prosecutions, in dsresses for Chrsts sake Corn-
thians 1910
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/ would hundred times rather my country ally
itself with England or with Germany with all her
faults than with the cruelty the godlessness and the
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whose work has
sent him 70 Seattle nearly every
day for the past couple Of weeks.
chsuffeursd his former bc>s. L. e.
District Attorney J. Charles Den
Ma. hack 10 Tacoma the other
night.
In Reno. New, a marriage license
was issued Ahert Utns. 81. and
Alyce Feat, IS. Both gave Tacoma
~ their home address.
Winner of the prize waltz at
the Aquinss Alumni association
dance at Hotel Winthrop was
Mitchen Msssan, 77I7 No. Starr
St. and Mrs.. J. 4. Rosin, SIT No.
N Ut.
M. and Mrs. NJ. X. Mossen
have returned here after a two
weeks motor trip N Portland,
Ore, and Oakland, Cahf.
nonorsbly discharged from the
18th u. e. lCan Dol infantry at
Fort Lewis few weeks ago,
serst. William Rssfss Combs, AZ.
ENLISTED In the q. .. navy. Word
now comes from San Diego, the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-29
Lodge Will Buy
Defense Bonds

At the next meeting Of the Pro-
ereseivs Italian American lodgs.
scheduled for Tuesday. De. :. Di-
rector Frank Reda will announce
purchase of $500 worth cf defense
bonds IN the name a the orsani-
nation.
He has arranged HI meeting 10
~ 'defense" N nature and to
carry out the theme. Cabs Fera.
supreme officer a the order. viii
speak On The Need a Defsnss
Bonds Today"
John Carbone. social chairman.
and hin committee have planned
. social dek,ae" which y IN keep
ing with the outlined defense pro-
gram. Members at large are
asked 10 BE- present u tlas snaport-
ant meeting.
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Something Like
Pollock Dinner

A "potluck" dknnsr h whore The
guests sach bring something and
nobody knows past what the menu
will b with ~ meal - served.
But it's always . good dinner.
That's about the way It's going
to be with the Ladies' Musical
club matinee concert At weyer-
hseuser hall Tuesday. Dee. Z. at
AIS. The program win b pre-
sentsd by soldier talent from Fort
Lewis under the direction Il Nv
erett Craven. Due 10 the uncsr-
tainties II army kfe no set pro-
gram has been arranged. but there
10 going 10 b N hour or moro Of
very unusual entertainment By
some Of the multitudinous and an
traordinary talent among the thou
sands Of army men.
The complimentary Va. post
poned from hst month. viii hs
served after the program. There
viii be a mail charge for non
members.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-29
Officer Goat"
In Maneuvers
Captured With Red
Amy Attack Plon

FORT LEW1S = An unnamed
artsblery officer was the goat" Of
last weeks tank nansuvers. II
was revealed n a crftiaue Thurs
day attended by zoo officers and
non-commissioned officer. who
took part In the tank sxercises
The officer. attached 10 thu
RED" defending forces. ~ss IN
sceountsbly found IN a command
car 500 yards in front Of his own
lines He VAS captured and IN
his pocket we're found two maps.
which gave plans and positions Of
the Red defenders
Copies were quickly battsd out
by The alert. opportunist Blue"
attackers and distributed 10 all
Blue" officers
All In all. however. the exercises
were pronounced q success A
total Of IS tanks. IL Of them The
new Ma mediums. took part
Col. harrison MeAlpine. tn In
fantry commander. who led the
Blue forces. said infantrymen on
both sides exposed themselves too
much. In criticism Of the enemy"
he aaid his men picked UP many
anti-tank mines. which should
have been covered better by nfle
fire.
On the other hand. Ii. Col c.
n. Anderson. 1894 Tank battalion
commander. said coordination be-
tween tanks and infantry Was
better than 10 had seen IN any
previous problems. H explained
that the infantry seemed 10 know
almost snstincffvc'y what The tanks
were going 10 % and then co.
operated.
Ia. Col. 1Avrencs L. ". Nein-
Zen, u battalion commander IN
the It'll Infantry. who commanded
the Red forces. ssid he was favor
ably Impressed N ths way he
received informs ncn Instantly re-
garding the enemy's location from
m observation plane and from
the ID Reconnaissance troop.
A total at 1.sss mines were eel |
out. OF tbess. 4 vas said. 2ls
were actually 81 off by tanks-
Theoretically. of ecurss.
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. .,osr .''' Main Street ,.as1 OK Es

, nsyys training ton. that
Combs was period Of honor
training man" OF his company. and
also chief petty officer OF his COM
pany.
The George LAWYER Co, one of
the largest ulb-growing concerns
Of the Pacific coast. has purchased
500 acres Of the former Frye let
tucs farm located between Mon
roe and Snohomish. The new tract
will be used for bulbs and re-
places large tract near Roy
which was taken over by the Fort
Lewis military reservation.
Grandparents in skagit county
are sharing congratulations over
the birth Of a son. Dennis Albert,
to Mr.. and MRS. Albert n. Usher
ness Of Tacoma on Nov. IS. The
Lisherness residence Ia at 72l
Fawcett ave. Patsrnal grandpar-
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Iish-
e~ness of Lyman and MIR. and Mrs.
u. NJ. BeesnAn Of ssdro-Woolley.
Mrs. P..,ina =. Erwin and son.
R~s,el. 1924 No. ssrd. were recent
visitors at the Lester Foss home
m oakvills.
A r,a,~,ac. llran.. ,,,av iss,,.d
recently in Occur d'Alsne. Ida,
10 Roy Bosto, 20, and Edyth En-
cry, %. both OF Tacoma.
Mr.. and Mr. Mike W. Lotto
and children, 7l11 No. Proctor,
recently were house guests at the
Irving Walker home in Kirkland.
Mrs. Jack Rathburn Of Fort
Steilacoom was guest Of honor re-
Gently At a shower given In Mar
rah. Wash. by her mother-in-law,
Mrs. l. n. Rathbsnn. Mrs. Dave
Lester. 17&1 Fawcstt ave, twin
sister Of Mrs.. Jsck RAtasbsvn, slso
sttenoso me apTsy.
L A. nr~c., a ns.ctn.on,
Man, Ms week - vi~sting has
ssstsr. Mr.. Dc~a =. kens1ss. Sill
la seth g.. and his nephew.
william n. Ksncyss.
Selected sy the faculty and SENIOR
girls from a field OF eight can
didatss. Miss Mercedes Ras~ell,
daughter q Mr.. and Mrx- y. A.
H~ines. Aab No. 9Th ~. win repre-
sent esadism high school N the
annual state Daughters q ths
Am~yinAn Revelation contest. One
girl VIII be selected IN thu contest
~ . pilgrim 10 the socaety's ma
tional convention TO be held next
spring in Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Z. Janeyson.
ais No. Cheyenne, were recent
house guests at the v. =. San,ey-
son home at Enumclsw.
Mr.. and Mn. Thouss y. Seale,
loi1 80. I st, recently entertained
Mr.. md Mr~. r. I. sedersren and
son. BctbAe, Of Enumclaw.
Recent visitors st the X. r. lit
I'LL nome n kirkland were Mr..
and Mrs.. wayne C. Wright, BOG
East 11St X.