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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give name and
address q writer Only Initials
vii Dc published vhsn requested.
Mr.. F1xit: Can you tell me
where an ambitious. experienced.
honest married man can obtain
\ position a. a mixer in = first
class dairy. = progressive. we'll
established. sanitary dairy I
enjoy handling dairy COWS and
doing dairy work hut can't seem
10 connect with such q one.
". l. y. Randle.
II YOU list your name and all
those qualifications with the
Washington State Employment
Service. at 1l2 sd. 18th st. IT
would seem almost certain that
a job will turn up for You in
time. That Is a good way TO
start looking for any kind Of
job.
MIR. Fixit: Would you please
print In your column the name
and address Of some person who
practices palmistry:
A READER.
II wouldn't be legal to publish
such information, II We had IL.
Mr.. Fi.it: There was a law
passed some time ago that a
person who came TO this eoun-
try prior to 1906 and got three
people that knew the party
prior 10 1906 did not have any
examination 10 get his first
papers out. Can the party get
her second papers out the same
way without an examination? A
friend of mine says no. say
yes. MRS. MAY J.
Whatever law you have in
mind. you will have to take an
examination to obtain final citi-
zenship papers. II never was
necessary TO take an examina-
ton TO obtain the so-called
first papers which are sim
ply a declaration of intention to
become a citizen.
Mr.. Fixit: I would like 10
know when the building on the
sheli-loading plant at Pendieton,
Ore, will begin. Also where to
20 or write to find out about
common labor and iron workers
ON that Job. VI. VI. l.
You need 90 no farther for
such information than the State
Employment Service office in
Tacoma. II II cannot give you
exact information ON the job. II
will inquire for you. One pur-
pose of the offices is to keep
laborers from running around
the country chasing rumors OF
Jobs.
Mr.. Fixit: My mother wishes
TO enter a cake In the PuyaIlup
fair this year. Could you tell
us please where and when to
take II 80 she may win n prize,
II possible. VIVIAN.
Entries OF cakes must be SUBJ
mitted at the Canned Goods and
Culinary department on the
fairgrounds in Puyallup by p.
m. Saturday. Sept. Is. A short
time before that hour probably
would be the best time to take
cake there to have it at its
best. You can write to Mrs.
Mary Davis, sol Ryan st, Sum-
ner. for more information. She
Is superintendent Of the depart
neut
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22

Hot sunshine pounds
silently down and thaws
the night from your mar
row. The broad expanse of
sea all around is flat and
lazy. and your boat basks
on the warm vastnesS.
A funny little sea bird pad
dies BY squswking, her single
baby churning frantioally in her
wake and peeping shrilly. It's
murre. one of those stupid
underwater swimmers like you
hooked in the wing while troll
ling yesterday.
Lolling in the after cockpit.
YOU sleepily box the compass
with your eyes as best you cam
two little trollers on the horizon
to landward, a steamer already
hull down smoking off to the
north, a pair of small whales
blowing and rolling happily to-
sether a mile broad off the port
bow. Nothing else except calm
water and sky.
Stan mods drowsily ut the
wheel. The motors purr hNp-
notically. The sea cradles you
gently. Life is good.
You and the skipper sneaked
off by yourselves today and to
heck with the rest of the world
particularly the lubberly tour
lists who clutter up a decent boat
so with their gable. their awk-
wardness and their money. A
holiday. No super-energetic per-
son need apply.
For all purposes you are in a
world apart. You fish for and
catch nice. big ocean battlers.
You see huge blob floating on
the surface "A sunfish: you
grunt at Stan and point. and he
mods and let's her idle in big
circle until you're spotted along
side the misshapen monster; you
finger the stout axe handled
gaff, and sweat and swear, and
all you get for the strenuous
trouble is a four-pound hunk OF
white meat from the critters
nose. Stan jeers, you become
profane, the sunfish swims away
unhurrying with fine disdain for
mere men and the loss of such
a wee bit of flesh from his stupid
hulk of a carcass.
With that brief furry Of ex-
element the spell IL broken.
There Is life around you.
A school of PROPOSES plunge
close past the boat with a GER
tain gay military precision.
Gulls circle and scream raucous-
ly over the souvenirs from your
tussle with the sunfish. Stan
abandons the wheel to fiddle
with his radio telephone and
kick some gossip back and forth
with the boats of the tuna fleet;
you hear the familiar voices of
fishermen you chatted with not
so long ago on the streets and
docks of your seaport home.
You snsg another big salmon,
swear enthusiastically as the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
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line bites deep into your mana
and your rod whips the ar
crafty. and have = time Tor
yourself IN general
stan joins you durng ~
melee and refuses 70 do anything
but laugh IN that strangely po-
lite but hearty way Of his. You
knock off fishing and return
with Stan TO the wheel You
head for China at trolling speed.
Talk.
-Four years ago I came down
here To this Oregon coastal viii
lage called Depoe bay. ! left a
good job in a big city for an
old and dilapidated klunk Of q
2S-foot fishboat. Now I'm a ma
tive here and | love it-and my
so-called success as a sport
fishing charterman is only
part Of it," Stan says.
That first summer the con-
tinuesD I kept that snug but
ancient little Tradewinds here
and came down Just on Sundays.
I'd take four or five people out
deepsea fishing at a half-dollar
an hour apiece. same price as
now. They get their moneys
worth here, too. because Depos
Bay is one of the very few
places on the whole coast where
there's no bar To cross and you
can start fishing almost as soon
as you leave the dock.
There's no town here, as you
can see; fish-buying stations. a
sheltered and handy harbor for
the fleet of about 30 trollers,
and now accommodations for
tourists. OF course, the Pacific
Coast highway is my life's blood:
there is less than a hundred OF
us natives here in the winter
time, yet almost any summer
Sunday or holiday there'll be
5000 automobiles stop here
within the "a hours.
The Tradewinds had a heavy
duty antique engine and sails.
She was a dilly! But l gave my
customers rods and light tackle
to use without charge, tried to
keep my boat clean and reason
ably comfortable. gave the GUS
toners some verbal service.
They liked it, I guess, because
they kept coming back and
bringing friends.
That winter ! bought the
Tradewinds Queen, a 10-year-old
double-ended deepsea commercial
troller "a feet long. She was an
old pot, too, but l fixed her up
kind of "yachty." That spring
I quit my job in the city, took
a deep breath and went after a
new career. Best thing 1 ever
did
| hired a mate at $50 week
for the summer and skippered
the Queen myself; another fell
low ran the little boat on shares.
We did all right.
That winter / bought a year
old cabin cruiser, 40-footer.
She's the Tradewinds Clipper,
and sure was a fancy note
hereabouts with her swivel
chairs in the cockpit, twin mo-
tors and so on.
Then l traded the little boat
for a fancy little runabout
cruiser of the same size; shes
two years old now and I for
sock my trademark of Trade
winds Trollers to call her the
Fishon.
Last winter / had the Trade
winds kingfisher built to order.
A 46-footer with all the trim
mings. have nine people on
my payroll now. I work from
May to October. I'm doing all
right for guy that might even
yet be drafted How about your
We sighed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
WAR AND PEACE
PERSONAL PROBLEM

Editor, The Times: The whole
business of war and peace is a
personal proposition. In ages
past exclusive groups with par
ticular ideologies established
national boundaries, each exclu-
sive group watched over by a
jealous national god. The incen-
tive of government was the wag-
ing of war to defend the nation
from invasion by other exclusive
groups on the other side of the
national boundary.
Today. whether we like it or
not, we are living in a new age.
an age of universally. The sun
shines regardless of national
boundaries. Radio and telepathic
waves encircle the globe. People
may crawl into man-made caves
but they cannot hinder the sun
from shining. There is no way
by which machine guns can stop
radio and telepathic waves at
the national boundary.
Since the beginning of time
there have always been a few
people who have had great spir-
itual understanding The mass
Of humanity, however. looked to
their national gods to give them
the pattern and the rules for
their spiritual life. But the ma
tional gods loved their poker
games. So they locked up the
Truths of Life in their archives
fearing that If their peoples un-
derstood the universally of
thought and sunshine and love
that they might develop a ten
deney to relax and enjoy life and
maybe wander across the border
TO see what the people on the
other side of the national boun-
dairy are like. That would never
do.
Finally one of the gods who
had lost out in the international
poker game got sore and decided
TO make the technique of the
gods universal. So he taught all
of his people, every man. woman
and child. all that he knew which
was only half truths at best.
And his people being a hardy
race. IT worked.
When the rest Of the poker
players realized what no had
done. they rallied at the ungodli-
ness Of their brother. His total
lack Of sportsmsnship as a loser.
Then they stirred up the others
with exceedingly foul radio and
telepathie junk so as 10 befog
the issue until they could teach
all OF their people the same
things so that the war game
could continue on an equal basis.
And that is where We are today.
War and peace is an issue that
must be settled in the minds
and hearts Of individuals. Love
Is just as universal as hate and
far MORE restful. Traditional war
is lifeless issue Of a dead and
brutal age.
America today is very much
alive and a beautiful land IN
which 10 live. We can create
the implements Of war based on
ignorance or peace based on Wis
dom as We choose. Why reduce
ourselves 10 the level OF Europe
The way for us is peace and
universal education.
MANN TILLY.
III Ess, e6th ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE
DOESN'T ADD UP

The war experiences of the
British. Germans and Italians
do not support demands for
separate air force. according to
these studies of European oper-
atoms. Here IS an inside picture
of Britain's troubles:
In 1887, with conditions
slowly growing tenser in Europe.
Britain found IL necessary to
transfer command OF the fleet
arm to the navy. Meanwhile.
planes of the coastal command
those planes which patrol wa
tiers offshore - remained under
the Raj. Without naval train
ing. pilots OF these coastal COM
msnd planes could not interpret
what they saw on the waters
below them. They could easily
spot pocket battleships and sub
marines. II any where in their
patrol area. They failed TO real
ize. however, that unusual mer-
chant ship activity in the North
Sea Was the prelude 10 the in
vssion Of Norway. They were
unable TO decipher maritime &C
tivity which should have foretold
the advance on the Low Coun-
tries. They were excellent pilots
excellent fighters with a cour-
age which has become synony-
NOUS with tho three letters.
Raj. But they were not naval
pilots.s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ll0A ! cio1 and Political America
BABBA6E'S FOLLY
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-An analysis of European aerial war
fare is contained in emconfidental documents which the
and departments have distributed to their pub
city aison throughout the country. The purpose
to provide official spokesman with arguments against
establishment of separate air force. The demand for
such reorganization growing inside and outside Con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22


Central theme of the tacti-
clans warning is that this is no
time TO revise the basic army
MAYFAIR setup. They contend
that such a change would be as
disastrous as switching signals
of quarterbacks in the midst of
a football game. Aviators, they
say. acquire efficiency by serv-
ing with the army or navy be-
fore assignment TO air units.
Only by mastering the problems
of the branch with which they
are affiliated. can they learn
how to cooperate with surface
ships or ground troops. The ideal
naval flier would bHspable of
commanding r warship. An
army airman should be at home
at the head of a battalion or a
regiment.
Several topnotch army filters
ldNpi Sfpdt ate dit iNtNt. ihtSe
include such famous officers as
Ira Eaker and the army air
chief. jor General Arnold. So
do most of the younger pilots.
But this concerted drive against
the movement reveals that the
idea has been shelved for the
duration.
The counter offensive is
backed by many important fig
ures. They include Rear Ad-
miral John II. Towers. chief OF
the bureau of aeronautics: Rear
Admiral Frederick J. Horne. old
est naval aviation expert on the
general board. and Admiral f. J.
King, erstwhile flier who now
commands the Atlantic fleet.
Squarely behind them stands
President Roosevelt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
BLACK AND WHITE
BUT READ ALL OVER

Heat Softens the bones In
canned salmon.
THE only major sport played in
the United states that Is wholly
American in origin il basketball.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
SO THEY SAY

After Dunkirk I sent a call
10 America for equipment and
I Immediately received 900, 900
rifles and over $4,000. 900
rounds of ammunition. That
was what defended England at
that Baron Ironside,
British army council.
American education must pre-
pare men for freedom. equip
them to create and maintain
freedom, so ground them IN a
sense of value that they see IN
free men the ultimate good
Bishop G. Bromley Oman. Bos-
ton area. Methodist church.
A common language is the
most powerful social cement
known 10 man.-Dr. Marion r.
Trsube. Pennsylvania state col
lege.
The morale Is lower in Italy)
than I have ever seen in any
country before John Whitaker.
American correspondent Just re-
turned from Europe.
AL imperaisms. including
our own. are suspect, not for
their nationality. but because
they are impsnslisms Sherry
Mangsa in Fortune" on South
American feeling toward U. s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22

Your Postmaster can tell You
how IN invest in L. s. Defense
Bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22

TO keep the half-coppleted de-
vice as souvenir 1t is now on
exhibition at the South Kensing-
ton museum. London. The ma
chine was designed to record its
results on copper plates! Bah
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

Would is used in the first per-
son 10 denote determination. in
tention or inclination. as I
would not obey; nobody could
make me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22

Should is used in the first per-
son as a mere tense sign, with
out reference 10 volition. as Il
should be glad to come II I could
take the time"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-22

Ants may live as long a 10 years-and that's lot
Of picnics
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
Winant's Farewell

John G. Winant is now the ambassador to Great Britain, and present attention centers on his work there But let's not forget his last job with the International Labor Organization before taking the rev post. It was supervision of a report showing conclusively that labor in every country has perhaps greater stake in the defeat of HitleriSm than any other group The fate of labor is at stake just as clearly as the fate of democracy, for in countries under the totalitarian rule, the first chains are wrapped about free labor.
 Europe knows that now. It is to be hoped that we can learn it here the easy way, from studies like that of the ILO, and not the hard way, as Europe is learn ing it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

out $S0,OUe, ,OOO more in taxes. Apparently the wage and salary increase is not ac- counted for by high salaries, for the amount paid during the year in salaries of $10,000 and over was less than Is per cent of the total payroll.
 If these figures, taken from the an- nual report of U. g. Steel, are correctly interpreted, 1t means that a greater per centage of the income of this giant con. cern is going to those who actually do the work, for the amount paid out in divi- dends to holders of common stock was roughly cut in half This tendency is a rising one throughout industry = to afford actual producers a large share in the business income, and further, to make reports which clearly and simply show what is being done, Employees who ur- derstand these things are the most likely to be content.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Well, it looks as if Waterbury now has somebody else with whom it can argue about respective merits as Democratic city, Danbury was swept clean by the Democrats in the biennial election held there Tuesday, with nary Republican getting elected to any of the public of fices for which there were contests, Wa terbury once used to boast loudly and long that it was the real Democratic stronghold of the state. Victories would be announced year after year - local. state and national - and always it would be Democratic triumph here, usually all the way down the line. But others disputed the claim. Meriden was once accustomed to make similar claims, but no longer, what with Republican mayor now. And now, of course, Hartford and New Haven have been preponderantly bury really is in good company what with its complete Democratic slate Of of- ficialS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
Our Opportunity to Learn

The British Trade Union Congress is extending an invitation to American labor leaders to visit London and study at first hand the working arrangements between British labor and the govern
 nent in the crisis. We hope they will go, and we wish that with them would go delegation of American manufacturers to study similar problems as they affect employers. Britain, fighting oack-to- the-walI fight, has managed to carry it on thus far without infringing on funda- mental freedoms.
 It should not be necessary to learn every lesson from bitter experience, though too often that seems the most effective way. We have military observ- CTS in all European war zones, striving to learn vital lessons in the least costly way. ouQht we not to, take as much trouble Co learn all we can in every other held?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
A Thought for Today
Metered Parking

The manner in which Waterbury has accepted metered parking is just about what was indicated prior to installation of the machines along our central streets. They are proving all that was promised ahead of time. From financial stand point the meters should prove good ill., vestment; certainly as means of les sening congestion throughout the down. town area they stand unexcelled. Not even constant patrolling by policemen could bring the results they have.
 Motorists may complain now and then about their presence; sometimes per- son can't find penny in his pocket when he drives into space convenient to the store or office he wishes to visit. But slight vexations as these are nothing compared to the east with which traffic moves along the streets and parkers are enabled to find ample room for their Short-time visits. The all-day parkers have been shunted either into parking lots or to outlying streets which is also something for which we can be glad.
 We presume that eventually the city will feel impelled to expand its metered areas. Some thought should be given to this before streets which now are without meters are placed in this category. These should, we think, be some areas in which parking along the curb could be allowed free of charge and for any length of time. This is particularly true of one section of Meadow Street where there is no dan ger of blocking traffic or of preventing cars getting near to places of business. More meters may be in order, but place them judiciously and they will perform the same worthwhile services the existing ones do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
What Is This?

This business of the state insuring all the drivers under one blanket liability policy that would be financed through their annual fees is assuming different proportions. The first that we read about it indicated that the present fee of S3 would be retained with $2.50 of this amount being turned into the insurance fund and the remaining 50-cents being turned over to the State Highway De- partment. Now we read that 1t is pro posed to make the fee $5 of which $4.50 would be used to build up the insurance fund. That's just bit too much.
 After all most of us liked the idea Of Republicans insisting that a 5O-cent license fee could be levied successfully m Connecticut, although we didn't and stlll don't see how this is possible without ln- terfering with the Highway Departments svery comprehensive plans for hignWay expansion in the next few years. Wed like to see the present fee lowered if 1t can be done without meaning drastic change in plans for new roadways that already have been made public, including, ! of course, the new Naugatuck Valley route.
 Compulsory insurance proposal opens lp a new avenue of thought, but It convinces this writer that such largess, as is suggested, on the part of the state is almost too much even though we are living in an age when more and more aid IS demanded of the state in making life more pleasant for the individual. After all there are certain obligations the individual must assume. Somehow or other we get the idea that car owned and driven by man ought to be insured by him and not by the state. If it's com pulsory, let him still do the paying, but make it very definite that he is buying insurance and not just simply taking out license to drive car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Use of the word "Quisling" as one of contempt or as a phrase to describe trait orous actions has taken a new turn in England. The courts have just upheld the claim it is now libelous name and an army officer was just recently award ed heavy damages because another man called him "Quisling". If you haven't forgotten it, it was Vidkun Quisling of Norway who aided the Nazis to infiltrate so easily and quickly into that country a year ago. He was Norwegian army officer, but was Nazi at heart and right now is the only Norwegian political lea der who is recognized by Germany. News writers made use of his name to express certain undesirable traits a byword. Watch it, though.