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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
What the Seas Mean 10 the Earth

OF the whole of the earth, more than ~ per
cent is water: less than 80 per cent is land
The of the world its greatest highways
On them above them under their surface the bulk
of the worlds vital commerce
We of the United States, who happen to nhabt OF
the greatest and choicest of the worlds land often
think less Independent of the To Britain
to Scandinavia to Chile the the breath of national e
So it in the early days when narrow
dred years when absorbed in developing the west
thought less of the Then the present century
dawned we began realize that all vast continent
but island surrounded by the encompassing sea.
The great struggle of l9i4-9is was in one very inn
portant sense struggle for control of the With such
control in British hands, felt at least that was IN
hands unlikely oppose aims and interests we
saw to it that it remained that way
Now again control of the present and future is
being contested a broad scale, with new element
enering-control of the air above the sea- No longer is
any control without control of the air above It,
The United States has every reason to believe that
it has the greatest navy in the world With the new bases
in the Atlantic and Pacific when they completed and
equipped with air strength should be in effective
defensive position against any single nation
Unfortunately the world has gone beyond that, for
technique has sprunk up, of international coalitions
linked by common governmental ideas well interests
coalition Germany, Italy, France Japan and host
of smaller conquered nations is more than posslbty
Against such coalition country, not even the United
States can build power that will guaranty security That
is why such coalition not be allowed to develop
And that why the after thwar problem must include
some sort of solution providing that the common
property of all the peoples of the world must be Free
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn TO Wom-
ans page for the answers.
/. Which city in the United
States, according TO 1910 census,
has the largest population?
2. In dry measure, how many
quarts are in one bushelg
5. Roland Hayes is a famous
Negro writer. singer. or artist ,
4. Where is the Ivory Coast7
5. Can a mirage that is clear
" visible be photographed?
8. What does the sbbreviation
u. S. o. stand forT
7. Name the Prime Minister Of
Ere.
8. In which round of the re-
cent Billy Conn-Joe Louis fight
did Louis appear on the verge Of
being knocked OUT
.. What is the letter postage
on letters to Hawaii
10. The shipwreck of Alex
ander selkirk called forth what
famous story7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, JULY is

Strong adverse planetary in
fluences are active today which
may bring perplexites to en-
ployers and men who exercise
power in finance or government.
Heart and Home: There
should be a serene spirit in the
home under this configuration
which encourages women 10 take
a philosophical view of life. The
stars today encourage the cult
walton OF a faithful spirit which
makes the best Of each day as
It comes and declines TO borrow
trouble. This should be a fortu-
nate date for those engaged in
technical work. Girls should
push their energies along the
most practical lines. Training
OF some sort should be sought
by all.
Business Affairs: This is not
a promising configuration for
men at the top of human affairs
here in the United states. There
will be many anxieties with in
creased sense Of responsibility
toward the nation. Greed which
encourages graft and profit
through pull will affect men Of
all stations in life.
National Issues: Labor diff
culties will precipitate drastic
government measures 10 prevent
strikes that impede preparations
for defense. A strike of dreadful
potentiahties will arouse public
fear and widespread resentment.
Despite arbitration and govern
ment interest in a major trouble
which will be a midsummer men
ace, there will be general i'm
patience which presages serious
internal conflict of opinion in
the United States. There is an
evil portent for Washington
where there will be death as an
arbiter in a grave dispute.
Persons whose birthdate It is
have the augury OF a year Of
average good fortune. The wise
will move slowly in all important
matters.
Children born on this day may
have many changes Of fortune
through their lives. They may
be too impulsive and intense for
their own best development.
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u. =. TO SPREAD
WINGS STILL MORE .

Our Army-Navy experts have
been given the assignment Of
figuring out whether we can
take over the Azores. the Cape
Verde Islands and Dakar. In
line with F. d. RS recent state
ment that defense and geo.
graphical lines do not coincide,
the president has asked his sd-
visers TO dig up q plausible rea-
son for seizing these territories.
A sharp difference of opinion
has cropped up among the geo
graphers. State department eN-
perts maintain that Iceland, and
even a part OF Greenland. are
outside the Western Hemis-
phere. They judge by the maps
But F. d. RS Army-Nsvy ad-
visers suggest that the hounds-
mes OF the Western Hemisphere
are where the president places
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
unn letters must give name and
address Of writer Only initials
Eili b published when requested.
Mr.. FIxit: I wonder n you
could tell me whom 90 write to
10 find out about n radio ham
station Of my own: think
there Ii some branch of the
government 10 write 10 but I
don't know just which one.
ID. y. =.
First write TO the Federal
Com m u nications Commission.
Federal Office building. Seat
tie. for an application. After
filling that out and getting your
birth certificate you can 20 to
room sos in that building any
Friday morning and take your
examination. You VIII have to
be able TO send and receive ID
words a minute OF code and an
swer so questions on theory
and law. II you pass. you will
receive your assigned call let
ters in about six weeks. You
could build the station first,
but you couldn't use 1t. so most
amateurs wait until they qualify
before going to that expense.
Mr.. Fixit: Who IL the author
Of the following and where does
II appear: The poem Of four
lines starts with I'VE are liy-
ing :" and closes with ITO
be living Is sublime"
A. w. GILBERT.
The poem is The Present
Age" by Arthur Cleveland
Coke. and the first four lines
OF the first stsnza are: I'VE
are living, we are dwelling. In
a grand and awful time. In
an age on ages telling, To be
living is sublime"
Mr.. Ffxit: VIII you please
tell me where TO write 20 OBJ
tain a beginners driving license
and the cost, n any Il. J. w.
Stop at the Washington State
Patrol office on South Tacoma
Way and get an application
form for a temporary instruc-
ton permit. Send the appliea-
ton to the state license depart
ment in Olympia with so cents
and you can get the permit,
good for so days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
Stories in
Stamps
Mochodo de Assis Wos
Noted Brozilion Author

COMMERCIALISM is not the
~ only basis of Pan-American
friendship. A knowledge Of the
culture OF South America is also
necessary for a true understand
ing.
One OF the great writers OF
Brazil, Joaquin Maria Mschado
de AsSis, was recently honored
philstelically by his government
in the 1870 stamp above commem-
Grating the Tooth anniversary Of
his birth.
Critics have called Machsdo de
Assis Brszirs foremost novelist.
He was born in 1899, wrote poems
and plays as well as novels.
Strangely enough, literary pur-
suits were only a sideline with
Mschsdo de Assis. He worked as
a typographer in his early youth,
later entered politics. He re-
manned in government for the rest
Of his lie, wrote only in his spare
time.
His early poems and plays at
I trscted no attention. He started
writing novels when ne was in his
forties and became famous. Hin
best work Is Memorials Postumss
de Bran Cubas,' written in 1881
+ L describes life in Rio de Jsneiro
during the latter part Of the 18Th
century. Msehsdo &c ASsls died
| IN 1904.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16

When FDR warned Of this
danger, Hitler was deeply en-
broiled in Russia. The most
powerful units of his navy had
been destroyed. and his harbors
had been under severe British
bombardment for weeks. Der
fuehrer's threat against Britain
and the Anglo-U.S. lifeline has
never been less challenging.
June's sinking of British tonnage
reached a minimum.
The u. S. may not have to en-
ter the war as an active bellig-
erent. II Russia holds and
smashes up the German military
machine on her front, we may
be spared. But otherwise, in
view Of Rooseveltian commit
ments. we will dash in at the
last moment. as we did in 1917.
to save Great Britain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
MA PERKINS
IN HOT SPAT

Secretary OF Labor Perkins
has been placed in a very diff
cult spot.
Recently she fired 8 girl
named Helen Miller because Of
the latter's supposed member
ship in the Communist party.
Miss Miller was fired outright,
without any hearing Of the
charges against her. Miss Perk-
ms shut her ears to demands
for a trial. cLO.-ers picketed
the labor department and forced
Miss Perkins 10 hear their
complaint. Still she refused 10
rehire Miss Miller.
Now John L. Lewis has gone
to the bat for Miss Miller and
against Miss Perkins. The
United Mine Workers boss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
DE N S E
B ON D


O. Has the government set quota 10 be raised through
the sale of Defense Savings Bonds!
A. No; there is quota and no time limit Inc DE,
tense Savings program to be continuing effort and
both Defense Bonds and Stamps should be purchased
steadily and regularly.
O. Are "Baby Bonds still available, or have they been
replaced by Defense Savings Bonds?
A. The Series Defense Bond substantially the same
the previous series popularity known as Baby Bonds
NorEro buy Defense Bonds and Stamps go nearest
most office or bank United States
Washington .. order form.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
PROTESTS LINEMEN'S
WAGES HIGH ENOUGH

Editor, The Times: It Is TOO
bad about the city linemen be-
ing underpaid here. They get
about $1,000 day. Seattle line
men get SO a day, and Puget
Sound Power Co. men get less
than 50. Tacoma and Seattle
men don't do half as much work
in eight hours as p. s. L. p.
men do. and our local men want
SIP a day. What financial re-
sponsibilities do they think the
taxpayers OF Tacoma are capa-
bic Of assuming
I think Bob O'Neil and the
superintendent, Verne Kent,
should get out on the job and
see what Is going on here in
Tacoma, instead of polishing
chairs all day. They should go
down to the city shops where
they will find the men doing
what they term government
work, such as oyerhauhng city
employees cars, furniture, and
what have you. There have been
several new jobs put on the pay
roll What for
7 think II is time the people
Of Tacoma called a halt 10 this
civil service racket here in our
fine city. J. p. LARSEN,
General Delivery.
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L. =. NEEDS AGAIN
To MARCH TO WAR

Editor, The Times: After the
last war most of us were
thoroughly cured of idealism.
We became cynics and smiled at
what fools we had been. The
fiasco of prohibition followed by
gangsterism and then the de-
preston left its mark in our
thinking.
Ideals were silly banners car
RED by young men on their way
TO death. Honor was just a
word flung about by politicians
and other people that wanted
something. We lost our belief
in everything-and suffered our
greatest loss.
We forgot that the ideals that
had carried us TO war were the
same ideals that had made us
a great nation. We forgot that
truth and honor and decency
and dignity were the stuff of
which the only form Of en-
during happiness is made. We
were on a mental merry-go-
round Willing faster and faster
in a desperate effort to con-
vince ourselves that all we had
to do was to go still faster. be
a little smarter and, somehow,
We would achieve happiness.
Some of our people are still
confused. suffering from a men
tai hangover Many of us are
beginning TO remember the
things we never should have
forgotten.
The important thing. now. Is
that We must recapture and
strengthen our ideals, our
courage and our honor. With
out these We are only animals
and pretty NANCY, unhappy
animals at that.
We must. undeterred by fear.
with pride in our ideals and
honor in our hearts. take that
place in international affairs
that is our own. Once more, we
must march TO war. Not for
any Of the usual reason-not
ito gave democracy" not Ito
save England" not even (al-
though I believe it true) to save
ourselves.
Our great reason for entering
the conflict is simply this:
1T is the only way we can be
true to those simple qualities OF
courage. honor and truth that
is within US all"
Nothing else matters.
X. A. KENNEDY.
3012 No. 9Th.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
PULSE OF
THE PUB LIC
COLOR AND POLITICS
SHOULD NOT MIN

Editor. The Times: Tonight
In reading the news l was
startled to be made conscious
of the fact that one group of
men had forced the government
to accept distasteful compro-
mise before they would accept
the place in the new order that
is gradually being brought into
being because of our national
need. have always felt that Of
all the men whose skin is pig
mented that the American black
man, for whose freedom so
many, loyal white men gave
their lives, were the only friends
Of color that the white men had.
To me there has never been
a distinction, having always be-
lieved that, as each man or
woman of color was fitted for
some certain work and place in
the scene of this vast country
of ours, that place was open for
him to fill. With the vast OPP
portunities for readjustment
through education and freedom
TO vote I had always expected
that their loyalty would deepen
until we would all become one
in purpose.
II this is their return, that
small group Of men can force
our leaders into an agreement
that was as, far as can see.
an unnecessary one, then what
is to stop other groups from
doing the same? Where has
there ever been a group OF
people who in the short span
OF eighty years have started
from the most lowly and hum
bic station in life and in many
cases reached the highest in at
tainment? Have the white
people of this country failed to
give homage where homage has
been due?
No man in America has been
more exalted or given greater
honor in high places than the
Negro man Of letters. Booker
T. Washington. Again there is
the great humanitarian scien-
fist. Mr.. Carver. who was train
ed for his work by money ad-
vsnced by the foundation made
possible by white men. And
then Joe Louis. called the
brown bomber by courtesy,
who after all is a Negro. Has
anyone failed 10 honor him as
q good, clean sportsman
Last night I heard a program
over a new station in which a
man told the story OF the sink
ing Of the battleship Maine"
in Havana, Cuba. Many men
and women who heard him tell
his story did not know thai he
was a man especially hon,Eed
by the men in the navy person.
mel. as well as the men in COM
rnsnd Of the navy yard itself.
That man was called friend by
many men in high places. as
well as by US common folks
who are proud to say Dick
Turpin is our friend"
Well. Dick Turpin is a black
smoor. but. because he has fill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16
No, It's Not the Humidity

It's not the heat. It's not the humidity.
It's the relentless talking about EN- that gets us down.
Suppose it is hot? Does make it any cooler to wag
the Jaws Is hours a day moaning about it?
Did it cool you off any to have some perspring
friend greet you WITH "Wel is it hot enough for you?
For US that only adds the general caorcity segener
ated band of heat just beneath the collar.
What to do about the heat? Take it easy, don't go in
for foolish excuses of food drink. exercise andtak
about something else for a change!
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Mother told me there
would be days ike this.
What We laughingly refer
to as our mind" at the
moment more than usual 1t
seems, is blank.
We've sharpened every lead pen
oil we own and several that We
could only borrow for the occa-
sion).
Our rickety old typewriter-the
one we've been diekering with the
Washington State Historical So
ciety sbout-we've given a new
lease on life by donating a new
ribbon.
Since sitting down here firm in
the intention of dashing off a bit
cf immortal prose we've drunk
20. cups Of coffee. given our
self a manicure Of sorts. filled the
air with funk OF blue tobacco
smoke. gotten all caught up with
our daydreaming, created an amaz-
ing chain from paper clips, looked
cut the window at the splendid
view we have Of a fascinating
trick wall across the way. I'm
portant preparations like that.
After all that deligent re-
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search. We finally decided 10 peek
into our notebook. Thus:
Do a scoreher about that DON
key the other night on the radio
. anybody who would have
the gall TO swing a chantey
and a crooner at that
BLOW the Man Down is one
Of the very best and has all the
natural rlythym it needs
No slick-haired boy with a per-
sonality falsetto and a saxo-
phone accompaniment wanted in
the mems department ). There
ought 10 be law =.
Recipe for recreation Take
a purse fun Of money, mix with
enthusiasm. add a heaping por-
ton Of either salt or fresh water.
and let the whole simmer in the
good summer sunshine II
the result appears unsatisfac-
tory. add more money >. Allow
to continue simmering until a
boat is full developed E. Sprin-
kle with champagne and serve
every weekend
Alaska Steamship Co. for
longtime mas served the western
most portions of North America
-. the Archipelago named for
the Aleuts This week the
steamer 8ERING will include the
northernmost part of the con-
tinent among the fleets feats
-. adding point Barrow. on the
Arctic ocean, 500 miles beyond
Nome, to regular calls
Also stopping at Little Diomede.
which is just whoop and easy
holler from the airbase island
belonging to J. Stain & Co. >.
Chris-Craft Only boats
produced on a basis whereby they
can be advertised just like this:
1912 models will come off
the assembly line starting in
July" =. Specials in the 17-foot
and 24-foot class to be the first.
Navaldom won't admit ii Of
ficially but you can't be a
navy intelligence officer unless
your great-grandparents were
born in the u. s. More OF
a tradition than a rule, it seems
but a brass-bound in prac-'
tice incidentally. navy in
telligence officers must pass
stiffest OF all military require
ments besides . virtual SUI
permen
Bill Tabell, restaurateur Z. I.
still has his dads trophies /.
won last century for sailing
prowess with the oyster sloop
PEARL at the first Astoria re-
gatta Another captured in
1892 at South Bend, Ore, with
same able sailboat Bills
father was lack Pete" Tabell,
pioneer FISHERMAN of Bay Gen.
ter That's just one of the
reasons howcome Bill knows so
much about cooking the crit
tiers remarkably bold man
who ate the first oysterD {.
George Patrick Doyle :.
known better as Paddy, of course
chief boatswain's mate in
charge of navy recruiting in the
Auburn. Kent and Renton neigh
borhood last week shipped
over again for another hitch
and thus commenced, as he put
it. his second 30 years in the
navy" =. Quite a record Z.
It's a matter of law q. any
body doing any kind of work
aboard any vessel is tech
nically considered a seaman and
the captain is responsible for the
safety and welfare OF same at
all times That includes even
guests aboard Yachts
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so. AMERICAN GETTING
OUR MILLIONS

Without any fanfare the Re-
construction Finance Corpora
ton and the Export-import
bank have supplied almost
5000, 900 900 TO several South
American countries princi-
pal part going TO Brazil and
Argentina for the rehabilita-
ton Of their railroads. The ad-
vance OF this large sum seemed
like a normal transaction de-
signed to win Latin American
good will, until II was more
closely examined.
In normal times investments
in South American railroads
are not a good gamble. Even
In the roaring twenties, Wall
Street spectators did not ad-
vance funds for that utility.
Now the United States invests
money in South America with
an eve TO national defense pos
sibilities. From Brazil we can
obtain at least eleven raw pro-
ducts needed by the Army and
the Navy. From the Argentine
we can get about seven key
articles. But they cannot be
withdrawn from the interior
and shipped 10 the United States
without development and i'm
provement of interior railroads.
That is why the r. +. c. has
dished out money which il may
never collect directly.
r. F. c. Chairman Jesse II.
Jones has worked overtime IN
an effort to build a stockpile OF
rubber. Manganese and tin from
overseas countries. But the
shortage OF shipping has block
ed him. SO, as smart bust
ness man. Jesse is financing
plantations and mines on the
South American continent.
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ed his place in the world a. a
man should. he - an honored,
respected citizen. II would
seem that anyone who attempts
To force the government to do
something that it feels is not
best for the greatest number is
taking an unfair advantage. Let
US hope that color and politics
have not come to the mixing
point. WILMA ALLEN,
204 East 63rd.
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An Inside Picture of Finun-
II u IL i ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - President Roosevelts determination
to drag force the L. S. into the European has now
become obvious In justifyng the seizure of Iceland he
informed the legislators that he blocking German
pncers movement against this country But facts belle
+ko iol
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16

wants 10 know why Secretary
Perkins advocates collective
bargaining for private industry
but denies II 10 government
employees
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them by dictum. Mr.. Roosevelt
prefers to take the advice Of the
military men. since 1t comedies
with his own desires.
Washington il betting that
the United States will move
into the Azores and Cape Verde
Islands within a month. It's
good bet If Stain can keep
Hitler begged down in Russia
for another four or six weeks.
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destroyed many buildings, and
new ones have been built few
feet back. When the trains pass
through the ground floor of the
Tiger hotel they shake the build
ing alarmingly but, according to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-16

Manager r. Vandenburg. the
miners who reside there get
used TO Ii after while. A
creek runs under the hotel lawn.
TOMORROW: u. S. Foreign
Fleet.
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NARROW TOWN

NARROW TOWN
Burke. Idaho. mining town.
has grown up in a canyon so
narrow there Is room for only
one street-and that on the
railroad tracks. In 1924 fire
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You help yourself when you buy
Z. S. Defense Bonds.