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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-30

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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn TO Wom-
ans page for the answers.
l. If an anthropophaginian
had you for dinner. he would
eat you; true or false -?
2. Repeat the words Of tn.
first line Of the second stanza
Of The Star-Spsngled Banner"
;. Who was called Good
Queen Bess >"
I The Spanish American war
occurred in the administration
Of President Harrison. McKin-
ley, or Theodore Roosevelt
5. Detroit, Flint, Lansing.
Pontiac, and Jackson are Michi-
gan cities that are leading CEN
tiers Of which manufacturing in
dustry?
6. In military slang, hash
mark means service stripe. a
plate OF hash, or a dement, for
being late to dinner?
Z. What two words are used
TO guide oxen?
s. What is the middle name
of Alfred f. Smith. noted poll
ticsl figure?
2. Was George Washington
an only child
10. What nations fought the
Battle of Marathon
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Stories in
Stamps
Stomp Commemorotes
Argentine Uprising

A RGENTINA, today fighting in
"A filtration Of NsZi propaganda
and trying 10 be a Good Neighbor,
had a different problem on her
hands a little less than 10 years
ago.
At that time-in September.
ie30-Argentina was settling >
political dispute in the traditional
Latin style-by revolution. The
stamp above. issued in 1880 short
ly after the uprising, depicts the
march OF the victorious insur-
gents.
The army rebels. led by Gen.
Jose Evaristo Uriburo. ousted
President Irigoyen and Vice Presi-
dent Dr. Martinez and set up a
provisional government in Buenos
Aires. Immediately the revolu-
ton spread all over the Argentine
and the Radical party was ousied
in favor Of General Uriburo's Con-
servstives.
Irigoyen had been president Of
Argentina since 1915. During
World War l he had steadfastly
held 10 a policy of strict neutral
ity. despite efforts Of both the
United States and members Of his
own government 10 persuade him
to declare war On Germany.
This World War policy Of neu-
irslity was put 10 q severe test
when the United States revealed
secret documents dispatched oy
the German minister TO Argentina
in which Germany was urged 70
SINK al Argentine khipk
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
umn lsttffs must give name and
address Of writer ONLY initials
Eill Be published when requested.
Mr.. fiKit: n A signed .
state ment before a notar,
swearing he had known n and
his family for a number Of years
and knew him To be an Ameri-
can citizen. but In reality A had
known Is only a few months and
knew only what r. had told him.
would either A or II h. liable
10 arrest n IL became known |.
The statement was In applying
for work on an Alaska airport
project. v. O.
Any signing OF an affidavit
which is false would appear to
be perjury. for which the signer
could be prosecuted. II that was
all the proof Of citizenship asked.
the employer couldn't have been
too serious In his inquiry. A
birth certificate for one Ameri-
can born, or papers OF a natur-
allied citizen would be more
conclusive than sworn state
ments.
Mr.. Fixit: L. there any school
which trains men for civil serx-
Ice jobss II so, what Ia the
name? =, N.
There are many schools pur-
porting to qualify persons for
civil service jobs, and many Of
them, like the business colleges.
do train students in the work in
which they must be proficient
to pass the examinations. No
school can guarantee you a civil
service Job. though. II you wish
TO try a civil service examina-
ton. keep in touch with your
local civil service secretary at
the post office and watch for
announcements.
Mr.. Fisit: Was born in
steriing,iIle, Mich, In 1879. no
doctor, no nurse. no nothing.
What am I going 10 do about a
birth certificate? No record of
any kind that I know Of.
:. NJ. NJ.
As often noted here before.
the use you have for a birth
record determines the kind of
record you will need. You I'M
doubtedly will not be able TO
find an official state record.
You may be able to prove your
birth date sufficiently with your
marriage license record, an old
insurance policy. old voters
registration. company payroll
record or similar document.
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mony al his trial. but I shall not
accept Gefmond's report OF II
without further confirmation. II
he will misquote me, he will mis-
quote Browder. too. | do not
see the Daily Worker once in
six months. and do not consider
that have the right to speak
with authority upon the policy
of the Communist party.
However, the Com munist
change of tune. as he calls it,
appears 70 me TO be quite logi-
cal Up till recently. they looked
upon the war as struggle be-
tween two groups OF capitalist
nations.
Neither America nor Russia
were bellgerents at that time.
and, as both Communists and
Americans. they felt their logical
position was one OF neutrality.
In this they were correct. insofar
az pure logic goes. but I did not
entirely agree with them because
much prefer British and Ameri-
can capitalism. faulty IS II is. 10
Nazi-ism. and 7 favored Rooss-
velt's policy of aid short-of war.
But Hitlers attack on Russia
changed the whole situation.
Now = socialist nation has
been attacked by = capitalist ag-
gressor. and they do not need
any orders from the Kremlin 10
make them change their atti-
tude.
Why does Germond not criti-
CHE Churchill, a bitter enemy of
Communism, and Roosevelt, a
somewhat milder one, for their
sudden about face? What is
sauce for the goose should be
sauce for the gander.
This morning I heard on the
radio a band playing national
sirs. II played Dixie. Yankee
Doodle. Columbia, and God
Save the King. and then. believe
i or not. The Red Flag" but II
did not play the "Marsellsise, "
which would Indicate Russia now
il in the psrlor and France IN
the doEhorSs.
WEBSTER ROGERS.
Lakebsy. Wash
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
HE WROTE LETTER
80 FEET LONG

Editor. The Tacoma Times:
Your little item in the July 26
issue. with a picture of Thomas
Skweres from Fort Lewis.
Wrapped Up In Letter" you
said 1T is rs feet long, was
very interesting. especially to
me. as, 80 years ago. I had the
reputation of writing The Long
est Letter on Record" as told by
the Los Angeles Examiner.
1t was enc continuous scrap
of paper so feet long and con-
tanning $4,000 words. I wrote it
with a pen, as l was no typist in
September, 1911, when I started
it. and added to it at times when
not otherwise too busy.
Friends in Los Angeles, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hamilton, asked
me TO write them "a good long
letter" could comply in
length. but could not guarantee
il being good. The Examiner
sent their photographer to the
Hamilton home. and. with the
picture. and quotations from my
letter. they covered about = half
page Of tne paper, which l still
have among my keepsakes.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
died. but my long letter was not
The cause Of their death. Nearly
10 years ago. when in California.
] induced their daughter to give
me back the letter, "a souvenir
for my children. If | get any.
] am going to cut IT up in Sec
tons and paste 1t in a scrap
book. If l can find one big
enough.
The laughter told me that her
mother. years before her death,
received a great deal of pleasure
reading over various portions of
the longest letter on record"
The wear and tear of unrolling
and rolling up again makes 1t
necessary for me TO do some
patching.
A Letter IS feet long, That is
short. Yoa ought TO see my So
footer! c. NJ MOORE.
Elma, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-06
Puppet Show in a Vacuum

The world has been treated many spectaces OF
late but depressing than the puppet show in
being staged in France by the aged but no
longer venerable Marshal Petain.
Though the French people completely under the
heel of the German conqueror the ancient S4yearod
marshal soemny goes about the business of having con-
stituon" written for France
Constitution BY whose right and authority.
wonders, Have the French people repudiaed their
existing constitution? few, yes, like Charles Maurras
who Monarchist leader has been fighting the republic
for many years. few like Laval and Daran and the
others who eaped avdy at the Germangranted appor
sign. while the German occupation troops kept the people
from speaking
But the French people themselves? The farmer on the
SOIL the village shopkeeper, the worker in Bordeaux
factory? No has heard them speak, for their mouths
stopped
year since Petan received from the National
Assembly the groesque shreds of that the Germans
suffered to remain to France No interpret the
mind of the French people at that CHASTITY moment for
II had mind. The awfuness of the military disaster
had robbed of all power think Possibly many turned
to the old soldier Petan in hope that he could
fragments from the disaster than else But that
the French people directly indirectly vested Petan
with power to write and permanent constitution for
France scarcely be suggested with straight face
1t is difficult to blame Petan for what he has done or
not done during the past year of his power After ALL
he has done what the Nazs directed permitted him
do. But for the ancient marshal to attempt to clamp
the French people for all time kind of toalitaran
nightmare. which it is clear he had been dreaming
long before his country FELL arrogant assumption of
power which will stand the French people find
their voice again.
This is not to that the Third Republic must rise
again. 1t is dead. But whatever government of
free France shall into being it will be of the people
and by the people and not prescription for the people
written by clique of old dotards beneath Nazi hayonets
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tery story should contain a funny
man
Three complete murder stories
in one volume. Three Famous
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should make a good book 70 take
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Safety in Flight" Funk a wag-
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IL may be too technical for arm
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right down the runway for those
who know or want 10 know some
thing about the aerial game.
II you think that red tape is a
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Mrs. Seymour gives the agents
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their superiors in Washington
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-06
War Casualties in the u. S.

Nobody doubts any longer that the United States is
tremendously affected by the in Europe 1t has
begun to touch every phase of daily life.
But would you think it actually causing traffic
deaths? Col John w Bosworh state police superintendent
of West Virginia, it is Highway accidents actually
increase in West Virginia with Her's movements, Bos-
worth and warfare in Europe is sping the lives of
Americans thousands of miles away from it, People feel
uncertain and insecure he thinks and thus they grow
careless and reckless.
1t far-fetched but there might be something to
It, at that It is surely true that the long months of
certainty peoples nerves thin Trying to pass
that ahead rising curve however will do Hitler
no harm whatever much is accomplished by staying
behind arriving two minutes later and being the job
the next morning instead of on a slab.
There has been too much talk about THE government
and not enough talk about OUR govenmen-Emi Schram,
president of the New York Stock Exchange
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Airplanes. especially giant
bombers, viii he the Anglo
Russian American answer In
either eventuality. The q. s.
Is rushing construction of air
fields In Alaska and the Aleu-
tians.
Russia has studded the Kam-
chatka peninsula with fields,
hangers. repair shops, storage
facilities. And we are shipping
to Hawaii. the Philippines. Sing
spore and Java every flying
fortress that can be spared from
the fleets destined for Britain.
The inside explanation for
Harold Iokes' prospective tri-
umph over the Norris-Bone-
LaFollette bloc in their struggle
for control of the nations power
resources lies in F. n. Rs devo-
ton To the cause Of conservation.
The shrewd cabinet member has
aimed his appeal at Mr.. Roose-
velt's deepest instincts.
In urging that Bonneville and
Grand Coulee and emergency
authority be placed under his
jurisdiction, as against the indie
pendent agency demanded by
Senator Norris. Mr.. Ickes has
stressed the broad problem of
promoting forestry. agriculture.
navigation. reclamation. etc.
The capitol hill crowd. he has
warned +. ID. r.. places too
much emphasis on power devel-
opment alone. In Mr.. Iekes'
opinion. a three-man board like
the IVA would foster an I'M
balanced program. They would
sacrifice agriculture for power.
His browning argument at the
be no market for electricity I'M
less consumers are attracted 10
the area by millions of irrigated
and reclaimed acres. Apparent
" he has sold the idea 10 the
president.
Thus II appears that the gen
orally disliked secretary Of the
interior stands on the threshold
Of his greatest victory Unless
F. u. r. changes his mind. or the
Roosevelt-Ickes program is de-
feated in the senate ut may be.
If Mr.. Norris declares open war
against the White House,. Hsr-
old will have licked OPM. the
federal power commission and
the Progressiyes who have DOM
mated the senate for a decade.
Note: Senate COP Leader Nc
Nary will back the president in
any floor fight.
The few confidential reports
on the Russo-German campaign
10 reach Washington highhghts
an ironic and bizarre feature Of
the worlds greatest battle. Hit
ler's worst foe in this titanic
struggle is the cultural. eco
nomic and industrial backward
ness OF the country and people
ne seeks 10 conquer.
Stains peasants were virtual
" immune 10 fifth column prop
sgsnds or activity for the reason
that illiterscy IS so high I'm
able TO read or write, they we're
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The vessel is only about 325
feet in length and 5000 tons in
net weight. 1t has a capacity of
only 10000 barrels. as against
from $4,000 to 10000 for the
conventional tanker.
But its cost Is proportionately
lower. 1t rides so high In the
water that II offers only a limit
ed target for a torpedo.
Its most attractive feature is
the speed with which II can be
built. Once In production, II Is
estimated they can he turned
out at the rate OF one a day.
Because of their small size and
draft. no elaborate dockage IA
cilities are needed for discharge
Of their cargo. which il a vital
consideration at Britain's blitz-
krieged ports.
These tsnkers have another
advantage. Because Of their in
sxpensiveness and quantity pro-
duction. IL will be. feasible 10
dismantle them on their arrival
in England. Then the engine,
fittings and metals can be con-
verified by the British to the
manufacture of guns. planes.
tanks. etc. Naval experts regard
the thing as a potentially revo-
lutionary vehicle of water trans
portation.
Anglo-American policy toward
Japan must pivot on an hour
to-hour schedule because of I'M
certainties beclouding the Far
Eastern situation. But the dip
lomatic and military experts be-
heve they have charted Tokyo's
possible moves, and framed
counter programs accordingly.
Jspan's next area of activity
will be determined by the prog
ress Of he Russo-Germsn con-
flict. according TO this confiden-
itsl sizeup. II Hitler brushes
the Soviet forces now blocking
his advance. Japan will attack
Russia in Eastern Siberia.
At the moment Stains forces
there are far more powerful and
numerous, hut hurriedly mobil-
ized and equipped divisions are
being transported 20 this pos
sible battle-ground from the
islands. In such an operation.
Jspan's army and air units
would operate as the Far East
en force in a grand pincers
movement.
Should Hitler be checked in
his present campaign. der
fuehrer is expected 10 swing
south against Iran, Turkey,
Syria and the Suez. Winter
months in that territory will be
favorable 10 the blitz form Of
warfare.
In such an event, Tokyo's
strategy would be 10 advance
further south toward Singapore
and the Dutch East Indies. Ger
man and japanese triumphs in
the Mediterranean and Malay
sian areas, respectively. would
sever supply lines between
Britain. the L. 6. and the Middle
East II would shut off Anglo
American contact with vast
sources Of vital war material.
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not susceptible TO tracts de-
signed TO psralyze them in sd-
vance Of invasion. There were
no newspapers 10 be purchased
by German agents. They owned
few radios. and could not listen
in TO Russisnized Hsw-Haws
brosdcasting from Berlin. Even
II the seeds Of disloyalty found
soil the distances between
homes and towns prevented
slien weeds from spreading. For
the same reasons the Russian
soldiery and civilian population
were ignorant Of the German
forces supposed invincibihty.
Il vas Just another army 10
them.
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THIS PAIR CONTINUES
RIGHT-LFFT ARGUMENT

Editor. The Tacoma Times I
see that Nj Germond IS at his
old tricks OF misquoting me He
says. Rogers says CommIes do
not obey The Communist Inter-
rationale.
said no such thing. ! merely
said I did not take orders from
q foreign potentate. and that /
was not a member Of the COM
munist party.
/ did not read Browder's testi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-06
MOUNTAINS
OF MYSTERIES

Aaron Marc Stein demonstrates
in up to No Good" (Crime Club:
s2) how the science of archaeology
may be used to ferret out murder
ers If your local homicide squad
fails. 1t all takes place with sci
entists and two beautiful blends
prying around the ancient ruins of
Peru.
Earl Stanley Gardner. author Of
The Case of the Turning Tide"
Morrow: S2). admits he has had
contact with several murders and
then proves it. As early as page
10 you arc popped out Of your arm
chair by entrance of two very dead
bodies into the picture This yarn
has one character every good mys-