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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

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address OF writer Only initials
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Mr.. Fixit: Could YOU please
tell me where I should write con-
corning the night school courses
offered at Lincoln high school
during the school year. Are
there any other night school
courses In Tacoma open 70 the
public. n 80, where should I
write concerning them:
h @.
The Tacoma evening school at
Lincoln high undoubtedly will
reopen in the middle Of septem-
Der and probably will run four
nights a week. Monday through
Thursday. Its courses usually
take In whatever has sufficient
demand. You might direct a
letter to w. p. wsgley. principal
Of the night school, In care of
Lincoln high school. There are
other night classes in Tacoma in
the several business schools,
which you will find in phone di-
rectory, and some night trade
training classes conducted CO.
operatively by the unions, en-
ployers and vocational educa-
ton department Of the Tacoma
school system.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you tell me
what l must do TO get In the
border patrol?
X. r., GIG HARBOR.
The border patrol Is a part of
the Immigration and Naturali-
zation service and its members
are under civil service rules.
Next time you are in Tacoma
you might call at the immigra-
ton office, second floor Of the
post office, and ask more in
formation about the work, and
at the civil service office on the
first floor, which will know IL
any examination is to be expect
ed In the near future.
Mr.. Fixit: Will a person have
to get his citizenship papers out,
II there Is q federal pension or
Townsend pension? I am not
old enough for a pension yet but
will he about next year.
MR.. T.
That Is very big az" Any
more federal pension laws are
unlikely for a long time. Under
the present state old age as
sistance law and the old age
retirement benefits program of
the federal social security sys-
tenn citizenship is not required.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

The political strip-tease drearly executed for
the regime that claims TO SPEAK Tor Inc rrencn
restless.
These nteminabe prouets. this endless succession of
going to stand squarely and firmly the terms
of the armistce; tomorrow going to join whole
heartedly in construction of an Axis Europe The only
authority is that which entrust delegate, but the
instinct Of liberty, it still lives within u.s.
Words little any more few what they say
who speak for France important only is what they do
One thing ought be made clear Most of the things
amstice signed June % l940 in the Compegne Forest
This military convention providing for the stopping
of the German-French and setting up framework of
regulation for occupied France.
There is nothing in providing that France must set
up Fascist state nothing providing that minority
must be prosecuted and hounded nothing providing hony
trials to find convenient scapegoats nothing binding France
to cooperate in new order in Europe nothing direct
ing how France should govern itself.
True France was left little choice. Germany received
the right to terminate the armstice at any time il
sdered that the French failing TO fulfill its armstice
obligations million Frenchmen prisoners in Ger
many. Continental France is helpless.
But one thing to aid Hitler under compulsve force
because you PROSTATE and helpless The world would
understand that But it is quite another to far afield
from the terms of the armstce to do things the Germans
had not thought of asking to set autocratc
domestic regime and proclaim that authority no longer
ton that France only wishes to stand by her pledged word
in the armstice.
If France is merely conquered country with will
except that exercised in Berlin all right No one will
reproach her for having fought and lost 1t could happen
to country, not excepted which loses the
concerted will necessary to survival in this brutal world
world SUCH Frances acts not Petans words must decide
Right now there may be other Billy Mtchells with IDEAS
who ahead Of their time who will be cashiered
Senator Wiley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26


just 10 his liking or over some
other equally unimportant de-
tail. With that beginning his
day becomes marathon Of
petty irritations which finally
bring about high blood pressure
and nervous exhaustion
And right here it can be
pointed out that men are not
the only offenders against the
injunction to be temperate in
all things" Women are equally
guilty. They worry about the
children and become irritated
when a five-year-old doesn't
carry a mature head.
They become furiously angry
over minor attractions and cru
city the child as well as them
selves. For instance. there was
the woman going about the
capital grounds in Olympia the
other day with two children, the
little girl about four or five and
the boy perhaps three. In their
eagerness to view a flower bed
they stepped off the concrete
walk, something they had been
forbidden to do.
This mother screamed at the
children, jerked the little girl
back on the sidewalk by the
hair and then pulled the boy
back with a jerk on the arm
that must have nearly pulled
the shoulder out Of joint. Even
IL she had no regrets because
OF the cruelty TO the children,
this mothers blood pressure OBJ
viously was increased when she
looked up and saw that an OBJ
server was staring at her with
a look which said as plainly as
words, Woman. you deserve
several good swift kicks in the
seat of your Stacks"
Going back to the Barton
philosophy in which he also in
PRODUCES a text from the ancient
Greek formula for the good of
life, Nothing in excess" he
finds that there also is Ameri-
can "intemperance of violent
and spadmodic exercise" in men
over fifty. This includes trying
to play eighteen holes of golf
when nine holes is all that should
be attempted; violent exercise
OF other kinds that exhausts but
does not relax.
Another intemperance Is
"hectic dashing about for en-
tertainment" because people
cannot sit alone and spend
quiet evening with their own
families but "must rush off
to a movie or bridge party to
benumb their incorporate
craving for excitement" And
instead of relaxation the eff
feet frequently Is to fray al
ready tattered nerves that
should be knitted up with rest
and solitude.
This philosophy is most earn
estly commended to the readers
OF this column. Some OF them
need it.
If men dealt less IN stocks
and lands
And more in bonds and
deeds fraternal,
II LoUe's 1Oork had more 1Cill-
ing hands
To link this lOorld TO the
saperNdl;
II men stored up loves oil
and Wine,
And on bruised hum q n
souls Uould pour,
II yours and mine" aCould
once combine
The Uorld a0ould be better
for IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26
An Inside Picture OF Finon-
Ii u IL ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = When Lord Beaverbrook had his
first conference with directors of the Office of Pro-
duction Management, William S. Knudsen read to the
British minister of supply cold figures about the
thing Beaverbrook wants most at the moment, tanks.
These afforded the visiting Englishman encourage
ment. And they focused attention a question the
administration must during the next few weeks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

British embassy, he read his
morning paper. There he found
prominently displayed a picture
of soldiers at nearby Fort Meade
practicing with dummy anti
tank guns made OF wood. This
helped to convince him how far
short the u. s. is OF possessing
weapons for any land invasion,
whether by Great Britain or by
another A. f. F.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

TINYTOWN
There are no private citizens
in Dellview. North Carolina!
Mrs. Tom Dellinger Is mayor:
Tom is Chief OF Police. though
he has never made an arrest
and uses the so-ealled jail to
house chickens. All other adult
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Editor The Times: We Of this
Northwest are intensely inter
ested and welcome the visit
next month Of Secretary Harold
Ickes. A large and enthusiastic
audience should greet him and
learn Of this interest in our
great Olympic National Forest
and Hydro-Electrie Power prof.
ects.
We are Just beginning TO real
lie the possibilities for indus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

members OF the family are town
officials. Henry Dellinger.
brother OF Tom. is the local mail
carrier; so he is Dellview's post
master.
BODY MYSTERY
When Voltaire died. his body
was placed in the Pantheon in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Paris, and his heart was given
to French lady of the day. 1t
was preserved in a silver case.
In 1854 the tomb was opened to
replace the heart with the other
remains-but the body had van
ished. No one knows who took
1t, or why.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Without the voluntary end enthusiastic cooperation of
American workers not factory could turn wheel
William Cream, head of the ALL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-26

Right there may be other Billy Mitchels with ideas
who ahead Of their tme who will be cashiered
Senator Wiley.
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Mr.. FIxit: VIII a person have
to get his citizenship papers out,
II there Is = federal pension or
= Townsend pension! I am not
old enough for a pension yet but
Will he about next year.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
IS closed OF of a cent

I1lEII. LpN-
October ------- 96.5 96.5
Certiflcated grease wool, spot, 81
Wool top futures closed uncha
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Bond Averages
10 LOW-Yield Bonds.
Ry the Associated PreSS-

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-NeW
buying interest in rail and utility
liens helped to keep most of the
corporate bond list pointing ahead
TODAY.
Rails were bolstered by the already
heavily stressed improvement in past
revenues and prospects for addi-
tional gains. Utilities attracted a
more selective buying interest based
in part on recent holding company
integratlon moves.
Although trading in United States
Governments in the stock exchange
was so light as to preclude the
establishments of trends, in fairly
active ver-the-COunter dealings
prices were unchanged to a bit
improved
The new taxable 2i2s of So '54
were quoted shade up at 101 IA 80
bid. Other Federal issues ranged
from unchanged to 30 point higher.
Gamers among the cOrporates in
cluded International Telephone 5S,
Commercial Mackay income bonds
with warrant, Baltimore & Ohio
stamped convertible 6S, Columbia
Gas & Electric IS, Delaware & Hud-
son refunding As, New York &
Greenwood Lake 5s, United States
Steel Is and Northern Pacific Is.
United Steel Works 61es, long un-
traded, dropped II points on one
transaction, to %.
Foreign government dollar loans
generally slipped small fractions,
but Reich loans added as much as 2
points.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Sugar Boosted
To Peak Since
Early in War
IhC As50CIated PIcss.

NEW YORK, March 24-RaW and
Cranulated sugars sold at the highest
prices today since a wave of speCu-
lative buying helped whIrl quotations
up at the outbreak Of war.
Raw sugar traded at 343 cents a
pound and refined at 495 cents.
Heavy turnover developed IN gran
ulated on the theory further ad-
VanCes were due this week.
Prices have tended upward since
late 1910 when Federal authorities
determined this years quota. or the
amount Of sugar which could be
marketed in the United States The
figure was under trade expectations
and was considered low. Since then
the figure has been revised upward.
Marketmen blamed rising ship
ping costs as one of the main Tea-
sons for the upward trend in prices.
Speculative interests were also at
work, 1t was believed, because the
United States has ample supplies
Of sugar and there is little IkeI-
hood Of a shortage.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Lumber Output Logs
Slightly for Week
By the Ae.ocLa.eE ~.

By the Associated Press.
The National Lumber Narufac-
turers' Association reported that
lumber production for the week
ended March Is stood a. 13l per
cent Of the average OF the CORE
spending week I935-l9l9 and ship
ments l24 per cent.
Production totaIed 241.16I 600 feet
which was ! per cent less than the
previous week. and Il per cent
greater than the corresponding
week a year ago.
Shipments aggregated 249.832 -
600 feet. which was 6 per cent
greater than the previous week. and
Is per cent greater than last year
correspondents week.
Orders booked We're 278. 1872 OOC
feet, which was 8 per cent less than
the previous week, and - per cent
greater than the corresponding week
last year,
Evening star., 1941-03-24
1926 average equals 1909
Miscellaneous Markets.

Additional New York markets as COM
piled BY the Associated Press
., ,CQ9FFBBE-5sspot- Bs firm Santos No, 4.
offerings including Santos Bourbon IS and
IS. were withdra,wn. Santos No 4 D.
Sales, 1000 bags March, a45n; May.
9.56n July. 9.G5-G9. Rio No, : ~
futures, u to 25 higher. Sales, 145OO
bags. May. 6.53n; July, 6.95; septem-
Oet sTRATTs IFS TIN-Futures closed ; lower.
Sales. $4,000 pounds. MAY % 90; Sep
RAW HIDEs-FutuTes closed to " -
lower Sale, 2,360,000 pounds March,
l35Sn: June. l3 66b, September. 1873.
Spot No | Western light native cows, 14n.
CRUDE RUSBER-- Futures closed 33 to
contracts; new, standard. 45 Old, MAY,
22.05b: new, July, 2l.50: September, 21.l5,
Smoked ribbed, spot, 30 25n.
RAW SILK-Futures closed y to 3 cents
lower. Sales. 700 bales. March. 2.S2b;
MAY, 2.S3-2 S3l2: June = S3l2b.
COCOA-Futures closed SIS higher;
sales. @.372 tons. May, 7.15n; July, 72@n;
September 40
Bio. n Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Republic Doubles
Electric Furnace
Capacity in Year
500, ,000- T on Output
Available for lo41,
Report Shows
PS tire Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, March 24.-Electric
furnace capacity of Republic Steel
Corp. for 1941 was estimated today
at 100000 tons of ingots, more than
double the 1910 figure of 213,O00 tons.
Electric furnace alloy steels are
especially valuable for aircraft parts
and light armor plate. The cor
poration's annual report showed that
Republic last year installed three
additional 50-ton electric furnaces
at its Canton tOhio) plant and two
similar furnaces now are under con-
StruCtiOn.
The electric output is only frac-
ton Of total ingot production Last
year Republic produced 6,111,678
ingot tons against 4,817,867 IN 1889.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
SeaIskin Prices Boosted
At St. Louis Auction
BY the A.soc-aLea Pre...

bN Ire -SNE-aIeC Press.
ST. LOUIS. March 24.-NTiladv's
seaIskIn coat may cost more next
winter.
There was general advance in
sealskin prices at the semI-annual
Government auction TO-DAY. Lively
bidding boosted marara brown skins
so per cent over the September sale.
One Of the 130 buyers said higher
prices We're Que to more extensive
use Of skins IN the last SIX months.
Sold were 10000 black skins 1900
matara brown and 10000 SAHARA
brown skins.
Handled by the F0uke Fur Co.
for the United states Government.
the furs were from the PrbIlof Is
lands of Alaska. Under treaty.
terms, Japan and Canada each viii
receive Is per cent Of the proceeds.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Steel Rate 10 Rise
To 1913 Per Cent
In Current Week
Institute Report Cites
60.7 Per Cent Pace
Of Year Ago
e. the Associated Pc s.

e. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Steel
production this week will rise to
998 per cent of the industrys
capacity, the fifth consecutive ad-
vance and the highest rate Of pro-
ductlon in history, the American
Iron and Steel Institute said today.
This compared with 994 per cent
last week A month ago output was
at 963 per cent of capacity and
year ago only GOT per cent.
CLEVELAND. March "a lP,.-Steel
sales Of manufacturers and ware
house distributors are running
ahead o. February, which set a
record high for volume, the maga-
zine Steel said today.
More Steelmakers have been taxi
ing saIesmen off the road FOR fear
Of overseeing, though the industry
is still divided on the wisdom Of
the policy, particularly since sales
men have the double role Of selling
and maintaining good Will" the re-
view added
"A pronounced decline IN sales Of
fabricated s-ruCturaIs Is noted. Such
falling eff is welcome, as it Will
allow steels diversion 10 other
urgent needs.
The situation becomes outwardly
Cauner as consumers become recon-
CIled to scarcity and beIated de-
lIveT!Cs, while many civilian projects
are abandoned until more favorable
times. Several groups planning 70
set up new companies such as ware
houses or metal-WOrklng concerns,
have given up plans because Of
+ policy Of steclmakers to take on no
new customers.
Scarcity Of n0nferrOus metals
for allowing and coating continues
one Of the main problems Chronl-
UNI. which met with increasing de-
mand when nickel became tight. has
Itself tlgA-ened considerably. Low
carbon feTromanganese is tense and
in the so per cent product the steel
industry merely holds l-s own. Fer
rOsllcon Is tightening and vanad!um
IS more critical because Of a strike
continuance Of producing plant.
Limitation IN available power pre-
vents increased production Of some
ferrOalIoys"
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Detroit Food Terminal
Closed by Blockade
Ry the Assnclated PIES

BY tne ASSOCIATED Press
DETROIT. March PA block
ade Of all entrances and exits to
the Detroit Union Produce Terminal
this morning tied up perlshable
foodstuffs valued at more than
$3.50 900.
Louis R. Shame, executive Secre-
tary Of the Detroit Retail GroCers'
Association, termed the blockade "a
bold-faced move against the retail
grocers."
Approximately 200 trucks owned
by large wholesalers and driven by
members Of a recently organized
local of the Teamsters Union pre-
vented movement in or out of the
terminal
Evening star., 1941-03-24
6, M. Reports Record
Number of Holders

~ IAt As30C5ted Press.
NEW YORK, March 24-Gere~al
Motors Corp, reported today q total
OF 4l0.542 common and preferred
stockholders high rccOrd-during
the first three months Of this wear.
This compared with totals OF 1913 BOT
IN the like 1870 period ard 391913
III the last quarter OF 1910.
The mos recent thrcc-mon-T 4
fgure represents $40 20 common
stockholders ana 2I272 holders Of
preferred stock.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
|. {. {. Issues Plan
For Iowa Railroad
PvtlF { Associated Press.

II u t-sS~ ~A.a -EC EFSSS.
A plan Of reorganization for the
Fort Dodge, Des N1Oines & Southern
Railroad Co. which eliminates fixed
interest charges has been issued
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The plan reduces capuaLzat tion
from S1O,162 791 to S3.672. 500. The
commission now Will submit its plan
to the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa.
If approved by the court it will be
placed before eligible security hold
ers for approval or rejection.
The equities OF the holders of both
the common and preferred stock
were found to have no value and no
provision was made for their par
tlclpation in the reorganization.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Air Express Revenues
Jump II Per Cent
apeclal Dls1atca to The S-ar.

NEW YORK. March 24-Gross
revenue IN January. l94l. from the
nationwide air express service Of
Railway Express Agency showed a
2I5 per cent increase over January,
1910, agency officials reported,
There were 93.751 air express ship
ments II January. an increase OF p
per cent over the corresponding
month in 1910, the report SAID.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Most lndustriaIs Decline
In Dull London Market
Fv Ire AssocIated Press.

LONDON, March 24.-Indus-
trial issues generally slipped in lin
tied transactions in the stock eX-
change today despite an early ad-
vance brought about by TeinveSt-
ment of funds resulting from Gov
ernment reimbursements for requi-
sitioned securities
The reinvestment process was fea-
tured by the buying Of gIlt-edged
securities and Indian bonds and
small advance in domestic rails on
provincial support.
Losses were recorded for oils and
some tobaccos at the close when the
effects of the initial buying orders
wore away.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
keY York Cotton
Bv re Associated Pres

BY re Associated Pres
NEW YORK. March 24-MIll
price fixing was the chief factor in
tOdays rise in cotton futures, al
though gains were partially cam
celed by hedge selling.
Demand was encouraged by the
improvement in other commodities
and securities. Reports the Bank
head bill might be approved by the
Agriculture Committee tomorrow
also aided sentiment.
Late afternoon prices were l to
points up, May selling 1880; July
ln71 and Dncpmhpr- 1068.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Visible Grain Supply

NEW YORK, March "a lP).-
Visible supply of American grain
showed the following changes from
a week ago (busheD: Wheat de-
creased 2,11100O; corn decreased
243,0O0; oats decreased 1876 900: rye
decreased $1,000; barley decreased
271 900.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
New York SUGAR

NEW YORK, March n lP.-An active
and advancing raw SUGAR market boosted
domestic futures 6 10 points and into
new high seasonal ground today. Septem-
Der was priced at 256 and November. , 50.
World futures moved up l to points
in Quiet trading on speculative support
based on expecta tions. of further sales of
world quota SUGARS to foreign markets
July traded at Sa12: September. q5
Raws were sold at prices ranging from
$40 to 3 40 cents for deferred deliveries.
Refined was unclaimed at 4.95 cents.
Futures No. 3 closed 3 to 10 higher
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Chicago Cash Market

Cash wheat. No ] hard. o-5a. No ?.
"'4-9l 81. No. = ,m!&sd =" Corn.
Glai No .. u-as-t6ft; No. g. ID te-t5 8.
No. ;. 5n2s s-Gl 3. No 4 .Whl-e- ~. 's-..,N
/ Whi'e .gt9 No -. 3gie-1t. No 3
3sf,-'-. No I, @1i4-@Stt. sample -rade
white - a-}h ND. Z ml"cG LeaFy 80.
No %. 1Nls. No. 7 red. nod,y 39-."is.
sample Gradc r..red. heavy. 80 70. {
white, heavy "gia. NO. =. @"f No 3.
heavy. 35lz-aG'a No ; mzsa cT.ra
heavy. as: No. ! red, ezra heavy. 33'a.
NO white extra hcaL' +u. No. ~.
5.,-Gf. nominal. iced fS-5u. noa1s, Al.
sc-oeulngz. @5-5" nominal N. ] barley.
E3-65. sample Grade. - No J matt
ing 5S-G6. so. ] ma.-sns. rouen. ~ 20.
~ mai'ng, GG. No - ma.-tHe. touch G5.
S0ybear. No - va.ioV l.U--nr.r M 3.
l..s-l oI'4 Ft0ld -ecd. per hundred
weight. 00mlna. T!uO'h~ : On size,
9.5n.l2 0U. fancy red '7p. 5n-N n".
red clover, S.uJ-l0 90. sTee, clover 800
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Dividend Is Declared

BALTIMORE. March "a (SpeciaD
The regular quarter dividend of
25 cents a share on the stock of the
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Co has been declared by the dl-
rectors. 1t is payable on April Is
to holders of record on March 81.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Ill, March 24-Wheat
and corn today led a general grain
price rise that reflected strength in
lard and Soybeans and in securities
Both wheat and corn rose a cent al
times.
Reports of Government purchases
OF certain commodities, including
lard, possibly for overseas ship
ment, and predictions of Senate
committee approval Of legislation
calling for increased loan rates on
certain farm products were factors
which inspired the buying.
Wheat closed -, cents higher
than Saturday; May, 875,-a4; July,
65la-'4; corn, -, up, May
645s-7s; July 65-647,; oats Il
higher.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Dividend Is Ordered
By Baltimore Bank
SpeCial DLspatch ID The Star-

BALTIMORE. Nd, March "a
The board Of directors of the First
National Bank have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of so
cents a share payable April I to
stockholders Of record on March q.