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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-21
Pick Your Own Thanksgiving Date
Gov. Bradford Started II In 1851
Washington Brought II Back in 1883
And the American Turkey Is Spanish

In the debate that followed
Aedanus Burke. South Carolina,
objected 10 the motion on the
ground that il involved 'mim-
licking Of the European custom
Of compulsory fast days"
Thomas Tucker. Virginia, OBJ
iected for another reason. He
advised that 1t might be well
10 wait for some experience Of
the efficiency Of the constitu-
ton before returning thanks for
IT,"
There were q number Of other
protests but the motion carried
BY a large majority. Then with
the authority given him by con-
gress George Washington desig-
mated Nov. 26, 1889, As the first
national Thanksgiving day.
Several presidents followed
Washington's example but the
Thanksgiving proclamation fin
ally was left 10 the governors Of
the states and some Of them for
got IT, The custom might have
fallen into disuse entirely had
II not been for the persistence
of Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, of Phila-
delphia, who sent a copy Of
Washington first proclamation
TO each governor every year. In
1859 all but two governors is
sued a state proclamation. The
next year the states were too in
VOWED in the battle Of the North
and South to be thankful about
anything.
Mrs. Hale, however, was per-
sistent. The day after the Battle
of Gettysburg she wrote Presi-
dent Lincoln asking him TO de-
clare a day Of national thanks
giving. Lincoln did so, pro-
claiming Aug. 8 day on which
the nation should give thanks
for Its blessings. Every presi-
dent since Lincoln has issued a
similar proclamation, the only
difference being the date.
Now a word about that great
American bird, the turkey,
around which Thanksgiving
centers but isn't American ex-
cept by adoption. The bird
In of Spanish and Aztec origin.
Jewish traders who followed the
Spanish flag to Mexico took
along few turkeys. The bird
was one of the staple products
Of the Aztec farmers and had
been domesticated in Spain sew
eral hundred years before the
first Thanksgiving in America.
But the turkey is swell eating
no matter what the birds an
cestry may be.
Ye that hare faith TO look
With fearless eyes
Beyond the tragedy of a
World at strife,
And trust that out of life
and death shall rise
The ddWH Of q simpler life;
Rejoice, l0hdteper anguish
rend your heart,
That God has giUen you for
a priceless dolOer
To hUe an these great times
and hare your part
In Freedoms Gro uning
hour;
That yon may tell your sons
1ohO see the light
High IN the heaUens-their
heritage to take
Il sac the poioers of dark
ness put to flight,
! sac the morning break"
Written for the book of King
Albert of Belgium by Sir Owen
Seaman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-21

such attitudes. The device was
developed over a period of IS
years, dating from World War I,
and was the original invention of
DIR. Sanford A. Moss, General
Electric engineer.
Tomorrow: Bull Derbyl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-21
HIGH FLYERS

The turbo-supercharged enables
bombers to fly at heights ranging
above 10000 feet and thus es-
cape anti-sircraft fire and fight
or planes not equipped to reach
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-21

Ural mountains.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
INVENT HV1H T cor 1T

The Germans have made q great
public TODD about the alleged foct that
in the world they think they ore about
to create, gold will be Of no value. They
love to poch-pooh the foct that the
United Stotes hos great deal Of it. i.
Somehow we haven't seen Germany
turning down any, and one Of the first
orders Of business in taking over an
other country seems to be to loot the
vouIt and toke the gold to Berlin.
A late issue Of the BerIiner Illus
trerte Zeitune just come to hand hos
very elaborate and impressive article
about the new Reichsbonk building in
Berlin. Thief-proof and fire-proof ex-
ults the article, describing the vaults
Ia meters below woter-IeveI and three
stories deep. Proudly displayed at the
top Of the article is q picture Of the
gold vaults, with bullion bars neatly
stocked on shelves.
Well be more likely to believe in
the Maj theory Of the worthIessness
Of gold when we see them refusing some
Of it.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
TRAVEL STRENGTHENS
AMERICA

Slogans ore often devised more for
their effect than for their absolute "a
carat purity of truth content. The slo-
gan devised by the u. S. TroveI Bureau
for this year seems better than most on
this count. 1t is: TroveI Strengthens
America"
It's true now as never before, for
never before hos SO much depended on
close understanding and feeling Of
oneness among oil the people from
Alaska to TIerro del Fueeo. One Of the
ways to do that, and at the same time
to increase exchange Of money ond
therefore Of trade, is to encourage the
maximum travel between all the coun-
tries Of the Americas, and even in our
own country. To break down sectional
IN ir on, country. or between it and
other neiohborino. hemisphere coun-
t,ies. there is nothing like sympathetic
personal coitoet on,pns the peoples.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
BroziI's Dictotor Books
Good Neiehbor' Policy

THE spotlight Is on Brazil. as the
L census commemorative stamp
above shows, and the undeveloped
wealth of Brazil's mines, forests
and fields is prize to tempt ag-
gressor nations. But Brazilians are
aware OF the danger of attack and
are quietly strengthening army
and navy. Most important, Brazil
is whole-heartedly supporting the
Good Neighbor" policy OF the
western hemisphere.
Brazil Is ruled by dictator
President Cetulio Vargas--but he
does not follow the pattern Of Hit
Ter and Mussolini. There is no
RECOMMENDATION, no persecution, no
'militarism in Brazil. Only political
controversies are banned.
Vargas has unlimited power.
Congress has been suspended, po-
litical parties abolished. The pres
ident controls army and navy, de-
termines diplomatic, economic and
social courses. Censorship governs
radio and the press.
The dictatorship will end, under
4 constitution written in 1887,
when the president calls a national
plebiscite. But Vargas Is benev-
client dictator and Brazil is pros
perins under his guidance. 49,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The 18th annual World S
Championship Masters Individ-
ual Tournament was won this
year by Lee Hazen of New
York. The victory was no sur
prise, as Hazen finished second
last year. Morrie Ellis, the de-
Tending champion, took the lead
at the end of the first session,
but in the second session Hazen
had a terrific top. He was also
top in the third session and the
tournament was practically con-
coded to him then, as he was
many points ahead of second
place.
The fight for second place was
close. Going into the final session
Ellis was second, but only two
points behind were B. j. Becker
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
and Harry Fishbein, tied for

and Harry Fishbein, tied for
third.
The Masters Individual is
unique in that every player
must play with every other play
er and against him twice. The
players are selected by invita-
ton, and this years field was &C
knowledged as the strongest in
the IL years of competition.
Hazen's success in the Indi-
vidual was due to his tempera-
ment and ability to handle vari-
.ous partners. Here Is an example
of his partnership bridge.
On the first trick Hazen fol-
lowed with the spade three.
South then exited with a club,
and declarer cashed all Ave
clubs. South started by discard
ing one diamond and two hearts.
When it came Hazen's turn to
discard, he could see that declar-
er was going to bring in two
heart tricks after finishing the
clubs. South would probably
have to make yet more discards.
Hazen wanted him to be sure to
hold all his spades, but South
might be afraid to discard any
more diamonds. There was. no
way for North to signal that he
held diamond protection.
So Hazen discarded the Jack of
spades, showing South plainly
that East could not hold a stop
per. South thus saw that II was
worthwhile to hold all his spades
and chance that North held the
diamond king. Declarer won
only eight tricks. then had to
lose the lead to North, and Ha-
xen's spade return defeated the
contract
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

ney, who's playing the title role
in Belle Starr To the distress
of everyone, she has been hav-
ing eye trouble; some sort Of
allergy that makes her face swol-
len and eyes red. I'm the next
scene" her director explained OF
the set, you take your gun sort
of carelessly and shoot that
bright lower leaf off that tree
Miss Tierney blinked, rubbed
her eyes and asked, What
tree?"
Mike Curtiz is working-and
talking-again. On the Dive
Bomber" set, he screamed at the
company: Stop that noise!--
can't hear what I'm saying"
Talking about Hitler, he said:
THAT fellow all the time is get
ting crazier. He used to think he
was Napoleon but now he
thinks he's Hitler" And Is
praising Jeffrey Lynn: THAT
Jeffrey is positively another
Enrol Flynn, except that he's
a completely different type"
Orson Welles' new picture,
which was to have been based
on Nazi infiltration of Mexico;
has been disapproved and won't
be made. Government down
there said the idea was melodra-
matte nonsense.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
MARTYRS TO TRUTH.

One Of the glorious pages Of the war
is the record of American correspon-
dents in their effort to report truly to
Americans what is happening in the
whirIwind conflict.
In their relentless pursuit Of the
sIusive truth. they have given life it.
self, suffered wounds and privotions.
Webb Miller, United Press European
1s,onoger died in q bIockout accident.
Ralph Barnes Of the New York Herald
Tribune crashed to his death in Brit
ish pIone in the Balkans. Leigh White,
COS, and Robert St. John, Associated
Press, were wounded in escaping from
Yuooslovio. Others have had mirocu-
lous ~scopes from bomb and she'll, and
Rave suffered every kind Of intense pri-
yotion and hardship.
In almost every cose they have gone
far beyond what was necessary merely
70 hold their jobs. They did it because
there wos in them q fire that burned
- leorn ond tell the truth. To all Of
tiben Americo owes q debt. They ore
Wsi}lno every doy q story of high and
answering devotion to cause as high
us1 q exocting as any eduse - the
1ot1 truth.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. Hieh|ights From
The Latest Books q

To understand the humor of a
period, you must project yourself
into that period. The biography,
John Kendrick Bangs" (Knopf:
So, is the story of a humorist
who flourished in the 1905. The
book Is written by Francis
Hyde Bangs. son of the subject,
and must necessarily be sympa-
thetic. So if the story drops oc-
casionally into the stiff literary
style of a bygone day, the author
must be forgiven. J. K. Bangs
was a fascinating figure. Here
are two exemplary excerpts, the
first of which concerns Teddy
Roosevelt, just after he became
vice president of the United
States:
Bangs went to Oyster Bay and
found Roosevelt in a very SUBJ
dued state; in fact, just little
humorously sheepish. Roosevelt
felt that his political career was
over, that he could henceforth
play but a subordinate role. Il
was the bad boy" he said, land
they stood me in the corner"
Some time later, when Bangs
asked him how he enjoyed his
duty of presiding over the Sen
ate, Roosevelt replied: II feel
like a scientist looking through
his microscope at q lot of bugs!"
George Harvey was primarily
a journalist, and a journalist
with political talents of 50 high
an order that he naturally de-
sired an opportunity to exercise
them. His North American Re-
view did not afford him the op-
portunity he desired. Having
successful reorganized tn e
House of Harper, he was now
ready to assert q more active
role in the editorial field.
Bangs said: During my abb
sence in Cuba my chief had
himself come under the baleful
fascination of editing the week.
ly, and upon my return to my
desk I found an intellectual re-
vival' going on in my sanctum."
There followed q webbing
compromise; and after writing,
as his last stint, the obsequies
for the memorial number to Nc
Kinley, Sept. %, 1901, Bangs
quit.
Colonel Harvey did not favor
Bangs relationship with Roose-
Welt. Bangs asked Harvey what
he thought he should do about 1t.
IF were YOU" said Harvey,
"Td tell me to 60 to hell, and
get fired" Bangs did.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19

Lucie Neville is pinchhit-
ting for Paul Harrison, now
touring army camps and defense
industries.
BY LUCE NEVILLE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD - Behind the
screen: The Producers Associa-
ton has put an end to the
home-theatre .circuit Of Holly
wood-an inter-company. prac-
tice of allowing almost any exc
cutive or star to screen any new
picture in his own projection
room.
Somebody got to counting and
found that 1877 privileged people
were borrowing films regularly
occasionally for some serious
purpose, perhaps, but usually
TO show at their parties. Sam
Goldwyn, for example who cru
saded against double features In
theatres, often showed double
bill at his house.
When the smarties got to-
gether at some of those soirees,
the cracks they made were toss
ed around town later and were
harmful { it was believed) to the
dignity of the industry. Some
times they't run every other
reel and compliment themselves
on a great job of cutting. Or
they'd run just the first reel and
then sit around trying to guess
the rest of the story. They US
ually guessed right.
In a scene from "A Yank in
Raj" Reginald Gardiner was
supposed to scowl at a poster
for a London show and say,
That chap positively nauseates
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. BEHIND THE SCENES
m WASHINGTON

Stoll hoS become q matter OF
policy, or at leost 70 whot sx-
tent lt.hos become on Amer
icon diplomatic device, and
how effectively II hos been
welded by the President. He
hos built up O reputation as q
fortnight leoder with the chin,
but the record tends to show
thot on those occasions when
he hos come out of his corner,
Jaw first on some issue, way
oheod Of his seconds and pub
lie, he hos taken q terrific
posting. The Supreme Court
reform. NRA. the purge and
YugosIovio come to mind, to
name four.
The wnoie problem resolves
itself in to this oIl.importont
motter Of timing. Try to stort
q fight before the bell rings
and you're q punk. Stoll q IT.
tie. particularly if your oppon-.
ent is stronger than you ore,
and perh O ps he'll show his
weakness.
How effective has the stoll-
been as q matter of policy?
Plenty Of people have been or
euine that the President
should come right our and tell
the country whether or not we
ore to have conveys. Suppos-
ing the President sold no, We
won't convoy. That would be
as good as q major victory for
Hitler. Surprising he said yes,
we'll convoy, with q majority
OF the country not yet eonvinc-
ed conveying is the thing to
do, with the President himself
on record that conveys mean
shooting and shooting means
war, with even Secretary Of
War Stimson admitting thot
we won't be ready for war for
q year. In that predicoment, is
q stoII justified or is it not?
The question is posed here
not in any defense or dilly-
dollyins. but merely to present
the arguments.
TRY 70 KEEP
HITLER GUESSING
The question Of when to
show strenoth-the old ques-
ton Of timing oeoin-is one
that has to be nicely deter
mined. A cose can be made for
the claim thot there is a big
advantage now in keeping Hit
Ter guessing as to what Amer
icon policy will be, when the
bid Of oreoter American sup
port for Britain will be made,
and how much it will be.
That the roise will be forth
coming eventually seems in
evitobIe. II will be mode only
when there. is more yelling for
it from the country at Ioree
and from Congress in porticu-
lar, and from far more subston-
tioI citizens than the Peppers
and Guffeys.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
4 USEFUL
TAX PLAN

" heovy toxeS must De r0lSeO, why
not collect them on commodities whose
production completes directly with pro-
duction for defense? The question is
asked by Mariner E. Eccles. choirmon
of the Federal Reserve Boord, and Leon
Henderson, head of the Office Of Price
Administration. Their recommended
tons make it perfectly obvious thot
this is one of the most eligible OF oil
fields for defense toxotion.
To be sure, any such tax will involve
discomfort. II will foil chiefly on auto
mobiles, tires, accessories, washing
machines, refrigerotors, watches and
clocks, oil burners, and other mechanic
col conveniences which require steel
or other metals and skilled labor in
their manufacture. Defense itself coils
for sacrifice, and this is about the most
effective socrifice that can be made in
furtherine the supply Of munitions. The
prospects ore that the American econ
omy can produce both guns and butter
but that the old Refrigeration will have
to do to keep the butter in.
Other features Of the Eccles-Hen-
derson tax plan are to be commended
oIso. These include heavy excess profits
toxes and q lowering Of the exemptions
in personal income taxes. They would
olso increase the rotes on medium in
comes but not so sharply os the Treas
uy has recommended, and in this there
is wise moderation; for while middle
class incomes are willing to bear their
full share of the defense cost, it is we'll
to remember thot savings constitute the
social security Of this class and that
Ioroe port Of the strength Of any civil
zotion is in it's middle Gloss
On one other category Of tax sub
jects Mr.. EccIes and Mr. Henderson
seem much more tender than is neoes-
soy. While urging higher excuses on
automobiles and the like, they seek no
changes in the excuses on distilled
liquors and beer, cigars, cigarettes. and
amusement admissions. The liquor
taxes in particular could be much high
er than they ore without exceeding
the previous wartime level
Moreover, if the concern is with
maintenance Of defense production,
the physical effects of alcoholic indul-
eence ore definitely retordont to eff
ficiency Of labor and management and
are no less proper as subject for con-
Germ by the Government than is q con-
dition Of competition for raw materials.
Among liquor excuses, increases at least
as high as the Treasury or the Joint
Committee on Internal Revenue Toxo-
ton have recommended, would be op-
propriote
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
OIL FOR THE
MOTORS OF JAPAN

Would you hand q man ommun'-
tion for q gun he was pointing at your
head?
Just few days oeo Yosuke Motsu-
oko. japanese Foreign Minister, reiter-
oted to an American newspoPermon
WF7ot has been implicit in the Japanese
Axis triportite agreement ever since
last Setenber-nomejy that it the
United Stotes became involved in hos
tilities with Germany, Japan would feel
bound to fight against the United
Stotes.
Yet under these pleasant neighbour
" circumstances the export OF Petro..
lsum products-oosoIine, fuel oil, and
Iubricotino oiI-from the United Stotes
to japan increased from ,279, 900 bor-
rets in February to ,553 900 borreIs in
Morrh. These are the figures OF the
Department Of Commerce.
Much Of this oil and motor fuel is
sure to be used by the japanese Navy,
Army, and air force in continuation OF
their bombing roids on civilians in
Chino ond in their penetration Of Indo-
Chino.
At the same time comes news that
Bfitish-Americon oil companies have
renewed agreements under which lost
November they more than tripled the
quote of oil furnished to japan from
the. Netherlands, East Indies. Ad-
mittedly the oil companies and the for
eior offices ore in deIcote business
when they attempt to reduce supplies
Of petroleum products to Japan. The
japanese military Government needs
these 50 desperately that If it cannot
buy them it is opt to try to take them
BY force.
y. But if force should come into pIoy
dgoinst the American Navy, out
posts, and trode routes in the Far Poci-
tic. as it is already employed against
the hoPless Chinese - whose force
Mould;it be? Part Of it would be the
propulsve energy of American fuel oil
ord gasoline turning japanese engines
lubricoted by American oil. Presumably
the japanese con provide their own ex-
piosives. though on important source
ct toiuoI. bosis Of TINT, is petroleum.
Doss it make sense for America to
50 on fueIine the impIementes Of war
which olreody ore pointed in her direc-
fion?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. BARBS

Rudolf Hess found q new way
to take a walk" by airplanes.
IN
Efficiency consists Of doing
two things at once because
you're too lazy to do one at a
time.
packers Unite headline.
Sounds like a street car conduc-
tors union.
Production of passenger autos
Is close to highest level record
ed. The minute people get on
their feet, they want to get off
them.
Kansas City man trucked AS
sacks of onions all the way TO
Chicago and they were stolen.
It's q crying. shame!
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
~ PETER eoSoN
Dolly Mentor WeshineteM
Covrospondont

WASHINGTON - Il isn't
just in the country at Jorge,
outside the District of Column
bio, that people ore confused.
wondering whot's coming next,
wondering who's leodino whom
where and whot for. The whis-
perine gallery that is Wash
ineton is as full Of uncertain
ties as a MoIotov breodbosket.
There ore unofficial, self
appointed experts at every
luncheon and dinner table who
knew exactly why Hess went to
Scotland, five minutes otter he
landed, who profess to know
the exact stotus Of the convoy
issue, who soy they have the
real, inside stroioht dope on
what Stinson meant in his lost
speech, and who can tell you
exoctIy what kind of little
green opp!es the President ote
that cove him His current belly
oche. Move over to onother
eating symposium. however.
and you get on entirely differ
emf set Of answers. The only
conclusion is that lots Of peo-
pie in Washington also don't
know W hot they're talking
about either.
Out Of the wollow Of con-
versotion over the POSTPONE
ment Of the Presidents Pan
American 81 e e c h, however,
has come one interesting idea.
The President, it was oroued,
didn't want. to declare for or
against conveys. Two weeks
later the stuotion might be
changed SO that he could speak
out.
HOW effective
IS THE STALL?
The question is therefore
toised as to what extent the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19

I think cooperation is the al.
tentative to monopoly either on
the part of big business or on the
part of government.
Senator George D. Aiken, Yer
Mont.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
DOUBLE DUTY LOVERS

jeanette macdonald ana Gene
Raymond finally are going to
make a picture together. He'll be
her second love in "Smilin'
Through" A girl in the
east has been showering Cesar
Romero with marriage proposals
by wire, collect The
movie makers, wanting TO plug
musical pictures, are standing in
line to buy radio time from the
chain that signed with ASCAP.
War news: Africa isn't the
only place that's too hot for
fighting. More than 600 Yankee
and Confederate extras squared
off for a battle scene 2Oth-Fox
the other day but the sun licked
both armies F.. Note from Lon
don says that just as a raid
alarm sounded one evening, this
title flashed on the screen of a
theatre: lone Hour to Live"
United Artists isn't worried
about the war. Just signed a
deal with the Ealing studios in
London for the production of
from three to six pictures a
year for the next five years.
GENES LIGHT RED EYES
A gal in the sharpshooting
business Just now is Gene Tier
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19

49, usses discovered the "moun-
fof which he paid 81. so q
llct oehIonoble hotel wos
d 6uinso fowl, some
oets nsorIy as good
ption Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-19
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
S YEARS AGO TODAY

Judge Neil e. Reid, becomes
Grand Master of Michigan Ma
sons at ceremony in Traverse
City.
Mrs. Paul s. Hirt Is elected
head of League of Woman Vot-
erS.