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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
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dent OF the University Of Wash
ington - that time Was only
81 500 I year.
Another selection Of Hopes
was John O'Buen Scobey. a law
yer from South Dakota VIA Chi
oaso. appointed professor Of az
rioulture
Scobey. with Lilley lasted only
year. when he and Hopp bought
the Olympisn in 1892 from the
receiver of the John Henderson
Boyd estate. Scobey made
record as publisher and a mem
Der Of the legislature which
elected John L. Wilson United
States senator.
Lilley's successor as president
was John Heston, a Seattle high
school principal. When he was
escorted 20 Pullman by Night
shirt" Smith he was greeted by
the student body with eggs and
cabbage heads. In his flight
down college Hill" he took ref
uge behind shocks Of corn.
Notwithstanding this greet
ing, Heston took office. and like
his predecessor, made a mess of
1t.
After the legislative >e<-
sion of 1898, Gov. McGraw
appointed a new board Of reg
ents. Providence pointed them
to Indiana for a president and
they got r. A. Bryan. now
known as "the grand old man,"
From that time the state COL
lege began 70 grow and func-
ton AS II should.
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talents? For lack of this re-
straint, which Hunter proved IN
able 10 provide for himself. his
efforts were dissipsted in futile
and simless activities Now.
separated from distractions.
freed Of the necessity of pro-
viding for bodily needs. and
given time for mental serenity
and leisure shouldn't sub
merged talents assert them
selves
Isn't it probable that what
has happened 10 Hunter-no
matter how - exemplifies the
thought Of Bradford Merrill.
'hsrdships, poverty and want
are the best incentives and the
best foundation for the success
Of man" Even z. It's column
admits that prison walls are no
bar 70 q just reward for withan.
whatever his gains it may be
truthfully said as DR.. Fifield
said recently Of Walter Win
chell. no one sttains TO a po-
sition (of eminence) except the
public places him there" And.
OF course. the public does not
place him there unless he has
done something that appeals TO
its emotions-or perhaps some
times 20 its reason.
Has z. T. missed IN. boat
A. p. SEAMAN.
Route No. 2, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

To receive attention in this roll
umn Letters must give name and
address Of writer. Oniv Initials
vii be published when requested
L. :. citizens are spending
more money for newspaper sub
scripfions now than In 1929. An
sual Newspaper receipts from
subscriptions amount Ia over
Sso6, 00o. 900. This Vas en- an
nual Increase OF sIs,sss. 900 In
ten yesrs-
There are los. eel clothing
stores in the u. s.
The L. s. In 1910 had Ies, 1s1
restaurants, cafes and other
eating places.
Printing and publishing In one
Of the largest u. s. industries.
The total value Of its annual
production exceeds s2.17o. ooo.-
900.
In 1910 there were 24I,s56
gasoline filling stations In the
L. s., compared with .56s In
1855.
Mr.. Fixit: What are the state
requirements for paper boy:
Must they he OF q certain age,
weight and height: Also n he
IL q few months too young and
Ia In the 9Th grade, and good In
his studies never funked)
would that help: IA. n.
Federal law SAYS newsboys or
paper boys must be IL years old
or Older. No exceptions: IL you
are under IL. you cannot be en-
ployed at this work.
Mr.. Fixit: Did the British
navy have any battleships In
Norwegian waters At the time of j.
the German invasion of Norway i, :.
II 30. how many: Did the Brit
ish have mlnelayers In Norwe-
CLAN waters and had they laid
mines before the invasion: When
did the British navy appear In
Norway? HIS.
Little short Of a book could
provide the answers - and the
book isn't written yet. Undoubt-
edly the British had warships IN
or bordering Norwegian waters
before the German invasion; so
did the Germans. But how many.
for all know, In military
secret. The British undoubtedly
laid mines-before the invasion
in northern Norwegian waters.
British and German versions Diff
fer as to why the mines were
laid; at any rate the Germans
asserted in their White Book No.
4 that they only beat the British
TO invasion of Norway by 10
hours. British wsrships patrolled
the North Sea along Norways
coast from the outbreak Of war
to try TO stop the flow Of swe-
dish steel and iron in German
ships between Narvik and the
skagerak - along Norwegian
coastal waters.
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From the lips OF several
White House champions-Sena-
tors Barkley. Pepper and COP
er Austin-they have dragged
the admission that they favor
American participation in the
war to destroy Hitlerism"
Within a few minutes. at
House Com IN ttee hearing.
R.F.C.-er Jesse II. Jones put the
country into the war. and then
took 1t out again when he rea-
LIKED the damage his revelation
might cause.
In talking with friends Wen
dell Willkie has expressed his
hope for establishment of a
United States of Europe. Still
other members of the Presidents
personal and official family
have uttered even more warlike
remarks.
The opponents Of the about
aid 10 Britain program will con-
centrate on piling up these sd-
missions during the rest of the
debate. They think that eventu-
ally they may convince the
American people that the lease
lend bill means inevitable In
volvement, including new
American expeditionary force.
Wendell Winkie's demand that
Joe Martin hang on as Republi-
can National Chairman worried
the popular Bay Stater's friends
also topnotch party men-un-
I'll they learned the inside story.
In view of COP. resentment
against the 1910 candidates re-
cent pro-Administration activi-
ties. they feared II might cast
Joe in the role OF q Willkie bat
man.
But II so happens that all the
other candidates have privately
asked Mr.. Martin not 10 resign
on March -. All Lsndon made
the request when he was here
for the Gridiron dinner several
months ago. Tom Dewey spent
an hour with Mr. Martin when
he came here 10 address a Lin
coin Day gathering. ami insisted
that the Massachusetts man
stick along. On the same dsy
that Willlie spoke out publicly.
Bob Taft of Ohio told the House
Minority Leader that, for the
sake Of Party harmony. ne must
not quit. Taft said also that
Ohio's various csndidates-John
HOLSTER and David S. Ingalls,
would not object. Six governors
prominent in the COP. have
voiced similar advice.
These pro-Martin factions are
not 30 concerned about a party
battle over Wilkes retention OF
control. They are afraid il will
degenerate into a fierce fight
over the COPS attitude toward
American foreign policy - an
other 1912 Armageddon. Joe will
stay only on one condition
namely. that the rival candi-
dates and factions say and write
publicly what they have told
him In hotel rooms and political
headquarterx-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25

That daily procession of small
manufacturers into the Knud-
sen-Hillman offices substantiates
Senator George w. Norris con-
tention that the West eventually
will revolt against neglect of
that section in the award of
national defense contracts. These
boys have as angry a light in
their eyes as the farmers in
overslls who rioted during the
latter years OF the Hoover re-
gime.
They think they have a legiti-
mate protest. They read daily of
hundreds OF millions in contracts
being given TO the great corpo-
rations In the East and the Mid
die West They hear complaints
that the resrmament program is
begging down because Of me-
chanical and labor "bottlenecks
Meanwhile. they see their small
but disable plants lying idle. des-
pite the demand for subletting
of contracts Worse still, the
big fellows" have sent scouts
through their country to buy up
their machine tools and hire
away their labor supply at fancy
wages.
In their opinion. this lopsided
handling Of the program will
aggrsvate the social and Geo.
nomic ills which depression and
dust and drought have produced.
II will deprive their section of
present benefits and leave il
PROSTATE in the postwar era.
Incidentally. the states from
which the protests come chiefly
are Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa. the
Dakotas. Minnesota and Colo
rsdo-what Mr.. Norris terms
the bread basket states"
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seems, he abandoned heavier
than air flight because he
thought 1t impractical! He de-
voted the rest OF his life to build
ing vertically rising helicopters,
with little success.
JOB INVENTOR
Eleanor Hoover, food Pa, in
vented a job by designing and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
FLEW BEFORE WRIGHTs

Two years before the famed
Kitty Hawk flights, Gustsve
Whitehead, Bridgeport, Conn.,.
mechanic, was flying curious
aircraft built and designed by
himself. Some were sleek-wing-
ed monoplanes, others had three
wings. Then, strange as ii
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
Miss John Rea For His
Old lime Stories
Remembered Much OF
early State Politics
Interesting Story Of
State College Deal

A MONG the large number Of
n friends and acquaintance
who will miss John A. Rea.
whose funeral is Tuesday. will
be the intimate group privileged
To hear his stories Of politics
when Washington kicked off
the swaddling territorial
clothes and became a state. To
the last mis- memory was clear
on events having to do with poll
tics during the first decade of
statehood.
Among one Of his especially
interesting "reminiscences had to
do with the esta bnshment of
Washington State college. 1t
was interesting not only because
of the manner in which he told
it but also for the light it threw
on state politics in the early
nineties.
As ne told the story. the first
state legislature failed to pass
the bill. to establish State
Agricultural College and School
Of Science and it was passed on
to the 1891 session.
The act, for political pur-
poses provided that the school
should he In Eastern Wash
ington, and must he situated
In q county which did not have
a state institution. That bar
red the populous Spokane and
Walla Walla counties. the for
mer having an insane asylum
and the latter the state peni-
Tertiary.
Senator A. T. Farris, of Pull
man, with the state college in
min d, had put Lieut. Gov.
Charles Laughton under heavy
obligations to him when he Sc
cured passage of a tide land bill
in which he was interested. The
unfortunate illness of Gov. Ferry
made Laughton the chief execu-
tive for me time being and when
Senator Farris called on Laugh
ton to pay the debt he could
not refuse.
He discharged the obIiga-
ton by appointing on the COM
mission 10 locate the state COL
lege three men named by Far
ris. They were George A.
Black, of Fairhaven NOV Bell
ingham); 5. T. Conover, OF
Port Townsend, a former Unit
ed states senator from Florida
in the carpet bag" days, and
A. II. Smith, a Tacoma archi-
test known rs "Nightshirt
Smith" because he asked the
state 10 pay for a nightshirt
he lost while on an official
trip.
The appointment of the three
commissioners gave the state a
good laugh, for it was under
stood that they were pledged in
advance TO select the home town
of Senator Farris. Whether they
were or not, that's what hap
pened.
The commissioners arrived at
Pullman April is, 1891. after
having visited = couple of other
sites, including Colfax. the coun-
~ seat and only big town in
Whitman county. They were
met by 4 kid" band and a dele
CATION OF the towns 345 inhs BIZ
tants. shown the proposed site
for the college, and given a ban
quet in the evening.
III lc" udys lHtN were DdCh
in Olympia and announced that
they had selected Pullman as the
home o. the state college.
April %, 1891, Lieut.-Gov.
Laughton appointed a board of
state college regents. including
George w. Hopp, of Sedro WOOL
ley Skasit county. The regents
elected j Prof. Lilley, of Brook
ings, S. D.. Hopp choice. as
president. Lilley apparently had
been notified in advance and was
on hand TO accept the job. His
salary was fixed at 81 900 a year,
though the salary Of the presi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
An Inside Picture of Finan.
II u IL i ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

Observation-Disclosures Hill Observation-Disclosures have
completely abandoned their original strategy, result
of the first few days of explosive debate in the senate
While still dubious to their chance of defeating the
easelend BILL they believe that they have forced admins
tration forces into an embarrassing position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25

How proud we are of America, where we are in the
citadel Of freedom and still enjoy liberty of speech press
and religon.-Mayor Edward Bythin of Cleveland him.
self foreisnborn to group of foreignborn citizens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
by John Hix

perforating embroidery patterns,
which she sells with stamping
fluid and pad for ten cents to
neighborhood women. II you
have invented a job. send the
story and a picture to John Hix,
care OF this paper. Strange As
1t Seems pays 81 for each Job
inventor featured.
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NJ NJ. &c L. s. Navy.
ANSWERS y. T. SHORT

a SN rms IT, u. >nohl
Editor. The Times: F. T
Short. in his column. Feb. 10.
invites an argument He wants
to know what is wrong any
with the story Of Ralph Hun
ter II is not impossible that
z. r. himself. has missed the
boat" II Justice Holmes observa-
ton is correct that certainty
generally is illusion. and repose
is not the destiny Of man"
MAY il not be true that the
sdage Of which z. T. should be
particularly well swsre. "a great
literature is most frequently
born Of great personal TRACE
dies"
Isn't it possible that Z. T.
yielding 20 the promptings Of
emotion fails TO see that society
in protecting itself land inciden-
tally. Hunter. from himself.
provided the restraint OF prison
walls needed 10 separate Hunter
from the distractions Of mum
dare life and permit the unfold
ment Of otherwise submerged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-25
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
BRIDGE SUGGESTIONS

Editor The Times: | saw the
news reel showing the disaster
of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
and ! would like to make
statement that would help, or
should help in preventing an
other disaster to the bridge.
First l noticed, the peculiar
action the wind had on the
bridge, wind is one of natures
great forces, so if you will no.
tice the lay of the land that sur
rounds the bridge that causes
the wind to act as II does in the
Narrows. You have not one
wind but two currents of wind
going through the Narrows. or
meeting one another in the
Narrows, causing the wind to go
down the Narrows in spiral
ing action, like you would throw
a football.
What causes the wind to do
this is the lay Of the land. and
the low pressure area that most
always happens in the mid-Paci-
fic al this time of year. This
low pressure area Is more or
less southwest Of Tacoma which
causes the wind TO come from a
more or less northeasterly direc-
ton. this being so the wind
coming across the sound hitting
the land has TO rise. and the
wind not hitting the land. goes
on down the Nsrrows. Now the
wind that had 10 rise TO get
over the land comes back down
into the Narrows. Now the
wind coming down into the
Narrows. and the wind going
through the Narrows met in a
rolling action as II goes through
the Narrows, causing the bridge
to have that up and down mo-
ton until it began 10 roll from
side 70 side, in its cables till il
was lifted high enough TO let
the wind catch il like an afro
plane wing. and then suddenly
letting it drop swapping the
small cables to the span.
Here is luck from one of Ia
comas own.
NED. I. PALMATIER.
NJ NJ q L NAVY
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
Boyle To Make.
Commencement
Address At Tempe

TEMPE, May 16-James P Boyle,
prominent Tucson attorney, will de-
liver the commencement address
to more than 200 graduates Of the
Arizona State college here the eve
ming of June 4.
Boyle has practiced law in Arizona
26 years, since coming to the state
in 1915 from his native Minnesota.
There ne had been prosecuting at
torney of st. Louis county, a state
senator, and official attorney for
the city of EveIeth. Mimi
Making his home IN Douglas,
Boyle became city attorney. In
: 1923 he moved to Tucson, and is
! now a senior member OF the prom
inent law firm Of Knapp, Boyle. and
Thompson
President Grady Gamrnage of
Arizona State college annolrnced al
so that Ronald Bridges. prominent
youthful leader Of the Congregation
al Church in the United States and
| formerly editor Of the Republican
National Committees official pub
; Iication, will be Baccalaureate
! speaker June /.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

type spectacle composed OF mann
moth Aer-O-Dome tent seating 15OO
persons. and % streamlined Futur-
liner transports and tractor units
arranged for various exhibits and
demonstrations.
The Parade Of Progress, accord
ing to Mr.. Kettering, is exhibiting
and describing number Of new de-
velopments OF industrial research
which are already contributing to
national strength and which give
promise Of future improvements OF
an important nature.
Among these research develop
ments are:
Lightweight higher-powered
electric motors using glass in
sulating tape:
Lightweight metals. particu-
larly magnesium. used in aviation
engines:
Laminated plastic-treated ply.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
81 Am An"
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Continued from Page One)
II Am An American Day and I
call upon all state, county and local
Officials, all patriotic, civil, educa-
tional and religious organizations to
give special significance to our new
citizens On this day
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
heremto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal Of Arizona to be
affixed, this Eighth day of May, III
the yean of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Forty-Cne.
SIDNEY P. OSBORN,
GOVERNOR
Attest:
HARRY M. MOORE.
Secretary of State.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

wood for nodded airplane wings
and fuselages:
Synthetic rubber for tires and
other military usages;
Portable Diesel power plants
for military use;
Peanut tube" high-intensity,
water-cooled mercury vapor lamps.
which are said to have possibilf-
ties as searchlights for air6elds:
High Octane fuels using tetr4-
ethyl lead:
The tent itself. which is pole
less, constructed Of lightweight
metal with synthetic. impreg-
mated canvas, and which may
pioneer q type Of portable con-
struction useful for military
purposes.
J. M. Jerpe, director Of the Pa.
rade Of Progress. is in charge OF
the staff Of so young men who op-
crate it and conduct its scientific
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
LOCALS
CHANEYS BACK
FROM PHOENIX

Mr.. and Mrs. Ted CLANCY who
recently sold their cafe in the Noon
building returned Sunday night
from a trip to Phoenix They re-
port the Salt river at Tempe bridge
was running from bank to bank. II
never saw so much water in the
Salt River Valley in all the 80 years
I have been in Arizona said MI.
CLANCY.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
! ELGIN SERVICE
POSTPONED WEEK

The regular Elgin weekday SER
vice scheduled to be held May 23rd
is to be postponed one week to
Memorial Day, May 30th at eight
o'clock. These services, ordinarily
held on the second and fourth Fri
day nights are finding an interest
ed group attending. They are open
to everyone with the invitation
to join the hymns.nging and think
ing together.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
NEW RESIDENTS

Dick Richardson, Holsum bread
agent, returned Saturday night
from a trip to Los Angeles and was
accompanied home by his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
w. Bckel, who win make their home
in NogaleS. ATr. Eckel's father IS
owner and publisher Cd a newspa-
per at Severville, Tenn.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
Arizona TOHaUe
5000 Men In
Army By June |

PHOENIX. May Is CU.PD-Ari-
zona will have more than 5000 man
serving In the nations armed
forces by the first of June. Maj
A. NJ. Tuthill, administrator Of Sc
lective service in Arizona. announc-
ed today.
The number Of Arizonans in ser
vice included those in the army
and navy, the national guard and
draftees. Tuthill said
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Dramatizing American industry's
role in the national defense pro-
gram and showing in exhibits and
displays a cross-section OF impOr-
tant new materials and discoveries
OF scientific research laboratories,
the General Motors Parade of
Progress, a newly designed, stream
lined. travelling exposition. is now
on nationwide tour.
"New materials, new methods,
new techniques, new ways >of doing
things are ever In the process of
development" Alfred p. Sloan, Jr..
Chairman of General Motors, said
recently in sounding the keynote
of the project. sThe Parade of
Progress is designed to show how
industrial research and constantly
advancing Industrial techniQues con-
tribute TO the vigor and strength of
the nation"
Designed under the general super
vision Of Charles F. Kettering, Vice
President of General Motors in
charge. of research. the Parade Of
Progress Is an out-of-dooys, circus
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
FISHING TRIP

FISHING TRIP
F. E. Westerlund, A. j. Mitchell, !,
Ted CLANCY and Vic Wager, Jr.,
are leaving May 28th on fishing
trip to Clear creek, above Jerome.
They viii be joined at Jerome by
the latter's brother, Clinton Wager.
Walter Noon was a visitor in Tue
son Thursday.
State Highway Fatrolmen r. G.
Michelena was business visitor IN
Tucson Thursday.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
MOVE TO VALLEJO

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Meadows.
residents of Nogales for II years
have moved to Vallejo. California,
where Mr.. Meadows has accepted a
position in a shipyard. He is a
former employee of the city pump
ing plant.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Jack Newman, head of the Com
plete Auto Parts Company, was
here Thursday from Tucson.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Al Hilton of the FL
gin district were shoppers here
Thursday.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Why 'Commodores Don't Woik'
Dan Parker, popular sports writer,
tells how Commodore Dutch, ling
ering relic of the tough Old Bowery,
has successfully struggled for half
a century to keep from soiling his
hands with any kind of labor-but
once came dangerously close to
getting a job. Read of the aston
ishing career of this DRY Land Sea
Dog" in The American Weekly,
the magazine distributed with next
weeks LOS ANGELES EXAMIN-
ER.-(Adv.)
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
IT'S A BOY

IT'S A BOY
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Richardson
(Alicia Brnnies), 223 Sonoita street:
are the proud parents of boy,
Dick, Jr., born at s:45 pm. Mother S
Day, Sunday, at st. Joseph s Hospi-
tai. The young man weighed six
pounds and ten ounces. His dad is
local Holsum 0real agent.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Gonzalo Puchi, Sr., well known
grocer, had his tonsils removed
Wednesday.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
TO VISIT HERE

TO VISIT HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Guerrero Patty
Cohen) of Sacramento are arriv-
ing about the first of the month
to visit relatives. Mrs. Guerrero is
now visiting in Oklahoma.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
FISHING TRIP

James v. Robins, II. J. Mauery
and R. NJ. Harrison and son Jimmy
left yesterday on a fishing trip to
Guaymas.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17
NOGALIANS URGED
TO PUT OUT FLAGS

Nogalians are urged to put out
their flags tomorrow, which has
been proclaimed II Am An Ameri-
can Day"
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Leaving Saturday May oath for
San Francisco. Would like to
have q. passenger. Phone 1877 after
5 .. m-(Adv }
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Griffin of
Tucson were visitors here Thurs
day Mr. Griffin owns the Hotel
Bowman.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Louis Heavener was here yeSter-
day from Soncita.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

E. S. Edmonson and son Munro
motored to Tucson Thursday.
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

TEYECHEA RESIGNS
Fred Teyechea has resigned as {
member of the faculty of the No
gales schools
Nogales international., 1941-05-17

Lloyd Harker has returned t.
Abilene, Texas, after visiting hi
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Hark
eli.