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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13


aew 7 wus, have nor~a hln 7
nsssF stopped - lhsnA that ne
wss prohahly $50 e tired -
To make matters vufss. ~
usually arrived acme hefaFe ! "a
IN TIE evening on. Yss I weFh~si
bard al aay. al ft1h,. 40 until
MID aftsrnnon. then | Wasld take
couple 81 heass aff. nsnasins
% get hpuss Too late 10 have Ann.F
ready foe my hushsna shen ne
got hame rhen when ! finished
telling him ~ NY hass aay. he
veala. quite naturally. aauht What
I ~ss ssyins
To-day | spfh around the heass
- hard a. ever. perhaps hsfdrr
and si~n msnsEs n tahs nes ~
tao nnuss rff each afternoon. hsl,
ali ,ruahls between myself SD my
husband has hssn eliminated
iis~ ~ q little eia.fs.hlansa
diplomacy
In ihs fifs, riae. I A. nei -
in,n detail earn evening eseF ths
unimpostsnl events a my DAY.
and secnnhly. manage 10 act
home FROM whersver ! may spent
The afternoon n tims n have my
husbands dinner ready for him
when he arrives
I arm writing this lettsr In the
hopes that u viii help soms -
those unhappy women sho write
10 you nos and then. Diplomacy
Ia. brought my husband and my
self tossthsr again. II may da ss
much for them. MIRA A
D~.r Mrs. 4. ~ Diplomacy 70
truI, . fine auslis, and n.s that
Ne all cenld empias mare often.
rer instance. ihes. is the
woman Who. eseh ss~nina whsa
her husband eoues hsms, shsw-
~. him with ell sorts NJ ss,Hh'
boshs.d gossip. she is . sssA
housewife aud q hard w"shes,
too. hut from shat she tells her
husband Ne muss gather that
she spend. her entire d~s talk
Ing over the hack fence, who"
in s-sla, she pieLef up her In
formation while doing hss mar
le,ins. She sh".,S have t's~s
NOR. aiplsrrsiie and rssrsiseS
from repeating ever, thing shs
overheard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13
Special Scandinavian
Services Announced

A program Of special interest to
Scandinavians will he held at the
Christian & Missionary Alliance
tabernacle. So 5th and NJ SITS.
Sunday at PAS p. m. with the
Rev. Armin Gesswein and wife
conducting.
Featured will be songs of Nor
way. together with current infor-
nation of that land. The couple
are well qualified to speak upon
the subject because Of recent
evangehstic campaign conducted
there. Strict censorship forced
upon the Scandinavian country by
Nazi invaders is revealed ny the
fact Mrs. Gesswein did not receive
word Of her mothers death until
months after its occurrence. II
slso Vas revealed the house m
which she lived before coming to
the United States Is now the home
81 German soldiers.
Mrs. GeSswein, dressed IN = Lap
lsnder's costume. will speak in
Norwegian. her remarks being in
terpreted by her husband A Cos
pei message in English also will
- delivered.
The program is being held in
conjunction with the current cam
paign series now being conducted
at the church by Rev. Gesswein.
Services are held nightly at 7:45
2. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13
Use Diplomacy on Your Husband
II You Wish 10 Impress Him
MISTAKES Of Rseesiine Toe Much Idle eossip ard OF
cemplsnins Abes, Heussheld rssts Cited
nv CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Mas Grey think wives would I've happier
lives II they would Just he little diplomatic know.
because t. worked for
There was = time when marriage iast about
ready hrsak up then suddenly woke 40 Tho fact that
Il vas al my fault my husbands Fer Instance worked
hard al day ta make home nice and vahe. but didn't
let 70 that dldn't lst ny husband find out for him
self that good hou.skesrer instead every night when
he home tired from HI. days work. would make him
listen while related 10 him AL The household tasks had
nut behind me that day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13
Baptist Official
Speaking Sunday
Friendliness Leader
10 Tell OF Her Wors

Mss Mar Zoa Annis. director
~ Christian Friendiiness work for
the Washington Baptist state cor
Nentioa VII h. guest speaker ~
Fern Hi Baptist church. $ s6th
ar @ IS. sunday AZ Il a. m.
She VII tel II work in her de-
rartmeat which IS carried m
among people % al nstionahtics IN
United States Work is conducted
on = evsnCeistie. missionary ana
educational, hssls snd includes
teaching people 81 foreign lands
the American language and Pre-
paring them for citizenship.
Miss Annis. graduate Of the
Baptist Missionary Training school
Of Chicago H.. Is ar interesting
speaker and her message is ex-
peeted 70 be instructive and enter
tanning
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Lock Up Ny Heart

CONTINUED From Page Tsnj
bling everything on the success. Of
what ct beat is an experiment
There are snm. EDWARDS IN my
profession. Ellsabs,h. but not
many. There are very fss Of vac
sho won't take thu lanssst sofs 81
chance n ss feel that ws csn save
a lifs. II ss can put someone on
the right track who has somsho~
gone rad
That. the biggest thrill We SGT,
tsains chances experimenting
trylnK ~ learn samstninz That may
help "a. help other Psopls We
seldom Fsi q chance ilhs iris ard
bellows me I'm not ro,ns 20 10, "a
pass
4 didn't knoN when us started
thls that wsd &c, - ciess "a ths
edge 81 eriminaiiiy ourselves. shs
signed
i've never kno~inEiy bfussn q
iav in my NE bsfofs. and hsfs I
am. deliberately doing things ihst
might very easily lard me IN prison
II were discovered And prism
lsnt nIch . remote possibility -
you may think
Don't forget I'm IN this deeper
than anyons. n 4 comes "a . asss.
ton ~ guilt I, ~as my idss 70
attempt 70 FshsbiiitAts Dals
= Sss the ons VINO planned this
sseaps worked otit tina Whole
thing ~ that II could BE- accom-
piishsd VIVA, has happened, any.
way. 10 frishisn yoa - much :"
shs considered fer . moment
hoN much 10 tell him TbsFs was
no reed Tar nara - sBo's yet ai~sut
Lucia That Sas nors or isss
personal matter
fsut ths bisebmaii threats 81
Lefty Bldsi we're Aomsthlng tan
Fibis. somethlas very dangerous.
smashing he should sHo1 bsf0fs
hs definitely committed hinsslf In
standing ~ them.
No. that's u ?" ~ commented.
when shs had told sbsait sidsfs
demands - Marx 4 dont bi4ms
you Tor being upset Prom Nhat
I've heard u that precious gentle
man. he'd stop ~ nothing
Ito ~ fosfinal~dD
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E. E. Societies
Meeting Monday

CHRISTIAN Endesxer saeistiss q
ne Tacoma district WI meet IN
lake cts church - Moth Amer.
can AXE Monday a. - r N 10
discuss plans Tor ths district con
ventIon N Erst Presbyterian
church Jan 81 ard Fsb ID Flee
uon - district officers nj es he'd
duune ths convention.
Ofan smith. president II the
district. Nin preside 81 Mondays
meeting. and registration Wln -
opened under leadership ~ Mss
Ermn Larsen
Cabinet members made q recent
visit 10 Seattle 10 conduct . rally
FOR the Seattle district me meet
ing was held at Mount Rsksr Pres
hyterisn church Ths Rev J Rem
wick Mccullough pastor q the
local First Presbyterian church
was the principal speaker Those
making the trip included Dick
Ross Wands Ross. the Rev and
Mrs.. 4 Railer Jean Shining.
Lots simpson Louise Miner and
Jack Miner
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Christ Episcopal
Meeting Monday

Featuring songs hv the Girls
Glee club Of Jason Lee junior high
school and motion pictures Of the
construction snd collapse If the
Narrows bridge the parishioncrs Of
Christ Episcopal church Will meet
IN Wells hall Monday at 7:3o p m
Harhine Monroe will he in charge
of the motion picture presentation.
Officers Of the church and its
societies Will make reports. and
vestrvmen and delegates to the
diocesan convention will he elect
Cd Mrs. G A Hemstreet will sn-
nerylse QUITTING The Enlphanv cake
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13
Hunt for Manganese
In North Carolina

WINSTON sALEH. y. C.--Ds-
msnds for vital war materials are
sending ssologls,s probing into
the hiils ana mountains Of North
Carolina IN search ~ Tin ana man.
ssnsss dsposits surveys indicate
the presence ~ Manganese IN
Hurry. ASH. Caldwell. chsrosss
Clay. Franklin and other western
counties
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13

- ~ ~ - NV WI -
rfaft nsust share vita ~ ether
expanding asfsnss Industries.
VIVA, To = ~'.n isns.. r.r.
klns i ths niets lnrefisHi ~.
NJ II 1871 business sefeFs ths
WHITE Hauss
rhs pfesahsHt barely eeoeesls
- desire n strengthen sat Il.
hefs family tfeahls ~ renew
rs her from ths department. II
lshoF hut he has = psrsunsl
fondness Ter the political sister.
and Ms Roosevelt = ottsetiak
ssrenuously 10 any uncsxalief
ike treatment II the ftrst
woman cabinet member, Mrs
Roosevelt i backing her ffiend
fer the rast 81 social security
administrator N the event Paul
y. MeSutt goes % Mckee city
OF some other place however.
,. n. r. feels himself under
obligation 10 the Honsiefits for
the lattsrs sacrifice hlt IT Chi.
cage. and Toe his excellent per
fermsnces duflns the campaign.
neanw hlis. another complies
tinn hss arisen. There i quiet
talk u sirsatinE NJ. NeSu't.
post 10 cabinet rank u rates u.
fnr he has fsf raFs rsspoazl.
hin,ies than numerous heads II
departments. Ne runs social 90.
curlty. public health. edues,ien.
the National Youth sdmlni-sfs-
ton, the cCC and welfare
workers are eismofins Tor rss-
oanition u the Importance n
these services Mr. Roosevelt -
inclined 20 soquisses. i,u, "
Pau 10 made . member % the
cabinet through legislation. !,
viii require dynamite To get him
cut or 10 get Mas Perkins IN.
HAPPY Days have vanished
for Tommis Cefcoran, once tho
No 1 hraintrustsr and rrssident
Roo.sxeits fssonis mandol,n
player. Hostile circumstance
and individuals have oustsd him
from the presidential knee Time
and his own trunulsnos when he
WAS riding high have brought
revenge
Nj Cafeoran had q faculty OF
antsgonirlng hiswiKs o, Wash
ington They resented his habit
II tslsphonlnE them. This Ia
corcoran calling from the White
House "-snd sisins them orders
He aliensted such individuals "a
Jim Farley. Jack Garner ~
Fiynn. influential congressman.
cabinet members. Fnr a while
the president laughed off ~
didn't hssr their complaints
against the lrreprsssihls an.. hut
Tommis made tho ultimate mis-
take Of tangllng IN the hair nj
Harry Hopkins. now q White
House boarder and Mr. Hooss-
vslts closest confident - also
Harry's bssmsn. David X. Niles
When % many men Of such
contrasting personalities and po-
lltical pbiiosophiss Esnssd
against Tommis, tho president
could not help but be impressed
be could no, fail 10 realize that
something or somebody was
wrong Moreover. tho Whlts
House 10 no longer a haven for
coroofsnssqus reforms Win tho
world burning. Mr. Roosevelt has
no time 10 listen while Tammis
fiddiss ~ strums the mandolin.
The lsiisfs only friend 10 Harold
ifhss. ana he TOO IL In the ne.
tlDns biggest dnFhouAs
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to New York and TOOK 10 riding
the subway There's q lot n be
seen In thu faces in those trains.
II you can read. In philly. Wyn
and his crowd hardly even knew
there was a subway. They rode
the snobNAy instead, the suburban
trains. n Wyn and I were stan
having our Arguments I can just
imagine how sor. he'd Ds. ny this
time, about tho new deal
In that little cabin up in the
Pooono, We noticed an amusing
thing Their. was ar slsctns light
bulb nigh UP in the bedroom. with
a s,ring hanging down 70 switch Il
~ a spider Noys his ven a. the
end ~ the sirins. IN such a way
that u caught the siring gp IN a
hop which Nas filled Nlfb hls fury
six. ard thick with small fliss BE
must have noticed there Nas 81.
ways business right under the BUN.
and made Use u u for ma ozn
pufpokss
! guess Nature builds her web
nght under The elx bright hght 81
ssx. ard she catches plenty. When
you're IN ths wen. you think you 70
arguing about this and that what
you really mean a. Dearest. I want
you
Ito ~ Gontiatsed
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First Church OF Nsrsrsns
Complsiina Revival Plan,

IN. Rev and Mrs.. y v brfdEs.
water. svsnTslisis. Will open .
MD winter revival campaign a.
First Church - tho asxsrsns 10.
s7ih AMI " s's Tuesday a. 7 -
p m Services zlli be held nightly
at ths sane hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13

iii NAE H. W tNtti u AfA u ~
q. You realize that whatever YOU
say will he used against YOU:
A. o. X. with me-. II always has
been.
q. DO YOU plead guilty or limo
cent?
A. Guilty of being human. Of hay-
ing human desires and needs
and hopes.
q. You are accused of having been
coarse or vulgar.
A. Not more than Others. I think,
only ] was rash enough 10 e,-
press my thoughts.
q. This made YOU happy
A. No one has ever been happier.
oh please I've sure the jury
realizes that.
Q. Why are YOU not happy nov
A. Because I'm not making any
one else happy.
! suppose there would he dis
order in court AZ this point. or
some lawyer would offer an OBJ
lection What a cockeyed word
happy is. too; if you say it over
three or four times to yourself IL
sounds positively insane. But any
how I'm taking testimony from
myself now and there aren't any
rules; I'll appeal the case right up
TO the supreme court If necessary.
God knows I'm paying costs.
q. Did you make Wyn happy.
A. ] think so. Yes, know 50.
q. Then why did you leave him.
A. II ! had done what he wanted,
other people would have made
him unhappier than could
have made him happy.
q. What do YOU mean?
tenn. He was at the mercy Of
that system.
O. L. II not your conviction that
there ARE now no systems
That the whole Of society IL
In fuNe
A. Not in mean, not where
WYNN lives.
q. Wa not the way you lett him
rather cruels
A. Damn you, ] Wa afraid you'd
ask that. Yes, II was. But
had 20 b@ tough with him.
otherwise he'd always have felt
ne had been unfair TO me, and
u would have made him
wretched.
q. You think. then. he IL not I'M
happy now'
A. Yes. No. Ask that again.
please.
q. You think Wyn IL happy now:
A. j think his life il full Of de-
lightful routine. He has what
the government calls Social Sc
curity. Oh. and how. Read the
Public Ledger on Sundays. or
whatever papers they have
now.
Q. You think you could have made
something more important Of
him:
A. ] could have taught him to do
the Wrong Thing sometimes.
u What, in Philadelphia
A. We could have lived some
where else.
q. Are You quite fair " Phila-
deiphiss
A. i am thinking Of II only a. q
symbol. Actually love II
dearly.
Y. But are they not the most
charming people in tn. world.
A Of course. But the enenie. a.
the Future ARE always the very
incest people.
q. You think the Future should
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-13

AHHAH
There are nlllians - nasn M.
employed ara theoretically avail.
ahis nut TIE shortage l. n TIE
vital SKILLED slassigicsiions
without saeh msa N key psi.
tiens re wheels ~ industry
must step. ard thsFs can - ~
employment feF 10 ssni-skilied
snd the iasoreFs
For years aoW ne unions and
employers tasethsr each for
their ewn Reasons have sert
training Of apprentices 10 = rock.
bottom minimum the unions 10
limit competition among their
members. and employers because
for their needs the labor rrser-
Velr appeared ample Meanwhile
onrs. skilled workers have grown
- rusty. sometimes through dis
uss Of their abilities. but chiefly
because Of archaeological sd-
Vances In their trades. thai for
practical purpose. they have No
skills
Now when suddenly Industries
are mushreomins they find that
the supply ot hey workers IL
limited and they discover that
by the time men ear be trained
the emergency may have passed.
Il takes only two years n train
ar air pilot. but five years 10
educate the toolmsssr whose
skill produces safe efficient
planes
A field artillery gunner can h.
trained in a year. but II re-
quircs sin years To make the ma
chinist who can produce his gun.
West Point turns out shavstail
leutenants In four years. who in
emergency times can he used as
acting captains and soon az act.
ing majors. but = precision fac.
tory needs ten years To train q
machine shop foreman.
When President Roosevelt con.
oeded in his message on the state
Of the nation that aircraft pro-
duction 10 very disappointing.
he merely made official what all
careful observers have known.
II was some tim. ago that the
first talk about q 80. 000.plans.
a-ysar production schedule was
heard. n will he some time yet
before q 1000 plane a. year
schedule will he obtained. Tn.
impending shortage In skilled la
bor makes even the latter goal
indefinite
Before the latest orders were
placed. aircraft production was
scheduled 10 reach IT. peak
about next August. The bureau
Of labor statistics. in n special
study made for the defense
agencies. estimate. that 21s ono
new workers must be hired this
year through August r. y.
Wright 81 the Curtiss Wright
Corp, consnltAnt 10 the national
defense advisory commission,
says in the magazine Avistlon
that II viii require $50. 600 new
workers 10 achieve the 80. 0O0-
plane-a-year goal that has been
announced.
The labor department study
shows that si5 per cent Of air
craft workers fail into skilled"
elassiflestions By neat Angus,
the aircraft industry viii need
s.si new inspectors but In ell
the public employment agencies
IN the country only - are reg.
istsred - available. Their. will
hs need for ss4 electricians.
but only - are registered To
fll a32 jobs a. eovsfsrs. there
sfs five applicants Two fuss.
lsgs frame builders constitute
tho entire registered reservoir,
and 20 wing frsms builders.
with is2s pattern makers
needed. there are 722 metal and
$40 wood pattern makers look
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An Inside Picture of Finsn-
cial and Political America
LICH 7
Nv RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON - Defense production planners are
worrying more than they have admitted publicly. about
developing labor shortage in At least tvo key defense indus
rieSairvra production and the manufaeiufe Of machine
toos Because the latter Is fundamental 70 al other pro
duetion, is potential seriousness hardly be eSagTer
atad
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KIT TY FOYLE

Q, CHRISTOPHER MORLEY


A.
rs- As~ ed Fsp bees
se-Pessa sSssss pAlsssAs 81 cAssss
sss as- Sss-asi ~. sA sna hsr sss UHss u-s'
esther philosophy - ~ss e her =
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he encouraged
A. That's goofy question. my
darling; its ON our necks al
ready. And oh God. WYNN was
40 much interested In II when
he had n chance. What . man
he might have been N every
thing hadn't been laid In his
lap.
q. L. your mind going 10 10 round
and round like this indefinitely
A. How's about going 10 bed and
try for some sleep.
can't help laughing. I found
myself continuing my cross-exam-
nation In the hathtub. which IL a
grand place 10 think A sort Of
spiritual wash -behind-the-ears II
would be comieal # the Defendant
was carried into court m 4 steam
ing tub But It woudnt he a bad
way 10 get Al the truth. n that's
what they really want
a word comes into your mind,
and what lot Of starts The word
was Pocono. dare say IT doesn't
mean much except to Philadelphia
people. Its mountain country up
beyond Stroudsburg. where the alb
solutely right peaple go for their
particular kind OF well-bred
whoopee. That was the first place
l ever saw mountains. Wyn said
Of the Pooono crowd They can
make eeen mountains behave
Sometimes We thought we fooled
EN-. hope tberell never be an
earthquake up that way. I'm
thinking Of that big rock near
Buck Hill Falls where Wyn and
buried our letters. Moonlight up
there gets bright enough 10
read by.
Easy now, easy now. Pop used
to say when / got too much
steamed up, Take II easy. Kitty.
! ought to learn not 10 Try IN tell
anybody about anything used
To get a laugh when people In Chi
cago talked about their local
scenery. which they like 10 think
IL pretty swell. such as Lake
Geneva up in Wisconsin, or the
Mississippi at Nauyoo. Once I
got peevish and said, You poor
souls ought 10 see the water Gap.
Scenery In the Midwest is like
rouge on a colored girl. u means
well but it's kind OF pathetic.
q. L~t's pull ourselves together.
What Was II about Poconos
A. That was where got some
idea how simple and sweet
things can be-. The first time
Wyn and l went away together
was 30 utterly miserable !
didn't suppose we'd ever h.
happy again. He took me 10
hotel In Harrisburg, where
We got = lot Of foul bootleg
boozs 10 keep up our spirits.
Imagine trsing 10 drink your
self into happiness on that
speakeasy liquor. But lot. ~
people were doing N thos.
DAYS We didn't know any
better.
q Harrisburg sounds hike a queer
place for an slopemeat.
A. Nyn said there we're always 80
many freaks In Harrisburg,
people for the legislature I
Euess. Ne wouldn't 10 noticed.
u VIVA pretty simple Of him,
bsosose Wyn stood out as .
gentleman anywhere. can't
Imagine any place where he
would have looked more unique.
Poor boy, maybe u vAs ner-
yousn.ss or whstsyer. he drank
80 much he simply vent TO
sleep and ! lay and cried all
night Don't make me- think
Of n. II sss horrible. On ms
God, remember when ! packed
up my bag again To come back.
thinking hoH happy thought
j vas going 10 b. when
packed u before. Don't Jet
women think about things like
that. they know too much
about things like that; they
know too much about en-.
q Lets get back 10 PoeoBo.
A Wynn took mo there beeaBss he
wanted me 10 70 somewhere he
losed- Hls family had a blg
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TEST ANSWERS

Below sfs ths snsNsfs - test
questions printed on the editorial
page
g. Egypt.
2 GArnst-
3 ss.
4 Tuxedo.
. Ff>nen explorers
. National Cathedral. Wash
inston. D 9.
7. Epthsl
=. James Buchanan snd Grover
clsysians.
?. American Revolution.
10. RADIO annS1ncsf.
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CHAPfER III

don't like the word confession. L sounds though
one guilty OF something I'm not I'm proud Is he'll.
But I'd ike somehow 70 he cross-eNamned sort Of put
trial give testimony under oath | could get things