davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17


hard and ingeniously the post
office department works to fix
up such things-Karl goes into
action.
There must be at least a thou
sand different ways OF address
ing mail improperly. in addition
to screwballs who use pictures,
anagrams. shorthand and even
crossword puzzles. When Karl
can't untangle the errors with
his directories from all over the
continent and his remarkably
wide personal knowledge of the
worlds geography, such mail is
marked dead" All things con-
sidered. les seldom stumped.
Dead mail is in two groups:
Letters and parcel post. And
what weird conglomeration
they are.
Letters are kept in the deliv-
cry section for 10 days on gen
eral principles before they are
marked dead, after which they
remain untouched for another 10
days before they are opened.
dead letters of foreign origin
are held go days and then sent
to san Francisco for opening)
When Karl opens dead letter
in search of clues, ne looks only
at the top and bottom OF it.
Postmasters, G men nor any
body else can read your mail
while its in custody of the post
office. and it's not legal evidence
nor sufficient to cause per-
sons arrest. IF they smell She
nanigans, they deliver it first and
arrest afterward.)
II there are any valuables, the
letter is held for another II
months. Uncle Sam gets about
s250,000 each year from I'M
claimed. unbelievable mail con-
tanning money. ut costs only
about half that to run the entire
L. s. dead letter and dead parcel
post divisionD
hA Ia
year about Is million letters and
half-million parcels are relc-
gated to the dead mail depart
ment.
Approximately a fifth Of the
letters are delivered after they
are opened. The remainder are
burned.
Dead parcel post is something
else again. Undeliverable-well,
things "-are sent each week TO
Seattle. depot for the entire
state for such knicknscks. Once
a year they hold an auction
there.
It's utterly impossible to sur
prise Karl with whatever may
appear IN that department.
pistols. Ioeketbooks. Kite h n
stoves. hotel keys. suitcases,
trunks. harness for horses.
structural and machine steel.
chinawsre and every conceivable
kind of just plain junk.
The first two items, in case
you're wondering. indicate skull
duggery. Seems that robbers,
purse-snatchers. etc, are won't
TO dispose Of discriminating evi-
dence ~ dropping it into the
nearest mailbox, for instance IN
Tacoma or Spokane. snug in
the knowledge it must neces-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17
PHOTO WATCHES"

Worlds largest industrial "
ray unit, rated at 1000. 600 volts.
hides behind huge door Of
solid concrete, Is inches thick
and encased in one-inch steel
plate, in General Electric's Sche-
nectady plant. With 1t. photo
graphs can be made through
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17
The Curious Curie

Miss Eve Cure daughter of the codscoverer Of radum
Is by all accounts delightful young woman Her
qiquant Gallo wit has charmed alike the audiences who
have paid her well for the privilege of exposure to it and
the acquaintance who have fallen under its spell socially
Miss Curie is woman of many talents, but onetof
them, fear is not diplomacy. Asked, on landing in
New York for another lecture tour what she thought of
American aid to Britain, she the ladyke equivalent
of snort and asked ls the United States giving help?
don't feel that selling goods on cashand-carry basis
is helping. 1t is selling.
Poor United States-laborng under the impression that
the million rifles $500 planes so destroyers thousands of
machine guns and shpoads of equipment already sent to
Britain might have been helpful though suied with
the gross faint of commercalsm
True, should have known better, well taught by
less mentor than Miss CURES France which showed
clearly its dstase for sordid commercasm when repay
ment of loans brought by the United States after
1917-1s.
All say, is we're sorry. In laundering way
we meant to help
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

According TO their political
and senatorial critics, the Sl-a-
year men are making no great
sacrifice. Flynn and his satel-
lites point out that the law and
industrial firms 10 which these
knudsen assistants belong are
getting fat contracts from the
government. Certain members
of congress now are making a
careful checkup of the millions
in national defense awards which
have gone 10 firms that have
associates among the Sl-a-year
men.
Flynn and his Capitol HUI bud
dies may have a legitimate COM
plant. But the national de-
Tense commissions retort will
be that, in Communicating men
to aid in the rearming project.
they cannot pick the keepers OF
corner tobacco shops. They
must rely on outstsndingly sue
cessful firms TO supply key men
TO head up the knudsen agency
at Washington.
NLRB insiders wonder wheth-
err Henry Ford has discovered a
method Of outwitting their law
-snd regulations without vi
olsting the statute itself.
Few weeks ago Congressman
Hoffman broke the news that, If
sufficiently badgered. Ford would
lease his plants TO the govern
ment for 81 a year. 1t was de-
MED, but the congressman's hint
made q deep impression on both
labor and New Deal circles.
Few DAYS later. President Will
lam Green Of the ALL gave out
the news that his subordinates
are organizing the Ford plant
apparently with the lstters con-
sent II was an obvious attempt
10 inform Ford employees that,
IL they wanted to join a union.
they should sign up with the
AFL rather than the CIO.
From inside sources IL is
known that the CIO had many
more members than the AFL:
the latter came late 10 the or
gaining party. So what Henry
has done, through Messrs. Hoff-
man and Green. is 10 warn his
workers that Cd II they sign up
with the CIO, he Will lease his
plant 10 the government. there
by depriving them OF all privi-
leges. or t2l that he prefers his
men to join the more eonserVs-
tive AL.
The Republican house amend
ment to the lesse-lend bill. re-
serving the right Of congress TO
revoke "dietstorisl powers given
10 the White House, has turned
out to be a major blunder. II
won at least 90 votes for the
hill in the lower chamber. and
II promises TO have insured
easy passage IN TIA aenAta
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

Who was King Arthur? Strange
as II seems. nobody really knows.
although ne is believed to have
been a sixth century king Of
mixed Roman blood. In exist
ence today. however, Is the old
and famous round table used by
Arthur and his knights. in the
Great Hall at Winchester Castle,
England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

is subjected 10 is due to the
action Of booze.
But such young man as
wrote the letter IN question:
honor such a man.
JAMES RAWSON,
10 Orchard road
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17
An Inside Picture of Finun-
Ii u IL / ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHlNGTON-The senate's attack on S1-a-year
serving with the National Defense commission is much
serious than people realize, in view
of the prestige which the dollar boys in the last year
Although he tries to keep of the headlines, the
assault instigated by Democratic National Chairman
Ed Flynn. He believes-and he has told FDR-that
his heners heir che
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

Nowadays he
bears a fancy
title which es-
capes Us. but
in fact he's a
trouble shoot
er. Dead letters
and h a Y W ire
m all of a ! |
sorts are his
especial forte.
When m a ! ]
goes astray
and you'd be
surprised how
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

five inches of steel in five min
utes. Workers must leave the
room when the machine is in
operation, and those working in
the same building wear bits of
film on their wrists TO record
any stray rays which might en-
danger them,
Monday; star-spangled Ban
ner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17
SO THEY SAY:

There are few periods in the
worlds history when man isn't
heset nv a multitude Of evils
". Somerset Vaughan, Brtish
novelist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

The fundamental element in the discipline Of the mind
Of the free is love of truth-Presdent K. +. Day
of Cornell university.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

To receive attention IN tn. COL
umn letisrs must Sc name and
address % writer. ONLY Initials
siA Be published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17

So Jonathan from the table in fierce anger. and
did no meat second day the monhSamue 20 34
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-17
LAUDS COFFEE

1l2 Orchard road
Evening star., 1941-02-16


present great air network, in the
opinion of aviation leaders.
Central figure in the celebration
will be Capt. Jack Knight, veteran
of 100000 miles of flying, who be-
came hero of the first through
coast-to-coast flight when. with the
aid of bonfires lighted by farmers
on the route, he covered the entire
night portion of the flight from
North Platte, Nebr., to Chicago.
Six other pilots few the daylight
sections of the trip.
Capt Knight will fly the same
route on the anniversary, this time
at the controls of a modern United
Air Lines sleeper plane.
AS evidence of the progress made
by air transportation in the past
20 years. the Air Transport Associa-
ton has made public figures show
ing that, of the more than 10000
00O miles flown monthly by the do
mestic airlines of the United States,
almost half are flown at night.
The 1921 flight was undertaken
when 1t appeared that Congress
would fail to make any airmail ap-
preparations for coast-to-coast serv-
ice Up to that time, airmail had
been carried during daylight hours
only, with trains moving it on during
the night. Coast-to forecast time under
that system was approximately 78
hours Congress was undecided as
to whether the gain in time. often
negligible due to poor plane-rail
connections, was sufficient to justify
the expense.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

damage. The Rome radio men,
toned. specifically 19 captures.
They were described as nuclei Of
parachutists.'
Military sources said, however,
the regular military uniforms which
the "faceless men" wore would save
them from the fate of spies. They
will be treated as regular prisoners
of war, it was said.
C"Faceless men" has become a
colloquialism describing the par
achute troops, who work with the
least publicity possible)
The newspaper II Tevere reas-
sured Italians that dropping a few
clusters" of parachutists did not
constitute a real military danger
From the African Empire, mean
while. violent fighting was reported
raging north of Chisimaio, in
Somaliland, when the high COM
mand issued its communique on
Italy's widespread battle fronts.
(The British reported the fall
of Chisimaio)
A British anti-aircraft cruiser was
reported bombed in fighting off
shore there, and another cruiser of
Mogadiscio was declared put to
flight.
The italians said they were slow
ing up the British attacks at Cheren
in Eritrea. Axis planes were said
to have bombed and machine
gunned British armored units and
ships in Libya and along the coast
and again bombed Malta.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
British Set Up Sea Fortresses,
Borrowing Corsicun 1894 Idea

They are armed with weapons
ranging from cannon of undiscloseo
size to rifles, and they have BUNK
rooms, messrooms, recreation rooms
something like those on battle-
ship.
The British got the idea OF these
"Martello towers" from Corsica. In
1894, a tower on Cape MorteHa,
armed with only three cannons, nelo
off British ships for hours. ms
strong resistance impressed the BTU
ish, and similar forts were built IN
considerable numbers on the BRUSH
coasts. The British corrupted tns
name to "Martello."
They fell into disuse, but now the
original ideas have been so expanded
as to result in the sea forts. since
their solid masonry was Vulnerable
to vertical fire, it has been rein
forced in many cases with steel.
Martello towers also were built In
Ireland.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Astronomer
Continued From First Page.)

studied at Marietta College and the
University Of Chicago He taught
astronomy and mathematics at
Marietta College, at Portland (Oreg)
High School and Colorado Springs,
Colo.
In 1905 he became a fellow at
Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay,
Wis, post he left three years later
to come to Pittsburgh.
DR.. Jordan specialized in photom-
etry, determining and publishing
the light curves of stars. Since 1914
he and his staff had made more than
$4,000 photographs of stars. From
that store of data-regarded by
astronomers as one of the worlds
largest-the distances of more than
$4,000 stars from the earth have
been determined.
He never tired of his work, re-
marking at the age of IA:
Some men are as young at 70
as others are at so. I intend to
keep going until can't any longer.
For relaxation, he said, he always
did some more work"
His wife was the former Harriet c.
Roy of East Liverpool, Ohio. Besides
their son John, Mrs. Jordan leaves
two children by a previous marriage,
Andrew Roy of Shantu, China, and
Mrs. Jean Robertson Of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

cautionary notice month ahead"
Mr.. Steelman pointed out that the
Cancellation Service, which has been
operating since 1918 and. therefore,
has the benefit of experience during
the World War, successfully adjust
ed "a per cent of the threatened
strikes that came to its attention
last year. In the last eight months
of 1910, it handled 3,230 labor dis
putes involving 1,384,726 workers.
Our services are accepted volun-
tarily in every instance" he said.
1--WE don't have any enforcement
powers, you know. Most of the time
we are called in. Sometimes we
suggest that we might be helpful.
In the three years that I have been
director of the service, there have
been only two or three instances in
which our services were declined" ="
More Personnel Pays.
What additional legislation or
personnel, if any. would be helpful
to the Cancellation Service at this
time?
With the increased amount of
preventative work we have been do
ing in recent months, seeking to as
sure smooth production in defense
industries. it has been necessary to
add Is to 20 conciliators to our staff
under special allotments approved
by the National Defense Advisory
Commission" Mr.. Steelman replied.
1T will be advisable to keep these
additional men-and possibly others
later If they are required-on the
job. When a single threatened
strike is averted, thousands of dol
lars are saved and production con-
tinueS uninterrupted
THE Cancellation Service works
along strictly democratic lines, and
We believe we have the confidence
of industry and labor alike. Labor
relations generally are better now
than they have been in several years.
THE labor situation is very salts
factory, everything considered, and
we have every reason to think it
will remain that way"
Evening star., 1941-02-16
BY the Associated Press.


A SOUTHEAST COAST ENG
LISH PORT, Feb. 15.-The British
disclosed today they are utilizing a
system of sea fortresses begun nearly
a century and a half ago against
the threatened Napoleonic invasion
as a part of the cornplex defensive
network set up to keep Adolf Hitler's
forces away.
The sea fortresses-modernized
"Martello tower" the south
east and southern coasts. Their
foundations are on the floor of the
sea; some of them are little martial
communities, almost like a section
of the Maginot Line.
The biggest and most elaborately
modernized ones squat in the water
around some of the most important
south coast towns like huge, fiat
tened gas works tanks. They house
small detachments of artillery, anti
aircraft gunners, infantry and ma
-gunnerS.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Cubans Pledge Support
To j. ). in Defense
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Feb. 15-Cuban Min
lister of State Jose M. Cortina de-
clared today his country was pre-
pared to join the United States
fully in 'whateve~ decisions and
sacrifices it must make" in the face
of any threat to the independence
of American nations.
Speaking in commemoration of
the sinking of the United States
battleship Maine in Havana harbor
in 1898, Minister Cortina said he
pledged Cuban cooperation on be-
half of President Fulgencio Batista
Cuba, in the face of any war or
aggression which may threaten or
attack the independence of the
American nations and their demo-
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Ford Co., Bennett,
Homer Martin Named
In {. |. 0. Complaint
Union Says A. F. L. Group
Is Being 'Fostered'
By Auto Firm
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Feb. 15.-The United
Automobile Workers-C. I. o. charged
tonight that the Ford Motor Co.,
It's personnel director, Harry Ben
nett, and Homer Martin, former
president of the United Automobile
Workers-A. F. of La rival union
were fostering and encouraging"
the Federation of Labor group "as
q company union
Michael F. Widman, jr., director
Of a c. I. o. campaign to unionize
Ford employees, said his organiza-
tion had filed a formal complaint
with the National Labor Relations
Board naming the company, Mr..
Bennett and Mr.. Martin. Officials
in the N. L. r. BIS Detroit office
would neither confirm nor deny
that the petition had been filed.
Mr.. Widman said the company
and its agents" including Mr. Ben
nett and Mr.. Martin, were sup
pcrting" and dominating" the A.
F. of L. Gin an ATTEMPT to prevent
and interfere with" the c. I. o.
unions drive to organize Ford en-
ploves
Foremen, superintendents and
members of Mr.. Benefits service
department have been distributing
applications for A. F. of L. member
ship among Ford employees since
February 4, Mr.. Widman added
Membership cards were distributed
during working hours, the c. I. o.
official continued, and some en-
ployes feared they would lose their
jobs unless they signed them.
Mr.. Widman repeated the claim
of the c. I. O.. in its quest for
exclusive collective bargaining rights
for Ford employees, that it had be-
come the choice of a majority"
In the company's principal Detroit
plants
He said William Green. A. F. Of
L. president. issued a counter-claim
that his union represented a ma
jority Of Ford employees pursuant to
an understanding" with the COM
pany, Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Martin.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

cratic Institutions" he said, will
be among the first to join the United
States in whatever decisions and
sacrifices it must make in order
to maintain the democratic civil
ization of this continent and the
independence of the people in this
part Of the world"
United States Ambassador George
S. MesSerSmith also addressed the
group, which included President
Batista and high officials Of the
departments of war, navy and police.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

Mr., Knudsen and Mr.. Hillman and
their aides"
representatives of both sides
planned to leave last night for
Milwaukee.
Harvester Strike May Spread.
Meanwhile, a threat arose that
strikes at two International Har-
vester Co. plants in the Midwest
might spread to other plants of
that concern.
At Chicago, a spokesman for the
c. I. o. Farm Equipment Workers
Organizing Committee said that
more than 1000 members" had ap-
proved a plan to take a strike vote
at the Mccormick works in Chi
cago next Monday and Tuesday. A
field representative of the union
from Richmond, Ind, said that un-
less the company met union de-
mands at that plant there would be
strike within 48 hours"
Strikes in Harvester plants al
ready are in progress at Rock Falls,
Ill, and the Chicago Tractor Works.
Vsnadium Employees Firm.
Striking employees at the Bridge
vile, Pa, plant of the Vanadium
Corp, dismissed from their jobs be-
cause of what both the management
and C. I. o. officials called an "il-
legal" walkout, announced that
their strike would be carried on
until our demands are met"
Four hundred workers walked out
last Monday in protest against the
company's hiring of plant guards.
contending that the union had the
right to name them. The plant pro-
duces ferro-vanadium. material
used for defense purposes.
At East Liverpool, Ohio. the Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Fotters announced it wants a 25
per cent wage increase for approx
mately $4,000 members scattered
over the Nation. The A. F. of l..
union said the request would be
voiced Tuesday when its representa-
tives meet in New York with a COM
mittee from the United States Pot
ters' Association, the manufacture
ers organization.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
District Tax Office
Will Be Open Lonoer

Beginning tomorrow. the Office of
the District tax collector will remain
open until $50 pm. instead of 8
pm, on weekdays, except Saturday,
when it will continue to close at
noon, under an order issued yester-
day by the Commissioners.
The 3 o'clock closing was adopted
some months ago to make sure the
collector had time to close his &C
counts each day and to get his re-
ceipts to the Treasury. However,
the Commissioners said cashiers and
clerks in the collectors Office had to
waste" nearly an hour each day,
and after consultation with Tax COL
lector Guy Pearson, ordered the
office to be open to the public half
hour longer.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Accompanies WhuIers

Accompanying the japanese
whaling fleets TO the Antarctic this
season is 472-ton steamship which
will be used to investigate new
whaling grounds, direct whalers
and as a common ground for settling
disputes among them.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

{ Ommem0ratlng
the Goth ami
versary of the
first transcon-
tinental day and
night air trans
port fight.
T h Is fight,
made in 1921,
was an accom-
plishment which
changed over
night the course
of scheduled fly
ing in America
and provided the
stimulus for the
hooi,,n;po of tho
Evening star., 1941-02-16
O'Conor Says Bill Saves
Employers 1000, 900
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. IS. - Gov.
O'Conor estimates Maryland en-
ployers were saved $1OOO,OOO by a
legislative bill signed yesterday con-
f1rming an executive ruling.
The ruling deferred collection of
unemployment compensation taxes
on that portion of wages in excess
of $4,000. Payment only on the first
$4,000 of an employees wages is re-
quired by Federal law, and the pres
ent action makes Maryland law
conform.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Don't Like Munchukuo

Many Japanese who went to Man
chukuo are returning to Japan
because they do not like the Man
chukuo climate and the Chinese al
ready there can live cheaper than
they.
Evening star., 1941-02-16
FirstCross-Continent
Day and Night Mail
Flight 10 Be Marked
Hero Of Event 20 Years
Aoo Will Be Central
Figure in Celebration

The air transport industry, Post
Offlce Department and cities along
the New York-San Francisco air
way will join February 1928 in
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Strikes

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Consulutes

Continued From First Page)