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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-17
Robert Goldberg
New Commander

Naccabees Of Washington sig
nally honored Robert Goldberg Of
Tacoma 1t the quadrennial state
convention tust concluded In Seat
Tie when they elected him state
commander Of the fraternai society
for . four-year term. Since these
cunventions are called only once
each four years, Goldberg will
hold office until 1e4S.
Two other Tacoma Naccabees
were voted into state offices. Roy
Devish. commander Of Taco m 4
Tent No. :. y the new state
naster-at-arms. while Mrs. How
ard .. johnson. Of Puget Sound
hive. wns named first mistress u
the guard
Goldberg played N active
part n ~ SEATTLE sesaIoa. Ne
Aeo1vese1 ~ sAdress - WEI
esgns 81 serveA - toast
nnater u ~ banquet head In
IT, New Washingtea hotel.
Nationally known Maccabees In
Attendance at the convention in
eluded John Z. Little. Detroit, su-
prsms aetuary and field director;
John d. Stock. Chicago. great
commander Of Illinois and member
q the supreme board. and II. q.
Hudson, great commander Of
Oregon
Goldberg also was nominated ~
~ alternate delegate 70 the ma
tional convention Of the order IN
Detroit this July. c. ~. Burns Of
Seattle. state field manager. being
selected - the Washington dele
rate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-17

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-17

creased soles foxes 90 into effect
tMsy 1sf). end right OF the stort
OF q new season when you
hove months TO enjoy the things
ysv purchase now!
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Witchery

Not like the flaming chariot OF tho
day
Is the pale, drifting planet of the
night,
But With a gentle and muted
light,
Siluer and shadoD in stDitt interplay,
She seems to steal edrth'S cruditieS
dWay,
Sottens the harShest lines and
hides from sight
The uglinesS that rises like q
blight
Under the pitilesS suns reuealtng rag.
And as the moon, ,Dith unaSsumtng
art,
BeSto1DS a loneliness serene and
calm,
So, pe may realize, has some quiet
friend
Crept into every corner of the heart,
Touched all our secret mounds nth
healing balm,
And spread q magic that piH nepsv
end.
HELEN CONNOLLY.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Defense BIonds

A false rumor has apparently cir
culated that there is a shortage of
blond hair. Any number of blonds
have written, telephoned, or called
at the War Department, offering to
become defense blonds and give up
their crowning glory to be used in
certain delicate precision instru-
ments. Invariably they have been
turned down, or at least their hair
has, and no more need apply.
The point is that no extensive
hair-raising program is necessary.
Just a few occasional strands are
wanted for weather predicting de-
vices. 1t has been known for long
while that the discovery by bru-
nette wife of a blond hair on her
husbands coat is a certain sign of
stormy weather ahead, but more
recently hairs have been used in
scientific instruments to soak up
moisture in the atmosphere and
thereby register changes in humidity
and help predict the weather. But,
say the manufacturers, it is easy to
get all they want and 1t can be of
any color. This totally debunks the
notion that blonds are good for
measuring disturbances, but leaves
unaffected the popular idea that
they are tops in causing them.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Investors and Taxes

That industry is carrying a large
share of the Nations tax load seems
plainly indicated in a survey of 165
corporations just completed by the
American Federation of Investors,
the results of which are published in
the current issue of Investor Amer
ica. The companies whose records
have been canvasSed include both
large and small corporations, with
assets ranging from less than S5,000,-
900 to more than S5,O0OO00 900. These
corporations, therefore, constitute a
representative cross section of Amer
lean industry.
Taxes of all kindS-Federal, State
and local-amounted to more than
56 per cent of the 1910 net income
of these corporations, the survey re-
vealed. Last years tax bill totaled
S2.565 100000, an amount equal to
1892 for each share of common
stock, and an average of S451 for every
owner of common stock. The 1910
taxes amounted to S735 for each OF
the 3,490,0OO employees of these COM
panies, compared to S612 in 1889, an
increase in taxes of S123 per worker.
Total dividends paid in 1910 were
equivalent to $191 per share Of COM
mon stock, as compared with a tax
levy of 1892 per common share.
Stockholders thus received for the
use of their invested savings less
than half the amount paid in taxes.
Contrary to the belief Of many,
the present high rate of industrial
activity, due to the expanding de-
fense program, does not mean, in
the light of this survey, that Amer
lean corporations are entering a
period of high profits. The in
creased cost of labor and materials,
combined with a Government policy
of price fixing, and the most severe
Federal taxes in history, act as an
effective check on excess profits" the
Investor America report points out.
Taxes on corporations, alreaoy hlgh,
will become even heavier under the
new revenue program now being
drafted by the House Ways and
Means Committee. In all likelihood,
therefore, the percentage Of total
taxes to net earnings of American
corporations will continue to rise.
Though the new tax bill proposes
to raise approximately S3,50O,OO 100000
in new revenue, the bulk of this in
crease, under the House committee
program, will fall on comparatively
small number of taXpayerS-both
corporate and individual. A broader
tax base is clearly needed. For every
citizen has vital stake in the pur-
pose for which these new taxes will
be imposed-the preservation OF a
free and independent America. In
enacting revenue legislation, it is to
be hoped that House and Senate will
recognize the need for distributing
the tax burden among all elements
of the population.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Detective Cuptuins?

1t has been brought out during the
House investigation of the Police
Department that one of the principal
reasons for the disorganization and
inefficiency of the Detective Bureau
as now constituted is the fact that
able detectives often find it necessary
to quit the bureau and go to the pre-
cincts in order to obtain promotions.
Several examples have been cited to
the subcommittee currently holding
hearings on conditions within the
department. Outstanding were the
cases of Captains John Fowler and
Floyd Truscott, former "ace" investi-
gators of the Detective Bureau, who
attained their present rank and pay
only by transferring from the bureau
to precinct commands.
That members of the Detective
Bureau, probably the most important
unit of the department, should have
to forsake the line of work for which
they are best fitted in order to secure
deserved rewards in rank and pay
obviously Is injurious to the morale
and efficiency Of the bureau. Why
Evening star., 1941-07-10

Cockney, true and unquestionable
Londoner.
Certainly it is pity to be obliged
to sacrifice such portions of Englands
heritage in the interest of the sur
vival of the ideals to which they
testified. Britain, skeptic might
think, is being whitfield down to a
vanishing point. The answer to such
a theory may be found in a contem-
porary theme song" which may not
be very good poetry but which wit
nesses just the same to the residence
of the soul of London, the empire
and the whole free and unconquered
scheme of things of which they are
parts:
Street lamps aglow and neWsboys
calling,
City I know with twilight falling,
Deep in my heart keep recalling
The London I love.
Small, cosy bars and cheerful greet
ing,
Long lines of cars and lovers meeting,
Under the stars her heart is beating
The London I love.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Apartments VS.. Offices

Introduction by Representative
Downs, Democrat, of Connecticut. Of
a resolution calling for an inveStiga-
ton of the proposed leasing of the
Dupont Circle Apartments by the
Public Buildings Branch Of the Fed
eral Works Agency serves to direct
attention to an anomalous situation
that has developed in Washington
in connection with defense eXpan-
sion. The Dupont Circle building
Is but one of a number of large
apartment structures which have
been or are being taken over by the
Federal Government to meet the in
sistent and growing demand for
additional Office space. Yet, at the
very time that one branch of the
Government is aSSiduOuSly compel
ling apartment dWellerS to make way
for office workers, other agencies are
Just as assiduously trying to solve
the already acute problem of how to
find more living quarters for lncom-
ing defense employees. Obviously
this tug of war between the seekers
after more office space and the seek
ers after more living space does not
make sense.
The situation, undoubtedly will be
somewhat relieved when the several
new permanent, semi-permanent
and temporary Federal office build
ings under construction in and near
Washington become available for
use. But, with thousands Of addi-
tional employees due to arrive in the
months to come, officials have indi-
Gated that even with the completing
of pending construction, shortage
of office space still will exist. The
supply of apartments and dwellings
also is being increased steadily, large
ly as a result of private enterprise
in the city and its Maryland and
Virginia suburbs.
The shortage of Offices and the
shortage of living units are CORE
lated problems which should be con-
Sidered in relation to each other,
not, as at present, as independent
and highly competitive phases of
the defense program. There seems
to be urgent need for effective CO.
ordination of the administrative
forces charged with solving these
problems if further conflict and con-
fusion are to be avoided
Evening star., 1941-07-10
The London | Love

Once it was fashionable to be
contemptuouS of the largest, the
most populous, the busiest of the
cities of the world. Even Samuel
johnson criticized the metropolis,
referring to it as the needy villains
general home" Lord Byron, mean
while, deplored the mighty mass of
brick, and smoke, and shipping, dirty
and dusty" The eventual fate of
this enormous hive of men" was
supposed by Mrs. Barbauld and
Henry Kirke White, Goldsmith and
Shelley, Macaulay and Horace Wal
pole to be IAN undistinguished heap
of ruins"
But persons lacking the discrimi-
natory genius of such rare natures
have been somewhat less casual
concerning the destiny of ancient
London. Especially since the begin
ming of the prevailing war vast
number of people have rediscovered
the power of attraction possessed
by the place which Emerson called
"the epitome of our times" Perhaps
humanity must be in danger of losing
what it loves before it appreciates its
value truly. The paradox is obvious,
and there must be an explanation for
1t in the circumstance that famili-
arity breeds disregard, constant aSSo-
citation promotes spiritual fatigue
Of sort.
Now, however, millions of ordinary
folk on both sides of the Atlantic
hear with regret that London is being
robbed of one after another of her
fairest jewels. Among the relics of
antiquity recently destroyed by Ger
man bombardment from the sky was
the old Dover House, 10 Charter
house Square, built in 1850, the prop
erty of Catherine Parr. sixth and
last of the wives of Henry VIII. "All
that remains of the Tudor-panelled
rooms and exquisite herringbone
brickwork are four blackened walls,
two stone Tudor fireplaces and a
wide chimney-piece of which there
Is a replica at Hampton Court"
The graceful Church of st. Mary
le Bow, likewise. is gone Standing
on the south side of Cheapside, it
was among the best creations of Sir
Christopher Wren, boasting tower
235 feet high of which the archi-
tectural commentator Ferguson de-
clared: mo other modern steeple can
compare with this, either for beauty
Of outline or the appropriateness
with which classical details are ap-
piled to so novel a purpose" A
dragon, nine feet long, adorned the
top. The celebrated Bow Bells hung
below. To be born within sound OF
them was to me~it the designation Of
Evening star., 1941-07-10
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Since we moved here from Nebraska
in January, I have enjoyed the many
kinds of birds that one seldom or never
saw there. but especially 1 have enjoyed
your column about the birds. I read it
last, as dessert after the heavy fare in
the rest of the paper.
"They say that Nebraska has great
er number of migratory birds than any
other State, but they pass so swiftly that
the ordinary person does not see them
unless one knows when and where 10
look for them.
Il miss the meadoWlark and his clear
call. Villa Gathers Song OF the Lark
has it's setting, of course, in her natlVe
Nebraska. Birds like the purple grackle'
English sparrow, brown thrasher and
mourning dove, which are numerous
there, I have seen here only occasionally
and in small numbers.
Robins, blue jays, catbirdS, Juncos,
wrens, cardinals, Baltimore and orchard
birds are old friends.
But the tanager, the mocklngblrd, the
tufted titmouse, the song sparrow, the
wood thrush are all new acquaintances.
ct am not certain of my Identification
of the wood thrush.
Are there two thrusheS, one almost as
large as a robin, with a much shorter
tail than a brown thrasher, but marked
very much like him; one smaller, more
reddish on its back, and shyer?
The larger bird sits on my fence posts
eight or ten feet away from my window
and sings three or four distinct meadow
lark-like ditties, opening his mouth so
wide that l can see halfway down his
throat.
The smaller bird MARBLES along more
like catbird or mocker.
Another unidentified little bird visited
the window box one snowy afternoon this
winter. He was about the same size and
shape as the juncos, with light breast
like them. but his top feathers we're
mottled black and white, not light and
dark gray, but really quite distinctly
black and white
Gould he be junco in sport coat?'
He came with the juncos.
Il am sure I saw an albino robin this
spring. 1t looked like slim, sleek robin
in size, but was creamy white on its back
and a pastel of robin breast red on its
breast. 1t certainly was a handsome
bird. 1t perched in a tree not ten feet
from my window, then flew down into
the garden where it pulled up a worm
with real robin flourish.
Our tanager is the ALFRED summer
tanager, but am sure I saw a black
winged one earlier in the spring.
Sincerely, c. B. S."
A4x
The larger of the two brown birds is
the wood thrush. 1t is about eight inches
long.
The smaller is the ovenbird which is
about GA inches long
This is the famous teacher bird, as it
IS called in some parts of the country.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
Criticizes America First Speakers
For Alleged Inconsistencies"

To the Editor of The Star:
What is the matter with America First
speakers philosophy? Or rather, with
the minds that conceive it? Are they
unable to think straight on any phase
of the worlds dilemma affecting
America? They must be sincere,
although their logic is naive. absurd,
composed as it is of inconsistencies
They just cannot be that credulous
Surely they have read "Mein Kampf,"
Out of the Night" and William l..
Shirers Berlin Diary" and listened to
Hltler's speeches promising his people
that one of the two worlds (totalitarian
or democratic) must go down in defeat.
They must have followed Hitler's
record of broken promises pacts and of
negotiated treaties followed in every in
stance by attack on or intimidation of
almost every nation in Europe. They
(America First orators) are aware that
Congress has pledged America to the
defeat of HitleriSm and has voted billions
to this end in self-defense. yet they con-
tinue to oppose every such effort of our
Government. They say to wait until
Hitler conquers Europe, Asia and Africa,
then when he attacks the Western
Hemisphere, after We have lost the
initiative, We may fight to preserve the
democratic way of life in this hemi-
sphere, purely defensive war at home
and perhaps 5000 miles to the South
and on both oceans, East and West. This,
they assure us, is much easier and safer
than to fight with alliesl OF course, no
one in America, or anywhere else for
that matter, wants war, but more than
this, no one wants war forced upon us
by Hitler at his own timing and con-
venience when he has conquered all
other opponents.
With Hitler's shining record of broken
treaties used as stepping-sto to
world power, America First champions
would lead us to a negotiated peace-a
hypnotic sleep! The strongest speech
heard over the radio on foreign policy
was delivered recently by Senator
Pepper of Florida. Secretary Knox
made an important speech in which he
gave admirable advice based upon
knowledge of present conditions.
America was congratulating itself over
having a wise. courageous and vigorous
Secretary of the Navy when along came
the criticism of America Firsters, sug-
gesting impeachment; impeachment
mind you, by certain Senator neglect
ing his duty in Washington to attack
our defense program.
They make a great stir about CO.
operating with communistic Russia,
which they say is worse than Hitlerized
Germany, fearing our democratic purity
will be contaminated by sending war
supplies to keep Russia fighting They
lose sight of our main object, the
Evening star., 1941-07-10

should there not be several detective
captains as we'll as detective lieuten-
ants and detective sergeants? In
quiry by The Star indicates that the
underlying reason seems to be that
the law setting up the Detective
Bureau command provides for only
an inspector in charge and a lieu
tenant who. shall act as captain and
serve as second in command of the
bureau. To assign an officer of the
full rank of captain to be subordi-
nate of lieutenant who is acting
temporarily as captain would be
illogical. The situation could be
remedied by legislation reorganizing
the bureau so as to give the full rank
of captain to the officer serving
second in command and creating
three or four additional captaincieS
and lieutenancieS. There seems to be
no good reason why the chiefs of the
homicide, robbery and pickup squads,
at least, should not be captains, for
these squads bear a large share of
responsibility for stamping out crime
in Washington. The District appro-
priation bill, recently passed, calls for
appointment of four special detec-
tives at salaries of $4,000, which is
the pay of police captain. Perhaps
these detectives could be given the
rank as we'll as the salary of captains.
This question of giving added
strength and prestige to the Detec-
tive Bureau by creating higher ranks
to which it's members could aspire
merits special consideration by the
House subcommittee, which already
has rendered the city splendid SerV-
ice by exposing some of the weak
nesses within the Police Department.
Evening star., 1941-07-10
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TracetDeH.

Other common names for 1t are golden
crowned thrush, nightingale, wood wag-
tail, golden-crowned wagtail, golden
crowned accentor.
1t has two stripes on the head, but
these are difficult to see unless you are
very close.
The ovenbird is walker, and one Of
the best of the lot.
Not many birds walk, after all. Most
of them hop along.
Other walkers are the water thruShes
which somewhat resemble an oven
bird--the larks crows, starlings, and the
grackles.
OF all the walking birds, the oven
bird is by far the most solemn.
It walks as if it thought the process
something to be very proud of; in the
intervals of walking, the bird bobs its
tail up and down. 1t is this latter habit
which leads to the popular name of
Wagtail.
The bird is not called "ovenbird" for
1llC llCol, IOlISIl uSICO O4l II4C
ground, is arched over with leaves, so
that it does somewhat resemble a sort
of fairy oven. 1t is SO we'll blended with
the landscape that it is possible to step
on it without seeing it,
The female, when forced to leave her
nest because of an intruder, will fly away,
dragging one wing as If broken.
Most of the ground nesters indulge in
this trick, which is often successful in
drawing the intruder away from the
nest. Few birds, however, are as &C
complished at this as the oyenbird.
The flight song is often not associated
by hearers with the bird. Whereas the
ordinary song has been put into English
words as teacher, teacher" with the
accent on the second syllable, and end
leSsly repeated, the flight song comes
from aloft, and is of a different character.
1t is mostly heard while the bird is going
up, but reports have been made of the
bird giving the same song on the ground.
K3 X
1t is nothing new for persons to con-
fuse the ovenbird with the thrush
George GLADDEN.. writing in Birds of
America tells us that no less of a nature
lover than Thoreau was perplexed by it.
He writes:
1T seems clear now that this remark
able flight song of the ovenbird is the
one which Thoreau heard SO often, but
failed to identify with the singer. though
he knew the 'golden-crowned thrush,
the name by which the ovenbird was
formerly known"
The small bird which visited the win
dow box in the winter with the juncos
probably was a female dovny wood
peckar This is a handsome little bird,
without any red on its head, as most
Woodpeckers have
1t pals around with the nuthatch, tit
mouse, chickadee and juncos. But one
mustn't expect to see anything particu-
larly downy about the bird; that char
acterlstic, as we'll as the term hairy"
used for one kind of woodpecker, re-
ters to certain disposition of growth
OF feathers, and is not to be understood
except by direct handling.
Evening star., 1941-07-10

@. Is motion to adjourn debatable?
"A. T. NJ.
A. A motion to adjourn Is not de-
batable.
Q. Is there a bar in the Capitol a.
Washington?-C F. NJ
A. No. the last saloon bar was taken
out of the Capitol in 1903
@. What is the weight of a busheI Of
tomatoes?-A. T. T.
A. A bushel of tomatoes weighs ap-
proximately SO pounds.
O. How much damage results an
nuauy from fires in national forests?
y E. J.
A. The most recent statistics show the
value of timber, forage and buildings
destroyed as s2,143737 during the year.
@. What was Washingtons Fleet?-
L. F. S.
A. Before the organization Of the
Continental Navy, Washington ordered
the commissioning of II ships in two
fleets for the interception of supplies
sent to the British Army and the cap
ture of these for the Continental Army.
G. Where does the common house fly
spend the winter?-G. C. D.
A. Information about the house fly
in winter is not complete. A few main
tain themselves in warm buildings ana
perhaps continue to reproduce.
@. What was the origin of the word
copperhead as applied to Southern SYM
pathizers in the North at the time OF
the Civil War?-T. T.
A. The copperhead snake is some
times called the dumb rattlesnake be-
cause of its noiseless approach. Whence
1t came to be used as a nickname for
noiSeleSs and noisome enemies-the
Indians, the Dutch colonists, and the
Northern anti-war Democrats.
Q. What does it cost to become
member of the Youth Hostel organiza.
tion?-T. T. V.
A. 1t costs 81 for those under 81 and
81 for those 2l years of age and over
to join the hostel organization.
Q. Where and when was Sir Edmund
Ironsides born and how long has he been
in the army?-A. I. S.
A. Sir Edmund Ironsides was born
May 6, $780, in Aberdeenshin- Scotland
He has been a soldier since his youth.
@. Is the use of snails for food
recent?-S. U.
A. Snails have been used for food
since the earliest stages of mans de-
velopment.
Evening star., 1941-07-10

destruction of Hitlerism. If we can keep
Russia and Germany fighting each other
long enough, all of Hitlers war gear
Will be spent, while Britain and America
Will be growing stronger in defensive
equipment. If the campaign launched
by the America Firsters is as much a
campaign for keeping America out of
the war as they would have us believe,
why DO they not aid Russia? Perhaps
1t IS only to advertise certain speakers
having political ambitions We refuse
to believe it is sabotage of Americas de-
fense program.
DIR. FRED P. PATTON.
Randolph, Utah.