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The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30
RAF Leaves
 Bremen Aflame In l7th Raid

LONDON, June 28 (E1 - Flam es "all beyond control were left raging in the important north German port of Bremen and its shipyards, after an unusually heavy night attack by British bonlbers in the 17th successive raid on northwestern Germany, the air ministry said. The an- nouncement was made as new waves of daylight bombers roar ed out again to the German-held French coast.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30
US. Marines Sent London
 Aid Officials

WASHINGTON, June 28 &P) - The Navy Department announc- ed that small detachment of marines was sent to London to facilitate communications be- tween the various United States offices located there" The Navy said the detachment consisted of three officers and 60 men.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30

Louise and Fanny Moore spend a lot of time hiking along the bottom of the river bed (30 feet below the surface) in Jackson vile, Fla. They're divers in their fathers salvage business, which operates from the houSeboat where the family lives. Two bro thers make the rest of the crew.
 The girls began their diving several years ago after a visit ing youngster dropped his air rife overheard and Louise dived to recover it. Now they both slip on their heavy suits and helmets frequently and go down on such assignments as recovering out board motors and locating 4,000- pound pile driver hammers that have been lost overheard.
 What they like best though is open-air athletics. Fanny holds the women's state track record for 400 meters and Louise the record for the javelin throw.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30
WOMEN STEPPING INTO JOBS OF MEN WHO ARE CALLED, DRAFT, DEFENSE
By Adelaide Kerr .AP Feature Service Writer

Lots of women are doing mems jobs with success nowadays.
 Three girls are drivingtaxi-cabs in San Jose, Cal, because the draft and defense work have made men drivers so scarce. To get their ffiobs they had to draw up a map of the city from mem- ory and pass three examinations the cab company's, the city's and the states. Their boss says at least one of them drives as well as any man he's seen. The girls work eight hours a day.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30
German Panzer Columns Break
 Through Minsk Sector, Capture
 City Are Half Way to Moscow

in the Baltic "is too narrow and tight that the destruction of the Bolshevist units is certain" DNB said several hundred Soviet tanks and 42 cannon were captur ed or destroyed northwest of LWoW.
 A Russian communique said during last night our troops continued stubborn fighting in the Ourmansk, DivinSk. Minsk and Luck sectors. In other sec tors of the front, reconnaissance and frequent troop regrouping and artillery duels took place" Russians Still West of '39 Border
 The roar of cannonading was reported on major sections along most of the 2,000 mile front from the Baltic to the Black Sea, while the Germans claimed rapid fire series of successes, it was appar ent with the exception of the ,Minsk area, Russia's Red Army was still fighting west of the 1889 Soviet frontiers. A Moscow com munique declared that German attempts to knife across the Karl elan Isthmus from Finland, now fighting at the side of German land troops, and by sea at Viii puri, were repulsed. Viipuri, on the Gulf of Finland, is only "A miles by railroad from Lenin- grad, Russia's second largest city.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30
Off-Shore Naval Base To Be Established In Eastern Aleutian
 Islands On September First

of Portland will be in command of the base. Other stations will be established on Midway Is-. land in the Pacific and at Caren- age Bay, Trinidad, five miles from Port of Spain.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30

WASHINGTON, June 30 (P)- Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced that off-shore naval base will be established on Amaknak Island in the eastern AleutianS on September first. Commander William UpdeGraff
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30

Maggie Porter was the law" in Parma, Mo, for several months. After her father died last December, she pinned his chief of police star on her suit lapel, strapped a six-shooter around her waist and set out to keep law and order. She made 30 arrests in two and half months so the town father told her to carry on" till the spring cleo ton.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-30

Dr. Eloise H. Health, a Vassar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
Swiss Thorn in Nazi Side

No better proof of the real spirit behind Nazism could
be found than recent attacks Switzerland in the Naz
press. Switzerland tiny country in Europes heart,
treasures its independence and its democracy. 1t has been
most scrupulous in maintaining all the forms of traditional
neutrality.
What reward? German officials and newspapers now
launch attacks Switzerland charging aoofness from
the New Order in Europe without provocaton
I'VE do understand what Switzerland wants, and why
it wants isolate itself" Behind these impatient
to end"
Switzerland wants to isolate itself from any new
order in Europe you might think that is Switzerlands
right whether Maxi minds understand the wish not To
the Nazi mind there is such right.
The plain truth is that long free country remains
in Europes midst Haunting its example of free demo-
cratic life il must make Maxi big shots dgety II is sig
nifican that of all the nations lined up under the
new order" not has joined by anything APP
preaching free decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20

OH the WtSltIn IltiiliSpiltlc
For several years the state
department has tried TO per-
suade Pan-American TO buy
controlling interest in these
feeder lines. But Pan-Am has
replied that the business is un-
profitable, and 1t cannot afford
to put its own money into this
defense venture. Although sur
rounding republics are friendly
to the United States and prob
ably would appropriate the Ger
man-owned services. Washing
ton hesitates TO counsel the use
Of such a weapon for fear II
may be turned against us some
day.
The bill permitting the RFC
to create any kind OF corpora
ton anywhere. even outside
Ameriean boundaries. would
solve the problem. Funds could
be advanced TO Pan-Am in the
name of national defense, to
buy into existing lines or TO set
up competing companies. But
that measure remains begged
In congress. So President Roose-
welt plans to expedite the move
ment to loosen the Nazi grip
by advancing money from his
special fund for emergency"
national defense purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
Leagues Pulse Still Family Beats

There Is something startling almost shocking in the
that the League of Nations dead in the mind of the
average man. still feels faint heartbeat.
The League, experiment in international government
which to have crowned all the horror of the First World
War; failed its essential task-the creation of peaceful
and orderly world. When swept once more across
civilization cursed this agency through which they had
failed to prevent their tragedy and said in revusion Bah
II is deadi"
II is not dead. It's heart beats feeby with trckle of
febood pumped into it by 48 nations which still
bers Throughout 1910 in $780, every state within the
British Empire tThe United Kingdom, India Australia,
Canada Fire New Zealand and the Union of South Africa
paid their contrbuary share in full, though nearly all of
them were at
States PROSTATE under the German heel are still
trying to their shares to League support Even the
Vchy in France is trying get frozen credits
in the United States released that it pay its balances
of the 1910 contribution For 1941 the Dutch
has already paid half of its contribution and Norway is
willing, though not able
Those pifu gestures by countries robbed of the
ability to they would like to do. Failure though
il the League still to have hold the hearts
of in lands In the depths of despair and
the humiliation OF conquest have even yet tried to
cling to what is longer than name and symbol
Of an orderly international world
Names and symbols are not without power even today
and the fact that the League of Nations the postwar
world knew failure is proof that such league
eventually succeed The first constitution drawn
by the American people after independence
failure but they did not See it is hopeessv They
formed constitution, and this second effort framed
government that has already lasted $50 years and is
stronger than ever.
Whether that faint heartbeat is still pulsing the
PROSTATE League of Nations will strengthen again
into life knows. The prospects bright Yet
it is strange and wonderful to persistent vitality
in IT. plainly the idea and the ideal not dead Some
day Law must replace Anarchy between peoples.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

TO receive attention IN tina col
umn letters must Eivs name and
address Of writer Only initials
VII - published when requested.
Mr.. Fixit: Does Clark Gsble
act under hls real name or q
movie nanse7 Also please give
his height. color Of eyes. hair and
his age. READER
That's his name: he's 6 n. 1
inch tall. weighs 100 pounds. has
brown hair and blue eyes. Ad-
dress him at MGM studios,
Hollywood.
Mr.. Fixit: ! am writing 10 see
II ! can get help through your
column for . very needy family
who live near me. They are %
much IN need Of q cook stove,
one that they can bake In. There
are small children In this family
and they have been trying TO
get along with q two-hole oil
stove: n 10 almost impossible.
These people are very deserving.
n any Of your readers have such
. stove that they could give
these people. would be glad 10
have n called for and delivered
10 them. MRS. A. n. r.
II I receive any replies to this
request, will be glad to send
them on TO you.
Mr.. Fixit: Are there any
nightingales In this vicinity? II
not. what bird sings all through
the night? MRS. r. n.
Nightingales famed in poem
and songs are strictly an Old
World bird. The bird you most
likely hear at night here Is the
song sparrow. II has a wonder
fully sweet. clear song which It
sings incessantly day or night,
sunshine or rain. At this time
OF year we also hear the willow
finch. or wild canary which has
a very fine song but not ordin-
arily heard at night. Song spar
rows are numerous In Tacoma
and vicinity. readily make them
selves at home in any ciump of
bushes anywhere In town or
country; heard one the other day
on Market st. between 9th and
It'll SITS, where one or two lots
have become all overgrown with
brush.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, MAY 20

After the early morning hours
benefic aspects rule today. Nep-
tune II in threatening place. but
the stars seem to smile upon
those under the sway of Uranus.
Heart and Home: This Is a
fortunate date for beginning any
new tasks. II IL lucky for those
who seek employment In voca-
tions which usually are followed
by men. Girls who adopt the
handicrafts formerly belonging
to old-fashioned women should
find this a profitable date. The
use Of the hands Is strongly ad-
vised by the seers who foretell
that in postwar conditions lux
urious living will be restricted.
Business Affairs: Manufacture
of perfumes and cosmetics will
prove profitable. despite war
conditions. Many products. the
manufacture of which has been
transferred from Paris and Lon
don. win be popular. II is fore
told that fashion experts from
Paris win help TO develop New
York and Hollywood modes.
Prosperity In the United States
will assure widespread trade in
what have become non-essen-
tials abroad, il is forecast.
National Issues: Agitation TO
restrict the sale Of alcoholic
beverages slowly will extend
through the summer. Again
prohibition win be discussed and
temperance work among young
women win be n first step
toward forming public opinion.
The cocktail party a. q debu-
tante social gesture will gradu-
ally become unpopular and the
presence Of women at bars main
tanned in restaurants will be
criticized. Slow progress in the
movement to compel temperance
or total abstinence is presaged
by the stars.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
have the augury of q year Of
success attended by beneficial
changes. Disagreement with a
partner or business associate
may prove fortunate.
Children born on this date
probably will be popular. gen
erous and talented. They may
become gifted musicians or
writers. Love affairs may be
disappointing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
PULSE OF
THE BLIC
PEACE GROUP SENDS
LETTER TO PRESIDENT.

Editor, The Times: The follow
ing is a letter recently sent TO
the president of the United
States:
The Emergency Peace Com
mittee of Puyallup submits the
names and addresses Of the peo-
pie who signed the wire sent
you May 6th:
The people trust you. You
cannot; you dare not betray that
trust by sending our sons to
fight in foreign wars. Surely
YOUR pledges were more than
campaign oratory. No conveys
Mr.. President, the American
people are not dumb-they know
what this war is about. We have
said over and over again, mil
lions Of us, that you were elect
ed on your party's platform
which pledged peace and also
pledged to mothers and fathers
their sons would not be sent to
fight in foreign wars. Conveys
mean war! Are you going to
permit the war mongers to drive
the nation into civil revolt
Surely your pledges, the words
of a moral Christian gentleman
are more than campaign ora
tory II the greatest leader of
all time betrays his sacred
pledges TO whom can the youth
OF this land turn for the exam
pie of TRUTH, one OF the card
inal virtues in the training Of
youth?
again urging you to give the
people the opportunity to vote
on the Nye referendum"
MRS. ]. J. KERWIN,
Emergency Peace Committee
Of Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions, Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
i. What beasts of burden were
used by Hannibafs army 70
cross the Alps
2. Name the body OF water
that lies between Lower Cali
fornia and the Mexican main
land.
5. Who discovered the law Of
gravity
4. Name the first vice presi-
dent Of the United States.
s. Who was the messenger Of
the gods IN Roman mythology ?
6. Who wrote Robinson
Crusoe"G
Z. In which country was the
Battle Of Waterloo fought?
g. What does the Latin ex-
preston ''adeste fideles" mean
2. Who was the hero Of a
popular nursery rhyme who met
a pieman-
10. At which race track il
the Prsakness Stakes run.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
BATTLE Is FIERCE
ON BOTH SIDES

Powerful axis interests in Bra
zil. particularly German and
Italian. are waging a fierce bat
tie to overcome the present
dominance of a faction favorable
TO hemisphere solidarity. In re-
cent weeks there have been oni-
nous signs that they are making
Roadway.
Our principal friend in Brazil
Is the foreign minister, Oswaldo
Aranha. Formerly ambassador
TO the United States. he married
an American wife and was q
close friend of President Roose-
welt. But his influence appar-
emily has waned. and recently
he was given a two months
leave. There are e0o.0oo Ger
mans and 200. 900 Italians in
the country. These are engaged
in trade. finance. industry, avis-
tAotis NAA4Ae ffoA NAAAoAAs ~ 10y
are powerful figures. politically.
And there are also many Span
ism Fslangists (Fascists to us)
sympathetic To the axis Every
man is = salesman for Dictator
ship. Significant, too. il the
failure OF Brazil to seize the
italian and German ships in her
hsrbors-
High army officials are sus-
pected Of inclining toward the
axis They visited the United
States last year, when we were
just embarking on our re-arma-
ment program and they were
not impressed by our then mill
tary strength They have been
amazed by Killers conqueSts on
the continent An army coup,
in washington's opinion. easily
might install a new government
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
Stories in
Stamps
Rudy Ducks Pictured
On l94l Hunting Stomp

A FAMILY Of rudy ducks forms
= the design Of the 1871 migra-
tory waterfowl hunting stamp.
above, which will be placed on
sale in U. S. postofhces July 4
All duck hunters over Is must
purchase stamps.
The duck stamps were inaugu-
rated in 1884 with the issue Of
the design below. showing two
mallsros coming in foE a landing.
drawn by J. N. Ding Darling.
Complete sets Of the eight stamps
are prized BY collectors. although
they are non-philstelic items.
Proceeds from the sale Of duck
stamps are administered by the
Fish and Wildlife Service. u. s
Department Of the Interior, and
are used TO provide national wild
life refugees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20

London. Plans for joint opera
tons in the Far East. II Japan
should make a threatening ges-
ture. have been arranged as a
result Of conferences Of Anglo
American naval officers in that
area. Our Pacific fleet has been
provisioned and stationed for
action. British aviators are be-
ing trained on our fields All
weapons. including planes viii
be OF similar types.
John Maynard Keynes has ar
rived 10 teach US the British
method of avoiding initiation,
through heavier taxation, cur
tailment Of consumers' goods,
establishing Of priorities. pos
sibly price fixing. Such close
cooperation is necessary. OF
course, under the administration
policy Of insuring q victory for
Britain and a defeat for Ger
many. Even though not for
mally concluded. il is the first
time IN American history that
the United States. while nomi-
nally at peace. has entered into
an alliance with a foreign power
that was al war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
TIcuT An Inside Picture of Finun-
Ia u II i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON Official uneasiness pro-axis
symptoms in Brazil accounts for the administrations
funds in an effort to "deGermanize" several
cal lines which fan out into the interior and toward
the Panama canal AS the nearest point to Frenchcon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
FEARS LONG WAR
IF WE ENTER 1T

Editor The Times: Very soon
II will be decided whether we
will follow the road to peace.
as pledged by President Roose-
welt, or enter a war which most
experts agree viii last five years
II we participate; and which will
utterly wreck Europe, cost some
millions of American lives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20

was not much advertising BUSH
ness for either paper in this
then wilderness. In the early
issues Of The Columbian. Balch
4 Palmer announced that their
store carried = complete stock
OF general merchandise suited TO
the needs of the settlers Par
ticular items were new calicos
and a striped cotton shirting.
A reading notice occupying
about a third Of = column adj
vised the settlers Of the virtues
of Sands SarsapariIla and an
nounced that arrangements had
been made 10 supply II In quart
bottles. Indians ~ well rs white
persons discovered that taken
In sufficient quantities II would
produce a siEeable jag.
Under the heading. a Great
Desideratum." the proprietors Of
the hotel at Cowlitz Landing an
nounced that they had recently
greatly improved and refitted
their hotel and were prepared to
serve the travelling public with
the best accommodation in the
country.
In addition TO rooms and
meals, the hotel also provided
saddle horses with relays at the
residence of Mr.. jackson (Jack-
sons Prairie, Lewis county, $50
that travellers can reach Olympia
In one day from Cowlitz Land
ing" Something wrong when
the same distance II not COW
cred In about an hour today.
Another transportation conve-
nience exploited In The Column
bian was Smiths Express" the
fast clipper yacht "IaPete,"
making weekly trips between
Olympia and Port Townsend.
stopping at Nisqually, Stella
COON, WILDLY island and way
points.
South OF the Columbia and
radiating in different directions
from Oregon City, was the "F1y-
ing Yankee" mule train which
carried passengers with neat
ness and dispatch and at reason
able rates.
Independent and Bible Pres
byterians will be interested in
knowing that a notice in The
Spectator called together the
first general conference of that
denomination in the Northwest
at Oregon City Feb. %, 1s4s.
The conference was called 'for
the purpose of ascertaining the
strength of our denomination
This editorial comment in the
same issue gives an idea of the
attitude on amusements a CEN.
fury ago:
I'VE understand that another
bowling alley Is to be construct .
ed in this city. We are sorry
to learn that such IL the fact.
Much time and considerable
money have been spent on the
alley now In use. Time and
money thus employed bring no
return of food, clothing or
honor"
What would Editor Watts
think Of the innumerable places
of amusement today - bowling
alleys. card rooms, clubs" tav-
ems and bootleg joints which
infest city and country and take
a terrible toll in human life az
well as honor? He would prob
ably think that the members of
the state liquor board should
have their heads examined when
they talk about another liquor
headquarters in Tacoma. He also
would think 1t queer that the
average penalty for killing a
person with an automobile is
less than $25 while II boy
takes an automobile without per-
mission Of the owner he gets .
15-year jail sentence. Queer fel.
lows, those old newspaper edi-
tors.
M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20
u. S.-BRITISH
ALLIANCE OUTRIGHT

The U. S. and Great Britain
have quietly effected a close al
lance on diplomatic. economic.
financial and fighting fronts,
although pains have been taken
70 conceal its fun significance.
Our state department and the
British foreign office exchange
confidential information on every
phase Of the war. Navy Under
Secretary ForrestAl has re-
turned to Washington after Sc
cret consultations with officials
Of the British admiralty. Air
Corps Chieftain Henry H. Ar
mold arranged for collaboration
with the Raj while he was IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-20


Promote Newspaper
SieiIacoom Firm Among
First Advertisers
Editor Wsifa Concerned
Over New Bowling Alley
As they frequently have done.
readers of this column have been
expressing themselves on the
series concerning the journalistic
careers Of James Gordon Ben
nett and Horace Greeley, stall
wart pioneers in that field,
whose papers the New York
Herald and the New York Trib-
une. now published as the Her
sld-Tribune, have passed the
century mark. The thought has
been expressed that this gener-
alton owes a great deal to the
influence OF those two newspa-
pers in shaping national policies.
That is true, not only as the
thought relates to the Bennett
and Greeley papers. but it also
applies TO pioneers in the news
paper field in the Northwest.
About the time Bennett and
Greeley were having their first
battles over newspaper ethics
and morals and national politics,
the first newspaper in the Ore
gon country" made its appear
ance at Oregon City when this
part Of the United States was
as much British as American.
This was the Oregon Specta-
tor" published by Aaron f.
Watts and William P. Hudson.
A few years later-Sept. IL,
1852. w. Wiley and F. F. Nc
Elroy began publication of THE
Columbian" at Olympia. Balch
& Palmer, prominent general
merchants at Steilacoom, be-
came the papers agents in this
territory.
The Columbian. according to
the Introductory announcement
which appeared several weeks
in succession probably because
it was needed as space filler,
advised the public that it was
started at the solicitation of a
number of intelligent gentlemen
north of the Columbia river"
The paper was pledged to neu-
trality in politics" and devoted
to the interests of Oregon in
general and to that part of the
territory north of the Columbia
river in particular"
In their way. The Spectator
and The Columbian were as in
fIuential in shaping the destiny
of the Northwest as the Herald
and Tribune were in helping to
establish certain national poll
cies. The first promotion by
The Columbian was the move
ment to establish a separate
territory out of that part of
Oregon north of the Columbia
river and extending from the
Pacific ocean to the Rocky
mountains.
AS might be expected, there