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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27
PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
YOUTH OBJECTS TO
OUR GOING To WAR


Editor. The Times: Youth
writes to the president. Perhaps
you would give it space in your
columns.
Dear Mr.. President: This Is
to let you know that am stand
ing steadfastly behind you
AGAINST WAR Don't let any
one force you from your stand
OF peace as set down by you
last November. Though they
may threaten, browbeat, cajole,
wheedle and everything else
they do TO get their own way.
just take time to remember that
you have SIS per cent or one hun
dred and four million people,
good Americans all, that will
back you up in the fight against
these greedy, grasping killers
that use the cloak Of democracy
to gain their selfish ends. We,
the people. kno wthe meaning
OF democracy; not as II Is cal
culated in dollars and cents but
rather as a means to a richer
and fuller enjoyment OF life.
I'VE, who work for peace in
this hell-laden world are called
Communist and Red by the Fas-
eists. The Fascists l speak of
are that group Of men who
backed Hitler and II Duce for
the express purpose of profit
and destruction OF communism.
These same men are now call
ing-yea, demanding-that the
youth Of this nation go forth
to destroy this monster that
their perfidy has created. Re-
member that ito waste not is
to want not" Waste not W.
youth Of the nation and we NAV
yet live to fulfill destiny
greater than that Of swelling
The blood rusted Golfers of the
money changers located in the
temple of democracy
JACK KERwIN. JR.,
Rt ), Box 29s. Puyallup. Wash.
PROTECT DEaooRACY
Editor, The Times: Herewith
IL letter sent to our president:
Hon. President F. d. Roose-
welt; The people elected you to
pilot the ship Of state. Your
oath OF office makes your duty
elear-to preserve and protect
our democracy. Believing in
your integrity and ability. the
real Americans trust you. and
advise that you pay no attention
70 mutineers and back seat
drivers.
IF You deem il necessary. we
trust you to send our fighting
force out in foreign waters TO
keep our cities from being
bombed and our women and
children murdered like rats"
Why does the Emergency
Peace committee fight the presi-
dent elected by the people > They
cry Peace, peace while they
viciousiy attack the president
and seek 10 scuttle the ship Of
state. They would bind the
president hand and foot and
allow the baek-seat mutineers
10 destroy our democracy
through coWardice.
!, is a eowardly trick to svzde
the real duty Of our president
b. substituting a false issue
The word convoy" wa not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27
An Inside Picture of Finon-
II / u IL i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON : Henry Morgenthau, jrr is baking
bitterly against the proposal of John Maynard Keynes
that the u s. finance costs through the system of
compulsory savings" employed in Great Britain The
treasury secretary is convinced that enforced savings
deducted from the payroll at the source do fit into
American theories of democracy His reaction constitutes
a major snub to the famous British economist.
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mentioned in the campaign. AZ
far as sending our sons to for
eign soil, that may be involved
in the discharge Of his sworn
duty to protect and preserve our
democracy. THAT is THE
PRESIDENTS FIRST AND
FOREMOST DUTY. He knows
more about the underlying facts
Of the situation than all the
peace committees.
We did not elect a dead man
for a president. Dead men never
change their minds. A true pilot
will change his tactics when
the fury Of the storm breaks
upon his ship. To try to brow
beat the president by saying
that he promised. under certain
existing conditions which pre-
vailed at the time of the cleo
tion, that he had no intention
OF sending our boys to fight on
foreign soil. is most dastardly
unworthy of a true American.
The presidents job is 10 pro-
tect and preserve our democ-
racy, and we give him a free
hand TO do his best according
TO the knowledge which he pos
sesses. He has a hard job and
needs the support Of every true
citizen. The men and women
who are not hoodwinked by Hit
lerism viii never lose sight Of
the presidents first duty - to
protect and preserve our democ-
racy at all cost.
fREV.1 A. L. COOK.
1924 No. Lawrence q.
AN APPRECIATIoN
Editor. The Times: The mem
bers OF the American Legion
auxiliary appreciate your CO.
operation in giving publicity to
their poppy sale. They feel sure
that much Of the success re-
suited from your reminder TO
the public Of the story behind
the seller on the street
SADIE NJ. GALE.
Publicity Chairman. Unit. I3s.
FRANCES N. GOODMAN.
Publicity Chairman, Rhodes Unit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

Stand Guard While We
Should Have Reposed"
Wilkes Party Sets Ready
To Explore Nsehes Pass
Captain Gets Alvey
With Best Horses
Through PuysIIup Valley
And Up Eli Hill
As We continue the review Of
n that portion Of the Braeken-
ridge diary which relates to the
first crossing Of Naches pas by
a government expedition. this
question naturally viii arise:
Why did Capt Wilkes send
his men over Nsches instead Of
some other pass So far the
record does not disclose q d.
rect answer. but there IL plenty
OF ground for the conjecture
that the Indians and q few
traders used that route in pref
erence to others.
Capt. Wilkes advised with the
Hudson's Bay people at Fort
Nisqually. They were interested
in establishing the most direct
connection between Nisqually
and the fur bearing areas east
Of the mountains. II Is reason
able 10 believe that the Hud-
sons Bay trappers knew some
thing about the mountain passes
and chose Naches because Of
certain advantages.
Whatever the reason, Capt.
wilkes was advised TO send his
expedition over Naches.
Naturally there WAS a good
deal OF interest among the mem
bers OF the Wilkes crews when
the announcement was made
that a detail would be chosen
for an expedition into a country
east Of the mountains. This ac-
counted for the orders TO Lieut..
Robert johnson q few days ear
her TO buy several horses from
the Indians and obtain saddles
from the Hudson's Bay COM
pany.
On May IT. 1s41, Capt. wilkes
announced that Lieut.. Robert
Johnson, of the Vincennes, would
head the expedition. Others
were DR.. Charles Pickering, nat
uralist with the Wilkes party; T.
w. Waldron, Sergeant Sternes,
Henry Walton, a cook from one
of Wilkes ships. and Bracken-
ridge, all members OF the Wilkes
expedition.
Assigned 10 accompany them
from Fort Nisqually were Pierre
Charles. expert woodsman and
construction foreman at the fort;
Peter Bercier, guide and inter-
prefer who knew all the Ian
guages of the country" and a
number Of Indians.
As the equipment and sup
plies were being assembled for
the journey, it was discovered
that Capt. Wilkes, who with an
other party had departed the
day before for Fort Vancouver.
had taken most Of the horses
and the best saddles bought for
the expedition. Sailmakers from
the ships were called in To help
repair the saddles while Lieut..
johnson secuted around for
more horses.
The first night the party
eamped just outside the gates
Of Fort Nisqually.
Our luggage Breckenridge
wrote under date nj MAY IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

was piled IN . heap. which
compelled ~ % stand watch.
when ue could have Just - easy
placed the whole inside the fort
An offer which was made us
By Mr.. Anderson-but No. We
must stand guard while We
could have reposed.-
The next day the party moved
to Sequalitehew lake where sd-
ditional horses were obtained
from the natives and an sddi-
tional guide from Cowlitz farm
joined the expedition. The next
day, May 20. the party started
about noon in the direction Of
Mount Rainier" and that night
eamped beside Murray creek.
An early start the Hext morn
ing brought the party 10 the
Puyallup river about noon. The
diary describes the river flow
ing through "a fine patch Of
meadow land with clumps Of
alder and willow. The whole was
quite flat and continued for at
least three miles in the same
direction as our route lay.
could observe the same oharac-
ter OF land a considerable die
lance above the river. The soil
was Of q black, turfy nature"
All Of which IL a good descrip-
ton Of the Puyallup valley.
After crossing the valley the
party followed q trail which.
from the description. must have
been mp Elhi hill. following the
general route Of the road built
many years later by Dave White
and only recently rebuilt ss =
state highway.
Near South Prairie creek.
branch OF the Carbon river.
Breckenridge was astonished to
find "a very snug and water
tight house built from planks
split out OF the 'T'huja' or 'Arbor
Vitae giant CEDAR. tree
which gains a great SIZE on
these mountains. The planks
were as smooth as il cut out by
a saw and many OF them were
three feet wide"
1t was these straight grained
cedars which provided material
for so many OF the homes for
those who a few years later
were to come in and settle in
the fertile valley described by
Breckenridge.
The route lay somewhat to the
north OF Mount Rainier through
a heavy forest where the tree
trunks were without a branch
for about a hundred and fifty
feet above the ground. The path
generally followed, as described
by Breckenridge. was a faint
Indian trail, and We did not
learn whether horses had ever
been taken across the noun
tains by the same route or not;
at least no traces Of them could
be found, so that our guide ives
obliged to cut run for US often
TO the length of several miles
through the thickets and under
brush"
There also were steep, rocky
passages furnishing poor foot
holds for the horses.
AT one Of these hard catch
es," the diary relates, "the horse
carrying our provision case fell
into the river. The lashings
gave way and the whole pack
went downstream - the horse
alone was recovered"
That was a tough break. for
game was scarce in the noun
tains. In three days the Indian
hunters had killed only one deer
and three grouse.
May rs, a hundred years ago
today, the party camped on the
level prairie-like place n short
distance below the confluence of
the Greenwater and White riv-
ers. II WAS on this same spot
that the first wagon train to
cross the Naches pass camped
49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27
BUTTONS OF NAVY
REMAIN UNCHANGED

Frank Knox, the ebullient sec
rotary Of the navy. has FASTENED
to modify his original order
about changing the buttons on
navy uniforms.
In an enthusiastic outburst Of
patriotic enthusiasm. Knox re-
Gently decreed that uniform but
tons must be changed because
they show the American eagle
looking toward the left instead
Of the right. At the moment he
did not realize that such a shift
would require a large amount Of
war-needed metal and machine
tools. II would mean also a ire
mendous financial outlay for
naval officers.
So after a few whispers in his
ear. Knox has decided that the
changes viii be made when an
officer buys new buttons. The
traditional II incorrect models
may be used until the cloth 10
which they are sewed wears out
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

tumbled mass Of sand Is con-
stantly shifting, and bones Of
men and animals are reported
uncovered by the wind, buried
possibly for centuries.
The Denver and Rio Rrande
railroad runs along the edge Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27
SO THEY SAY

can't say there won't be
some strikes. because We are
not a perfect fsmily.-Wilhsm
Green, president Of A =. OF L
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27
HARD ON FIGHTERS
ID lllctl CNOliOtiliol.
SCHOOLBOOK TEST


HARD ON FIGHTERS
The army will lose thousands
OF fine frontier fighters II it en-
forces the order that only liter
ate men may be drafted. Com
plants against this ruling are
pouring in from veterans of the
World War and potential heroes
Of the conflict which may lie
ahead.
The selective service officials
have decreed that anybody with
out a fifth-grade education must
undergo an /. Q. test. II he can
not pass II, he will be regarded
as ineligible for thu regular or
draft army. 1t happens that one
southern state which furnished
some of our finest and bravest
troops in the World War, has a
low standard Of hteracy. A max
imum of 10000 squirrel-shooting
men from that state would be
barred under this educational de-
cree. 1t is estimated that at least
100, 900 candidates from New
York state would be ruled out
on the ground that they cannot
read or write the answers TO
army questionnaires.
History is against the army.
such heroes as Daniel Boone.
Andrew jackson and Sergeant
York would have been kept on
the sidelines under such a de-
cree. Army educators point out
that a modern-dsy soldier must
be an engineer, a mechanic and
a mathematician. He must do
more than carry a gun and know
squads right" However, when
congress gets to work on this
regulation. men who cannot
speak, read OF write English viii
become eligible for a uniform.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

SEA OF SAND
Located In the San Luis valley,
Colorado's famous dunes be-
came the Great Sand Dunes Ma
tionsl Monument in 1892. Higher
in places than most Of New
York's skyscrapers. this great
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

Burglar Swallows Jewels" = headline. Diamonds in
n rough.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-27

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

SO He DRAWS The MAGIC ClRCIEAND The S-pONTtD STAR
OF HA-MOO. SETS OUT The APPROPRIATE SYMBOLS, DOES
WHAT IS NECESSARY BY WAY OF SACRIFICE OWE NEED MOI
RECOUNT The HORRORS OF THIS pROCEDURE) AND WITH
FEAR IN HIS HEART RECeS The LONG, WEIRD MCAkTATlOb
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
AMERICA s. GREATEST

SYNOPSIS As PRINCE VALIANT ESCORTS IHE LADY AClDA
WESTWAQD 1t NARVELS AT The CVERpOWERNG VOLUME
o. HE'D EHAfTER F0R SHtt5 An ABANDONED WIFE Ri
COUE1sC1 HER HUSBANDS SHORTCOMINGS AND THEY
ABE EkDlESSi
Evening star., 1941-10-19

p AM not an average New Yorker. l was
born here The really dyed-in- the-wool
4 New Workers are born in Scranton,
Buffalo or Des Moines.
Although never much of hand at family
tree tracing, gather that am the product
of long line of Quakers on my mothers
side, and of New Englanders many of them
seafaring, on my fathers.
Judging from daguerreotypes, / look re-
markably like my maternal great-grand-
mother This has always secretly delighted
me, as l consider her something of glamor
girl During the Civil War, she ran away
from her children and husband, who was a
staunch Aboltionist, to marry Southern
doctor. She lived with him for many years in
Florida and raised another family. When he
died she returned to Great Grandfather,
whose second wife had by that time died too,
and remarked him. This seems to me nice
going at any time but in that day and age,
a truly remarkable feat.
Somewhat harried - and, l should ina
CINE, dazed by such goings on - Great
Grandfather eventually passed to eternal rest,
but Great Grandmother hung on to the age
of 90, when she died from injuries received in
an automobile accident while out joyriding
with beau.
When l was very young - about five -
was sent away to boarding school, because
my parents were both working and away from
home all day, and they couldn't afford any
Evening star., 1941-10-19

column. The nuns were teaching me nice
manners. fear. alas, that the wear and tear
of life has rubbed off most of them, with the
exception of my reaction to door banging
The precept that no lady slammed door was
so firmly instilled in our minds that to this
day, if bang door accidentally, quickly
open it again, even if the room is empty.
have even caught myself saying politely,
''Oh, beg your pardon"
They were teaching me manners; | was
moseying along among the Three RS; and
was learning very smooth game of pool
This last may seem an odd accomplishment
to have absorbed from the dear sisters, but
it came about quite naturally: after two years
of school in the city, Mother decided needed
country air, 50 she sent me to the house in
Suffern, New York, which had been given to
the Order of the Holy Child by Thomas For
tune Ryan.
The upstairs chambers had been remod-
eled into dornitories, but the downstairs
was left pretty much as it had been during
the tycoon incumbency. There was billiard
room. and in the billiard room. a pool table,
and the dear sisters had seen no reason for
removing it. We all played continually, and it
was pretty sight to see Mother Mary Agnes,
with her cue tucked under her arm and her
veil awry, aiming swift and true for the corner
pocket.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
She Had the CvrIs

4HE following season, starred in Little
Lord Fauntleroy. had the curls, painfully
acquired by sleeping on hard rag knobs), the
lace collar, and the black velvet suit - only
mine had skirt instead of pants My uncle,
the Earl, was an athletic girl of l8 in densely
powdered hair and flannel dressing gown,
leaning heavily on my shoulder When
saw Freddie Bartholomew and c. Aubrey
Smith play these parts in the movies years
later, thought they were effete - they had
polish, but we had gusto
After Little Lord Faunteroy, there came
a long hiatus in my theatrical activities,
phenomenon which reoccurs with distressing
frequency in my adult career will not 20
into long dissertation on what is wrong with
the theater, but will say that what is wrong
with it as far as am concerned, is that |
don't get enough jobs Since there are no cries
of 1--WE want Chase" resounding through
CONTINUED on pose 11)
1s-1S-4
Evening star., 1941-10-19
The Sober Side

HOWEVER, the religious aspect of our train
ing was not neglected. especially loved re-
treats. You were supposed to retreat into
silence for several hours over course of days.
and during these periods the nuns gave us holy
pictures to paste into our scrapbooks.
Those of us who had the artistic urge were
encouraged to paint wreaths around their
pictures. had it, and can still see my ST.
Theresa, thick-embowered in forget-me-nots,
which were what painted best - four little
blue dots close together, then yellow one
for the center, then whole lot of curly green
leaves.
Judging from theatrical biographies, con-
vents have long been greenhouses for sprout-
ing actors Ours was no exception. A good
many people around there loved the theater,
and we were always putting on plays. When
l was eight acted the title role in ''Puss in
Boots" and though the cast was limited,
was not. In Act One, did not appear as
Puss, but l wore sign around my neck
which said, Il am the Miller, the First Son,
and the Second Son." In Act Two, burst
forth in kind of gray flannel union suit with
feet in it, long tail, and cat-mask with
whiskers.
There was one slight anachronism: as
Monsignor was to be present at the perform
ance the nuns apparently decided that an
eight-year old s spindle shanks were somehow
not quite proper, so | had to wear brief far
ing blue serge skirt and bolero The effect
was that of Gold Dust Twin with a tail
l do not remember much about my perform
ance - it makes me happy to imagine it as
triumphant - but remember distinctly the
anticlimactic epilogue. As the leading char
acter, was supposed to present the Mon
signor with bouquet of red roses "a re-
versal of the usual procedure, by the way;
but the cat-mask slipped around on my head
and couldn't see, 50 walked straight into
Reverend Mothers lap. can still hear her
social laugh and slight hiss in my ear. as she
gave me gentle shove toward the Mon
signor.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

She thought this lacked taste and said So
She also thought that for children from six
to ten to be singing Weary of life and laden
with my sin, look at Heaven and long to
enter in" while piquant, was too far fetched
to be borne with equanimity.
Opposed to that, however, was the credit
Evening star., 1941-10-19

thing so starchy as an English nurse or
French governess. Mother did not relish the
idea of delegating my upbringing to the slap
dash, if devoted, care of a maid of all work, 50
she hit on the plan of sending me to con-
vent.
We are not Catholics, but there we're two
reasons for this choice One was that most
boarding schools did not take such young
children. And the other was that Mother felt
that the nuns, whose lives were dedicated to
devotion and service, would be affectionate
as we'll as disciplinary.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
One Drowboek

In THIS she was not wrong. However, the
convent proved something of a mixed bless
ing. The difficulty was that the nuns author
ity fingered over those week ends when l re-
turned to my pagan home, and my dear par
ents suffered considerably from my reiterated
tales of convent Standards invariably pref
aced with, Sister says =" Never mind
what Sister says" they would remark tartly.
You think up something of your own, or
else just depend on us.
Sister once said it was impolite to blow your
nose in public, which elected from Mother the
retort practical, What are you supposed
to do, let it run?''
A cause of keen aesthetic discontinue to
Mother was the unfortunate rule which stated
that at all recitals or social functions in the
convent, we should wear black silk gloves.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
HOW | GOT THAT Way

One of Americas most provocative actresses,
who played hex first part in a gray flannel
union suit, tells her own exciting story
by Ill<a Chase
Evening star., 1941-12-28

18th St n.w.-:}-story and basement.
10 rms. and bath. h-wh.. commercial:
VIII sacrifice at $4,000, very reasonable
terms
Evening star., 1941-12-28

5000 BLOCK NICHOLS AVE. SE-CON-
pIete !; family apartment. only wears old:
~, or'lteo ,a Lor s,uo Per month. Price, s. 200,
on TERMS MI. Rainc. AID. oqaa
WAPLE & LANES NC NJ 2nie
Evening star., 1941-12-28
THOS. G. MAGRUDER &C.
SLIGO PARK HILLS,

-"2I NILSSON BLVD, ARLINGTON VA,
GLEBE 3434. CHI. 1881.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
BIG SIX-ROOM HOME,
OnlV S7.450.
IU. TO SIKH At DNTN ST.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
HERE is VALUE
IN LYON VILLAGE.

WHITE BRICK, COLONIAL DE-
SIGN, FLANKED BY :! LARGE
SCREENED PORCHES, CENTER
HALL. SPACIOUS LIVING AND DIN
ING RMS. MODERN KITCHEN 3
BEDROOMS, . BATHS ON md FL,
MAIDS RIM. AND BATH IN BASE
MENT: ATTACHED GARAGE; OIL
HOT-WATER HEAT: CORNER LOT.
THOMAS G. MAGRUDER,
POSI- Wilson Blvd.
OK. 1850. CHI. 3131.
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BUSINESS PROPERTY WANTED

SMALL 5-RM BRICK BUNGALOW. AMI
~ MoHtgomery Co. MD: near transpoTfa-
non. GOV 4 payment ana monthly PAYNE erts
Evening star., 1941-12-28

30 units. best NV. section, for colored
tenants; occupied by white. Renrer at
above S22 900 yr.. can be delivered at
about Sl0O 900, with reasonable cash.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
TAEnMA DADy-


f-rm. house. 2 apartments . baths.
on neat extra large, pleasant rooms: lot
''X25S; large garden space; Sl@,5Ou
terms.
r. D. LILLE
80 Maple Ave, TakOma Park. Sligo "3n6
Evening star., 1941-12-28

mercial. ami, deep lots. Rented. $3.50
mo, Jan. l.. 1921. Priced at S4o,5Oo
price. but in point Of location and future
probability it's quite reasonable that they
are without a duplicate.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
SUBURBAN PROP. SALE OR RENT

HILLSIDE. MD NEW HOUSE 4 ROOMS.
oul.t-ln path and shower: large io+ TAFT
ave- oe. and c SIS Inquire MRS pA-
RoNG mouse in rear Hillside I5S4-J
ARLINGTON. VA -s-ROOM TIE HOUSE
mIoaern; zeal with owner and save. Oxford
Evening star., 1941-12-28
CORNER

Two 6-room brick houses. near Navy
Ysrd; - go for both; will sell separately,
HOME REALTY CO. a06 10th NV
AID. 5oq1 or RE I91-
Evening star., 1941-12-28

Temp. ave. nv tour-rm brick. out
side toilets and water rented AT so;
tenant pays water and for repairs. Price.
$500.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

Morton st. n.v.-2-story brick. rms d.
bath. gas. elect, Arcola heat deep lot.
good condition; rented $4,000 as Of Jan. /.
194l. Price, $3.50.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
COLORED.
NEWLY COMPLETED.

47I2 DIX ST. NE.
Semi-detached 6room brick full base
ment, oil heat, summer ana winter hook
up. modern tiled bath. all up-to-date I'M
provements; $50 81 monthly. FEDERAL
FINANCE CO. 915 New York ave. n W.
MA 74l6.