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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
BUILDING a National Muscle

The number of wage-earners in the United States today
is higher than ever before in the countrys history
51y647. 600. according to the National Industrial Confer
ence Board. Until this estimate 1t has been customary
to think of the number of employed workers rs roughly
$4,000. 000. Fewer than 1000 600 remain unemployed.
according to the same source, the lowest number since
September. 1890.
Such figures are estimates; no one can say how nearly
correct they are. They do suggest, however, that the
national muscles are being slowly flexed and that the
biceps revealed are bigger and stronger than ever before.
1t WAS with man-hours of work that Hitler built his mill
tary machine; it is this steadily growing volume of Amer
lean man-hours of work that gives the best hope of seeing
him defeated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
Action Needed on Traffic Problem

Shipyard workers. just one of many industrial groups
on the tideflats, have again demanded of the city fathers
that rapid and allembracing steps be taken to eliminate
the bottleneck that now impedes traffic to and from the
tideflats. They point out that the Todd ~shipyard will
employ three times as many workers in another six months
than it has now. How to handle six to eight thousand
men in the present narrowly-confined traffic lanes TO the
one plant is a staggering problem. The workers are right
upon insisting that action be taken now to solve it.
Not only should there be -established-at whatever cost
three or four lanes for traffic, but pavements sufficient
to handle six lanes of traffic, if need be. Supplementary
roads to and from and even across East 18th ST. should be
provided. Drastic regulation of traffic at the west end of
the 18th Street bridge at A st. should be drawn up.
Bottlenecks of all kinds should be eliminated as far as
possible. The problem poses an emergency that should
be dealt with accordingly. We cannot afford TO dilly-
daily with it. Action in capital letters is demanded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn 70 the
Womans page for the answers.
/. Name the capital OF New
Zealand.
2. With what sport was Tyrus
Raymond Cobb associated AZ a
player
3. When will the twenty-first
century begin?
1 What Biblical character
symbolizes a liar
5. An alloy of copper and
zinc is named ?
6. Minerva. the goddess Of
wisdom. was the daughter OF
Neptune, Jupiter or Mercury?
7. What was the name of the
ship sunk BY collision with an
iceberg in 1912, in which dis
sster more thas 1000 persons
were drowned
s What Is the postage rate
on letters TO South American
countries
Q Who vas nicknamed The
Happy Warrior >
10. Who asked for a place in
the sun
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
PUBLIC POWER ISSUE
is FIERY ONE

The Roosevelt = Norris Ickes
public power bloc has split
apart on a major issue for the
first time since the new deal
came into power. The wrangl-
ing participants have hushed
their differences for fear OF dam
aging the cause OF government
ownership Of power. but a pub
lie explosion seems inevitable.
F. y. R. precipitated the
struggle when he forwarded TO
Senators Norris. Bone and Nc
Nary a proposed bill placing
Bonneville and Grand Coules
under Secretary Iekes ~jurisdie-
ton. with = single administrators
having direct charge OF the
northwest projects.
Senator Norris Immediately
protested in what WAS. for him,
a bitter letter. Placing these
enterprises in the department Of
interior. he warned the presi-
dent would make them the
football OF politics. He pointed
out that a reaetonary chief exc
cutive The had Wendell in mind,
could sabotage public power
through his domination Of his
secretary OF the interior. The
senator expressed deep regret
that Roosevelt's power philoso-
ply had changed since he en-
tered the White house.
Norris urged that Bonneville
and Grand Coulee be admins
tered by an independent agency
like the three-man board which
manages the Tennessee valley
authority. The president did not
answer this protest But in sub
sequent conferences with the
Nehrssksn h. Indicated that ne
favored making Iokes tAs car
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
Stories in
Chaeon Conservatives
Revolted Aqoinst Mont

MANUEL MoNTT vas elected
1A president OF Chic m 1881. The
situation was fun of alarming pos
sibIlities. Gen Manuel Bulnes.
his predecessor. had done a rather
capable job. bat sbersi elements
in the country were grurnblins
over the election Of Mont, an arch
conservative.
Economically. me country was
prosperous and Montt governed
with a firm hand. The Chilean
government has honored him
philatehcslly with the 1911 stamp
above.
Mont was reelected in 1856
and two years later found his
country embroiled in civil war.
Parsdoxieally enough. the uprls-
ing did not spring from the dis
satisfied liberals but from the con-
servative church elements which
had supported him.
History is not very clear ~ 10
how the disagreement originated,
but il Is believed II started when
Archbishop Valdivieso va. no.
upheld by the Supreme Court in Q
decision regarding certain priests.
The revolt was quelled IN 1859
and hontt served out ms full term.
Jose Joaquin Perez succeeded HIM
IN 1861. hontt subsequently was
president Of the Supreme Court
until his death IN 1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

$500 -
More than 100 ships sailed for
middle eastern areas several
months ago. They YER loaded
with guns and tanks and am
munition for immediate use
against the Vichy forces In
Syria, and for transforming that
territory into an armed camp.
At the time the conveys left,
London believed that Hitler
would reinforce the Vichy army
strongly, and Churehill's ennis
saries here pleaded desperately
for immediate aid. Despite the
shortage of shipping, Washing
ton speeded the necessary sup
plies.
Whether for lack of longshore-
men or storage facilities, the
badly needed merchant ships
have been held there ever since
their arrival. Our people real
lie the difficulties confronting
the British, but they are most
anxious for the return OF the
vessels. They ere 10 have
sailed home by way Of tho Far
East, where they were supposed
TO pick up ssreoes of strategic
materials awaiting shipment in
the Dutch East Indies. Unless
they are started on their way
soon. they may IA smack INTO
Japanese blockaders. or return
home empty-handed around the
cane
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
&BIRTHDAYS
FAMOUS AMERICANS
July a

July 81
I763-James Kent, Jurist, at Phil
lippi. n. Y. His Common
taries on American Law
won him a high and per-
manent place among Eng
lish and American jurists.
His judgments as chancellor
of New York cover a wide
range OF topics and orm
the basis of American
equity Jurisprudence.
1S03-John Ericsson, naval engi-
neer. at Langvanshyptan,
Sweden. He was the de-
signer of the Monitor the
first armored turret ship,
which fought the celebrated
action with the Confederate
ram "herrimac.'
1sI6-George Henry Thomas >.
ma ~jor-general in the Union
army, in s outham ? ton
County. Virginia. A grad
uate of West Point. ne had
reached the rank of major
at the outbreak of the Civil
War. He resigned his com
mission but finally decided
10 adhere to the Union. He
noon became a ~brigadier-
general OF volunteers and
saw much hard service in
the west. At the battle of
Nashville in 1864, Thomas
inflicted on Hood the worst
defeat suffered in the open
field by any army on either
side during the Civil war.
For this Thomas VAS made
a major-general.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
D ErENS z
B Q D
Quiz

@. VIII personal checks be accepted for Bond purchases
when l buy direct by mail from the Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C?
a. Yes, subject to collection. Your bond will be mailed
10 you shortly thereafter.
O.. Does a Defense Savings Bond increase in value from
the date of purchase?
A. A Defense Savings Bond is dated the first of the
month in which remittance is received by an authorized
issuing agent. In other words. you get a full months credit
on your investment regardless of what day of the month
you buy your Bond.
Motto buy Defense Bonds and Stamps. 70 10 IN. nearest
post office or hank. - write IN tn. Treasurer Of tn. United stat.s
Washington. D. c, for an order form
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

despite the nations need FOR
them IN a crisis like the present.
Millions Of dollars worth NJ
riches have been lost 10 the fed
ersl government as a result Of
this method. For years II has
irked Secretary Ickes. and It
was ne who inspired the senate
inquiry.
Ickes wants TO substitute a
leasing system IN place OF the
present hit-or-miss arrangement.
Claimants 10 sub-surfaee prop
critics would be required 10
negotiate contracts with the
government under which they
would pay a definite schedule Of
royalties to Uncle Sam. The
secretary also believes that this
form % supervision would en-
able the interior department 70
advance the cause Of eonserya-
ton by preventing wssteful de-
yslopment Of mineral properties.
Note. Payments on gas ard
oil leases have totsled spproxi-
mately si25.ooo. 600 over a
period Of 20 years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
IfTsAM

ZOO cadets engaged n three
and four years Of training for
licenses.
FIOTsAM 4 JTTsAM
Our secretary Of navy got his
dander NJ N a nice way.
Of course At the British
varships which have recently
been putting INTO eastern ports
for repairs. stores. refittinF. etc.
ordered that heneeforth
they n be allowed only regula-
ton I. s navy supplies
seems the British officers have
been reqaisitioning fancy wines,
imported fancy foods. etc.
Leasing Of the Commercial Dock
for storage Of government wheat
catches the seaseout ship
Albatross abaek that group
will have to hunt a new meet
ing place second time in less
than a year it's happened to the
less than fortunate lads
meanwhile. they're so busy IN
stalling cabins. a new engine,
etc, aboard their % : foot
sehooner-to-be that they haven't
begun to worry much yet.
First edition of the Marine Re-
cruiter" just landed in the litter
on our desk quite a respec-
table magazine of 30-odd pages
tells what's what with
catching recruit le~atherneeks
around the country tells
the one about the nrchin who
asked the marine If he we're a
soldier or a sailor -.
and being told no or both
counts. w%orriedly asks
Well. you are on Il side.
ainoha >" for Dur very cas-
ual as we'll as one of the gay
est spots along the waterfront
49,. Hanify's Landing. which
was formerly John Holmaas'
year-old Bayview Boathouse
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanify have pref
tied the premises with an abun-
dance of electric signs since they
took over recently Semana
Nautica is the clever and appro-
pirate name of annual maritime
celebration staged at Santa Bar
bsra. Calf. this is the 9th
one. and the affair is much like
our Water Carnival except
1t lasts a whole week The
sandbars at the mouth of the
Puyallup. visible only at low tide
were covered the other eve
ming with more thousands Of
seagulls than we've ever before
seen at M time haven't
any idea howcome. but II GER
tainly was a sight to behold -.
Starting in 1886. the L. S. man.
time commission began a plan
To build 500 merchant ships IN
10 years the first. the Amer
lea, was ordered late in 1897
the Tooth goes into service
this week surely that Is
some sort of a record -. avast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
y SYSTEM on .
DUE

An entirely new system Of adj
ministering the vast resources
OF the public domain may result
from the o'Mahoney investiga-
ton into the failure 10 utilize
valuable minerals on Uncle
Sans property. The japanese
threat 10 our supply lines from
the far east has ne~cexsitated a
comprehensive restudy OF this
long neglected problem.
Under existing land laws priv
ate interests which first stake
a claim on newly discovered
mineral deposits enjoy virtual
ownership. With the exception
NJ gas and oil. they make
scarcely any payments IN the
government. They car dispose
OF their products a. they please,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
NORRIS OPPOSED
To ICkES' PLAN .

Neither Senator Bone nor Re-
publican Leader McNary has in
troduced the presidential bill be-
cause of Senator Norris opposi-
ton TO the scheme. The latter,
as he informed the president, is
reluctant to give aid and COM
fort to opponents of public
power by revealing the division
in the official ranks. He also
dislikes TO range himself against
the one president who has trans
formed the Nebraskan.s hydro
electric dreams into reality.
But the senator is determined
TO prevent Iekes from laying his
hands on Bonneville and Grand
Coulee, even though ne has moth.
ing against the secretary Of in
terror personally. He has per-
suaded Mr.. Bone To reframe the
Roosevelt bill so as TO make tho
administrators of these projects
entirely free from executive on
troll. Thus they have fatty re-
jected and repudiated the Roose-
yelt-Ickes program. Aside from
the question of policy involved,
the two senator's do not think
that Mr.. Ickes il sufficiently
objective to be given control of
such a vital industry. They fear
that he will let his prejudices
run away with him, and give
public power q black eye.
Key figure in the drama IL
Senator McNary. He Is inclined
to side with Norris demand for
an independent agency. He
would not object TO stirring up
discontent in the White house
circle. But the president has
been extremely generous 10
Charley Mac" The latter has
wangled more PWA projects.
agricultural benefits and de-
tense contracts than some high
VI Democrats IN the senate. He
and the president are warm,
personal friends. But If the @.
o. p. boss gives the word. and
II he lines up his Republican
crowd behind the Norris-Bone
alternative. the president may
sustain his first serious defeat
on this issue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
H R OSCOP E
FRIDAY, l

Benefic aspects rule the morn
ing hours. but later adverse
planetary influences are active.
The evening u threatening with
Mars in evil ~~ay.
Heart and Nome: The mind
should BE- clear md tho mental
vision sssct snder this swsy.
II 10 fortunate date for let
ters and pleasant messages from
loved ones may be expected. DID,
appointments relating to plans
for entertaining friends or max
ing short trips are indicated. In
the household the problem OF
domestic help may be a bit dis
couraging. Warning Is given that
women of every class viii find
II expedient to become proficient
In whatever contributes to the
comfort and well-being of the
household.
Business Affairs: With. the
unemployment situation q thing
of the past this month will con-
tinue TO be marked by prosper
ity, but the expense Of MAIN
tanning defense forces will be
greater and greater. The seers
warn that unnecessary limita-
tons placed upon certain COM
modities will cause discomfort
among large numbers Of citi-
zens. Wise foresight will OBJ
viats Inconvenience that can be
avoided. Danger Of strange
manifestations Of war hysteris
Is indicated.
National Issues: Sacrifices will
be preached 10 American peo-
pies. but the stars presage dis
content because OF various in
constituencies in the distribution
of oil and other war essentials.
The fact that enemy forces have
profited by supplies sent from
the United States will cause bit
ter criticism in view Of depleted
stores which alarm those who
look forward TO severe expert
ences resulting from the second
world wsr and its spreading
effects.
Persons whose birthdsts il IL
have the augury OF a year Of
advancement. Literature and
art will be mediums Of good
fortune.
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
MR..FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention n this eei=
m lstzsFz must HlTs nams nd
address q zTitsr OnlT Initials
81 - published when requested.
Mr.. FiaIt: Is there anywhere
In the city n Tacoma where =
person ran learn the art Of pho
iograph tintinks II 20. will YOU
tell me where and also hov
much \ person can sarn 1T this
profession a. am thinking
seriously Of taking u up.
MISS ID. G.
First essential Is tn get a Job
n a photograph studio. IN most
n them. the front office girl
does the tintinF after learning It
on the Job. nnting Is something
you could practice any time. If
YOU have some spare snapshots
and = painting set.
Mr.. Eut: VIII You please pub
lish In your column when the
wage and hour bill became n law
and where ! ean get n copy Of
the law: X. r. &.
The law Vas passed by oon-
gross June Il. 1898. and became
effective oct -. 1888. Write
10 the Il. s. Department Of
Labor. Wage and Hour division.
2os James st. Seattle. FOR more
information about the law.
Mr.. f1xit; I guess I didn't
make nv recent question clear.
II i just where would one write
10 find out all about amateur
radios I mean how n oper-
ates and no. much II costs IN he
IN operator. I sent a letter 10
seattle and they semi me an APP
plieation for a license. WANT 10
know II one has 10 be able 10
send and receive code. think
there Ia some branch Of the gov
eminent 10 write To.
MRS. ID. J. p.
Before YOU try writing to any
more government agencies. you
might call on the c. A. C. Radio
Supply. at TIA st. Helens ave.
which we have found we'll posted
on the amateur rules, or any
other service man. You must be
able to send and receive code.
Mi. Fixit: Il there any place
YOU ran pay an amount to have
eare for n helpless. backward
child +? r. NJ.
The state custodial school at
Buckley is reported to have a
waiting list OF about ! 900. so 1t
probably is out OF the question.
We'd suggest that you call upon
the Family Welfare association,
Of the Catholic Welfare bureau,
II you are Of that faith, and dis
cuss with one of them some ar
raneement for the child's care.
Mr.. F1xit. Where and when did
Lum and Abner originate and
how old wa Henry Burr when he
died. A. A. p.
Lum Chester Lauck) and Abb
IF. Norris Goff) first ap-
peared over the National Broad
casting Co. Red Network in
1881. Henry Burr died April 8,
1e4i, at the age of SO.
Mi. Fixit: VIII you please pub
iish the five largest cities In the
state of Washington. according
10 population A READER.
The 1e40 census figures were
Seattle. 38s .3o2; Spokane. 122,-
Dol: Tacoma, 100 ,4os; Everett.
80. PA. and Bellingham. 40 .314.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
HORN BLOWER

George Neureuther's "bugle"
Ia a four-foot length of rubber
hose and a funnel. He says it's
impossible 10 get any music
from a fiye-foot hose He often
places the funnel under the hood
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
SO THEY SAY:

The Republican party is COM
hitting hari.kari with the sharp
knife of a political inconsistency
between a free economic
system and isolationism. Glare
Booth, playwright.
After al. love is a mild form
OF insanity. and It doesn't last
owe 30 state Senator
A. f Edwards. Washington. on
a proposed new marriage Jaw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
of his car and plays as he drives
BOUNCING BRIDGE

Lake Chemongs sturdy float
ing bridge wal first built in
1859, rebuilt in 1901. Although
it Is often tossed about by VIM
ter waves which wash over it
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
IruT An Inside Picture of Finon-
u IL i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON = American maritime officials have
lodged polite protests with the White House and state
department over Britain's delay in unloading vessels
transporting lease-lend material to ports on the Red sea
md 4bo Cnoz canal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

Of power in the u. S, both per
manently and for the period Of
the national defense emergency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

and sometimes tear out whole
sections. the pieces can always
be rescued and spiked back in
position. It once supported a
six.ton fire engine racing at
full speed
Tomorrow: Bumblebee Bread.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR

NoAstN 6f8
Do not say. Il want for you to
come omit for"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

You help yourself when you buy
L. S. Defense Bonds!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

In the world We have tribulation: but be of good cheer.
! have overcome the world.-John 1888.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-01

GOu1QI18


1000 cadets engaged IN three
ard four years Of training for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-01
LIST This. That of 1911
Time Winning Baby ArriUes at 1901, 2 Others
Appear; Persons Hit by Celebrators' Bullets

Elliott avenue and Theodore street.
The culprit was not apprehended.
First Accident Report-A minor
injury accident as the result of a
two-car collision at ST. Antoine
street and Forest avenue.
First HOldup-Two men held up
Mrs. Gertrude Bennett. so. OF
1927 Welland avenue, in a beer
store at 1904 Woodward avenue
and escaped with SIS.
First To BE Treated at Receiv-
ing Hospital-Three-year-old Will
liam Richmond of 1891 Charest
avenue, who had a stomach ache.
First Death-Edward L. Bower,
Sc. of Marine City. died at the
home of friends at 1910 Chandler
Park drive, 60 minutes after mid
night of a heart attack
. First two Shooting Victims
William Noomie, &c. of 4744 Lin
coin avenue, stepped out onto the
porch at 1926 East Fort street ex-
actly at the stroke of midnight
and received a bullet through his
toe. The wannd was slight, police
reported.
And Kenneth Weaver. %, OF
$3.50 Brush street, a gasoline sta
ton attendant, was graZed by
bullet fired from a passing car as
he was putting gasoline into an
auto at his place of employment,
74i1 Brush street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-01
TOaStS u. s.
Roosevelt Halls I94I
With Champagne

WASHINGTON. Jan. Inns,
President Roosevelt welcomed
in the New Year of 1871 at mid
night with this toast:
ITO the United Staes; may it
long stand"
The President offered the toast
with a glass of American-made
champagne-to a small group of
close friends who spent the even
ing at the White House. They
were entertained by a group OF
Negro musicians. who sang spirit
uals before the midnight hour.
The Chief Executive retired
shortly after the stroke of mid
night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-01
We Recommend:

That's the with all New Years Day look
back all fooshness broken selmade promises Of the
year by and Have you made New Years
resolutions yet" Read Benjamin DeCasseres. Page D.
From the very beginning there has been hour when
there doubt conflict guilt
the criminal nation Wesbrook Peger states that President
Roosevelt has clarified stand in the Page o.
aside from the strife always think Of New
Years Day lease l opportunity to start all
again into the all the old and squabbles
things be different this going to
them M Hawkins editor of The Detroit
Times. will help you with 1871. Page 9.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-01
Continued on Page Four
RddioChdinsEnd
ASCAP Contract
International New. Service wire

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The bells
that rang out the old year also
rang out the five-year contracts
between the major radio chains
and the American Society of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers
which controls use of 100000
tunes.
From now on the chains, NBC,
CHS and MBS, will use tunes OF
Broadcast Music Inc. a tune pool
they formed themselves to fight
what they call ASCAP'S monopoly
BMI announced that 674 radio
stations had joined its member.
ship and ASCAP estimated the
number of Independent stations il
had signed at 200.
BMI announced that ii haC
taken 100000 copyright insur-
ance to cover its catalog of tunes
Authors of BMI tunes will be
paid according to the number OF
times their music is aired.
ASCAP has always paid authors
according to a rating list regard.
less of times a tune is broadcast
Federal criminal action, charg.
ing illegal combination. is pending
against ASCAP, BMI and the
three chains which have left
ASCAP for BMI.