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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
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also Lloyd Nolan and Lynn Bar
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York
LIBERTY. Pusallup-Mickey Roone,
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Boys Town"
RIVIERA. sumner-Richard Dix ant
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also Dick Powell and Ellen Drew in
aChrlCtmas In July"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

Times.
There il nothing to buy and
nothing to sell and one need moi
even see II Wanted Wings" when
1t comes to the Rialto theater
although to miss that thrilling
aviation picture would be a bill
silly. don't you think?
All one has TO do Ia to write,
In 30 words or less, "Why
Want to Fly" The best letter.
all things considered, win win
the flying course and VIII be
In line for the judges who
award the Piper airplane In
the national contest.
The names of the local judges,
al men directly connected with
aviation In this district, will be
announced within a day or so
in the meantime, be sure TO get
your official entry blank at any OF
the three locations mentioned
write your letter on why I Want
to Fly" and begin your career in
the greatest industry of modern
times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
By LUCE NEVILLE


Tacoma Times Correspondent
HoLLYWooD-Thers have been
some Inquiries from individuals
and patriotic groups regarding
statements In this column that
German-made propaganda films
were being shown in this country.
Some wanted 10 know If II really
were true. Others asked for sug-
gestions on how TO identify and
combat such pictures.
It has been true. all right, but
the situation Is likely TO shift very
suddenly. The Independent Thea
ter Owners association has asked
for q ban, either by presidential
or congressional order, on all Ger
man and Italian pictures. The
group declared that IS German
and 81 Italian films were shown
In the United States during 1910
and that most of them were re-
leased for their propaganda con-
tent. AS evidence of this, it was
said that thousands Of free passes
were distributed for at least two
of the offerings.
The two mentioned were FIELD
zug In Poland" and "sieg i'm Wes-
ten" which have been admitted to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

Naturally. the picture was
prpdnced solely for entertain
menf purposes and . = n
fhaI IIkhf we shAn review u.
n u has \ moral and
what picture does mott =.
ue shah ignore II for the
nake Of the laughs yon win
enjoy when Jon see 10.
IN the first place. the film il =.
modern - the front page Of To-
days Newspaper because IL stor,
concerns = very prevalent aspect
d the American scene and 1t ii
good entertainment because II
deals with that condition with ar
astounding sense Of humor. In fact
one l. not abusing the term 'shila-
rious" when Il h applied to this
picture II Il very. very funny
In addition 70 the players
already mentioned, onx must give
special consideration 10 Spring
Byington whose portrayal In this
production y excellent. Edmund
Cwenn. 3. z. sainll. William De-
mArest. Waiter Kingsford. Mon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
GRANNH'S PROP

The hand quilted, old-fashioned
pieced quilt that Donna Reeds
Iowa farm grandmother recently
finished, has come in handy for the
young ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS star
let. Prop men were looking for a
patchwork quilt for the hide-away
house in The Getaway" when
Donna suddenly remembered her
grandmother's gift.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. airport, and ths
Piper Aircraft corporation are of
over the age OF 16 and offers
as its first prize n brand new
Piper Cub airplane. The win
ner of the local contest win
receive without charge a COM
plete 8-hour course Of flying
Instructions In the school
operated by the Tacoma Fly
Ing Service at the local air
port. This course Of instrue-
tion IL transferable and need
not necessarily be used by the
person who wins II. Fathers
may enter the contest and n
they win, allow q son or
daughter TO take the course.
Official entry blanks and al
details and rules may be obtained
at the Rialto thes ter, the Tacom,
Flying Service office at the Muel
ler-Harkins airport or at the In
formation desk OF The Tacoml
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
GARBo PASSES

When Greta Carlo appeared on
the lot to make tests for her new
film. all the studio gatemen recog-
nized her and she recognized the
gatemen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

It's q cose of the devil Toxic
the hindmost ond Boris
KorIoff is the devil.
paaion film, The Face Behind the
Mask"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

tagne Love and long list OF lesser
lights al contribute to the general
Satisfaction you win experience
when you Sc The Devil and Miss
Jones"
This review II based on .
preview showing Of the picture
which your reporter attended
several weeks ago. For that
reason the ether new attrae-
ton IT the Music Box h not
commented upon.
Il Il titled. Dead Men Tell and
features Sidney Toler In one Of his
familiar Charlie Chan character
cations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

ferlng a contest In connection with
the years newest aviation picture
Il Wanted Wings" which will b.
shown at the Rialto theatsr At ar
early date.
The contest h open 10 al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

TrIr. the war Ia responsible for
this condition, but II Is not the war
which will be responsible for the
opportunities. but that period
which will follow the present con-
flict. When the world has forsaken
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
CONSUL
INVOLVED

CONSUL
INVOLVED
The Anu-Sszi league protested
on Victory in the West" TO the
New York censor board. charged
that distribution Of the picture Is
under supervision Of the German
consulate and that brochures re-
Gently issued by German officials
frankly classified the film as
propaganda.
Bookings for "sieg i'm Weston"
were arranged in SIX theaters in
New York and New Jersey and at
least one In Chicago. According
to the Hollywood Reporter. Irwin
Edmonds. director OF the New
York censor board. said the pic
ture had been approved a. news
reel material because at would
tend TO wake up Americans" TO
the peril facing them rather than
intimidate them.
Such an opinion probably would
be sound II the films were intend
ed for exhibition before patriotic
Americans. Instead, they are
shown in racial districts such as
Manhattan's Yorkville where they
are certain to influence the waver-
Ing Royalties Of some foreign born
residents.
The Hollywood Reporter de-
clares that propaganda pictures
escape the British blockade by be-
ing routed through Unoccupied
France to Brazil, and then being
flown to the United States.
The showing of a German pic
ture. "Dr. Koch" starring Emil
Jannings, was halted in Los An
geles the other day when a
threatening crowd in front Of a
small theater brought riot call.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
"Shocker" Star in Scientist
Role in The Devil Command"
Peter Lore Also Does Bit of
Chilling in The Face Behind the Mosk"

Hailed of the most sensational shockers TO come
out of Hollywood this year. Coumbias The Devil Com
mands starring Boris karlo opens today at the Riviera
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Golden Opportunity Offered
Tacoma S Air-Minded Youth
Riolto Theoter's II Won't Wings"
Contest Carries Rich Awords for Winners
Ry HAL NELSON

Everybody's up in the air these days literally and fig
urativey speaking There a time in history
when aviation held great share of the pubics attention
offered the youth Of the country such golden oppor
tunities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

bers OF the cast include Anne
Revere and Ralph Penney.
Peter LORE stars in the COM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

some states IS nswsreels. There
Is no doubt. though. that these
films are not exactly documentary
and that they have been made and
edited with an idea OF declaring
the futillty Of resistance TO Ger
man might
Evening star., 1941-08-13

Fixing few prices here and there,
controlling installment credit, set
ting up priorities on some commodi-
ties and appealing for public CO.
operation in other respects will not
of themselves-do the job. Instead
of haphazard and half-hearted
measures, there is clear and urgent
need for determined and fortnight
action, but whether it will be taken
Is an open question. The tax bill
and the price control bill, viewed as
parts OF the same piece so far as
checking imitation is concerned, are
potentially excellent instruments
with which to do the job. But they
will remain potentially excellent and
nothing more as long as political
considerations operate to prevent
such desirable and necessary moves
as an effective broadening of the
tax base, the setting up of machinery
to control wage advances and the
placing of price ceilings on agricul-
tural products comparable to those to
be placed on other commodities. 1t
may be the part of political expedi-
ency to shy away from these meas
ureS, but the administration and
Congress cannot hope to detour
around them without confusing the
whole price control effort to a point
where it is apt to collapse of it's own
weight.
Evening star., 1941-08-13
To Speed Exports

Creation of a clearance section to
expedite shipment of goods to South
and Central America, announced this
week by Brigadier General Russell
L. Maxwell, administrator of export
control, represents an important
step toward strengthening the eco
nomic defenses of the Western Hemi-
sphere. Though the procedure for
obtaining export licenses remains
the same, exporters and manufac-
turers, for the first time, now will
have central point at which they
may submit proposals for the export
OF materials needed by the American
republics and other friendly nations.
In clearing these requests, the new
section will work in close co-opera-
ton with the Office of Production
Management, the Army and Navy
Evening star., 1941-08-13
Proposes International Congress
In the Interest of World Peace.

10 the Eultor Oh Inc StdT.
A spiritual preparedness Of America
for the advent of good will in the
earth, and so just peace. is non-
existent, while in contrast the United
States was never so physically fit for
total war as now, diSequilibrium that
suggests no effulgent vision.
In the universe conflict and chaos;
no creative voice, prophetic of fairer
future, is heard. The superstructure of
any durable international edifice must
rise from foundations to be built at
the wars end, with the Russian re-
publics, the British commonwealth and
the United States guaranteeing respect
for the better constitution that they
must devise for the society of nations
they are rescuing from dissolution.
The most vital element in any revival
of that society that seriously may be
proposed for the purpose of organizing
and maintaining a fair tranquility
would be provision for the judicial de-
termination of disputes among govern
ments by the establishment of an un-
controlled and permanent court to apply
a written law of nations to be legislated
by an international congress which would
meet periodically and in which each
independent people would be represented.
If the nations be disposed to recognize
formally the immutable moral law, thus
abandoning the goddess fiction that they
are in . state of nature, immune from
any law except that Of the beasts.
Evening star., 1941-08-13
MCLEAN, Va.


Dear Sir:
Here are two bird stories for what
ever they are worth
81. We threw on the lawn some scraps
of hard, stale bread startling man.
aged to get of good-sized piece, but
after pecking at it awhile he flew with
it to the bird bath and dropped it in
the water At the end of perhaps half
a minute, he took 1t out held it under
one foot and pecked off what he could.
then dropped it in the water again.
This was repeated two or three times
and then the startling few off with the
remainder in his bill We called it
'dunking.'
q. For several years We have had
wrens living in tin can on the back
porch. They are usually very noisy with
song This year they raised and dis
missed a brood in late June or early
July. Then in a few days they were
seen inspecting box that we had
placed on the front porch. We thought
they were preparing to nest again. Then
we would miss them and thought they
had decided against it. Occasionally
a single bird would go in the box, but
without any twigs for a nest. The first
0f August, to our surprise, we saw this
single bird bringing worms COR insects
and heard the tweet of young in the
box. But she Cor he) never sings. Is
that because it is female, or because
it is grieving for a lost mate? Anyway,
the widow or widower is feeding the
family and making no noise about it.
Sincerely, w. L. M"
Our correspondent No. shows how
intelligent the startling is
He is one of the true dunkers, of which
there are only few.
The grackles do it. Sometimes it
seems that intelligence and cruelty go
together. This is often observed in the
strict animal world In the home
aquarium, the most intelligent fishes are
the cichlids, but they also are the
meanest.
The grackle, another walker is quite
the meanest of birds. The blue jay is an
anger, III COlIlpdilSOIl. lie SldIuIlS Is
by no means a cruel bird, but he is an
intelligent one.
English sparrows will stand around a
hard crust Of bread. not knowing what
TO do with it. Not so the startling He
will dunk it every time, If he can find
water close at hand, and If he cannot,
he seizes the bread in his bill and flies
away with it to a pool.
StarlingS are among the smartest of
the Songsters. We have even seen one
of them, in the snow, stand on the back
of another in order to keep its feet dry.
The under dog in this case was in
telhgent in turn, for he Immediately
got from under by shaking the in
truder off. Starlings have sensitive feet
and legs and do not like 10 get cold
and wet. THAI is why they like the
warm ledges on our Government depart
ment buildings.
Starlings are altruistic, in their way.
Evening star., 1941-08-13
Victory for Defense

The favorable but dangerously
close House vote on the proposal to
extend for eighteen months the mil
itary service of men now in the
Army is a most important victory
for the cause of national defense.
1t was not an easy victory At
the last moment, and in the face Of
international developments which
certainly in no way brighten the pic
ture from our point of view, the
opposition was able to muster 202
votes against the proposal, only one
short of the affirmative total. In the
light of the indisputable facts, this
was a surprising show of strength,
unless it can be accounted for on
purely political grounds.
Every official charged with re-
sponsibility for shaping our foreign
policy, from the President and Sec
retary of State Hull on down, had
given whole-hearted support to the
extension proposal. The Chief OF
Staff and other responsible Army
officers had advocated it, both be-
cause of the external danger to the
country and because its defeat would
have meant the "Wrecking" of the
Army. On the international scene,
France, still a military force to be
reckoned with, had announced that
her lot was being cast with Germany.
In Russia, the Nazi legions were
making important gains in the Klev
sector. And in the Far East our
relations with Japan had reached
point where no one willing to face
the facts could blind himself to the
possibility that war might start at
any time.
Under these conditions, the House
took the only prudent course open
to it. To have voted otherwise would
have had the inevitable result of
destroying the Army as an effective
military rganization-an act of in
credible folly in our present situation.
AS matters stand, however, there
should be little further delay in pre-
pairing the legislation, which already
has received Senate approval, for
the Presidents signature. And as
this final step is taken it should be
made clear once and for all that
Congress reserves the right to extend
the time of service again if condi-
tionS eighteen months hence make
such action necessary for the safety
of the Nation. Under no circum-
stances should any opportunity be
given for a revival of the hollow
charges that there is an element of
bad faith in prolonging the service
of the armed forces, under an eX-
press reservation of power to do so,
at time when the Nation is in ex-
treme peril.
Evening star., 1941-08-13
Mounting Confusion

Judging by the progress made to
date, the confusion attending the
Governments efforts to ward off
disastrous inflationary movement is
going to increase in the future
The Presidents order directing the
Federal Reserve Board to regulate
and, if necessary, to prohibit INSTALL
ment credit is case in point. If
increased purchasing power is to be
brought into any approximate bal
ance with the volume of available
goods, intelligent control of INSTALL
ment credit undoubtedly is one of
the necessary steps to be taken. A
provision to this end is reported to
have been in the original draft of
the administration price control
bill, but it was stricken out after
congressional objections had been
raised. Now, however, the President
Is seeking under powers allegedly de-
rived from a World War statute to
to the things to which Congress OBJ
iected. And the control is to be
exercised by the Federal Reserve
Board, subject only to an indirect
tie-up with Leon Henderson's price
control agency. This, certainly, is an
arrangement which can be expected
to add confusion to confusion.
The basic difficulty in dealing with
this problem lies in the fact that the
counterinlationary effort necessarily
involves sudden, drastic and COM
plete reversal of the economic phil
osophy which had become the key
stone of the New Deal. For ten years
the New Dealers preached the doc
trine of "priming the pump'-of
artificially stimulating consumer de-
mand and consumer purchasing
power Now, at the end of the first
year of rearmament, this must be
reversed, for the simple reason that
the demands of defense have so re-
duced the supply of certain goods
that there is not enough left over to
satisfy a rapidly mounting con-
sumner demand And neither the
people nor the New Dealers, with a
few notable exceptions, have been
able to readjust their thinking &C
cordingly.
This Is not problem which can
be handled in piece-meal fashion.
Evening star., 1941-08-13
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdcepell.

We have had reported to us stories of
local starlings seizing baby sparrows by
the wing and hauling them out of
puddles of water, just as the unfortunate
f1edglings were about to drown.
Sparrows, too, have been known to
do this.
Our correspondents No shows how
tickle male wrens often are
The lone bird caring for the nestlings
is the female.
She has been deserted by her mate.
Male wrens are notoriously tickle.
Sometimes they take up with two or
three females summer
In the meantime the deserted wren
is nesting and bringing up the young
ones.
No wonder she does not sing! The
female of the species never really sings,
in this case, although she will make
small chirping noises.
She lacks the bubbling cascade of
song which distinguishes the male wren.
Johnny Wren, he is sometimes called,
although SOHlcllOW Tile VI OOIl1ulN
does not fit him as we'll as the name of
Jenny, which is so universally given to
the female. The latter name seems so
appropriate that many persons call all
house wrens, irrespective of sex, Jenny.
Wrens will nest almost anywhere.
They have been known to bring up
families in the sleeves of coats left
hanging on porch.
They will take to almost any sort of
box put out for them We believe they
prefer to have them painted green.
Tin cans are not good (unless in total
shade all day long, because of the heat
which is generated in the sunshine.
We have not found wrens particular
about their nesting sites Some boxes
hung as high as 10 feet or more are
occupied. At the same time, wrens often
will make their homes in nesting boxes
swung as low as or 8 feet in a hedge.
This height is not to be recommended,
however.
House wrens are 100 per cent. when
it comes to their eating habits. That
is, 100 per cent beneficial to man.
Examination of stomach contents re-
veals SO per cent insect matter. with 2
per cent vegetable. such as grass, taken
in with the insects
Female wrens are not all "cuteness,"
by any means. Although they are pes
tered by English sparrows, which de-
stroy their eggs, if they can get to
them, in their turn they often peck
holes in the eggs of warblers and chip
ping sparrows.
Often one female wren will 20 to the
nest of another wren and throw her
eggs out of the nest onto the ground
1t would make a good story to say
that they do this in revenge for being
deserted by tickle mate but the SIM
pie truth is they do not want other
wrens nesting too close by. The COM
petition for food for nestlings is too
keen.
Evening star., 1941-08-13

Munitions Board and other defense
units. Since individual exporters no
longer will find it necessary to sub
nit their applications to several
Government units, they will be able
to save valuable time, and deliveries
to Latin American countries should
be greatly accelerated.
With the virtual elimination of
continental Europe as source of
supply, the American republics have
been looking to this country to meet
their essential requirements. Be-
cause of the demands imposed on
our production facilities by the de-
fense program, they have been un-
able, in many instances, to secure
the materials essential to their in
dustrieS. Axis agents have cited this
fact as proof that this country can
not supply the basic needs of Latin
America. 1t is clearly in our interest,
therefore, both to expedite ship
ments, and to give priority for the
manufacture of goods required by
Latin America, so far as this can be
done without impeding our own de-
fenSe effort.
Compared with the industrial out
put of the United States, the essen
tial requirements of Latin America
are not large. To those American
republics whose economies have been
disrupted by the stoppage of imports
from Europe, the materials they are
seeking here, however, are of vital
Importance. Establishment of
clearance section in the Office of ad-
ministrator of export control will
make 1t easy for Latin American
countries to buy here the goods they
need, and is, therefore, another move
toward a closer economic integration
of the Americas.