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DEFENSE
ON d


O. How get cash for my Defense Savings Stamps
! should need TO redeem them?
A. Go to any post office.
O. How many employees of retail stores will participate
In the sale of Defense Savings Stamps?
A. More than and half million retail workers
will join promoting the of Defense Savings Stamps
In all kinds of everywhere. This army enlisted TO
aid national defense ounumber the personnel of the
tons armed forces.
NOTE-To Defense Stamps the nearest
post office, hank write
Of the United States Washington, d. C. Aso
Stamps arr now mt
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Advertising, British War Asset

Fears have been expressed that there officials
within the u. S. government who look asksncs ut adver
Using No actual move against it has been made. but it
Is suspected that certain within the administration
regard economic susceptible Of curtalment
in times like these.
If any such there be, they should read the testimony
Of w. B. B. Ferguson London advertising man, who
reports that British firms continuing advertising
when they have nothing TO sell This has two good
sults II keeps brand before the public. that
goodwill survives the crisis; it keeps free newspapers
alive the only substitute for which is the government
subsidized and controlled The British don't want
that in time of crisis, and neither do
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An Army TO Be Proud of

The summer maneuvers of the various American army
nnits give for Americans be proud of their
army.
Some of the conditions Of the problems worked have
come about close TO actual warfare be done
IN time OF peace and of the hsrdhp undergone have
Appropriated those OF actual War Secretary Slim
son is probably right when he said that troops participating
IN the maneuvers far far ahead of the divisions sent
France during World War Yet those divisions in
against crack German divisions with four of expert
back of them. did very well indeed They broke the
German lines At greater than they would have had
had their experience been greater but they broke them
So today. There Ia reason 10 he discouraged The
ARMIES in training today good soldiers and given
little specialized training for the specialized warfare
81 today, they will be quite capable of meeting any
Seney the country may have To meet
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HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, SEPT. rs

Good and evil planetary in
fsenoes are d,seerned for 10
dAs. There 10 promising sign
nor the navy and for persons
In authority. but threatening
portents affect labor.
Heart and Home: This con-
neurstion NAV he depressing TO
women whose intuition causes
them To look forward with ap-
prehensions regarding the ef-
feets of war. II is time to
practice stern seh-discipline and
work should be the psnscea for
women Of all agss. Member
ship IN national organizations
viii mean q great deal even to
retiring mothers who find plenty
To do In the home.
Business Affairs: Despite the
nevits bic dislocstions OF trade
and commerce which accompany
the second World War. the u. s.
~ TO prove it's resourcefnlness
and fts great posi- bilities in
achieving miracles in manufac-
turing on scales never previously
attained The cost Of living will
show another sharp rise.
National Issues: Congress will
discover that much time has
been wasted In discussion o<
policies which finally must he
shaped by grim necessity. Des-
Perste crises require desperate
acts and for that reason Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be compelled
next month To exercise extra
dactator1sl powers which his op-
ponents will criticize.
Persons whose birthdats IT is
have the augury " a year Of
ups and downs m which extraor-
binary experiences bring out
the best qualities Of mind and
heart. Average fortunes will
attend men and women.
Children born on this day
probs bly, will combine with keen
minds and varied talents char
scters that win success. Many
fr1ends are forecast.
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PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
WHAT OF OUR
ECONOMIC FUTURE:

Editor The Times: The Ma
tional Recovery association ~
interested in the growing belief
Of great depression to follow
after the present war Can we
profit by our past mistakes TO
avoid this calamity?
Looking backward recall
conditions which prevailed be-
fore the start of World war No.
l. at that time | was living on
Main street in the city OF "x'
where prevailing wages for a
ten-hour work day was 81. The
family provider was truly up
against II TO make ends meet;
no relief was in sight, employers
threatened to close down the
mills If any demand was made
for living wages.
High school girls in cotton
socks and 81 shoes passed my
door: water was shut off on
first day of delinquency, and
fine imposed for turning II on
again; electric lighting cost at
least four times the present
tariff, and tons Of surplus pro-
duee was dumped In the river
rather than give II TO the needy.
But what transformation
scene was unfolded after the
war to end wars WAS in fun
swing thrift will win the war
as preached; wild extravaganza
was practiced. Two-dollar-s-dsy
men got as high as 800 week
working in the ship yards; silk
shirts for high-toned mechanics
became the mode. and school
girls shod in SIS shoes with
their legs drsped in silk now
passed nv door. These new con-
ditions obtained for some years
after the war; universal opin-
ion supported BY expert predic-
tom was. that permanent pros
perity had been established.
Widespread instsllment buy
ing and a great stock market
boom Was next in order; all
grades Of citizens got in UP TO
their necks: many were too
proud to work and had a merry
time pihng up paper profits. but
when cash payments on install
msnts d1ed up new business 4
general cleanup brought on tho
crash Of 1929.
The situation now called for
quick action Financial experts.
cheered by good fare at Cham
Der OF Commerce bsnquets. pro-
nounced their system sound.
Was not the industrial plant still
intact So what Prosperity
70 Just around the corner,
Your pnvstions during tho
nest ter years are sui fresh
IN your memories, but What il
apt 10 be forgotten is the
plight OF the underdog IN the
CAV nineties and succeeding
years The terrible poverty Of
ragged and despsiring army any
winter In those days with It's in
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A ReCiproCally Sad Feeling

From Vichy a plaintive cry that the American
newspapers aint done right by Marcel Criticisms of
the Vichy government its works and its representatives
here frequent and bitter Whether certain specific
cusaons recently made against the Vchy embassy staff
do not know But in general free surely
entitled to view the present French government In any
way chooses They wouldn't understand that at Vchy,
because of write publish in free
France without the approval of the government
These (press) attacks sad feeling, adds the
Vichy source.
Let them be that the feeling France is ssdder
than is here those who remember the France that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-25
WANTS To CALI.
OFF RED PROBE

Martin Dies would like to call
off his congressional investiga-
ton Of the Reds and Nazis. De-
spite White House criticism, the
Texas congressman has done
fine preliminary Job OF exposing
alien elements within the L. s.
For a while the White House
seoffed loudly at Martins ef-
forts and relevstions. SO did
the state department and the
treasury. responding 10 prssi-
dental pressure But Martin
and MS sleuths plowed ahead,
and uncovered impressive evi-
dence Of snti-American activi-
ties The Dies committee dis
closures Law behind the govern
ments New York haul Of al
legged German spies Martins
committee has done q coed Job
In ferreting out alien influences.
despite the use 81 hsllyhoo
methods
Martins present difficulty lies
in the fact that he mas eeutered
his attack on Russian Reds and
Communists who ar. now
prime fsvorites with the sd-
nainistraticn. But Martin eN-
poets 10 see FDR soon. and II Is
quite probable that the off-oN
Texan and the president will get
together On the question Of
subversive aliens and govern
ments. which should mean cas-
Ter going for the chairman $
publicity. and a possible CO.
operation with administration
forces that will be anything
but pleasing TO the independent
groups which have backed Con-
gresham Dies as q white hope
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In order to save steel. alum
mum and zinc, OPM has forced
change In government con-
tract specifications affecting
those key metals. Bureau Of
standards tests have shown that
a reduction Of certain metal.
leather and cloth content in
various articles does not jeopar-
dine their performance qualities.
To be specific. the bureaus ex-
perts have discovered that cot
ton thread equals linen in the
tortification of leather goods Of
all kinds They have found that
IL per cent nickel content will
give as good service in army
navy hardware as the Is per
cent originally used And the
government has passed these les
sons on 10 private industry.
Governments experiments and
discoveries mean lower produe-
ton and retail costs. The work.
ers and consumers should be,
and proba bly, will be. the bene-
ficiaries of this economic re-
orientation. They may suffer
temporarily, but in the long run
they will profit from this "er-
satI economy" Meantime the
dependable standards OF quality
st familiar price will cease TO
mean anything on which the Gus
toner can depend. Let the
buyer beware again will he as
much a part of business AZ II
was so years ago.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
ten questions Turn 10 the
Womsn's page for the answers
/. Which of the following are
likely to be used by a physician:
stethoscops. Horoscope, spec
troscope. gyroscope
:. Adult moths do not eat
clothes: true or false
4. Who was the attorney gen
srsl OF the United States in tho
cabinet ID President Herbert
Hoover.
Z. In which ~ Shakespeare
plays 10 IN. character shylock
5. The sun 10 about 20. 400
or 1000 times larger than the
moon
6. Hemstite hmonite and
magnetic are all varieties of
which metallic element
I. Does the constitution give
congress the right 10 raise
armies by consumption.
s. American war supplies are
being delivered 10 what princi-
pal Asisue port Of the Soviet
Union >
o. Another name for rabies Is
-
10. In which of our wars did
the Trent Affair" occur7
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10 the Colum bis river. and then
down the river 10 Fort Van
eouver. Later his son. Thomas
Throssell. earned the mail
from Oregon to Salt Lake City
via pony express. Harry Thros-
sell sr.. earned mail in Yak
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Stamps
Iron Ouo,d Opens Ootes
For Oernons in Rusnonio


r UMANIA fell into the Mani
ORBIT in 1910 by The bloodless
method OF infiltration and over
throw of the established govern
ment. King Carol was forced TO
sodlcsts and in October Ion An
ionescu. leader OF the FASCIST Iron
Guard. moved TO take control Of
the government. One month later.
Rumanis sisneo . pact joining the
AXIS. became . puppet state.
But Rumsnians, who cherish
ube,r Independence ss much as
o,aer RATES which fell victim -
actual military aggression. are
hsnnnf back tnsooen the unoer-I
ground.
Rumsnis won is Independence
from Turkey m 1878. the year Of
the death OF great RunsnisnI
patriot. Juan Crssnss. writer, &C.
elexiastic and educator. CreenszI
was bonorec philstellcslly oy MS
government IN fhs 1887 starr D
above eonmeDorstins the eensen- :.
airy OF his birth.
The guerilla activities IN pH-
,ssnis are earned on oy fhosa<scSz
o. solossrr who deserted the srny
nstrs u vas demooilsssd, and
Asd. rsy blow up railway ssn-
/ 49, N Sse mountains. es<zss lsn6
slsoes ~ vital Highways and
D4pe n GSrvsa roopG
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P.p.R. NOT HAPPY
OVER KNOX, sTIMSON

II may come as a great sur
prise to the American people.
but President Roosevelt would
like TO find q gracious way TO
fire those two political turn
coats Henry L. Stimson and
Frank Knox. The president has
notified them quietly that he
would like them to pipe down,
but they won't take the hint.
hessrs. stimson and Knox
were appointed to their respec-
tive posts for purely political
purposes. FDR. sought to di-
vide the Republicans IN the
midst Of the 1910 presidential
campaign II was smart poll
teal trick. and II worked But,
as efficient cabinet mbers oe-
eupying two OF the most impor-
tant national defense Jobs. II ia
generally conceded that Messrs.
Stimson and Knox are washouts
failures political liabilities.
Stimson's estimates of army
needs have been pitifuliy low.
OPM experts hold him up 10
public mockery and remain IN
rebuked. Secretary Knox u
lucky because the two-oeesn
navy was planned. ordered and
financed long before he came 10
Washington. That WAS FD.R.s
personal doing and planning.
The president has been advised
by his closest friends 10 replace
Messrs. Stinson and Knox. and
the publicity men they have
brought 10 the capital. But
F.DR. will not accept or act on
this advice at any early moment
visible TO observers who have
regulations for accurate fore
casting.
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encs even in the face OF vsr de-
Velopments m prospect Ths
American Export liner Exeter.
owned by Lehman Brothers.
which sailed from New York for
Africa. heavily laden with cor
trsosnd OF war. and carrying a
~rsn but select list 81 pssssn-
gers. may provide competition
tor news space which the labor
r,en do not tofeses.
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THE MAIL MUST 60
THROUGH

From 1898 To 1922 A r.
Throsseil. great grandfather Of
Harry Throssell. worked for the
Hudson's Bay company. carry
Ing mail overland from Manitoba
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adequate relief Is in sharp con-
trast with the better fed and
well dressed rehefers Of pres
ent day. Our great president,
p. D. Roosevelt. 10 a great ex-
tent 10 TO be thanked for this
change.
Our association believes in q
better day possible after the
war: the industrial plant has
been enlarged. we have sound-
ance of land. natural resources.
men and money TO work with.
and should be able with these
assets to plan for the abundant
lif. for all. Our monthly meet
ings are informal. followed by
refreshments: no entrance fee or
monthly dues. A welcome will
be extended 10 all interested in
our work. AL CUMMINGS.
Rt. B, Box $50, Tacoma.
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TRAGEDY and romance and
4 dramatic experiences 81 the
Oregon pioneers continue n
furnish material for some Of this
generations writer. q historical
fiction. Latest II Jeanette
Estons Narcisss Whitman,
Pioneer ~ Oregon p tell. the
story of beautiful blonde.
Nsrcisss PrentiSs. one q the
first two white women To cross
m. American continent. an ex-
perience that stands alone in the
history Of the Oregon Trail"
There may bs some historical
discrepancies. but historians.
like doctors and lawyers fire.
quently disagree. and the story
~ Nsrci>es whitman IL exceed
inEly interesting.
Unlike most writers who oesl
with the Whitman nilsson. this
author begins with the story Of
the early life Of beautiful blonde
Nsrcises Prentiss. She WAS the
daughter Of stephen Prentiss,
business leader and sternly up
right churchmsn In the village
~ Prsttsours, in western New
York. The heorins 10 introduced
~ shs 10 called upon TO setus
q dispute between . younger
brother snd rster. The hind
and effective way IN which she
did 20 was eharseteristic ~ the
woman who IS the wife OF Dr.
Marcus Whitman np,natered 70
NE Indians and The henFry ind
ragged immigrants who stopped
At the nilsson on their way 10
the promised land.
Another character introduced
early in the book 10 Henry
Spslding. who unfortunately be-
came the associate OF DR.. Whit
man IN the Oregon missionary
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An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ii u III ciol and Political America
BY Raw Tucker
WASHINGTON

WARRINGTON - Americas resort TO substitute or
ersaz material during the crisis threatens TO dsarrange
our terthewar peacetlme economy. OPM has quietly
sponsored the manufacture of articles which
dispace standard brands because of their low
duction and all
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Murder at the Woiilotpu Mission
Whitmon Episode Theme Of New Boob
Tragedy In Story OF Oregon Pioneers

enterprise. Young spsldnns. a
sswk 81 boy whose mother
80, di.dainsd by the religious
and socially elect. was desperate
IN love with Nareisss. A rehuks
from N, stern Father Prentiss
for his impudenos IN seeking
IN, company Of his daughter was
blow from which spsidins
never recovered.
A few years pass and Narr'.-a
Prentiss n,srries the iu,petucns.
da.hins DR.. Whitman. Both b.
come interested In the "orego"
country" and volunteer for mis-
s,cnary service among ths In
dsar~. lu.t before they esvs
Narci.ss 10 disturbed n learn
that thesr associate. In me work
win h. the Rev. and Mr.. Henry
Sparkling. Personalities, how
ever were subhgsted 70 fhs
rreat purpose Of educating the
Indians and opening the conn
tr, for settlement by Americans
The journey was one when
women had never attempted.
Moet II the way wss made ~
horseback Only the hare seees-
snes could ~ taken snd be-
tors the snd ~ the journey sorns
~ them we're discarded n save
Ne strength NJ the pack snd
H~sft sninnsls Z
With ths aid ~ Or. John Nc
lIcafhhr ths Whitmans sStse-
hShed . MISSION at wsiilatpu.
Buildings OF the MISSION are now
being restored on the Original
site a few miles from Wsls
Walla.
Though their relations had
been friendly on the journey
across the continent. the spsld-
ing. established their mission at
Lepwai. Idaho. Whether nv
chance or design II happened
that the spslding mission was
m the midst OF the friendly Nez
PIERCE Indian. and the Whit
mans were among the Csyuse
Indians. an unfriendly race made
suspicious OF all whites by tho
aggression OF immigrants IN
their territory.
As the years passed the whit
man mission grew IN scope and
influence in spite II adverse
circumstances Tragedy came in
the death OF their little dauah-
ter Clsrissa. first white child
born In Oregon. drowned as shs
tried to obtain drinking water
from the river. Other troubles
followed in quick succession. An
epidemic Of measles killed many
OF the Indians and the medicine
men blamed DR.. Whitman. Uns
rest among the Indians m
creased. and one morning they
appeared at the mission and shot
DR.. and Mrs. Whitman. two Of
their associates and several stu
dents.
The story Of one OF the great
accomplishments Of the men and
women who settled the Oregon
country 10 dramatically told IN
'Narcissa Whitman. Pioneer ~
Oregon" tHarcourt, Brace 4 Co.,
New York;.
And nh en- the stream
Which orsrfloued the iOui
U0s passed 0Uny.
A consciousness remained
th0t ii had left.
Deposited upon the silent
shore
OF memory. ,mo0ss and
precious thoughts
That shall not die, and eon-
NOT be destroyed.
WILLIAM wORDsWORTH
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by John Xix

ina from 1910 to 1885. Charles
rhroeeell. brother OF Harry, Sr.,
IL an RID. carrier at Roy,
Wash. wilbur Throssell, brother
Of Marry. Jr.. 10 in the finance
division of the post office at
Yakima
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against the strsngling growth
OF federal domination.
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". y kEI-I1Ek.
Sept. western State Hospital.
CHANGES VIEWPOINT

Editor Tne Times: Many peo-
pie such as myself have opposed
the Roosevelt sdnninistrzti on and
have hooked 10 Colonel Lind
bergh for leadership N this op-
position ! must row change nv
op-nion because OF recent events
In Colonel Lnobergh, last
talks h. mas beer trying 10 stir
~ rscisl s'rif. TINS !. ter
riole thing for anyone 10 40. let
slcns leader Of public opinion
also noticed that although
Colonel LindosrEh never eriti-
esEed Russia when II VA eollao-
Grating with Germany he has
been very bitter against Rs<sTz
since II sHled itself with Eng
l.nd.
For these reasons scsnosl-
eogs Vas wrong vhsn l argued
OF Lnoberghs behalf
ar sorry that thss nasn /
respected mas destroyed my eos
reeno. IN ms integrity and 10y
.ity 70 the United States
VIC J. WELDON.
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GRATEFUL FOR
PUBLICITY AID

Editor, The Times: ] wish TO
thank you for the fine publicity
you gave through The Times TO
the Fourth Institute on Post
graduate Psychistric Education
for State Hospitals under the
auspices Of the American Psy-
chiatric Association Committee
on Psychiatry in Medical Edu-
cation which is completed today
at the Western State hospital,
Fort Steilacoom.
Both DR.. Alan Gregg. director
OF the Medical Sciences. Rookie
Teller Foundation. New York
city. and Or. Franklin G.
Ebsugh. chairman Of the insti-
tute. state THE was the finest
session ever held. and they are
so pleased. that the Rockefeller
Foundation has almost agreed to
repeat these meetings N the
Northwest IN the near future.
On the program were the mas
ter minds Of psychiatry and
mental hygiene IN the United
states. Some Of them few here
for the lectures and then back
home again.
The amount OF interest shown
By the public m the institute IL
beyond belief. especially BY the
educators including the school
teachers. All OF the lectures per-
tanned in some way 10 psychi-
airy which has 10 do with dis
orders Of the mind or intellect;
or mental hygiene which has to
do with the development and
eonservs ton 81 mental health as
well as the prevention OF men
tai disorder
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10. In which of our wars did
ths Trent Affair" oocur7
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-17
OUTDOOR LIFE FEDERATION

"In response to an invitation from
Emmett Andrews, Chairman of the
Cambridge Civic Commission, Cam
bridge, Md, the Maryland Outdoor
Life Federation will conduct a Re-
gional Meeting in Cambridge, in
conjunction with the international
Muskrat SHINING Contest, to be
held in the Cambridge Armory, jan
uary 31st and February LIST, 1941.
The Federation will hold lunch
con at the Hotel Cambridge, Satur-
day, February list, 100 o'clock at
which Edwin Warfield, Jr., Chairman
of the Conservation Commission Of
Maryland will be the principal
speaker.
Immediately following the lunch
con, the Regional Meeting will be
called to order by Merle E. Towner,
President of the Maryland outdoor
Life Federation. who will preside
and give comprehensive address on
the purposes and aims Of the Fedora
ton and how conservation Affects
every citizen Of the United States.
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retire from the Supreme Court with
in a few months. He has reached the
age that entities him to leave the
bench.
Mr.. Hughes has done great SER
vice to his country in the lats two or
three years, and apparently has been
successful in making new members
of the Court understand that they
would be nothing less than dumb
bells IL they acted as rubber-stamps
for the New Deal. Pres. Roosevelt
has appointed i've Of the nine mem
bers, and even though those MEM
bers have brought something of a
new spirit into the Court they have
administered the laws Of the land
well and faithfully, thus proving
that it is quite impossible to crack
up the highest judicial body in the
World.