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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

HAMILTON, Bermuda-UP- A
recommendation that American re-
cruits for the Royal Air Force be
trained here was before the as
sembly today. Gov. Sir Reginald
Hlldyard informed the assembly
that the supply Of suitable candi.
dates from Bermuda appeared
nearly exhausted. Nineteen Der.
mudans have been trained in the
Bermuda flying school to date.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

WASHINGToN-CP-The ONCE
Of Production Management an.
lnounced that a meeting will be
held in Chicago late today with a
special committee OF railroad III.
ficials and labor executives to dis.
cuss transfer by voluntary meth
DDS" OF approximately 100, 900 rail.
road workers to the shipbuilding
and aircraft industries.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

WASHINGToN-UP- The Co.
lombian legation today described
as utter nonsense reports that a
Colombian editor and politician
had been murdered In his homeland
on the eve Of his departure to tes-
tify at the trial of the German
Transocean News Service here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

LA PAz, Bolivia-UP- German
Minister Ernest Wendler, accused
of directing a "Nazi Putsch" and
declared persona non grata by the
government, leaves the country
today by way of A~ntofagasta,
Chile, en- route. to Germany. In
reprisal for Wendler's expulsion,
the German government has given
Alfredo Flores, Bolivian charge
d'affaires at Berlin, 70 hours in
which to leave Germany, 1t was
announced officially.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

SAN. FRANCISCo-INS- At the
request of the OPM in Washing
ton, the threatened strike OF CLIO
mine, mill and smelter workers
today was delayed 4S hours to
permit negotiations between the
union and employer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

HONOLULU-UP- Sailors to-
day hunted in the heavily wooded
hills near Pearl Harbor for Com
mander Thomas C. Latimore, who
went hiking last Friday and hasn't
been reported since.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

CLEVELAND-INS- An inves-
tigation OF any Cleveland public
school. teachers who openly defy
the United States. and place their
allegiance to nations other than
the United States" today was or
dered by the Cleveland board of
education.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
Foreign ade---Goinq, Going :. j..

The last expectation anybody might have had that the
United States would profit through increased foreign trade
because of the will vanish when the figures for 1910
are completed.
There time when war in Europe meant that
American cotton and wheat premium prices eagerly
sought by any means and at any prices 1t meant tenn
porary prosperity.
But todays world is a different world. Let's take
look at what happened to American export trade last
Tn. first eight months of the war had little effect
There was some increase in sales Of to Europe and
in material to South America which countries there found
themselves suddenly unable to get from Europe.
About last June this began to change. Suddenly Cont
mental Europe either occupied by the Germans off
by the British blockade. ceased to be market ALL And
the South American began to slow up simply because
those countries off from their markets
IN Europe and as result had no money with which to
buy American goods
the year, 81 per cent Of exports going the
British Empire instead of the usual 49, and almost all of
these were airpanes iron, Steel machine tools machinery
and other war or potentially materials.
Thus 1910 going to show total foreign trade greater
than that of since 1929 25 from last
year. But almost all of it is trade in war materials with
export Of surplus farm products actually sumping. And
If this increased 1910 export total exceeds $4,000
100000, it will still be less than half the 1920 figure
What does this mean? First it means that to the ex
tent to which industrial plant becomes adjusted to
export breeding trouble for the time when that
export ends Second the cards stacked todays world
against foreign trade the total volume of which, well
own share tends to decline Third, the South Amer
lean market wish much to cultivate there all right
but it can not increase unless and until we increase
imports. Loans, with their subsequent headaches, will
stimplate this trade only temporarily.
But the United States will have favorable balance Of
trade Of $26oooooooO for l94o You might think that's
good. But don't want imports for that balance We
don't want gold for it, anybody had pay which
they haven't We've got gold What then?
This Reconcile ourselves the idea that foreign trade
Is declining. Plan for that
In the meantime study every plan that permits greater
import Of goods from friendly countries without strong
y competing with local industry In the long foreign
trade must be mutual we only continue export
roughly to the same extent that We are willing and able to
import
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
Up From the Depths

always produces its share of those stories which
stranger than fiction. But surely stranger
weird story has out of the than that of the
submarine Thets resurreced from waery grave to send
another undersea monster down to take her place.
The Thetis q trial run in the Irish in June
1889 when she sank and carried 90 to their death
Five months later she aborousy raised beached and
recondtoned. Now the British admiralty this
same Thetis recommssioned the Thunderbolt, which
sank Italian submarine.
Ships have been raised from the watery depths before
but to atone for this resurrection by sending another down
to take its place the unearthly floor is
q deed fictioneer has yet dared to imagine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21

Morgenthsu had no confidence
in himself in the old days; he
WAS simply an errand boy and
echo for the president. But
now ne is the chief apostle
of all-cut aid TO Britain. He
was advocating that sort Of
policy long before the president
dared to assume the lead. So
now. with reborn courage, at the
slightest provocation, he scraps
with financiers. manufacturers,
army-navy officials and Marri-
ner Eccles of the federal reserve
board. Henry has become the
Joe Louis OF the Roosevelt ad-
ministrstion.
Hull. likewise. has become bel
lirerent. Once a quiet and un-
assuming chap who seldom spoke
above a whisper. now he Ia will
ing TO take on all corners. Re-
Gently he was asked about the
statement by d. OF J. official
that our consuls abroad per-
mitted foreign and subversive
agents to enter this country,
through carelessness. Hull re-
piled that IL anybody would tell
him the name Of the D. Of J. man
making such charges. there
would be plenty OF trouble. He
limited at a prospective fist fight,
not a verbal exchange.
The army doesn't like TO talk
about 1t. but the sudden shift Of
Brigadier General Georee V.
Strong from the general staff to
command Of the Omaha corps
area looks like a "doshouse" as
signment. At the moment IL is
the most exciting morsel Of gos-
sip within the inner circles Of
the war department.
For years Strong has been the
student and the scholar of the
army. He has more college de-
srees than most university pres
idents. and all were obtained
through army assistance. He
was definitely and deliberately
trained for the position he has
recently quit-sssistant chief Of
staff in charge OF the war plans
division. An outspoken fellow.
he made the mistake Of telling a
congressional committee that the
u. S. could not prepare for war
under the wage-hours and Walsh
Healy acts. He suggested that
laboring men would have TO work
80 hours a week without over
time) and like II II they want
to get this country ready for
war"
But he made a still more Sc
ricu. blunder. After service IN
England as an army observer.
he told reporters on his return
that Britain might hold out. but
that she could not win eventual
~. He meant. OF course-snd
most army-navy experts agree
with him - that there Was no
chance Of taking the European
continent away from Hitler. Be-
cause OF these illusions. the
most brilliant member Of the
general staff was transferred 70
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
Stories in
Stamps
Rice Is Principal Food
For One-Third Of World
- .>AAss...-..

A FOOD which keeps more than
"A one-third Of the population OF
the world alive deserves philatelic
recognition. And Japan has sup
piled that in the stamp above,
showing natives harvesting rice.
Rice is one Of the oldest known
foods. is mentioned in Chinese
records dating TO 1900 B. c. Il is
native TO India, which grows some
so billion pounds annually. China.
largest consumer Of rice. issues no
data on annual production.
Rice is member Of the grass
family. grows best in warm and
moist regions. Usually rice fields
are flooded during the growing
season, but in some districts such
irrigation is not required.
The cultivation Of rice began
in United States in the Caro-
linss about 100 Today the an
nual U. S. yield amounts 10 So
600, 900 bushels Louisiana, Cali
fornia, Arkansas and Texas are
the chief centers Of rice produc-
ton n America. The wild rice
Of North Americas swsmps, while
not adaptable for cultivation, pro-
vides an important food for Wild
ducks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21

is not enough, there is no way of
really helping them enough-no
way. that is, unless We 60 be-
yond the short Of war limit"
The most recent promise to
help England TO a knockout VIC
tory should be thought over
very carefully by the American
people. Such victory can only
come by an invasion Of Europe
and complete knockout on the
continent. Very clearly Eng
land cannot do this alone; she
has admitted as much. The only
possibility is through the aid Of
vast American troops. Churchill
has recently said England can
not win without American help.
But the voters were promised
no troops would be sent abroad.
The promises are contradic-
tory. Both cannot be fulfilled.
Who is going To be betrayed ?
A bare 500 Of the American
voters voted for President Roose-
welt on the promise that We
should not get into the war.
Congress is the direct repre-
sentative of the people. We
should write our congressman
every one of US. asking that
they do not permit us to become
involved in this war.
A MOTHER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions Turn 10
Womsns page for the answers.
/. In the nursery rhyme,
"Rub-a-dub-dub. Three Men in
a Tub" who are the three men ?
2. what Christmas decoration
grows as a parasite?
;. jackson Day is the ami
verssry Of the birth OF President
Andrew jackson or OF the Bat
tie Of the New Orleans
4. Which nation is noted for
its roast beef
S. Which was the last Of the
thirteen original states TO ratify
the United States constitution ?
8. Will two 30-watt electric
bulbs consume the same. more,
or iea current than one eo-watt
bluo'
7. Which character in the
political history OF the United
States was known as the Little
Giant >"
6. Where was the Declaration
OF independence signed
@ IL man employed by his
son entitled 70 coyersge under
the Old-Age and Survivors in
sursnce provision q the Social
Security Act.
10. Who vas W. c. Handy?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
CONTRADICTORY PROMISES
On WAR AID

Editor The Times: The
President could and should
make il clear 10 the British
government that We will not 90
beyond our short OF war limit.
and thereby prevent their count
ing on our full support even 10
the sending OF an A. z. F. and
gambling on the long chance OF
a knockout victory on the con-
tinent" is the opinion Of Lud-
well Denny. Scripps-Howard
staff writer.
Only IL Britain can conquer
totaitarian Europe slone-as
assuming that the L. S. has
neither the will nor the power
70 do the ioo-will she gain by
rejecting now & negotiated
peace. leaving her navy and en-
pire intact But for her 10
risk all on the myth Of decisive
American help in capturing Eu-
rope IL another matter. Such
decisive American aid is q cruel
myth unless the President Is 70
betray his covenant with the
electorate"
II the British are accurate
in saying thst our present aid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81

contenting planetary aspects
may be confusing today. Bene-
fic aspects are strong in the
morning and late afternoon.
but adverse influences are ac-
tive between dawn and dusk.
Heart and Home: This Is
rarely fortunate configuration
for women. who should push all
their interests while the sway
prevails. In the home the best
conditions should exist except
that there may be discomfort
among the servants. Girls may
look for real lovemakinH. as
young men may be extremely
susceptible 10 beauty under this
direction Of the stars.
Business Affair.": Thesters
and places Of music should
profit on this date which il
fortunate for actresses A. well
As for managers and producers.
jewelers. also should profit.
since the demand for keepsakes
will increase. This is a favored
date for all construction prof.
ects. Benefits will accure from
syndicates that develop housing
facilities in great cities. This Is
a time for repairs, and santa
ton should engage special at
tention. Public health projects
will receive support in efforts
to protect the people against
epidemics which are forerold.
National Issues: Despite gov
erment watchfulness there will
be large profits realized from
contracts for defense needs. The
new millionaires. long foretold.
will be in the making as the year
progresses. This fact may en-
courage unrest among workers
in trades that require ability and
entail risk. Taxes will rise and
there will be some anxiety
about the federal income which
will not be satisfactory in view
OF extraordinary expenses.
International Affairs: Accord
ing 10 London astrologer. Hol-
land will be the scene OF fight
ing. Il may be necessary for
British forces to invade this
Nsn-controlled country in which
there viii be growing discon-
tent and rebellion. In May there
is sign for promise for Bel
GUM. The entrance Of Jupiter
into Gemini IL read A. hopeful
and the destiny Of this tiny ns-
ton may become connected with
q revival Of Frances indepen-
dence.
Persons whose birthdate IL Is
have the augury OF year Of
good fortune which Is earned
Domestic or business troubles Is
indicated.
Children bonn on this day will
Be courageous. thoughtful and
studious. They may be pains
taking and methodicsl in their
Affairs They will appraise per
sons carefully before accepting
fr1endA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Thinus

70 reosiv. attention n tn, CO.
uran Letters must give name ara
address q WTltsf OnlF Initials
81 D. pasli.hed when requested
Mr.. fixit: ! would like 90 know
N any Times reader has Rev.
Fuller. book-CharIe< Fuller Of
the Old Fashioned Revival radio
fame ] am n shui-in and would
appreciate II ~ someone would
b. kind enough 10 loan II to me-.
r. l. Y.
Maybe = reader viii find such
= book sor YOU. III supply your
address TO anyone who has a
copy.
Mr.. Fisii: I have . dispute
with = friend about the auto
mobile sped limits on our city
streets. He says so m.p.h.; I
SAY IS m-p.h. Which IL right:
MRS. J.
Tacoma has a number Of main
routes on which IS m.ph. IL the
speed limit; elsewhere IS m.ph
is generally the limit
Mr.. Fixit; There has been .
dispute as TO whether each eoun-
~ starts its automobile license
plates off with No. l. Please
settle. ID. Y. X.
Yes. the plates for all coun-
ties start with No. l. This year.
even truck licenses are issued
that way. too. instead Of a fun
sequence for the state only.
Each oeunty's letter and num-
Der appear on the license plates.
Mr.. Fixit: Can you recall the
date Of Col. Lndbergh's flight
over Tacoma In his trsns-Atlan-
TIC plane. Il. n. =.
He landed at Sand Point field.
Seattle. the afternoon OF Sept.
Is, 1927. remained over night at
Seattle, and next morning. Sept
IL. flew over Tacoma, coming in
low over the harbor from the
direction Of Browns Point. He
did not land his Spirit OF st.
Louis" here but dropped a form
message.
Mr.. Fixit: II you can get
H. r. NJ. the party that asked
about popcorn. to get In touch
with ms. We can tell them why
their corn does not pop like
boughten corn.
PETER II. JOHANN.
ri. s. Box 500, Puyallup.
Mr.. Fixit: Ia there a school In
Tacoma or Seattle where I can
learn radio: ID. &.
Washington Technical Insti-
tute Seattle Y.M.c.Al. eoa 4th
ave. Seattle. operates a radio
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
PULSE OF
THE PUBLIC
SEWERS

Editor, The Times: About
ten t10) years ago when sewers
last were under debate and
meetings were held for the pro-
motion of the idea. We had a
very stormy one out here at
Fern Hill with Mayor Tennent
as the main speaker. The re-
suit was that the south end
sewers were ruled out in spite
Of the bogeyman about danger
Of contamination and possible
epidemics. The following year
there was an epidemic but not
in the south end.
The reason for our rejection
OF the sewer plan was not that
we did not want sewers, but the
proposed plan was so expensive
that il would have driven nearly
all OF our citizens from their
homes and their land.
Now again the sewers are the
talk Of the town and the same
bogeyman is still marching on.
A big part Of Mckinley is con-
demned as not fit for building
sites together with a few blocks
Of the Fern Hill district adjacent
to Mckinley north of 12nd and
west of Pacific avenue. The rest
OF II concerning nearly four "a
square miles is ideal for the use
OF septic tanks as means for
disposal OF sewage if the tanks
are Of the right capacity and
installed properly.
Fern Hill school has two
unit system that has run for
fifteen 49, years without clean
ing. Don't think we are opposed
to sewers; we need them and
want them and we wholeheartily
indorse the idea Of a complete
and adequate sewer system as a
public utility. but until that can
be accoplished We will have TO
use the septic tanks system, and
We don't want TO discourage the
building Of homes To the pros
pective home-builder we would
say don't let the old bogeyman
scare you. He don't scare US.
NELS BJARkE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21

the relatively insignificant post
at Omaha.
Martin Dies and J. Edgar Hoo
yer finally have kissed and made
up. The result Of their anti
reddish lovemaking probably will
be the worst witch hunt the U.
s. has seen since the conserva-
tive folk in Salem went off the
handle a couple Of hundred years
ago.
Martin has agreed that his
committee will lay off details
and individuals, and contine it.
self TO exposing movements Of
an un-American nature. II he
runs across evidence Of specific
violations with respect TO sabot-
age or espionage, he will turn it
over TO the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation. He will not. in
short. steal or spoil the G-Mens
stuff. On the other hand, If J.
Edgar exhumes information that
il more susceptible of exploita-
ton by the Dies committee than
OF action by a federal grand
jury. he will turn it over to the
No. l headline hunter on Capt.
toll hill-Dies, OF course.
So far as can be ascertained.
this observation-disclosures agree
ment has been negotiated in
camera between agents of the
Dies committee and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. 1t has
not been sanctioned or sancti-
fled by Attorney General Jack
con or by President Roosevelt.
Events may necessitste it, but
so far they have not authorized
any witch hunt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
JUDGE RICHMOND

Editor The Times: Some
were inclined TO oppose Judge
Richmond for the offices OF
Justice Of the Peace and Police
Judge. They knew his early
training and feared he would
be lax in all liquor cases. But
Judge Richmond has assured me
that he looks with almost horror
upon the era of violation Of our
liquor laws and will strive TO
improve conditions along that
line.
And now come the so-cslled
Reds and are fearful they
cannot secure justice from Jus
tice Richmond. Just consider
say they. his early church
training with its severity against
almost everything that Is mod
ern."
Now this church training Is
imposed in extreme youth and
by skillfull teachers II is hard
TO get away from It's influence.
But there is reason 10 think
that Judge Richmond remem-
oers that when Mr.. Bryan began
70 campaign he was called a
Red, and so II was with Ted
dy Roosevelt and with even
Franklin D., who - 10 this day
considered Red" by many in
the properued class. With such
facts in mind we are hoping
Judge Richmond will be very
careful and judicial.
JAMES p. RAWSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
Md, l9Ao /.

aerial torpedoes" from his bal
loon. "Sylph."
During the Franco-Prussian
War OF 1870. at request of the
German military authorities. he
assisted in forming the first
German Ballon Corps. at Colo
que, consisting of two detach-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
TTcuT An Inside Picture of Finon,
L. u IL / ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The shy and retiring personalities
Of two cabinet members have been completely trans
formed, as result of the key roles which have fallen
to them in the drama of insofar it affects the
capital The who have changed from timid and
unobtrusive fellows to couple of braggadocios are
Secretaries Hull and Morgenthau respectively the heads
of the state and treasury departments
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
by John Hix

ments. 1t was used in opera
tons against Strassburg and
then disbanded. In 1871 Cox
well undertook delivery of let
tiers and messages TO besieged
Paris, but the city capitulated
before his scheme went into ef-
feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
BERLIN BOMBED

Strange as it seems, % years
ago Berlin was bombed by a
famous British aeronaut, Henry
Coxwell At Berlin and Elber-
field. in 1s4s-4e, Coxwell demon
strated the practicability Of
dropping high explosives and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-21
Thou
Shalt
Not Covet
And Some Crumbs
S~epi Up From me
Week End News

W GCk liz iSc"s
There Is a very old theme hat
comes to mind taday-so old,
indeed. THAT anyone who as
sgmes - comment upon i must
risk the accusation q being old
fashioned. which after all is Just
a modern way Of saying that
you are reminding some one Of
something that makes him IN
comfort 45le r espes ALLY II ne
needs 70 Re reminded Of il.
When Moses came down from
the mountain with his code for
the conduct Of men, prominent
among the ten basic laws was
one which read and still does:
Thou shalt not covet ..
anything that is thy neigh
bors."
As We look out upon the game
Of high seizure that goes on
about us, We are forced TO the
conclusion that one Of the first
causes OF all our present DIFF
ficulty is the Ignoring Of the
commandment not to covet.
There aren't many things that
any Of us have which some one
would not or does not covet.
There are those who covet other
mems goods and properties and
possessions. of course. But
there are those who 60 even
beyond this and coyet his way
of life. his beliefs, his loyalties,
his freedom. his very physical
and spiritual heritage, and even
his country.
II they are strong they take
what they want. If they are
weak they let desire canker
within them.
1t is one thing to appreciate
the desirability of what someone
else has. but it is quite a diff
ferent thing to covet. The one
may lead to the work and sacri-
flee necessary to create the
means to acquire like things.
which is a spur to productivity.
II takes nothing from any one
and enriches the world
But he who reaches. by rea-
son Of coyetousness. for what
IL not his, blight. all he