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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this roll
umn letters must EiNe name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
vii be published vbsn requested
Mr.. Fisit: VIII Won please tell
me what one must accomplish tn
have his name mentioned In the
who's Who IN American Art
What IL . Prix de Rome art
award CHARLES ~.
Who's Who in American Art
attempts to list all artists in the
country other than amateurs and
students. IL does not try 10 rate
them by quality. The Prix de
Rome IL a scholarship in normal
times given by the French gov
eminent to art students Of
French nationality. emitting
them To study In L'Acsdemi. de
France in Rome.
Mr.. Fixlf: I would like 10 get
your column 10 print . message
as soon as possible. ! am trying
Ia locate Mrs. Mary Wood. who
I understand IL In Tacoma. n
you will print my address. per-
haps she viii see II.
OWEN II. WOOD.
Rt. 4 Box 1s45. Oregon City.
II she Is within range of Mr..
Fixit's column. we trust she will
write to you.
Mr.. Fixit: To settle an argu-
ment. does . person getting his
first drivers license have To take
an actual driving test:
G. VI.
An actual driving test would'
not be required unless the new
applicant had some apparent
physical impediment that might
interfere with his driving. Any
new applicant must take the
state patrol written and machine
tests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
City's Financial Position Happy One

That the City Of Tacoma's credit rates highly in the
securities markets of the country well illustrated the
other day. The 100000 bond issue for new and larger
Nisquay power project quickly sold at an IN
teres unheard of before in the cts financial history
The interest rate the bond issue less than two per-
cent II is not many years when live and six percent
interest similar the rule not the exception
II that the federal governments policy of keep
ing interest down has something to do with the excep
tonay low interest rate locally. However, not the
ctys financial house in good order and 1t not
matter of national record that the ctys venture in the
municipal power field of the fnessuccessfu fnan
cially and physically boththe with money would not
be 50 willing let the city have cash at such cheap rate
All in ALL Tacoma well be proud. not only of It's power
project but its financial record as well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn TO the
woman's page for the answers.
/. Wolves drink water in the
same manner as dogs: true or
false
?. Esperanto il species Of
fish. the name Of a planet. or
the name Of a universe
language
3 Which Of these states Is
smallest in srea: Delaware. Con-
necticut. Rhode Island
4. Which nominee for presi-
dent used a brown derby as a
political symbol
S. Complete the verse: Little
drops of water, little grains of
sand -
s. For what diseased condi-
ton Of the brain do the initials
DTS stand?
Z. Name the first Lsbour
party premier Of Great Britain.
s. Are President and Mrs.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt fifth or
sixth cousins. or fifth cousins
once removed
2. Name the author of The
Good Earth"
10. The music of the opera
"Fslstsff' was composed by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
TffREE-WAY SPLIT
COMPI.ICATES THINGS

When the problem got really
hot. the labor division of the
office of production manage
ment called to Washington men
representing employers and EN-
ployes in seven West Coast plane
plants. On the union side. Rich
ard Frankensteen, the firebrand
in the North American confla-
grafton. spoke up for his United
Automobile Workers. a clio Of
filiate. Charles Trigar sat in for
the AFL Mschinists' union. A
third man did the talking for an
independent group. the United
Aircraft Welders.
At this writing. conferences
have been going on for two
weeks on OPM's attempt TO
work out a labor sterilization
program. Frankensteen doesn't
like il a bit. lie wants to deal
directly with each individual
company. making the best pos
sible bargain. And that bargain.
of course, is the top wages fixed
by the mediation board for
North American. Management
says that any such figure would
break them now and be q fatal
handicap under postwar condi-
tions.
What complexities the whole
picture is that nothing Is more
vital 10 defense at home and aid
abroad than complete harmony
and 100 per cent production in
the aircraft industry. Certain
parts of the sirplane program
have fallen behind. The govern
ment would rather spend its
time stepping up the number Of
ships crowding their way down
factory runwsvs than in wrang-
hing over labor problems. But
Frsnkensteen and the clio are
out 10 organize the aviation in
dustry from top TO bottom while
they think the cards are in their
hands. and the national defense
mediation board let the young
leader with trouble-making af-
filistions put a foot the size Of
Primo Cameras in the door
when IL settled North American.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
OLD CHICKEN BACK
HOME To ROOST

A pestiferous chicken belong
Ing to the national defense me-
diation board has come home to
roost. The tag around its ankle
Identifies II Is the wage settle
ment made by the board in the
spectacular plant OF the North
American Aviation company.
The board leaned 80 far forward
10 give the workers break that
the judgment stirred up hor-
nets nest in the rest of the
aviation industry.
The North American walkout
wss the one in which President
Roosevelt was forced to call out
the troops to keep the planes We
and the British need rolling off
IN, transmission lines. The re-
sponsihle heads 81 the union had
gone on record with a promise
that there wouldn't he any strike
until time in which normal proc
esses for settling the dispute
had been put into operation.
However. the men got out Of
hand and the shutdown followed.
This was no particular surprise.
When representatives Of both
sides in the fight first came TO
Washington to lay their trou-
bles before the proper officials.
labor cases had piled up so high
there wasn't a panel available TO
hear the story The secretary OF
the board told the belligerents TO
go back to work and hold every
thing for the time being. This
they were unable 10 do.
After the nation had become
thoroughly aroused over the sit
ustion as hesdlined, and soldiers
had got the plant going again.
the board heard the ease and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
Not All Wasted

Not BY any means all of the money being poured out
for national defense is being wasted Some of inobody
knows just how muchis going for purposes that Will be
served after the emergency has passed For instance con-
sructon and improvement projects 2Ss aports scat
tered over the United States have just been announced by
the Civil aeronautcs administration. Eighty millions are
going into this, but
When the is over. there will certainly be great
increase in civilian flying Thousands of trained pilots
in every major country will seek TO their sklls in
making living 1t has already been predicted that the
day is in sight when every bit of first class mail in the
country will be arbone That means airports, bigger
better, and frequent airpors. dividend!
There are some defeats triumphant than victories
.-Montaigne
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
THREATENING THE
RAILROADS

Editor The Times: The en-
ployes of the railroads in this
country, through their brother
hoods and unions. have asked
for an increase of 30 per cent in
their wages; and they talk of
striking if their demands are
not granted.
The principal parties IN inter-
est concerned in this matter
are:
/. Those who own the rail-
roads (stocks and bonds).
2. Those who use the railroads
passengers and freight.
5. Those who operate the rail-
roads (employes).
4. Those who tax and regulate
the railroads (governmenD.
The income of the railroads.
obtained from passengers and
freight. should be distributed TO
the owners interest and divi-
dends): the employees tsalsries
and wages): and TO the govern
ment ftaXesl in accordance with
their several rights and equities.
Unfortunately for the owners of
the railroads, they get only
what is left (if any, after the
wages. expenses and taxes are
paid. The owners get scant
consideration because they are
not organized, and their voting
power at general elections is
ignored by the politicians.
Railroad ownership is sleep
ing giant. which. if once aroused,
could elect president and a
majority of the members of con-
gress. The railroads are not
owned by lot of rich old ras-
Gals in Wall Street, as so many
people suppose. A majority of
the voters in this country are
interested either directly or in
directly: and what hurts the
railroads hurts them. The thrift
ty people who have money in
the savings banks. and the hold
ers of the various kinds OF in
surance policies should realize
that the banks and insurance
companies are large owners of
railroad bonds. This is only one
OF several ways in which mil
lions OF people have an inter-
est in the welfare of the rail-
roads. II is high time for this
sleeping giant To wake up and
give consideration TO the fol-
lowing:
l. What part Is beng played
IN this matter by the high sal
aired heads Of the hrotherhoods
and unions Are they trying n
do something 10 justify their
high salaries. even If il is an
unwise move at this critical
time? What would happen 10
these high salaries If there were
no labor disputes?
? To what extent is this q
part Of a gigantic conspiracy
TO destroy private property snc
enterprise in this country and
To curtsil liberties , II railroad,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
TrIIT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
LlUn / ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-Bootegg of gasoline during the
daily voluntary backout of filling stations along the
Atlantic seaboard has become fourishing racket 1t has
reached point where those charged with
walton of the liquid fuel are saying There ought to be
law 'agn' it,! The breakdown under the emergency
powers vested in President Roosevelt and his defense
chiefs may come sooner than the public thinks possible
Meanwhile the afterhours trade is operating at full thro
Ala nnds 81. hiuh rricos
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30

fixed minimum wage for green
workers of sixty cents an hour.
with five cents month raise
until the total reached seventy
five cents an hour, as their pay.
after three months in the shops.
Other airplane workers were
getting no such happy figure.
and the new trouble began.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
Blind Pig Remedy Recalls Old Dogs
Soldier Bus Ruling Stumps the Loymon
Lost Army" Emphasizes Our Bigness
81

hut the sttorneN-general ssid "
couldn't 10 done. Tho Post ES-
change was On military resersa-
ton and the civil authorities
had no jurisdiction.
At the same time the civil
authorities stipulate the routes
over which Post Exchange
buses may operate in the city.
Soldiers driving army trucks
required TO observe the same
regulations as civilians. The
situation is somewhat puzzhng
to the lay mind. and out Of the
lay mind comes this thought:
II the transportation conces-
sionnsries, having a monopoly on
q large volume of business are
holding up the men who are 60
ing to be In the front of the
heavy fighting II that becomes
necessary. why ceei't the army
20 into the transportation busi-
ness:
Is there anything in the army
regulations to keep the Fort
Lewis authorities from using
some of the several hundred
army trucks and carryalls In
Transporting soldiers on leave
between Fort Lewis and Tacoma
or Olympia?
Sounds reasonable, but maybe
like the moral issue, it is cock
eyed sentimentality to suggest
that the boys who will have to
do the fighting il there is any
should not be exploited.
TN an issue of The Columbian.
L first newspaper published
north of the Columbia river.
there is an article complaining
that settlers were coming into
the Oregon country so fast that
there was danger of a congcs-
ton. In several instances, it
was reported, two families had
been compelled to settle on one
half section of land 1920 acres1.
The writer desired to know what
the situation would be if i'm
migration continued at the same
rate for another couple of years.
That was about ninety years
ago. Immigration continued not
only for two years but for many
years and in far greater volume.
How badly congested the coun-
try became is indicated by the
amazing fact that 900 soldiers
of the army that came up from
California to capture the Grays
Harbor country were lost for
two days In the heavily timber
ed and unsettled country he
tween the Columbia river and
Aberdeen.
And for another instance Of
the magnitude of the unoccupied
area in the state of Washington.
drive through the Columbia ba-
sin area and see stretches of
open country with from IS TO
30 miles without an inha bited
house.
The fact is that we have not
yet started to grow in this
Northwest country. The only
congestion we have is in few
cities where people have fool
ishly crowded to get away from
the "drudgery' of taking what
the good earth will produce in
abundance if given only decent
treatment and little coopera-
ton.
Do the lCOrk that's nearest,
Though it's dill at lChiles;
Helping, 1Chen yOu meet
them,
Lame dogs OrCr stiles;
Sec in erery hedgerOW
Marks Of angels feet,
EpicS IN each pebble
Underneath our feet.
Charles Kingsley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30

ITO the older residents Of Taco
L ma the recommendation Of
Seattle coroner's jury That
selling whisky by the drink
would help eliminate blind pigs
and "speakeasies" will appear
exceedingly funny. They will re-
call that during the old saloon
days, when whisky was being
sold by the drink over more than
a hundred bars in Tacoma. one
Of the law enforcement prob
lens was dealing with illicit
sales of whisky.
Back doors were kept open
after hours. The record of ar
rests shows that some drug
stores were catering TO a select
group of whisky drinkers and
liquor was sold without a license
In a number of resorts.
Inc old tuners ALSO VIII i0
call that other ills went hand IN
hand with the liberal liquor
policy. Conferences held in the
back room of a Pacific avenue
saloon sometimes determined the
policy of the city council on
many matters. from horse feed
to advertising. Candidates for
city offices frequently were
nominated at those conferences
and there were instances when
the platform of a city political
convention received its o. X.
there.
1t was In these licensed hard
liquor establishments that log
gers Just in after winters
work In the woods were roll
ed" for their seasons wages
after a drink of drugged whisky.
In the same manner sailors just
paid off after a long voyage
were robbed.
Those who know this record
wonder what can be gained by
adding the hard liquor privilege
to the free and easy system OF
dispensing beer and wine.
Another thought occurs to
those who remember the scan
dals that grew out of the slot
machine racket here a number
of years when the operators
were granted special privileges
and protection and those who
attempted to beat the machines
We're sent to the federal peni-
Tertiary.
In the face of that record they
wonder why we should let the
slot machine racket again 60
hog wild with pin ball machines
in places where IS per cent Of
the patrons are high school stu
dents. and fill the resorts fire.
auently by soldiers with lone
armed bandits"
Maybe this is all right; may
be moral values and principles
don't count for anything; maybe
those who think so are Just
cockeyed old back numbers
Maybe. but
DARADOXES of the law are
L past understanding. Off
GERS at Fort Lewis asked the
state Department of Public
Service if something couldn't be
done to get a descent rate fol
soldiers riding on the Taeoms
and Olympia busses operating
under concession from the Pos
Exchange.
The department was all for i
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
ROUGH GOING

ROUGH GOING
Sand snow" is made up Of
flakes which are like sharp
spikes cutting into the wood of
skis and sled runners. Ordinary
snow, having been through a
certain amount of melting, has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
by John Hix

cause eye fatigue to pilots, must
be applied very carefully. Even
slight variations in the thickness
Of the paint coating would de-
stroy the balance,
TOM RROW Ordeal Of
Faith!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
4. =. To MOVE IN
AFTER BRITAIN

If things Get too tough. don't
worry about the United States
moving in on the Azores and
Cape Verde islands. The matter
appears 10 have been settled that
the British shall do the Job and
then We will be invited 10 take
over. In many respects. the
operstIon will be similar TO our
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
ECONOMICS

Editor The Times: The prob
lem of distribution is ever
cherished shibboleth among eco
nomic authorities Distribution
Is economists lively and mex
austible enigma assuming fourth
dimension proportion.
The key TO distribution is
money. Money is primary. dis
tribution is secondary. People
with money buy things needless
of distribution which is sutoma-
tic and self-regulstory. The
man in Borneo. or nmbuktu
with money buys American
products unconcerned about dis
tribution.
Money should be plentiful and
circulate freely that all people
might live decently and orderly
and not suffer their bodies and
souls to wither and wrap and
decay.
Money is the answer TO the
solution Of distribution notwith-
standing the testimony of eco
nomic experts
Economists use distribution
for a smoke-screen for greed
and sslfishness.
Money IS the missing link in
the distribution equation.
Money should be the servant
Of all. and not the sacred COW
for the privilig ed vested inter
ess. r E THOMAS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30

establishment Of bases in lee
land.
Everyone in the sdministrs-
ton concerned with hemisphere
defense from the president
down has emphasized The i'm
portsnce Of these islsndS II they
ever fall into the hands Of the
AXIS powers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30

are driven into bankruptcy, and
IL strikes continue in the defense
industries. they offer an excuse
for the government TO seize the
railroads and the industries. II
should be borne in mind that
the railroads are paying higher
wages than ever before. even in
the most prosperous times.
This country is faced with
enemies without and within. and
the people must not expect
TO live in our easy American
way and still be able TO over
come these enemies. Privations
will come; and they should be
met without grumbling and
complaint. We should be thank
full TO be here.
JAMES EMERY BROOKS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30
individual rounded edges.
BALANCE

So delicately balanced are the
three-blsded propellors of the
big Clipper planes that the paint
on the rearwsrd surfaces. placed
there TO kill reflections which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-30

To receive attention IN this roll
umn letters must EiFe name and
address OF writer ONLY initials
vii be published when requested
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Man Claiming Gene Autry
As Brother Divorced

A woman who thought she was
marrying the brother of Gene Autry.
cowboy movie star, only to find that
her new husband was convict, had
her marital freedom today.
Justice Jesse c. Adkins in District
Court signed decree Tuesday
granting an absolute divorce to Mrs.
Edna Marie Autry, 937 street NV
and allowing her to resume her
maiden name of ORourke.
Through Attorneys Francis W..
Taylor and John E. McGahey, the
woman told the court she had been
married at Elkton, Md, in June,
1888, to man who represented him.
self as Tommy Autry, brother Of the
movie star.
She later discovered that his true
name is Frank Stourmer, alias
Frank r. Slemp, and that he is no
relation to the movie star. He Is
serving q two-yesr sentence in a
Federal reformatory now on a
charge Of transporting stolen auto
mobile across q State line, the court
was told.
The husband was represented by
Attorney Joseph A. Roney, who was
appointed by the court.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
il. Banner, Architect,
Dies After Iona Illness

Joseph L. Banner, so, Washington
craftsman and architect, died yes
terday after an illness of several
weeks.
A native of Washington, he was
educated at local schools and was
graduated from Catholic University
For several years, during the early
part Of the century, Mr.. Banner
served the Federal Government as
an architect stationed at the Canal
Zone. During this period he assisted
in the design of many Of the per-
manent structures required for the
operation Of the canal, and for the
needs Of the men and their families
brought down to operate it.
At various times in his career he
was attached to the architectural
departments of several governmental
agencies in Washington, including
the War Department., Federal Hous-
ing Administration, Navy Depart
ment and Procurement Division Of
the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Banner is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Hazel p. Banner Of
1912 Otis street NE; a son, Joseph;
q daughter, Marie, and two brothers
Funeral services will be held at
St. Anthonys Church, Twelfth and
Monroe streets NE, at 9 am. Satur-
day. Burial will be In Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
|nvasions Give Reich
Increased Output
OF Aluminium
BosieoIIy, However,
Germany Still Depends
On Bouxite Imports
BY DAVID M. NICHOL,

Chicato Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Jan. O. Germany's
problem Of raw materials for air.
plane construction, like many others,
has been eased by the successful
campaigns of the last year, and the
Reich continues as the worlds lare-
est producer of aluminium.
How much is being turned out
annually Of the lightweight metal,
which plays so large part in the
almost daily attacks on England, it
Is impossible to say. The last pub
lished figures are for 1893 and show
production Of 10000 tons. It Is
believed now to be considerably more
than zoo, 900 tons.
Efforts are being made to in
crease this amount still further.
Recently the aviation interests of
the Reich formed a new concern,
the Nordische Aluminium A, backed
by the government-owned German
Aviation Bank.
BaSically. however, the Reich is
still dependent on imports of baux-
lite, the ore from which aluminium
is made, from .Yugoslavia, Hungary
and France. So far it has not been
possible to develop sufficient sup
plies from the aluminium ores which
are found in Germany, according
Evening star., 1941-01-09
to a survey attributed to a Swedish
expert, DR.. Bengt Hermann.
Power Requirements High.

Power Requirements High.
Experiments have been made, he
reported, with aluminium oxide,
which is found in quantities in Ger
many, but the production has been
costly and limited. In 1899, the
state-owned Lauta Works were able,
for example, to produce only 5000
tons Power requirements were
especially high.
Power, even in production of
aluminium from bauxite, is a con-
siderable factor, and it was esti-
mated that Germany used $500, ,000,-
600 kilowatts hours for this purpose
alone in 1889. Total power produc-
ton for the entire Reich was only
about 80 900 000,00 kilowatt hours.
Even Greenland. now cut off by
the British blockade. was involved
in the construction Of German air.
planes. Cryolite, which is found
there, is an important factor, but
the Swedish expert reported that
Germany now is successfully pro-
ducing substitute from f1ourite, of
which there is plenty in the Reich.
Flourite also is being recovered, he
reported. from coke gases. OF mag
nesium, Germany has quantities and
produced, it was reported, about rs
per cent Of the worlds supply in
1898.
Manganese From Russia.
Germany acquires maneanese from
p,1ccia Dr nz;-l --,l.r-