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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05

and the balance in Il months
have curtsiled consumption. The
folks are pouring il out, boosting
prices and beginning an imitation
airy spiral.
Mr.. Eccles was hiding his real
strategy when he announced that
he would not broaden or
strengthen his credit rules until
after the Christmas shopping
spree. Few families stuff stock
ings or decorate the trees with
sofas, washing machines and
automobiles. He was simply wait
ing TO see what treasury and con-
gress would DO about the prob
lem Of too much money and too
few goods Since they may do
nothing. he will He may declare
a down payment Of 40 per cent
with twelve months-six in some
instsnces-to finish the job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
MR.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention in this col
umn letters must Eive name and
address 81 writer. only Initials
vii be publkhec when requested.
Mr.. F1xif: found a dead car
rier pigeon near nv house here
NJ Burton. I thought perhaps
the owner would like 20 know
what happened To his pet I
took the band off its leg. This
II what IL on the band: Aug.
80. TAG s7s5." ,. y. SHAW.
Burton.
The Tacoma Racing Pigeon
club. lwrite in care Of G. L.
cornforth. 45Os No. 3oth) will
be glad TO hear from you.
Mr.. Fixit: How many DAYS
must n landlord give TO = ten
ant on notice Of raising rent :
Also how much time must q
tenant give TO landlord before
sacat'ng nouse9 Mhs. T. ..
Inc estaoiished RUE TOT ootn
Ia one full rent period. usually
. month. since in most cases
rent ~ paid oy lne month.
MI rihit; VIII you p'esse teIi
me NO" many seaIs OF n'eh
c""o' arc necessary LOT oe'ng
Dsa"'s operator u any, no"
pne must \ 20 +" beauty
scnoo' ana VIVA. Is tne approsi-
mate cost ana awning else
beauty operator have To have
incense OF diploma - MISS Il. L.
III "a nancy 10 oe able TO read
ana write, though beauty works
essential requirement IL skili-
ful hands, not ed u cat o n.
Length OF training and cost also
might depend somewhat upon
native skill. For Information
on mat We prefer To suggest
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whim. Once while driving
friend in a carriage, he asked if
his passenger had ever been
overturned. Receiving a mega
tive answer. he drove the vehicle
into a ditch On other oeca-
sions he made cross-country
drives at night, taking bitches,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05

OUT Of the collection OF old
" newspaper clippings brought
to This desk recently there APP
pears another story Of a second
fight between Tacoma and Port
land over the movement Of
water-borne commerce. The first.
IL will be recalled, was over the
shipment of wheat to Great Brit
ain. For several years after the
Northwest began shipping wheat
it was handled exclusively
through Portland until Alexan-
der Baltic proved that Tacoma
was the logicai shipping point.
The second fight in the long
controversy was over the tea
business.
Because of the shorter dis
lance from the Orient, the China
tea trade was being served
through Tacoma when Portland
interests influenced the switch
ing of two cargoes to that port.
First tea ship to attempt to
cross the Columbia bar was the
Carrier Dove, one of the we'll
known sailing ships of fifty
years ago. After delay of three
days outside the bar the vessel
started up the Columbia and was
held on shoal inside. She was
released at high tide only to go
aground again in the Willamette.
BY the time the Carrier Dove
was ready to unload at Portland
she was forty-nine days out of
Yokohama. Tea vessels coming
to Tacoma were unloaded in not
to exceed thirty-five days and
as a rule it was thirty days or
less.
With these figures Tacoma
bombarded the tea merchants
and Portland received only one
more shipment. Tacoma contin-
ued to be the great tea port of
the Pacific coast until we
thought IL was nailed down here
and then Vancouver quietly
slipped in and took II away. That
was a serious loss.
During Tacoma's early fight
for shipping supremacy there
came the transition from sail to
steam. Though steamships did
not begin to seriously affect
shipping until the late nineties,
several steam powered vessels
called here and at Steilacoom in
the early eighties. Largest of
these was the Dakota. a side
wheeler operated by the Pacific
Mail Steamship company out of
San Francisco. For some reason
or other Dakota" was a popu-
lar name for ships in those days.
There were several others of that
name, including the first wheat
ship out of Tacoma.
The Dakota was 27O feet long
with an inside beam of thirty
eight feet. Measured from the
outside of her paddle boxes, she
was nearly seventy feet wide.
The extreme width gave her
something of a roly-poly appear
ance but she was considered
fine ship and was one of the
fastest In the North Pacific
trade. On one of her calls at
Steilacoom she loaded guam
tity of barrel hoops and slaves
for the Spreckels sugar refinery
at San Francisco. The material
came from the Farquharson fac
tory at Puyallup.
Another well-known ship Of
that period was the San Pedro,
in the coal trade. II was big
news when she began coming
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
Tocomo and Portland Have Tea PortY
Like the Boston AHoir: II Ended in right
New Ships and Big Oriental Business

here in 1856 TO carry Carbonate
coal from the Northern Pacific
hunkers to San Francisco. Her
capacity was 1000 tons-s big
load for those days.
An innovation in the lumber
trade was the coming here Of
two steam sehooners. Their
cargo capacity of 100000 feet
was much less than that Of most
of the sailing ships but that was
partly offset by their faster time
between ports.
Steamship service for this port
was not on a dependable basis
until the Northern Pacific began
operating the Olympic, Glenogls
and Victoria. Dodwell, Cargill Il
Co, later Dodwell 4 Co., were
the railroad company's agents.
Alexander Stewart, big name
in Pacific shipping circles, was
president Of the company. He is
credited with developing the first
extensive trade between Tacoma
and the Orient.
Other ships came, including
the Blue Funnel liners operated
by the Dodwells. There also
were the lines represented by the
Frank Waterhouse company -
the Shawmut and fremont, Of
the Boston Steamship CO., and
the Hyades, Plieades and Lyra,
of the Boston Towboat Co.
The five Warehouse vessels
made regular trips between Ia
coma and the ports of the Orient.
Measured by the standards of
that day their cargo capacities
were enormous. Beginning in the
nineties and through the next
decade the Oriental business was
booming, with Tacoma getting
the biggest share. One of the
important expor commodities
was cotton. Often the ware
houses would be full while 200
carloads waited in the halfmoon
yards for the arrival of a Water
house or Blue Funnel boat.
When James j. Hill passed up
Tacoma and established the Great
Northern terminal at Seattle, he
tried to grab the Oriental BUSH
ness away from the Northern
Pacific. He made shipping con-
nections with Japanese ship OPP
orators and built two enormous
cargo carriers, the Dakota and
Minnesota.
For while he cut quite a fig
ure in the Oriental business and
the Great Northern was fatten-
ing on the cross-country ship
ments taken from the Northern
Pacific, but Hill started too late
to really profit from the Orien-
tai business. Opening of the
Panama canal cut the trade in
two. Vessels from the Oriental
ports went through the canal to
the Atlantic coast ports. One
by one the old liners were pulled
off, never to return.
What may happen to shipping
in the present world upset is
something to think about.
Sometimes, / think, the
things ace see
Are shadows Of the things
to be;
That lchdt We plan to
build,
That eUery hope that hath
been crossed,
And erery dream ne
thought iCdS lost,
In HedUen shall be ful-
filled.
Phoebe Carey.
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fences and hedges as they came.
In later years he consumed six
quarts of brandy a day, and
when he died. the people of his
native Shrewsbury closed their
shops.
TOM RROW: Death Bed
Peace
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
SCREWBALL

One of the most eccentrics Of
all time was John Mytton of
England, in the early 1s00's.
His father died young. and John
inherited a huge fortune and a
healthy annual income. He forth
with set out to indulge every
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
An Inside Picture OF Finon-
Ll04 ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-A sensational report listing tremen-
dous profits which corporations and labor unions have
made out of national defense has compiled by House
Naval Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson Its submission may
force congress to enact regulatory legislation which has
l.aa~ mir -hoIa 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
AN APPRECIATION

Editor The Times: National
Art week In Tacoma was a great
success in that it aroused gen.
eral interest in the work OF our
Tacoma artists. An Attendance
OF 200 showed Tacoma's ap-
probation of the art that is
being produced here.
The Tacoma Times contribut-
ed greatly TO this success, and
the members of the Tacoma
Art association wish to thank
you for the space in your pa
per so generously given through
the week, and for the courtesy
and cooperation Of your staff.
MRS. JOHN GOLDSBURY,
President, Tacoma Art Assn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-05
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
BITTER AT NEW
DEAL PARTY

Editor The Times: Referring
to Oscar c. Erickson's letter in
The Times, Nov. IS, relative to
government expanding and
gaining majority of votes"
Erickson must have a civil SER
vice job somewhere and the
New Deal has sung him to sleep.
That condition and state of af-
fairs is here now. All the de-
tense work is a closed program
for the drinking boisterous 60
devil crowd loyal to Dictator
Roosevelt.
We frequently hear of regi-
mentation of workers in Europe,
etc. What do you call it being
registered at Washington en-
ployment office and carrying a
society insecurity card with a
number large enough to drag
you down? l think that is regi-
mentation. Likewise, the govern
ment has issued special pro-
grams Of policy for the churches.
l can't see a lot of difference
between the Nazi party and the
New Deal Democrat. Both are
ruthless. l burned my state
employment card and social in
security card recently in protest
against RECOMMENDATION. / shall
earn my bread, clothes and shell
ter without a union button on
my hat. l buy my clothes sec
ondhand to avoid the union label.
I can't buy defense bonds be-
cause the powers that be won't
let me. We can't even get a
change in Washington owing to
the New Deal party. America is
doomed as long as the New Deal
party has its present strangle-
hold. JAMES s. BABCOCK
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cations from federal inspection
and regulation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

Have you sports question you
 want answered? Write your ques-
 ton clearly, sign your name and
 address and mail your query to
 Sports Fan Question Man, Sports
 Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th street, Wash-
 ington, D. C., enclosing a Scent < postage stamp for personal reply. E @. How old was Bob Fitzsimmons when he won the world light heavy weight championship?
 A. He won the title on November R5, 1908, by beating George Gardner an twenty rounds, at San Francisco, Calif., when he was forty-one years old. "Fitz" held the title until De- Eember 20, 1905, when he lost 1t to s.Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien.
 c. How many times has Brook Ryn won the National League pen- nant2 Has the team ever won 8 World Series2
 A. They won 1t in 1890, 1899 and 1900, before the American League was established, and in 1916 and ae30. They failed in both attempts to win the World Series. \ e. What was the complete pari- tnutuel payoh on the 1941 Kentucky Derby?
 A. Two-dollar tickets on whirl- sway, the winner, paid $7.80 straight, @5.O0 place, and $40 show; on Star etor, which ran second, $35.20 place, and $17.O0 show; on Market Wise, which ran third, $1O8O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
Q SERIAL STORY
AlsY ELINoRE CONAN STONE

YESTERDAY: Stephan is in- fmEed. Deborah's family physician nmlg tO bring him to her home. Stephan is unconscious. A sharp eyea man, whom the doctor iaen- edRes ms . federal agent, Hilton, accompanies the party. After long hours of waiting, Deborah hears Hilton talking to reporters. "He was trapped with i'm formation fatally wounded" Deborah Gsant&
  THE FOG LIFTS
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. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
sAAAAs ~Aa~sA AAAsssaA-.AsaA AAAN4
Foll of French BostiIIe Ended Tyranny of Kings

OBSERVANCE of Bastille Day
 in France on July IA will be tinged with sadness again this year. For Bastille Day is Frances symbol of independence-the an- niversary of the day when Pari- sian multitudeS Stormed the an- cient prison and razed it. This event, in 1789, marked the begin- ming of the French Revolution which was to drive out tyranny and despotism.
 The stamp above, showing the Fall of the Bastille, was issued in 1889 as semi-postal airmail for the colonies on the 17Oth anni- versary of the ancient prisons de- struction.
 After continually rebuffing the will of the people, Louis XVI dis missed a minister favorable to the masses. The news was. spread around Paris on July 12, and two days later mobs and some French soldiers marched to the Bastille on the outskirts of Paris.
 The infuriated Parisians re- leased all the prisoners and killed the commander of the fortress. Fires were set and later the walls of the fortress were pulled down "stone by stone"
 Key to the Bastille was later sent to George Washington by Lafayette and the memento is still on display, at Mount Vernon.
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evening.
 But why weren't those men simply arrested2"
 Because the situation had de- veloped so rapidly that von Thal- mann was not sure we should have time to get here after he sent word to us; and he lacked the proper authority, himself, to make the arrest"
 Then he got the papers?"
 "He got them, very neatly, be- fore the boat left the dock. But then the complications arose. third agent, who had shadowed Stephan here, jumped him and roughed him up pretty badly be- fore we turned up, and stole the papers back again"
 He was warned of that. But why" Deborah demanded indig- nantly, didn't this Jose Pastia who warned him do something = and where was Wilhelm?"
 Frankly" said MT. Hilton, "there does seem to have been something sketchy about the blocking of the home team-largely, I gather, be- cause MT. von Thalmann got toe far ahead of his interference. How ever, except for his head, which for tunately is hard, it worked out for the best. We got MT. x, with the evidence on his person. Number Two got away, but was picked up later by the Coast Guard Number Three, the most dangerous, because he was the only one who knew who von Thalmann was, Is in hospital, and will not live"
 Where was Wilhe1m?"
 Tt was Wilhelm who finally took care of Number Three. He's on his way to Washington with my partner, to report"
 I'm frightened" Deborah shiv- cred. This man who followed Ste- phan here-how much did he know? And how many more are there in the country who know and hate him?"
 "He thinks no more. hope he is right, because he is going to be very valuable to us these next grim months. His usefulness abroad is ended; but he has access to sources of information here that we might not touch without him information that may save this country many lives, and millions of dollars in preventing sabotage. Per- haps you've read about teh part our American Czechs played in counter espionage during the last war?"
 "Yet it means that always - for years, perhaps = he will be in danger"
 Not always sometimes, yes," the man agreed. But, you see, that is what he wants"
 "Yes," Deborah said. T see that. But there was 8 subma- rine-"
 If there really was, I doubt if 1t had anything to do with all this"
 And this pastia - who is he? What?
 T am afraid" MT. Hilton said gravely, that I have told you all I must and this much only be- cause Stephan thought you ought to know wonder if you understand that later = for months at time, perhaps = there will be many things you cannot be told? You will want to ask questions"
 T only want Stephan safe," De- borah protested pitifully.
 Yet often his safety may de- pend on your knowing nothing"
 T won't ask" Deborah prom ised herself as much as him. "Oh,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
I won't ask anytl1ing!"
 Stout grill" said MT

won't ask anythtng!" .
 Stout grill" said MT. Hilton.
 Then Dr. Bingham came in and said, "All right, Deborah. But don't let him talk too much" And she went in to Stephan.
 Stephan's face, under the ice- cap, was white, and one eye was completely black and blue; but he managed to grin as Deborah came over to the bed.
 How do you like my shiner?" he demanded, cooking the brow over the good eye to make sure his mastery of the American idiom had registered.
 T like everything about you," Deborah said unsteadily. "Oh, darling" = She leaned her cheek against his, to hide the quivering of her lips.
 In g. moment he said, T shall never forgive myself for dragging you into this"
 But was already in, Stephan. We both knew that from the be- gining Look!" Deborah pointed toward the window. "The fog has gone. Just as 1t has be- tween us It was the fog that mattered, Stephan"
 (THE END)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
THE FOG LIFTS
CHAPTER KIT

| When Deborah struggled back to lkOnsciouGness, Bridgie, haggard From her long vigil, was sitting beside her bed.
 Sure, that's righti" Bridgie ap- plauded as Deborah tried to sit up. sBrace up now, darlint, like the brave girl you are"
 Yes, Deborah remembered wretch .ndly, she would need all her cour- age Strange that Bridgie could smile like that!"
 Here's MT. Hilton wantin' a word wid ye." Bridgie was going on cheerfully. whilst he's here, I'll fetch a cup O tea to bring the Ecolor intil yer chakes against the Ihoctor laves ye in to see himself"
 She went out as MT. Hilton en- &ered.
 "Now that's more like it!" He Eszniled at Deborah. "You gave me iuuite a jolt, Miss Lovett. It was 6 minute or two before 1t occurred to me that maybe my last few words had given you an unneces- gary shock"
 @W1y - but you're srnilingl" De- ,borah faltered. "Bridgie was smiling Do you mean that he's not = that he's all right?" i "Well, hardly that yet. I have an idea that the room is still trav- cling around his bed at g. hand some clip. But in a few days he'll Joe ready to whip his weight in wildcats again"
 I "But I - still don't understand" i" Deborah said helplessly. MT. Hil- Son, what did happen last night?"
 Plenty, Miss Lovett."
 i He pulled 8 newspaper from his Docket. began to read.
 "A small Cape Cod fishing town .iwas the scene last night of an in- Eident which wrote 'Finis' to one ,Of the most fantastic careers of a decade of international plot and Hounterplot. It was teh career of a snan Identified only as MT. X,' be- lcause out of the dozens of names he used, 1t is impossible to select N1is real one.
 When trapped last night by intelligence agents with documents involving important United States skiefense secrets in his possession, &1e committed suicide rather than" i That's about all, I think" MT. Hilton folded the paper. we Ean't afford to be too circumstan- &&al these days. The account doesnt mention, you notice, that lone Stephan von Thalmann was anywhere near here last night. FThe newspapers are cooperating in keeping this affair quiet, so that we will be able to concentrate s1ow on the rest of the organiza- tion."
 "But," Deborah asked, still help fessly, "what has all that to do with Stephan?"
 ! Nothing except that he was Che lad who recognized MT. x,' and with the help of Wilhelm and others ran his operations to earth. Last night, he learned, MT. K was to meet another European agent here and turn certain papers over to him. Stephan planned to anticipate the meeting, imperson- ate the second agent himself, and intercept the papers"
 "But Stephan was taking a boat put of the Harbor last night. He fWas-"
 Exactly. If for any reason the first plan seemed impracticable, he Intended leaving the Harbor on fishing boat which was to take Agent Number Two and the papers out to a small freighter which was waiting to pick him up, and dis guised as member of the crew he had changed clothes in his car ito get the papers by any device he could"
 Sometimes I think I could make living picking pockets" Stephan had laughed only last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-14
JOSS STICKS IslPERnED

Canberra, Australia, (UP)- Uhina.s Australian source of joss sticks is being threatened by rab- Dlts which nibble the tops of the NCuug sandal wood trees ip the &oldaelds district of western Aus aEAlia- The government has decrsed Neas1Ees against the rabbits in be- &Szk a tzs ChaHesa
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COPYRIGHT. ieAI. NgA 0ERVIGE. INC.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1941-01-17
EXAMINATIONS FOR TERRITORIAL JOBS
 ARE ANNOUNCED

Merit examinations for positions with the Territorial Department of Health, Territorial Department of Public Welfare and Alaska Unem- ployment Compensation Commission were announced from Juneau today by George Sundborg, Supervisor of the Alaska Merit System.
 The Merit System is a personnel plan, similar to the U. s. Civil Ser vice, set up by the three Territorial agencies in compliance with a Fed eral Social Security Act amendment adopted by Congress August 10, 1889.
 Positions for which examinations are announced are as follows: Sem for Clerk, $155 to $185 per month; Clerk-Stenographer, $155 to $1S5; Clerk-Typist, $40 to $155; Clerk, .$I40 to $155; Fiscal Accountant, .$185 to $215; Fiscal Officer, $195 to $225; Chief Field Auditor and Accountant, $215 to $245; Chief Accountant and Office Manager, .$245 to $29O; Chief of Benefits, .$245 to $290; Director, Employment Service Division, $290 to $335; Manager, $185 to $215; Senior In- terviewer, $155 to $185.
 Applications for these positions must be made on a standard form provided by the Alaska Merit Sys- tenn and must be received by the Merit System or postmarked before midnight of February 25.
 Certain minimum qualifications are prescribed for each position and unless the applicant meets these qualifications he is not eligible to take the examination.
 Only United States citizens with at least one years residence in AL aska are eligible to apply.
 Examinations will be given wherever in Alaska applications warrant
 Most of the positions covered by the present announcement are at Juneau, but some are at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak and Ketchikan. Applications from all parts of the Territory are invited.
 Copies of the official examination announcement, listing the positions involved, their salary, the locality in which the work is to be done, the subjects to be covered in the ex- animation and the weight to be ac- corded each, information on how to apply, minimum qualifications for each position and other pertin- ent information have been furnish ed by the Merit System to every