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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-29
Stories in
fother ond Son Were
Presidents of Bolivio

IN United States. John Adams
second President, lived 10 see
his son, John Quincy Adams in
sugurated rs sixth President. the
only time in Y. S. history that q
son has followed his father into
the nations highest office
Bolivia has similar fsther-son
combination in the Balllvians, Jose
and Adolfo. But the elder BALI
Wan died 81 years before his son
took the oath Of Office. Jose Bali
Wan, the father. Is pictured on
boliNla's stamp. above. AdOlio is
also included ia phllAiely prsSl-
dental gallery
Jose bslliViAn fought for Bolisi-
an independence under Lama.
Presidents Sucrs and SAINTS Cruz.
attaining the rank OF general. In
1871, shortly after Ballivisn's cleo
ton 10 the presidency, Peru IN
Nsded Bolivia. Bsllivlsn defeated
the PeruVians, ~as hailed as the
savior Of his country. He was
oSerthTown by revolution IN
ls47. eNiled ~ Chile. he died IN
Brazil Ia 1852.
Adolfo Bsllivisn. the son. shared
his fathers exile. later Mas banned
from ms homeland when dictstors
assumed control. When elected
president in 1878. he was Bollvis's
envoy 70 London. Death ended his
term. nine months after h.S insls-
aSanoR
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Editor The Times: We are not
in the war and We are not going
into the war. When the presi-
dent begins sending men in di-
rect violation Of the pledge he
made 10 the nation at Philadel-
phia, Oct. 3. 1910 there will be
a revolution in this country.
Older citizens are furious,
young men are furious, those
who are in the army feel that
they have been tricked and be-
trayed and those who are not
In will rebel. You just wait and
see If that doesn't happen? One
man cannot take this nation into
war against its will. For US TO
plunge in will be suicide. We
haven't equipment and We are
not prepared. II FDR does
break his word this nation is
going down TO defeat and then
what happens TO leaders who
would no longer remain in the
servants Of the people?
MRS. J. J. KERWIN.
r. 3, Box pos. Puysllup. Wash.
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shipyards. He put the lid on all
data concerning his building OF
a navy. 1t was typical Hitler
strategy.
Our latest checkup convinces
Washington that Hitler has an
extremely powerful fleet, and
one which can work great havoc
at sea. According to the best
confidential reports, ne has sp-
proximately 10 battle cruisers
OF $4,000 tons each. 900 subma-
zines. and a tremendous fleet OF
small auxiliary ships. Unlike
the kaiser, who kept his navy in
home ports. Hitler means to
make an about naval attack
In conjunction with his aerial
blitzkrieg against England.
Fiorello II. La Guardia will
run for reelection as mayor Of
New York. He will not an
nounce his decision for several
months, but his mind is made
up as result OF several talks
with President Roosevelt. FDR
will back the Little Flower in
spite OF National Chairman Ed
Flynn's protests.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn 10 the
woman's page for the answers.
l. What is the singular Of
dice?
2 In which of Charles Dick
ems novels is the character
"Uriah Heep"7
s. What word is the name Of
a religious sect. salt container
and q vessel for mixing drinks
4. The Bermudas is con-
tinent. a peninsula or group
Of islands
S. Atmospheric pressure al
sea level is about IL. 80 or IS
pounds per square inch
s, What great naval base -
called the Gross Roads Of the
Far East?
.. To he eligible for retire.
mert benefits under the Social
Security act must one be an
American citizen2
:. Can 8 husband control the
delivery u mail 10 MS wife?
:. VINO founded the New York
Herald
10. Did Francis Scott Key
write tie words. the music. or
both Of The Star-Spangled
Banner
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A Treasure in the Treasury

Deep down in the vaults beneath the treasury in Wash
ington there is grlled welsealed door. From behind
that door pungent odor Of decaying vegetation
not At all the kind OF smell expects in dry vault
dedicated to preserving gold and silver bars, crisp
erinkling currency.
In heavy packing lining wall Of the shelf
lined vault is 100000 pounds Of the best Macedonian
opium. That means three years supply of of the
most important strategic materials.
Why the treasury vault? Simply because opium is
very likely to get away If stored in private warehouses
The for obtaining is great that it might
slip through private hands however closely guarded But
IN public hands in the treasurys vaults, it will be
there when needed.
Yet this priceless supply secured by private dealers
Several drug companies put up 100000 apiece to buy
It, at the governments behest. Ii Is fine example of
cooperation between the and private agencies
The government public need for stock of
this necessary drug The private companies out and
bought it. And the government it for such
public private be found necessary for the public
good.
Eight million Of quinine have been added to
stocks against emergency which might inter-
fere with normal supply.
This phase of preparedness by no means complete.
Similar cooperative being taken to reestabsh
the cultivation in South America of cinchona bark. 1t is
native there but like rubber its commercial production
passed to the Dutch East Indies, which might be cut off,
Government researchers also busy possible sub
stitutes Digitas mahuang, beladona ipecac
pyrehum and rothenone other examplesnew
being sought Jewish refugee colony in Santo Do
minRo is developing the castor bean, and may provide
Western Hemisphere for castor oil.
Preparedness in the supply of vitality drugs
fine example OF what be done by cooperation OF
government and private enterprise given understanding
and good will on both sides.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention n this eoi-
umn lftters must Eivs name and
address o. writer oniH initials
vii be published when requested.
Mr.. T1Slt: ! am sfin another
lonely person wishing there Was
a middle age club 20 70 To spend
n few hour and enjoy life more.
Hope Mrs. &. X. gets n club
started and viii do my part II
given n chance. NJ VI. n.
] have asked Ms. c. r. 10
send me her address again since
her first letter was lost. but so
far have not heard further
from her. 7 have q number Of
letters here from persons. like
yourself. interested.
Mr.. f1Nit: l don't recall
Easter Sunday coming on nv
birthday until this year. When
did Easter Sunday come on
April IL and when will II come
again. W. n. WILLIAMS
During the last century.
Easter Sunday fell on April IL
the first time In 1873 and
amounted almost 20 an epidemic
by repeating In 1879 and 1894.
II did not come on that date
again until this year and be-
tween now and the year 1000
VIII occur only once more-in
1882.
Mr.. T1slt: We have been told
that In a young man gets fur
niture. groceries and owes a doc
tor bill and then gets married,
that the debts cannot he col
lected. WIN YOU set Us straight
"A" SAYS n young man getting
married does not have to pay
these as the wife II not respon-
sible: h SAYS II cannot see
where that makes any differ
ence." READER
Individual debts OF the man
and wife before they married
cannot be collected against the
community. that is. the two of
them together. after marriage.
Judgment m & h I be obtained
against one or the other. but 1t
could not be collected, except:
II either debtor has any sepa-
rate property or income, the
debt or judgment for the debt
can be collected against the in
dividual man or wife originally
mourning the debt. Their COM
munity property and income.
that which they own and earn
together, is protected. However.
a moral question Is involved and
that protection of the law
should not be used TO escape the
Just debts OF either, merely be-
cause IL was incurred before
they married.
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PRAISES LANcLE VETO

Editor The Times: Governor
Langlie vetoed the measure that
would allow the sale Of intoNi-
eating liquor on Sunday. from
midnight 10 / o'elock-s most
fortunate veto. II indeed Is Well
that We have q governor who
desires wholesome conditions for
the people Were that one hour.
between midnight Saturday and
! o'clock Sunday morning 10 Dc
spent amidst q general sousing
al every tavern IN the state, and
o. every highwsy-Mho could
Measure the resulting loss IN
property. manhood and life
AS though the professions
from our highways 10 the Gene
teries were not now long enough.
certain members OF the leEisls-
ture would make them longer.
Some ~ the men vho - voted
srs men oers Of ehuressx How
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HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY. MARCH IN

Adverse aspects are active
today, although benefic influ-
ences also are discerned. The
morning is fortunate for plan
ming. Ii should be safe to sign
leases or contracts today.
Heart and Home: Owing TO
exigeneies caused by prepared
ness work there may be many
household changes as the spring
advances. The wise will keep
per IN anent dwelling place.
Homecoming is advised by the
seers, who foretell many extra
ordinary housing problems when
war ends. There is a sign pre-
saying the incoming of many
refugees after the removal of
rigid immigration bars. The
nation is to be greatly enriched
by talented foreigners. among
whom are child refugees.
Business Affairs: Manufactur-
ing viii reach speed and
volume that will break all previ-
Gus records. The stars seem to
indicate great need of haste In
all that pertains to prepared
ness. The retail trade will be
good and there will be demand
for novel forms of merchandise.
Time-savers and labor-savers
will be introduced as men and
women work at high gear pro-
viding for national and inter-
national needs.
National Issues: b cause
President Roosevelt 10 To be
recognized as the Nemesis OF
Hitler, he will be the target for
bitter criticism and misrepre-
sentation in the press of Ger
many and Italy. There is =
portent Of danger for the chief
executive OF our nation, which
is now sssailed by Axis enemies.
Those who look backward sew
sral years will remember the
warnings issued by the presi-
dent al time when his words
caused him to be criticized AS
warmonger. Even his plea
for defense OF the Panama Canal
went unheeded. The result is
the present frenzied prepared
ness effort.
international Affairs; lnsig-
nificant incidents will be mag
nified by the Axis powers in
attempts TO cause the United
States TO become involved in
the world conflict before de-
Tense plans can be completed.
There Ia a sign presaging q clash
q battieships and much danger
tc>@ssmeuean vessels from sub
marines This is read as one
OF the most critical periods in
our history. Perils within the
United States as well as those
outside are forecast. Treschery
and sabotage are predicted.
Persons whose birthdate II 10
have the ausury Of q year Of
prosperity. Money will be -
plentiful that undue extrsya-
ganee Will tempt the fortunate
possessors-
Children born on this day
should be fortunate in most
things. They will be clever. in
dustrious. talented and success
ful. Writers and artists belong
to this Ggn.
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FDR has ordered that the ma
jority of new naval vessels, in
GLIDING battleships and cruisers
soon to be commissioned, be as
signed to our Pacific fleet. He
appears determined to brighten
Japan out OF any warlike meas
ures and movements, and 30 far
he seems TO have succeeded. But
our most modern planes. includ-
ing pursuits and fast bombers,
are being detailed to service in
the Atlantic. They are being
sent to the new bases which
stretch from Newfoundland 10
Trinidad.
Airplanes operating from these
outlying bases can prevent any
attack on this continent, accord
ing to FDR's military advisers.
Therefore. the president relies
on our fleet in the Pacific and
on our expanding aerial force in
the Atlantic.
Jesse II. Jones sneaked a fast
one over on the private bankers
when ne financed the recent
S137 100000 issue by the state
OF Arkansas. He knocked down
the interest rate at time when
federal and state governments
must engage in heavy financing
for war purposes. He has set
4 slow financial pace for the
years ahead.
Private bankers had agreed TO
buy the Arkansas issue at 81s
per cent, Il fairly high price.
Then, at the suggestion OF GER
tain political friends in the state,
Jesse agreed to handle the secur-
tiles on the basis OF 81. per cent.
The private bankers charged
that the transaction would bs
ruinous to the government.
Jesse laughed them off. And.
eventually. the same banking
syndicate which insisted on the
SIS per cent rate WAS glad TO
buy the bonds At the lower fig
ure.
Jones saved $4,000. 900 for
Arkansas. but what he has
done-snd this was the underlv-
ing reason for interference is
To lower the rates which Uncle
Sam will have 10 pay for money
in the war and postwar era.
Herr Hitler did q magnificent
job In concesllns the facts about
his construction OF . German
navy, according 10 belsted re-
ports from our attaches abroad.
He has . much stronger fleet
than London or Washington had
credited him with before the
outbreak Of the war In Septem-
Der OF 1889.
Der fushrer eity-slicked for
eign Observers according TO the
current theory. he permitted
them 10 sec and report 81 his
vast air expansion. Aen like
Col. Lindbergh. Al Williams and
MAJ. Truman Smith. our air al
tsche 81 Berlin. brought back
warnings Of Germsny's air SUI
psriority. Unfortunately nobody
believed them. But no never
allowed anybody 10 vssis bis
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Use Local Labor First

There ID not yet anything like a general shortage of
labor in spite of the demands of the defense program
Yet there have been fields usually fields of highly
specialized sks in which shortages have cropped
up locally
Some employers have thereupon gone scouting for
the needed help, by advertising in outofown newspapers
and by other
This il wrong, Defense Commissioner Knudsen
1t causes unnecessary migration of labor disturbances of
established labor standards in local high rates Of
turnover and other wasefu and inefficient practices
Use the public employment offices first Knudsen
urges Only after consultation with the local public
poyment office should employers begin to beat the out
lying bushes for help Knudsen believes That is advice
from man not only in present high high public position
but Of past experience in high private business capacity
1t ought not to be dsregarded lightly.
Elliott Roosevelt, who made quite study of economies
gives up $4,000 job to take 1916 month army cap
fancy Maybe he didn't study long enough!
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Editor The Times: Many
thanks on behalf of the Tacoma
Council of Churches, and our
selves. for your fine cooperation
in publishing DR.. c. Oscar John
son series of talks last week.
Or. Johnson and many of our
local ministers commented very
favorably on the fine spirit and
cooperation the Times showed.
ROSCOE A. SMITH.
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Roy SCOUT CIRCUS
PROVES BIG SUCCESS


Editor The Times. We consid-
er the Boy Scout Circus Of last
weekend the most successful
Scout activity that We have
ever had Done Of the primary
reasons for its being successful
Was the splendid cooperation
which your newspaper gave US
IN publicizing the event.
You viii be interested 70
know that before the Saturday
evenings program q request for
. similar circus for next year
was made.
Some 1000 adults and more
than 1000 BOYS and girls saw
and participated n the Boy
Scout Circus.
For the Tacoma Rotary club
and for the Boy Scout executive
board ! wish 20 express our
sincere thanks 10 your news
paper.
J HURLEY HAGOOD.
Assistant Scout Executive.
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
AGREES WITH COL.
LINDBERGH'S VIEWPOINT

Editor The Times Maybe II
isn't too late to keep our good
old ship of state from founder
ing in a sea of treachery If
enough of the passengers will
read Charles Lindbergh's article
in Golfers" for March 29th and
man the pumps as he suggests.
In my humble opinion Lindbergh
is the straightest thinker in
American public life today. II
we must have q dictator, l wish
we could select him.
This Letter to Americans"
tells us plainly with what subj
lety we are being led to the
slaughter as we were in 1917.
Shows how our chances of win
ming this time are as different
from our chances then as night
is different from day. Because
we are unprepared. We have
not as many thoroughly modern
fighting planes in our army and
navy combined as Germany
produces in single week"
With the skill OF a technician
who knows his airplanes. Lind
bergh debates the fireside scare
of an invasion of our shores by
air. and shows with what in
comparable military advantage
we can defend our shores If we
will but abandon the idea that
our destiny is entangled with
that of any other nation. For
us TO enter the conflict in Eu-
rope at this time would result
in defeat and humiliation.
1t would be a dull mind indeed
that will refuse TO appreciate
the enormity of our misinforma-
ton TO date through propa-
ganda.
I recommend the reading Of
this eloquent article in full by
all good Americans. Lindbergh's
plea is that we protest against
the trend OF events by every
means al our disposal--letters
TO Washington. friends, attend
anee at mass meetings. etc.
But If you stand against war.
you must act now or II will be
forever too late. The fu-
ture Of America and of western
civilization itself lies not so
much IN the outcome Of these
wars abroad as in the action
that We take now IN our own
country
STANI r SHAW.
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An Inside Picture OF Finan-
II "A IL / ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-Presdent Roosevelt has given secret
orders fortfy Atlantic defenses pending
tion of the navy, which will be completed
before 1916 The eight bases acquired from Britain in
the destroyer trade permit defense system which should
make the United States nvunerabe attack
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the color Of the Indians. checked
with dust and completely worn
out.
A few who made that trip saw
what could b done with the
land Il Il could be irrigated. but
most Of them couldn't see Why
anybody would want 10 bother
about such s hell hole" Let
those who wanted to. live there,
but certainly It was no white
mans country and We had
better give It back 10 the In
disns.
The opusmists hung on. Then
about twenty years ago there
was that meeting 81 Pasco. The
meeting started the day before
with some executive sessions at
the Davenport hotel in Spokane.
attended by representatives from
Eastern Washington and the
Yakima valley. They had fig
ures to show that an attempt
10 irrigate the Columbia basin
would be money thrown away.
Even II il could be done the cost
would be so great that the prof.
ect couldn't pay interest and
maintenance charges, to say
nothing Of the principal
And another thing: Why talk
about more irrigated lands when
there were under the bitches IN
the Yakima valley several thou
sand acres of land on which
there were no settlers The sem
sihle thing. Of course. was to
use the Yakima lands first.
These arguments were pre-
scented at the Pssco meeting.
Two valiant crusaders for the
basin project were Rufus Woods
and James OSullivan. Among
their supporters was .gaunt,
gray-haired woman from the
basin area who made an impas-
stoned plea TO go ahead with the
project. No Barbara Frtchie
waving her flag over the Red
coats from England was more
In earnest. She switched enough
votes so that the project was not
killed.
Woods and O'Sullivan and
their followers continued To
work. They made one dent
after another in the oppose
ton. and eight years ago
United States engineers sat up
their tents on the site of the
great structure of concrete
and steel that Is going tn
provide water to reclaim
100000 acres ri arid hut
fertile land and produce TO-
100000, 900 kilowatt hours of
electric energy.
That is the story back Of the
worlds biggest mammal e
project.
One of the arguments Of the
supporters of the project WAS
that il would work two ways
provide water for irrigation and
produce electric power in virtu-
ally unlimited quantity. The
power development, they pointed
out. would eventually pay for
the project.
The argument on the other
side was that the power develop
ment wouldn't pay because the
entire Northwest never would
be able to use that much cleo
trio current.
How wrong they We're is
shown by some hard, cold engi-
neering facts. The figures show
that by the time the Columbia
generators are working to full
capacity, there will be a demand
for all the power that can be
produced by Grand Coulee and
Bonneville on the Columbia
river, and by the Tacoma and
Seattle municipal plants.
As for irrigs ton, if there il
not q demand for all food that
can be produced on the million
or more acres 10 be made pro-
ductive by water from Grand
Coulee. the sicns Of the tines
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can they be? They must lack
knowledge of what religion
means. or else they are a shame
and disgrace to their church.
At the next election OF mem
bers of the legislature, the first
question voters should ask is,
not what party does ne follow,
but is ne really an honest man -?
Would his vote help the home?
Does ne associate with low,
british men?
JAMES 2. RAWSON.
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50 HEY SAY:

We talk with our employees
personally Henry Ford
No new order can be intro
duesd BY people who spit upon
reIgion.-sir Gerald Campbell.
British Minister al Washington.
Though she IS still weak, ia
pan Will become = major power
i she acquires the Dutch Fast
Tndiss-Dr. William NJ Meow
srr, Northwestern University.
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KNIGHTS TAILOR

His ancestors had been black
smiths for 400 years, but Ken
meth Lynch planned TO bring
new artistry to the old craft.
As a boy he was fascinated by
arms and armor. Now, after
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by medieval srmorers,
The stage and motion pictures
are Lynch's best customers. but
he also receives orders from
museums. Special outfits often
take year to produce and cost
$500!
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We always Japan to the point of collapse by
threatening to make lapel flags and salt cellars
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years of study and practice, in
his big sir-conditioned shop in
Long Island City, n. Y, he and
his assistants turn out swords.
axes, greaves, baek plates.
cuirasses and helmets equal, il
not superior, TO anything made