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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
Stories in
Stamps
Ancient BiblicoI Sites
In Modern Wor Area

MUCH Of the fighting that took
place between British-Free
French forces and Vichy French
troops occurred in Lebanon, prom
inent in ancient and Biblical his
tory.
Lebanon, before World War I
was part Of the Turkish province
Of Syria. After the war. it became
a separate state, governed usder
French mandate. In 1927. Leban-
on achieved the status OF a semi
republic, but continued 70 operate
under French influence.
Vichy France fought bitterly Ia
hold both Syria and Lebanon
when British troops moved In 10
take over, on the grounds that
Viehy, in reality, intended 10 ner-
nit Germany 10 use the two man
dates as bases for a drive on Suez.
The campaign in Syria and Le-
banon was trsgicauy ironical in
that Frenchmen were fighting on
both sides. i was claimed alter
nately BY both sides that MANY
soldiers we're deserving 10 ION un
with their brethren.
The stamp above, issued under
French mandate in 1925. shows
fhe haIoo. al Tyys
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
UNFRIENDLY FIGHT

A none too friendly tiff has
broken out behind the scenes be-
tween the national resources
planning board and the house
labor subcommittee exploring
the need for a U. S. commission
TO study postwar problems.
The subcommittee has held
hearings on the Wagner-Voorhis
bills proposing establishment Of
a commission TO try TO cushion"
the country against a humpty-
dumpty fall after the end of the
conflict. The legislators listened
TO distinguished conom lists.
churchmen, social workers, labor
leaders, educational experts, etc.
All agreed on the need for ad-
vance planning, although there
was some doubt as to who should
handle the problem.
Sub Committee Chairman
Ramspeek invited Fredric A.
Delano, national resources chair
man. To appear and submit his
views. The presidents uncle
begged off on the ground that
his agency has been charged by
+. D. r with preparing a pro-
gram similar TO that envissged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
Brass Medal for Hitler

If there is quality in the exercise of which Adolf
Hitler stands alone brass, effrontery sheer mpuden
presumptuousness. That than any other quality
has carried him the long way he has come.
1t took brass to claim power in Germany it took brass
to stage events like the Rechsag fire. the face of his
own books statement that the bigger the e the easier
to make people believe it, Ii took brass at Munich
time This is my last territorial claim Europe while
the maps for the Polish conquest lay the table II took
brass to close 20 years of railing Soviet Russia with
pact of nonaggresson friendship and close trade relations
claiming only the wish to protect Them 1t took brass
utterly the Russian policy after less than years
But for sheer impudent effrontery this wins the
brass medal. 1t is revealed that Franz Papen,
Htlers ambassador to Turkey approached British dplo
mats there with suggestion that Germany and Britain
just call the whole thing off and march together in hoy
crusade" on Russia.
Does Hitler imagine for moment that the people of
England the plain ordinary people of England who have
lived cellars been torn by bombs fought and died from
Dunk to Crete their homes and churches reduced
smoking run would tolerate overnight government which
proposed Lets forget all that and cusadng against
Russia, in with the who have brutay
injured us, and who have proved utterly fahess?'
The British people, the people of the Domnions the
remaining free people of all countries not like that
to be played on like great and emit tune at will in
change of key tnpot master chooses overnight
He may be able to tell the German people Monday,
This is the enemy hate him, fight hm and Tuesday,
NO. that is the enemy hate him. fight hml" But he can't
tell that sort of thing to free people anywhere in the world
That such monstrous manipulation should be
attempted insult to every and in the world
who still breathes the air of freedom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, JULY 2e

Benefic aspects rule today
which is most fortunate for
women. Labor and capital are
under a CONFORMATION which en-
courages cooperation.
Heart and Home: Women
should use their best mental
and physical energies under this
sway which is helpful to prac-
teal tasks and stimulate INTEL
lectual processes. Alth ugh
there Is sign that indicates ex-
tremely warm weather in many
places, there should be activity
in whatever is of Importance in
the family. The stars seem TO
presage many hasty and ILL
timed love affairs which cause
anxiety to parents. The tend
ency Of young folk to ignore
family traditions as well as eco
nomic considerations will be
marked.
Business Affairs: Widespread
rise in wages IN all lines of in
dustry will greatly increase the
cost Of living before the au-
tumn. Initiation will be dis
cussed as a menace that con-
stantly becomes more probable,
but the stars are read as fore
casting remarkable stabilizing of
finance through government di-
rection. Fluctuations in the
value of stocks and bonds NAV
be sharp next month. Money
will be spent generously for va
cation tours which bring profit
TO many states.
are read as presaging bizarre
sistency in policies originating
in Washington will be criticized
severely by those who do not
comprehend the changing pat
tern Of world affairs. The stars
are read as presaging mizarre
and tnconceivable events which
will continue to make the second
world war the most amazing
conflict in history. There are
signs Of long-drawn-out strug-
giles that constantly widen in
extent as they touch territory
that commands protection from
the United States.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
should be cautious in all their
financial interests. While good
fortune is forecast for the year,
there may be nerve strain
through losses.
Children born on this day
probably will be mentally keen.
strong in character and deter
mined in ambitions. They will
be fond OF change and travel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
BERRY GROWERS
LIKE COOPERATION

Editor. The Times: On behalf
of the growers and the many
others in this Puyallup valley,
dependent upon the harvesting
of the annual berry crops from
May until well into September,
please accept our thanks for
publicity assistance in calling
the attention OF the public to
our needs for harvest assistance.
Despite acute harvest labor
shortage throughout the country
as a result of national defense
developments, we have been able
to attract sufficient help to keep
our fields pretty well attended
thus far this season. Some Of
our pickers have come from
southern California and as far
east as Minnesota. All have
been placed in jobs with a mini
mum OF inconvenience. Prices
are good and a good season is
in prospect for the valley.
More pickers still are needed
here and will be needed until
the end of the coming blackberry
season in September. Again,
many thanks for your assist
snce in this important harvest
program.
REX KELLFN,
Secretary Chamber Of Com
paerre
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN this eoi-
unn letters must give name and
address Of writer. Only initials
VIII be published when requested.
MFR. FIxif: Please tell me
where one can order an electro
iysis on easy terms. II. ~. T.
II you mean . machine Of that
type. you can look up addresses
o. machinery manufacturers in
Thomas Register or AcRae's
Blue Book at the Tacoma public
library. You will find an author
ity on the process IN The Times
classified ad page business direc-
tory.
Mr.. E1it: Could you tell me
how much salary . mother 10
entitled 20 earn and still get q
mothers pension or child welfare
for one child per month"; And
how much are they paying per
month and are they entitled 10
any medical aid. MRS. II. J.
The more we inquire into that
subject, the more evident II be-
comes that there is no general
rule that would mean anything
printed here. All questions on
your individual case can be an
swered by the children's division
Of the county welfare depart
ment at Path and Pacific.
Mr.. Fixit: How would one get
q birth certificate? was born
In Pierce county In 1878. Reg
istered In last draft In Sept,
1918. In PuyalIup. Division 2.
Are those records stin avail
abIee q. w. r.
There was no compulsory reg
istration of births in the county
al that time. so you probably
will have TO prove your age by
some other record like a mar
rage license application or
perhaps your baptismal certi-
ficate. Your 1918 draft regis
tration should still be on file in
the office of the Adjutant Gen.
eral, Washin gton National
Guard, at Camp Murray.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn to wom-
ans page for the answers.
1. What is the slogan Of the
Salvation Army?
2. Six oceans among the So
called 'seyen seas" are the
North Atlantic. North and South
Pacific. Arctic and Antarctic:
name the seventh.
3. How many teaspoonfuls
equal a tablespoonful?
4. What is another name for
the avocado?
S. Who wrote STORY of a Bad
Boy?
8. The name Of which fowl
fits into the following phrase:
Proud as q -"?
7. Who is the chief promoter
in the United States of the or
ganization Union Now" which
seeks TO bring about an imme-
date union between Great Brit
ain and the United Statesg
s. Who was the last emperor
OF Frsnce7
.. In which state do the Taos
Indians live?
10. Can gasoline freezsl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
PRAYER DOES CURE

Editor, The Times: Boozing
and traffic accidents, with death
stalking our highways; crimes
against women and even little
girls; general "cussedness" i
there a way out?
DR.. Alexis Carrel. a scientist
so great he has been given a
free hand by the Rockefeller
Foundation, which is the great
est of its kind in the world. saws.
IF you make a habit of sincere
prayer, your life will be very
noticeably and profoundly al
tered. Prayer stamps with its
indelible mark our actions and
demeanor. A tranquility of bear
ing, a facial and bodily repose.
are observed in those whose in
ner lives are thus enriched.
Within the depths of being a
flame kindles. A man sees HIM
self. He discovers his selfish
ness, his silly pride, his fears.
his greeds, his blunders. Then
begins journey Of the soul to-
ward the realm of grace.
AS a physician, I have seen
men, after all other therapy has
failed, lifted out Of disease bv
prayer. 1t is the only power in
the world that seems to over
come the so-called laws of ma
ture."
JAMES P. RAWsON,
Id OrnhnrA D.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

Well what is this? All
of a sudden like our mailbag
seems 10 be full of queries
and other conversational
morsels regarding old sail
ing vessels and the fast voy-
ages thereof.
However. no matter what the
reason for same. we shall be
happy 10 take this opportunity
to discuss the topic with several
and sundry At a single whack.
in other words. well shoot our
wad on the subject in the hope
we may be Of some small assist
ance. gents.
The James Baines. which was
built in America but sailed I'M
der the British flag, once logged
q knots for several hours. That
Is the record. we believe. CShe
made the passage from Boston
to Liverpool in u days hours.)
The well-known Flying Cloud
upon two separate occasions
made the trip around the Horn
from New York to San Fran
cisco in SO days. That is also
a record Of its sort. THE me-
dunn clipper Andrew jackson
equaled the time some years
later.)
Among the more notable
speeds on record, in 1854 the
Thermoyplae tBritish) made the
passage from Liverpool to Mel
bourne in SO days Is hours. The
ship Starr King once made it
from so south to San Francisco
in an even SO days, which also is
a record Of sorts. The racing
schooner Atlantic (which per-
haps shouldn't rightfully be in
cluded here) sailed in 1905 from
Sandy Hook to the Lizard in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

OPPOSES PHILOSOPHY
OF MORE CHILDREN

Editor, The Times: In a local
paper Of July Is appeared an
article entitled Calls on Ameri-
cans to Have More Children
written by a earle c. thinner
man, apparently q very bril-
hant) Harvard Sociologist. After
reading this article any Ameri-
can mother, yes. women of all
ages. cry out to halt this re-
producing when we see our off,
spring used as cannon fodder.
This man may have a bachelors
degree, but he lacks the sense Of
values Of the human side of life.
Perhaps he was idly thinking Of
hogs in a pen 10 be bred, for
getting we human females still
walk on two, not four. legs.
There are so many people in
the world now that a war has 10
be created every 20 years to
take care of the new crop OF
man power. Why breed more
when this Is 80 evident2
A short time ago Americans
read where this was advocated,
even prizes given for the largest
families. in Italy and Germany.
and We thought II revolving. not
once thinking such tactics would
be advocated in this great, free,
intelligent America. Perhaps
this man Zimmerman is a breed
er Of livestock and wants the
good WORK passed on to the
human family. Shame on him!
8
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sistance that always has been
extended to US through you and
The Tacoma Times.
The tasks that are before us
are unprecedented in the his
tory of our organization and the
accomplishment of each of our
given duties will be made easier
with your news and editorial
comments, and on this point
please accept our gratitude for
the very fine publicity break
you gave TO our War Relief Pro-
duction Department in your COL
umns under issue date Of Mon
day, June 80.
Our slogan this year is THE
World. Looks to These Two
Flags'-and If we are to con-
tinue our way of life we must
keep them both flying, one is for
freedom and democracy, the other
for mercy.
MILTON ]. EVANS.
Executive Secretary.
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The Jolly Junglemen

Just year ago, much of the Panama Coast Artillery
moved out of their regular barracks at Panama to out
into the tropical jungle and build defenes The story
of what they did in that year saga of the United States
army told proudly by their p c. A. News sprighty
paper of that service We want you to share their PRIDE
let them tell their own story
The Junglemen spat their hands, grabbed their picks
and shovels and dug in They cleared their own empace
mens and put in their guns they built their roads
through bottomless jungle mud they licked malaria
standst! Then they built their comfortable barracks
and moved in Today-a year later-there hundred
little cities scattered than 900 square miles of
tropical jungles there many hundreds of powerful
sea-coast and anti-aircraft guns :"
American soldiers who do that kind of job the
kind of soldiers America has always had the kind of soldiers
trust to do job the world hands to them
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

RED CROSS PLAYS
IMPORTANT ROLL

Editor, The Times: Each
year has witnessed the increas-
ing financial support Of our an
nual Roll Call, and the resulting
effect has been the ability of our
organization locally to expand
its many services TO meet the
community needs.
We are very aware OF the
fact that it is not just the do
ings' Of our office alone that has
made for our steady and sub
stantial growth. but rather it is
a result Of the splendid coopera-
ton we have received on the out
side from many individuals. firms
and organizations. and we are
particularly sppreciative OF the
consistent friendliness and as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
TO CURTAH GOODS


A preview of the OPM pro-
gram for eurtailing production
of civilian goods requiring de-
tense materials has been staged
behind closed doors here for the
past week. Although this was
merely an exploratory" con-
ference. the private discussions
hint at which consumption items
will be selected first for strangu-
lation.
The list may be revised after
further study. But here are the
peacetime articles To be cur
tailed drastically. as well as the
order in which they may be
chosen:
Automobiles, air conditioning
equipment, commercial refriger-
ators, household refrigerators,
metal furniture and furnishings,
domestic laun dry equipment,
cooking ranges and stoves. mis-
cellaneous household appliances.
Factors still TO be considered are
the resultant unemployment, the
use of substitute materials, the
possibility OF switching the
plants affected into defense
work.
Preliminary talks with manu-
featuring representatives reveal
that the footbinding process pre-
sents more social and economic
difficulties than was realized at
first. A striking development
was that first victims. insofar
as loss of positions is concerned.
will be clerks. statesmen on the
road. truck drivers. etc. Imme-
date conclusions was that those
least equipped to enter defense
production will be the persons
who will have to look for new
Jobs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

by the Wagner-Voorhis group.
Mr.. Delano WAS invited a second
time and again declined, on the
plea that his organization IS
occupied with "a problem OF an
emergency nature. The hear
ings closed without any word
from the national planners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
An Inside Picture of Finon.
- ~ IL 1 ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

, WASHlNGTON-The house appropriations committee
mas begun executive consideration of new bills which
may add another fourteen billion dollars to the total set
aside for national defense and for aid to nations fighting
Hitler If these are reported favoraby by the committee
and adopted by house and senate they will boost the
overall amount aocated for war purposes to the fan
tastic sum of almost sixty billion dollars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
SPIDER WELDER

For IL years Mrs. Bestrix
Larned has been spot welding
tiny filaments for sensitive Their
mocuple tubes. These look like
small light bulbs and are used
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
SoLONS STIRRED

Two recent house votes which
attracted slight attention among
outsiders have caused more ex-
cited talk in congressional cor
rdors than any other legislative
happening in weeks. They rep
resent the first rebuffs which
either chamber has dealt to the
committees handling military
matters and appropriations.
The first bipartisan revolt
blocked amendments which
would have permitted the gov
eminent to take over plants or
punish labor unions deemed to
be obstructing national defense.
Several weeks ago. when there
was an epidemic of strikes, such
proposals appeared assured of
passage without a roll call. The
second defeat sustained by the
military clique" as house foes
humorously describe them. in
volved a relatively insignificant
measure. This provided that
lao West Point vacancies should
be filled by the academic board
at the military academy rather
than by the usual method. To
beat this bill the COP recruited
more than so Democratic allies.
In themselves these adverse
decisions are not important. But
they reflect a growing restless
ness toward the tendency TO
pass measures automatically
when they have been labeled
for the national defense" When
Bill Otter. COP strategist.. or
gained quiet resistance against
the second bill. even his own
supporters scoffed at him. AZ
terwsrd he received eongrstula-
tons. But the real lesson Is that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

Along with honestly free speech goes life honestly free
for the individual life his ground life in his
house. all in his way and yet in mans way-Frank
Lloyd Wright, architect, postwar rebuilding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22
by John Hix

questions with II don't know"
In 1854 they carried Massachu-
seets and Delaware, but in 1860
had merged with the Democrats
and Republicans!
Tomorrow: Turf Tot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

Committee members them
selves cannot estimate accurate
ly the amounts involved because
administration spokesman have
devised a new method for pre-
senting army-navy-air proposals.
Instead of submitting a single
bill appropriating definite sums
for the various branches. they
present these new requests in
piecemeal style. Not until the
various items are tabulated will
the legislators in charge of fl
nancial matters know how much
money they have agreed to
spend. This is an entirely novel
system, according TO house vet
Grams. and has provoked some
criticism even among Demo-
Gratis.
II is understood, however, that
fresh appropriations for the
U. s. war machine will aggre-
gate about seven billions. The
second bill awaiting study car
ries the same total, which will
be used to finance additional
purchases for foreign accounts
under the lease-lend act. No Of
fetal sponsor admits it yet, but
members hear that large por-
ton OF the second seven billions
will be allocated to Russia's ac-
count. This prospect may roll
up considerable opposition both
In committee and on the floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-22

Our modern mechanical civilization Is like the great
dinosaurs whose brain small that much of their
vast body parayzed-Dr Toyohiko Kagawa Japanese
Christian missionary.