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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-26
Decision Reached
On Parking Meters
Hartford Concern
To Furnish Them

Twelve hundred shiny. chrome
plated parking meters will adorn
downtown Tacoma streets within
the next two months, according TO
an agreement reached Wednesday
between the city board of con-
tracts and awards and the II. NJ.
Rhodes Meter Manufacturing COM
pany Of Hartford. Conn.
The long -pondered decision,
which came after the board had
written letters to almost all COM
parable cities in the United States
which use meters on their streets.
threw out the recommendation Of
Public Safety c MI missioner
Holmes Eastwood.
Chooses Cheapest
Mayor Harry p. Cain informed
the commissioner at the close Of
Wednesdays council meeting that
the board had found all ak ma
chimes for Which bids were submit
ted were adequate for the job. and
30 felt it logical to choose the
cheapest.
The Maritime parking meter.
the one TO be purchased, was bid
in at $3.50 each. from $40 TO
S27 so lower than the others. Two
thousand Of that type recently
were installed in Denver, II was
noted.
Hand-0perated
Bids on the meters were opened
June Il. Eastwood soon after
recommended one known a. the
Miller meter. The board Of con-
tracts and awards then held an
open hearing At which all repre-
sentstives Of meters were permit
ted 10 demonstrsts them. The
machines also were examined by
engineers and watehmakers 10
evaluate the parts.
The Msrk-Tins meter 10 Of the
hand-operated type That IL. The
person parking his car In the al
lotted 20-foot space along a Ia
coma curb viii insert hia nickel
in the slot and give a fun turn 20
a handle on the back Of the ma
chine. That viii throw tia hand
10 zero and automatically wind the
machine, which v1I run for 90
minutes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-26

MAD killer STILL AT-EARcE
WEATHER FORECAST

Unsettled tealKht ssd Friday.
reusps; Nigh -: lea s.. sua rs-<-
t;Ie: s-ss sea.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
SlDE'llNES

INSURANCE. There's flying cadet
at Randolph Field, Texas, who's doing
right we'll - only he's been throwing
schedules into tailspins.
Part of his training includes 30
minute solo fights. Each student is
supposed to go up, keep his own time
and return to the field when his half
hour is up. But twice in a row our cadet
upset routine by staying long past his
allotted time.
Just the other day, though. he solved
his own problem. Now when he climbs
into his training plane, he wears an
alarm clock around his neck. WheIf it
rings he knows it's time to check in.
FISH STORY. The U. S. Navy has GUS
tomarily - and without much trouble
named its submarines after fish. But
the addition of 40-odd new ships has
forced the service to dig deeply into
Evening star., 1941-11-30

ichthyology translation: fsh-ology)
for title possibilities.
Outside of the old familiar names
like Rock and Founder, the new subs
will carry such exotic monikers as:
Shook. Fargo. Scamp. Pogy. Tunny.
Paddle.
NUMBER, PLEASE. Angus Hibbard
tells in his book. Hello. Goodbye" an
unusual sales story of the days when
he was general superintendent of the
phone company. 1t was back in the
sos when long distance service BE-
tween Boston and New York began.
One of MIR. Hibbard's first big orders
was for the installation of a private
wire between the Boston and New York
Offices of large firm.
But Mr.. Weld, head of the company
in Boston, objected to the newfangled
idea. Said it couldn't work and ordered
the lease for the wire to be Cancelled.
Going to the New York Office"
Mr.. Hubbard says, Il called the Boston
Office and asked if might talk to Mr..
Weld. He came to the telephone -.
and began saying: I don't hear. CAM.
hear word. This is a failure. Take
it outr
TO this answered: You re liar!"
The reply Immediately roared back
at me: What do you say? How dare
you call me liar?!!"
Mr.. Hibbard apologized. Mr.. Weld
laughed - and continued the lease for
the service. M.
Evening star., 1941-11-30


full of gab He sat in restaurant and
u u talked. At least a dozen persons at
nearby tables could hear him.
Just back for the week end," he said.
Good to be back in the old joint. I'm work
ing for the government now, you know
Well, we didn't know, but we did know
that he had been highly paid manufacturing
easily be useful to Uncle Sam. He babbled on
then. telling just what sort of precision
machines he was working on how many men
were employed in the plant. and 50 on. He
even named the hour when he said, he had
seen twenty six submarines moving out to
sea. Finally one of the women at his table,
apparently more sensible than the Others, said
to him:
wait minute. You shouldn't talk that
way. How do you know who's listening?"
With infinite oomplacency the Big Shot
pooh-poohed the idea that he might be telling
more than he should. But he quieted down.
How much of this kind of careless talk is
going on? More, one suspects, than is gen.
orally known. And it is bad. Now, more than
ever before, it behooves the judicious to keep
a sharp curb bit on their tongues. Not that
there are spies under every table, but just
to be on the safe side. No one who is working
on any aspect of national defense can afford
to risk idle remarks - though made in all
innocence to his old acquaintanoes. There's
incalculable damage.
AND there is another side to the picture:
Look out for the false rumors, the semi
plausible tales with dynamite in them, the
sly innuendoes which can do enormous harm
to innocent persons. A good rule to follow
in such cases is to ask the tale-bearer:
How do you know"
And insist on a definite answer
There was once woman in our suburban
town who was known, behind her back, as
bad News Annie" l daresay her counter
part exists in ten thousand towns. She is
the one who raises suspicious by asking a
neighbor what her husband was doing one
afternoon when he. supposedly, should have
been at work. Or she asks whether it's true
that poor Mr.. Grackle has really got dread
full ailment and must 60 West, or why Mrs.
Doolittle looks 50 worried - ct cetera and ad
nauseum. Our particular bad News Annie"
almost wrecked the marriage of splendid
young couple by bringing up, at the wrong
time the name of a girl the husband had once
gone to college with.
Likewise, business Offices are great spots
for irresponsible gable. Almost every office
has man, or woman, who makes it point
to know all about the private affairs of every
body else in the Office. Usually such people
mask this pernicious habit with an overly
friendly manner. Recently heard one of
these pests fixed up properly. He had asked
one of his fellow workers: What is your
handsome daughter doing these days." And
Evening star., 1941-11-30
DON'T SAY |T!
by Stanley Walker

the man replied: Il really don't know. never
pry into her affairs"
Come to think of it, this business of keeping
the mouth closed at the right time is one of
the most admirable of human traits, and un-
fortunately rarer than it should be.
A short time before his death. Ring w.
Lardner, the humorist, who was really very
serious minded man, wrote letter to friend
saying good word for young man who
wanted employment
you may be puzzled at first by his
reticence, wrote Lardner, but have never
found reticence handicap" Lardner himself
had been known to go for days without utter
ing more than a half-dozen sentences The
young man he recommended turned out to be
successful - and what is more. popular -
largely because he knew the value of silence.
AT THE beginning of the Civil War Charles
Anderson Dana, who was to become one of
the most famous of American editors, was
out of job. Edwin M. Stanton. Secretary
of War. offered him the post of Assistant
Secretary. On his way to Washington Dana
encountered friend and told him of the
appointment. The next day the news appeared
in paper, and when Dana reached Stantons
Office he found that he was still out of a job.
You talked, " said Stanton. Although Dana
got the job later and distinguished himself
as Stantons and Lincoln's "eyes" at the war
front. the memory of the talking incident
never left him. He'd learned to keep silent.
An injudicious remark, usually based on
erroneous or incomplete information, often
does great harm. An important executive in
New York recently said:
Twenty years ago knew young Goodwin
He was in line for an excellent opportunity.
was asked about him blurted out that
had heard he was unreliable - pure hearsay.
He was turned down. He soon got another
good spot and came to know him well. He
turned out to be splendid man in every
respect. l have thrown much business his
way because | want to atone for my rash
remarks. might have been his ruin'
Who among the millions who remember
Calvin Coolidge pleasantly wouldn't say that
the quality in him they admired most was his
ability to keep his own counsel?
In the last few years there has been
food of literature. some of it doubtless useful.
telling people how to do things - how to be
charming, how to talk well, how to influence
their fellows, and 50 forth. Why not some
thing ON the other side: The Wisdom of
Keeping Your Trap Shut" Pipe Down" or
"If You Don't Know Keep Quiet? For.
after all. it's the talkative ones of this earth,
not the laconc ones, who cause most of our
trouble.
OF course. there is the inevitable risk that
somebody will say of the silent fellow: Il
don't know whether he has any sense or not;
he never says anything" Well, what is wrong
with that? There are worse things than keep
ing them guessing - and one of those worse
things is unduly bending their ears
Evening star., 1941-11-30

THE CHAPMANS have: A farm which
is nice. Two dogs - poodles. Ouciusis is
hers. Robert is Frank's) Books and
enough folding money to take care of
a few minor luxuries - like cars.
She's a hard worker. Her winter
schedule looks like this: 30 concerts,
regular weekly appearances on radios
Sunday Family Hour, appearances at
the Met, Chicago and San Francisco
opera companies.
But she still looks swell, doesn't she?
-JeRRv MASON
Evening star., 1941-11-30

GLADYS SWARTHOUT came to the
Big Time by way of Deepwater, Mo-.
church choirs and a Kansas City con-
cert debut when she was 13. In "a the
Chicago Civic Opera Co. auditioned,
hired her. In three weeks she learned
q roles - she hadn't known one when
she signed her contract.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

THE METROPOLITAN Opera grabbed
her in 1929. They're still holding tight.
Hollywood repeated the grab. They've
been very happy about it.
Listed as one of the 10 best dressed
women in the world, she starts a coast
to o-ooast concert tour with only three
small suitcases- She has a l2-foot long
gold sash which on occasion becomes
turban, necklet, girdle or piece of braid.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

PROUOEST possession is her husband,
Frank Chapman. a good baritone
Next is the bird egg size topaz he gave
her. She is the only woman to sing to
the entire assembled Congress of the
United States, the Diplomatic Corps,
Supreme Court and the President.
Occasion: 15Oth-anniversary celebra-
ton of Congress- founding. As a daily
dozen for her lungs, she blows soap
bubbles. Silly. But listen to the results.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
AIumnoe End Study
Of Discussion Technique

A conference on the technique of
public discussion, held here during
the last three days by Washington
alumnae of 10 leading womens COL
leges, closed yesterday at Pierce Hall
with off-the-recOrd talks by Miss
Harriet Elliott, consumer advisor
with the Office of Price Administra-
ton, and Richard Hottelet. former
Berlin correspondent Of the United
Press.
Miss Elliott told the luncheon
group her views on the effect of
war economy on the Nations con-
Sumers. Mr.. Hottelet described the
probable results of Hitler victory
in Europe. Mrs. Harold D. Kraft
presided at the meeting and Drum
mond Jones was chairman of the
discussion which followed the formal
speeches.
Before the luncheon the alumnae
h, ID round table discussions to prac-
tice the techniques they had been
OBJ orving during the conference ses-
sions. tAtm
Evening star., 1941-11-30

ship of the Bismarck. is considered
useless for German purposes except
as something huge to which the
Nazis can point with pride. Like
the Bismarck. it is thought to dis
place about $4,000 tons. but it can
not maneuver on the open sea un-
less it has other fighting ships to
attend it. The Tirpitz was said to
have been hit in the Baltic by a
Russian air bomb. The Germans
are building two other large battle
ships of the Bismarck type.
Two Ships Blockaded.
The Germans two other battle
ships. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau,
are useless to the Nazis so long as
the British Navy controls the sea
along the coast of France. They are
in French harbors blockaded by
England and English flyers have
bombed them repeatedly.
The story of German sea action
since the wars outbreak is record
of many costly naval losses for the
Nazis land the British. The Prinz
Eugen, sister ship of the Admiral
Hipper and Seydlitz, is still believed
to be out of action. The Leipzig,
sister ship of the Nurnberg and
Koln, was torpedoed and is believed
out of action. The LutzoW, sister
ship of the Scheer, is believed still
laid up after torpedoing The Graf
Spec, another sister ship of the
Scheer, was scuttled off Monte.
video harbor in December, 1899.
The Blucher, 10,000-ton cruiser;
Konigsberg, 6,000-ton cruiser, and
karlsruhe, sister ship of the Konigs-
berg, all went down near Oslo and
Bergen on April 9, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Nazis Believed Ready
To Send Out Raiders
I!i Winter Fog
Big Worships Can Serve
Germun Cause Best
In Lone Foroys
By BLAIR BOLLES.

Men in command of the British
and American sea fighting see pros
rects of new complications, now that
the cold season has brought fog tc
the North Atlantic. Representatives
of the Admiralty in London have
told our Navy Department they eX-
pect the German pocket battleshlps
and cruisers will make solo attempts
under the fog's cover to leave thelr
continental shelters and ply the
ocean highways as raiders.
The Germans have kept their big
ships close to port since the battie-
ship Bismarck was sent to the bot
tom last May, after it got as far as
Denmark Strait, between Iceland
and Greenland. Sending the Bis
nnarck out was a costly gamble Tor
Hitler. for the British sunk her, and
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
escorting her. was damaged so badly
that she is still laid up.
The Germans. if they can run the
British blockade out in the open
sea, will present a new menace 70
shippinp bound from the United
states to England, Africa and the
Asiatic Middle East just about the
time American flag ships begin 10
make dangerous voyages into the
war zone. Hitherto the zone has been
barred to American ships by the
poy-amended Neutrality Act.
Strategy Explained.
According to British experts, lhe
strategy behind the German use OF
their capital ships as raiders Wouio
be the hope they would divert BTU
hand American - naval snlps
from their patrols in the North sea,
the North Atlantic and the Medlter-
ranean and cause them to be sent
on wild chases after the swift Ger
man vessels. ,,a
Such a diversion, it is said. woulo
facilitate the task Of the U-poaIs
operating south of Iceland, the Dig
gest graveyard for torpedoed mer-
chant ships.
The feeling on this side is that
Germany will take desperate
chance in putting her ships out on
the wide water, but that the chance
Is worth the candle from the Ger
man point of view. The ships are
no good to Germany when they
are at anchor or in drydock. Using
Them as raiders is the only avenue
omen to the Nazi naval strateglsts
The ships are too few in number
10 risk them in any sort OF mass
action.
Germany's Ships Listed.
This war, with its Montevideo
and Oslov. and the last, with its
Jutland and Falklands, have pro-
cuced many lessons making II
plsin that Germany is doomed tc
failure in pitched sea battles.
The ships which anti-Axis observ-
ers think are still available to the
Germans for winter raiding are
these:
Admiral Scheer, 10.000-ton pocket
battleship, with speed OF 26 knots
and cruising radius of 10000 miles
at IS knots.
The heavy cruisers Admiral Hip
per and Seydlitz, 10000 tons each,
with 8-inch guns, speed of 80 knots
The light cruisers Nurnberg and
Koln, 5000 tons each, top speed
OF 80 knots.
The light cruiser Emden, 5,40C
tonS, 20 knots.
The bstt,sahip voo TspAs4 sissss
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-22
Lincoln Cagers
Bow to Saline

Compiling the amazing total OF
twenty-four points, Banner, of Saline.
led his team TO an easy victory oyer
Lincoln Highs cage quintet by the
lop-sided score of 80 to 2S. Swish
ing eleven field goals and two free
shots through the mesh for his two
dozen points, Banners efforts con-
stitute by far the best individual
scoring performance against or by
any OF the three high school cage
team representing Ypsilanti.
Although Lincoln kept the score
fairly close in the first quarter and
even for a time held the lead. the
superiority Of the Saline quintet
soon became evident. The end of the
opening quarter saw Saline in the
lead nine to six, but before the
first half came to a close they had
raised their advantage TO 26-l3 In
all they netted seventeen points
in the second quarter and thus
gained almost the same number OF
points in one half as it took the
Railsplitters an entire game to
ilt up
In spite OF the fact that Saline
used ten men in taking the locals
TO town. only two figured promi-
nently in the scoring. Banner, Of
course, was the standout, but the
fifteen points tailed by Schaefer
wasn't exactly an every day feat
either. With all but eleven of the
50 points scored the direct result OF
their efforts, 1t is not difficult TO
see what their presence on the
team means to Saline.
Reserves Not Tough
Lincoln Highs Reserves didn't
lind the visitors so tough in their
game, however. as they plastered
A 81 to Is defeat on them. Scoring
only four points in the first quar-
Ter, six in the second. five in the
bird, and none in the fourth, Saline
vas no match for the Railsplitter
lowerhouse which hung up It's
nth straight victory and It's eighth
win OF the season. Only two defeats
are charged against the team and
10Th of these were very close con
ests, one being dropped by two
points and the other by five.
Day was top man for the locals In
the scoring column as he registered
twelve points. while Weeds seven
paced Saline.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-22
Sports Roundup


Madison Wis Up Four technical knockouts the Uni
yersy of Wisconsin boxing OLE to liz victory
West Virginia University last night in its opening match Of the
l94l season.
freadd Calf Up the tf eovld has been alrditing
almost dteyaSeS today Caedon and Midland square
a1cdy $4,000 stake pch had attracted almost every Prom
inent eligible for the Santa .4nid handicap.
New York Up With Lady Luck beaming last upon Jim
THE link" Webb that handsome, dark-haed ST. Louis
youngster position today demand speedup in Mike ia
cobs light heavyweight championship elimination Webb cnched
shot the Hpound crown last night with technical knock
blood-snesred Tommy Tucker New York iron
man who before had even been floored
Nese York up - Baseball still is dead against asking ia
from the army draft report that Hank Gveenbeg of the
Detroit Tigers seeking ocenPatona dferment has been de-
elared Hfoded and executives of Detroit aud other Gibbs the
big leagues reiterated today their policy of letting the Of s
tiae service fall gheye it may
East Lansing Mich -AP- Michigan State Colleges track
team showed surprising strength accumuang and
third places but that wasn't enough Marquette UNIVERSE
tvs ioppers from winning their 18th consecutive dual meet
here last night 6S - to 40 ID Three
NJ. 5. c. varsity mark broken.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-22
Roosevelt Natators Come
Complete Unbeaten Season,
Hang up Sixth Straight Win

Coming through In championship
style to win its final meet with
Trenton Friday afternoon. Roose-
welt High Schools powerful swim
ming team completed its schedule
for this year as IT huns up its sixth
straight victory in as many meets.
With the result OF the meet Ringing
on the final event OF the program,
the $50 yard free style relay, the
RMS natators came through TO cap
ture the event with Noel Campbell.
Jim Davis, Roger Smith. and Herb
Smith the free stylers who turned
the trick and thus insured the team
OF an unbeaten season.
Indicated and united. the 1871
edition of the team has the honor of
being the only swimming. and pos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-22
Thrilling Comeback Fails to
Take Cage Game For Roosevelt

Although Roosevelt High Schools
basketball team staged a thrilling
comeback in the second half against
Chelsea after being completely out
classed in the earlier portion OF The
game. 1t failed to win by the mar
rowest Of margins as a last minute
rally failed by one point to tie
the score.
Although Bob Hoprs made good
on free throw midway through
the Initial period, 1t wasn't until
the end OF the quarter that Rnose.
welt was able to tally from the
floor. Frank Whitehouse broke he
field goal famine as he scored on
long set shot from far out on the
court, but by that time Chelsea
was we'll in the lead 10 to 3.
Scoring a nett basket from the
corner on a set shot, Kusterer put
Chelsea still farther 10 the lead
At the opening OF the, seccpd quar-.
ter. S. Policht then followed with
a foul shot before Roosevelt could
again enter the scoring column.
Johu Kennedy was the eager for the
locals who brought the score up to
13 to s when his long shnt from
midfloor clicked. This was soon
followed. however, by a basket by
A. Eclicht to give Chelsea a 1915
lead al the half.
Chelsea's lead increased still fur.
Their when Miller opened the second
half with a field goal, but this was
the last basket scored by the Chel-
sea team as a stiffened Roosevelt
defense plus little hard luck on
several shots combined 10 prevent
further basket making Slmultane-
ously with the Improvement in de-
Tense came an improved of.ense
as Hops. Whitehouse, and Bob
Holloway tailed in quick succession
to place the local five just three
baskets behind Chelsea when the
final quarter ended.
This was inaugurated by Kusterer
who brought his teams total TO
eighteen with free shot. Del Sci.
eska then bagged a one-pointer for
Roosevelt and \. Policht followed
with another to give Chelsea what
proved to be the winning point.
Whitehouse then followed with
another basket for Roosevelt and
Seleska followed this with a tip
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-22

in shot as the time keeper signi-
fled two minutes OF playing time
left.
Another minute and a half went
by before Bill Love reduced the
Chelsea lead to single point with
a push in shot from the free throw
line, and with only thirty seconds
left to play, there began a furious
effort on the Rough Riders part
to get possession OF the ball from
Chelsea. Twenty more seconds
went by the board before Love in.
tercepted pass at mid.floor and
raced for the basket but two Chel-
sea men barred bis path and his
hurried shot bounced off the rim.
Then began hectic scramble be-
meath the basket which lasted for
the four or five seconds remaining.
and the timers horn designating
the end OF the game interrupted 1t
without another shot being made.