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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
GOSSIPERS

Editor The Times: Ninety
five percent of gossip is denunci-
atory, derogatory and evil. an
investigation proves that e5 per-
cent of il is untrue. II is as
false as the impulses which give
1t birth.
A significant fact is that Cos
sip never carries a message Of
praise for anybody or anything.
It slithers around in the dark
like a venomous viper. poison
ing where it may.
More damage has been done
by gossip than by all the the
candid evils in the calendar, and
the damage is mostly 10 the in
nocent.
Whispering campaigns of de-
rogation are set going by I'M
fortunates who so love evil that
they cannot think OF anything
else or believe in anything else.
To them, the horizon of life is
that of wickedness in each and
of its malevolent phases.
1t is not quite possible to con-
ceive of anything more despic-
able than mere gossip. always
eowsrdly and generally false.
Those who love 10 spread evil.
gossipy reports are poltrooms
and towards. nothing less. Ask
them to send their stuff 10 the
newspapers over their own sig
natures: ask them TO come out
into the open with their choicest
bits, important enough if true"
and see them shrivel and turn on
the hush. sush.
Whisper warriors and envioux
gossip mongers have attacked
al great and worthy movements
and even all the great souls OF
world from Lincoln back two
thousand years 70 the greatest
teacher Of all time. the most
magnificent example for man
kind, the infinitely good and
wise Jesus Of Nazareth whom
the shriveled souled. self right
eous Pharisee gossips trsiled and
besmirched 10 his death.
The vicious gossiper is the
sociological scum Of the earth
ROBERT s. DOUBLEDAY.
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few hours off now and then,
and arrange a schedule of bust
ness hours among themselves 20
no loss will be ACQUIRED against
one at the expense of another.
Again l ask, WHY THE SPECI-
FLED TIME?
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So far. al has been too
serious Aside from = few good
cracks BY Senator Connally and
a really good speech by Senator
VsndenberE. the debate on revi-
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WASHINGTON COLUMN
sy PETER FpSoN

svr,hod,, binned on the war is instead Of Office
Of Facts and Figures which the president set up couple
Of weeks AGO an Office OF Fun and Frole.
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III AEaAAAAAN
IN and Frolic.
terested the Free French sup
portsrs IN Washington, however,
was the revelation that Nostra-
danus had also predicted the
coming Of General Charles de
Gaune.
Against q background ef
potted palms and oak leaves
dipped in henna dye, the speaker
stood at a rostrum over which
fell the tri-color in graceful folds
with the stars and Stripes On
the left and the union jack on
the right. tie told how >ostra-
damus said IL was all going 70
end. To let you in on the secret
without further ado, the end
isn't going TO come til June,
1851. but when you consider that
a doctor of medicine could write
cryptic verses which would pre-
diet these things 400 years ago,
you have to admit he was pretty
good. The country needs more
men like this in government.
Nostradamus wrote his stuff
in ouatrains. He was a mystic
sage, as well as a doctor. His
real name was Michel de
Notre Dame. from whence Mo-
stradamus. From his father he
had inherited certain cryptic
Egyptian words and these. with
his natural born clairvoyance
and few hypnotic drugs. en-
sbled him TO write these verses.
Much that Nostradsmus wrote
is still unintelligible. He used
puns and snagrams. PARIS he
called STRAP. HITLER he calls
H1STER. It's permissible to
change one letter in an ana
gram, like cheating at solitaire.
but Nostradsmus got the word
HISTER honestly. The old
name of the Danube was the
Hister, and that also went for a
man of the Danube country.
Hence Hitler. The DUPONT FAM
lily comes across it through ref
erence to material du pont"
which would be brought from
the land Of the farthest west.
Aeroplanes were easy for him to
predict as "mechanisms of fly
ing fire" If more of these
things could be figured out, a
lot more of Nostradamus would
be made clear.
ENTER DE GAULLE
But old Nostradamus must
have been pretty smart at that
for, according TO his interpre-
tiers, a free French translation
of what he wrote figures out
like this:
The eastern wall (Maginot
hne) will be conquered by shin
ing metal (gold and fifth coll
umn bribery, and the enemy
shall be at the gates of Strap
(Paris) In seven days. He who
Is empty and vain tMussolini)
will come to rule a land, raising
a force In a march from Milan
Fascist march on Rome). But
the red policy shall prevail
Communist revolution).
After the Republic shall be
seen no more (fall of France)
there shall be an aged leader
(Petain). But the coming of an
unsubdued leader 10 heralded
Chats de Gaulle) who shall not
succumb to the invader. He will
be established in Africa, come
to Italy, cross the Alps and drive
the invaders Germany back to
their land. The red (Commun-
ISM will spread to the republic
(France) but - hold onto your
hats, boys - in June, 1851, a
Bourbon prince will be crowned
Henry the Fifth and peace will
reign after a force from the land
of the farthest west second A.
z. F) lands al Chalons and
fights battle at Blois.
That's what the man said,
anyway.
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TRIBUTE TO NORWAY

Editor The Times: A short
time ago we read about Hitler
demanding the people of Norway
give over all wool blankets to
the Germans, or else. A little
later we see a most inhuman
demand made by Herr Hitler
again on the same people. This
time they must give their wind
proof coats and pants.
According to Bill Henry, news
commentator, Norway has given
more aid to the allies than any
other country and said less about
it. This country is known as
1.-The land of the midnight sum-"
also as "the land of mission
aries"-a significant connection
there.
Let us hope and pray this
small nation may survive and
continue to be the torch bearer
in this. the darkest of all time.
NANCY M. JOHNSON,
1910 So. 10th st.
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Tn. Reg 4 q Pat or All rights reserved
by John Xix

Alaska, the Red Sea, the Sahara
Desert, the Nile River and San
Juan Hill, famed as the scene
of the Rough Riders Charge.
Also incorporated into the bottle
is sand from a spot where Co
lumbus stood in Puerto Ricol
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR

Use Of the proposition Of is
wrong and II should be elm
mated IN such phrases as. could
Of. had Of, may of. must Of.
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LEO V. SMITH,
3 10, Pacific Highway
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength,
al thy mind; thy neighbour thyself.-Luke 1927.
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Stories in
ponoro in Crucial
Seoorophieol Position

BANANA became prominent
early IN the course 81 World
War II when a great many United
States merchantmen were placed
under PsnsmRnian registry -
svold restrictions of the United
States neutrality act
Because the stTategically vital
Panama Canal cuts through the
center Of Panama. this small Cen
trial American nation IS IN a posi-
ton OF possible danger, although
strong American naval and mill
tsFy forces are stationed IN the
Canal Zone or IN bases guarding
the approaches 10 the canal
With sabotage IN the Canal Zone
and neighboring vicinity an ever
present danger, the above stamp,
issued in 1887 10 commemorate
the soih anniversary Of the fire
department, IS especially signif-
cant today. TIE stamp shows mod
efn hTe-hghtlng equipment. ard
there is little doubt that = would
De available 70 the Canal Zone
should need for II ever arse.
Panama. always important be-
cause Of the nsrrow isthmus seps-
rating the two oceans, achieved
her independence from Colombi a
in 1903 with the help Of United
States Marines. who were sent n
20 protect American interests n
connection with canal negotiations
which we're then proceeding.
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Japan has obtained $4,000 900
barrels of oil from US during
each Of the past three years. Al
though President Roosevelt re-
stricted shipment of aviation
gasoline outside the western
hemisphere a year ago. Japan
has imported more than 10000
900 barrels since then. After
Secretary lckss proclaimed the
possibility OF gaslsss Sundays.
more than 1000 900 gallons were
removed from ships about 10 de-
part for the Far East. All these
exports had a state department
oksy under the license system.
Increased shipment OF fats.
Tin, motor trucks, petroleum
products snd cotton 10 Ger
msny's neighbors suggest that
those articles are triekling into
the reich. For the past - months
Finland. Spain and Portugal
have imported four times as
much of these war stuffs as they
took during the is months pre-
eeding the invasion Of Poland.
Spain. for instance, bought
1914 900 pounds Of toluene, the
base of TINT, In 1910. She did
not buy single pound from Us
in 1899.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to page 10
for the answers.
!. Thomas Gainsborough was
a famous musician. painter or
theologian?
?. When in the course of hui
man events" is the opening
phrase of the American Greed,
the Preamble TO the Constitu-
ton, or the Declaration of In
dependence?
3. Name the chief justice OF
the u. S. supreme court who re-
Gently retired.
4. Joseph NJ W. Turner was
a portrait, landscape. or genre
painter.
5. Which of the great oceans
is saltiest?
s. Is cage or enclosure
where birds are kept an spiary
or an avisry9
7. Who vas given the title
Father of the Constitution" >
S What general term Is used
to denote the body of statesmen
who drafted and put INTO ef-
feet the constitution Of the
United States7
p. Where was the former
Kaiser Wilhelm OF Germany
buried i?
10. With what sport is Luke
Seweil associated
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When the Reasonable Is Unreasonable

When man owns property the presumption Is that he
heed part with IT only terms which he believes reason
able in view of his needs and the nducement offered
The great of the worlds natural wealth
perhaps not quite simple basis. Any reasonable
would that ii for people TO sit
indispensable quantities of the worlds and
10 deny them to other peoples. One of the worlds needs
is of better distributing and making available
the materials of the world.
The pitifu part of is that the basis for such
able solution has been destroyed and destroyed by the
people who stand to profit most by such solution Japans
demands the Dutch East Indies for share in the
potaton of the riches of that region quite reasonable
their face They provide entry of Japanese into
the islands for commercial work. entry of Japanese ships
TO East Indies ports coastwse navigation privileges fish
ing privileges, and the like Entirely reasonable, but
Unfortunately, the past 10 years Japan has de-
stroyed the reputation of her people willing TO confne
themselves these legitimate and reasonable detectives
Does not the world know what Japanese business do
in strange country beside business? Does il not know
what japanese ships and fishing do In strange waters
beside fish?
Is anyone ignorant OF what citizens OF Hitler Germany
do in foreign lands beside what the of the world
sders legitimate business? When every drummer,
fisherman every CONSUL every traveller Is agent for
tic intrigue and the sowing of dssension then business
is no longer business.
That is the tragedy.
Representatives of totaarian powers have long since
proved that trust them 10 be what they
to be. to carry simply the business they they wish
TO carry
That is why demands reasonable their face not
really reasonable toerabe and must be refused
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DENUNCIATION MAY BE
DISGUISED BLESSING

The house military affairs
committees scathing indictment
of the Administrations handling
of national defense may prove
blessing in disguise for President
Roosevelt. If he grabs and uses
his opportunity. The time ele-
ment affords him a chance TO
steal the thunder Of eongression-
al GOPers in the midst OF their
preparation for an sll-out attack
on the White House and oPA
National Republican Chairman
Martin and his aides have been
making preliminary plans for
some weeks. Their scheme wss
to give facts and figures on
production of tanks. planes,
ships, guns and ammunition.
They have been snslyzing recent
speeches In which the KnudEen-
ties admit that rearmsmsnt Is
far behind schedule. II is under
stood that they have obtained
the cooperation Of numerous
war navy contractors and are
preparing sensational revela-
lions. Insofar as possible. the
Republican orators. a picked lot,
were to avoid partisan politics
in their analyses. The idea was
10 play the same role which
Lloyd George did in England
during the World war and which
Churchill enacted before he be-
came prime minister. Topnotch-
ers like Herbert Hoover and
Wendell Willkis were to be en-
listed.
FDR now has a chance 10 beat
thsm 10 the punch by revising
his defense sstup In accord with
the house committees recon-
mendations. Much as he dis
likes to admit that he has been
wrong. II is understood that the
president will move fast and
sdrolly to sidestep the blow.
More than 10000 900 persons
now are enjoying lsrEesse from
the federal government. accord
ing 10 the most recent esleula-
tons. and the army Of payroll
patriots is constantly increasing.
The figure approaches almost
10000. 900 II the dependents Of
all beneficiaFies are included In
the total whose support IL FL
nanced by the taxpayers, IN
whole or IN part.
The number Of federal. state
and local employees amounts to
4.4oo. 900.
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OPPOSE L. =.
BACKING STAIN

The Roosevelt Churchill will
ingness TO accept the Soviet as a
partner in the war against Hitler
already has had unfavorable re-
percussions in the U. s. and
throughout South America. Fear
OF this reaction led both the
British premier and Undesecre-
tsry Welles to temper the vel
come which they extended 10
Joe Stain. The same caution
may incline FDR TO advance lit
tie more than verbal reinforce
msnts 10 the Reds.
The South American nations.
which are dominanuy Catholic,
are beginning 10 view with some
suspicion our protsststion that
this Is crusade for democracy
shd not just another eapitsllstic
clash. Inhabitants OF the Bible
belt in our country. where peace
sentiment has been strongest.
find IL difficult TO reconcile our
professed war aims with our &C
esptsnes OF Communist help.
The same spplies TO the Cstho-
lies in this country. Indeed.
both London and Washington
bresthed easier after listening
in on the popes recent broad
cast Fantastic as II may seem.
Hitler had hoped that the Holy
Father might say a few kind
words about his attack on God
less Russia" But der fushrer
got no comfort from the ysn-
can.
Officially and unoffoislly, the
state department spokssmsn take
an extremely realistic viewpoint
toward the problem, and they
hope the American people will
follow suit.
If you are hEhiing a Wild
bull says a Hull slds. and .
mad dog begins nipping 81 his
heels. you welcome the dog
help. don't you! You might
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Planes Speed Up Planes

The airpane speeds up everything, the airpane
Today, when everything depends speeding up the
production of apanes and arpanes, what's of
the leading Of speeding up that production! Why
the airpane itself!
Hint of this with the newest figures air
express shipments, which show that shipments to and
from airpane plants show the greatest increase in
general increase in air express shipments two
ago That increase 2s7 per cent. II means that
plans small parts vital castings dies and light machinery
winging through the air from arpane factory TO
arplsne factory, saving precious days and minutes in
the creation of airplanes.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive sitention IN ~. eni-
umn letters must EiFs name snd
address q writer Only Initials
VII be published When reouestsd
Mr.. Txlf: How would you
advise : boy 10 try and get on
the radio here In Tacoma I
play = guitar and sing forget
ten old time songs. I have
sung for the radio In Mime
sofa and Iowa G. R
With that experience. you
should have something 70 talk
about II you call On the pro-
gram managers Of the two Ia
coma radio stations XVI. IN
the Rust building. and KMo IN
the ksyes building. over the
Beverly hester.
Mr.. fiklt: Can something he
done about the mosquitoes COM
Ing from the swamp AZ 66th 1T.
In South Tacoma I believe
this Ia = menace 10 health and
something should be done
about. Can you fixlt;
MRS. G. n.
Residents Of the district az
fectsd by the mosquitoes have
two procedures open TO them.
They can look up ownership Of
the property on which the
swamp 10 situated and bring a
civil action In superior court to
have the place declared q pub
lie nuisance and ahatsd. They
might by pssition make a COM
plant 10 the city council. ask
ing II 10 take some action.
Whils mosquitoes certainly
can he . public nuisance here
In the Northwest. a. any place
else, the city health officer as
sures US they are not q health
menace since we don't have
malaria or yellow fever mos
quitos.
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eumulsted Al the various snd
sundry saVmiiis where the TIM
bers are delivered. somehow
said ironmongery must b. re-
turned to the logging camps
That's hoVcome the Pat>oo Is
N existence. and = profitable
one. At that She goes around
70 the several American and
Canadian sswuills where British
Columbian logs are delivered.
picks up the accumulation of
boom chains. etc. and returns
them to their respective logging
camps.
Ny friend. this IS indeed the
age Of specialists.
ODDS. ENDS DEPT.
A week from TODAY and Wen
know who is the 1871 champ
amateur navigator hereabouts
the international cruiser
race Bainbridge island TO Ma
naimo. b C-will tell the story
=. this Is the 18th anniversary
Of the classic, which was 300
miles long the first running
those big super-liners like the
Queen Mary and the Normandie
lose money even when operating
with capacity csrgoes Of freight
and passengers but how'd
you like to have one Of them on
your hands these days. slr9
whereabouts OF the former is a
secret, of course. but the latter
Is still moored to A wharf IN
New York after all these months
:. crew of IS standiag-by and
dock rent: 100000 a year,
by the time you read this sew
eral days after we've scrubbed
II. in case you have a hankoring
for technicalities) two new war
ships will have been commissioned
at the Bremerton navy yard -.
yclept respectively the Barnegat
and Biscayne and speaking
Of new ships the latest issue
Of Fortune has a great deal to
say about merchant and naval
shipbuilding in the L. S. in
looking over some advance
proofs. all we noticed on first
perusal was summary map
showing where and how many
ships are under construction in
the nation omitted Tacoma,
however tsk. tsk,
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC


who says that he is tired Of
hearing about the war Is either
q slight person, or, what is
worse, an enemy Of America.
This war Is life and death
struggle for US. and no person
can deny that our way of life
cannot subsist on the planet
along with the German idea Of
world domination and superman
stuff. To keep out Of the ulti-
mate actual participation is i'm
possible, for if we let il alone
now. will it let us alone if. and
when. the British nation is over
come?
On the other hand, If the latter
can conquer with their own man
power alone. we might be happy,
but could we be proud To those
who still have some faith in
humanity the pusillanimity Of
some public men is alarming.
This is no time for milk-fed
statesmen; where are the he-men
We used 10 hear so much about?
Let us not deceive ourselves
into following one or the other
N the two policies that have led
the nations into disaster, namely.
sitting supinely by and allowing
the insidlous German propagan-
ds To sap our resistance or to
tremblingly await our turn for
open attack, our courage sinking
10 zero as We watch its unswerv-
ing approach. We are slowly
but surely slipping into the war.
hind foremost, and nothing can
avert it. Now that another ma
ton has been attacked, il is time
that We about-faced and Crap
pied with that which cannot be
avoided. The whole world would
be hesrtened. since it looks TO US
for leadership.
Our watery rsmparts are good
but II our position behind these
oceans gives us security. then
why this defense program
Comfortable as We are in the
enjoyment OF our present peace
we had better beware Of COM
plseeney for eomplsceney is an
ally Of the enemy. Though we
are giving the embsttled democ-
raclss aid. Is that AID enough.
II is well 10 know when 10 take
occasion by the hand and not 10
push opportunity to the edge Of
invisibillty.
Here Ne see brave nations
fighting the enemy that is also
ours. Would Il not be better 10
fight BY their side now rather
than 10 risk losing their help
and then standing alone Then
let Us not quibhle. We know Il
10 be automatic that eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty.
and that love OF liberty Is In
herent IN US, coming down thu
ages from Runnymeoe in tina
striNngs Of the mother OF par
llamsnts and the yearnihgs Of
the Pilgrim fathers. and euini-
mating in that galaxy Of states
men and patriots. the founders
Of the republic
That We shall have the man
hness % defend our noble herr
tAEs none car doubt, out tire
danger Is that Ne may proerss-
tinsts ard maggie over the dif-
feren, wsys Of overcoming this
peril. L behooves Us u set
quickly for. as Shakespeare says.
He who hesltstes IS lost At
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DEFENSE n-s-
BOND ~ u J. -

O. I'm too old To fight or work hard in the National De-
Tense. How can help!
A. By helping to supply the needed money. The best
way to do this is by buying Defense Bonds
"A @. am too young to enlist What can do!
A. Save all the dimes and quarters you possibly can
and buy Defense Stamps When your album full exchange
it quickly for Defense Bond and then start filling another
album.
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A THANK YOU

Editor The Times: IN behalf
OF the Nsturopathie Physicians
association Of this state, please
permit me 10 convey 70 you and
your STAFF our sincere spprecis-
ton Of the most satisfactory
manner in which our recent con-
vsntion news items were edited
by your paper.
Many Of the visiting doctors
mentioned 70 ne now efficiently
this wss handed BY your paper
ard ! am sure that such cooper
alton goes q long way u build
Rcod S1li over ths Northwest for
Tacoma
Washington state Nature
psthlc Assn.
BY Dr.. ". T. Ely. President
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SO THEY SAY

Censorship in the ssnss that
! believe Is feared, Is the kind
xs see abroad Is not con-
templsted. - Lowell Mellett. d.
rector Office Of Government
Reports.
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BLACK AND WHITE
BUT READ ALL OVER

OF the coast Of North Caro-
lima, the Gull stream flows
against . hank Of cold water.
Eating hats insures loag life
and good syesight. according Ia
= Chinese belief Of the isth eea-
tuFy.
The Big Dippsr' star constsl-
lstion travels around the north
star counter ockWlSe.