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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
nv PAUL HARRISON
Tacoma Times Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD - A few weeks
ago. the last period for which I
have been able 10 get any aceu-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
The Thief Of Bagdad" Opens
Tuesday al Beverly Theaier
Alsxondsr Kordo's Spectacular Arobion
NIGHTS Tale Told in Vivid Technicolor

With Sahu Conrad Vedt. June Duprer and John Justin
heading Of thousands Alexander korda mighty tech
ncoor spectacle The Thief of nardad viii have it, first
return showing At the Beverly theatcr Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
OF An Things,

Holly1ood's biggest production
obstacle Of the season Was the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
CARLO WEDDING
DEI.ANEDs.

Producer Joe Pasternak IL plan
ming 10 take troupe 10 Hawaii
and make a picture. mostly with a
Honolulu background. Its high
time. after all the movies full of
painted backgrounds and chorus
girls Jitterbugging in hay skirts
Bob Burns, without bazooka,
is in a huddle on a new contract
I'm told Greta Carlo and
Gaylord Hauser. her vegetable
juice man. planned TO be married
at Nassau during a yachting trip,
with the d. 4 ID. of Windsor as
guests. But the cruise WAS can
celed and the vow-tsking post
poned.
Borrowing from the title Of
Babes IN Arms and the story of
Strike Up the Band Metros
first picture for Shirley Temple
probably will be Babes on Broad
way" Mickey Rooney. Judy Gar
land and Shirley will be Broadway
brats we.o win recognition by put
ting on their own show. Not even
the incredible, haywire touch of
Director Busby Berkeley could
spoil such combination or such
a well-tested formula Maria
Dietrich. daughter Of Marlene, is
being groomed in drama for the
cinema
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
PROPAGANDA
FILMS OUT

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11

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The Oscar Makers!

Charlie Chaplin. for his role Of
the funny-mustached dictator. today
was nominated among five stars for
the award rs Hollywood's best actor
of 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-11
Casting Director Who Does
All the Rejecting Is Rejected
ny PAUL HARRISON
Tseoma Times staff Writer
-Rpblnd I no Sernen
HOLLYWOOD

For years. Billy Gordon assistant casting director at
Metro has been looking actors applying and
telling most OF them they quite the type So the
other day Goron went before the draft board doctor
looked him and told him he wasn't the right type
Evening star., 1941-06-22
DIVIDED ALLIANCE
By the Right Reu. James Freeman, D. d. ILL., d. D. C. L,
Bishop of Washington.

eral or persistent. Many and diverse
peoples gathered here have slowly but
surely been nodded into a great confed-
Grafton. Races utterly alien to our ira
ditions little by little have fallen under
the spell of a new ideal Of life and felt
its possibilities and potentianties. De-
spite its faults and weaknesses they
by contrast have seen its superiority
over systems that had failed to give
them freedom and security in the old
world. Along with this they have found
here for the first time a quality of life
that was different from anything they
had ever known. Assimilat ton has not
done its perfect work, but progress has
been persistent and amazing. AS the
result a Nation OF many races and
tongues has emerged.
Behind all this development has been
a Christian ideal of life Adhered to
by some. indifferently regarded by
others, through minority group it has
had determining effect upon our cor
porate and individual lives. Today this
ideal of life is challenged, challenged
within and without by ideologies wholly
alien to the purpose America has ac-
cepted as its true course. To continue
in this course a new and exacting test
must be applied to all who have shared
its privileges and advantages. There can
be no middle course, no divided ale
glance. Either this Nation, even If it
stands isolated and alone, must follow
the way to which 1t has set itself, or
yield to an ideal Of life wholly at variance
with its avowed purpose. 1t must con-
tinue Christian America or be subservi-
ent to forces that believe in the brutal
strength of armed and malevolent
agencies.
1t is time to take account of what
we have and what we are Our alle-
glance cannot be a divided one We
cannot be half pagan and half Christian.
While we recognize freedom of worship
as our sovereign right, we are profess
sedly Nation founded in the Christian
faith and Christian tradition. We can
not serve two masters. Jesus Christ
to multitudes of our people, is the su-
preme teacher of all time and upon the
principles He enunciated we have built,
however imperfectly. the greatest Nation
Of modern times. Shall it continue, with
a finer application of His truth to pur-
sue its unhindered way7 That is the
pressing question Of this momentous
hour.
Evening star., 1941-06-22
A Fiscal Anomaly

The facts pertaining to the Dis
trict's unemployment compensation
fund, details of which are discussed
in an article appearing elsewhere in
today's Star, constitute a conclusive
argument in favor Of a sharp re-
duction in the present 2.7 per cent
tax rate.
Since the tax, which is applicable
only to employers, became effective
a total of more than S26,000,000 in
: receipts has been collected. Total
benefit payments disbursed amount
to only $500, ,OO0-leaving a balance
in the reserve fund, including inter-
est, of about S22OO0,O00. This, ac-
cording to competent officials, is
adequate for nine or ten years at
the present rate of disbursement
even though not another dollar
should be collected in taxes.
Federal officials, opposing reduc-
ton in the national tax rate, have
contended that benefits should be
liberalized before there is any cut
in the tax But, whatever merit that
argument may have as applied to the
States, it has scant application to
the District. Local benefits were
substantially liberalized last year, so
that in the District they are we'll
above the State average, and the local
tax rate was reduced from 3 to 2.7
per cent. In spite of these changes
made during the year, however, the
total tax collection for 1910 was
S5,753,853, as against $2,117,24l in
benefit payments In other words,
some S3,500000 was added to the re-
serve fund in a year which saw bene-
fit payments liberalized to the point
where fifty-six cents of each dollar
collected went for benefits instead
of the twenty-nine-cent ratio for
nerly prevailing.
There are other factors which
make the Districts position seem
sadly out of line with the rest of the
country. Contrasting 1941 with 1910,
for example, it is seen that benefit
payments for the Nation as whole
dropped 18 per cent, while in the
District they were increased by more
than "a per cent. This, of itself, is
striking evidence of the extent to
which local benefits have been lib
eralized. Another persuasive fact is
the recent order by national w. P. A.
officials for so per cent cut in the
District rolls, this being based on the
contention that the employment
situation here is better than in the
country as a whole.
These are but a few of the undiS-
puted facts bearing on the anomalous
situation prevailing in the National
Capital. If action we're to be taken
based on the only conclusion which
can be drawn from them, the local
tax rate would be reduced-substan-
TALLY and promptly. If the tax is not
reduced, an already fantastic surplus
will be permitted to grow-a surplus
which cannot be used for any other
purposes and which annually with
draws from circulation large sums of
money which otherwise would be
available for constructive purposes.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

One of the truest maXims ever given
to men was the word Of Jesus Christ:
mo man can serve two masters" OBJ
vious as 1t is, it needs fresh emphasis
today. How long halt ye between two
opinions?" was the searching question
addressed to an ancient people. 1t is
a pressing question today. When a
principle, a high principle of life is
involved, there can be no two opinions;
only one course is open. Compromises
are dangerous. Between a safe and
right way there can be but one choice.
The world in which we live is divided
as it has rarely been by conflicting in
terests and conflicting ideals. Great ma
tions that have hitherto stood for def
that the conflict is between moral and
their chosen and long g-honored course.
They have abdicated their allegiance to
the Christian ideal of life and in its
place substituted a wholly materialistic
philosophy in which God has no place,
and moral and ethical principles are
supplanted by the might and tyranny
of armed forces. 1t has been we'll said
that the conflict is between moral and
religious ideals, the Christian concept
of life, and new form of paganism
that makes no reckoning of systems
that, however imperfectly, expressed
human relations in terms of a universal
brotherhood We had come to think OF
racial and national interests as slowly
but surely becoming more intimate and
common. The Kellogg BRAND pact was
the high attainment of this ideal, to
which some so nations pledged their
loyal adherence. The churches them
selves in like manner, throughout the
world, had witnessed an increasing fed
Grafton of their interests. A difficult
and cumbersome word, "ecumenicity,"
had come to express the closer knitting
of the ties that bound them together in
a great cause, the essential unity of all
Christian believers. Differences of
speech and custom were subordinate to
the faith commonly and reverently held.
For the while all this growing COM
radeship seems to be shattered. and
the plans and purposes of high minded
men to have suffered signal defeat.
This, to the superficial observer, seems
to be true. For our part we do not
believe it. In no other place as here in
America is this ideal of unity, unity of
national purpose and ideals more gen.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

the chief commodities forwarded to
San Francisco and New York. Water
power gradually is taking the place
of more expensive sources of indus
trial energy. The colonial govern
ment provides for it's support by the
operation of opium and salt monop-
olieS, authorized pawn shops, forestry
licenses and concessions of privileges
Of different kinds.
From 1902 until 1893 the islands
were controlled by the Dutch East
India Company. The natives" re-
sisted the conquest of their homes
with every force at their disposal as
late as 1903. In Sumatra alone a
quarter of a million lives were lost in
war which lasted three decades.
Java similarly passed through long
period of turmoil prior to 1916, when
a "volksraad' or peoples council"
was established. Even now there is
an independence movement of con-
siderable proportions in the larger
communities.
The danger which currently threat
ems the Netherlands empire in the
East, however, is not of domestic
origin. 1t consists of the oppor-
tuniStic pressure which the Japanese
are eXerting upon the Dutch indies
pressure which the japanese seek to
justify by pointing to the poverty of
Japan proper. A glance at the
map will suffice to show that the
geographical relation of Toxic and
Batavia is too close for comfort. Yet
when the Nipponese expansionistS
look at the chart they see two other
points which it may be hoped will
continue to give them pause, namely,
the outpost of Great Britain at
Singapore and the outpost of the
United States at Manila.
Evening star., 1941-06-22
Investigating q Murder

In the week which has passed
since the murder of Jessie Elizabeth
Strieff the police have made no
tangible progress toward solution of
the crime. Their investigation for
all practical purposes seems to be at
a standstnl, and the killer remains
at large.
All this, of course, might we'll be
true and still reflect no discredit on
the investigators. The murderer has
covered his tracks we'll and it is
pointless to be demanding miracles
of the police. They are subject to
human limitations, and they are
properly open to criticism only If
they have failed to push the investi-
CATION with full diligence or if they
have neglected to make prompt and
intelligent use Of such information
and opportunities as were available
Evening star., 1941-06-22
An Empire in the Edst

One of the desirable prizes OF the
contest now in progress between the
Axis powers and the democratic ma
tions of the world is that group OF
islands known as the Netherlands
Indies. Included in the list are
Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Java, Bali,
Lombok, Madura, Flores and many
other less we'll known but not alto
gether inconsequential portions of an
ancient bond between Asia and Aus
tralia. The total land area is more
than 735,000 square miles; and the
population is in excess of seventy
millions. Mohammedan Malays con-
stitute the predominant majority,
but there is 'Fleaven" of Europeans,
Arabs and Chinese. The climate is
tropical and not overfriendly to
members of the Caucasian race, but
the natives" prosper in the prevail
Ing heat and humidity. In terms OF
physical strength and grace, the
latter notably excel their contem-
poraries near and far.
The islands themselves also are
famous FOR their beauty. Volcanic in
origin, the larger units of the archi-
pelago have mountains high enough
to scrape rain from the sky.
Agriculture and cattle breeding
are the industries in which most OF
the "aborigines" are engaged; but in
recent years the development OF
mining has been phenomenal, and
gold, silver, tin, iron, coal and oil
products of every variety have been
exported in steadily increasing guam
titles. The richness Of the territory
may be guessed from the diversity of
its shipments to the United States.
Rubber, sugar, tobacco, copra, tea,
coffee, pepper, tapioca, sago, gums,
hides and skins are mentioned among
Evening star., 1941-06-22

to them. On that score, what are the
facts?
Even before her body was found
next day, police knew Miss Strieff
had left her apartment about 2:20
pm. Sunday to buy butter. One
might think that fundamental police
routine would have been to check
stores in the neighborhood to find
whether the purchase had been
made But twenty-four hours after
the girl had been reported missing
no such investigation had been made
and it was reporter, not detective
who found the store and interviewed
the proprietor.
Again, one might think that when
the body was discovered, funda-
mental police routine would have
been to block off the scene from the
crowds so that systematic search OF
the vicinity could be made. Report
er5, photographers and a crowd OF
curious bystanders were at the scene
before headquarters plainclotheSmen
arrived, however, and, beyond keep
ing the crowd out of the garage,
nothing was done to clear the alley
for the minute search of the neigh
borhood which should have been
begun.
Still again, a reporter, not po-
liceman, located and interviewed a
witness whose statement that she
saw young lady enter the store and
leave in an automobile, double
parked in front of the place, should
have been taken and checked as a
routine matter within a few hours
after the search began.
1t is such obvious failures as these
in the steps which indicate sys-
tematic thoroughneSS as a matter OF
routine that reflect on the efficiency
of the police. The most efficient
police often are baffled by murder
mysteries, but not because of any
failure to follow what should be re-
garded as elementary principles in
crime detection. Any investigation
of the conduct of the police in this
case might we'll begin with this point.
Evening star., 1941-06-22
Truqic Finland

In the current clash OF wills be-
tween the two totalitarian giants,
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia,
the most tragic aspect is the situa-
ton of those innocent bystanders,
Sweden and Finland. These last
remaining northern neutrals are in
imminent peril of being overwhelmed
by the holocaust which a Russo
German war would cause all the way
from the Arctic Ocean to the Near
and Middle East.
Of the threatened pair, Finland's
peril is the greater. German troops
operating from Nazi-occupied Nor
way would be likely to cross Northern
Finland to get at Russian ports on
the Arctic, while Southern Finland
would afford the logical base for a
drive at Leningrad, RuSSia's Baltic
metropolis and chief naval base.
Realizing its danger, Finland is
preparing for all eventualities. Full
mobilization has been decreed, and
already the Finnish Army reported
ly is taking up positions along its
threatened frontiers. At this time Of
year, Finland's military position is
especially unfavorable, because it is
the season of the light nights" when
it is impossible to move troops under
cover of darkness and when bombing
raids can be waged tWenty-four
hours day.
The calm courage and determina-
ton of the Firms is all the more
noteworthy because their little coun-
try has by no means recovered from
the war fought against the Russian
colossus only last year. Besides
heavy loss of life, Finland suffered
widespread devastation from Russian
aerial bombardments and has been
faced with the problem of resettling
great numbers of refugees who aban-
doned their homes in the territory
ceded to Russia rather than have
them pass under Soviet rule.
These grave handicaps have Grip
pied Finland's recovery in many
ways. The most serious aspect is a
shortage of food. Even under nor
NAL conditions, Finland is not wholly
self feeding. But the war has almost
isolated the country from the outer
world It's sole practicable outlet is
its Arctic port of Petsamo, and even
here commerce has become increas-
ingly difficult owing to the limitations
of the British naval blockade of
northern waters. Its neighbor,
Sweden, though friendly, is likewise
on short rations, while Russia is not
merely unfriendly, but has no export
able surplus from it's northern
provinces.
1t is under these critical circum-
stances that Finland is again COM
PEELED to mobilize its man power all
the way from eighteen to forty-four
years. That means further diSloca-
ton or us agriculture during Ine
crucial period of growing harveSts.
What will happen if mobilization has
to be prolonged is sad to contem-
plate. Even if war should be averted,
Finland might face mass starvation
in the dreaded winter which looms
inexorably on the Arctic horizon.
That people which has so abund-
antly proved its sterling character
and civilization should be so harried
through no fault of its own is one of
the most distressing evidences of the
catastrophe which has engulfed Eu-
rope and threatens it with general
ruin.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

A recent poll indicates that or
ganized labor has lost much SYM
pathy from the public within the
last year. If labor keeps on a little
longer the way it has been going
recently 1t will be barking back to the
great entente cordiale" of 1941.
Evening star., 1941-06-22
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Evening star., 1941-06-22

4. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for repIblication Of all news dspa tches
paper and also the local news published neren
All rights of publication of special dispa tches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-06-22
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Entered as seeond-class matter post of1ce.
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Evening star., 1941-06-22

There was little news from Europe.
The main item reported from across the
water was another brutal murder In
London, ascribed to the notorious but
never-identined Jack the Ripper" who
was at that time terrorizing the British
metropolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-09
WANT ROAD EQUIP
MENT OPERATORS

The Civil Service Commission
announced today that applications
are being accepted for operators
of various types Of road building
equipment for duty in the Repub-
lie Of Panama. Various types of
operators needed include Tractor
Scraper, Bulldozer, Caterpillar
Tractor and Power Shovel opera
tors. Salaries range from 5000 to
$500 per month Transportation
will be furnished from the home
of the applicant to Panama with
return transportation guaranteed
in the event that the employee re-
mains for the duration of the job,
which is estimated to be one year.
Food and lodging will be furnished
in government camps for a charge
of $1.00 per day. Further informa-
ton and applications may be OBJ
tanned from the Local Secretary,
u. S. Civil Service Commission, at
the post office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-09
CHOOSES NAVY WHILE
BROTHER IS IN ARMY

Harry Higbie. Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Higbie, of this city, en-
listed in the U. S. Navy, it was
announced this week, and left
Sunday for Iowa, induction station.
Monday he was enroute to San
Diego training station. Harry's
choice of the Navy differs from
that Of his brother, Thomas, who
is in the Federally indicted Ma
tional Guard at Camp Ham. But
the brothers in two different
branches of the service-will be
stationed ultimately only 100 miles
apart. This week Thomas is home
on leave with his parents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-09
DE s en \ Sc QUIZ

NOTE-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps, go to the nearest post
office, bank, or savings and loan
association; or write to the Treas
urer of the United States, Wash
ington, D. G. Also Stamps now are
on sale at most retail stores.
sss
@. How many Defense Savings
Stamps does it take to fill an al
bum?
A. Seventy-five 25-cent stamps;
seventy-five 50-cent stamps; seven
ty-five 81 stamps; or fifteen IS
stamps. The completed albums are
Immediately exchangeable for De-
Tense Bonds (Series Ed at your
post office, or through your bank,
Q. Who directs the National
movement to sell Defense Savings
Stamps in retail stores?
A. The Treasury's Retail AdviS
DRY Committee, of which Benjamin
H. Namm, of the National Retail
Dry Goods Association, is chair
man. Officers of Is other great
national retail organizations COM
prise the committee.
sss
Q. Just what is initiation and
how can it be minimized?
A. Initiation is a decrease in the
buying power of the dollar caused
by a rising cost of living. This,
in turn, is brought about by a
heavy public demand, resulting
from rapid increase in the nation
al income, for things which can
not be produced in large enough
quantities. Every citizen can help
minimize initiation by buying De-
Tense Bonds and Stamps.
Q. How can I get cash for my
Defense Savings Stamps if should
need to redeem them?
A. Go to any post office.
Q. I cannot find the word Ode
Tense" anywhere on the Defense
Savings Stamps I have bought. Are
they merely Postal Savings Stamps,
or does my money invested in these
Stamps go into the Defense Pro-
gram?
A. The money you use to pur-
chase these Stamps goes definitely
into the Defense Program. The
Stamps bear the words America
on Guard" which indicates that
they are an integral part of the
Defense Program.
@. What is the Treasury's pur-
pose in putting Defense Savings
Stamps on sale in retail stores
throughout the Nation?
A. To make it as easy as pos
sible for Americans everywhere to
buy these Stamps, which, as every
one knows, may be exchanged at
many post offices and banks for
Defense Savings Bonds.
@. What can I do to help my
son who has just entered military
service?
A. Your boy must be clothed,
fed, and supplied with the latest
This requires money.
Buy a Defense Savings Bond and
help the Government to equip your
son.
@. What is labor's attitude tow
ard the Treasury's Defense Savings
Program?
A. Strongly cooperative. The A.