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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-01

posed to the movement told age
pensions) in fact. 10 the whole
Social Security Act" Anyone
with q sound mind or any sense
OF Justice, could not be otherwise
than opposed TO the so-called
Social Security Act.
A more inane. vicious, unjust.
hypocritical conglomeration of
deceitfulness is inconceivable.
Seaman then attempts TO belittle
the old age pension movement
and ridicules The Times article
in support OF same. He says he
is opposed to this movement
just on general principles" and,
being lawyer as l understand.
would make law to deprive
millions Of men and women of
the necessities and comforts of
life in this, the richest nation
on earth; made rich by the COM
bined labor and efforts of these
aged men and women during
their productive years.
Just on general principles.
ne would deny the producers OF
this nations wealth enough of
their accumulated earnings 10
provide security and comfort in
their declining years. He would
disagree and humiiate millions
OF worthy citizens by incarcer-
sting them in poor houses and
in insane asylums as is done IN
the state of Missouri and else
where.
In the Good Book. 7 read:
Woe unto We also. We lawyers
for We laden men with burdens
grievous to ne borne and vet
yourselves touch not the burden
with one Of your fingers. Sea-
man may practice Law. nut GER
tsinly he does not practice the
law of the Ten Commandments,
for 1t says: Honor thy father
and thy mother
On general principles I advo-
cate liberal pay-ss-you-go ma
ionsl old age pension for every
citizen so years old and such a
one is the Townsend plan. It's
provisions are so reasonable. its
requirements so simple that the
wayfaring men. though fools.
shall not err therein"
A. L. GILMORE,
Buenns, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-01
modern workers' housing prof.
ect on the site.
FRSATZ RUBBER SHORTAGE

modern workers housing pfoJ-
ect on the site.
ERSATZ RUBBER SHORTAGE
When the four new defense
plants for making artificial rub
Der are in production. some time
in 1912. they will be able to turn
out a total of only so 1000 tons
Of artificial rubber a year. or 10
per cent OF the 500 900 tons Of
raw rubber now consumed in the
u. 6. annually.
Plants now in operation. max
Ing neoprene, koroseal and other
synthetic rubbers, have . ca
pacity Of only 10000 tons. The
four new defense plants, Fire
stone and Goodyear at Akron.
Goodrich at Louisville. and Z. s.
Rubber at Naugatuck, Conn.,,
have a I0,000-ton annual ca
pacity apiece. The 60,000-ton
total emphasizes just how de-
pendent the country viii still he
on raw rubber from Malaga and
the Dutch East Indies.
The Small Business Unit Of
the Antitrust Division in the
Department of Justice has been
doing q little spade work on
government purchasing agencies
which have unconsciously or not
been supporting monopolies.
anti-trust's pet enemy.
What has happened is that
specifications on some items
have been 50 written that only
one manufacturer has been able
to supply the goods needed, and
the smaller. independent pro-
ducers have been frozen out OF
the bidding. Whenever one of
these small independents yells,
the Department of Justice boys
move in and try to break up the
monopoly, quietly. Items which
have been worked on so far in
clude everything from filing
cabinets for the limitless govern
ment correspondence, to artifi-
cial teeth for the Army.
FACING THE FIGURES
Whether it makes you feel
any better or not, Vice President
Wallace's recent piece on nation
al income and national debt,
written for Land Policy Review,
one of the Department of Agri-
cultures numerous magazines,
has presented some figures
which will no doubt be used fire.
quently as arguments justifying
a still bigger national debt.
In brief, the Wallace theory
il based on comparison of pri-
yate, state and federal debts. in
come and interest payments in
the boom year of 1929 and the
boom year of 1941. BY the end
OF 1s41, says Wallace, private
long-term debts will be 10 bill
lion less than IN 1929 private
short-term debts 13 billion less,
state and local. government debts
3 billion more, and federal
debts 80 billion more. These
add up to net total indebted
ness of only" 10 billion more
than in 1929. But interest
charges, because of lower in
terest rates, will be 3 billion
less in 1941 than In 1929. or
6i4 billion in 1e41 against eIa
billion in 1929.
Carrying this argument TO a
conclusion. the country could 60
into debt approximately 30 per
cent more than it is already and
still be paying no more interest
than 1t did in 1929.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-01
An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ii 0A ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The strain which the redoubed ma
tona defense effort ordered by FDR will place upon the
countrys industrial plant staggers the experts Wash
ngton. They doubt seriously whether and larger
quotas of tanks and planes be filled without extremely
drastic
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-01

l.. >. mllltary services.
All applications for patents
are carefully reviewed by patent
examiners as to their military
value and one special group of
examiners works in close CO.
operation with Army. Navy, and
Office Of Production Manage
ment. All patents found to con-
tain information of military
value are then ordered withheld
from publication. and the Army
and Navy are informed of the
patents.
When war on Germany was
declared in 1917. the u. s. gov
eminent seized all patents
awarded to German citizens and
appropriated everything of mill
tary value for the use of the
u. s. services. The same thing
would probably happen IN case
the U. s. should declare war in
the present emergency.
JONES JUMPS THE GUN
What happens in Washington
when one of the big shots starts
talking without having all his
henchmen around to keep him
straight on details was demon
strated the other day by Fede-
raj Loan Administrator Jesse
Jones. Usually when the admin
strator holds a press conference
he is thanked by a row of digni-
fled gentlemen who do the work
on the dozen or more govern
ment corporations of which Mr..
Jones is titular head. They
laugh at the boss's jokes and
answer questions he can't.
On this particular occasion,
however. when n question came
up about new loans To Latin
America, Mr.. Jones said one had
been granted to Mexico for road
Improvement when, as matter
of fact, the loan had not yet
been agreed to or signed. Ne
gotiators were still at work on
II, In secret. Warren Lee Pier
son. head of Export-Import
bank. wasn't there to correct the
announcement. with the result
that there was much confusion
and covering up to he done In
Mexico City, for Washington
had agreed for simultaneous an
nouncement should the loan he
granted and signed.
Incidentally, in C o n ne C 10 n
with Latin American loans. one
of the new good neighborly deals
under consideration is Vene-
zuelan application for finance to
help tear down the red light dis
trict of Caracas and build a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-01
by John Xix

spent much time in his later
years exposing fraudulent spirit
medius. He was always ready
To prove that he could duplicate
by physical means the most eerie
of seance effects.
straw.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
This is Americanism, and AS It Should Be

With disputes noted between capital and labor
in various industries engaged in defense production
it is interesting and encouraging to learn that a
group of union executives and the head Of large
manufacturing concern have pledged themselves to
the fulfillment of product vital to the defense
program.
Both CLIO. and AT. of L. units and the manage
ment of the Reynolds Metals Company have signed
formal pledge devotng "the resources of the COM
pany twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
to supply strong aluminium alloys. vital to the de-
tense program"
The document signed by these men reads in
part as follows ITO the fulflment of defending and
preserving for postery the right to live in the free
dom of democracy, every employee and executive
of this company individually and collectively pledges
his energy and unfaltering loyalty. AS Americans
we cannot do less; human beings we cannot do
more"
In the light of existing circumstances which
have been labeled emergency" need more
union officials and company executives like those
told of above, well less strikes and dissenton.
Fmployer-labor- government cooperation is vital in
time of national defense preparation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH TIME
Excerpts From The Herald of
Thursday, February s, 1871
Items Of Twenty Years Ago.

The John Whitson grocery sit
uated on Main Street, was pur-
chased on Monday by Steve Staeb-
Ter. The new owner took possess
sion Of the new business February
LIST.
The city council in session Wed
nesday evening voted to pay all
freight expenses connected with
the bringing to Sank Centre Of
the 80 field piece, which is the
city's gift from the government
for services rendered during the
last war. The cannon will be pre-
scented to the GAR. and will be
mounted on the Library grounds.
The Walker Jewelry store, which
has been located in the Rexall
store, was removed this week to
the Dock Shoe store where Mr..
Walker will occupy floor space.
Charles Marshall, local agent for
the Northwestern Oil company in
this city since the establishment
Of the company's station in Sank
Centre six years ago, transferred
this agency last Friday to H. L.
Hylaman.
Glen Clark left last week for
Texas after a three weeks visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Clark.
A baby boy arrived at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Graham on
Saturday, January %. He weighed
81 pounds.
To be invited to a surprise party
and have the guests assemble at
your home and then to- find out
that the party was in honor Of
yourself, was the experience of Mr..
and Mrs. George Sieben Monday
night. Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd Borg
mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sieben,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Strauss and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Steffes assem-
bled at the Sieben home from where
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sieben they had
planned to leave for the Ben Dicks
home. Just as they were leaving,
headed by Mr.. and Mrs. Sieben,
they met Mr.. and Mrs. Dicks on
the porch and it was then that the
Siebens' learned the surprise was
on them.
Oscar Lying was elected as presi-
dent Of the Sank Lake Cooperative
Creamery to succeed Charles Kor-
tan. F. j. Minette was reelected
as vice president. Total receipts
for 1920 were S129.77778. Patrons
were paid $118,389.56.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
There Ought To Be A Law

We generally believe that the least governed
people the best, and naturally we want to keep
our government as close to home possible Yet
in modern trends laxity of law enforcement demands
action either from the people themselves or
from higher branches of government.
A recent bill introduced in the State legislature
provides greater powers to the Attorney General for
checking up county and other law endorsements
officers in the where laws are not enforced
they should be- Possibly such action is necessary,
but 1t, it is indication that people do
not take the necessary interest in government or
rather law enforcement.
Our idea Of the whole matter sums up follows:
There Is much good in all of and so much bad
in the rest of us, that laws must be enacted to
protect the best in against the bad in the rest
of U.s." From thence comes the thought There
ought to be a law"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
License For Improvement

We do not believe that sportsmen of the state
relish the attempt to place funds of the conservation
department in the general state fund Such bill
will be presented to the legislature understand.
Sportsmen buy fishing and hunting licenses because
they like that sport and they desire to have the
money they so spend used to improve fishing and
hunting. And it. that is the main reason
why they must pay to fish and hunt-and that is
the main reason they willing to do it,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06

burst into flame shortly after he
climbed out Of bed on Sunday
morning. Screaming, he ran into
the next room where his mother
tried to beat out the flames and
unbutton his pajamas at the same
time. Buddy's father then appear
ed and ripped off the flaming gar
ments, extinguishing the flame.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06

the resultant damage and loss of
use of his car but named no speci-
fled amount. In answer to his let
ter. the insurance company asked
to be advised as to the amount of
the damages and inquired whether
the offending odor was on the in
side or outside, suggesting that If
on the outside, it could be elimi-
mated by steaming and on the in
side by fumigating. AS yet, the
claim is unsettled.
on Again, On Again"
A FOUr-Word Story
Pennington "Off again, on
again" so might the section man
of the Milwaukee road freight train
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Files Damage Claim
For Skunk OdOr-

acknowledgements in the
history Of a certain insurance COM
pany which dates back 125 years
is a claim turned in by Caryl Win
jun for damages to his car result
ing from an encounter with
skunk. Mr.. Winjum felt he was
entitled to some compensation un-
der his car insurance policy for
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
What About It Fathers and Mothers 2

When will the people of America demand that
raceteerng cease especially in connection with the
defense program whether it be labor capital? Boys
from communities such Sank Centre are leaving
for camp within the future, and their salaries
will range from $21 per month up to ordinary
wages according to rank and advancement They are
giving service to the greatest country in the world
and will do 1t proudly They have patriotic duty to
perform-and they will do it-regardless of the pay
they receive. Of course, there Is no alternative
they must 60
Compare this with what is happening through
out the nation labor racket Compare this
with the spirit of labor printed in the Long Prai
rie Leader recently. Compare this with the patriot
ism that has it's standard the dollar. Yes, COM
pare it with the following from the Leader, and
draw your own conclusions:
Fifteen environments due to be complet
ed January 1 so that the boys can get in
out of the cold and drafty tents reported
now not to be ready until spring At
Camp Devens Mass, the unions will not per-
NIT any man to work a cantonment build
ing unless he first pays them $75 At a St.
Louis government defense job the union ni-
iaton fee Is $3.50. At Camp Dix, New Jer-
sey, the shake-down is $50 and at Camp
Meade, Virginia, the fee runs as high as $780,
A contractor on a government Job at At
: lanta, Georgia, whose work has been held
up through inability of men to raise the I'M
ion dues, advertised in desperation last week
that he would pay $3.50 to plumbers for SO
hour week If they would take the jobs.
Scrawled signs around many of the canton
ments read work fast and you will work
yourself out of a job" and SLOW up or We'll
SLOW you up DOWNTOWN tonight NotninS
ia being done to stamp out these evils. Or
ganized labor is too strong politically. How
ever, noted a the other day where
the government did get up its hind legs
and crack its heels together. farm boy up
Duluth who refused to register for the
draft, yanked up and sent to Jail for
year "
It is high time that the fathers and mothers
of boys who taken into service demand that such
action cease These boys may be forced to sacrifice
their Hfe-but under the present setup that seems
to mean very little Rackets such those worse
than Fifth column activities and they weaken the
structure of defense which Americans providing
at such great expense 1t should be stopped at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-06
sport" A Collie Dog,
Ia Hero Of Fire

Too Anxious For Heat;
Boy Gets Hot Seat
Observation-Disclosures too close
to a lighted gas burner, little Bud
dy Paige, 5, was quite seriously
burned and thoroughly frightened
when the back of his mighty"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
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SMART LINES IN DAY.IONG BROCK
PATTERN 200

Less accent on fuss and more on faShion!" says this attractive and simple afternoon frock. Claire Til- den has designed Pattern 200 for style and figure-flattery, smartly emitting any furbelows There arc smooth, flowing lines all down the front, where the center bodice sec- tons form one piece with the skirt panels. You may use buttons to trim the center seam, or have q Zip- per closing down the front (scc small view). For soft, pretty buSt- line the Side-bodlce sections arc shaped in gentle curves and cut full and easy, with gathering at the shoulders and above the high, slim ming seams at the waist. The crisp pointed cuffs on the short sleeves and the youthful collar may both be daintily edged with lace. Ric-rac makes a gay optional trim you could use 1t down the skirt panel seams too. A soft lowered crepe or an air-cooled cyolet embroidered batiste are nice fabric suggestions. or be strikingly colorful and let the sleeves and the back and sides of the bodice be of bold, vivid con- trast. Here's q style you need right aWayl
 Pattern 200 is cut in misses and women's sizes 12, IA, 10. i8. 20. 30, 32. 34, 90, 38, 40 and 42. Size 10 re- quireS 5-8 yards 30 inch fabric and l-2 yards ruffling.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE. NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to the Waterbury Democrat Pattern Department, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
Household Hints
BY RosETTE HARGR0vE

NEA Service StaH correspondent
 London = Prospective British mothers will no longer be able to pick and choose the perambulators destined to trundle their first-born.
 It has just been announced that the supplies of baby buggies arc to be cut down -- in fact, strictly rationed. The new lot of "prams' which will shortly be placed on the market will Dc standardized. made to 8 single design.
 Prams only start sA7 fist of newly rationed articles. Rationing gets stricter every week, and the women of Britain are beginning to wonder what will come next.
 ALL PRODUCTION
 IS RESTRICTED
 After the spring season is over big wholesale manufacturers will make very few suits or coats for women --- again because of rations. The reason is that Britain's cloth ing industry is being reorganized on wartime basis, which means that civilian men and women will find 1t increasingly difficult to get new suits. From now on--"until victory" --relining of jackets and hens, inc visible alarming and much use of the pressing -iron will have to make clothes do.
 Production of underwear, in- cluding corsets. and hosiery will be restricted to tWo-thirds of the total amount manufactured in the six months which ended last Mo- vember. Production of outer gar- ments will be cut GO per cent.
 The entire garment industry --- at any rate, that part Of 1t which will be left in operation will concentrate on turning out Army, Navy and Air Force uniforms and clothing. On this wartime basis, all luxury manufacture will be severely restricted. Those women whose wartime budgets can stand 1t have been straining their purse strings to buy a second suit in anticipation of these measures.
 But these restrictions are not all, by any means. All types oi womons underclothes are also tc be rationed, and will suffer a cut in size as well. Concentration oi industries on the new wartime basis and shortage of silk sup. piles are two principle req. sons for the measure,
 Panties, instead of being iiared are henceforth to be designed or fitted or straight lines which cal for lesser yardage. Cami-knicE- CTS (step-ins to American women' will be shorter, more streamlincd petticoats --- the old-fashloned kint starting from the waist-will re. place slips.
 Nimble- fingered girls have onct
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03

demic of grip, flu, sore throat or tha like. Not everybody knows just how such disease spreads-and this m" cludes altogether too many inc9rn" petent physicians and politicians who hold down soft berths aS "health officer" or health commis" sioner" of badly governed municl- palities.
 Even the sneezer or tougher hirn- self objects to being conghed or sneezed on because he doesn't like to feel the droplets of moisture or secretion in the cough or sneeze- spray impinging on his face. Makes him afraid he may catch something, even when the weather is fine. And so he regards the boor who coughs or sneezes on him as @ menace to society, and in rare instances tells him SO.
 IfIh had the choice, I'd rather take my chances with the cough or sneeze spray droplets I might actually feel striking my face than with the In" visibly fine droplets I could not 'pos- sibly feel but which nevertheless might carry the same germs or virus as the largest droplets might.
 haven't made any high speed photographs of the spray to prove 1t, and such pictures could not prove 1t anyway, but 1t seems req. sonable to believe that the spray given of during ordinary quiet cons versation contains as much or per" haps more of the finer spray, the microscopic droplets, than cough or sneeze spray does, and since only Q few people even know about this and fewer apply the knowledge in, the prevention of respiratory infections no doubt this is the way you catch 1t. In the great majority of. ins stances, via invisible and impalbablo conversational spray. q,
 Now If I had snuffleS or Snee1e Oe stiffness of the nose, or Q slight sore throat or any other manifesto. ton of that sort, whether 1t mighs be on on-coming respiratory infecs ton or just an allergic reaction yoS something I believed to be itlsignltls cant or benign and certainly AbH communicable, I could not honestly or fairly feel offended or h1sulted if any one should object to my pres- ence unmasked or otherwise show suspicion or anxiety about the pos. sible communicability Of my ailment. How can any halfway intelligent person take any other attitude, 'un- less the blighter assumes every one else is less intelligent than himself?
 On the other hand, if were Q dentist or barber or a nose and throat specialist or 0 manicure or a hair dresser or an oculist I could hardly blame e patient or customer who might hesitate to receive my services If failed to wear a suitable mask while at work.
 The Iodln Ration
 dropped card to you nearly Q month ago asking for your iodine ration instruction, but never re- ceived @ reply. (M. W0
 Answer-Cor Correspondents who want a reply by mail should inclose with the question or request e stamped envelope bearing the correct address. or Doc Brady has a good deal of bowling to do these days and he re- fuses to take time out to serve peo- pie who do not comply with the rules.
 Protected by John F. Dille Co.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-03
Plenty Of Sugar Available For
 Your Jam Supply

which have been chopped and cook until thick. Add the nut meats. Seal in clean hot fruit jars or turn into jelly glasses and cover with melted parafiin.
 PINEAPPLE AND STRAW
 BERRY JAM
 Two quarts strawberries, quart pineapple, 4 cups sugar.
 Out the strawberries in quarters and chop the pineapple. Add the sugar, let stand for an hour, and then cook rapidly for about half an hour or until thick. Stir frequently to prevent burning. Seal in clean hot fruit jars or turn into jelly glasses and cover with melted par aim.
 RHUBARD AND STRAWBERRY
 JAM
 One quart rhubarb, cut in nalf- inch pieces, quart strawberries cut in pieces, 4 cups sugar.
 Mix the fruit and sugar and lei stand for an hour. Bring to the boiling point and cook rapidly fol about 30 minutes or until thick Stir frequently to prevent burning Turn into clean hot fruit jars ane seal or put in jelly glasses and cover with melted paraffin.