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The Valley settler., 1941-06-20

The J15torbuu Z II cluo net "! tt?
Don othy Iul11loy on FIJI day. 7uno 10.
II 1oc \ short tCsinoss rcoGJnA, Hrs,
Mooco talked cbou5 Camp, o17.y- Day,
and IA Sunday. Curtains TO cut
Out and worked upon by tie Glab
!lorhors. For tho Community pro oct
t ucs decided to sovo tn and lead
roll Tor the Rod Cross no next
meeting Of tho Club Will -, q pi chic
On Juno 27.
Doris Moore, Grub Hoporto
Life is G Quarry cut OF viii oh VIC
are to mold and CHI S cl one c0nNol etc
q charo ctc1. GccthCs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the edi-
torisl page for the answers.
!. Which fuel is being produced
syntheticly IN Germany from
such raw materials as coal. aloo-
hol and compressed gases
2 Name the largest present.
day land animal.
3. Which American city is IA
nous for its Mardi Ora, celebra-
ton?
4 Where is the United States
silver depository
5. In which states are the most
northerly and most southerly
points in the L. s.?
6 Is a solid bar stronger than
q hollow tube OF the same dia-
meter,
l. What Is the name for the
overalls Of sheepskin or leather
worn by cowboys to protect
them from the thorns of the
chapperal?
s. What is the minimum age
FOR a representative in the L. S.
congress
2. With which sport is Sam
Snead associated
10. What ancient Roman gen.
eral is famous for his African
campaign and destruction Of
Carthage?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
Stories in
Stamps
Ancient Moyos Devised
Neor-Perfect Calendar

A THOUSAND years before CO.
\ lumbus discovered the New
World, there existed a civilization
in Central America that was the
most advanced in the Western
Hemisphere prior TO the coming Of
Europeans. But only within the
last 10 years have the achieve
ments of the Msyas been fully
appreciated. The civilization had
reached its peak and declined be-
fore Spsniards reached Mexico.
Guatemala has preserved evil
denceS of this lost Msyan civilizs-
ton for stamp collectors in many
issues. including that above. pic
turing q Magyar altar. Another
Guatemala stamp pictures the
Magyar calendar, a system so &C
curate that no one day could be
confused with another over a Pc
riod Of $4,000 years.
Modern archaeologists have I'M
covered ruins Of magnificent cities
-Chichen liza and Mayapan-
discovered sites Of palaces and
temples, artificial reservoirs and
paved highways. Magyar inscrip-
tons are now deciphersble, pro-
vide q written record Of this great
race.
Mayan culture conferred in w.
cstan. Although the Mayss and
Aztecs are believed TO have Q
common ancestry, the Msyss far
surpassed the people Cortes con-
quered in Mexico. Civil strife, re-
sultlng in destruction Of their
cities, ended the glory Of this
early American peocls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

IN explaining the measure 10
Capitol Hill colleagues. rDR said
our military men would decide
how much stuff we would keep
planes, ships, artillery-and how
much we would send abroad.
Whether foreign shipments will
20 to Britain, Greece or China
would be determined, of course.
in conferences with the military
men of the nations involved. II
Britain. for instance, were about
to launch an offensive In the
Near East. in an attempt TO in
volve Turkey and Russia, the
White House would be informed
In advance, and probably would
divert the flow of weapons from
China or Greece to that sector.
And vice versa.
In that sense the L. s. has be-
come an actual participant in the
war. and even in Its detailed OPP
erations. The "dempcracies" will
he kept informed of the positions
of our naval vessels even. and
can make their own plans ac-
cordingly, II Ia this realization
which led Chairman Walter
George OF the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee to admit
openly that we have abandoned
all pretense OF neutrality or Of
non-belligerency.
The insistence of administra-
ton congressman that the lend
lease-give measure be consider
ed by the diplomatic rather than
the military-naval committees
of House and Senate highlights
this unpublished and UMPIRE
cedented feature of the scheme.
The difference involved Is far
greater than any jealous con-
troversy over procedure and
prestige.
The House foreign affairs
committee airmsn Sol
Bloom OF New York; and the
Senate foreign relations COM
mite. CHAIR man Walter
George Of Georgia. handle all
matters affecting the state de-
partment Their contacts and
friendships are with the MEM
bers Of that department. and
eventually they come to accept
and sponsor its viewpoint. The
members Of the military and
naval committees. on the con-
trary, hang around with the
generals and sdmirals. and their
attitude is conditioned by their
associations.
Despite diplomatic denials and
public protestations, the state
department would not object to
more open participation in the
war by this country. That is
especially true of q certain
clique. And though they can
not afford TO say SO publicly.
now that the President has
spoken-the army general staff
and the navy general board are
worried over the plan 10 strip
ourselves OF land and sea weap-
ons in the present CRISIS
Navy Secretary Knox reflect
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

vaults and in tax exempt securi-
ties were investigated as thor
oughly as are the affairs Of some
working man on a 800 per
month temporary Job. this state
should have plenty to pay the
$40 to all the aged and have
some left over to apply on other
needs of the welfare department.
II a pension is paid at all II
should be a uniform $40. Hiring
investigators at $3.50 to fuss
around in the homes Of old peo-
pie whose lives are already with
out sunshine, to find IL there is
some relative who could not con-
tribute last month but who
might be able to contribute two
or three dollars this month -
revoltinely penurious and should
be beneath the dignity Of the
state Of Washington.
MANN TILLY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
Backing Up the Boys

1t is good to the American Social Hygiene assOcia
ton joining in the army crusade TO protect its from
the harpies of vice and gambling who about every
hoping to separate the from their pay and leave
them with empty pockets, headache and perhaps life
time of regret and suffering.
The problem of the soldier leave. let II be repeated
IL serious Despite every possible precauton the
incidence of social disease tends to whenever adequate
facilities for offreservation entertainment lacking
Men in barracks plaster saints than they
in kipngs day. Released from heavy army duties, they
will have fun, and if opportunities for decent wholesome
fun lacking, they will seek whatever kind is available.
The best defense here anywhere, is good ofense.
The Positive rather than the negative the first point of
attack SO the ASA, in its fight against veneral disease
touches the key point in urging with army authorities,
proper recreatona facilities in towns camps. An
ounce Of prevention Is still worth pound of cure.
Hold our Republic the ultimate hope of man--Rev.
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the house opening
session of congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
IH5aTTE:FFa@ yT2EsRsE,,

ours A. east. they taste differ
ent. Once tea was served 70 me
the color vas murky white,
but I won't say a. Americans
can't make tea.
7 detest hot dogs and I do
like ketohup on FISH. The thing
find nice about the food Is that
We have plenty OF fruit
For dinner in the United
States We never have ordinary
potatoes, hut the potatoes are
always mashed up. which / am
fed up with"
And here's what they think
about people with whom they
have come in contact:
American children are a bit
rough"
The children in America don't
seem bit shy at all "
A girl of IL said: Il WAS
astonished TO see girls of Is
wearing lipstick and powder and
1 don't like 1t very much. But
all the same l really think Amer
lean people very nice and kind"
Another 'teen-sge girl said Of
her contemporaries: The girls
here look like ladies on the out
side. but they're really children
like us
The people in America aren't
much different from the English
hut you are more fashionable.
IL seems TO be an interesting
experience to learn our accent
and slang These paragraphs sx-
press the English reaction.
when American people talk
II sounds like q banjo playing.
They both make sort Of
'twanging' sound"
The American accent IL very
easy to catch. ! find that when
talk 20 some one I copy their
accent when I answer them
Il swofe 10 Michael when We
came that I wouldn't catch the
American accent. But find II
very difficult not to.
Il can speak American now.
Listen-"Okay. pal. her-r-re yol
arm This 2 year old mimic
rolled his rs in an exaggerated
way because our here" sounded
so strange IN contrast to his
Eng lish heah.
The slang they use here -
terrific
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
Still More Enqineers

One Of the littediscussed bottenecks of the defense
program is trained engineers. After ALL II takes from
four years up to educate thoroughly trained engineer
Yet there thousands of desperately necessary jobs
In the defense seup which require engineering train
Ing but may not require overall an education as the
technical colleges produce in four years.
So Ga such colleges in 80 states have agreed to CO.
operate with the in setting up 80 short in
tensve designed to meet definite shortages in
Jobs designers inspectors and supervisors in the de-
tense program. Where the need for such help shown,
and where the school bus has the facilities and properly
qualified applicants the government will pay the tuition
through the L. s. office of education Some $4,000
expected TO study in such engineering defense training
courses to fill specific needs II is of the shortcuts
which must be found in many fields if the tempo of defense
Il to be stepped up
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
The Iron Ace

One often hears times referred to "The Iron
Age the steel Age" because this metal the whole
structure of modern industry to rest
There is something irresistible about good. humping
staggering figure, and here's another: Since 1854
the United States has put in 76000O000 net tons of
rolled iron and steel That In the estimate of the
American Iron and Steel Institute
OF that vast of metal nearly two-thrds is today
actually in use-1200 600 tons of buildings bridges
railroad equipment ships, automobiles, machinery, pipes
and thousand other useful things Roughly third of
that total production has been bought back and
stee.
Of course mind imagine picture 1,700o 900
tons of steel But staggering figure does give
idea Of the extent TO which have built modern
industrial life on a foundation of steel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

ed this attitude when he de-
clared that we cannot afford TO
ship any more average destroy
ers" 70 Great Britain or any
other nation.
The Roosevelt administration
il giving every reinforcement to
the British attempt-more in
tense now than ever before-to
wean Russia and the Vichy
government away from the AXIS
powers. Our expressed deter
mination NOT TO let the Ger
man-Japanese combination win
is designed to persuade Stain
and Petain to keep their demo-
cratic shirts (if any on. But
even in details FDR is doing
Broadway bit OF love-making.
The President has instructed
army-navy-state subordinates to
pipe down on the question of our
need for Martinique as a Carib-
bean base. He maintains that
American possession OF this
French Island IL immaterial, in
view OF our prospective COM
mand OF naval and aerial CEN
ters in nearby Antigua, St
Lucia and Trinidad. Before he
whispered his new orders. every
navy expert was saying that the
one island needed to complete
our Caribbean Notifications and
safeguard the Panama Canal
was Martinique. Now. in all Of
fetal and unofficial opinion. 1t
would be pain in the naval
neck IL we took 1t over. II would
hand US too many social and
econo &c headaches. like
Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
Similarly in line with re-
oriented British policy-Mr.
Roosevelt Ia being extra sweet
10 the Soviet. whose eventual
attitude may determine the out
come Of the war. When ne
placed several strategic mate
risls under license control. he
was asked IL ne did so because
exports through VladivostOk
and Russia proper were seepine
through 10 Germany. as they
have been With some ssperity
ne replied: mo II is simply
because We need them Thus
il was made a pro-American
rather than an snu-Russian
move.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, JANUARY Is

Benefic aspects today contend
with adverse planetary influ-
enees. The morning is fortunate
for executives of all ranks. Good
news for the nations business is
prognostioated.
Heart and Home: Labor-sav-
inc devices will be of special
value as public service calls wo-
men of all ages. Food prepare
ton will be studied with new
interest as the care of under
nourished children becomes inn
perative. While appeals from
war victims engage sympathy,
domestic problems should not be
forgotten. In this land of peace
and plenty the disgrace of pow
erty should be eradicated, and
the stars indicate that women
will do much TO help the unfor-
tunate.
Business Affairs: Government
control of certain industries may
be strongly advocated ri this
time. Unrest among workers will
be encouraged by agitators.
Trade will continue brisk. Bene-
fits to many former importers
who will gain in new channels OF
commerce are prognosticated. In
the future the airplane is to dis
place many ocean going ships.
War exigencies will prove the
possibilities of air-freighting on
a large scale.
National Issues: Coordination
of work in dealing with menace
ing fifth-column activities will he
imperative as sabotage is sue
cessful on the Pacific coast. In
schools and colleges intellectuals
Will secretly spread subversivs
propaganda in the guise of liber-
al thinking. 1nasmuch as the
social rev tion has been
spreading for number of years
its results Will become more and
more apparent as war possibili-
ties become more positive.
International Affairs: Threat
ening signs affecting the Philip
pines and the East Indies seem
TO presage conflicts as well as
earthquakes. China continues
under planetary influences that
indicate great suffering among
her people. Famine and disease
will kill more Chinese than Jap
snese bombs and bullets. There
Is sign read as indicating diff
culties affecting hospitals, pri-
sons and other institutions. Com
munisuc agitation in Delhi and
other parts of India is forecast.
Persons whose birthdate il is
have the augury Of a year OF
varied fortunes. There will be ex-
traordinary good luck and do
mestic happiness. but losses and
snxieties are probable.
Children born on this day
probably will be energetic and
artistic. These subjects OF Capri
corn may De inclined to worry.
because of over conscientious
nena-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention n tn, col
umn letters must slvs name and
address o. writer OuIH Initials
81 10 published when requested
Mr.. FiNIi; Are there any
friendship clubs In Tacoma
where lonesome people can get
acquainted p n.
Why not join church or
lodge group or some u the cul-
tural organizations. Many n
these so-ealled friendship clubs
serve rs fronts FOR rAeksts ~
one kind or another and frankly
The Times doesn't accept that
class ~ advertising. II doesn't
seem reasonable that = person
should AVE 10 be lonesome. ex-
cept by choice. In a community
that has 20 many worthwhile
and friendly organizations.
Mr.. flxlt: How can one oh
tain stationary flreman's or
engineers license for the city
of Tacoma L. ".
Call At the city clerks office.
third floor. city hall. and there
obtain on application form. You
will be notified when to appear
before the board Of examiners.
II you pass the examination, a
license in your name will be
presented 10 the council for con-
firmauon. and in due course you
receive the license. You vii be
given fun information by the
city clerk.
MIR. Fixit. Did Abraham Lin
coin riginate the following, and
II not, who did: "You can fool
some Of the people all of the
time. aud all of the people some
on IUt UNIV pht Noh 'aH i"'f
all of the people all Of the time" ?
l. VI. n.
Subsf antially. that is what
Lincoln said. and so far as ! am
able to determine. ne originated
II.
MIR. i'ixit: In what war was
the expression you may fire
when ready. Gridley," used? l
am unable 10 find his name in
ANY ~ the histories at my com
mand. MRS. X. h.
Commodore George Dewey is
sued that order to Capt. Charles
Vernon Gridley. In command of
Dewey's flagship, the Olympia.
at the opening OF the battle OF
Manila BAY early Sunday morn
ing. May /, 1898. when the US.
Asiatic squadron destroyed the
fleet of the Spanish Admiral
Montojo. Grldley. like Dewey a
veteran of the Civil War Naval
Service In the Gulf of Mexico,
died at Kobe, Japan, only few
weeks after the victory of Ma
Mia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

Americans Have Hearty
Ssussees, Anyway
that's Conclusion OF
English Boy Refugee
And When We Talk We
Twane Like sanioes
pRoBABLY UP against the
I same problem that faces the
writer Of this column quite often.
= New York Tines magazine
writer produced Two very inter-
esting pages by compiling ex-
cerpts from the sayings Of refu-
gee English children who have
come here to stay with American
families for the duration OF the
war. Some of these statements.
made BY children between the
ages Of 3 and Is. indicate that
they are sizing US up pretty
thoroughly. Because they are so
pat and the immediate need Of
this writer IL great, few OF
them are borrowed TO pass along
to Times readers
On the subject Of food, some
Of the young visitors expressed
themselves this way:
They don't have a hearty
breakfast in America. observed
a e-year-old boy They don't
have a hearty anything said
his 12-year-old brother "Oh yes.
their sausages are hearty" the
younger boy admitted.
The Americans are not able
To eat 50 much as We can. For
instance, they don't have diff
ferent meal instead of tea-they
just go without tea"
The food is nice at dinner and
supper but ] don't like breakfast
because Of the cereal. At home
We don't call it cereal anyway
we call it by its proper name"
The meals are different from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
SO THEY SAY

To prohibit law enforcement
officers from intercepting mes
sages no matter what the cir
cumstsnces may be. is TO guar
antee the safe use of channels Of
wire and wireless communication
TO spies and criminals.-Attor-
ney General Robert n. jackson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

The policy of aid TO which committed may not
be carried the logical conclusion short of fact
which people have taken into full consider
aton-Brooks ENEMY, director Council Foreign Re-
latons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
An Inside Picture OF Finon'
II u IL / ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASH1NGTON-The bill transforming The {. s.
into IAN arsenal of democracy" actually commits this
country to Observation-Disclosures alliance with President
Roosevelt virtual generalssmo directing overall oper
aons against the dictator powers That is the private
opinion of Democratic drayhorses who have guaran
teed to pillow the proposal through congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
AID TO BRITISH

Editor. The Tines. A radio
news item informs us that 500
British officials are IN Washing
ton 70 see about the defense pro-
gram. Pretty prompt action that.
Probably ere long Churchill and
the occupants Of Buckingham
palace 10 take charge Of az
Potomac to take charge Of az
fairs n their new province.
Champ clark's proposal for
royal tax, payable on the ami
versary o. the Boston Tea Party
and on the date Of British de-
fault on war debts. may soon be
in force This vii relieve the
anxiety Of the wealthy British
who have large reserves in South
Africa which they feared might
BE- touched. It's much nicer 10
touch the American taxpayer
and easier. toe.
No doubt the drive 10 knock
out Hitler Will - launched as
soon as the British American
forces car 10 mustered and
launched or European soil.
.. N MANN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

Editor The Times: Not be-
cause Cliff Yelle the state audi
tor, is being sued for S3s.42e.
the result of undiscovered Port
Angeles shortages. but because
1t is monstrous wrong against
public welfare to continue 10
elect a state auditor without re-
quiring further qualification
than the mere fact that he gets
the votes. Two hundred million
dollars of state income and at
least one hundred millions OF
county. city and municipal in
come. this requires the supervi-
sion Of the best qualified real
expert we can get and are will
ing To pay for.
The legislature has Il within
its power to suppress the office
Of the so-called state auditor
and put qualified expert in his
place This pen has now for
months been advocating this OBJ
vious need
Let not the legislature now 20
and subject all auditing in the
state to one who possesses no
previous qualifications for that
arduous position, who may not
even ever have seen the out
side Of a journal and ledger be-
fore getting elected. There have
been the last 20 years so many
unfortunate occurrences in that
office that the public should not
and will not tolerate any fool
ishness on the part Of anybody
any longer
The state needs every cent OF
its revenue and only qualified
experts can properly protect it.
Let US have a state controller
general. the best man we can
find IN the union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
ToDaY's COMMON ERROR

Do not say. The question Of
whom should be the leader
arose: say who. which - ths
subject Of should Dc, not the OBJ
)sct OF Of.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18

worth S250,000 But the bubble
burst, and Wood went to work
for a gas company. Strange as
II seems, he later ran across the
old organ in the home Of the
first man he went to see on a
business call
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-18
OLD AGE PENSIONS

Editor. The Times Legisla-
lures headache No. !: Where to
get the money to pay the $40
per month old axe pension
Remedy Ne. /: Stop some OF
the perpetual motion of high
salaried investigators.
Adult relatives who have suf-
ficient means and who are good
citizens Of this state and nation
and who realize the state and
national needs Will do the right
thing Of their own accord
The intent Of the federal law
is to pay $40 to old people in
need To carry out this intent
there should be investigators to
investigate fairly and thoroughly
every applicant and all relatives
OF applicants. Then If the inves-
tigator finds that the applicant
Is eligible. the pension should be
paid.
II the investigator finds that
there are relatives with much
more money and property than
seems necessary but who do no;
want 10 contribute 10 the support
OF parents. then the state should
pay the pension 10 the parents
because they a.. citizens O. ne
state And the state should han
de wealthy relatives ss = seps-
rate issue
II ell the wealth % tins state
tina; Is tucked away IN safety