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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12

Q-what college football teams
play for the Old oaken Buekst7
A-IndisnA and Purdue.
o-what abundant sp.es makes
a good substitute for cinnamon,
nutmeg or eioves7
A--Allspice, from the nearby
West Indies- Use II In equal
amounts
Q-Ths u. 3. marine corps IL
q branch Of which Of these Or
ganizations-ths army, the navy.
the coast guard. the martins
commission
A-The navy.
OF q grocer charges more
than ceiling price for any prod
yet II there any rscourse7
A-Yes. He can be sued for
three times the amount Of the
overeharge or $50. whichever Is
higher, plus attorneys fees and
court charges
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12
fsl.e bottom cxer the run.

fslse eottom ever the Eune
Aeeve that they piled firswccd
eut of the stor~houss. stacked ss
TIE top The sentries eeas8 pun
down half q Il and never 80 .
thing. hut II ere lowered ne tsii-
board and reached IN. there lay
the hundred snd nifty rites ard
the long eoxs< 81 cartridges. The
rest q the guns. secure IN the cell
lar. could wait until the revolt had
started hut Il would - TO dan
gerous 10 have them Al IN town
Despite the asrk the ciccs read
morning. me cocks were growing
in their coors osterholm led out
the horses They shook their hides
under the blankets and reared
when they felt the cold irun % the
bit And then all five a them.
horses and boys and man joited
out onto the road with low. care
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12
Picked Up at the Listening Post
Captains Of Industry
Chuck 18th Century
Ideas Into Ashcan
Plan to Meet Post-Wor Conditions

acknowledging the rights Of Ia
Dor. management Is 10 keep mum
about raeketeering agents. Illegal
strikes. terrorism. jurisdlcuonsl
orawis. unwarranted demands
and goofy practices which tear at
The roots Of profitable production.
But instead Of trying To ham,
string collective bargaining and
merely cusung the organizers and
their hoop Jumpers In Washing
ton. business IL to bid for the
support Of the consumer. farmer.
supplier. intelligentsis and Off
eials by presenting q construc-
tive program for both the emer-
geney and future rehabilitation.
BY means Of educated public
opinion IL expects TO secure the
repeal Of legislation which
strangles industry and TO enact
new laws which win enable free
enterprise to keep national pros
perity from hiding around cor
ners.
Expect to see immediate re-
suits of this policy in the National
War Labor Board. In the past.
lawyers for the unions often ran
rings around stuffed shirts rep
resenting industry. The workers
attorneys had access TO statistics
on wage scales. conditions and
even investment profits In COM
parative fields as well as the as
sistance Of countless research
specialists in craft headquarters.
Most Of them were old hands at
the game.
Regardless OF fat fees, corpo-
ration counsels frequently knew
only the problem Of the firm in
volved and were unable TO obtain
helpful information from COM
petitors reluctant to share secrets
with their rivals. The barristers
quoted nineteenth century su-
preme Court decisions and sobbed
about their clients going broke II
the verdict went against them.
But the opposing legal brothers
presented hard facts-book and
verse. Since judgments were
based on evidence offered at the
trial and not on vague outside
knowledge, time after time the
company got licked. Owners
walled about the bias and un-
fairness Of the N. w. L. B.
when they should have blamed
themselves for not preparing
their cases properly.
This IL merely one illustration
Of past shortcomings in dealing
with the government and the
public which industry intends 10
correct through It's new cam
paign Of enlightenment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12
BY ALBERT LEHMAN


WASHINGTON Look for a
good viii sales campaign by bust
nessmen which Is likely to have
incalculable effects on the post
bellum era and even In the cur
rent emergency. More than four
thousand supermen Of the as
sembly line have been attending
the National Manufacturers As
ISOLATION convention in New
York.
Instead Of passing hate-Roose-
welt resolutions. branding unions
as hotbeds Of Communism and
crying in their champagne about
the raw deal some Of them are
receiving. the magnates spent
much of their back room and
lobby discussion time planning
how to win friends and influence
people. In other words. how to
get industry's story before the
public in the coming months.
They shudder at the possibili-
ties of peacetime RECOMMENDATION
and paternalism or a collectivist
state with screwball bureaucrats
usurping the normal function of
our economy. They wish to con-
tinue the competitive principle
which made the u. s. A. the rich
est country on earth. But they
realize that IL management itself
does not take the initiative to
prevent another depression after
the war and passes the buck to
Washington, the American form
OF free enterprise will be lost
forever. It will be no use then
to call names, offer alibis and
make promises. It win be too
late.
One of the biggest figures
bluntly told colleges, I'VE are
great merchandisers Of products
but, as merchandisers Of truth
about ourselves and the system
under which we operate, we are
rank novices." Top men predict
they will have blueprints on how
to use the new raw materials,
inventions. techniques and Gar
gantuan factories mushroomed by
the conflict: how to expand COM
mercial aviation, housing and
transportation; how to run and
finance both foreign trade and
rehabilitation; how to junk obso-
iete methods and embark on
sound though revolutionary
measures. And they viii attempt
TO promote these ideas.
This congress of outstanding
delegates from every field of
work revealed that its members
have developed q social cons
cience and a high sense Of patri-
otto responsibility. The war has
given them the opportunity to
tinker with tools and fabricate
gadgets without counting costs;
to turn dreams into realities on
q scale never before possible; to
create an endless stream Of jobs.
They have no desire to stop when
the bugle blows taps on Mars.
They want to continue to make
both goods and money. They itch
for a chance to prove that they
can win the peace.
Such an attitude as expressed
by countless key men does not
mean that every conservative has
suddenly gone pinko and has
called off the feud with the New
Dealers. Or that while openly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12
COMPLETING BOATS

SEATTLE - Twelve new type
Coast Guard patrol boats are near
ing completion at the Washing
ton Boat Works. The 50-foot
long boats will be launched when
fully equipped and ready for trial
runs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-12
, ANSWERS TO
WAR QUIZ

Questions on Page 8
/. Carpenter.
2. II is the insigne Of the Fight
ing (Free) French.
8. Carpenters mate. also called
nails.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
UNCLE RAYS CORNER
Among the men who grew famous

Among the men who grew famous
as writer's a century ago was one
named Thomas B. Macaulay. There
is much we might say about his life
and work, but today I wish to give
only one statement he made:
"I would rather be a poor man and
live in a garret with plenty OF books
than a king without a love for
reading"
What do you think about that?
Would you rather be poor and love
books, or rich and not be able to
enjoy them?
For my part, I feel sure that just
being rich does not make a man
happy. If a person is poor, he may
not be happy, either: but If he cares
for books, it should help him to for
get his troubles.
There was time when person
had to be at least little bit rich to
have a library Of his own. That was
in the days when most persons did
not know how to write, and when all
books were written by hand. Hand
written books were very costly.
Then came the printing press, and
the prices of books went down
Where hundreds of persons had been
able to buy books before, thousands
were able to purchase them after
the printing art spread through
Europe.
We must not, however, suppose
that books became extremely cheap
right after the printing press was
4 set to work. The presses of early
days were run by hand. They could
Evening star., 1942-02-13

Don't put on" for we do abhor
All forms of affectation.
IMPROVE YOUR VOICE. My
free pamphlet contains many
helpful hints on how to culti-
vate and improve your speak
ing voice. A pleasing voice is
great social and business asset.
Every reader should have this
valuable pamphlet. Ask for
yours today. Send a stamped
(3-cent, self addressed envelope
to Frank Colby, in care of The
Evening Star. Ask for VOICE
Pamphlet. Please make sure
your return envelope bears g.
cent stamp.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc0
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Power Presses Provide Low-Cost Books

to the other. I asked a pressroom
man how fast the papers were being
printed, and he replied, Sixty thou
sand an hour now" That meant
1000 papers per minute, or more
than 16 per second
Book presses do not make such
speed, but they are extremely rapid
in these days. Thanks to that, we
can buy books at low prices. Even
a poor man cam build up a library
of his own.
The question at present Is not so
much how to obtain money to buy
books. The more important point is
how to choose books of the right
kind. Some books-even certain Of
the "best sellers not worth the
paper they are printed on. Other
volumes are worth far more than
their weight in gold.
The right kind of books and the
right kind of reading in magazines
and newspapers can do much to
build the right kind Of people. The
wrong kind Of reading can hurt a
person. So it is wise to try to choose
worthwhile things to read.
(For general interest section of your
scrapbook)
If you want a free copy Of the
illustrated leafiet, "Your Body at
Work." send me Scent stamped,
elf-addresscd envelope, in care
Of The Evening Star.
I~eA @d
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Bridoe SwjndIes-No. IS


Today's swindle is not particularly
brilliant, nor is it meant to be. The
only claim we make for it is that
1t works surprisingly often in actual
play. The hand we show today was
played as described, and the swindle
came of, much to Vests embarrass-
ment. We recommend that our
readers note the principle involved
and file it away in their memories
for future use.
South dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
AAJ54
70 1915
1J4
A1oss NJ Afa72
= ASS ~ 272
O 752 K63
&KS5 *J932
KJes4
0 A 1898
i as
The bidding:
South West North Eass
10 Pass - Pass
INT Pass 80 Pass
~ Pass Pass Pass
After North's terrific overbid, South
found himself in a game contract
in which he was practically sure to
lose trick in each suit! North
should have bid only two hearts
over one no-trump, since game was
very unlikely if South had such a
minimum opening bid that he could
not go on. AS a matter of fact. many
fine players would have bid two
hearts with North's hand on the
first round, leaving the rest up to
South then and there.
West opened the ten of spades and
dummy won with the ace. The jack
of diamonds was returned from
dummy, East covered with the king
and South won with the ace.
South then casually returned the
eight of diamonds.
Note that type of play. The low
est of the equals" is led because
1t looks least likely to win the trick.
The idea is to hoodwink West into
playing low in the hope that his
partner can win the trick.
AS it happened, West did play a
low diamond and South's eight won
the trick. 1t was then easy to clear
up the diamonds without loss and
South lost only a spade, club and
the trump ace to make his con-
tract.
Yesterday you were Howard Schen-
ken's partner and, with both sides
vulnerable, you held
AK963.
y Q8
0 A7632
&54
The bidding:
schenken Jacoby You Burnstone
2NT Pass 80 Pass
81 Pass CD
Answer-Bid five spades. 1t is
practically impossible for your part
ner to refuse this slam invitation,
and bidding only five makes it posi-
BILE for your partner to choose six
diamonds rather than six spades.
Score 100 per cent for five spades,
80 per cent for six spades, so per
cent for four or five no-trump, 20
per cent for four spades.
Question No. 995.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
Schenken Jacoby You Burnstone
2NT Pass 80 Pass
~ Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
The Royal WE

Denver: I was taught that the
royal or editorial Eve" is properly
used only by rulers, and by anony-
NOUS writer's of editorials. If that
is true, why do so many broadcasters
keep crying I'VE, we, we" all the
way home?-B. B.
Answer: Echo answers, "Why?"
Rhym-o-grum
How doth the busy little WE
Improve the broadcast hour?
Whom can he mean by WE?
Does he
Mean soap, himself, and -four?
When he reads news, and airs his
views
On fights 'twixt plane and boat,
Why does he say, THE news today
Now follows -. and WE quote?
The royal "WE" is used, you see,
By monarchs to make plain,
BY stunning "I." that low and high
Compose the whole domain.
The editor, whose words oestir
When public feeling smolders,
Believes that WE" reveals that he
Speaks for the sheets stockholders.
But those who know advise: Forego
The royal WE; the thing, sir,
To say is "I" Do not imply
You're editor, or king, sir.
The pronoun IT" will dignity
Your speech. I've no complaint,
sir,
When it is said; so 60 ahead,
But use it with restraint, sir.
Remember, too, when speaking to
The public from your station,
Evening star., 1942-02-13

be used to put out books faster than
before, but did not have nearly the
speed CT a modern press.
Today we have presses which are
run by electric power. The wheels
and rollers turn SO fast that visitor
who watches them is amazed.
The other day went into news
paper press room where complete,
folded newspapers were coming out
of gigantic press, or we might say
from q series" Of presses, one Joined
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
BY JACK STINNETT
AP Features Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-The
question most asked members of
Congress, military officials. and
civilian government bigwigs, is
How can l get a commission in
the Army, Navy, Marine Corpse"
The Army Navy, Marines, and
Coast Guard probably have sew
eral hundred thousands each Of
such applications. The Army
Specialist Corps is near or over
the 100000 mark mot quite all of
these are for commissioned jobs)
on applications. Outside of these
filed applications are undoubted-
ly hundreds of thousands more
who haven't bothered to file but
are "eager to get in if they can
get commissions with salaries
commensurate with their civilian
pay.
The answer to the question,
How can 1 get it, etc" must be
broken into two parts: Combat
commissions, noncombatant or
specialist and technical jobs.
In the case of combat commits
sions, even if man is a special
list or technician, the answer is
pretty easy. All branches of the
service provide a training Pc
riod for such officers. They can
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
long UNDERWEAR IS
SURE TO BE A HOT
NUMBER THIS WINTER
BY SPOON RIVER SAM
Wide World Features

Wide World Features
Well, with Leon Henderson's
finger on the thermoStat, looks
like it'll be a mite chilly around
the house this winter. But,
then, Leon has resigned.)
That's ala right; we got to save
fuel. Course if initiation really
gea here, we can burn green
bad rs.
YellafiFSt1 thing We'll do is
stop LAUGHING at, folks who wear
lorE ugJ1fdqegYgiefafFrY Them long ones
MAJ BEL hard to get, too. But
thde's nothing from OPA or
WLB saying you can't build on
TO what you've got.
If the old custom of bundling
comes back, reckon it amt ne
cessary for me to advise that the
in-laws bundle to themselves.
AS a warning, if you have
plenty of sleep but still get
drowsy ANYWAY. maybe you're
freezing. Have agreements among
your family that anybody doing
off on the davenport gets slap
ped by all the others till he
wakes up again.
One way to furnish heat is to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
BRITONS SWAP HOUSES

LONDON - House swapping is
the latest development. in plans
to tackle wartime housing prob
lens in Britain. Big families with
small houses are exchanging them
with small families who have big
houses.
look over the latest casualty list
and then read about the newest
wildcat strike. It'll keep you
hot under the collar, anyway.
If your family huddles about
a coal stove in the middle of the
front room, and it's a long cold
winter, might be a good idea tc
take walk around the circle
now and then so as not to for
get how your men folks look in
the face. aBn La.iB9 &c
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
WANT A COMMISSION?

be draftees who have been
recommended, after induction
for officer training schools. They
can be specialists or technicians,
with designated commissions, as
signed to such schools.
In the first instance, any man
who is physically fit, mentally
capable, and can prove that he's
not neglecting his family, can 60
through Is weeks of training and
get assigned to an officers train
in school in the Army. In the
second instance, he may have to
wait his turn, depending upon
service needs. 1t may be long
before he's called; his training
may be rigorous. On the other
hand, he may be showed through
quickly.
There is no trick about any of
it. In the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps or Coast Guard, combat
service demands a preliminary
weedout period But the commits
stoned field is open to all. Off
GERS are just as much as or more
in demand than privates.
For those who are unfit for
combat service, the Army Spe-
cialist corps, headed by Brig,
Gen. Dwight Davis, is rapidly
opening the door to commissions.
At last unofficial report, there
was at least one job for every
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
GnTICE
Tallahassee, Florida,

December l, 1912.
NOTICE is hereby FiVen that the
Trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund of the State Of Florida
will hold a meeting at > O'Clock i.
n, January IL, 1913, at Tallahassee
Florida, to consider the sale or the
following described submerged an1
sovereignty land in -MONROE
County, Florida:
Those certain mangreVe islands
Those certain mangrove island
in Monroe County, Florida, de-
scribed as follows: = 81 800
Six small 1nangrOve islands lying
within an area bounded on the
north by concrete arch bridge
connecting Boca Chica Key and
Stock Island; on the East by
Boca Chica Key; on the South by
Old Boca Chica Highway bridge;
on the West by Stock Island.
Correct description to be fur
nished with deed.
This Notice is published in com
pliance with Sections 253.12 and
253.13 Florida Statutes 1871, that
any person or persons who may
have objections to said sale may
have an opportunity. to present the
same on date of sale as therein
provided.
By order of the Trustees of the
Internal Improvement Fund.
Spessard L. Holland. Governor.
Attest: F. c. Elliott, Secretary.
dec7-l4-2l-2S,1942; jan4, 194;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
WPA OPERATIONS
WILL SOON FADE
OUT ENTIRELY
ECONOMY DRIVE ON NON
DEFENSE" AGENCIES HAS
BEEN GATHERING STEAM
FOR MONTHS
By JACK STINNETT
AP Features Service Writer

AP Features Service Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81
! There's more to the adjustment
of WPA than meets the eye.
This $40, 100000 made work
program-spawned in the de-
pression-had dwindled to some
thing around 100000 employees, a
generous percentage of them ex-
ecutives. Less than a year ago
President Roosevelt asked Con-
eress to continue the program.
The other day he signed its
death warrant. Soon WPA will
be no more.
Long before rigor morris set in
on WPA, the story was out that
w. Bruce MacNamee, director of
the U. S. Travel Bureau, had ac-
tually asked for liquidation of
his agency.
On the heels of these two facts
came rumors that the Presidents
1894 budget message viii con-
tain a lot of Examinations" of
existing non-war agencies.
The economy drive on mon
defense" agencies has been gath
ering steam for months. In the
spear-head has been Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, chair
man of the joint committee on
non-essetial federal expendi-
lures. The 18th Congress, great
ly increased in republican
strength, is going to hammer
away on non-defense economies
and make lot of TODD about the
waste" in Administration hand
ling of war contracts.
To beat them to the draw, the
Administration is going over
board in getting rid of MONIES
sentials".
In dollars and cents, all this
probably won't mean much to
U. S. taxpayers, no matter who
instigates it. The WPA or what
was left of it, has been devoting
its time lately entirely to projects
identifiable as national defense
| I Behind the scenes. war agen-
cies are already scrapping to see
who will take over" WPA. It's
personnel, tutored in the ways OF
governmental operation, would
be valuable to half a dozen bu-
reauS. s...
Some months ago, a Civil Ser
vice Commissioner told a Sen
ate committee he would guaran-
tee a job to any govefnnaentfemi
ployee who could demonstrate
that the job he was holding
| should be abolished. Not only
that but the commissioner said
he would guarantee that the
new job would be q better one
This wasn't idle testimony. Ir
spite of all the talk about "sur,
plus" government employees, mer
who have to fill employment or.
ders are still sweating. Turnover
resulting from dissatisfaction
with federal pay, working con
ditions, etc, has made recurren
gaps in essential agencies. Th'
draft has made more. .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21

YESTERDAY. Just aztec meet
mo PERU Clarke ana diSllkino
MN intensely. joyce Murdock
finds tadl ne rdS Blurrled 'oT a
sHorI lchiie 10 neT 1nsooHds
1orme' rtte HeStor Ana then
Joyce found rhd. Kent Murdock
nad seen HestoT that same uab.
asa that the tro OF them rere
aSted 10 cocktail party al Hes
t3s mousse Ana rhea she sees
II K uoWap., toJce ran under-
thnd 1Q Met pa,eht nacs fall
Cd for her Joyce Iust ldo ISL ca
Wardf eiHsRc Where Delta SteW-
dtt. has fdncee IS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .,....r-.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-21
USES TELEPHONE
FOR FIRST TIME
ny Assoe:ated Prer.l

tBy Associated PressD
SHAWNEE, Okla, Dec. 81.
When Orville Griggs, l8-
year-old Meeker farm boy.
joined the Army Air Forces
as mechanic he got a sort
of a bonus-he got to talk
over a telephone for the first
time.
After using the recruiters
telephone, Griggs said he
guessed it was all right as a
mileage saver ''if you can
understand it." explained
he'd never talked over one
because Il just never had
lived around a telephone