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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-22
Stories in
Stamps
Oermon Army Roids
Oenmork's Storehouse

| TITLE Denmark, whose peace
full cities and fields were over
run by Nazl hordes in April. 1910.
- near rre economic and agricul-
tural cracking point because of
German conhscation of supplies
and foodStuffs.
King Christian x, pictured in
the equestrian statue IN front ~
Amslienoorg palace on the stamp
above. and his government sc-
cepted the occupation under pro-
test
Because Of the difficult strategic
ano geographical position of Den
mark, the Danes could offer little
resistance to the overwhelming
German forces.
Germany, however. is running
into trouble in Denmark Renorts
rom Stockholm. Sweden, say
hing Christian has threatened 10
soolcste unless Germany relsxes
demands for the enactment Of
snu-JewlSh laws by the Danes.
The Nszi reverses on Russian
sho African bsttlefronts have
forced the Germans to dig stll
Deeper INTO the already depleted
DANISH stores. Strongly pro-
brinsn, Denmark hopes for an al
heo victory TO restore order out
Of chaos 70 their Land.
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COULD RENAME
INDUSTRIAL MAPS

The proposed Man Power
Mobilization board" would have
authority to remake the indus
trial map Of the United States.
If granted the control set forth
In the SPACE memorandum en-
bodying the plan. The sugges-
ton is sure to meet stiff oppose
ton from labor and Capitol Hill
should the president accept it.
The department would be en-
powered to shift employees from
one factory to another. even
though this involved moving
them To distant sections of the
country. II could say whether
man should remain IN a monde
Tense industry or change over to
a concern engaged in war work.
An employer sdjudged guilty
Of not making full use of his
force could be penslized. Indeed.
there is proposal whereby
Americans workers might be
forced TO transfer TO firms OPP
Grated in Canada or in any other
Allied nation. II would also de-
eide whether a person was more
valuable IN public life or in pri-
vate business. II also recon-
mends that many union practices
be eliminated or modified.
Although the memorandum
concentrates entirely on the
problem Of labor supply. the ex-
ercise Of such q fsr-flung control
would give the agency Dictator
isi authority over management
and capital since il could deprive
a plant Of its employees, just as
OPM now withholds materials
from q manufacturer. insiders
who have seen the McNutt-Per-
kins-Hilman outline declare that
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

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umn lcttsrs must give nans ana
address Of writer Only inftiais
VIII - published when requested
Mr.. Fixit: Are Beeins en-
ploye~ exempt from the draft.
or To b. exempt must they have
q rstinE- That IL. must they
be skilled workmen In some
line. LN.
Employment in defense in
dustry does not exempt a man
from the draft. Only indispen-
sihility. tc which his employer
must certify. IL reason for ex-
emption. There n = space On
your draft questionnsire which
takes care of such cases.
Mr.. Fi,if; do you know when
they viii be taking class B-I for
the draft. PAUL q.
No one knows when the men
available for limited service be-
cause Of physical condition will
BE- taken.
Mr.. FixIt: VIII you please tell
me how one can Join the home
guards and what salary and
what are the requirements
WONDERING
There IL no organization by
that name The state guard.
which Ia training to take the
place Of the national guard. may
be what you mean. You can
join II any Monday or Wednes-
day night at the state armory.
but there are no salaries con-
neeted with II.
Mr.. FfxIt: when . man has
lost his birth certificate and In
about tc take out IN old-sge
pension. would . citizenship
paper taken nut more than 10
years ago be enough. II would
be kind of hard 20 write for .
birth certificate. It's over In
Sweden. A READER.
That should be sufficient proof
Of q birth date to satisfy the
county welfare department. In
granting old-age assistance 1t
does not innst upon a birth GER
tificate II there 10 adequate
other evidence.
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A Good Friend Transferred

Although applauding his promotion the many friends
Of Melvin Pugh, district traffic manager of the Pacific
Tel Tel Co., win regret exceedingly that the promotion
viii take him to Seattle where he will become general raf
fic supervisor of the WashngtonId Idaho Mr. Pugh
aside from the efficient handling of his work the
telephone company attested by his promotion always
had time to devote his talents to nearly every worthwhile
civic endeavor
Pugh was president of the University Union club and
Also served president of the Tacoma Cyro club He
chairman, too of the military affairs committee of the
Chamber Of Commerce Also he took active effective
part in various Community Chest drives His genial per-
sonalty scored heavily with all with whom he came in
contact His departure from the city will be distinct
K W. Kramer, who will come to Tacoma from Spokane
to fill Mr. Pughs position will be welcomed heartily indeed
and hope and expect he will successfully Mr.
Pugh. Codspeed to both in their new fields.
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December figures indicate that ferry traffic from Sixth
Ave- to Point Fosdck continues grow apace The
highway department operating the ferries for the Wash
ington Toll Bridge Authority reveals handsome profit
for the month"; with income far exceeding operating costs
Again this illustrates that traffic volume from the
peninsula is and will continue be ever-growng thing
despite some of the service handicaps suffered
More than ever the traffic figures of ferry operation
Indicate that construction of Narrows bridge
than justified and that efforts should be redoubed
TO have the late lamented structure rebuilt at
the earliest opportune time Traffic will than justify
the costs Of construction provide funds for amortza
ton period Of 20 30 years.
We trust the public officials upon whose responsibility
the matter rests will not forget that the public wants and
demands the construction of bridge possible
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HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, Jan 20


Benefic aspects rule trade to-
day which In a fortunate date
for speculation. Construction
continues under favorable plane
tary direction.
Heart and Home: Desire for
amusement will be intense with
young and old. all of whom de-
sire to escape from war fore
holdings. Theaters should pros
per and orchestras should he
popular. Wherever there is a
prospect Of q crowd many will
seek surcesse of anxiety. In
homes where sons are In the
service Of the nation whatever
IL depressing should be avoided
during family conferences.
Business Affairs: Defense
contracts will continue to be
carried out at top speed and
much money in circulation will
improve retail trade conditions.
Temptation for persons with
good incomes toward specula-
ton win be strong, but should
be resisted. The stock market
will remain In q state of sudden
fluctuations and should be
avoided. Railways come under
conditions that seem to promise
increase of income through
freight-carrying on a big scale.
National Issues; Congress will
be the scene Of heated debates
in coming weeks when the
spectre of fear will grip the
new world as well as the old.
The destiny of world leadership
will be slowly apprehended, but
must be brsvely accepted. AZ
we are the principal Cancer ma
ton. responsibility OF directing
democracy's great battle to re-
tain freedom cannot be ignored.
Astrologers insist that our
future has been long presaged
as the foremost OF world powers
but they warn against waste Of
men or wealth in q too prodigsl
method Of procedure in the war.
Persons whose birthdate II il
have the aurury of year of
fair success. II is well to watch
the health.
Children born on this day
probably will be talented in the
arts, kindly and heterogeneous.
They may have little business
common sense and should be
taught thrift.
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4oI itit ~ tHtilbs
The proposed agency would
consist of Secretaries Knox,
stimson and Perkins. Social
Security Administrator McNutt.
oPM-er Sidney Hillman, Civil
Service Chairman Mitchell and
Civilian Defense Director La
Guardia. II would dominate or
supersede the Selective Service
System on the theory that
mobilizing an Industrial army
is quite as important as recruit
ing men for the armed forces.
In advancing this idea, the
memo declares that 'the need
for policy coordination of all
man power recruitments is en-
dorsed by the fact that in Great
Britain the minister OF labor and
the national service is RESPONSE
BILE for the registration of per-
sons called up for military serv-
ice and for industry"
Principal authors are the well
fare and labor factions within
the administration, with Nc
Mutt, Miss Perkins and Hillman
as the ringlesders. They have
expressed private fears that
social values may be lost sight
OF under the present method
OF building a war machine. They
fought for their substitute sys-
tenn at the White House con-
ferences which arranged the de-
tails for the February 18th reg
istration
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OCCASIONALLY some evi-
~ dence appears to remind US
Of the humble though substan-
tisl estate from which we
sprung.
Looking through = lot Of mis-
cellaneous material in = Tacoma
auction house the other day,
A. N. Wsistsd picked up what
many persons would have passed
by as junk. In the lot were the
registers of the Central Hotel
and Halstead House. two of the
first hotels in Tacoma, with en-
tries dating back to 1883; pages
from the first newspapers pub
lished in Tacoma. and an Illus
trated pamphlet on the indus
tries, commerce and natural re-
sources of Tacoma, printed in
1887.
Among the advertisements in
the pamphlet is a full page an
nouncement Of the Merchants
National Bank, established in
the early eighties by the late
Walter J. Thompson and Henry
Drum. the latter still living.
Some of the business houses
of the early eighties evidently
were established on sound
basis. One of the leading real
estate and insurance firms Of
that day was Hall g. Lavender.
The firm later became Hansen
& Lavender. II is now Hansen
& Rowland. headed by a son Of
the former Hansen.
Another firm represented in
the pamphlet and which still Ii
In business Is Dickson Bros,
established In 1884 by the late
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Our possessons if they be excessive destroy by
becoming obsession that smothers the whole of fe
A 75-year-old New York widow hoarder of me-
and Clothes Boxes and piles of them overowed her
threeroom apartment Then her oil stove set them afre
and unable escape in the confusion of bales and boxes she
died there.
Tragic, you say? Yes but not more tragic than the
spiritual stfng that has brought death-nfe to many
people less surely overwhelmed by their passion for
possession than this ptable old lady.
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their dumbfounded behavior on
the first Gay OF resurrection.
The women 60 to the tomb with
spices to anoint him, wondering
as they go VINO will roll away
the stone. May I here note that
the stone is rolled away by an
inside the tomb action) Does
1t not look as though they ex-
pected TO find him still entomb-
ed. still laid where he had been
laid. still not risen or unrighted,
still slumped in death? Even
the angels taunt them with the.
why do you seek the living
among the dead" Nor are the
men any wiser, as John 20, 2
indicates. For as yet they knew
not the scripture that he must
rise AGAIN from the dead"
Should we wonder then that
Jesus did not answer Plate and
explain his teaching? How
could Jesus in one minute ex-
plain to PLATE his teaching,
when in three years he couldn't
quite explain it to his earnest
students
This is a teaching impossible
of attainment by quick CONVEX
sion or instant grasping, but l
must here halt, for there goes
that fool gong and that indi-
Gates my time is up. More later,
sometime, maybe.
JOHNNY MACK,
e05 So. 9th st.
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UNCLE SANS
FREIGHT ARRIVES

Editor, The Times: There are
other ways in which Uncle Sam
is making himself felt besides
pounding the Japs in Malaga,
and chasing the Hitler raiders in
central Europe. In large sense
OF the word the United States
seems TO have become the CASH
Ter or the slmoner of the really
honest and good-hearted peoples
far and near.
There was q really touching
picture in a recent issue of the
Christian Science Monitor. It
showed a street in London. A
long line of nurse maids were
out for a walk, each one convoy
ing a particularly attractive lit
tie girl II was a winter scene.
with London mists and rain all
along the streets. But each little
miss was clothed snug and
warm, in wooden cloak. with a
high wooden collar, from which
a small nose poked out, and two
bright eyes sparkled.
The words beneath the picture
explained: London children pa
rade their winter woollies from
America"
So. Uncle Sam is doing what
he said he would do. And he
and John Bull helped by Russia
will. before they get through.
drive slavery and murder and
Hitlerism, and all else that il
cruel. from off the face of the
earth. JAMES p. RAWSON,
ll2 Orchard road
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
INTERPRETERS SCRIPTURE

Editor, The Times: In tho
Pulse columns reference was
made to John 8. a.. and also to
John is. 3s. where PLATE asks,
What Ia truth? The Aramalc
version question seems more
correct and reads, What is THIS
truth? meaning thereby. l take
IL. Pilates desire to get some
light on just what Jesus taught,
a teaching that was meeting
with quite friendly, but also very
hostile, reception.
The Aramaic question, quail
fled by this is not an easy one
to answer. II is a deep water
question; one risks drowning
himself trying to answer IT.
Thousands of books have been
written and ten million sermons
preached, but still this truth or
teaching remains well nigh I'M
explained.
At any rate, according to the
script, the question was not an
swered. And now. because un-
answered, some regard is as
unanswerable. Unless by truth
First Cause is meant. this seems
an enormously arrived at con-
clusion. Socrates and Walt
Whitman. perhaps the worlds
two greatest question askers. left
thousands of questions unanswer-
cd. but should this be taken to
prove that they couldn't be an
swered? Questions are thought
provokers. asked by the wise in
the hope that we will wrsstle
with them and ourselves and
thus earn the answers. No an
rwer has any real value to us
unless self earned. Self earned,
ii becomes self owned, becomes
us. and we become il, and thus
we make addition to ourselves.
II we are to read the gospel
script literally as having to do
with men and women person.
ages, We cannot but conclude
that even the closest disciples Of
Jesus, after three years minis
try, had caught little of his
teaching. II is really pitful as
Jesus talks to his u, like q
judge TO a jury. in John IL. Is,
Is. sort Of reviewing, in a part
ing talk, the work. idea or les
son on his ministry. and while
doing so. is interrupted first by
Thomas. then Phillip. then Judas
mot Iscsriotl with questions
that clearly indicate that they
had not been getting what he
had been trying 10 give.
Chapter Is John has 80 verses,
but not until the 29th verse Of
this chapter is he able to wiring
from them an acknowledgement
OF understanding, when they in
chorus spoke, saying. Behold
now you speak plainly and do
not utter a single figure" Tor
parallel.
Wouldn't this indicate that
they fully understood? How
ever. they didn't: they but dim
~ understood. and quite dimly,
Remember I'm reading literal
ly) AS proof Of this, watch
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George 7. and william ". DICK
son. Members Of the family still
carry on under the original firm
name.
Largest iron works at that
time was operated by ]. II.
Lister a Sons One Of the sons
is Alfred Lister. president of
the Tacoma Savings & Loan
association.
In the eighties A. F. Hoska
was a manufacturer and whole
sale and retail dealer in "har-
ness, saddles, brides. collars
and horse boots and turf
goods" This business was es-
tablished in 1888. II was not
unusual to see dozen teams
waiting &c be fitted with har-
ness.
Ladies and gentlemen who
rode horses bought their sad
dies and brides there.
When the horse was replaced
BY the automobile and tractor.
the harness business gradually
dwindled. But (see Tuesdays
column) some of the horses may
come back. II isn't impossible
that the harness business might
again he pretty nearly as good
venture as 1t was in the
eighties. Who knows
Another substantial firm
which withstood the wear and
tear of years was the Tacoma
Trading company, established in
1883 by Byron and Calvin S.
Barlow. The firm handled flour,
feed, fuel and building material.
Today the firm is c. S. Barlow
& Sons.
The firm of Bonney a. kahler,
wholesale and retail drugs, has
passed out of existence, but the
senior member, w. p. Bonney. Is
the well known secretary of the
Washington State Historical So
ciety. The firm was founded in
1881. At one time s. A. Perkins
was a member of the firm.
Then there was the firm Of
John S. Baker & Co. wholesale
grocers and commission and
shipping merchants. 1t was
big business. Specialties were
particularly fine brands of kero-
sene oil and tea. the latter i'm
ported direct from Japan. a mar
ket now closed to US. The COM
pany was one of the largest
firms of that character in the
Northwest. The head of the
firm. John S. Baker, later be-
came a banker and is still doing
business in Tacoma.
MO doubt about it - Carol
~ Lombard was one of the
finest of Hollywood stars and
her death in an airplane crash
in the Nevada mountains was a
tragedy, but 81 others were
killed in the same crash-15 of
them officers in the army air
corps.
OF all the commentators and
columnists who mentioned the
accident. few made mere pass
ing note of the fact that more
than one life was lost. only one
emphasized the seriousness of
the loss to the United States air
forces.
II seemed To almost warrant
the conclusion that the life of
one motion picture performer
was Of more value than nearly
a score of air fighters when the
country is at war something
like losing the substance by
grssping at elsmorous
shadow
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by John Hix
i-7i

the finest of their kind In the
world. The aborigines, having
no brushes, held the pigments
of native red and yellow ochre
in their mouths and sprayed
them on to form the primitive
murals.
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IrHT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
LII 0A ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON - Almost czaristc control the
labor supply of the United States would be vested
Man Power Mobilization Board dominated by New Deal
officials under scheme advanced by several of +. d. X
favorte co-worker II has provoked such furious battle
behind the that the president has shunted aside
L. L..
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PRAISES SAMARITAN

Editor The Times: I'd like 10
thank the man who stood out in
the colo and fog last Wednesday
evening directing traffic. We
were rather lost and all over the
street somewhere between 18th
and 14th on c st This man was
standing In the street with a
nAshhght helping people get
their bearings.
II makes q person feel good
10 know there are Americans
who care enough about the safe
~ and well-being of others 20 DO
what this man did. May We all
do as well. MRS. J. c.
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ton, and the ship again took
up the task of ferrying fuel to
Britain
ORAL PAINTING
Paintings in the caves of the
Carnarvon ranges of Queens
land, Australia, are said to be
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here" All OF which seems TO
insure that newspaper editors
and readers Will get all the in
formation about the war and
our preparations that will not
give aid and comfort 10 the
enemy.
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TANkERS ADVENTURE
After being navigated to Eng
fish waters, the stern half of
the Imperial Transport was
placed in drydoek while a new
bow was built. This was care
fully joined to the salvaged por-
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Your postmaster can tell YOU
how 70 invest IN Z. S. Defense
Bondk
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> We Come

Looking Back We See Whence We Come
Old Records Found in Auction Shop
They Tell of Mony Substantial Beginnings
We Lose the Substance for Shadow
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il would mean the end of private
industry In the United States.
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WILLKIE SOURED
AT RUN-AROUND

- - n 1E~-RAtOoA~D
The presidents treatment Of
Wendell Willkie may sour the
friendly relations which have
existed between the champ"
and his 1s40 rival. II is no secret
to the latter's friends that he
feels he has been given the run
around at Washington.
The chief executive has re-
warded his opponents warm
support with recurrent promises
of an appointment to a high
place in the administration. At
a recent conference FDR took
his former foe into deepest con-
fidence, explained that he in
tended to form 'super-cabinet"
for prosecution of the war, and
indicated that the eX-utility
magnate would be given a re-
sponsble post. But Mr.. Willkie
was told by White House re-
porters that ne was scheduled to
be named an umpire under the
new war labor board This was
the first he heard of the assign
ment. for Mr.. Roosevelt had
not mentioned il 20 him during
their talk that same morning.
The news hawks got the tip from
Secretary Early while the Re-
publican was inside and simply
asked him for comment.
Wendell exploded on the White
House doorstep. After waiting
around for a job worthy of his
merits, he found that he was
expected to serve as one of
group along with Charles Evans
Hughes, Al Smith and James A.
Farley. He avowed that he
would not take such a Pudding
position" Subsequently he
agreed that he would not refuse
the offer.
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CENSORSHIP Plan

When Byron Price held his
first press conference to explain
details of handling war news,
he found himself looking into the
faces of fifty correspondents
who had been his friends for
years. II was more like a re-
union than a meeting for formal
installation OF the first organized
system Of censorship in the his
tory OF the United States.
Most Of the questioners sd-
dressed the new chief as BY
ron" But when the serious and
dignified Louis Wood Of the New
York Times phrssed q query. he
referred TO his old buddy as
Mister Director Of Censorship. =
Mr.. Wood added: II would also
have you note. Mr.. Price. that I
am the only man who has sd-
dressed your proper title When
the outlaws had died down.
Brian Bell Of the Associated
Press. who occupies the post in
the Washington Bureau once
held BY Price. said. Is that what
We are supposed To call you.
Byron thought you might
want "a 10 address you as Mis-
ter Censor.
Byron grinned and replied;
Brian. you get the-out Of
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TANKERs ADVENTURE

Cor issf ~ UuIsss vsss-r. synxieais. ms.
tn nes. q. O. Pat 06.-AI rights reserved
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To receive attention In tina col
unn lettft must give nams ana
address Of writer Only initiais
viii - published when requested