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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
EVERY WORD
UNTRUE

Unfortunately, you can't bonn
bard this capital proclivity to
gossip with objective sermoniz-
ing. You have to mention cases
TO point out what amounts to
vicious fifth column of self-sown,
anti-American propaganda. If II
be true that the Japanese en-
bassy in Spain is plotting to
overthrow the American govern
ment by propaganda warfare, a.
our Office of Facts and Figures
charged in an official handout,
the Japs don't need to worry, for
the job is being done by auto
intoxication. Washington Is feed
ing itself poison thrugh the cir
culation of stuff like the follow
ing: in no item of which is there
single bit of truth, though all
are repeated in dead seriousness
by the gossip mongers:
ltem-All the recent crltlclsm
Of the Office Of Civilian Defense
has been inspired by the Ameri-
can Legion to promote disunity
so that the veterans organiza-
tons can take over OCD to save
II, and thus seize control Of tns
government 10 create a Fascist
state.
Item-Sure the California Jspe
are willing TO be moved inland
% they can spread their NTH
column work in the interior OF
the country and prepare tne
ground for invading forces.
Item-The war is already 10
per cent lost. The United States
Continued on Page Z, Col. %
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any particular nations. but in
the maladjustments Of our pres
ent economic order. said men,
Der of the executive board of
the peace committee.
Isolationism is rejected by the
statement, which holds that no
peace can long endure which is
not based upon practical provi-
sions insuring that all peoples
benefit fairly from the applica-
ton Of modern science TO the
worlds natural resources. In
termittent depressions make for
war. il is said.
A present great service TO
future world peace consists in
a Just and kindly attitude to-
ward those racial minorities with
whose ancestral homelsnds we
happen to he at war. according
TO the statement.
X. J. PEARSALL.
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PHILOSOPHY
or DREAMS

Editor. The Times. The con-
scious mind. when awake. Is &
mental broadcaSting station.
The sub-eonscious mind. when
asleep, is a mental receiving rs-
dio set.
A dream is the reception Of
thoughts which have been broad
cast by universal mind.
The physical brain is q men,
tai photograph on which men,
Dries have been recorded.
A dream is a teievision recep-
ton from universal mental radio.
MAX J. WEIGH.
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. Your Opinions

ton. etc, all of which are in
dispensable in a seven day week
travel exiged by war times.
ION the other hand, 1t can
readily be conceived that upon
returning from or going to work,
with no gas available after Z
p. m. the people having to go
out will be compelled to buy gas
within the cities and thus rob
outside stations of their already
too meager share in the income
from such business. With
20 per cent cut in delivery added,
this will simply mean ruin for
outside operators.
THE following suggestions are
being offered with the first-hand
study of the problem of arriving
at the objective with a mini
mum of hardship for all con-
cerned. To-wit:
First. That the status-uuo
remains as first conceived with
regard to hours of closing and
weekly day off. but that each
station be compelled to publicly
advertise these operating hours
by posting upon the premises in
direct view of customers. Suita-
BILE penalty being imposed for
selling before or after the posted
hours.
Second. That since the sale
of gasoline by the greater num-
Der OF stations falls far below
that of minor number OF major
stations. the latter running into
the thousands Of gallons per day
against the 100 or less by the
majority of units in the former
class, it would appear reasona-
bic that curtailment of delivery
should be made at the top where
il will hurt the least while the
remainder may remain with
their delivery frozen to an ave-
rage. Such average being taken
from the deliveries of a past few
months.
LEO Y. SMITH"
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He Knows or Finds
The Answers

since. OF the 131 .669, 900 persons
Tailed by the 1o40 census, S.
$4,000 were men and 65,4s6,-
900 were women.
Mr.. Fixit: Would YOU kindly
tell me how I would address q
letter to Kate Smith to reach
her In person.
WING.
If you write to her in care of
the radio station from which you
heard her, the letter will get to
her and have as much chance of
being read by her as one sent
to any other address. The only
one she lists is Columbia Broad
casting System, 485 Madison
ave, New York City.
MIR. Fixit: wouder II any of
your readers has or knows of
any one who has a German po-
lice dog to give away. II does
not make any difference what
the sex or age is. 1 would give
IL the best of care and a nice
home out In the suburbs.
MRS. NJ. LAMB,
155 Fla. ed 1t.
II you feel equal to getting
acquainted with full-grown
police dog, we hope one Of the
readers has one for You.
Mr.. Fixit: Would II be possible
for YOU b find out who the
bishop NJ the Catholic churches
on the south side Of Chicago. H.,
h and his address: This IL to
prove a birth record and age.
MRS. A.E.G.
You should write to the Chan
Gerry Office, 71q No. Wabash
ave, Chicago, Ill.
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>. Many nations in guarding
their coasts use small dirigible
balloons called bhmps. In what
respect is the United States bet
ter fitted to employ them than
any other nation?
3. Despite the fact American
planes sank or damaged Jap
ships and downed some of their
airplanes, Nipponese soldiers oh
tanned a foothold on the island
of Bali. This little spot of earth
had been in the news long before
the war. Was 1t because of the
fame OF balinese hunters. fisher
men. dancers or singers
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FEN.
. HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH rs

Adverse aspects appear to
dominate today which may be
disappointing to men in high
places. The tendency to criticize
statesmen and high officers in
the war will be encouraged by
the stars.
Heart and Home = Women are
likely to feel keenly the changes
that war entails. Under this
CONFORMATION they may be de-
pressed and anxious but care
may be forgotten in hard work
for the Red Cross and other or
CARNATIONS. II Is not an auspl-
ciOus date for girls TO seek posi-
tons or any sort of employment.
Love affairs will anguish under
this rule OF the planets but there
is a promising sign for letters.
Business Affsirs-Good crops
that will cause another labor
problem and general business
activity will continue to keep
up the morale Of all classes of
Americans. Il is well TO pre-
pare for unusual conditions at
the end OF the summer.
National Issues - In the new
order that is foretold as the re-
suit of the second world war
there will be an equality of OPP
portunity for all. Women will
compete with men in many lines
Of business and in al the learned
professions
Persons whose birthdate it il
to have the augury Of a year Of
ups and downs. Caution should
be exercised TO avoid impulsivt
decisions and family dissensions
Children born on this DAY
probably VII Dc nervous snd dif'
ficult 70 direct. but extremely
talented and individual
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. Capital
Comment
Gossip Moneerine in
U. S. Capita Tragic
Untrue Stories Offer
Help 70 Hitler & Co.
Whispering Of Untruihs
Hits Morale Of Nation
By PETER EDISON

wASHINGTON-You have to
live in Washington for some
considerable time to appreciate
what a vast whispering gallery
IL is The more people you
know, the more people you meet,
the more people pour dirt in
your ears. Gossip is an industry
in Washington. In other places
1t is a by-product.
The gossip of Washington 10
different from the gossip of the
other talk centers of the United
States - Hollywood. New York,
Palm or Miami Beaches in win
ter. In those places the chatter
is personal with an emphasis on
the erotic, the neurotic, the
extra marital amorous. In WASH
ington the gossip is largely po-
litical
Politics may make strange
bedfellows. but the great motif
and major theme of bedroom
conversation is avoided in WASH
ington for the simple reason that
no smart politician can afford
TO be caught. He therefore COW
ers up well or leads a reason
ably pure life morally and does
not repeat what others might
say about himself some day. In
that respect, therefore. WASH
ington gossip is clean. In other
respects it makes you reich.
The president has on numer-
Gus occasions paid his respects
to Washington's gossip of ru-
mors and wrong guesses. It's
something to chastise, too, and
it's something to stop unless the
capital of the country, without
the aid of bombs, is to fall like
the walls of Jericho from seven
repetitious reverberations of ill.,
reports blasted through the tin
horn trumpets of Islander into the
shockproof tympanums of case
hardened tin ears. Maintenance
of all this gossip is nothing more
than q manifestation of national
morale fallen fiat on its lost
face.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
. WAR QUIZ

1. This is q picture of a typical
American hattleship. Is there a
school of thought in the big ma
vies of the world which says this
type of ship is Of very little use
nowadays and, If SO why
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. v for Victory

ALLEGATION orders will be issued
for secondhand tools as well as
for new equipment IN the same
manner that sales and deliveries
NJ other merchandise is con-
trolled.
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fight seemed to be all O'Gatty's
up TO the seventh round, when
he opened up in earnest. How
ever, each time he put his man
on the canvas for the count, the
referee would calmly sit on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25

planted BY the interventionists.
You know, Long Island didn't
believe in the Revolution and
hated George Washington and II
hasn't changed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25

wise man | think once defined educa-
tion as that which remains when we have
forgotten all that we have been taught
Viscount Halifax, British ambassador to the
United States
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
UN Gle Eff

Some of the
Long Island
b o VS. W h o
phoned their
S h u { tie r c d
houses to see II
everything was
all right after
the recent sub
marine sink
ings out there
will probably
still arg ue
that the ships
struck m es
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25
. Mr.. Fiixit

Mr., Fixit: I wonder III you
would he kind enough to print
the names Of some doll manufsc-
turers. Also. are there any good
artists in Tacoma? II so. could
YOU mention where / might get
In touch with one@
A READER.
A few of the doll manufactur-
ers are Scovell Novelty Co. P. o.
Box 229, Hollywood; Acme Toy
Mfg. Co, IS w. 21st St, New
York City, and Clopay Corp,
Dayton G. Mclean SITS, Cincin-
natl. There are many others
you could get from one of the
industrial index books at the Ii
brary or Chamber of Commerce
office.
There are many artists in Ia
coma. You might ask the art
department of the College of
Puget Sound to tell you about
them.
MIR. FiXit: To stop an argu-
ment please tell us how many
women there were Ia every man
after the first world war in the
U.S.A.e
FEN.
or the 1o5.710,620 persons IN
the United States In 1920 there
were $4,000. 43l men and ST.
s1o.1sq women. The women have
been increasing IN proportion
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25

You help yourself when you buy
L. s. Defense bonds.
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ropes for from one to two min
utes until the fallen boxer got
up. Finally, after the fifth
knockout, the loser could not
stir, so O'Gatty was awarded the
contest.
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a puI EulE BY TIE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
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MI. WHITNEY FOR
ASTRONOMICAL
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SCREWY SCRAP

When he stepped into the rir,
for his Glens Falls fight OF Sep
TENDER 10. 1920, Jimmy O'Gatty
tipped the scales at 145 pounds.
His opponent weighed IT'S. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-25

Evil men understood nos
Judgment: but they thof
seek the Lord understond
oil thinos.-Pr 2s.s.
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since. or the 131 .669, 900 persons
tailed by the 1a40 census, S.
$4,000 were men and 65.4s6,-
900 were women.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

superb. She has a maturity and
poiSe we never expected TO see
from the little Texas beauty win
ner of eight years ago.
REAGAN'S BEST
Ronald Reagan Is another. A
nice smiling athletic juvenile of
earlier days he not only carries
off the care-free part of brakes
earlier days. but he. gives pathetic
meaning to the invalided sequences
later on.
Robert Cummings struggles with
the role of the savior, Paris, but
il really is one which makes de-
mands a trifle too much for him.
OF course, these are only the
younger people. Judith Anderson,
Charles Coburn and Claude Rains,
all turn in the kind Of perform
ances you might expect from such
finished actors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
National Offers
New Revue

BOB FERGUSON. veteran bur-
lesque comedian, and his partner,
Mary Murray. provide the giggles,
while Beverly Lane leads the
gals in "Giggles and Gals" the
new travelling burlesque revue at
the National Theater. Ferguson
and Murray head the company
with their comedy skits. and Miss
Lanes exotic routines set the
mood for dancer Bettine and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

Margie Dale, who follow in her
footsteps.
More wacky antics by Max
Coleman and straightman Frank
Ign Hopkins take the second
comedy spot. while George Kaye
plays the Juvenile straight roles
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

This week a friend told me OF
a photographer who ha6 served
In the front lines in the1aS war.
He never has been able to for
get taking motion pictures OF
Germans attacking in the Meuse-
Argonne fighting, he said.
The Americans learned that
the attack coming. and
Withdrew 10 trenches some dis
lance back.
The Germans Shelied the
empty front lines and then
attacked, plunging across No
Mans Land with their rifles
slung over their backs and their
arms linked together.
They came two ranks at
time. a mile and a half long,
marching shoulder to shoulder,
with elbow hooked 10 elbow.
Their only purpose was To he
a shield. II man was hit. his
neighbor hung onto him 10 drag
him forward. Living. dead or
wounded, he still could stop
bullet.
Behind them were machine
Cunners. shielded by the march
ing ranks. But the American
advance warning destroyed the
plan, American guns moved
them all down.
This suicidal maneuver was
repeated three times that after
noon--a mile and a half Of men
moved down three times.
I can't understand the kind Of
brain. even military. that
could order things like that
without shuddering
But u isn't the certainty Of
Death that makes " horrible
II IL quite easy 20 understand
why = betrayed Frenchman will
shoot. stab or wreck. knowing
that the price will he 10 or 20
or 50 lives for one when the
Gestapo retaliates.
simple death isfhe same 10 all
men. hut things for which lives
are spent are different.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

proportion Of
W q m Q n IS
much higher
on Ouelette
a We n ne IA
Windsor than
on Woodward
avenue.
II Sh ow $
n ow m A n V
m en- ia We
b q g n called
in to service
there.
.
In Windsor
there are two
signs In a
re auFaut.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

and sings for the production nun
bers by the 10 dancing dolls
the chorus.
Selected short subjects ar
cartoons are featured on IN
screen, and there is a special ga
midnight show each Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now

You're not noticing the war
A. much on Your side Of the
river a. we are, are YOU" asks
a WindSorite. Walt Collins.
l would say no, we aren't
not Yet.
One difference is that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

Without parallel. Kings Row"
brings you a unique screen eX-
.perience and if you can shed your
neuroseS like you do long under
wear at this time of the year, you
are bound 10 find yourself alb
sorbed, if not entertained, through
out
The second picture. "The Body
Disappears" has Jeffrey Lynn in
one of those Invisible Man
comedies in which he makes un-
seen love TO Jane Wyman with
some peculiar results.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
Kings RoW' .Startles
Screen Fans at Il. A.
nv CHARLES GENTRY

STARK DRAMA. awaits you
this week at the United Artists
where Henry Bellaman's CHASTITY
novel. Kings Row. has been
translated into screen terms OF
unmitiGated horror and fierce
realism.
Sam Wood has done a magniii-
cent Job Of turning this tale of a
particularly shady hamlet into a
picture of powerful scope, but only
those with hardy nervous systems
and strong stomachs can take IT.
None of the psychotic phases,
the secret terrorS and the fiendish
implications of the story have been
here. In fact, the
screen. medium famous for
have really over
several of the factors
and -malefactors of this dramatic
case.
Kings Row" as you probably
know if you read the book, de-
Scribes a small town at the turn
Of the century. a village which
houses one of the clubbiest group
Of monsters ever assembled be-
tween the two covers of one novel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

I can't understand the kind Of
brain. even military. that
could order things like that
without shuddering
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

One says, Many Of our en-
ployeS have enlisted or been
called into service. so we ask
Your indulgence until we have
time 20 train our new employees"
The other sign adds. Ham. pork
and bacon are vitality needed In
England. so we ask y0u To order
a. little pork as possible"
There are more women IN uni
form over there. too. A Detroit
girl who wanted 10 enlist in the
RCAF. however. writes that she
was rejected because she was
not Canadian citizen. Man
power may he at premium, but
there's still surplus Of woman
power.
Meantime from both Europe
and the Orient Is coming word
that the German and Japanese
armies are using more teen-age
boys n soldiers, around Is or
16 wears old
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17

This suicidal maneuver was
repeated three times that after
noon--a mile and a half Of men
moved down three times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
WHAT A COMPANY.

In this charming setting you will
find a Sadistic surgeon, an in
cestuouS father. a mad mother and
IAN assortment of neuroticS that
even bewilder the young pSy-
chatrist who turns up in their
midst.
Paris Mitchell, played by Robert
Cummings. is the young lad who
sees his hometown turn into some
thing which would have given
Freud the frights.
In love with young girl whose
father has a peculiar interest in
his own daughter. he grows up in
this nice healthy community TO
discover that his best friend is the
victim of an unnecessary opera
ton: and that nothing but pain,
sacrifice and terror rule all the
citizens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-17
IT'S TOO LATE

He doesn't realize the full status
of things until he returns from
Vienna and with a doctors detach-
Iment diagnoses conditions scientific
cally.. But i'm. the meantime, the
audience is treated to such a num-
Der of shocks and revolving ex-
perienceS that it can't wait for the
doctor TO come back from Vienna
They haven't spared any horses
or kings men in bringing full
meaning to this picture, and while
certain differences. like the father
daughter complex have been subtly
handled. we can't help but observe
that this picture actually caters
to a morbid an unhealthy palate.
an appetite not TO be encouraged
in these particular times.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
But apart from the unpleasant
theme. you are going 10 discover
some amazing individual perform
anceS.
We must doff our first cap 10
Ann Sheridan. who has graduated
from an "oomph" girl into an
actress Of no small concern. AS
Randy. the girl from the other
side of the railroad tracks, who
sacrifices herself TO save the I'M
fortunate Drake McHugh, she is
Evening star., 1942-10-31

Hampton Institute, stressed the i'm
portance Of inspiring colored people
by pointing out to them the accom-
plishments OF other members OF
their race through the years.
Social Study Stressed
It is essential, he said, that those
planning to teach and lead other
Negroes should first know the back
ground of their own race.
DR.. T. D. Stewart, curator of
physical anthropology at the Ma
tional Museum, gave the opening
address. He spoke on "The Impor-
tance of Science in the Study of the
Social Order"
The fourth speaker, DR.. w. Mon
tague Cobb, anatomy professor at
Howard University, discussed "Edu-
cation in Human Biology"
An exhibition of portrait painting
at the Howard University Gallery of
Art opened this morning in con-
junction with the meeting and will
continue through next week. A re-
ception will be held tonight for
members Of the association at los
Seaton place NV.
Speakers scheduled to speak at