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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
. Better Be Careful

Now that tires made from reclaimed
rubber are going onto the market for those
entitled to them under rationing, it be-
comes more than ever important that their
fortunate possessors shall remember the
35-mile-an-hour speed limitation.
Experts say that driven not more than
35 miles an hour, these tires will give
thousands of miles of wear, but that driven
above that limit, they will disintegrate
with a suddenness that will shock their
users.
And remember, it is an essential of
the new program that tires will not be
recapped or replaced for those who have
abused them by failing to observe proper
precautions about speed and pressure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

When Australia says all out war,
Australia means just that and everybody
is expected to get in line. Latest is the
government request to newspapers to soft
pedal social news for the duration-one of
the means of saving white paper and re-
ducing the man-power requirements Of the
newspapers.
Editors have been asked to accept as
good wartime practice the policy of not
publishing the activities Of socialites I'M
less in connection with some function
directly contributing to the war effort.
On that basis, newspapers in America
would save lot 81 white paper. We may
come to that yet.
While Mr.. Churchill jovially tells US
that We have entered on the lend of the
beginning" we are still long way from
the beginning Of the end.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
. Democracy Works That Way

Axis propagandists VIII try 10 make Il
appear that the results of our election
spell American disunity. That was the
line taken BY vichy. even before the votes
were cast. and that is the Interpretation
with which Herr Goebbels must seek 10
hearten the German people and dishearten
those of the occupied countries.
But Hitler and Mussolini and Togo are
not deceived. They themselves know that
the American people have merely rebuked
their public servants for not being tough
enough.
An off-year congressional election can
not be interpreted by adding up all the
details-the defeat of Congressman X,
the reelection Of Senator Y, the narrow
escape of Governor z. These things are
influenced too much by local and personal
considerations.
The measure of what happened this
year is the surge of discomfort. We have
been hit hard by the draft. by taxes. by
priorities and shortages. All of these and
other inconvenience promise to become
more onerous. But we did not punish
congressman for this. or elect replace
ments in hope of tightening the load.
Rather, what We did was express our
disapproval with too-little. too-late policies
which, in fact, have spared US material
discomforts but which have slowed US
down in the prime task Of beating Hitler.
The important thing-the thing which
Hitler and Mussolini and Hirohito cannot
explain away-is that in the midst of total
war We have held a completely free
election.
Being united wholly in the viii TO win
this war, we yet had the freedom to differ
about how it can best be won.
Being resolved to support our President
to the limit against the outside world, We
yet reserved the right to differ with him
about internal policies, and to increase in
Washington the number of legislators
pledged to oppose many Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
domestic policies.
We knew we had to resign many of our
normal prerogatives for the time being,
but we didn't like 1t, so we knocked off
few political heads just as warning that
the resignation il voluntary, temporary
and grudging.
The fascists said that democracy could
not work in wartime. Well, let them study
the results of this election and see how
they like that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
He Knows or Finds
The Answers

want to buy them for . person
that Is hard of hearing. NJ. c.
Any dealer that handles radio
parts should be able to help. They
are listed on page 81 of the clas-
sified section in your phone book.
You may have trouble buying the
equipment due to shortages.
Mr.. Fixit: Quite q few of our
boys have a great need for coat
hangers. At the present time we
are forced to lay our uniforms
down. We would appreciate any
you can find and send to us.
PRIVATE HAROLD s. WALKER.
APO. No. IS, Fit. Lewis.
Maybe some reader would like
to make this one of their projects
and help the boys out. We sug-
gest they get in touch directly
with Private Walker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
. Before Pearl Harbor

In the last issue of The New York
Times magazine, Arthur Krock tells from
sources of unquestioned authority the in
side story of the conversations of Secre-
tary Hull last fall with Japanese Ambas-
sador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu.
Reading the article leads to the conclu-
sions which follow.
When Kurusu left Japan for the United
States a little more than year ago,
Japanese military authorities were as
sembling the expedition which was to
attack Pearl Harbor.
Observers believe that Kurusu knew of
this plan and that Nomura, who, as Mr..
Krock says, seemed to Washington to
have lived always by the code of an officer
and gentleman" possibly did not.
However that may be, it is undoubtedly
true that the Japanese knew that the
United States could not yield on the point
to which their militarists had already
committed them-the conquest of China;
and that We could not accept as a condition
of peace their demand that we assist in
this conquest by providing them with oil
and other materials necessary to war.
They were playing for time with which
to perfect their plans for the Pearl Harbor
attack. Mr.. Hull suspected this before
the conversations were over. Yet he
fought as good diplomatic fight as any
American ever did. Eleven days before
Pearl Harbor he submitted an outline for
peace in the Pacific which will stand for
ever as a testimonial to American sincerity.
1t was this offer that Tokyo rejected.
in q message presented by Nomura and
Kurusu exactly one hour after Pearl
Harbor had been attacked. Mr.. Hulrs
reply. which Mr.. Krock reprints. will also
be long remembered. 1t was fitting pre-
liminary to Midway, the Coral Sea, the
battles in and around the Solomon Islands,
and other battles yet to come. Mr. Hull,
speaking for America, was very patient.
Patience is no longer virtue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
The Tacoma Times Editorial and Feature Pages
. Our Opinion s---
. Looking Ahead

Citizens Of three states-1owa. Oregon
and West Virginia-voted overwhelming
" in the elections of Nov. to amend
their constitutions to require that all
special highway taxes be spent for high
way purposes This increases to fourteen
the number of states having constitutional
requirements that all special highway
taxes be dedicated to highway purposes.
Proponents of three good roads amend
ments in last Tuesdays elections declared
that because of reduced highway revenues
resulting from wartime restrictions on
motor vehicle use il is more important
than ever to protect highway funds against
diversion to non-highway purposes to
insure:
l. Maintenance of existing roads to
save tires and equipment.
2. Building and undermining highways
for strategic military purposes.
3. Modernization and improvement of
highways after the war.
Kansas and Missouri in 1928 were the
first states to safeguard highway funds by
amendments to their constitutions. Prior
to this months elections similar action
also had been taken in California, Colorado.
Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Dakota and South
Dakota.
Though the expenditure of special
funds exclusively for highway purposes is
not a mandate Of the Washington state
constitution, that is a policy meticulously
observed by the authorities. At the meet
ing of the Washington State Good Roads
association a few weeks ago, preservation
of highway funds was one of the para
mount issues. The association voted
unanimously in support of that issue. A
strong committee will attend the 1943
session of the legislature to see that no
effort is made to use the highway fund
except for the three purposes mentioned
above.
The object is to retain all not needed
highway funds as a backlog for con-
struction after the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
eTEST QUESTIONS

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to page Z
for the answers.
1. Ethiopia Is now q member of
the United Nations; true or false {?
2. Which large labor union re-
Gently withdrew from the C. 1. o. {?
3. Name the radio news common
tator who ends a weekly broad
cast with the phrase so much for
the news Of the week"
4. Who is the youngest state
governor in the United States?
S. What island has been called
the Pearl Of the Antilles ?"
8. What profession was followed
by both Millais and Millet7
Z. Who wrote The Master Of
Bsllantrae
s. An Elizabethan navigator in
troduced tobacco and potatoes
into England; name him.
9. Which two presidents died on
the same day?
10. In which government depart
ment is the general land officel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

culture committee of the senate:
ct don't intend to be influenced
by anybody. any time or any
where"
3. Fighting French in London
recently reported that Pierre Laval
had bestowed citizenship on 500
Gestapo members. Why?
Answers on Page
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

Science lecturer, emphasizing the prin-
ciple that great changes come slowly. COM
mented that the designers of the first
motor cars put whip socket on the dash
board. Yes, and few years later the
whipsocket was necessity, for how else
could the motorist have carried the whip he
needed when he became stalled and had to
hire team TO pull him out?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

W hite. w b a I
country?
2. Who recent
ly startled WASH
ington by growl-
ing at the agri-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
. Mr.. Fixii

Mr.. Fixit: VIII you give the ad-
dress of Mr.. Anthony that talks
on the Sunday night program.
l. A. X.
Write directly to the station that
releases the program and ask them
to forward your letter.
Mr.. Fixlt: VIII you tell me how
to care for q fur coat. What does
one do In summer when the coat
can't be put In storage: How can
one store them at home so that
they win be safe? A. r.
If the coat is expensive enough
1t deserves the attention of a good
furrier. He can also advise you on
how to care for the coat. Mr..
Fixit's friends that do have fur
coats suggest that the coat be
brushed often. Do not keep it in
warm rooms. II you drive and
wear the coat be sure that it
doesn't pun tight in order to avoid
friction wear.
Mr.. Fxit: I was wondering II
IL would be giving any military
information IL you could tell me
how much grease, IL any, is being
saved by the p. KS and company
messes toward the making Of gly-
cerine. READER.
Such information is not avail
able. but we have been told that
the various camps have been told
to save all excess fats.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you tell me
which Tacoma store sells ear
phones like they used to use with
small radios . few years back. 1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
. WAR QUIZ

1. This flag flies over the small
est republic in the western henri
sphere. Bottom and top bands are
blue, middle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
NJ RAYMOND o-APPER

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taken infinite pains IN prepare
ton.
Valuable ~ North Africa IL for
the bases and the shorter shipping
routes this Mediterranean area
provides, the completion OF TINS
campaign does not win the war.
It only gives " bases And not
bases for the final attack on Ger
many. Only bases for NE soften
ing up Of the sunny side Of axis
Europe. After We are N Italy,
Hitler u stili there behind me
Alpa Thsre remains . Job to be
done from the north
For the present It y furthest
developed in the air. Our air at
tack over Europe win have to be
steadily expanded
:. -,
to have the war production board
finally approve . few days ago
the setting aside Of $4,000 tons
Il steel to build . 11-inch pipe
line from Norris City, H.. to Cam
den. n. J. That line WIN connect
with one which u almost COM
pletsd, running from Texas to
that Illinois point.
Ths purpose Of that line II no'
Just 10 provide gasoline 20 people
can drive cars around the coun-
try On wsek-snds to use up their
tirsa We are not setting aside
precious steel for pisasurs-car
driving.
whsn ws put that much steel
into something It Il put In Tor =
more urgent purpose. The purpose
must undoubtedly b to save
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Lee 1T r,l.s oseI 49,, ~
- 1870. sor ssen time up. Last
Nay British airmsn were talking
about 1.0oo-piane RAIDS over Eu-
rope. These have not been ne
qusnt Al they become more frs-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
> SO HEY SAY

Ths army q made up Of . lot
q young officers. and they're 60
Ing to win the war for u They
ars oomink oof of ofrcer csndi-
date schools In growing. numbers
ana It's up to fieid officers to give
them experiences Ind make than
daliver. -Nai.-G Gen Jacob L Dew
ors, armored force chief on desert
nnneuverA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

Smiths garage, doing minor jobs.
When he was IL, Mr.. Smith put
him on the payroll at full salary.
Now, at the ripe old age of IL.
his words and advice on auto re-
pairs are needed. Many customers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13
BY John Xix

demand that 75-pound Tony work
on their cars, and he has become
a tourist attraction With his
salary he is buying war bonds,
and hopes someday to become a
priest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-13

Mr.. Ffxit: Could you tell me
which Tacoma store sells ear
phones like they used to use with
small radios . few years back. 1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

WHATS holding up the Won GLENN trial?
w He's the big gem broker arrested months
ago and allegedy linked with the Nazi agents
here . Margot Stevenson. the actress and
Robert Russell aren't helping the local air
conditioning It's boy al the Sidney Harmons.
He auth'd The Talk of the Town flicker
Roy Porter, the APPS cable man. has joined the
Blue Network as a commentator Betty De
Witt of the Copacabana show Saratoga married
i'm New Orleans recently -. Coasters say that
the Jimmy Ritz's Ritz trereS) are seeing law
yer, instead Of an aenlst.
7 ET-TER from Barney Baruch: In your column
II you said Barney Baruch tells chums it will
sst % years wba nave aI never put rd oynr e apan
is that think this country ought to adjust it.
self for war not for days, months or years but
for decades To prepare so we can go on and
on until we win" -. A feud backstage of
melodrama is sure to break the front pages. An
alienation matter -. Pals are shaking their
heads over the decision by the John Skeletons
tKatheFine Graysonl.- Their third breakup
The passing OF publisher NJ Annenberg meant
the phone firms loss OF its 9Th biggest customer
former staifer al The Santa Domingo
consulate put sinner the boss of II The
networks are knocking themselves out looking
for good comics.
EAY FEARS. show girl, has been married,
IN chums insist. for over fortnight 10 Jack
Pepper, editor Of "Chevron" . Michele Nor
gan has switched TO Edmund O Brien .. The
Eleanor Poweu-Genn Ford romance isn't d
Stuulo press gag, lheN nave you DcHeNe e
Jane RuSsels mother IS complaining over the
seXy publicity and may yank Jane out of-HoWard-
Hughes film bargain unless! -. The DR.. Thomas
Kings Marjorie Lawrence) are heartbroken
over the loss OF their baby. Marjorie is al the
Hardness Pavilion seriously III =. Douglas Leigh
has worked out animated daytime display
to replace the electric lights wasted by the
dimout -. Losing mint.
CURT RIESS new book High Stakes, is an
" exciting expose Of the lowdoWn espionage
over here II is in novel form, but YOU can easily
recognize Manfred Zapp the Naz agent, his mad
cap girl friend. and John Faraday is John
Edgar Hoover Blossom Chan, described as
Mrs Tim Gayle divorced him and has remarked
another lad Nancy Carroll appears in the
a-SoldIer cast OF MIR and Mrs North" al Fort
Hancock For The first time Tiffanys and
other top-fight Fifth Avenue stores have price
tags in their window displays To Offset lack
Of big-con sales
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

IN MANHATTAN was recently held guessing
contest for men which consisted OF trying to
tell by gazing at the limbs Of stocking models
the difference between silk rayon and nylon. The
prize for those able TO tell the aforementioned
difference was a dozen pair Of silk stockings
for their wives or sweetheartS.
So il your husband doesn't know the diff
ference between silk rayon and nyon you better
teach him Perhaps there viii be similar con-
test soon IN your vicinity.
The originator OF the oyster cocktail was not
Al Levy Of Los Angeles AS has been claimed but
Mike Monaghan OF San Francisco.
7 ULU COSTANTINO. Featherweght boxer.
taking mems names such as Pat Jackie, Leslie,
etc. and now here's a boxer calling himself
Lulu. lie certainly is no help TO my campaign.
In addition to being good fighter, Costantino
Is the champion pie la mode eater OF the United
States. He has a record OF eating 3S pieces Of
PIE a la mode in one day.
Margie Hart. Titan haired dsnseuse Once
known as the poor mans Carlo Her real name
is Margaret Hart. She says when she changed
her first name to Margie it doubled her earning
power.
7 OS ANGELES subscriber says he IS passing
II 81, has all his teeth and never had a tooth
ache in MS life.
On the spot on Sixth Avenue Manhattan
where the world famous Jacks restaurant was
IS now bar called the Pink Elephant.
Abide With Me" was the favorite hymn OF
Maury Paul.
In Boston now there is young man named
Nathan Hale. In Pittsburgh there is one named
Christopher Columbus. I know fellow named
William Shakespeare who has a friend named
Rip Van Wrinkle.
II is illegal 10 dun a man by postcard and you
can be arrested for so dong So If you want
Ia collect debt by mail be certain 10 do so by
letter IN an envelope.
Pittsburgh has been claiming 10 be the home
Of Americas only croSs-eyed cat. But Detroit
has a croSS-eyed cat which Is mother Of three
croSs-eyed cats. And A Brooklyn subscriber
named ANGELA says she has a cross-eyed cat
named Dumbo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

WILLIAM sAROYANS interviews in the
w papers contradict themselves .. He insists
that If he is drafted (he's l-A) he will 90 in
private and spurn commission =. In the
same breath he says he will seek deferment
John Gellatly. the Pittsburgh steel man, and
Gloria Bowman middle-alsle il al the New
Rochelle Church this wk Ted Lundburg, IN
the Federal Detention Pen charged with IL
legally wearing army uniform, not only pro-
posed 10 Stor< Club hatcheckcr fShe saysl, but
promoted an army officer who has been in the
army for II years, 1t Jimmy Stewart and
Kay Aldridge the actress-model have ignited.
WILLIAM GERALD BISHOP, arrested by
W G-men and ordered nerned for the duration.
has obtained a writ of habeaS corpus IN effort
10 get ais release from Ellis Island -. Bishop
was head OF the Brooklyn Frontiers Hans
Kaufman brother-n-law OF Walter kappe
who the tBI says is q saboteur) was sentenced
IN May 10 three years in prison VIA draft vo-
latons Omen knew two years ago that
Kaufman tried 10 enlist in the German army
via the German consulate in Chicago . The
President and the Senate and every ono in the
House. except Cong Tabor Of y. Y. recon-
mended medal for John Edgar Hoover -.
Tabors lone dissent means he won't get u . -.
60 what? $50. The finest decoration for the
FBI director is any Bund story confirming that
he was right all along
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

Water and Milk Warnings
Given Vacationists

Beware Of a long cooling drink
from some sparkling spring you
pass on your vacation trip And
beware, TOO, Of a nostalgia drink
of milk. fresh from the COW
This warning was issued by
Health Commissioner Bruce II.
Douglas today, who pointed out
that both the sparkling. but I'M
treated spring waters. and the ur-
pasteurized milk may contain
typhoid fever germs.
Doctor Douglas also warned
against these possible sources OF
typhoid ice cream not manufac-
tured according 10 regulations,
raw vegetables. fruits and berries
which have not been thoroughly
washed. and swimming places
whose waters arc polluted by sew
age outlets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

ing American" there are more Indians here now
than IN 1892 a. p. when Columbus arrived
Every third resident Of Hawaii rs Of Japanese
origin. l certainly wish they would get all the
JapS out OF the Hawaiian Islands / have heard
men high up in naval and military circles express
the same wish
That houSekeepcr named Susie isn't tho only
Californian 10 do her housekeeping IN two hours.
a San Franciscan states She does her homework
in the same time: and that she has three chill
dTen. 2 and years old, respectively Perhaps
this subscriber and Susie should collaborate on
a book housekeeping. efficiency and help the
plodderS among the home managers along bit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

anticipating Jolson
is entertaining troops
in the Caribbean =.
Ann Corio is rumored
planning TO get her
division in Conn =.
Lima Basquette's former
groo m, actor Henry
MolliSon. is reported
killed in action in Libya
VIC Mature says
he will devote his days
off from the Coast
Guard 10 slug coasters
who have written
teasers about his en-
liStment Walter
kappe. one Of the three
sabotCurS tfor whom
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

Is TO calling the
"A Indian the Vanish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

1t. Frederick Hayes will come
here from Washington Monday TO
interview Detroit power boat op-
orators with a view TO awarding
them commissions In the Army
Engineering Amphibian Command.
which is now seeking officers. Men
under 40 with experience as opera
tors or builders Of power boats are
sought and will be trained at Cape
Cod.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29
Man About New York

CARLOS latest Romeo is Russian It's
VI a boy for the Joe Gordons OF the ~ Y.
Yankees. AT Fitch Santarium =. The Ward
Morehousss laetress Joan MafloMel are in.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

So she takes what she
can get in the way OF
a mate and does her
best TO make a good
husband out Of him and
sometimes fails.
"Of course" says the
young matron, "if men
had some intuition II
they were not so dumb:
II they instinctively
knew the right woman
for them when they
IN ct er, everything
would be simpler and
we would have more
HAPPY marriages"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-29

She cdunot love
Nor take no SHAPE,
Nor project Of affection
She is go sslt-endedred.
Shakespeare.
(All the records indicate that 10 marry
woman who is excessively Conceited is dynamite
Smart young fellows seek girls who have the
habit of thinking about other people A good
nurse usually makes good WIFE Because her
thoughts are more other people than her
seh-EVDJ
IF FEMININE intuition is infallibIc as claimed
Il why is il many women choose the wrong
men for husbands? Such was the query adj
vanced here. young matron Of Manhattan
says feminine intuition is all right. The average
woman knows inStinctively when she meets
man If he would be good mate for her. But
she can't always get that man for a husband.