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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
HOW MAY WE
KNOW RIGHT

Editor The Times: Mr.. Eriek-
sons letter Of Jan. Is. brings
up some points that certainly
require further consideration.
First there is the question,
How does one know that his
own views are right >" Erickson
answers that by q shrug and
throwing up his hands. Recall
ing past statements Of his views.
it seems that he should give a
better answer than that.
We claim 10 be a civilized. ed
ucated and intelligent people,
but, If We have not yet arrived
at any basic concept Of the de-
termining Of right, I doubt If
that claim can be justified. II
there Is, in fact, no criterion
other than each individuals own
opinion as a basis-we are, in
deed, in a bad way.
In past statements, Mr..
Erickson has appealed TO the i'm
mutsble laws OF economics, that
is 70 say. the inviolsble laws Of
nature and lss our forefsthers
puts it, "of natures God" If
then the immutsble laws Of
nature are inexortable and IN
ehangeable. they must be night;
and therefore, any opinion, no
matter By whom held. II il be IN
hsrmony-in accord with those
laws, must II not Of necessity
be right Even though the
great ma jority do not hold that
opinion, land they sometimes 60
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn 10 the
woman's page for the answers.
1. All four OF President Roose-
velt's sons are in the armed
services of the United States;
true or false?
2. In what game Is the term
stalemate chiefly used?
3. Name the largest planet Of
the solar system7
4. In which state are the Ever
gisdes.
5. John Pierpont Morgan.
Sr., the fiansncier. was born in
England. France or the United
States.
6. Snakes are not shiny; true
or false?
Z. The shamrock 10 the en-
blem Of which country.
8. In which great books OF re-
ligious teaching are Cog and
Asgog" mentioned
2. Who was monarch of Great
Britain at the beginning Of the
10th century,
10. Letters which cannot be
delivered or returned 20 the
writer are sent TO which office I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
DEPDORES LACK OF
INTEREST IN STUDY.

Editor, The Times: II is amaz-
ing now with the world in such
a turmoil that each one leaves
the problem to the other fellow.
/ am thinking now of our inter-
national relations class In night
school. Here we live in the world
and We are each one an integral
part of 1t with each his share of
the responsibility for its well
being or sane conduct of its
affairs. Still the class has to
be disbanded for lack of in
terest.
We are now four women in it
and the teacher the only member
of the stronger sex. Where are
the men of the city of Tacoma?
Are they not interested in the
inner workings of the diplomatic
affairs of the world? Do they
all like the easy chair too well
to get away from il two night a
week.
You say. you listen to the
radio. You can't fire questions
at a radio nor does il trace the
causes for this or that happen
ing down through the maze of
history. We have a very good
professor, whose very ambition
it is to share his life time of
accumulated knowledge with
anyone who would take the
trouble TO enroll at Lincoln high
night school.
Come on men and women too,
for now you have suffrage. Get
posted on world conditions.
Thinkers are needed at this time
in the world as never before.
This war has come through
ignorance with all its attendant
evils. Use forethought and save
our country and civilization,
ELLA STRAND.
1015 Ea. Morton St,
Tacoma, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 81


Conflicting planetary aspects
rule today. Constructive work
In factories should be greatly
stimulated. There is an III omen
for ships at sea.
Heart and Home: Housekeep-
ers with foresight should buy TO
the limit of their purses cloth
Ing. furniture. linens and what
ever belongs TO the necessities
belonging TO comfortable living.
Stars indicate rise in prices and
scarcity In merchandise next
year Conservation of foods
should become a first concern.
storerooms are now Of great
value to families. Shortage of
string and paper will become
apparent before the end of the
winter.
Business Affairs: There is an
aspect which presages lower
tax intake than was estimated
by government experts. Money
viii be chief problem in WASH
ington. Jupiter is in a place
that indicates constructive leg
islation and sweeping reforms.
There Is a sign encouraging
speculation. This month Febru-
AIRY and March will bring sudden
profits to few. Tomorrow and
next day are fortunate dates.
National Issues: The war issue
most prominent will be the
struggle of humanity to over
come the brutal Taurian forces
represented by the Axis powers.
There is general unification
of sentiment regarding war and
a corresponding emphasis upon
true patriotism. Avoidance of
harsh judgment or criticism il
enjoined by sstrology. The
American spirit now will flame
into determined purposes and a
rising tide Of public sentiment
win sweep away any objections
to our war policies.
International Affairs: II has
been frequently declared that a
defensive plan of campaign never
has won a war. The stars indi-
cate that Britain must conserve
all her power for intensive eff
fort in the springtime when il
is prognostigsted that the u. s.
will join the Allies in about
plan of conflict.
Persons whose hirthdate IL Is
have the augury Of mutations of
fortunes during the coming year.
Changes and litigations should
be avoided.
Children born on this day will
be fearless. fond Of intrigue. far
seeing and enterprising. They
may have eventful careers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
Stories in
Stamps
Conquered Greece Loses
Treasures to Nozis

A TEMATIc lootins Of
- Greece by the German army
IS the latest story to reach Amer
lea concerning the sad plight Of
the valiant Greeks who battled
axis forces earlier this year.
The stamp above, bearing a pic-
ture Of King George II, was is
sued in 1887. The king and q
small party Of retainers fed the
country shortly after Nazi nara
chute troops descended on Athens
According TO observers ana
newspspermen returning from the
occupied country, the Germans
have methodically taken over
business, food and housing
Technically the German.
bought what they took. but thew
purchased all goods at a mer.
traction Of their real worth. They
Is u e d ~Reichskreditkassen-
marks, purported TO be worth the
market price Of the merchandise
confscated.
The Greeks soon discovered that
the credit paper was in reality
only foruaof printing press in
hsuon calculated to disrupt the
nations economy and 70 obtain
oeeosd materialS-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
When Will Il End?

Well, what difference does ii make?
Wearisome the discussions tiresome the learned
calculations when viii victory Gomez" VIII it be six
months? A year? Two years three years or five?
We do not know. Nobody knows. Not the wiseacre
who talks knowingly of 20 years-40 years. Not the
optimst growing fewer daily who the axis break
ing in six months. Nobody
1t will end when the enemy has been beaten thoroughly
and conclusivey beaten The sooner that is DONE the
it ends Whether that be six months 60 years.
we do not know. But the United States will be in at the
end and the winning side.
That is al need to know about when will it end ?'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
HIILMAN sTYMIED
UNDER NEW SETUP

OPM-er Sidney Hillmsn's sta
bilization agreement turning
over all defense construction TO
the AFL has been scrapped by
the reorganized federal works
administration. Its new boss.
hard-boiled Phil Fleming. will
not tolerate interference by
union propsgandists. This is
another sign that the head Of
the garment workers orgsnizs-
ton. like Colleague William S.
Knudsen. is gradually losing
prestige At the capital.
A Hillman agreement q while
back prevented the use of pre-
fabricated material in building
homes for workers in the Detroit
area. Although the contractor.
p. J. currier & Company. Of
fered 10 erect houses for $780,
600 less than his closest COM
petitor. he was barred because
he planned to employ clio
trsdesmen. Now FWA has en-
barked on a program for the
construction Of s15S. 0oo. 900
worth of 'prefab" dwellings.
Living space for defense en-
ployes Is needed IN q great
hurry. FwA cannot permit
fsvoritism toward any particular
group Of unionistE TO impede
progress nor can 1t afford 10 let
Hillman's prejudice against John
L. Lewis stand in the way.
So federal works has notified
the industry that it will accept
bids from any firm. regardless
OF whether Il employs ALL or
CIO builders. In short. labor
politics and personalities have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21


Every available plane has been
rushed to Singapore, the Malay
peninsula and the Netherlands
East Indies as a result of APP
peals from the defenders in that
vicinity. Here Ii the story as
pieced out from fragmentary
revelations: The United States
has turned out at least 5000 air
craft since the tragedy of Pearl
Harbor. majority Of which
have been rushed to the scene Of
the PACIFIC battle.
Gen. Wavell has transferred at
least 500 of Britain's best ma
chimes from North Africa and
the Near East. The Dutch had
500 planes. mostly of u. S.
make. but they withheld most of
them from active combat until
assured that Tins country and
England would replenish losses.
Now Queen Wilhelmins's men
are throwing bombers and subs
into battle with reckless aban-
don.
The next month will see an
other batch OF about 1000 U. S.
sky-fighters dispatched to this
front. provided events elsewhere
do not interfere with the pres
ent program. II the forces de-
Tending Singapore and the
Dutch East Indies can hold on
until then. the United States
may be able TO set the Japs
back on their heels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
Village SmithY Without Chestnut Tree
Mr.. Ickes Now Having His Day
And Auto Owners Get the Horse Laugh
War Also Hitting American Teapot

fChestnut Tree

woman gazing disconsolately al
an automobile without tires
lacked up in the garage while
a neighbor-one OF those chaps
who is the life Of every party
laughs and advises them to get
a horse.
The other shows Old Dobbin
having a good laugh 1T a pedes-
TRAN plodding along the high
way and just passing a sign
which says soft shoulders
keep on the concrete" And on
the hillside above the pasture Is
a big sign which reads:
NO more new tires-No more
new passenger cars. BY order
OPM Priorities Division"
And that isn't all. While we're
at it we might as well make the
picture as gloomy as possible
and say that the Priorities Divi-
sion has told the dude rancheros
that they may not able to
get any more steel for horse
shoes. That will be tough on
some drug store cowboys.
II the foregoing doesn't make
you unhappy, read this:
Regular stocks of tea in the
United States are gradually NOV
ing toward the vanishing point.
The usual sources of supply have
been cut off and Ii looks as II
we will have to depend on South
America for our tea. Argentine,
Brazil and Paraguay produce q
limited quantity of fair quality
tea. II was discovered by the
Spanish conquerors who found
II being brewed by the natives.
The Spaniards tried II and liked
II very much.
This tea, called mate. or yerba
mate pronounced mah-tay), is
brewed from leaves that grow
on trees. 1t is greenish in color
and has a flavor somewhat like
the tea from the Far East. 1t is
pleasant to the taste and pro-
duces exhilaration. 1t is i'm
proved by aging. Brazil has de-
veloped double toasting" pro-
cess which gives the tea an am
Der color, and which. it is hoped,
will appeal more to foreigners.
Market for South American
tea in the United States has
been limited, partly because we
like our own brands and partly
because of the good neighbor"
tariff which we impose on South
American products. Now that it
looks as if we are going to be
short, we have cut the tariff in
half and a little of the South
American tea is coming to the
United States.
Two years ago we imported a
little over a hundred thousand
pounds of tea from South Amer
lea. Forty years ago a single
sailing ship would bring three
times that much in single
cargo from the Orient to Taco
ma and there were a number of
such cargoes every season. Ia
coma was then known as the
tea port of the Pacific coast.
But we lost our tea like we lost
the wheat trade.
When somebody's submarines
torpedo steamships almost with
in sight Of Long Island and no.
. body knows how close other sub
marines are TO Puget Sound, IL
isn't good bet to say it can't
happen. 1t isn't too soon TO be-
gin TO give a little more careful
scrutiny to what goes in the gar
bage can.
This Is another contribution
10 civilian defense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
OFFERS WARNING.

Editor. The Times: After a
record year Of production Of
necessities OF American life,
bumper crops and a cessation Of
labor trouble. prices stin con-
tinue 10 soar. America can, by
a vast prepondersnoe Of planes,
tanks, guns and ships. including
the clear-eyed courageous lads
TO man them. lay the war on the
Eastern doorstep. Or. she can
create %. 900 new American war
millionsires and say "Remem-
Der Tacoma, Seattle, San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles" Which
SAM II. DOUGLAS.
e02 \ So. Yakima ave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21

IT may not be under a spread
L ing chestnut tree-more Ike
" IL win be in q corner OF a
garage or a roadside service
station-but a return Of the vii
lage blacksmith is not some
thing that can't happen.
There was. il will be recalled,
a lot Of guffawing year or so
ago when certain Mr.. Ickes
warned US that We might have TO
cut down on the use Of private
automobiles and get along with
fewer week end pleasure trips.
The army. said Mr.. Iekes, is
going to need lot of motor car
fuel. and If we can't get delivery
fast enough the army will have
to come first.
At the same time there WAS
hint that the way the war on
the Pacific was goi g the United
States supply of rubber might
he reduced to a point where IL
might he difficult to obtain
tires for private automobiles.
More guffswing and throwing
brickbats at Mr.. Ickes.
Had the scoffers paid atten-
ton to the news concerning
motor equipment required by
the army. or taken the trouble
to figure the gasoline and tires
required for the thousands of
motor cars. trucks and trailers
at such centers as Fort Lewis,
for instance, it would not have
been difficult to visualize what
might happen to a fixed gaso-
line production and a declining
supply of rubber.
But we free Americans don't
do things that way. We just
go ahead and do what we feel
like doing, not for any particu-
lar reason except that every
body else is doing it, and be-
cause so many OF US like to show
our disregard for anything that
interferes with our pleasure.
So. we went merrily on our
way, and now not only are tires
taken off the market but we
cant buy a car and even II we
could. gasoline rationing Is on
the way. II was just one Of
those things that couldn't hap
pen. and like all those things 1t
does happen sooner or later.
1t doesn't require much
stretching of the imagination TO
see what is coming next. Al
ready there is a boom in the
horse market but it isn't going
to help civilians much for the
time being because the army is
taking all the horses the same
as it is gasoline and rubber.
Another couple of years, per-
haps, and there may be a few
horses for civilians, but only a
few. Breeding horses isn't like
starting factory and turning
things out on an assembly line.
It takes three to four years to
grow a horse. And while the
horse crop is coming on the
farmers may be getting less and
less gasoline for tractors and
such, and that will reduce the
number of horses available for
other than farm use. In the
meantime the army may be
wanting more and more horses.
What is going TO happen as
this long war continues is sug-
gested in a couple of newspaper
cartoons. One shows a man and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
TrfTT An Inside Picture OF Finon-
Ll00 ! ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-The allies decision TO set up uni
fled command in the Far East give them aerial
superiority the Japs in that vital While fore
casts that they will gain it within few days may be
excessively optimistic the WavelBretHart combination
may enough renfoements to staemate Tokyos
attac in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
ROOSEVELT HEADS
ONE-MAN SHOW

The inside story of the selec-
ton of Donald NJ. Nelson as war
production boss demonstrates
graphically that Presi d e n I
Roosevelt is running the war as
a one-man show. He gave need
less pain to some of his strong
est supporters by his secretive-
ness.
Wendell Willkie, who has been
pleading for Capitalization OF
authority in his public speeches.
visited the White House Just
before noon. He and F. d. r.
discussed the war. but there was
no mention of an OPM shakeup.
The former COP leader then
gave to the newspapermen ad-
vance copies of the address he
was scheduled to deliver the
same evening before the United
States conference of mayors. II
embodied another demand that
the chief executive vest full con-
troll in one individual instead Of
in OPM and SPAB.
Wendell meant il TO be his
major effort. as he explained to
officials of the conference. He
had asked for extra time SO that
he could place the administra-
ton on a spot. Meanwhile, the
White House got a peek at the
wording and only 80 minutes be-
fore the dinner began, the Mel
son appointment was given TO
the press. The erstwhile Repub-
lican standsrd-bearer learned of
1t by accident but in sufficient
time TO refurbish his Grafton.
Otherwise. he would have looked
and sounded foolish.
The president took nobody
into his confidence. The Nelson
appointment was likewise a sur
prise to Wilkes host. Mayor
La Guardis. II was entirely un-
expected by the Sears RoebucK
mans associates in OPM. The
incident Is chiefly significant be-
cause it reveals that F. ID. X.
is asking advice Of nobody.
ICkES COLLECTS
Six members Of the Roosevelt
cabinet campaigned for the
chief" in the 1910 presidential
battle. The exceptions were Sec
retaries Hull. Morgenthau. Knox
and Stimson. AL the others
took 70 the stump.
But the only cabinet pohico
who submitted a bill to the
Democratic national committee
for his expenses on the road was
Harold D. Ickes. who Is perhaps
the wealthiest member Of the
troupe. The committees latest
report 10 the clerk OF the house
reveals that II reimbursed the
secretary Of the interior to the
amount Of Ss07.5s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
ICkEs COLLECTS

Your postmaster can tell YOU
how to invest In L. s. Defense
BondA
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per coins into Seattle. 1899, mer-
chants opposed the idea of put
ting pennies into circulation.
However. when the newspaper
cut its price $4,000 one-cent
pieces were imported.
TOMORROW: The Half Ship!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21

four-speed gear. to get maxi
mum power over her cross
country run, up hill and down
dale.
PENNIES FOR SEATTLE
Before the introduction of cop
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21

Buy L. S. Bonds and ssysl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21

become rather unimportant
since the Pearl Harbor, Wake
and Guam disasters. The SOL
diers who died there did not
belong to a union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-21
LADY CYCLIsT

LADY OHCLIST
Miss Marguerite Wilson, 20.
holds Is bicycle road records, in
GLIDING rs. so and 100 miles, as
well as thousand-mile records
On her recent record 50-mile run
she used bike equipped with a
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To receive attention IN thss col
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer Only fnitiala
vii Be published when requested
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Give Up Social Life

The weekly hearings are only n
part Of the board members work
"Our board has 30 To 80 new
registrations week Ia pass on"
NaNrand sand and many new
ones mp for Reconsideration
Then. too, we are called upon at
all hours of the day 10 rule ON
special cases"
With tins demand for their
services. men Do sclectto Service
have little time for social life OF
recreation MaNran5 has g.vcr
up bowling for tho duration, also
pnochle ono of his hobbies.
The sclcctIvc service worker,
receive threats through the mai
and over The phone They come
from persons who figure a rcla.
LAc. a friend or dcucndcnt has
been Disseminated against. Some
threaten report, 20 Tho FBT But
board members have learned Il
take these threats I'm stride.
It's just part Of their job.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
French Leader
Warns America
Of Ddr|dn Deal
DeGaulIist Admiral
Says BE Careful
OF the Consequences

WASHINGTON Dec - GNS)
A philosophical Fighting French
admiral who is on route 10 London
from the Pacific today sought 10
leave with the American people a
clear. diSpaSSionate picture of how
he thinks France is reactlng 70
Americas deal with Admiral Jean
Darlan in North Africa
Admiral Georges Thicrry OAR.
genlieu, commander Of the Fight.
ing French forces in the Pacific
said he did not think his chief
Gen. Charles de Gaulle. wished &c
Impede the American military OPP
CREATIONS in North Africa by de.
immediate action against
.Darlan.
I'VE know what II il To fight
n war" the admiral said I'VE
also realize how important the
military operations In North
Africa are at the present time.
we. merely want 10 say, as
one friend To another. BE care
full Of the consequences of the
deal with Darlan.
I'VE are concerned about the
reaction among the people Of
France. The French people are
emotional and sensitive. They
are going through tragic situa-
ton"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Help Kidneys Remove Acids

Nature provides the Kidneys 20 clean and
purify YOUR blood and 90 remove excess Acids.
The EIGle's contain about rluo million tiny
tubes ar Nifrfs through which the heart
pumps blood about 200 times on hour night
and dav. so KS ca.v 20 see tnat th"v may
gC' tired and slow down when overloaded.
Fourteen wears aro pr7Ctcirg phy7i-
available t1 tHC public through drug stores,
UoE rT 70 rr-y and Inexpensive TO help thou
sands suffering from uou-CrranIc and nom
srafCur kidney and Bladder troubles IN
these t.i,r simple vavc Help ftH Eidrevs
remove rNrr.s acids which NAV become poi
soH -g and irritating .. TO pal,latc burning
and sl-Er-lur ~ tlr urinary passages. and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Draft Boards Work Hard
At No Pay, Less Glory

The draft is tho American way
and therefore the right way
That thought StocIS members OF
the SolcctIvo service boards here
as they perform one of the war ,
toughest Jobs supplying through
the drait lhe mannoMeE- lnL-Lnclp
sam $ army
Wayne County has So boards
with a combined membership OF
approximately $50 workers They
are just PLAN everyday citizens
Not only is the work of the
board members difficult and the
hours long hHt there ), no pay
and even Jess glory
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Trouble in Only One

at seems peculiar To me that
although the agreement covers
all seven of our Detroit plants
We have had trouble only in
one" added DouJNl
There j. nothing we can put
orr finger on. The union leader
ship appears sincere ia wanting
the men 10 stay at work. "
the same time, our plant might
Just ~ well not having been op-
Grating the last few days. We
have obtained little or no pro-
duCtiou.'
DouJyl said Saturday afto
.hc morning shift bad walked our
that The plant would bc open uun
midnight Saturday