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The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Mail Early, Write Plainly,
Post Office Officials Warn

Post office officials are again
warning everyone to send their
Christmas mail early.
They urge special delivery post
age for belated Christmas cards and
parcels. There will be no regular
mail delivery on Christmas day, but
perishable matter (if properly
marked) and special delivery let
ters and parcels will be handled as
usual.
Here's another post office depart
ment tip: address envelopes plainly,
with a return address on the back,
and with first class postage. Third
class mail is never forwarded to an
addressee, nor is it returned to the
sender if wrongly addressed, but i,
Is automatically destroyed.
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Romans Gave Presents

The custom of giving presents was
a feature of the Romans during their
winter festival, the Saturnalia. The
early Christians gave presents to
their children on Christmas morn
ing, under the pretense that they
were the gift of the Christ Child.
There is no country in the civilized
world that has not in some form OF
another the custom of giving pres
ents, either at Christmas or around
the Christmas season, and this age.
old custom can be traced to the
dawn Of history.
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or the mechanism of the eye. The
amber light, designed to pierce haze,
is especially useful to fliers seeking
to pick out military objectives. The
green lens is polarized and is valu-
able to aerial observers when going
into bright sunlight or the beam OF
a searchlight.
The light red lens is used as a
''dark adapter." By donning it a
soldiers eyes become Immediately
adjusted when he goes from a light
to dark area. Normally it takes
20 minutes for such adjustment.
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Christmas really begins in those
secret moments when you shut your
self away from your family and,
surrounded with rolls of gay wrap.
ping paper and yards of ribbon, be-
gin wrapping Christmas gifts. II
you have never thought of putting
artistry into producing outsides foI
your presents then you've missed
lust loads of fun.
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WASHINGTON. = Goggles with
five sets of interchangeable lenses,
which provide protection against
dust and glare, now are being used
by army aviators, antiaircraft gun
crews, tank drivers, tank operators
and soldiers of other details where
clear vision day or night is essen
tial, the war department announces.
Designed by the quartermaster
corps, services of supply, the gog-
gleH are close fitting and the soldier
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can insert the type of lenses he needs
in few seconds. The lenses pro-
vided are clear, green, amber, light
red and dark red. The frames are
of reclaimed rubber and an artifi-
cial rubber of long-wearing quail
ties. They fit close to the face and
are so flexible they can be carried
in the pocket without danger of
breakage.
The clear lens is for protection
only and does not affect the vision
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wish you Merry Christmas" and
as the main note of interest for your
club meetings during the holidays.
The steamed Bran Fig Pudding is
inexpensive and yet delicious to
serve as a dessert for either Christ
mas or New Years dinner. Do it
up right by garnishing with bright
bits Of red berries and holly round
the platter and serving with your
favorite hard sauce.
Bran Fig Pudding.
II cup sifted -four
Pa teaspoons double-acting
baking powder
J. cup sugar
J. teaspoon salt
2 cups whole bran shreds
2 eggs, well beaten
~ cup milk
Is cup melted shortening
Ia cups figs, cut
Sift -four once, measure, add bak-
ing powder, sugar and salt, and sift
together three times. Add bran, mix
ing to blend. Combine eggs and
milk, and add to -four with shorten
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reclaim 800 tons of
nations tires demonstrated at the
fathered
The made before members of the house interstate
tubeess
abestospe sealing fluid then
which 30 American
Richard M
Simpson Pa) Rep H. Alfred L. Buwinke
CaH), chairman of the commiee Rep
Ohi) McGay he demonstrated the
use of tube.
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Decay Precaution

Material gathered from the woods
for use in Christmas decorations
should be carefully pruned from the
trees or shrubs. Breaking branches
leaves ragged scars where decay
can enter quickly.
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the one who said,
before the season
opened, that on ac-
count of the war
there would be no
sectional arguments
this season and no
claim for any ma
tional title.
On the contrary,
we have seldom
heard a louder tu-
multi, most of it in
the way of protest.
Most of fl;c oo~ooo
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anu StGdlliSo pun
d in gs to tn e
Christmas table.
One good fruit
cake will serve
you in many ways
as a light des-
sert for a holiday
dinner, as refresh
ment for friends
dropping in to
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about Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech suffered an even
rougher blow than Boston college
did.
For through the season Georgia
Tech turned in much better job
than the BIC. Eagles.
Don't forget that Georgia Tech
beat Auburn, Is to 0-Notre Dame,
13 to 6, in South Bend-Navy, 81 to
0, on good Navy day-Duke, 26 to
z, after Duke had just run 81 points
against Colgate and Pittsburgh
Kentucky, Al to Z, after Kentucky
had held Georgia to a 7-6 tossup-
and then Alabama.
This is certainly as fine a job
as any team in the country has Of
fered.
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Il Fe1U Rebuttals

We have a few rebuttals to offer
in return. Under present conditions
there is no part of the argument
that could be called impOrtant-but
it seems to affect a good many
millions.
1.-2. We have never attempted to
rank Ohio State and Georgia. We
haven't any idea what would hap
pen if they met.
3. Wisconsin has had a fine team
and big year. So have others.
4. Tulsa hasn't been overplayed.
This Tulsa team is one of the best.
Ask Big Steve Owen of the Giants,
who has had them secuted.
5. About the Far West-this sea-
son it has suffered an almost COM
plete intersectional wreckage-
T.C.U. beat U.C.L.A.-Tulane wal
loped Southern California - Notre
Dame ran over Stanford and South
ern California, 40 points to 0-Ohio
State outclassed Southern California
Il can find but one West Coast in
tersectional victory; Washington
State over Michigan State.
6. "What team did Boston college
beat?" What about beating Ford.
ham, Sc to 6, and Fordham was
still good enough to beat Missouri
and North Carolina Navy? Not SO
bad. Also, B.C. beat Wake Forest,
q to 0, and Wake Forest beat
Duke, 20 to Z.
Z. For Overlooking Auburn and
Holy Cross"-They finished as two
fine teams-but a football game
played in September or October is
still football game-and these two
teams lost 8 and were tied twice
partly by poor teams. These are
details that few consider. Most oi
them only remember the last game
There should be a better memory
| course
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WNU-G
Buried Assets

The man who has nothing to
boast of but his illustrious ances-
try is like potato-the only good
belonging to him is underground
Sir Thomas Overbury.
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FARM FOR SALE

Chance in lifetime to own farm, S35 acre.
Nonresident sacrifice 360-acre dairy farm,
well improved, Pope county. 225 acres un-
der plow. Accept smaller farm, house, du-
plex or $50 cash payment, easy terms.
Agents protected. State full particulars of
what you have. Honn, 300 w. Lake, Mime.
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DIA@417zAUA

nv HATEVER else has happened
w or might still happen, foot
balls worst prophet or predictor
has at last been uncovered. He is
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Alcoholic Treatment

Drinkers! Rx56 health bdr. removes alco-
hol craving. Home treatment. Harmless.
Mar-Dor Lab 25S Plym. Bldg. :, Minneapolis.
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from the Midwest and the South
the two strongest football sectors.
Here are some of the charges
brought against this department:
l. For not putting Ohio State
far in front of the field, with no
one else close.
2. For not putting Georgia on
top of the pack, with something
to spare.
8. For not ranking Wisconsin
on top for beating Ohio State
decisively.
4. For overplaying Tulsa, with
the old run-around-"What did
Tulsa beat?"
5. For not giving the Far West
a fair break, with the old: "Wait
for the Rose Bowl against your
Georgia team"
6. For overplaying Boston col
lege, "that kept beating no
BODY until it met Holy Cross.
7. For overlooking Auburn and
Holy Cross.
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ing, mixing thoroughly. Add t1gS and
mix well. Pour into creased molds,
filling them 70 full, cover and steam
312 hours. Serve with hard sauce.
Serves 8.
Light Fruit Cake.
(10 egg whites)
cups sifted cake flour
teaspoon double-acting baking
powder
y teaspoon soda
"a teaspoon salt
cup butter or other shortening
11z cups sugar
egg whites, unbeaten
! pound seedless raisins
II pound citron, finely cut
~ pound each crystallized or
ange peel, lemon peel, pine
apple, red cherries, finely cut
pound blanched almonds, finely
cut
l tablespoon lemon juice
. l teaspoon almond extract
5 egg whites, stifly beaten
Sift -four once, measure, add bak.
ing powder, soda and salt, and sift
together three times. Cream short
ening thoroughly, add sugar gradu
ally, and cream together until light
and fluffy. Add 5 unbeaten egg
whites, one at a time, beating very
thoroughly after each. Add fruits
and nuts. Add half of -four gradu
ally, beating well after each addi
ton. Add f1avorings, then remain
ing -four, and beat well. Fold in
stiffiy beaten egg whites. Turn int
pans which have been creased, linec
with heavy paper, and agaiI
creased. Bake in slow oven (25t
degrees F.) until done, increasing
heat to 300 degrees during last Il
minutes of baking. In 81a-inch tube
pan or 8 by 4 by 3-inch loaf pan
bake about 4 hours. Makes pound!
fruit cake.
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Easy to-
Yule Pastries
Brighten Table

As Santa Claus and presents are
to the children so are the fruit cakes
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Turkey hash is always popular the
day after Christmas. The reason is
not obscure.
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BRIEFS:

Edgar Smith, Chicago White Sox
pitcher who dropped 20 decisions
last season, met seven of his de-
feats by one-run margins.
Frank Nelson, sophomore tailback
for Utah, completed more than go
per cent of his forward passes this
season. And he played end in high
school.
Tom Turner hit three of the six
home runs fashioned by the White
Sox in their home park in 1912. 9th
ers were by Wally Moses, Don Kol-
loway and Luke Appling.
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From, the Old Coach

At this point we get another
squawk from the "old coach" de-
Tending the Midwest
81 wrote you this BEFORE" he
writes again. 81 just asked you
suppose Georgia or Boston college
or Tulsa had to play Ohio State,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, In
diana, Iowa and Notre Dame on
successive Saturdays? And throw in
the Great Lakes and Iowa Navy
when it had its full strength? You
know what would happen. Sure,
they'd win some. But they'd also
lose more than one."
I might also ask what happened
to Pennsylvania team, packed
with fine material and certainly
ably coached? / can't figure this
Red and Blue squad losing to any
team in the East. But it was tied
by an off-year Princeton eleven and
beaten by Navy and Penn State
teams.
The sanest spot on the map was
Texas, with good teams, that had
no claims to make. Texas was Just
a little more serious about the war.
But some team will find that Texas
can handle its own in the Cotton
Bowl test.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to page 10
for the answers.
l. Name the capital of Ethi-
opia.
2. The dangerous quality Of
an electric shock is the voltage
or the amperage impaired to the
body?
3. On what mountain are the
heads of Washington, jefferson.
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt
carved from the solid rock?
I. A gecko is a lizard, bird or
fruit?
5. Are the fees for marriage
licenses the same in ali the
states?
s. Fresh fish. cucumbers and
ice-cream served at the same
meal are poisonous; true or
false?
7. A hawkshaw is a detective,
birdlover or a Chinese vehicle ,
8. Ecuador is on the Pacific
or Atlantic coast of South Amer
lea?
9. Name the gaseous element
that exists on earth, but was
first discovered on the sun.
10. Aida, in Verdi's opera,
was Egyptian. Ethiopian or
Italian?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
Churchill S Leadership Applauded

That marvellous overwhelming vote of confidence given
Prime Minister Winston Churchill by the British House of
Commons Thursday must have echoed down the silent halls
Of the Whemstrasse and other axis corridors But single
vote OF opposition to the vote cast That is something
IN ITSELF More important still Is the thought that the Brit
ish are more united under the leadership than
any other time in their history
Churchill didn't make his recent visit to President Roose
welt and America just for the fun of travelling He had
object to accomplish and he achieved it. The u. s. and
britain are collaborating the biggest gamble the world
has known the defeat of the axis powers There unified
command, sngleness of purpose and unettered
bton on the part of the the u s. and
afeso achieve the overthrow of the three nations.
That will be accomplished few there who doubt When
the result is achieved then the world again breathe
more easily and know that freedom still lives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
We Pull q Boner and Lose Governor
How We Did II in the Nineties
A Bit of Political History
King County Shows Us Some Tricks

That gave Pierce county
worse attack OF the filters, and
the delegates began 10 quarrel
among themselves. A. n. Garrett
son started a movement against
John Price. the county's candi-
date for secretary Of state. Judge
w. n. Calkins. Pierce county's
candidate for governor. became
disguised and withdrew. Judge
Thad Huston. candidate for at
torney general, became involved
in row with a group of dele
gates. Gsrretson and Price had
a personal encounter in the bar
room Of the Olympia hotel. Price
was choking Garretson when
John y. Mitchell, a Northern Pa
eifie attorney. separated them.
Things were in a pretty mess
when P. c. Sullivan took charge
Of the Pierce county situation.
He made a deal which involved
withdrawal of other Pierce eoun-
~ candidates and nomination of
Price for secretary OF state;
King county support for Doo-
little in exchange for the nomi-
nation of John b. McGraw for
governor. and endorsement of the
Lake Washington canal project.
II was purely a King county
deal, but 1t was the best that
could be made. Pierce countys
face was TO be saved by being
against the canal, but there was
an understanding that Doolittle
would support an Appropriation to
build it. The slate went through
-McGraw for governor; +. II.
Luce, lieutenant governor; John
L. Wilson of Spokane and Doo-
little for congress.
In the final scene of the poll
teal melodrama of 1892. Pierce
county again made the grand
entry, was several times in the
spotlight, but was crowded back
stage in the final act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
Reputation by Ford

Anyone who attempts to divide America by stirring up
anSemitism antagonsm against any racial religious
group does without the benefit of Henry Ford We
Fords word for that in letter to the Bnai Birth prom
inent Jewish organization in which he dsavows any such
activities and concludes many others have already
cuded that the hae-mongerng prevalent for time
In this country against the Jew of distinct dsservice to
country and to the peace and welfare of humanity
If Ford is sincere in this and there doubt
It, he completely repudates anyone who drags out and
recirculaes the advsed matter put out by the Dearborn
Independent in the POS Let those who have from time
to time done this emulate Ford and they will also help
to foil those who would divide the American people and
thus weaken their united struggle for freedom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
By the Old Moulmein Paqoda-

The Old Moulmein pagoda probably isn't looking azly
at the these days did in the days when kpng
and Speaks providing the ammunition for three
decades of bartones in he Road to Mandaay The road
from Rangoon to Mandalay is bloody road these days
Rangoon has been bombed. and so has Moulmein.
But the is coming up like thunder out O. China,
Gross the bay and it isn't the Japanese rising sum- either
There rays of that sunrise plainly visible at
Changsha. There rays visible in Chinese reinforce
ments in Kiplngs beloved Burma.
Yes hope for real sunrise in East Asia after 40
of dark Japanese clouds and the only bad feature
of that is the fact that it encourage the bartones
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
in
Stamps
Turkey Ouords Vitol
Block SEQ Gateway

A NARROW lake 10 miles long
n and a mile wide seems destined
10 play large part in World WsT
II. Just as il did q quarter een-
fury ago when Turkish belliger-
ency in the first World War closed
the Bosporus 10 Russian traffic and
bottled up the CzsfiSt navy.
Pictured on the stamp above. is.
sued m 1918, the Bosporus has
been = source Of Turkish strength
for 500 years and an object OF
Russian ambition equally ss long.
Also shown on the stamp Is RUneii
HiSSsr, Mohsmmed'S European
Castle" which in the 18th cen-
fury kept Black Sea grain from
reaching besieged Constsntlnople
The Bosporus is threatened oy
German occupation Of Rumsnls.
only a few hundred miles from
the Msrmors-Ds rosnelles water
way. Il IS the northern connect
ing link between the Black Sea
and the Mediterranean The
southern door 10 the Black Sea Is
the 35-mile-long winding WATER
way Of the Dardanelles. Between
the Bosporus and the Dsrosnelles
IS the Sea OF MsrmOTs, an area Oh
water about half the size OF LAKE
ETle.
Only through these two nsrrow
straits, at no point more hsn iouE
miles wide and strongly DEFENDED.
can world shipping rescn me on
and lumber ports Of Runsnis' NE
gain ports Of the Ukraine, ne
81 ports Of the Caucasus, sno the
trade ports Of Istanoul lCons~n7
hnoplel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
SO THEY SAY

II is q slight. but only sight
comfort to be told that We
would not be invaded, for free
dom can Dc lost in 50 many other
wsys-oy economic stranguiA-
ton. BY imprisoning US be-
tween unfriendly seas. BY fore
ing Is 70 a military economy for
years upon years.
Mrs. Dwight ". Morrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
A Little Child Dies

Thousands of men are dying every day war sweeps
around the world and most of them merely atoms in
the days casualty figures Yet in all this carmagnoe of
DEATH single figure stood out the other day.
1t that Of little Belgian child. Of 456 sent to
Switzerland undergo recuperave treatment for NAL
nutrition This boy of IL far gone Starved liter
ally death by the Nazi occupation of his homeland this
boy died before disqualification could begin to set him
the road back TO health II eloquent testimony of the
fate Of peoples whom Hitler has conquered.
This too lies at the door of those who elected to set
the world afre to satisfy their criminal ambition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this cci-
umn letters must give nam< and
addre. Of writer Only initials
vi1 be published when requested.
Mr.. F1xIt: VIII you please
tell me n there D. n National
defense school Mt Portland.
Ore. that trains women and
young girls and pays . small
salary while training. And
also what are the requirements
of = Red Cross nurse.
eOLDENDALE.
We know Of no schools which
pay any salary to persons in
training. None OF the hospitals
do any more. The first require
ment Of q Red Cross nurse In 10
be q registered nurse. II you
meet that specification. or are
a student nurse now. you should
see the Red Cross chairman In
your own country.
Mr.. F1xit: ] married m alien
with first naturalization pap
err. I Am an American citizen.
WIN that make II any easier
for him 10 get his second pap
e-. Or doesn't that make any
difference: Win IN alien 80
yeau old have 10 TO 10 school?
MRS. II. z.
The only way marriage to q
United States citizen will help
an alien In his progress toward
citizenship In that he need not
take out first papers. Since
your husband already has them.
1t won't help. He will have TO
take the usual steps toward an
examination for his final ma
turslization hearing. Going to
school 10 not compulsory for one
seeking citizenship. but II he In
not familiar with United States
history. the constitution and
government, he may find IL
wise to attend a class, regard
less OF his age, to prepare for
his examination.
Mr.. Fixit: just In case we
ever should get some more
snow In Tacoma like that of =
month ago. think the drivers
ought 10 have some advice from
an old hand ut driving east of
the mountains In winter. First
will you tell them 10 start their
cars In intermediate gear or
even high, instead of In low.
Second, In bral<ing. instead of
jamming ON the brakes they
should apply them lightly. re-
lease and repeat until the car
slows down. NEWCOMER.
II would be wise for some Of
the drivers we observed In ac-
ton to read and remember,
even until next year. because
Tacoma motorists did show
woeful lack of experience on
snow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-02
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
CREATURES MUST MOVE


Editor The Times: Have you
ever been jobless and looking
for work. If food, clothing and
shelter were part of the worry,
then, when at last a job doomed,
did not your emotions involun-
tarily lift you out Of despond?
Did you not feel a thrill of
relief when you were at last
engaged with real duties? The
first comfort was psychological
purely mental. The reorien-
tation of your thought and eff
fort away from tense self-con-
seriousness and fear into external
exercise in useful labor was your
mental necessity. Your physical
requirements were secondary
though no less real. All this
stems from the universal urge
OF all life to motion. All cres-
lures must be doing something
or going somewhere.
In such case OF want and con-
eomitant economic fear the emo
tons were over-wrought, job
hunting ensued. Hatred also,
presents a case of mental stress,
strain and struggle. However.
when hatred is hRrbored, de-
structive force becomes our cor
responding motivation, not TO
useful endeavor, but to injure
or destroy. Orderly society
guards against development Of
fear or hatred between its men,
bers. lest infection by either
emotion to a mass psychology
shall menace established govern
ment from within.
Prof. I. Spector. U. of w, re-
Gently wrote, "One Of the Sc
crets Of success in war Is the
development Of an implaeable
hatred for the enemy" Surely,
If this be true. il is admission
that the logic for war is ever
hazy. While at war. would it
not credit our intelligence should
We viii TO strive for elimina-
ton of emotional upset in all
conduct Of IL? Minus hatred. the
futility " wars would be per-
hsps universally observable. II
We must hate in order 10 get
things done, even a beast can
indulge in no more hideous emo
ton Hatred trsmples out every
principle of night, rhythm and
reason.
The butcher. feeling a duty TO
kill, does not build up hatred
for his dumb victims but goes
about his hutchery with knife,
gun and sledge with no i'll feel
ing-maybe whistles as he slugs.
Spector may be correct, for
man can find only british COM
fort in observation-disclosures be
mentally inverted 10 enthuse for
war. II is not too early for
those in power to plan for elimi-
nstion Of the awful mental and
spiritual poison Of hatred from
the boys who come back though
hatred brings success 10 our
arms elsewhere Here q s)or
crime wave may be the tspering
off for the rough stuff habit
formed abroad.
Seeds Of hatred do not bios
som as the rose
c. W. RANSOM.
Box 2S6. South Tacoma