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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. The original selective serv-
ice act provided for drafting
men between the ages of II
and -
2. japanese funds and other
assets in the United States were
frozen" in the summer Of 1889.
1910 or 1871?
5. Name the largest island
group in the Malay Archipelago.
4. The number OF sewing
threads increases as the size de-
creases: true or false
5. Flicker is name for
bird OF what genus
s. What common alloy Is pro-
duoed by mixing copper and
zinc.
Z. What Is the common name
Of the war between the houses
Of Lancaster and York in Eng
landg
s. What weapon made Da-
mocles famous.
2. Hetty Green Was an artist.
suffrage worker or finsncier
10. Name the capital Of Be-
hvia-
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Make Haste 10 Stop Waste

The more of everything have. the quicker are
going to win this war;
Don't waste anything Begin now to conserve every
aerceabe and valuable thing that useful in prosecuting
the war
The United States is not faced with the sort of acute
shortages by which the nazs fascists and Japanese
aged to build their military machines They denied them
selves things for to get those fighting machines,
things which in the United States regard daily
sites When the struck all Europe forced
the same plane of denial
We in the United States fortunate have plenty of
things denied to most of the rest of the world There
is shortage of sugar. flour pork lard in sight OF
materials of which already short which
not afford to waste and which should Immediately begin
TO real shortage of these things needed for the
war effort would prolong the war. ...........
Begin today to conserve these things:
RUBBER: New tires are restricted All right, make the
drive just for the sake of driving drive when necessary
Learn to walk again it won't hurt and might do you
z lot of good.
PAPER Don't burn it, save it Don't demand boxes and
elaborate wrapping you're going to open and rewrap
cardboard corrugated board Get this stuff
into the hands of the junkman.
IRON: Scrap iron which shipped freely to Japan
years ago. is badly needed Look around the place.
if you have junk metal see that it gets the junkman He'll
know how to get it into the hands of war industries which
it.
Carrying small packages gasoline and rubber
delivery trucks and extra mile that gotten out of
pound of rubber gallon of gasoline mile gained for
prosecuting the
The old wastefu days gone. when il was almost
virtue to waste things if you could afford it, since little
being produced and men idle.
Now everything is needed some things are needed badly
Save them and your responsibility to get them into
the hands of those who them.
The of everything have, from scrap paper to
bombing planes the quicker the war is won.
NV best advice is therefore action and less talk
Leon Henderson, price administrator.
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HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY. JAN. 8

This is date fortunate for
recreation which shuts out
thought of all that is alarming
or uncertain In business and
world affairs. Promising for
young folk who are interested in
romance.
Heart and Home: There is a
sign that seems to presage the
establishment on American soil
of many houses that are repncas
of homes destroyed In Europe.
Householders east and west will
acquire furniture and precious
antiques sent from war zones.
This will start competition
among women loyal to Colonial
ideas, the seers foretell. Inter-
est in gardens also will result
from a desire to keep the pat
terms of peaceful living and to
forget war possibilities.
Business Affairs: Trade will
he good after the frenzy of
Christmas shopping. for there
will be much buying of clothing.
shoes and furs. Generous spend
ing of holiday gifts of money
will prevail, despite government
warnings.
National Issues. Economics
for the various states will be
preached and Washington will be
urged to reduce its vast num-
Der of civilian employees. There
10 a sign read as indicating
growing protests against cost
ly government projects. Reduc-
ton Of large salaries will be adj
vocated as the man in the street
contemplates the proportion of
persons depending on taxes for
income. II one sixth or one
fourth of the population of the
United States is removed from
industry the burden OF workers
and wage earners of all classes
viii be too great to be borne.
astrologers point out.
Persons whose birthdate ii is
have the augury of a year of
high service in public business.
Women will prove their effici-
ency in philanthropic projects.
Children born on this day
probably will be able to reach
high positions in professional
callings. They should be keen
Of mind and loyal of heart.
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Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes Things

70 receix. attention n TN. roll
umn letters must give narne and
address Of writer Only inltlAls
vtli be published when requested
Mr.. Flxif: We knew thai the
older Japanese cannot become
citizens. However. they can he
loyal Americans and 90 prove
their loyalty. II seems to me.
there would be no better way
than Ia invest In American de-
Tense bonds. There are Japa-
nese employed In our manufac-
turing plants who I know earn
coed wages. II has been rumored
that they send their earnings 70
Japan % he invested In Japa-
ne>e government bonds. L. that
loyal: =. G. p.
The fact that japanese mer-
chants In the city recently made
arrangements not only 10 buy.
but TO handle sales of defense
bonds might answer most Of your
question. You may feel sure the
wages OF Japanese mill workers
80 where most Of yours 90. to
support their families and main
tain their homes. Some Japa-
nese have sent money to SIP
port their parents in Japan.
just as other foreign-born per-
sons have done. Some, no
doubt, have invested there, but
there isn't any way money could
be sent now.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you inform
mr. on the pay of lookouts In
the service of the 4. y. forest
service: Also. how many months
are lookouts used In summer
and where would one apply for
for such n Job: BILL W.
Most of the lookouts are either
forestry students or men past
middle age who are hired on a
temporary basis for the sum-
mer and early fall months. The
periods may vary with the
forest districts. They get some
where around S125 to $3.50 per
mon h. Supervisors of the
forest areas are in charge of
hiring. Headquarters of the
snoqualmie National forest are
In the Federal Office building.
Seattle. See or write Mr.. Plumb
there.
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SOVIET INGENUITY
SOLVES PROBLEM

The Russians have apparently
produced one of the few really
revolutionary weapons of the
present conflict. According to
adviees from the Moscow battle
front Soviet designers and engi-
neers have invented the long
awaited device for repelling Hit
ler's tanks and panzer divisions.
Until recently the principal an
swer to tanks was the fighter
plane. But II had numerous
handioaps. Its speed and height
of flight prevented accurate
aiming. It's bomb load was
small. II was vulnerable to
enemy planes and snti-sircraft
fire. The red army's specially
devised plane is protected by
tough armor which only the
heaviest anti-aircraft shells can
pierce.
II is very light and maneuv-
cradle and is armed with can
non capable of smashing through
any tank plate. The principal
advantage is that il flies hand
lily at only 500 feet altitude. too
low for hostile forces to maneu-
yer. and at such a height the
bombardiers can take absolutely
accurate aim. Instead of drop
ping bombs at random on q con-
centration of machines. they fire
at each tank separately.
The Russians have also con-
structed a new mine device for
blowing up tanks on the roads.
II is a portable box packed with
mines and looks like a suitcase.
Soviet soldiers dig small
camouflaged trench on one side
Of the highway. The boxes are
placed on the other side. a wire
is attached 10 the handles and
extended TO the Russians hide
out. German scouts seldom no.
tice the hidden wire.
When enemy forces appear.
Stains men pull the "suitcases"
into the middle OF the road
where the mines explode with
terrific d evastation. What
smszes our people is the Soviet's
ability TO devise and manufse-
turs these weapons under the IN
dustrlsl handiosps the country
has suffered in recent months.
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placed against the free move
ment OF trucks transporting mill
tary stuff are almost incredible.
From one end of the country
TO the other the laws with re-
spect TO the weight. width and
height Of trucks and their loads
differ. In some sections the limit
Is $4,000 pounds, whereas il is
double that in others. Then
there are special fees and IL
censes which various common
wealths require. At some state
lines vehicles carrying sirplsne,
artillery and warship parts I'M
der rush order have had to IN
load and transfer their cargo 10
other trucks In order to comply
with regulations.
In others they have had 10
hold up the shipment while they
waited for special licenses from
reo-tape vehicle commissioners.
What makes the problem espe-
oislly serious Is the fact that sec
tons eluttered with wsr-pro-
ducing factories happen 10 be
the worst offenders IN their dis
ordinations. This helps explain
why sirplsnes stand unfinished
for the lack Of truck-shipped
engines; why tanks may be
ready for the front except for
the want Of a few small parts.
why big guns stay IN storage be-
cause carriages haven't arrived.
Congress is looking into the
problem but FDR may decide
that he cannot wait on Capitol
Hill
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Mechanization and the Horse

year or ago, when it became known that the
United States army had not abolished entirely the horse
cavalry had brought up to date with increased fire
power auxiliary motor units and transport and the like
there plenty of coektaounge critics to assert that
proved how dfashoned the authorities We're
INFLAMMATION they like hear themselves had perma
nently sheved the horse in modern
So what happens. So in December 1941 we read that
the German columns retreatng from Moscow are being
harassed and hacked to pieces by Cossack cavalry.
Moral: The army leaders who have spent lifetime
studying the army and its needs, can be night, too
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in
Stamps

THE wrecked American En-
bassy in Warsaw is pictured
on the stamp above. one Of a set
of eight denominations, issued by
the Polish commandments.
The set will De valid for domestic
CT international postage when ap-
piled to letters mailed on ships
flying the Polish flag. or in desig-
mated post Offices IN England and
later in Russia and Egypt. where
Polish soldiers are stationed.
No additional postage viii be
required on the letters. these
stamps will carry them as though
they bore postage OF the countries
IN which they are mailed.
The sixth stamp Of a series OF
eight depicting South Africs's war
effort bears . picture OF a tank
and an srmored car. Il IS
i-shilllng brown Two more
stamps. hslf-penny 70 honor the
infantry and Up for the ar force.
vii be issued 70 complete the Sc
RES
New issues The Netherlands
Indies has released q series Of
semi-poStsls issued 20 benefit the
{ Indonesisn Association Moehsm-
msoilsh. an organization which
cares for INDECENT Mohsmmedsns.
Germany has issued . stamp
bearing a portrait Of Hitler for
Use IN occupied Poland.
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We Once Disagreed on Philippine Policy
And We Fought Little Brown Brother
Now He's in Very Deep Trouble
And We're Going to Help Him

prayer for the success Of the
United States arms Because
there was some question Of a
conflict between Catholic and
Protestant interests in the
Philippines. there were two
prayers. Father ?. F. Hylebos,
a Catholic, and the Rev. J. ?.
Marlatt, pastor 81 the First
Methodist church. made the sup
plications.
Those who remember the
meeting recall that the two
prayers were 10 much alike that
IL was difficult to draw the line
between Catholic and Protest.
ant. any more than IL l. now
when Catholic. Protestant and
Jew are working side by side
to strengthen the influence Of
religion in America.
The outcome here was the or
ganization Of Company c. with
T. A. sturgis, captain; S. NJ.
Boutwell,. first lieutenant. and
John B. Mccoy. second ieuten-
ant. Carl Jacobs, bailiff in
Judge Fred Remains court
was q sergeant. The company
was garrisoned at Vancouver,
Wash. for while and then
sent TO Manila by way of San
Francisco and Honolulu. A year
later another company was
commissioned by Gov. Rogers.
J. II. Ross. now one of the
prominent attorneys in the
Philippines. was captain: G. L.
Smith, first lieutenant, and J.
c. r. Coats, second lieutenant.
With other troops recruited all
over the United States they
helped put down the insurrec-
ton.
II was a tough Job. The Phili-
plnos had a style of fighting
which. If 1t was not strictly
ethical, was effective. II was
excee d ngly exasperating to
think that a Filipino detach-
ment had been surrounded and
then find that it had escaped:
or to let a party with a white
flag come into close quarters
and start slashing with bolo
knives.
This conduct. in the opinion
Of the boys who were doing the
fighting. did not justify the
benevolent assimilation" peIicy
being promulgated by William
II. Taft. II brought a refrain
concerning the '1ittle brown
brothers" that ran something
like this:
HE may be a little brown
brother of William III. Taft but
he's no little brown brother of
mine"
Time, as it always does,
changed that situation. The
Philippines. soon 10 be independ-
ent have 2 constitution that in
cludes, almost word for word.
the fundamentals of the United
States constitution.
Now the 'little brown
brothers" are in trouble. They
are being attacked by a power
full enemy. Their only sin is in
being part of the United
States and having bases of great
military value. They need help
right soon.
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As ONE reviews the story Of
n United states occupation Of
the Philippines IL Is interesting
70 note that Americans were not
united on that issue. IL vas al
right to svenee the Maine and
blow the Spanish fleet 70
smithereens in Manila bay but
why waste American money and
lives trying TO "eivilize" the
Filipinos?
These arguments concerned
the insurreetion led by Aguin-
aldo as a protest against Ameri-
can occupation. Aguinaldo had
sold a great many Of the Fill
pinos on the idea that with the
Spanish rule broken, the time
had come TO establish the in
dependent state Of the Philip
pines.
President Mckinley. however.
insisted on cleaning up the job.
Concerning the insurrectos he
said:
They assailed our sover-
eighty, and there will be no Use
less parley, no pause. until the
insurrection is suppressed and
American authority acknowl-
edged and established"
McKinley's position resulted
in sending more troops TO the
Philippines. A lot of the boys
who had been wearing ITO hell
with Spain" bands on their hats
and didn't have chance to
get into the fight at Manila or
in Cuba were modified and sent
to the islands.
Tacoma was much more ex-
cited over the Philippine situa-
ton that 1t is over participa-
ton In the world war. Public
meetings were held-one in
Wright park attended by about
5000. The meeting opened with
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SO THEY SAY

National security. the preser-
Nauon OF 4 representative de-
mocracy, with free enterprise as
an fundamentally Of national
progress-thst Is what We are
fighting for.-Alfred p. Sloan.
II, chairman. General Motors.
We have 10 be tough in our
business. The mems hair u
turning q little bit curly with
all this attention from the wo-
men.-Sgt. Donald L. Truesdale.
Marine at the Qusntico station
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PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
TRAFFIC STILL
TAKES HEAVY TOLL

Editor The Times: Two weeks
ago in treacherous attack on
American possessions 1000 cii-
zens lost their lives. Many more
were injured. Without the loss
of a minute, America went into
action to stop, for all time. a
repetition of such unparalleled
savagery.
During the two weeks succeed
ing. some 1900 American citi-
Gems, through the agency of that
class of motorists that has sub
stituted liberty for license. and
have only contempt for the laws
of their country. have lost their
lives. In the same two weeks
thousands have been injured.
many for the rest of their lives.
The primary cause of practi-
cally all traffic accidents is
simply speed that precludes stop
ping before the crash, neither
more nor less. But has there
been any wave of public indig-
nation? Not that we have heard
of. Has there been a concerted
demand for the primary cause
to be eliminated once and for
all time? No. No.
That would be a body blow at
our wholesale greed, selfishness.
and desire 10 follow out our
sweet will, regardless of the con-
sequences to our neighbor.
Well, the dead have been laid
to rest in their last long sleep.
the crushed bodies are suffer-
ing in the hospitals. the shop
worn alibis have been once again
dragged out and repeated to the
authorities The worlds great
est body of law violators is again
imperilling a million lives on
American highways.
Just q few more "unsvoida ole"
accidents. During the past 20
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An Inside Picture OF Finon-
II ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON = The American people face revolu-
tonary changes their of life in 1912 and in the i'm
mediate years ahead Only the wealthy and the very
poor will be untouched The former be able to afford
things which others will have to do without The latter
will feel the loss of comforts and uXuries they never
enjoyed Abandoning technical verbiage government
economists foresee these alterations in our design for
,xt,p
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LOCAL BARRIERS
NEED FRASNG

President Roosevelt may have
To invoke his emergency power
TO raze a labyrinth of local bar
riers which weskens the about
effort 70 which the United
States has dedicated itself for
the duration. The obstacles
which numerous states have
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People will wear pa I h d
clothes and shoes and like IT.
They may even be forced to press
and mend their apparel at home.
They will eat more stews, cheap
err cuts of meat, more potatoes
and bread. fewer fruits and vege-
tables. Dairy products such as
cheese, butter and eggs will soar
in price because of heavy con-
sumption by our armed forces
and shipments to our Allies.
Folks may have TO rely on do
nestle substitutes for coffees
and spices and oils from far
lands now blockaded. They will
ride trolleys or bicycles instead
Of rolling TO work IN autos.
They will dispense with orna-
ments and seemingly necessary
household requirements. Fami-
lies may have to double up be-
cause of a housing shortage.
These shifts in our habits will
result in an altered rather than
a lower standard Of living Cur
tailmentk will produce irritation,
sometimes embarrassment, but
few real hardships. Life will
become simpler, more informal.
But most folk will have the con-
ISOLATION that there will be no or
few Jones to keep up with. Al
most everybody will be in the
same sacrificia boat.
AGREE IN PRINCIPLE
Prime Minister Churchill
agreed in principle with the post
war program for Stacking the
AXIS powers which has been ex-
plored by President Roosevelt
and his advisers. In effect. It
contemplates Allied control OF
the natural and economic re-
sources which a nation needs for
waging war on its peacefully in
clined neighbors.
Several circumstances behind
the British leaders senate pro-
nouncement suggest that Wash
ington and London have been
discussing the project ever since
the president and his colleagues
framed the Atlantic charter. Re-
ferring to Axis harbarism. Mr..
Churchill declared that Hitler ct
al had forfeited the privileges
extended to them in that docu-
ment, especially free access TO
raw materials. In other words,
strategic stuff will be dealt out
10 them sparingly under close
supervision OF an Anglo-Amerl-
can cartel
II is known that the distin-
guishad visitor wrote MS address
in London and en- route To this
country. He meant that speech
10 be q carefully prepared ana
elaborate utterancs SO his re-
vision ii the Atlantic charter
was no haphszard statement II
is probable that Allied econom-
lists and geogrsphers are now
blueprinting the plan.
Any eheme for joint policing
Of the postwar world with
armies, navies and air forces
would plunge the nations in
volved into costly and rainous
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BASKETBALL GALS

BAShFTBAI1L UALS
Betty. Isabel. Helen, Marjorie,
Kathleen and Ruth Hill of West
Hampstead. Long Island, are
coached by their father. Law
renee w. Hill, and have played
basketball together for three
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No true Catholic can be faithful to his church and all
that il stands for hold brief for dictatorship
totalitarian government-Most Rev. John McNichoas,
Archbishop of Cincinnati
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ToDAY,s COMMON ERROR

L IS possible 70 suffer from a
disease. but one cannot suffer
with anything that itself Is in
capable Of suffering.
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years. They have always pre-
ferred to make and wear their
own uniformsi
WHEAT FROM THE DEEP
The tanks used by the Swiss
to store wheat are each of 500.-
900 pounds capacity, and are
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armament expenditures. 1t would
be much cheaper and more eff
fective to deprive the male
factors of great wars at the
source. And in the present con-
trolls which the u. S. and Brit
tain are exercising over vital
materials. they are getting in"
valuable practice for the future.
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THANK YOU"

AANANa - w
Editor The Times: The writer
and all Of the members Of the
Pierce County Legislative Dele
cation wish to thank YOU and
the staff of The Tacoma Times
for your kind cooperation in the
matter Of publicity which YOU
have given TO the various prob
lens and needs of Tacoma and
Pierce county. carried on by the
members of the Pierce County
Legislative Delegation during
the past year.
Your leadership in presenting
necessary improvements in vari-
Gus fields. aided by the progress
sive citizens Of this section.
should 20 = long way towards
making 1912 another construc-
tive years
H. \. BARNEY" JACKSON.
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years American traffic has kill
ed and injured more people than
the total of all of the wars ever
fought on the American CONT
nent since Mary Chiffon put her
foot on Plymouth Rock in 1920
The loss in property damage,
the tender spot in the situation,
can hardly be estimated.
Our traffic officers are second
10 none, but to expect them to
police all our highways is about
on a par with sending a fishing
boat to destroy the japanese
navy.
The human animal being con-
stituted as he is, the intelligence
that cautions him to obey the
law and continues to furnish the
means to break it is about on
a par with giving the village
soak a gallon of whisky and
cautioning him to take only one
drink and lay the rest away till
the following day.
Perhaps at some future day
the American nation will sum-
mon up sufficient courage and
manhood to stop fiddling with
the tail of this traffic snake, and
smash the head, maniac speed
on our highways. just as we
would any other deadly germ.
For every hour in the year
now closing. traffic has taken
five lives. For every minute in
the same year six people have
been injured, many for life. More
than our combined army and
navy.
Can we Of America pass such
staggering injury and loss of
life as mere baGstelle. and
shrug II off as something Of no
consequence How many more
years Of wholesale slaughter will
be needed TO make our citizens
take their heads out of the sand
and do the duty of every honest
man.
s. H. DOUGLAS.
902ta So. Yakima