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Evening star., 1942-09-04
DR.. Henry K. Marks, 81,
NeuroIogist, Dies in France
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VICHY, Sept. 4.-The death of
DR.. Henry Kingdom Marks, ST,
American neurologist and author,
was announced today.
DR.. Marks, who long had lived
in France, died September l at the
Jeanne dare Hospital in Lyon after
long illness. He Is survived by
a sister, Mrs. John A. Squires.
DR.. Marks, a native of San Fran
cisco, became a travelling fellow of
the Rockefeller Institute in serum
research after completing his in
ternship at the Massachusetts Cen
eral Hospital in 1909.
From 1918 to 1920, covering the
period of the first World War he
taught the anatomy of the nervous
system to classes of medical officers
at the Neurological Institute in
New York.
DR.. Marks was q member of the
Harvard Medical Society and the
Boylston Medical Society of Boston
| Mass.
Evening star., 1942-09-04
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate.
In recess.
Finance Committee continues
executive consideration of tax bill
Military Affairs Committee con-
siders amendments to sWAAC bill
relating to pay.
House.
In recess
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

. Psychology Of Victory

Mr. Eric A. Johnston, who is president
Of the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States and also a member Of the
Economic Sterilization Board. objects TO
assertions that We are losing the war.
He wants Us to forget all that and
spread the psychology of victory" He
thinks that recent statements by national
leaders show q negative attitude which
tends to poison the hopes of workers and
of the geenral public.
We think Mr.. Johnston is dangerously
wrong. We cannot comprehend how any
man Of Mr. Johnston's intelligence. in
his preferred position to know the facts,
could deliberately stick his head into the
sand and blissfully ignore all that is going
on around him.
Assistant Navy Secretary Ralph A.
Bard told Labor convention recently:
We are losing the war, period We
well mean it. period"
Mr.. Bard is right-correct in his facts
and sound in his approach to public
psychology. Mr.. Johnston is wrong on
both counts.
The attitude urged by Mr.. Johnston
is principal reason why I'VE are losing
the war. period"
For years We patted ourselves on the
backs, as Mr.. Johnston wants us to keep
on doing. because I'VE are the greatest
industrial nation on earth. possessing
more of the resources. the technical skill
and the plant capacity to produce the ma
chimes of war than all of our enemies
combined. We are the people who brought
this age of mechanics to its present high
pitch, and mechanical war is our dish.
Sure, we're . great nation. We admit
But Germany and Japan possessed the
tanks, the planes. the guns, the trained
soldiers, the blueprints for modernized
warfare, while we still were pipe-dream-
ing about how smart we were and how
we could get those things if We should
need them.
We couldn't fight 1941-42 war with
the weapons We believe we can produce
by l943 or 1914, so we had to let Japan
take most of the Pacific from us, and even
plant her forces in the Aleutians.
We were so over-confident that we
weren't ready. Therefore we are losing
this war, period. And we damn well mean
it, period.
We can win, if that is what Mr.. john
ston has in mind. We can win if we
recognize we are losing, and if we will
to win more than We will to retain our
creature comforts, our social gains, our
class hatreds, our political positions-our
individual lives, even.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
ASSESSOR COMMENTS
ON INITIATIVES

Editor. The Times: While I do
not feel 1t Is incumbent upon a
taxing official to give advice as
to the budget requirements Of any
particular agency. I do feel II Is
appropriate that one who has made
a study OF taxation should review
the facts regarding the five mill
extra levy for City Schools which
will be on the ballot in November.
While the method OF advocating
this measure has in some places
excited opposition. it must be rea-
lized that conditions OF all insti-
tutions have materially changed
in the past year and a half. Sala-
ries and expenses have been seri-
ously affected by the war indus
tries and the cost of living has
advanced not less than IS per cent
In almost every item. We should
also bear in mind that il is directly
within the scope OF the 40 mill
limitation act that where need
justifies additional revenue. the
matter should be taken directly 10
the people who should consider II
on its merits and act accordingly.
For several years a number Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
. More About Congress

The present low estate Of congress Is
not exclusively the fault of congress. We.
the people. share heavily in the RESPONSE
bility.
We are 10 blame because we pay too
little attention to the men we elect; be-
cause many Of Us do not 90 to the polls
regularly or, while there. don't trouble to
vote for legislators: because We. let pro-
fessional politicians pick the candidates
and then We vote the straight party line.
All that is old stuff-true, sad, seri-
Gus. worth recalling. but still old stuff.
We are at fault more Immediately be-
cause whenever there is q strong presi-
dent. with program that appeals to our
imagination or to our self-interest. we de-
mand that congress rubber-stamp that
program, and reprimand and even defeat
congressman who venture to dissent.
Then. when We have thoroughly fright
ened congressman so that most of them
dare not call their souls their own-so
that they sit back and wait for the word of
command to come from the White House
we turn around and blame congress for
its failure to have and to use mind of
its own.
As nation. because We liked Franklin
Roosevelt's ideas. we demanded and Gre
ated servile. rubber-stamp congress.
More often than not. in matters affect
ing legislation, the president is right and
congress Is wrong. But that is not uni
yersally true. What we need is not a
rubber-stamp congress for the president,
for the farm interests. for organized
labor. for any other individual or group.
We need a congress with machinery
to keep it fully abreast of the president.
The president is ahead of congress. and
the major Hobbies are ahead of congress,
because they maintain highly competent
research staffs which look forward to
what is coming and are ready for it,
Until congress provides itself with
similar facilities. of at least equivalent
caliber. the best intentioned members can
do nothing but guess the answers to diff
cult questions.
Guessing. and knowing that they are
guessing. they will find it hard TO screw
up the courage necessary to say a firm
mo" to special interest Hobbies, purport-
ing to control votes.
We could have generally good legis-
lation from the same men now i'm con-
gress If they would set up machinery
for informing themselves accurately and
without bias on the problems they have
to solve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

Can You answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to page Z
for the answers.
!. In which battle was the air
plane carrier Yorktown sunk by
japanese torpedoes!
2. Name the grades Of lowest
ranking commissioned officers In
the army and navy. respectively.
}. In which city was the stand
sit seating arrangement for street
cars and buses tried.
4. Which sex predominates In
births In the United Ststes7
S. Name the three American
pioneers, Kit -, Daniel -,
and Davy -.
g. Robert Z. Lee was superin-
tendent Of West Point: true or
fslse-
Z. Name the character in =
child's story who ate ies pan
cakes
Q. The purchase of which ter
ritory Of the United States was
called Stewards folly.
.. Kaiser wilhelm. former en-
peror Of Germany. Is still living;
true or false,
10. Which Bureau Of the u. s.
Treasury Department collects fed
eral income taxesy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
. SO THEY SAY

/ view with keen anxiety a ten
dency to place too much emphasis
upon the honor attached to the
rank of a general and too little
upon the grave responsibilities in
volved in such a position.-Gen
George c. Marshall. U. S. chief Of
staff.
Taxation is the only practical
way for US TO achieve compulsory
savings. Provision could be made
TO invest a percentage Of the tax
in bonds. repayable after the war.
- Senator Walter F. George,
chairman Senate finance COM
mittee-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
The Answers
He Knows or Finds

could list your availability for
work with the U. S. employment
service. According to the last
statement Of Gen. Hershey on the
subject. working wives make no
difference in a mans status.
Mr.. Fixit: II is understood by
all Of us that an army draftee is In
the service until six months after
the war ends. Now win you please
tell me for how long the men will
be In the service that are enlisting
In the Z. S. navy: I've been told
that a man enlisting in the navy is
in for a period of six years. regard
less of the duration Of the war.
L. c. NJ.
If a man enlists in the regular
navy. limited to ages II to 81. he
must enlist for six years. In the
naval reserve. which is for ages II
TO so. an enlistment can be for
49, S4ANN VI ANNA SNdAcs NdfdA
reservists will be released AS soon
as possible after the national emer-
gency is over" Whether that will
be within six months after the
fighting stops will have to be
determined when that time arrives.
Mr.. Fixit: l would like to know
why three different stores could
have different ceiling prices on one
article. I went in one to get a can
Of cinnamon and its ceiling price
was Is cents. In No. 2 IL was 22
cents and No. 5 was 25 cents on
two-ounce can. When 1 asked
them about 1t they said. '0h. this
is the ceiling price," A READER.
They all can be right. Ceiling
prices were not made uniform on
a national basis, or even in local
areas. The stores were ordered to
charge no more than they were
on a certain date at which prices
were frozen. II the prices in diff
ferent stores varied then, they
vary in the same degree now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

did not get a pension. Now. In
order to confuse the voters he is
inviting DIR. Townsend to come
back and sit on the Lsnglie-Case
fraud wagon.
wonder if Otto thinks the aged
have forgotten how ne sold them
down the river in 1886? Or does
he think they are dumb enough to
believe him when he says he and
the governor intend to liberalize
141? Yes. we realize you are
minding the state treasury. and
dish out the money appropriated
for pensions to some TO the amount
of S40-eyen if they own their own
home and have well-to-do children
while others get as low as SCI.
Some are deducted S12 If they
own their own home. others So or
81. according to who they are
He also contends the old age
pension union did not put over the
present old age pension: the fed
eral government with the state
administration worked il out.
which is in contradiction 10 what
they failed TO do. Leaving out
politics and party lines the spon-
sors Of the old age pension union
seemed 10 get the backing Otto
did not get in putting through a
pension law and most Of all they
have not let the elderly people
down but. have fought side by side
with them There are strange
things happening these days. but
ever and anon occur those things
like a broken promise.
NINA SIMPSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
. HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81

After the early morning. adj
verse planetary aspects are active
today. There is threatening
portent affecting labor.
Heart and Home: Temptation
TO hoard household essentials will
affect many women at this time
when true patriotism forbids this
form of selfishness. Study of food
values will enable home cooks to
provide well-balanced meals that
leave no cause for regret regard
ing rationing and freezing regu-
lations. Girls will plan the SUBJ
stitution of hard work for their
usual autumn programs of social
affairs. 1t will be necessary, the
seers warn. for women of all
walks of life to aid in war pro-
duction tasks.
Business Affairs: Private enter
prise will contribute greatly to
government needs in prosecuting
war plans on gigantic scale.
Capitalists as well as everyday
folk Of average income will realize
what it means when 'all-out aid
is needed. Work for everyone will
assure continued prosperity in all
parts of the country. The end of
the month will give abundant as
surance that at last the nation
has attained momentum that
means inevitable victory in the
greatest of conflicts.
National Issues: Among the
heroes of the nation many Ne
groes will gain fame as they prove
their efficiency in all branches of
the armed forces. Surgeons will
contribute much in hospitals. Men
Of many professions will prove
their ability as officers and en-
listed men. When peace is won
liberty and equality for all" will
be more than a phrase. Through
suffering and sacrifice citizens of
the United States are to attain
a splendid unity, the seers pro-
phesy.
international Affairs: Secret
missions viii be numerous as dar-
ing plans for the greatest of all
offensive are expanded by the
United Nations. Events next
month will emphasize the need of
frequent conferences among the
government heads of the Allied
peoples Saturn's transit through
Gemini between May 1912 and
June 1914 will add to the effects
Of the Uranian transit through the
sign Complications may be ex-
pected.
Persons whose birthdate II is
have the augury of a year of much
success in private affairs and pub
lie service There may be travel
and change for both men and wo-
men
Children born on this day prob
ably viii enjoy success in science
or literature. Gifted and ambi-
tous. they should have strong.
weI-oalanced characters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
. Your Opinions

school districts In the county have
taken the question of necessary
increase Of revenue to the voters
Of their district. and have obtained
extra levies Of from five mills TO
as high as IS mills for school
purposes.
am very much in favor Of the
40 mill limit as a general practice
in the property tax. but I have no
patience with those who blindly
advocate the rejection of all other
measures. The re-enactment Of the
40 mill measure should not in any
way prejudice the merit of any
other measure that is submitted on
the ballot Injured workmen are
certainly entitled TO serious con-
sideration of Referendum %. The
Initiative Isl should not be turned
down out of hand but should have
the like consideration OF every
voter. And Initiative No. IS. &c
extend the scope of Public Utility
Power districts. should be viewed
in the light Of our local experience
with public power.
The Constitutional Amendment,
to make possible an income tax
should be considered with the full
consciousness that all tax must be
paid directly or indirectly from the
income Of individual citizens, and
that evasion OF tax burden is most
easily accomplished when the tax
is levied indirectly and hence can
be passed on TO the many who are
least able TO pay.
am an advocate of fair play.
and while ] feel il is not quite
proper for me to give definite ad-
vice on the merits Of any Of these
measures. l do feel il is appropri-
ate that I call attention to the
necessity Of reviewing the facts
in each case. No measure should
be voted for or against indis-
crininately but each should have
the careful consideration of every
citizen.
FRED A SMITH.
Pierce County Assessor.
RAPs CASE ON No. Isl
Editor. The Times: Well, do
declare. just as it's time 20 vote
on initiatives and referendums,
Otto Case 10 On the rampage
again; shouting from place TO
place; trying to convince the peo-
pie Isl win bankrupt the state.
He brands il a political scheme 10
advance their own political party
and that such q device would
wreck the pension movement. etc.
Since when did Otto Case cease
being . politician or for what pur-
pose did he shout day and night
for the DR.. Townsend old age
pension plan when he was running
for office. Shortly after. he did
everything in his power TO divide
its members and drew up what he
called the general welfare move
ment- His influence did not seem
70 put that over. II least the aged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
Today's Common Error

Do not say: In the notice of
the meeting. il says that all ac-
tive members are invited"; instead
say the notice Of the meeting
says, etc" The indefinite use Of
il without an antecedent should
be avoided. except in impersonal
expressions such as II seems, II
h csad. IL ID showing, etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

name o. the islands on which they
practiced their operations. Lo-
Gated in Chesapeake Bay. the Solo,
mon Islands lent themselves ac-
curately to the detailed training
needed by the attacking force to
land from rubber boats and Hig-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

gins landing boats. That the prsc-
tice was effective is competently
witnessed by the success Of the
attack and consolidation of stra-
tegic Tulagi and other islands in
the foreign Solomon group, half
way around the world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

SOLOMON DRILLS
Led into the highly important
conquest of the Solomon Islands by
veteran Marine Colonel Merit A.
Edison, the members of the Marine
Raider Battalion probably never
realized the significance of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27
. Mr.. Fixii

Mr.. Fixit: I would like to know
the address Of the Osborne associ-
alton. the national organization
concerned with prison reform.
r. c. III.
Completely. 1t is The Osborne
Association. Inc, ia East 3oth st,
New York City. Austin II. Mac
Cormick. executive director.
Mr.. Fixit: 1 wish to secure de-
tense work. MY husband is classed
IA. We have two children. IL
and nine years. Would he be draft
ed sooner, II went to work ::
should 1 notify the draft board, II
I should work: MRS. s. c.
It is difficult TO see why you
should work. or why your husband
should be classed as IA. when you
have two dependent children. II
would look as If his classification
is contrary to the congressional
directive 10 draft boards and might
be subject to appeal If there are
other circumstances. and your chill
dren don't need your care. you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-27

Rooneyelt say: In the event that
~ Congress should fan to act.
and Get Adequately. / shall accept
IL responlbility and I viii act -
3. What II N L C report In
~ oruy,
Answers - Raes :
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-15

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Detroit evening times., 1942-05-15
N. Y. teaches Aviation

ALBANY, N. Y. May IS. QNS)
Gov. Herbert II. Lehman today
signed a bill paving the way for
instruction of thousands of New
York State high school students
in pre-fight aviation.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-15
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Detroit evening times., 1942-05-15
Tire Toll
Son Ends Conservation
by Landing in Ditch

To conserve his tires, Norman
Huston of 1S443 Meyers avenue.
Hazel Park, has been driving his
automobile only as far as John r.
street and Eight-Mile road, then
riding the bus TO his work at the
Ford Rouge plant.
Now he'll have 10 figure out
some new means of getting TO the
bus stop.
His 15-year-old son, Norman
Jr., with a duplicate set of keys,
took the car from where il was
parked yesterday. and, with
George Dragan, u, went for a
pleasure drive. 1t was only the
second time Norman had driven.
At Fifteen-Mile and Mound
road, he swerved to avoid a truck,
and landed in a ditch.
Damages: To the boys, minor
scratches.
TO two of the tires, major and
irreparable damage.
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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-11-05

Civilians as well as prisoners of
war benefit from the cargo of a
Red Cross mercy ship. Evidence of
distribution, through Red Cross
channels, of cracked wheat is seen
in the garments worn by these Chi
nese \children.
parcels to supplement the diet of
prisoners in Germany, Italy and oc-
cupied France. These supplies are
distributed through the Internation-
al Red Cross committee at Geneva.
Delegates of the committee are al
lowed. to inspect the prison camps to
check on whether the. prisoners are
being treated in accordance with
the international agreements, and to
see that the parcels reach them
safely. .;.;
Contents of The parcels vary from
time to time, but at present each
package, weighing approximately IL
pounds, contains milk powder, 1 lib. !;
cheese, s o.; liver paste, 6 OF. !;
corned beef, IL or; pork meat, IL
o.; raisins, 16 o.; sugar, OF. !;
lemon powder, IL o.; cocoa, 8 OF. !;
coffee, 8 o.; chocolate, o.; can
dy, 6 o.; cigarettes, 40; tobacco,
IA or; lunch biscuit type c.,
o.; matches, 2 boxes.
The sending of packages to Japan
is more difficult matter, due to the
refusal of the Japanese government
to allow neutral vessels in the west
ern Pacific areas. 1t is hoped that
eventually arrangements may be
made for the shipment by the Red
Cross of a regular supply of stand
ard food parcels, cigarettes, clothing
and medical necessities.
In the meantime, the American
Red Cross has been able to send
food parcels for trans-shipment to
the Far East on the neutral Swedish
vessel, the Gripsholm, sailing to
Portuguese East Africa, where
American and Japanese diplomats
and other noncombatants are ex-
changed.
On her first sailing the Gripsholm
carried 10000 parcels, $4,000 worth
of drugs and medical supplies,
100000 cigarettes, 10000 tins of
smoking tobacco, and large quanti-
ties of clothing and toilet articles
supplied by the army and navy de-
partments for their respective de-
partments.
On her second voyage, the Grips
holm carried 10000 of the 11-pound
food parcels, 100000 cigarettes,
over $4,000 worth of drugs and
medical. supplies, $4,000 worth Of