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10 'gl every week day by The Tacoma Times Co at Pl 9 Market St Tscoma Wash The Times delivered by carrier in city 15 cents per B e ST o S i Wikt oents per month 84 per vear A RS e B e ! Telephone all departments MAmm 8151 World wide lessed wire news servios through the any errors which may appear in sdvertisements published in its columns. In those instances where the paper is at fault, it will reprint that part of the advertisement in which the typographical mistake occurs. “The power te tag i the pewer to destroy.” “Those who are governed least are governed best.” THOMAS JEFFERSON, R ———————_ . Let your before men, that they may see good 'x z'lhrily your 3&. which is in mn.—-lntthn 5:186. e e————— e e e There is a chance the Bflu States is over-selling its Good Neighber y in South America. Too many well-meant good-will ’w& too mueh emphasis on words and propaganda, too &b‘a‘ not enough action. Priorities have hit the dmrr’ policy, just as .they have hit a lot of other things. people south of the Rio Grande, anxious to order American goods, ready for once with hard American dollars to pay for them, have “been told “Not Now. We're busy with defense.” . - - - !~ Much of Latin America is sympathetiec with American - foreign policy. The Amerjcan defenge effort is pretty ' well understood, Nevempau. w wears thin iwtuquck}yuNort pu . Unable to receive goods from Germua,:%chc'sy depend absolutely on filling their needs from ni atu It is & golden mrtumty. But to impose on circumstances, to assume hat because Gomnu,m the moment out of the run ning, goods can be ed and delayed, is to take too e, thees Ao aw Mol prompt deivery 1 r, these s elivery from South America of raw -'.&'mu badly needed in our own ~defense effort. Thys, te deliver goods promptly to South “ America is just as much a part of the American defense drive as to make guns and planes for Britain. A veteran Central American diplomat, sympathetic to the United States, and a delegate to many Pan American meetings, shook his head recently at the sight of a North American “good-'m" , #nd ssid, *Sentiment is wonder &nl. but it's eeonw m‘t." And fortunately some orth Americans, . Col, R. R. Lord of the Economic Defense Board,‘,u coming to realize the same thing. Said Colonel Lord, “You can send them all the books and moving thum you want, but m‘y them goods or hold them up or exhorbitant and it will he of no avail.” - * . = All this is just anether proof of the “all-out” nature of defense in such times as these. The task is bigger than *merely building ships and guns. It touches every phase of life. It implies producing and shipping to the markets of ‘countries whose friendly co-operation is a necessary part of that policy. It implies actually increasing production and .distribution at home of every product which does not interfere with the direct defense effort. -« It implies that every step which strengthens the country ‘and its people lntanfly. tp“n relation to other friendly countries, improves its position in relation te those coun tries which are not friendly. The cares and burdens that must be laid on all our . ghoulders in this war would pale before the inferno that , awaits us should we lose.—~Joseph Goebbels, German prop . aganda chief. i uig BOND i g. Hova can ;l;a“Chrigm lpi{il be expressed in terms of the Defense ram A. By giving & lmtwpl for Christmas, There also are Christmas cards on sale which include a Defense Savings Stamp album. Q. How does the Defense Savings Program for the sale of Bonds and Stamps differ essentially from the usual “drive” to raise money? A. You are asked to lend money, not to give it. You get back what you lend and something more. Note.—To byy m.m: lnl.m go to the nearest mmmn-mumm;-muum . ‘Treasurer of the United Washiagton, D. C. Alse Stamps * are on sale at retail stores. Side Glances F *“Will @ 25-cent deposit hold that diamond ring in the window : till she and | are old enough to get married?” —By Galbraith 3 - MR. FIXIT i ~ He Fixes Things To meceive stiention in this 00l umn letiers must give name and address of writer Only initials : will be published when reguesied ] Mr, Fixit: T am wondering if % you could tell me where 1 can | B*t some material contalning | some short plays, 15 to 26 minu | tes or half an hour, something ‘ in the comedy line with few | characters in them? T am fre quently called upon in our com- I munity te help with programs | and plans and | have run out of . material, MRS. N. E B, Grandview, Among the places you coyld write for catalogs are Baker's Plays, 448 So. Hill st., Los An rlll; Dramatists’ Play Bervice, Es. 80th ¢t., New York; Long man, Green & Co., 114 sth ave, New York, and Samuel French, 811 W, Tth st., Los A . B you look in Rudeu'm in the nearest pubiic library you will find lists of plays which have appeared in magazines. . - » Mr. Fixit: Some years back three men held up the train on the Southern Pacific at & tun nel in Oregon and killed the fireman and engineer. Wil you please tell me their surnames ? Also Is Brookiyn a part of New York City or does it haye its own mayer. READER. Considerable scarch in the New York Times Index st the public library hasn't turned up your train wreck. llf it i im portant enough for you te know, yeu could write to the Southern Pacific office in Beat tie. Brooklyn is a part of greater New York and is part of Mayor lLaGuardia's domain. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 This is not an important day in planetary government, but the slars presage changes, socigl and economic. The gs pects encourage & better under standing of our war policies Heart and Home: This should be a quiet day in which home interests rule. There may be anxiety for the head of the fam ily if he contemplates the cost of living. In the churches to day there will be u tendency towsrd sermons that look back upon the Rible's prophecies which many believe now are in the sourse of fulfillment. Business Affairs: Holiday shopping will increase this week and busimess will benefit as much money circulates, Parents should not restrain expenditures which the young contemplate, for the Christmas of 1941 is to mark the end of an era in the American way of living and this fact makes it historically signi ficant. National Issues: Post-war conditions will be more and more discussed as & new year is contemplated, Those who have foresight will make the best of their resourceg and in 1942 will attempt to provide for the future in which the re sults of dreadful waste of life and property must be met. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of & year of good fortune. Military connec tions will be fortunate for many. Children born en this day will be fearless and independent, keen in mind and kindly in na ture. Certain ones will be re markably talented, $,% & MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 This is not an important day in planetary direction. Bene fic aspects stimulate construc tive work and merchandising is subject to fortunate sway. There is an adverse sign for shipping. Heart and Home: Women will find this a favorable configura tion for work which is broadly philanthropic. All forms of war relief are well directed. Girls should employ every daylight hour in preparing for aid in de fense work or for civic employ ment which indirectly helps the nation. It is not a date aus picious for love affairs. Business Affairs: Building of all sorts should be speeded un der this direction of the stars. Ships and airplanes are to mul tiply under record - breaking methods of production. While money will be plentiful there will be government efforts to ecurtail spending, but they will he limited in suecess and the Christmas trade will be good, National Issues: Minority groups will continue to work against the foreign policies of the administration and to wvoice fears that freedom of the press will be abridged. Fifth eol umnists will sow prejudices ageinst citizens of waried re m and nationalities in des sttempts to divide the w of the United Stales in ir defense program which s to expand in the new year. Persons whese birthdate it is have the sugury of & year of good fortune. Gain through connection with the goyern ment is forecast for both men and women who are technically expert Children bormm on this day probably will be kindly and un selfish as well as extraordin arily talented. Owing to their generosity they may have muta tions of fortune. €he CTacoma Times Strange As It Seems ARMY RAILROAD A typical example of a small government railroad is to be found at Fort Benning, Ga. At the camp there are 18 small narrow-gauge locomotives, 112 gondola cars, 63 flat cars, and LI HT An Inside Picture of Finan cial and Political America By RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON The London-Washington decision to test out U. 8. made stuff at this time was motivated hy propaganda and diplomatic considerations as well as hy military neeessity. A crushing victory over Italo-German forees led hy Hitler's topnotch tank expert, General Erwin Rommel, will serve as a warning to axis and on-the-fence nations and will give encouragement to beleaguered Rus sians and Chinese. Only a few weeks ago Hitler reassured his people and dispar aged our industry with a speech declaring our supplies would not reach his foes in sufficient wol ume te influence the final deci siop. Italian and Japanese prop :’mfllu also have taunted nele Sam about his slowness in swinging into action. Bwen the Russians and the British have shown disappointment as to the quantity of aid we have forwarded since engctment eof the lend-lease bill made us g war partner. The reliance on U. §. weapons and British strategists’ headline tributes to their per formances are designed to an swer these charges and calm those fears. Months ago the president and Prime Minister Churchill agreed that the bulk of lend-lease ship ments should go to Africa and the Middle East instead of to the isles. Hitler's failures in the Russian campaign, together with the prospect that he may be in volved in that area throughout the winter, made it possible to divert arms from England to the African laboratory. g & » ANSWER TO HITLER'S “NEW ORDER" President Roosevelt has launched a far-flung counter offensive designed to discredit the “new erder’ conference of European nations which Adolf Hitler has scheduled for early in 19#42. The desire to undermine this movement jies behind Wash ington's recent promises to feed, finance and rebuild a post-war world, Secretaries Wickard and Mor genthau have pledged that our vast agricultural surplus will be distributed to those made hungry and homeless by Hitler's con quests. Sumner Welleg has as sured millions of migrants that the United States will find a new homeland for war refugees. Our post-war budget plans provide tentatively for billions of dollars to rebuild devastated areas and to restore trade and agriculture. The Roosevelt-Churchill Atlantic charter promises that all nations shall have access to essentisl raw materials. In all efficial Slatements we have discrimi nated between the ruling group at Berlin and the German people, es Woedrow Wilson did during the World war. This nation's willingness to make these contributiens toward worid peace and happiness has been broadcast on the shortwave radio operated by the Denovan propaganda bureau. We have em phasized also that even if Hitler should win on the battiefieid he will not possess sufficient food and funds and natural re sources to match our humani tarian effort. White House Sec retary Early's blast against the 84 passenger cars. Thig equip ment is operated over aboul 19 miles of track within the res ervation boundaries. At Camp Blanding, Fla., a 100-ton Diesel electric locomotive is in opera tion. Hitler pow-wow as merely a get together of “puppet states” re veals Washington's concern over his pacification and unification program, B ¢ ¢ ANCIENT ALLIANCE MAY BREAK UP The farm and labor bloes on Capitol hill may terminate an ancient and profitable alliance because of conflicting views as te the kind of price-fixing con trols te be written into law. Members from the agricultural districts believe that the city fel lows are "hogging” the war profits. The unions, as pointed out by B. Burton Heath on Nov, 19, favor a ceiling on food prices but won't stand for any on Wages. The immediale controversy centers over the method by which “parity prices” are determined, and over the way in which ris ing wages have upset the old . balemee, Under the “parity” system the producer is supposed to enjoy the same relative pur chasing power that he possessed from 1810 to 1814. The base period was fixed arbitrarily by government economists, and un til recently the farmers ap peared satisfied with the selec tion. They have now convinced themselves that the formula op erates in favor of the working man and against them. According to farm spokesmen, factory wages have risen 250 per cent since the 1910-1914 period, while the price of farm products has advanced only 39 per cent. Moreover, wages are still elimb ing. The farmers note also that their prices are subject to arbi trary and rigerous control with out any further legisiation. Meanwhile, organized labor's ability te obtain fatter pay en velopes through strikes is ecited by the farm bloc as evidence of the need for federal contrel over wages. Should their present dis pute lead to & permaneat di vorce, the most powerful lobby combination in Washington will be destroyed. - - - JONES MAY SMASH “ALUMINUM TRUST” Jesse H. Jones frequently has been :fl“—‘ad condemned by I some New Dealers-—as one of the administration’s few believers in the system of privete capital But the wealthy, conservative mof "-.‘: may lu:" so-call 'flmmw where Assist ant Attorney Genersl Thurman Arnold failed. In financing new defense plants, Jones has bpought sev } eral rivals of the Aluminum Cor poration of America into the 1 field. The competing firms may become strong enough to give ; the Mellon interests a run for their money in the post-war era. by John Hix LONG GAMES In 1894 playing time of foot ball games was reduced from 90 to 70 minutes, Not until 1906 was the present playing time of 60 minutes adopted. MONDAY: Berry Man! ‘THE PUBLIC WANTS TO TAKE OVER POUND. Editor, The Times: A letter appearing recently in these enl umns protesting conditions at the city dog peund seems to re quire another statement from the humane society judging from telephone calls received at the Shelter Home and on my per sona] phone regarding this mat ter. The Tacoma Humane society has made many unsuccessful at tempts to contract with the city for operation of the dog pound. We have concentrated upen the building up of our Sheiter Home and though our finances have been small and uncertain we have, largely due to income from boarding kennels, improved our property until now we have fine kennels with beautiful, well planted grounds. Many friends have helped also. The society definitely needs another man to help meet the increased demands made by a fast growing population in Ta coma. Without financial aid from city, county or state, we see no hope of employing addi tional help, The men in cnarge at the city pound are also short handed. This condition has recently been made worse by the illness of Mr. Miller, who for years handled the pound work. Mr, Miller has done the best he could with the means at his disposal and the humane society knew him to be humane in his handling of dogs. Mr. Kibbe, who has been with the pound the past year, has also seemed interested in and well ; adapted to this work. He, too, has been ill and therefore the pound has temporarily been un der another man's care. Truck calls have been referred to the humane soclety during this emergency. The Humane society and city dog pound should be combined for humane and economical rea sons. The society knows that at least four men and two cars would be required to cover Ta coma and Pierce county. In as suming the peund work the so ciety would still wish to handle county complaints. Unless the ecity council and city attorney are willing te amend the charter or pass need ed ordinances that will enable the society to properly finance this work, then it is folly te assume the burden. It would take a period of time to educate Tacomang te paying dog tax regularly. Alse we would be e oo They will train labor, engineer. ing and management staffs that they might not have been able to afford without the government's financial aid. Jones alse won the right te examine Alcog's books periodic ally. Thuys federal experts will epjoy an inside picture of pro ! duction and distribution costs, profits, dividends, etc. Uncle | Sam will have a supervisory | foot inside the door of one of the nation’s most exclusive corpora | tions. AFTER e PEF E uaflugfi:zms‘; Pictures Show Qld Glory of Tacoma When “The Fife"” Wa.s Modern Hotel, and. By Governor! Tra.im.la;t Above Tree Tops H)\V theroughly the pioneers of Tacoma believed in their “City of Desliny” is indicgled in 8 eopy of an illustrated book let found amoeng some oid po pers the other day. 1t was pub lished in 1888 by Allen C. Ma son, & fine type of citizen whe pul mueh of the money he made bere back inte improvements for the benefit of the commun ity. As he did everything, Mr. Mason went the limit to pro duce a fihe prospectus “for in formation concerning invest ments in Tacoma and Washing ton territery.” Illustrations in the book show some of the then modemn build ings looking very much as they do now, and apparently as sound as the day they were built. A photograph of the west side of Pacific avenue looking south from a point near Ninth sireet, made in 1887, has a fa miliar look. The Wright building on the corner, then occupied by Chas. Reichenbach's “London and Liv erpool Clothing House,” with offices upstairs, still bears a close resemblance to the orig inal. Gross Bros.’ building, next on the south, with its pointed turrets and flag staff, was giyven a new front when it was remod eled for a theater. From that point seuth to the Rust build ing there has been little change ~in the street. The chief difference between the illustration in Mason's book and a photog{:‘rh made from the same point ay would be the horses and carriages, the Fife (later Donnelly) hotel bus just rounding the corner; the car riages and delivery wagons “parked” along the curb, and the Sixth avenue car heading up Ninth street. 5 & 8 Another illustration shows the original Tacoma hotel with the walk down the face of the hluff | to the waterfront which then ~ was one of Tacoma's advertis } ing points The foreground shows several beating parties composed presumably of hotel guests. > 5 . On annther page is 8 sketch of "the new and elegant Hotel Fife, a large five story brick structure recently built at a cost of $125,000,” containing 126 rooms and “supplied with ail the modern conveniences of gas, water, electric bells, elevators, ot Then there was the “Heotel Rochester” (Bonneville, Tacoma avenue, near Division) pietured as it was originally built 50 yvears ago with the twe corner bay windows en the north end extending into observatory tow ers. The Rochester was the home of many of the elite of those days. Among other things it was noted for the Turkish baths operated for the cenve nience of hotel guests, who may have induiged well but not wisely, E & & Another interesting reminder is & sketch of the old Germania hail, then at 1333 C st. The building for many years was notable for the hot political gon ventions and athletic bouts held there. Some of the political eon ventions made more casualties than the boxing matches and prize fights staged there by the old Tacoma Athletic club. 5 = B Among the finer residences of that day are shown the former home of John §. Baker, 438 C st.. then one of the most hos pitable in the city. This fine old home is now “Mahogany Hall” with the number changed to 436 Broadway. The vacant lot on the Tacoma avehue corner just south of the Olympic apartments, with the heavy stone wall around the front end side, was the site of the former home of Gen. J. W. Sprague, first mayor of Tacoma after the conselidation of “Old" and “New"' Taeoma, and one of the city's financial and indus trial leaders Other fine old homes shown { as of that day were those of Isaac Anderson, land company executive, adjoining the oid Chester Thorne home on Broad way near Sixth ave. J. M Buckley, Northern Pacific offi cial, corner of Division and R expected to operale thoroughly and efficiently. If, despite the state law giv ing dog tax to the pelice pension fund, Seattie, Spokane and Yak ima can so arrange their city charters to contract with the humane societies for dog peund work, then why not Tacoma? ! Perhaps if there is sufficient , agitation and clamor from the | public angd ecivic oragnizations | interested in the welfare of ani | mals, success may come Where | the society has heretofore failed. | This is a challenge to dog lov | ers of Tacoma How are you going to respond? | TACOMA HUMANE SOCIETY | MRS. E. L. CLOUGH, \ President and Ex. Chairman. e BY ET.SHORT . e Broadway; Allen C. Mason, which occupied a sightly loca tien on what is now the corner of Ninth and Fawcett, and Eben Pierce, retired farmer, on u high terraced lot on Dst near Fifth. . - . Of particular interest in these days of streamline trains and the periodical and hectic de mands for more and more ::-‘ are the sketches showing Northern Pacific “switch back” over the Cascade moun tains, with pasenger trains “double heading” over flimsy looking trestles and along ledges on the mountain sides, The railroad reached the sum mit over five “switchbacks,” with seven miles of track and AR average grade of about 300 feet to the mile. The ride along the side of the mountaing gave travelers a great thrili. Shortly after the line was opened, W. P. Bonney and Ccl. J. M. Steele were going up the mountain on a train of half a dozen cars with a 10-wheel loco motive at each end when the Colonel shouted: “By governor, Bonney look! We're way over the tree tops” And that's about what it ap peared as one looked from the car window. : = Views “Along the Waterfront” show the old Northern Pacifie dock st the feot of Pacific aves nue; the coal bunkers, notable all along the coast for the fast coaling of vessels; a great fleet of sailing vessels anchored off the Old Taecoma mill, and the Pacific mijll, a lumber venture near Point Defiance, - » - Sketches in Tacoma's first booster book are interesting, but what really impresses one is the earnestness of the appeal made in the text. Those old timers believed 100 per cent in the future of Tacoma. They bet every cent they had on their eity. It was net their fault that some of them Ilost. Tacoma could use more of that sapirit today. There are a lot of jobs waiting a return of the pioneer spirit and vision. ———— e ————— QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to page 13 for the answers. 1. What Old Testament book is sometimes called Canticles? 2. A loach is a fresh-water fish, a bird, or an insect? 8. Do the equinoxes occur in March and September, or June and December ? 4. In the Arabian Nights, the great bird that carried off men and animals was called a r-c? 5. The whale isa crustacean, cetacean, or arachnid? 6. There 1§ more land than water area on the earth; true or false? = 7. The taleg of King Arthur called “Morte d'Arthur” were collected by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Alfred Lord Tenny son or Thomas Malory? 8. Name the central powers in World War No. 1, 9. In which state is Arlington National Cemetery situated? 10. What famous address opens with the words, ‘“Four acore and seven yvears ago—?" S Storiesin Stamps Peru Helps Natives Resettle Desert Areas ALMOST unnoticed in the daily newspapers are accounts of a gigantic land resettlement project in Peru, wheie the government is encouraging natives to take up farming in a newly irrigated area. The Peruvian desert, high on the plateaus of the Andes, is so dry that even cactus plants grow miles apart. Yet sections of this land new under irrigation yield six and seven alfalfa crops per year. The government has set up model farms and experimental statisns to record the progress of the projegt and to help the farmer with his preblems. The 1937 stamp, above, pictures a ram at the modei farm at Puno. pifty thousand acres of arid land are being reclaimed by the resettiement project as Peruvian officials attempt to rehabilitate the poor Indians, wooed away from the land to work in the now idle cities. Water foy the dry 4800-foot high mesa comes from two rivers in the mountains, the Calco and the Chili. When the last irrigation canals and spillways are come pleted water will be plentiful 13 months of the year.