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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

Win the enarcnoloerN tAhnk III
the work, formed q separate or
ganizstion. which was known as
the stevedores. Jongsnorsmen and
Riggers Union Of Tacoma. This
group was called the No. Is.
Officers Of the new group were
William creiean, president: Fred
Burns. vice president: Thomas Nc
vey. treasurer; David Cromhie,
secretary.
HARD TIMES KILL
In 1890 THERE was q strike and
still another organization, sffi-
lated with the knights n Labor,
sprung up on the waterfront. All
three groups dissolved during the
hard times Of the pos.
First death Of a iongshoreman
At work 10 recorded during the
existence OF the early groups. A
man named Kelly was fatally In
jured while loading the Una
tills." which had grounded on
Browns Point.
Soon after the turn Of the cen
tury. organized labor made It's
temperance on the Tacoma
waterfront and II has been here
ever since.
COAST n COVERED
Local 17p, of International Long
shoremen's association, was char
tered In 1900. being later changed
to q Lumber Handlers local at
Old Town. No. 2se. the Grain
Handlers. was chartered shortly
Afterwards and Local No. 500 re-
ceived its charter May 4. 1900.
still another local. No. s3i, was
also chartered later In the year.
thus giving Tacoma four locals
Of the LA. Locals aos and 33i
later merged under the charter Of
sos.
ny 1905 the entire coast
was organized, with Tacoma
the headquarters. A strike en-
sned that year and during the
strike, George Nconan, now
the oldest member In the Ia
coma longshore union, was
elected president Of the coast
organization.
Following the strike there were
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27
COlumbid's Victory!

Columbia win soon offer Taco
ma audiences just such a picture
Here Comes Mr.. Jordan" II
my opinion means anything. you
may look for tn. most fantastic
story you have ever seen on the
screen ID. for character portrsyals
which generally speaking. are
flawless and for direction 30
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27
Workers Of Waterfront Have Colorful
History; Handle Traffic for Defense
700 Men OF This Port Ushered Through 2626.s76
Tons Of Commerce During Eighteen Months

Men of the checkers and
upercarg-hey
which flowed through the the Is months
They the who and will handle marine result
ing the national defense program.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Labor Council Probes
Workers Accidents
Al New War BuiIdinq
Trade Paper Calls
Structure Death Trop;
Conference Sought

Reports of an alarming" accident
rate among workers on the new War
Department building in Arlington
have led to the appointment of a
special committee of the Building
Trades Council Executive Commit
tee to confer with Quartermaster
Corps officers and determine if
safety codes are being complied
with.
John Locher, secretary of the
council and a member of the special
committee. said today the group will
seek an audience with Army con-
struction chiefs within several
days" He said the group also would
seek to determine whether the
building actually is located in the
District or Virginia.
Important questions of unemploy-
ment and accident compensation as
we'll as travel-time pay hinge on
this determination, Mr.. Locher said.
The Quartermaster Corps has
very good safety CODE Mr.. Locher
asserted. "and it will be the purpose
of our committee to see that it is
applied"
The Trades Unionist, publication
edited by Fred S. Walker, another
member of the special committee.
said in its Saturday issue that work.
ing conditions on the huge $3l. .000.-
900 project were most hazardous" :"
The article was headed workers
Being Killed in Alarming Numbers:
War Building Death Trap"
Mr.. Walker said today he did not
write the article and could not say
how many deaths had occurred. The
Quartermaster Corps said there had
been one workman killed during the
early stages of the work.
Approximately 5000 laborers are
working three shifts a day as the
Army seeks to complete the building
early in 1943. The completion sched-
ule specifies IA months from the be-
ginning of work, September Is.
Evening star., 1941-11-06

viding defense housing as well as
slum clearance.
The various and duplicating
Federal agencies now doing defense
housing on a highly centralized basis
are thoroughly unsound," he as
serted.
Mr.. Straus said new organizations
to do public housing cannot be i'm
provised in a week or in month.
-Ordinator Found Necessary.
THE conflicting agencies doing
defense housing have been accom-
panied by a Defense Housing CO.
ordinator to regulate the confusion. -
the administrator declared, adding
that the need for q co-ordinator
arose from evils which the co-ordi-
nator himself could not cure"
He charged that the scheme Of
home ownership for defense work
ers, known as Title VI of the F. H.
A.. which substantially guarantees
banks and speculative bidders
against loss land puts the whole risk
on the defense workers" encourages
infiationary selling now and will be
def1ationary in its effect when .the
boom is over.
Mr.. Straus pointed out that IS
per cent of the families of defense
workers can afford to pay no more
than $50 month rent. and that
between 1885 and 1910. less than 2
per cent of all private rental hous-
ing produced with F. H. A. insur-
ance rented for $50 a month or less
Thus almost half of the defense
workers have incomes below the
level for which private enterprise
builds" he said.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Women 'sCommission
Begins Meetings at
Pan-American Union
international Group
To Recommend Projects
For Motions of Continent

The Inter American Commission
Of Women today began q three
day series of meetings at the Pam
American Union to discuss the
women Of the % American repub-
lies and the channels Of contact
between them.
An outstanding woman citizen ap-
pointed by the President of each
country will report on the prob
lens Of the women there. In addi-
ton. the delegates will prepare rec
concentrations of inter-continental
projects. to be submitted first to the
Governing Board of the Pan-Amer-
lean Union and then to the Ninth
Conference of American States at
Bogota, Colombia.
Heading the commission for the
second year is Sonora Ana Rosa s.
de Martinez Guerrero of Argentina,
who recently completed tour OF the
United States under auspices Of the
National League of Women Voters.
Leader Of the fight for woman suf-
frage in Argentina. Sonora Guer-
rero Is also founder of the Union
Of Argentine Women and president
OF the Victory Committee Of Women
in that country.
New delegates to the commission
this year are Sonora Esther Neira
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Good Diet Essential
|ToCurb tuberculosis
Rate, Doctor Says
Number Of Coses Goes
Up in Times Of Stress,
CIV. U. Society Told

A high level of nutrition is essen
tial to prevent an increase In the
tuberculosis rate during the war,
DR.. Esmond r. Long Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania told the
Smith Reed Russell Society of
George Washington Medical School
yesterday afternoon.
The rate Is known to go up in
times of national stress. he said.
and 1t is known that an effective
curb is q national diet with plenty
of proteins and vitamins A and c.
With the new, cheap X-ray tech
nique for discovering tuberculosis
LESSONS in the lungs, DR.. Long said
1t may soon be possible to examine
a greater part Of the American pop
ulation and thus discover the ma
jority of sources Of infection. In
Germany at present. he said, there
are unverified reports that entire
cities are being examined IN THU
| fashion.
There are two elements Of the
population likely to escape such
mass examinations. he stressed
the vagabonds and women over
school age who are not employed
Otherwise great masses can be
reached through the schools and
the factories.
In order to stamp out the dis
ease, he stressed, it is essential thai
every active case be sequestered
possibly in sanatorfa, so that there
will be no sources of infection.
Formerly a disease almost exclu.
sivtly of youth, he said. tuberculosi!
is now becoming a disease of latt
life. This is due in part to the fac
that new methods of treatment have
prolonged life so that persons ever
with severe cases may live into ole
age.
The vagabond population with it.
low standard of living and constan,
exposure to the elements, he said
is one of the most important reser.
voirs Of infection.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
DC. Sea Scouts 10 Hold
Bridqe Of Honor Ceremony

Sea Scouts of Washington will
hold their annual bridge of honor
ceremony and formal dance tomor-
row night in Rock Creek Parish
House, Webster street and Rock
Greek Church road NV.
The rank of quartermaster, high
est in the organization, will be con-
ferred upon j. G. Y. Sanborn, COM
missioner for Sea Scouting of the
National Capital Area Council of
Boy Scouts, and r. Tryon of Ship
322 They also will receive several
other awards.
Evening star., 1941-11-06

q more practical appreciation Of
home life and family solidarity and
a return to the ideals of Christian
training.
DR.. Maier was introduced by Will
liam S. Knudsen, co-director Of
O. P. M. and a member of the
Lutheran church in Detroit. The
visitor praised Mr.. Knudsen for fur
thering the work of the Lutheran
Hour" now broadcast over 300 sta
tions.
DR.. Maier's talk was broadcast last
night over Station VOL. The dinner
was held at Hotel 240O Sixteenth
street. Other speakers included
Chaplain H. H. Heuer. assistant chief
of the Chaplain's Once, and Rep
resentative w. J. Boehne of Indiana.
DR.. Maier few back to St. Louis
last night after the meeting.
Representatives of Lutheran
synods in Norwav and Denmark at
tended the dinner.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
finns' Objective
Fixed, Premier Says
By HENRY J. TAYLOR,
Correspondent Of The Star and N. A. N. /

Correspondent Of The Star and N. A. N. A.
HELSINKI, Nov. Delayed
The Finnish government has fixed
the strategic and defendable line at
which they can and will safely stop
their advance into Russia, Premier
Jukka Rangell told me.
This is a settled matter, he said,
determined independently by the
Finnish government and Marshal
Mannerheim and solely in Finland s
defensive interests of security.
Premier RangeH pointed out it is
easy to understand why the location
of this line must remain a military
secret at present. If the Russians
knew where the line was they would
know what to do with their troops.
The Russians also would know how
to plan their defenses of Leningrad
if they knew whether the Firms were
going to occupy Leningrad when
they could and thus create an his
toric sensation among the Finnish
people, or whether the Firms were
going further to display to the world
by not going into Leningrad. that
their interest is solely and unquali-
fiedly Finlands defense against an
ancient enemy and entirely outside
every detail of the European war as
q whole.
The Firms believe that the Rus
sian fighting is about over. The
Russians no longer are able to
counterattack with any force what
ever or with any persistence, even
in local areas. They cannot form
their lines or communicate effec-
lively between isolated groups. Rus
sian aviation is haphazard and its
coordination has disappeared. This
much the Finnish people realize. I
was in an air raid Thursday night.
the first since the beginning of Oc-
tober, and saw the Russian planes
dump their bomb load in the open
water of the gulf, turn back and run
as soon as the first fighters came
UP to meet them.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Sweden Declares
lis Allegiance 10
Finland in This War
Premier Says Relations
With Britain Will Suffer
If English Declare War
BY HENRY ]. TAYLOR.


Correspondent Of The Star and the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
STOCKHOLM. Nov 6 (by cable)
f-On the basis of an interview with
Prime Minister Per Albin Hanson
sand an exclusive statement from the
Swedish Foreign Office, your cor
respondent can state that there is
absolutely no doubt that further
pressure from Moscow on London to
edeclare war on Finland would imme-
diately react against England in
Sweden and directly affect Anglo
lSwedish relations.
Prime Minister Hanson struck
courageous note in our discussion
-at the chancellory. A large man,
.stolid and firm, he spoke plainly and
to the point after 1 had remarked
that Sweden's policy now, in the
face of Englands consideration of
possible declaration of war on
Finland is one of the principal po-
litical and military questions In
Europe.
With the Prime Minister'S consent,
I proposed to the Foreign Office
that if SWeeden's official attitude in
the face of this situation had al
ready crystallized, the Swedish gov
'ernment could do its part construc-
lively by declaring its position at
once.
SWeden's official declaration was
dictated to me in the following di-
rectly-quoted words of the Foreign
Office spokesman:
r You can say we have never been
strictly neutral when it concerns
Finland. During Finland's 1939-4O
war against RUSSIA in addition to
the great material and humani-
tartan assistance we gave Finland,
we also exported war materials to
Finland and some of our best young
men joined up as volunteers.
while in Finland's present war
we have had to give consideration
to the fact that our stores of mate
rials and foodstuffs were greatly de-
pleted. we have been as helpful as
we could.
In this help. however, such things
as We have exported have always
excluded any imports of other ma
terials we obtained from America
and, of course, from Great Britain.
LAS any help has been exclusively
TO Finland and to no one else. we
ask England to remember that
Sweden has been united with the
people of Finland by economic, cul-
tural and religious bonds and by
our way of life for nearly 300 years.
Therefore, any isolation of Fin
land from the great democratic ma
tions naturally has a direct effect
on Sweden and makes it doubly
hard to carry out our programs of
independence and national secu-
fitv,"
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Housing
Continued From First Page.)

give the source or extent of his in
formation but merely could allege
that his rent was unreasonable, and
the special authority would have
the power to lower it on this show
ing if it chose.
They say" Mr.. Skirvin COM
mented, that they intend rent
control to apply only to defense
areas. I say it is permanent thing
they propose. Or else, why have
they drawn up model State acts
which they hope every Legislature
will approve?"
Administrator Straus told the
conference at the Mayfower that
problems of public housing are es-
sentially local and can best be
solved by local planning and ad-
ministration. This plan is possible,
he added, through the U. S. H. A.
local authority program, which he
described as the best means of pro-
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Testimonial Dinner Here
Honors Dr.. Waller Maier

Restoration of the Bible to its
proper place in the churches and
homes Of the Nation and a return
to the principles Of the Reformation
were urged last night by DR.. Walter
A. Maier, distinguished Lutheran
theologian, at a testimonial dinner
in his honor attended by 300 laymen
and clergy.
DR.. Maier, who is a professor at
Concordia Seminary in st. Louis,
told Lutherans of the Washington
area that the Goth century needs
Evening star., 1941-11-06

de Calvo, founder Of the National
Red Cross and the Woman's Suf-
frage Association, and Sonora An
gela Acuna de Chacon, first woman
lawyer in Costa Rica and president
Evening star., 1941-11-06

of the country's Feminist League
and League Of Education. Sonora
de Calvo was appointed last year,
but was unable to attend the ses-
sions.
Evening star., 1941-11-06

Defense industries use diamonds,
the hardest known mineral, as well
as rubies. sapphires. amethysts and
emeralds for bearings in precision
instruments.
Evening star., 1941-11-06

Farmers of Britain have plowed
1000 900 acres in l8 months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

he was greeted warmly by the
vice president of big oil
company, an old college friend
and fraternity brother, an d
when he left there he had a
substantial check in his
pocket He sent off a tele-
gram, bought new clothes and
luggage, and moved into the
Biltmore. The desk clerk
handed him the telegram:
Very happy learning you
have recovered health and
think your suggestion of Cali
fornia holiday for Gloria and
me is grand stop leaving by
overnight plane tonight Stop
I was wrong about Foster
account and signed contract
six weeks ago Stop business
good and you're nedeed here
love,
Laura.
THE END
TomorrOw's short story:
"Or Houn' Dog" by Charles
McGuirk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Better Health
By DR.. Logan CIendening

the season OF broken hips in the
elderly-a very serious condition.
Everybody knows it. Or 10 say
take care of wet or slippery
days" Everybody knows that.
TOO. But the 81 should have
known better" is monumental
warning. Know better and act
on it Take all the precautions
you can.
CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS
I have long preached that
most accidents are due 10 care
lessness, not ignorance. The
tragedy of the roach powder
d c at his in Pittsburgh Illus
trates il.
Last year / said in this column
that sodium fluoride is a good
roach powder because IT Is
almost harmless for man.
Manufacturers wrote me pro-
testing. All sodium fluorlde
should be labelled Poison on
the can. Agreed But naturally
one must assume that everybody
will realize that if sod ium
fIuoridc will kill reaches, enough
of it will kill a man.
Small amounts are not poison
Gus. but in Pittsburgh 10 pounds
were dumped in the flour barrel
Cases OF roach and rat pow
der poisoning are not due to
ignoranc but careleSsness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12


enough
NO YOU haven't dear In spite of all this ruthless
raton yourself spite of real honest
desire for actually done nothing all to change
yourse To the badly off when started
and long continue tactics you'll get
FAST
book called Some Principles and Practices Of
the Spiritual Life" b. w Maturn And in that book you'll
find the what ais you Listen!
WILL EVER DEVELOP HIS BEST SELF BY
ALWAYS WATCHING HIMSELF"
SUBSTANTIAL materials Real life stuff New interest
~ New friends New ideas New risks Rough
stuff all of Rough wood and stone and succo Infinitely
harder tackle than the soft seazy stuff OF dreams IN which
ndufgng
BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO CHANGE YOURSELF
AND YOUR LIFE-TTIATS TIE ONLY WAY TO DO IT!
docs that apply Mary working your lonely
kitchen doing jobs you oathe? Jane
tapping old tesome keys office? Or Bill
bumped hopeless park You have holes
in your lhes-and you know it,
But what you do watch them? What chance
have you o bring n materials?
AS MUCH CHANCE AS ANY SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
ANY CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY-ANY PRIMA DONNA OR
BIG SHOT!
I1oR no matter how 6or you are uneducsed how
L how dscouraged-IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
REACH OUT THE WHOLE HORIZON IS YOURS You
stay shabby office that park benchyet
curiosity and sympathy and imagination into all
lives all adventures.
wishing For these things holes Instead
yourself Snap Look
reach Life There makmgs
Copyright King
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
HIDES THE TRUTH

He had no idea where Sixth
and Los Angeles was, but he
agreed with her that II wasn't
one of the nicer parts of Los
Angeles. He didn't know why
he was leading her TO believe
that he had a home in that
city. with a wife and daugh-
ter waiting eagerly for his re-
turn. Somehow he didn't want
her to know the truth.
"You know what I did
after a year," she asked. re-
Stunning the thread of the
story. II finally had sense
enough to realize that l had
been a plain damned fool"
Somehow the words coming
from her didn't seem out of
place.
"Yes, young man, even II
Dick had been wrong, and he
wasn't, shouldn't have
packed up and left" She went
on. I'VE should have talked II
over quietly, and one or the
other of us should have given
In gracefully, or we might
have compromised. The fact
that we managed to hold on
TO that property for 10 years.
and then sold II at a profit l
won't even mention out loud.
has nothing to do with u. !
Just brought the children back
10 California, and we've never
been apart since then, Dick
and l."
He promised to bring his
wife and Gloria to call on her
within a week or two. and
she gave him her neatly en-
eraved card. Mrs. Richard
Brown" and in a neat fine
hand she scrubbed her Bev-
erly Hills address and phone
number
At the bus station he
met her husband, a tall OLD
gentleman with rosy com
pleXion and distinguished
white mustache. and he saw
them drive off in . big black
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

tax per portion, and picked
up her check. She thanked
him kindly.
The Valley was green and
glistening with the ram as
they zoomed down the Val
ley toward MERGED, the sun
now out brightly
ut was hard at first" he
heard his seat companion
saving. "My husband Dor
rowed some money from the
bank back home and started
hardware store on Hill
street. Los Angeles wasn't
much of a city then. IL was
raw and ugly and In the
Winter time many of the
streets were thick with mud.
What the hell was it he and
Laura had fought over? oh,
YES. the Foster Baking Com
pany account. She didn't want
it. despite the fat contract
calling for the expenditure OF
sos 600 a year for newspaper
advertising space. which
meant a neat commission for
the agency. Laura had said
Grant Foster was dangerous
windbag too big for his
brooches and that the Ferris
Advertising Agency would
find itself holding the sack,
possibly losing its own hard
won credit rating with the
Publishers Association.
After all. her judgment IN
the past on such matters had
saved the business. He was a
crack salesman and he also
had something most advertlS-
ing statesmen lackcd-he could
write copy as well. But she
had the real business brains OF
the concern.
"Then came the matter of
that plot of ground on Yer
mont avenue said the little
old lady. I'VE had gone over
the hump. as the saying goes,
D. T..., Hot1n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

out the VIM
dow and sees
{ h a I il is
slice ting or
showing and
does not put
on her rub
bers nor de-
m a n d that
the steps be
s a lite d but
jauntily steps
GU to h Q +
m o u s | ne.
falls on the
second front
s { G p a n d
bre a k s her
hip. The first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Daily Short Story

and he'd laid aside a few
thousand dollars. Our chill
dren were growing up. and !
wanted to save IL for their
education. But Dick had an
option on that piece of ground
for what he said was a bar
gain. We had quarreled about
II, and then 1 did an awful
thing. l took the children and
went back home 10 mother"
They had passed Fresno,
and were on their way 10