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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15
People in
The News
BY UNITED PRESS

Sen. James v. Murray, d.
Mont. charged in Phoenix that
isolationists, blinded by has. are
using tactics similar TO those Of
Nan propagandists ~. y.
Rockefeller Prentice, 80 grand
son Of John n. Rockefeller, was
married 10 Abbie Csntrill NJ Chi
osgo DIR. Charles Frederic
Aked. IT. for so years an English
and American clergyman noted for
his peace activities. died in Los
Angeles e.
Homer Mat Adams. president ~
the Young Democratic Clubs Of
America. said the national con-
vention in Louisville next week
Will ignore partisan politics and
will be devoted TO national defense
and patriotic policy 49,.
Igor ChskloV. 14-year-old son Of
the late Nalery ChakIov. first Rus
sian TO fly nonstop across the
North pole to the United States,
became tractor driver in Russia
along with other school children
replacing men in the fields
Pvt. William Mcd hssney Martin.
president ~ the New York stock
exchange until induction into the
army. began duties IS clerk IN
the qusrtermsstsrs office a. the
Army War college. but n. still
gets $50 = month
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15
Woman Injured
In all at Home
Mrs. jones Russell
OF Gig Horbor Hurt

GIG HsRBoR Mrs. James 4
Russell vas seriously injured last
week when she fell from = porch.
Her left shoulder vas dislocsted
snd the arm. wrist and all fingers
n the left hand broken. She vas
taken to = Tsoons hospital. where
she viii raw, to remain for several
weeks.
Ms ". J. Dinsmore left Monday
for her home in Klamath Falls. ORE
She was accompanied by her
nephew, GUY, IT.. son n Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Steviek Of Gig Hsrbor.
Guests nf Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Rurkland this week were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Wheeler and sons.
Kenneth and Russell. Of Tacoma.
All local presidents of PIT. A.
are invited to attend a program
chsirmans conference. sponsored
nv the Pierce county PIT A
board. on Monday at l 2. m. at
Fishers auditorium, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15
New Heating system

A completely new oil burning
system has been installed at the
Lincoln school during the vacation.
This plant will heat the four main
rooms and the basement.
The building is also being reno
waited and conditioned for the COM
ing year.
Plans for an increased program
Of hot lunches in the school are
being worked out by government
representative and the principal.
Edward New. Miss Elsie Jones is
expected to have charge of this
department again this year, with
one assistant.
Mrs. F.. T. Moran returned Fri
day from a two months trip TO
California.
The annual yacht party spon-
sored by the c. f. Memorial Pres
byterisn church will leave the old
ferry dock on Monday evening at
130 =. m. Accommodation is Inn
tied. so those wishing to so are
asked to make early reserva tons
with the committee, Shirley Wesv-
or. Ray Arnold or Virginia Boards
ley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15

PITTSBI RGH - An amateur
photographers idea Of depicting
American liberties in series of
pictures so interested President
Roosevelt that he took time to be
photographed with a 3 year old
boy.
James Jones. United Press
teletype operator, told to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15
Announcements
Made in 4lsi
Many Promotions
OF Officers. Men
~ rseena rimes staff Writer

" faoausa fiHnes ~taH NrNrf
FORT IFwf>-rromctlon ~
Maj BENJAMIN ,. rounc. salem.
~ the 2fsth Field Artillery. t.
the rank - lieutenant colonel top.
ped a list ~ officer promotions
and = appointments frem enlisted
ranks % second ieutsnants. se-
eerding n announcement thurs
day ~ MAJ. Gen George A. White.
commander ~ the sist Division
Five captains acre promoted u
The rank II major. They are
Harold n, Nhsrfield and Wayne
7. shrcck. ho,h ~ the sissh Fieid
Artillery. both a Portland. Law
renee X. Smith. Portland. lssth
Field Artillery; osmen v. Hawk.
Portland. lad Infantry. and Carl
ton v. DARK. Seattle. sist division
headquarters
Made Captains
Promoted to captain from first
lieutenant were William n, BROWN
and Richard NJ Brewster. both
Portland and both Of the 7ieth
Field Artillery. otto y. Hsaisn.
wallace. Ida. i6lst Infantry. and
Frank NJ Arthur. Baker, Ore. .ist
Division headquarters
The following men were pro-
rnotpd from second 10 first hsu=
tenant.
Jack y Maze ard jesse T VII
kins both ~ seattle. and hath ef
the t4sth Field Artillery. Charlie
magne Rousqet. wenatohee. idist
Infantry Ernest NJ steelsmitn.
Rurlev. Ida, ii6th Ordnance Co
Thomas y. Rogers. Pilot Mound.
Ida. 1924 Infantry: William u.
Taylor. Crete. Neh.. 1e3d Infantry.
Howard 7. Mccandl.ss. Malta.
Mont. 10th Quartermaster. John
=. Panek and Raymond A. Pistt..
both Of Portland and both 81 the
2isth Field Artillery. BENJAMIN
W Forbes and Tom c. T,irlay. IT,
both Of Portland and both of the
is6th Infantry. and Charles q.
Reed. Bothell. lssth Infantry.
Men Commissioned
Enlisted msn promoted to com
nissioned rank Of second lisuten-
ant include
Hobart W ely. Myron l. Brew
er. John N. Gahel and James u
Goggin. all Of Portland, and all Of
tho 1921 Infantry. Benjamin
Johnston. Portland. is6th In
fantry. Sam y. Hughes and Rod
ney Orange. both Of Eugene. Carl
NJ Mcintyre and Marvin u Nobls.
both OF Corvallis. Robert W. Me-
Jeod. Bend. Ashley NJ. Dickin-
son. Jr. MeMinnville. Marden W
Shaw. Roseburg. Richard n. Allen
and Robert A. Pound. both of
Salem, all Of the 1921 Infantry.
Alphu. r. Clark. Baker. fbsen A.
Nelson. Medford. and Russell
Hines. Forest Grove. all Of lsoth
Infantry.
Raymond y. Bard and John v.
slawson. both spokane. Robert
W. AcCalder and Kenneth =.
French. both Of Pullman. David
n. Richie. Everett. Charles ]
Hastings. Walla wAlla. and Grant
o. Brown. Bellingham. all NJ the
16lst Infantry: Raymond g Chris
niger. kalispell. Mont and James
r. Kent. Willow Creek. Mont.
both of the 1884 Infantry Eugene
W Davidson. Moscow. Ida, issth
Field Artillery. William L. Wood
all. Burnley. Ida. iisth Engineers.
and Allan II Willard. Jerome, Ida,
li6th Ordnance 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15
Marine Cadets May
Continue Troininq

WARRINGTON The nsYY an
nouncsd Thursday u had com
pleted arrangements N permit
merchant marine cadets serving
on navy Communicated merchant
vessels 70 seek nidnhipmen rat
lnEs in the merchant marine re-
serve by volunteering for active
naval duty.
The plaa. which will affect APP
prozimately 400 men. will permit
the cadets 10 continue the training
which was interrupted vben the
nsvy took over the merchant YES
fels and their crews.
The cadets will receive the
same pay and allowances as mid.
sh pmen In the regular navy.
.
The Treasury Department or me
Federal Reserve Banks will hold
your Defense Savings Bonds for
safekssping free ~ charge
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-15

day how he succeeded In hsv-
ing Mr.. Roosevelt pose at the
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Air Derby Association
To Hear of 'FIivver'

Design and development of the
unconventional Ercoupe "air fiivver"
airplane built at Riverdale, Md, will
be described in an Illustrated lecture
by Fred E. Weick, chief engineer of
the Engineering & Research Corp,
at the May dinner meeting of the
Washington Air Derby Association
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at 1906
Rhode Island avenue NE.
The association will hold an aerial
compass hunt Sunday at Congress
sional Airport, Halpine, Md, as the
Evening star., 1941-05-21

II they have been notified that they
are to be dismissed within 80 days.
Such worker will be given a non-
competitive examination "only in
connection with an official request
for his reinstatement, said Mr..
Meyer, adding: AN employe who
fails in such examination cannot be
re-eXamined."
Requests for reinstatement in the
Federal service must be received
within one year from the date of an
employees separation from the serv-
ice.
An employe must have served at
least six months Immediately prior
to involuntary separatjon-though
Evening star., 1941-05-21

not necessarily in the same agency
to be eligible under the executive
order concerned. He must have
been dropped by reason of a re-
duction in force, the abolition OF
his position or the liquidation, in
whole or in part, of the agency in
which he was employed" He also
must be "unqualifiedly recommend
ed" for further Government employ
ment by the head of the agency
which he last served.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Navy Orders Sl5,990
Worth of Memo Pads

Take a memo, orderly"
The Navy must be preparing to
mark several things down, for in
yesterdays list of contracts awarded
was an order for SIS 800 worth of
memorandum pads. The contracts
went to Charles G.. Stott & Co.,
Washington stationers.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Conditions for Reinsiating
U.S.. Workers Listed

Conditions under which Federal
employees who have been dropped
from their positions for reasons of
economy or departmental changes
may be appointed to positions under
classified civil service were an
nounced today by L. A. Meyer, ex-
ecutive director and chief examiner
Of the Civil Service Commission.
Employees may be named to avail
able positions before they have been
actually separated from the service
Evening star., 1941-05-21

second flying event of the month.
The first, the annual Langley Day
air meet, was held at Hyde Field,
Clinton, Md.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

German engineers report the con-
struction of 4,100-foot iron bridge
across the Danube at Belgrade in
seven days. 1t has "a tons capacity.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
Desert Defeated
by Patient TOileE.s

last three months of 1910
brought q runoff from the thous-
ands of miles of watersheds and
raised the level to 731,847 acre
feet, the highest for any Janu-
ary in seven years. This rise
was equivalent to q two-year
flow at normal use.
Slow, steady rains, falling in
periods as long as 48 to 60 hours,
turned the trick. The ground
became soaked and water has
shunted into reservoirs as though
off q ducks back.
Last summer and fall, water
was rationed. Huge sections of
land in the fertile Salt River
valley were not cultivated be-
cause Of the dire prospect of
drought and further rationing.
There was talk of q possible
drastic drop in land values II
rain didn't come during the win
ter.
Through it all, however, Orme
and other old-timers kept cool
heads.
There was apprehension
among the farmers, Orme said,
"but we had faith that our pro-
ject would take care of US.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

oPHOENIx, ARK, Jan. 20 =
@-Nature has INDICATED the
faith and foresight of Z hard
listed but unspectacular group
of men who in 81 years have
transformed the raw, cactus
covered desert into q 500, 0OO,-
600 agricultural center.
Men like Jesse James and
Billy the Kid may flash across
the screen Of your local. movie
emporium, but 1t Il cooperative
examinations such Is the Salt
River Valley Water Users As
ISOLATION that have made the
west. The association furnishes
irrigation water-life blood Of
the southwest-to 242, 900 acres
and power 70 the tenants Of IN
additional $50, 900.
s, Four months ago, the water
users five dams, including
Roosevelt, highest ma onry
structure of.its kind In the world,
had Z reservoir level Of ~, 426
acre feet. Their capacity ID T.
900. 900 acre feet.
Since that time nature has
proved it's on our SIDE" says
Lin B. Orme, president OF the
association.
UNPRECEDENTED rainfall tn e
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

OMANILA, Jan. 20&R-The
possibility that IL German raid
ers are active in the south Pact-
fic ocean was raised here today
by Filipino seamen rescued from
Emirau Island, where they were
marooned by their Maxi captors.
The seamen said that % crew
men on British ships they had
come In contact with three raid
ers which. between Dec. Q and 8
sank at least nix ships In the
south Pacific, including three
British, one New Zealander, one
Norwegian and one Australian.
Several Of the % seamen, ret
ashore here today BY the Jap
anese ship KAmo Maru, said
they had learned from reliable
sources that nine other raiders
were operating against British
shipping and that q dozen more
were being QUILTED 1t undis-
closed Japanese ports. =
They said British officers
whose ships had been stacked
shared the opinion tl1e raiders
apparently were IN close coop
Grafton with JspaAese chips
which evidently supplied the
Germans with Information - 70
British ship movements.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
South Pocific Raiders
Reported BY Mantle
Rescued Filipino Ssamsn Tell
Story Of Noxi See keidsrs

Japan has denied such COOP
GRAFTON with Germany.
Bodies of four Filipino sailors
killed by German shells in en-
counters with the raiders were
carried from the Kamo Maru.
Some of the survivors required
medical treatment for shell
shock.
The seamen, former crewmen
OF British Phosphate Commis-
sion ships, said the raiders car
ried the japanese insignia Of the
Rising Sun painted on their sides
and flew the japanese nag until
an enemy shir was sighted. then
hoisted the Swastika. They iden-
titled the three raiders q the
Narvik, Mango Maru end Tok.
20 Maru. They described them
a. ships Of 5000 70 10000 tons
each manned BY . crew Of about
800 men wearing uniforms Of
Reich marines.
The Filipinos said the Mango
MSfu, the flagship carried four
anti-aircraft guns, two six-incA
guns, two fo,ir-inchers, torpedo
tubes and two seaplanes. The
Narvik was described % Q new
ack-painted ship with four
eight-inch guns, two torpedo
tubeU and tour airpianes.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
COPYRIGHT. toAt.
NEA SERVICE. INC.

that could not smile even when
he forced his lips to smile. Eyes
that could not lie, even while
his lips lied. His love for her,
unchanged since the day he first
slipped their betrothal ring on
her finger. shone in Pauls eyes
and Martha turned her head
away, a poignant pity sobbing
inside her.
II was silly. Paul." she whis-
pered. Suzanne was silly. OF
-eourse--of course you're not In
love with he!" She broke away
from him and said, more normal
ly, "And now I've simply got to
dress and get started. It's late"
He took his car keys and put
them on the table. You must
take my car, Martha. A hundred
miles is too far for that wheeling
wreck of yours" He picked UP
his hat. 1.-THE cars downstairs.
Have a good time. Tell Bill I
said hello"
An hour later, as she got be-
hind the wheel of Pauls new
car, Martha was glad he had in
sisted. The hum of quiet power,
when she started the motor, was
reassuring. "And please, Butch"
she told the dog, "stay on the
newspapers I've spread on the
seat. Paul doesn't want your hair
all over his car"
It was q long drive. Plenty of
time to think. In q way, it was
better they'd had it out. Paul
would 60 on pretending. and she
would 60 on pretending, but
with this scene vivid in their
minds, Paul would not insist so
strenuously on seeing her every
night She wouldn't have to stall
him off 50 much. Gradually,
they'd see less and less of each
other. This way was easier. less
hurting, than the abrupt ending
she had tried TO achieve.
A swift gray bus came up be-
hind her. Her toe on the acceler-
ator pressed. down q bit harder
Martha" she admonished her
self, keep your mind on your
driving IL you expect Bill TO
zee you oil in one piece"
Tomorrow morning, early,
she'd be seeing her husband.
Feeling his lips on hers, hearing
the glsdness Of his voice.
Tomorrow morning, I'll be
where I belong. With Bill"
(Te De Centinued)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
80 Islands
blitico BY
bsyinS. Kctes

6 TOM ". THOMPSON
81 ~ 0pesoal CsssUspsn1sst
08AW JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan.
one morning several
4 (ths 40 he rolled sleepily
~ q bod Al Z dingy garrett over
~ mint shop In San Juan, pull
~ q ! pair Of well-worn slip
uSu md told me that the day
! q puarto Rico's Common Man
Ind ecsne.
Today he II president of the
Puerto Rican Senats, second In
/ n6wor on the island only to the
I: 6ieornor himself.
h y rude his l8-months-old
nortx into office a-straddle just
40 platform plank-"Don't
01ll Y0ur vote!"
Lnis Aunoz Marin, whose
Popular Democratic Party, by
virtue Of the recent island cleo
ton. will control the Insular
Senate and almost half the
House Of Representatives, Is the
.aio0t romantic politico Puerto
Xico hns known.
Educated ut Georgetown Uni
v6rSity IN Washington, D. c.,
whare he studied law. and q
std-but-wiser graduate of the
iehool of Latin American poll
tn. this black-maned caballero,
tifh hawless Spanish and ex-
Ell English, n . spellbinder
aiiGnG spellhinders.
THIS time last year he could
AZ Nave dxed Z traffic sticker.
T0doy NJ = the strongest politi-
cqlp0War In Puerto Rico.
tt3le grandfather fought with
III Spanish army against Simon
0G1lvnr Ia South America. His
,4atkor, Luis Munox Rivera, was
u George Washington Of Puer-
II llieo, securing autonomous
oy En1nent Tor the island from
A11in. Just three months be-
1cEo United States troops took
p9e1ion Of Puerto Rico In
1Do9 TIE cabinet members Of
tn6t slbort- lived autonomous gov
l1ehs stood over the crib of
xtI1g 1Gunox Marin and pro-
TN I'D him Z beautiful baby"
then he has been in and
~ n four distinct political
NJ 1T nsads HIS flrst political
lin 1917, under his fathers
~ - ~ admits he wasn't
Surs ARhat he was talking
~ 1881 I realized that the
p1ioAjsts were In the hands of
M angar capitalists, 80 I got
ut 2 Mamox Marin says. II
1Sayed with the Socialists until
~ sugar companies took them
over, too"
Hs then went with the Liberal
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
D SERIAL STORY
cokscRIPT's WIFE

the uncertainty-as II her feet
were set on . bit of earth that
kept sliding out from under her.
"The whole things silly, really
III didn't mean to put It that
way" Her fingers smoothed the
maron housecoat, played with
the ornaments on the ripper pull.
Paul pushed her gently down
on the sofa. He sat beside her.
Martha, we must be honest
with each other. Since this thing
has come up-since we've al
ready started discussing it-let's
drag Il out into the light and ex-
anime 1t.
"You have been avoiding me.
Definitely. I couldn't understand
why. Whist you just told me
makes II very clear. It's because
Bill Is not here"
Almost, his voice was like the
voice of the Paul who sst I'M the
private Office at Air Transport,
discussing with the chief en-
ginesr the stresses, strains, and
examining the evidence. to >ex-
plain the crumpling Of wing
in the wind tunnel. "You said
the three Of US Meaning. now
that there are just two, ybu and
The smiled, but his eyes
weren't smiling-"The Situation
has changed. Either you haven't
ever really wanted me about,
since you and Bill were mar
ried -"
She gasped. Paul! That's not
so! I don't see how you can
think that" pw
Then, Martha, your remark
must mean that you-that you're
afraid of me. Or of how our be-
ing together with Bill away
looks. II doesn't look proper, Is
that IT," ~-T1'$ "
She stirred uncomfortably.
mo. that's not IT,"
II don't believe you. Martha.
Once there was . time when !
would have sworn that gossip
other peoples incorrect opinions
meant nothing 10 you. But
now, especially after what Su-
xanne was foolish enough TO get
excited about"
Martha's little start, the un.
guarded gasp that escaped her,
was enough to betray the fact
that Suzanne had had . Anger In
this, TOO.
Paul said. sadly, $50 she came
70 you, too"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

Realizing that there were per-
haps no more than 5000 voters
on the island who knew how to
split q ticket when voting, Mu-
noz Marin instituted q single
handed educational campaign,
He made speeches everywhere.
He rode horseback into the
mountains and chatted with
thousands of jibaros. as the hill
farmers are known. He tried
to show them why they should
MT sell their votes for - or,$3.
He told them stories like this:
Boys, here is what it amounts
to: You have . sow. You can
either sell that sow now for
whatever you can get for II, or
you can keep the sow, await
developments and presently you
will have q sow and . litter, Of
pigs. It's up to YOU" They got
the point that way.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
xCoIIetiion
up$2,o1o.7o
City Treasurer
Makes Report

OTax collections at the close OF
business Saturday totaled $178,-
585.18 as against $176,574.48 on
the same date last year, City
Treasurer George bankers re-
ported today.
Approximately 20 per cent OF
q 1894, 470.95 spread will be col
lected, bankers predicted, be-
fore the remainder is returned
delinquent to the county treasur-
er.
The total spread is divided as
follows: Delinquent city general,
$33,114.46; City debt, '$13, 246.5O
County general $79,750; County
debt, $40, 676.45; School general,
$88,61O.61; School debt, $780,
O73.74, in addition to slightly
more than $1,000 in special as
sessments.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20

COLDWATER-(R-- Former
mayor Charles Arthur Conover,
president Of the Branch County
Savings Bank and general grand
secretary of the Royal Arch Ma
sons, died of pneumonia Sunday.
He was rs years old. At the
time of his health he held state
offices in the r. A. M. and the
Knights Templar. in addition to
his national Masonic post. His
widow, Mrs. Juno Conover, Il q
past matron of Coldwater Chap
ter No. /, the original chapter
of the Order Of the Eastern
Star.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-20
BY BETTY WALLACE

"She-she only wanted to
warn me-" Martha said miser-
ably. "She knew there was
nothing in 1t, but" The men,
DRY of her neighbors' whispers,
the remark that even the clean
ing woman had made, burned
in her mind. "She was right,
Paul. Besides. 1t wasn't fair to
her, that when you t-took her
out, should always be there,
like Alike q fifth wheel"
is intensely-emo-
tion2l. She has an imagination
that sees q roaring blaze where
other people see not even q
wisp of smoke" said Paul. choos-
ing his words very carefully.
I'm fond Of Suzanne, sorry that
she-she spoiled things"
No words came to Martha. She
could only sit there, picking at
that foolish little Upper orna-
ment.
you'll break it," Paul said.
And now he was in absolute con-
troll of himself. He stood up.
Look here, Martha. Let's be
honest to the very end of the
thing. We used to be engaged.
IL thought I was in love with
you, and you thought you were
in love with me. and It's that
knowledge which makes our
friendship now look queer while
your husbands away"
Martha's lips parted. A great
tight band seemed to be closing
around her chest. 1t hurt to
breathe.
Paul said quietly. But people
are wrong. I'm not in love with
you now. You're only my best
friends wife, and I want to make
his, absence less difficult"
H/V fTffs
Yet, even as the WORDS left
his lips, Martha saw that tell
tale music, twitching there In
the hollow of his lean cheek.
I'm not in love with you know"
How steady his voice was! How
rigid the control with which he
refined himself
Only. a. his hngers curled in
to fists; a. his teeth .clamped
down on the pipestem In his
mouth: ~ Martha stared at him,
her heart beating fast-Pauls
eyes were giving him away.
Those clear eyes, looking down
into hers, were shining with. .
look she remembered too well.
Steady eyes, gentle eyes. eyes