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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-26

helpfulness to others, service
above self, ~furtherance of friend
ships, and community improve
ment projects, the enrichment Of
character, vocational service.
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EXCHANGE CLOSED

Thu 10y ORLEANS, Feb. 25.-R-
was we" Orleans cotton exchange
d elosed today because of Mar
'iss S
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CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-P-Lard
@tierces GIT; loose $40; bellies
HOO. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-26
BALTIMORE: POTATOES

BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-R-Po
tatoes' unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-26
NEW YORK EGGS

nominal.
spot nominal; middling 1897.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-26

CHARLOTTE COTTON
CHARLOTTE, Feb, 25.-(R-Spot
cotton 10. 4 {.
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3 range follows
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
DON'T BET on THE PONIES

Dun bLI W IftH- FUNHH.o
The famed Pony Express, IS
tahlished in 1850. was part Of the
New York-Ssn Francisco mail
line, extending from St Joseph.
No. TO Sacramento. Calf. Ths
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
Beyond Life

Lay the flowers gently the sod the wreath carefully against
The will
They had brief They
their strength
lives They knew the sweet knowledge of
thing else before self Many not this
of the things earth to learn They
taught of old:
Verify y n. ground
ebitHh " Il u much fruit
tovhh he
\
These because with what
vision the only way TO preserve
something life
Did talk oders You wouldn't anything
Ike that the subject brought would
,hrug swift change of subject perhaps denial
freedom Don't let that fool The deep
preston sometimes latent for thought
strong Because they had it. though
bed and buhed
death because of these things what today.
We nothing for these
ans smell the fresh blossoms What honorng
is really for ourselves. 9 ~
is ededicaton of ourselves the not in any evil
day, less than they. - -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

distance was covered by a fleet
Of horsemen. each Of whom went
so miles and received wages Of
$500 a month. IRE weight Of
mail earned by each wa not te
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
YOUR HOROSCOPE

ton for shipping the summer is
greatly to expand commerce.
Trade relations will improve In
quarters hitherto unfrequented
by our mercantile vessels. Oil
production will be increased
greatly and new wells will be
opened. The seers warn against
speculation. Bankers and finan-
cial leaders are well directed to-
day. Sweeping changes in eco
nomic and money systems are
prognosticated.
Persons whose birthdate II ia
have the augury Of year of ad-
vancement and substantial gain.
Romance will be prevalent among
young and those who are middle
aged.
Children born on this day
probably will be emotional and
sensitive. They will enjoy lux
urious living. for they will be
artistic and discriminating.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
Woman's page for the answers.
1. Cocos island Is in the Pa
cific, Atlantic or Indian ocean?
2. What is a balalaika?
s. Supply the missing words
in the following: "Will you walk
in to my said the -
to the fly"
4. In which North Carolina
city, Winston-Salem, Charlotte
or Raleigh, did the United States
formerly have a mint?
5. Is the moon always the
same distance from the earth ?
s. Who is head of the Vichy
government of France?
I. Are old-age insurance bene-
fits under the Social Security
act payable upon retirement at
age so. 81 or IS?
g. May the ashes Of Gre
mated person be sent by parcel
post?
.. Sir Joshua Reynolds was a
British explorer, orator or a
painter
10. Henry Ford is a college
graduate; true or false?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

Benefic aspects are positive
today. but adverse planetary In
f1uences are active. There IL q
warning portent that seems TO
concern our navy or losses of inn
portant mercantile cargoes.
Heart and Home: Venus to-
day frowns and women will be
most fortunate n they pursue
home tasks or keep In beaten
paths Of wage-esrning. II is q
forbidding sway for those who
apply for employment The stars
imperstively favor men who win
have great responsibilities and
win b too bury 10 bother with
feminine ambitions Of any sort.
College girls win benefit through
intenss study Of technical voca-
tons n which there win be wide
demand for their services.
Business Affairs: Although
this h not = favorable configurs-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

entitled to them, but most of
the fighting was done before
they appeared on the firing
line.
Out Of every 100 Of our boys
that went over there. only As
went on American ships. How
did the others get there. Then
again, what did they take with
them? Most Of the heavy guns
and planes were supplied by the
French and British.
All the tanks that were used
were supplied by the British and
French. The first American tank
did not arrive in France until
after the Armistiee.
AT the Armistice we had 2s
divisions on the battle front,
ranging from zoo days down to
three days, and averaging IT
DAYS
Take 70 divisions and allow
10000 men TO = division. and it
viii give US SAL 900 as the maxi
mum number engaged at any
ons time. Add to this the 50. $50
Americans killed in action, and
died Of wounds. you viii have
less than the 100000 British
killed in action, and died Of
wounds.
Now let Us compare our losses
in fighting ships in tons. British
500. 900. American 10000.
Merchant shipping. British
7,s7S.ooo. American s4s.0ss.
Please give the French and
British some Of the credit.
WILLIAM PADDISoN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

selective service headquarters
have received word OF several
minor revolts among draft board
officials incensed at labor's be-
havior.
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@55T5:E555ey2z22Rzg

On being told that the men
were short Of food. the chief
gave them several d1ed salmon
and told them that the horses
we're at = camp further down
the river. On arriving at the
camp the next day the chief
wasn't sure that he wanted to
part with any Of his horses. but
after several hours of bargain
ing and advancing prices. he
sold four. He had learned the
white mans tricks.
With sufficient horses the
party took a trail TO the north
of the Naches river into = range
Of hills. Near the top they
came upon number of In
dams digging camas roots. Hav-
ing been warned by Chief Tobias
that the route they were TAX
ing was "a hungry road"
Breckenridge suggested that
they buy some of the camas
cakes of which the Indians had
a quantity. Camas was a staple
Of the Indian diet as much as
bread Is with US. The process
of preparing the roots is inter
estingly described by Bracken-
ridge in the following:
The process used to pre-
pare these roots for bread 10
10 bake them in an oven
heated by hot stoves. when
they are taken out and dried
and afterwards pounded be-
tween two stones until they
are the consistency Of corn
meal, which IL kneaded Into
cakes and baked In the sun.
Such bread went rather hard
with MS but it was the best We
had"
These roots form the prin-
cipal vegetable food of the In
dams all over the Oregon coun-
try. and it is not uncommon to
see so or 40 Indian women, each
with a basket suspended from
the shoulder and with a pointed
stick the size of a hoe handle.
digging up camas roots in
meadows. So diligent are they
at work that they seldom pay
attention to passers by"
The next day the party ar
rived at the Yakima river and
fell in with a camp of Indians
whose chief was morose and
cold" toward the whites. He
warmed up considerably when
he found that they wanted to
buy salmon.
II was here that the party
first used gum elastic boil
sters" TO cross the river. These
were long bags of waterproof
material which, when inflated,
were made to support a raft
on which the luggage was
taken over. The men also
crossed on the raft.
After making four runs"
Breckenridge wrote. we got
the whole of our traps on the
other side. We found the boil
sters answered our purpose
better than any canoe. being
safer. and carried greater
burden. The horses we had to
swim. but got all over in good
order"
ITO Be COntlnued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
We Lose a Room

Somewhere back along the last Is years the average
American house has lost a room.
Averaging data from SO principal cities the Mortgage
Bankers association finds that the house being
built today has five whereas Is years ago had
Smaller families is the that instantly springs to
mind but there may be another reason For one thing
has become questionable to have house than is
actually needed The paror locked up and unused is
out of favor.
If we get built the thousands of new homes the
country needs nobody will worry much the fact that
they may be of five rooms instead of six.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

Under Plan No. ! the presi-
dent would declare every plant
engaged in defense work to be a
federal agency. He would re-
promulgate his earlier dictum
that there is no right to strike
against the government. Thus
he would make every working
man a federal employe. who
would have no right TO quit work
20 long as the emergency exists.
The second scheme is more
complicated, and might arouse
employer opposition. II would
have strike-bound factories re-
fuse deliberately 10 fulfill war
contracts, on the excuse Of labor
troubles. The government, under
the national defense act. then
could take possession Of such
plants. operate them and force
thsir men TO work. II is doubt
ful, however, whether corpora
ton heads would oonnive at any
method placing them under such
strict governmental control.
r. d. r. has been criticized
severely for his failure to adopt
a more forceful policy against
strikes. His advisers advance a
fairly obvious and logical rea-
son. They say that IL the fed
eral government should crack
down, and organized labor's re-
sistsnce should result in vio-
lence, the disturbance would
give further aid and comfort to
the axis powers. These troubles
would be cited as evidence of
disunited u. s. that was impo-
tent To re-arm. As IL is now.
axis newspapers glostingly head
line all stories about our labor
troubles.
Selective service headquarters
have received word OF several
minor revolts among draft board
officials incensed at labor's be-
havior.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
by John Hix

exceed 10 pounds. Although the
charge was IS in gold for each
quarter ounce. the line operated
AZ loss amounting 10 $3.50 600
for the tWo years ~ It's existenes.
Tomorrow: 1900. 900 shou.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

These volunteer workers have
threatened to resign in indigna-
ton. Working without pay sew
eral nights week during the
busy season, they see no reason
why they should give their time
while well paid working men
refuse to make weapons for the
men sent to camp. Heads Of
firms are particularly resentful,
as they contrast the army pay
of the drafted men with the
money which factory employees
are making. In several instances
boards have refused to draft any
more men from their districts
until the labor situation i'm
proves or is corrected. Head
quarters files here are bullying
with letters of protest from the
parents and relatives OF draftees.
Local officials have been in
formed than they cannot resign.
They have taken oaths to per-
form their duties, and are gov
eminent servants. They can be
punished II they strike. Draft
officials here sympathize heart
lily with the protestants, al
though they cannot afford TO
admit it. They tried to broaden
amendments 10 the draft act
To achieve inclusion of all men
between the ages of IL and As.
They don't want the older class
es in the army. But they fig
ured that under this system they
could establish work or fight
ultimatum. II a man refused to
stick at his machine he would
become subject TO immediate
call. But. the proposal was
turned down by higher authori-
ties.
Our navy strategists stiil mimi
mize the possibility of a clash
with Japan. Notwithstanding
Tokyo's recent decision 10 seek
a diplomatic showdown with the
United States over the Far East
ern problem. In support of their
contention that the japanese
will not risk open combat. there
is related an incident fully veri-
fled in secret departmental files.
Some time ago the main Jspa-
nese battle fleet steamed south
ward until II was off the Malay
straits. II was accompanied by
a full complement OF auxiliaries
and transports Officials in the
Dutch East Indies became panic
stricken lest the Japs should try
to take their islands as a sequel
TO the fall of Holland. The Dutch
resorted TO one Of the slickest
ruses OF recent history.
In an easily breaksble code
they sent a message to the flag
ship OF our Pacific fleet. listing
the ports in the East Indies
where our people could take on
food supplies and other stores.
The Dutch message was sent
10 latitude and longitude where
our fleet was supposed 10 10 sta
toned. Picking W the code. the
laps discovered that the posi-
ton as given by the Dutch
placed our battlewagons between
their navy and the japanese
mainland. So the NipponeSe
turned about and headed at fun
steam for their home bases.
They abandoned whatever move
they had contemplated. Subse-
quentiy, they discovered that the
American fleet never had been
within = thousand miles of the
place 10 which the Dutch had
sent their nouoa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
TIcuT An Inside Picture of Finon-
Ll u II i ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON = Army lawyers, worried about the
holdup in national defense production have quietly de-
vsed several ingenious methods for hating major strikes
through government Intervention. While guarantee
ing the full legality of their proposals. the military
believe that in the present crisis they would be upheld
by popular sentiment and by the courts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

Koufe Over Mountains
Wilkes Psrty Ready 70
Explore East Side
Csmss Bread Hard On
Us" But Sustaining
FTER having demonstrated
n the feasibility Of a highway
through Nsehes pass and over
route that in general followed
the water courses on both sides
Of the Cascade range. the Wilkes
expedition rested for a day and
on May 30. 1s41. a 100 years
ago today. began another ex-
ploration. The purpose Of the
advance east OF the mountains
was To determine the character
Of that part Of the Oregon
country" and the possibility of
roads and trails over which it
might be reached. Part of the
modern highway system through
Eastern Washington follows
some of the trails over which
the party travelled.
Lieut.. Johnson. though in COM
mand, seems to have been one
Of the least interested and most
inefficient members Of the ex-
petition. He underestimate the
food requirements of the party
and proved to have been a poor
judge of horses.
AS the party prepared to go
down the east side OF the noun
tains. Lieut.. johnson attempted
to equalize the shortage of
horses by assigning one to DR..
Pickering, Sergeant Sternes and
Brankenridge, to be used alter
nately by the three. DR.. Picker
ing and Breckenridge, interested
in gathering specimens of plant
growth and studying the forests,
and being proved pedestrians"
gave the horse to Sergeant
Sternes and travelled on foot.
Though they often left the path
marked by the trail leaders. the
two always arrived at camp
about the same time as the rest
of the party and often ahead Of
Lieut.. johnson.
The next day on one Of their
side trips up a steep hill DR..
Pickering and Breckenridge met
the Walla Walla Indian boy,
cashmere, who had been sent
ahead TO see if he could obtain
horses from the Indians. He re-
ported that the chief was will
ing to sell as many horses as
the party required and was
sending two of his people to
escort the expedition to his
ccamp.
Tobias, the chief. had seen
enough of the Hudson's Bay
men 10 become a sharp trader
himself. He shook hands with
the white men and made them
understand that he wanted to
be their friend. There was
the usual pipe smoking and
Lieut.. johnson, coached by
Pierre, gave the chief n can
of powder. some shot and
piece of Scotch plaid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
AN EXPLANATION

Editor. The Times; We desire
TO answer the allegations and
differences contained in a recent
news article regarding C. A.
Payne and the insurance policy
issued to him through our Of
flee. We know the statements
contained in the allegations in
this suit are inaccurate and mis-
leading and tend to question Mr..
Payne's truthfulness and in
tegrity. We naturally, as his
insurance agent, are only too
glad TO make this statement in
his behalf.
The point in question regard
ing the suit of the General Ac-
cident primarily concerns the
contraetual rights between the
company, the agent and the
policy holder and II is around
this point that the suit evolves.
This suit should be of general
interest to the public and in
surance agents as well, as
suit of exactly this type has
never been brought in the courts.
The trial naturally will bring out
all the facts as 1t will be i'm
possible to delineate at length
on the case in q letter.
The technical wording Of the
suit gives the wrong implica-
tons and we are glad 10 state.
as Mr.. Psyne's agents. his con-
duct throughout the matter has
been beyond reproach.
STANDARD FINANCE CO.
BY J. r. THOMAS,
InataV-anCa Mana car
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31
FRENCH AND BRirIsH
DESERVE SOME CREDIT

Editor The Times: When
Britain entered the war she was
not bound by any agreements
with either France or Russia,
and It was not until Germany
had actually invaded Belgium
that she decided to declare war
on Germany. on Aug. 4. 1914, to
keep a pledge
This pledge was also signed
by six delegates from the United
States. Their names are Joseph
A. choate. Horace Porter. U. NJ.
Rose, David James Hill, c. L.
Sperry, and William J. Buchan-
an. How was It kept?
Quoting President wilson:
I'VE enter this war only where
we are clearly forced into il be-
cause there 10 no other means
To defending our rights, -
clearly not to fulfill her pledge
10 Belgium, or help England.
I will give some figures and
comparisons taken from United
States and British records which
will clear up some popular fall
laciex.
Before we entered the war the
British fleet with thu help of the
japanese and French had swept
the seas clean Of German sur
face ships.
In 1917 Britain's armies held
the enemy in three continents
and on ak fronts. and cooper
sted with her allies on two more
fronts.
II is not my wish 10 deprive
our boys Of any Of the credit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-29

ROYAL blue body and collar, ma
room set-in sleeves. Blue plaid
cotton flannel lining. Zip fastener
front and chest pocket. 4 TO 5.
sEiber content on label
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-29

Lightweight t~o-wsy stretch cot
ton fuifiex ,lastic knitted wtth
~ lou Length waist down. Is
luchrs. >ixrs s-m-l-nL
PANTY STEP-lN. .9S
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-29

Wster-repellent, all woods and
mohair fleece finish. Zip front
and chest pocket. Plaids, two
tone color combinations. els.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-29

All uool' rephyr pull
over stVle with short
sleeves and crew neck.
Assorted cOlors. 32-4o.
Cardigans .l.9S
atiber content on label.
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Water-repellent, all wool' fleece
finish. Set-in sleeves, ADJUST
able side straps. Zip front.
Plsids and 2-tone color combi-
nations. Sizes from 6 TO IS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-29

Fine cotton. plain leg with
striped top or allover blazer
stripes. Elastic supported
straight top. q to 10.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-12
British Tackle
Nazis in Africa

Cairo. Egypt Apr. - -Bri-
fish desert troops in Libya, rein
forced by a flood Of battle-wise
veterans OF the ebbing East Afri-
can campaign. were reported en-
gagged west OF Tobruk today with
the Axis divisions which Prime
Minister Churchill has tepmed a
threat to Egypt.
Throughout the 4Oo-mle ad-
vance OF Axis torces in the past
three weeks the British have in
sisted they were merely withdraw
ing light covering forces 10 a
concentration point whore they
could fight with assurance Of
success
Today IT appeared this second
battle OF Cirenaica would be
fought on the rolling tableland be
tween Tobruk and the Gebel FL
Achdar range-'home grounds
for the British who know every
water hole and gully in the area.
Beyond a terse official, an
nouncement that Our troops are
in contact with the enemy west Of
Tobruk", no details OF the British
operations were disclosed. how
ever. Tobruk is only so miles frcm
the Egyptian border.
The German-ltalian mechanical
columns. now more than 500 miles
from their base in Tripoli, were
said to include several German
atmored divisions. strongly sup
ported by aircraft.
British sources gave no 'indica-
ton OF the volume Of troop move
ments from East Africa to Lbya.
OF East Africa, a British com
munique last night said that i'm
perial troops were driving south
ward in Efitrea in pursuit OF scat
tered Italian units. From the be-
ginning OF hostilities in Eritrea to
the fall OF its chief seaport, Mas
saua. Wednesday, the communi-
que said, the British have taken
1900 troops, including 1000 tia
liam officers, $4,000 Italians or
other ranks, and $4,000 colonials.
In Ethiopia, the main British
column, having passed through
Adds Ababa, the capital, was re-
ported continuing ITO press the re-
treating enemy" IN the mountain
Gus hinterland. At Adds Ababa
5000 prisoners were taken, in
Guiding 1000 Italians, an official
announcement declared.
Another imperial force was said
to be driving deeper into south
ern Ethiopia from Italian Somali-
land.
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KAUFMAN

Continued from Page One)
troops created an exceptional dip
lomatic situation which made it
necessary for the minister to act
in what he thought was the best in
terests OF the Danish King and
Danish people without previous con
sultation with his foreign office.
Since the air bases are designed
70 protect Greenland and the rest
ofthe Western Hemisphere against
Nps@sible German aggression. diplo-
matte quarters here explained, It
would have been dumb to have
notified the Germsn-dominated Dan
ish government in advance.
The Danish governments official
attitude toward the United States
already had been made clear. it was
said. by its instructions TO de
Kaufman TO notify the State De-
partment that the 80 Danish vessels
in protective custody in Ameri-
can ports were not for sale.