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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

that the only insurance against
this doomsday now being con-
sidered by the government "a
the building up Of = shelf OF
public works projects, a back
log of WPA and PWA blue
prints which can be pulled out
on demand, and all the people
now employed on defense work
can be given boondoggling Jobs
Ii Il the clouds roll by. That's
dismal outlook at best. and such
a prospect always brings you
face to face with the reality that
If the country is going to be
broke by defense costs anyway,
how can it possibly pay for
multi-billion-dollar public works
programs ?
An extremist solution to this
problem is that the country
should be permitted to go
through a period Of uncontrolled
initiation which would in effect
permit the payment OF the de-
Tense bills with cheap currency.
wiping all states clean and let
ting everything start all over
again on a new basis. That -
Of course jungle law thinking.
for any such program would
wipe out all savings and elnii-
nate the so-called middle class
at the same time.
In the face of all such crack
pot thinking, there is in WASH
ington growing opinion that
the world in general and the
United States in particular must
not feel that it is licked after
the war. One of the problems is
to convince enough people that
there is this hope, and then
build up confidence that the
worlds ills can be cured by
something other than resort to
wolf tactics-the survival of the
strong and sacrifice of the weak.
ATLANTIC MEETING
Any such change in the ap.
proach to the postwar problems
naturally can not be effective if
it takes the form of ivory tower
planning from the top down. It's
easy, of course, to wish for
world stability and say that it
would be a nice thing. Doing
anything constructive to achieve
that end is something else.
Perhaps the most concrete er-
preston of the theory u found
In point " NJ the Atlantic
charter drawn Up by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill. You will probably he
hearing more and more about
this point which provides for the
enjoyment Of the trade and
raw materials Of the world nv
all states, great or small, victor
or vanquished."
Previous to the Atlantic meet
ing, a special division of the
State Department under Leo
Pasvolsky had been studying
postwar problems and solutions.
This research has all been under
cover. Not much more open has
been the work Of the special re-
search department of the Eco
nomic Defense Board under DR..
Winfield w. Riefler Of Princeton.
Both these stats have merely
scratched the surface. They have
nothing definite to report and il
is safe bet they will come I'D
with no single panacea to make
everybody rich or even happy.
But in approaching the prob
lem from the angles of making
an economic rather than a pure
ly political peace there is sig
nificance and whatever setisfsc-
ton you can get out Of II that
something was learned from the
last war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
TIME WASTED IN
HOUSE FIGHT

A detailed examination of fed
ersl works files in the famous
Currier case discloses THAI al
most two-thirds Of the time re-
quired to build these sorely
needed defense homes has been
wasted already. The squsbble
has aroused such violent politi-
cal emotion among the contend
ing factions that that the es-
sentisl facts have been for
gotten:
First bids for the 200 units
were opened on Sept. SIS days
ago The three applicants were
Detroit companies which were
eligible for the Job because they
employed A. r. OF L. men. and
o. p. M.-er Sidney Hillman had
given virtually a closed shop in
the construction field 10 this
labor organization. AL three
offers were rejected as too high.
A second batch was opened
on September 18th and the Cur
rier company, which planned to
erect prefabricated homes with
c. !. o. labor, was low by an
amount vsriously computed as
from 900 to s4S1. 600. Fed
eral Works Administrator Car
mocy was ready TO make the
award 10 Currier. Assistant
Attorney General Arnold said
he could do nothing else under
the law. But Hillman blocked
action with his demand that an
A. p. Of L. firm get the work.
No contract has been signed
because Senator Truman asked
delay until his committee could
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
F football Bowl as Meltinq Pot

Every time this country gets into a
emergency there people who vocalize the failure of
the American melting pot They has failed melt
into the stock the various foreign elements
grants forgetting President Roosevelt recalled to them
that all Americans either immigrants descendants
of immigrants.
America, with its free institutions its open field of
opportunity, its essentially democratic has habit
of making loyal Americans out of the vast majority of
those who come to these shores.
Most people who leave Europe to come to the United
States propose to stay here Here they hope have
better chance than they had the old world Here they
dream of better way Of life for their children and their
chidren's children.
Working at the bench the counter, in the fields
alongside older Americans joining them in religious
ship affliatng with them in lodges labor unions
clubs the begin to absorb the American of
thinking and acting Their children absorb 100 per
One indication of this is to study what happens the
big playing bowls of the country where American college
and university football teams meet quick glance at the
roster of players in northern and western terms shows
that alongside the Kemp and Seymours Wilson's and Mar
tins, there young named Cohen and Siversten,
Bova and Metek, Rakowski and Marriott, Dedinsky and
Tdek Panciera and Narducci Lindskog and Kmetovic.
Or look at the of football players in the south
where it is often said people of British descent predominant
Well alongside the Marshals and Elots. there boys
named Nowak and Grygo Pecora and Sunthemer You
not going to tell Carter that Grygo not good Ameri
convince White that his fellow players, Sum-
The only limit to labors participation in the defense
program from to bottom has been the ability of unions
spare competent people for defense posts-Sydney Hill
man, associate director, OPM.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR

One Of the eommonest mis-
takes in speaking and writing Is
the use Of unnecessary sdverbs;
as You must finish mot finish
up the work" We must CO.
operate" mot cooperate TO-
Sether).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
WASHINGTON COLUMN
ey PETER tDSok


WASHINGTON the very middle, or maybe oh'
the beonnino of all this confusion over the readjust
mens of the defense effort, it may seem SHY 10 star
Worrying about the establishments of the postwar period
but since you aren't considered normal tnese GAYS ue
YOU'RE Worrying about something it's Just convenient
enlarge the acreage of your bald spot worrying ABOUT me
future as is confne yourself exclusively to present
nredicamenfs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

So. putting away your mourn
ful oboe and unshesthinE the
piping piccolo. here are random
notes about the way the read
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

hazy interior of Africa, but
though the ruins have since been
examined carefully, their origin,
and the identity of the builders.
is as much a mystery as ever!
Tomorrow: They Shall Not
Pass.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
JUNGLE CITY

JUNGLE CITY
The tabled land of Ophir,
source of gold for the courts of
David and Solomon, is supposed
to have been in what is now
Rhodesia. Thus it is not hard to
see why many explorers believe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04
TrTTT An Inside Picture OF Finon.
Ll0A ciol and Political America
By RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON-Congress will not crack down on or
ganzed labor in defense factories unless the necessary
legislation sponsored and whipped through to final pas
bv President Roosevelt himself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

In the last analysis not injustice not Hitler but
and truth the conquerors of the world-Dr Harry
Emerson Fosdick, president Rockefeller Foundation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

The only limit labors participation in the defense
program from top bottom has been the ability of unions
spare competent people for defense postsSydney Hill
man, associate director OPM.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

Six days thous shalt work. but the seventh day thou
ahah rests in caring time thou shalt rest
Exodus 3421.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-04

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Evening star., 1941-12-15
mo. 1 OF a SerieS.) J

Your country is at war, mod
ern war not confined to the
soldiers at the front. Against the
chance that enemy planes may
one day shower death on Wash
ington from the sky, you must
know what to do and what will be
done for you to protect your
family and your home.
To make that knowledge as spe-
cific as possible, The Star, begin
ming today. will picture a hypo-
thetical air raid, from the time
enemy planes are first sighted
until they are driven off by our
defenders.
Of the coast are our Navy and
Coast Guard patrols. Scattered
at f1ve-mile intervals along the
coast and throughout the country
are airplane spoilers. These OBJ
servation posts are manned by
civilians under direction of the
Army Air Forces.
A squadron of planes is sighted
as it sweeps over the coast. The
spotter rushes to a telephone,
tells the operator: Army flash"
He is Immediately connected with
the nearest filter center. He re-
ports the height, speed, direction
and the number of the enemy
planes. This information is put
on large map. A teller watch
ing the map telephones to the
regional information center,
where the information is put on
a large operations map.
Watching the operations map Is
the commanding offlcer for the
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Will W. Douglas, 80,
Attorney and Banker,
Dies in Arlington
Reputed Oldest Member
Of County Bor Was
Native of District

Will w. Douglas, 80, retired Arling-
ton County attorney and banker,
and father of Lawrence w. Douglas,
Arlington County commemorative
attorney, died yesterday at his home,
4014 North Thirteenth street
Funeral services will be held at the
home at p m. tomorrow, with burial
in Glenwood Cemetery in Washing
ton.
Mr.. Douglas, born in Washington.
lived in Arlington County for rs
years. He was graduated from the
law school of Georgetown University
in 1884, and practiced law here and
in Arlington until 1912. Later he
was made president of the Arlington
Trust Co., retiring in 1925.
He was said to be the oldest men,
ber of the county bar association,
with which he had been associated
81 years. Mr.. Douglas was a men,
ber of the Board of Supervisors from
1904 to 1908 for Alexandria County,
now Arlington County He was a
founding member of the Ballston
Presbyterian Church. where he was
a trustee for many years.
Besides his son. he is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mary Douglas; two
other children. E. Lee Douglas and
Mrs. Ruth Douglas Hazel. and sis
ter. Mrs. Curtis Gilbert, all of Arling-
ton County.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Mrs. Mary Lonhordt Dies
On 73d Anniversary

Mrs. Mary E. Lanhardt died on
her 73d birthday anniversary yes
terday at her home on Queens
Chapel road, West Hyattsville. Md.
She had been i'll several months.
Mrs. Lanhardt was the widow of
George H. Lanhardt. Surviving are
five children, George Edward and
Charles G., West 'Hyattsville; Harry
A., Atlanta, Ca: Mrs. Eleanore
Huddleston of University Park, Md,
and Mrs. Alfred R. Keir. West
Hyattsville; nine grandchildren. one
great-grandchild, and brother.
Charles Heider. Silver Spring.
Mrs. Lanhardt long had been ac-
tive in Pinkney Memorial Church
Of Hyattsville and was a member
OF Adah Chapter, Eastern Star, of
Mount Rainier, Md.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the church, with the
Rev. Jaquelin Amber, rector. officiat-
ing. Burial will be in the family
plot in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Mrs. Mary Stromberg
Dies After Illness

Mrs. Mary M. Stromberg, 81, of
Fairland. Md. died Saturday at the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital in Sandy Spring after short
illness.
Born in Charles County. Md, Mrs.
Stromberg moved to Washington as
a young woman. She had been a
resident of Fairland for 20 years,
and was active in the work of the
Spencerville Free Methodist Church.
Besides her husband, John Strom-
berg, an employe of Montgomery
County, she is survived by a son
and daughter by a previous mar
riage, w. j. McCauley of New York
and Mrs. Elmer Duvall of Fairland,
and three other sons, Clifton Strom-
berg of Washington and Paul w.
and Aubrey Stromberg of Fairland
and a daughter, Mrs. Grace Bryan,
also of Fairland.
Funeral. services will be held at
1890 am tomorrow at the Spencer
Vile Free Methodist Church, with
burial in Union Cemetery at Bur-
louisville.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Harry c. Dobbs Rites
Scheduled for Today

Harry Clarendon Dobbs, 81. retired
Government Printing Office employe
who died Friday at his home in
Hyattsville, was to be buried this
afternoon in St. Johns Church
Cemetery, Beltsville.
Services were to be held at. 2
o'clock at the home. Forty second
avenue and Gallatin street. with
the Rev. Jauuelin Amber, rector of
the Pinkney Memorial Episcopal
Church, officiating.
Born in Washington, Mr. Dobbs
had lived in Hyattsville for SIS years.
He retired from the printing office
in 1899 after 35 years service.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ida
Keyes Dobbs: a son, Harry c. Dobbs,
jr.. an ensign in the United States
Navy: a daughter, Mrs. Philip c.
Duvall. Hyattsville, and sister
Mrs. Isabel M Lepper, Washington
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Permission
For Seap|ane Base
On Potomac Asked
Jefferson Ford Seeks
To EstubIish Port
Near Belle Haven
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FAIRFAX. Va. Dec. 15.-An ap-
plication for permission to operate
a seaplane base on the Potomac Riv-
er-the only one in the Washington
area-waS on file with the Fairfax
County Board of zoning Appeals to-
day.
The applicant, Jefferson L. Ford.
would establish the base near Belle
Haven on the Mount Vernon boule-
ward.
The few seaplanes owned by
Washington flyers now are moored
at an inlet near the old Hoover Air
port. Formerly there was base on
the Anacostia River Local flyers
say there is definite need for a sea-
plane base here now.
Mr.. Ford's application will be Civ
en- a hearing by the Fairfax board
at IL am. December %.
Another applicant, Frank A. We'd
derburn, jr. of Vienna, is requesting
a permit for operation of an airport
near Vienna, on Route 698, about
one-half mile south of the Old Do
minion Railway.
Other applications to be consid-
cred by the board on December %
are those of:
Robert E. Young, to permit erec-
ton of a garage in Lincolnia SUBJ
division, on route 713, at Lincolnia
on lot having less side yard than is
required.
H. M. Powell, to permit erection OF
four signs, one about l L miles south
of Merrifield, on route 709. near its
junction with route 649; one on route
649. about one mile south of Falls
Church: one on route 649, three
miles south of Falls Church, and one
on route 649, four miles south OF
Falls Church.
Tauxemont Home Builders. Inc.
to permit erection of a dwelling on a
lot in Tauxemont subdivision, south
of Alexandria. on route 626, between
Mount Vernon boulevard and route
629, with less side yard than is re-
quired.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Tukomu Park Firemen
To Hold Party Thursday

The Women's Auxiliary to the
Takoma Park tMd) Volunteer Fire
Department and the department
will hold their annual Christmas
party for the children of the town
at 7 pm. Thursday at the firehouse
hall
The party is free to all children,
but they must be accompanied by
their parents.
Mrs. C. J. Spencer, president of
the auxiliary Mrs. Walter E. Haw-
ley, chairman: Mrs. E. Brook Fetty,
Mrs. j. Walter Dudley, Mrs. William
H. Bland and Mrs Chester j. Bren-
neman form the committee in
charge.
The committee also will provide
gifts for a Christmas party Friday
for the pupils of the Ridge avenue
colored school.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Alexandria Keeps
Afraid Shelter
On Exhibition
Structure on Portner
Playground Visited
By Hundreds
BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec l5-The
first air shelter to be constructed in
public inspection Indefinitely in the
600 block of Washington street. it
was announced today at Northern
Virginia Regional Defense Council
headquarters.
Hundreds of Alexandrians and
motorists passing the Portner Play
ground site two blocks south of the
traffic circle at the north city limits
yesterday visited the shelter con-
structed by the Alexandria Defense
Councils Air Raid Shelter Commit
tee with 5000 appropriation from
the city.
Designed to accommodate six per-
sons without crowding. it is 8 feet
square and 612 feet high in the GEN.
ter. 1t is a type planned by the War
Department from designs used in
England and will hold eight adults
and several children in an emer-
gency. In an impromptu test yes
terday Vice Mayor Eugene Simpson
counted Is children in the shelter at
one time.
The structure was built in the city
garage and consists of sheets of steel
welded to form an arch. 1t is sunk
two feet into the ground and the
roof is banked with about two feet of
earth. Pine branches add touch of
camouflage and sand bags were piled
up to protect the entrance.
Capt Herbert A. Blogg, chairman
of the Air Raid Shelter Committee,
estimated that on contract the shell
ters could be built for from s225 to
$3.50 apiece.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
You and an Air Raid
How Washington Will Be Warned
In Event Of Coming Plane Attack

region, who keeps track Of the
course of the invading bomberS
and orders different squadrons
into the air to intercept them.
With him is the civil air raid
warning officer, who flashes a yel-
low light warning to the COM
munities in the path of the
enemy.
In Washington a yellow light
blinks on the Control Center's
communications board. Under
favorable conditions (that is,
unless they slip through the net
work of observers) the first warm
ing comes to Washington when
the planes are as much as Is
minutes away.
On the yellow light, the alert
will go out from communication
headquarters to such points as
hospitals, fire and police stations,
first-aid posts, public utilities,
ranking civilian defense officials
and air raid wardens at their
warden posts. Police will be noti-
fled by teletype: fire stations by
10 clangs of their regular alarm
system. A simultaneous telephone
hookup will carry the alert to
the heads of the far-hung civil
ian defense setup.
This first alert has not vet
reached the general public. 1t is
only for those who guard the city.
They 60 to their posts knowing
only that unidentified planes
have been sighted.
TonsorroU-Dutfes OF the Cfuil-
tan Defenders.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Montgomery BIockout Data

which might cause fires or ex-
plosions if facilities were bro
ken. Windows and doors are
to be closed to prevent drafts
which might fan flames in
case of fires.
Pedestrians are directed to
walk, not run, to the nearest
store and stay there until the
alarm is over. If no store is
available they are to go into a
yard until the alarm is over.
Motorists are to be permit
ted to move slowly with
dimmed headlights. Street
lights will be dimmed.
Afraid wardens are to re-
main at their posts during the
blackout. All police will be
on duty.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Charles County Legion
Seeks Raid Observers
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, Dec 15.-Clarence
O'McDonagh, commander of the
Charles County American Legion
Post, today appealed for volunteer
air raid observers to supplement
those already appointed
Those already named are:
Rison, B. Otis Delozier; Grayton,
Mrs. Mary v. Stevenson; Maryland
Point, Mrs. E. v. Carpenter; River
side, Alexander Haislip; .Benville,
Leigh Edelen; Potomac Bridge at
Morgantown. E. Schaeffer: Rock
Point, Charles Lancaster; Newburg.
John Blunt; La Plata, Merritt
Green; Woodland Acres, Leonard
Parlett: Dentsville, Elmer Cooksey:
Gallant Green, Bob Martin: Bryan
town, John T. Mudd. and Hughes
vile, l.. Spencer Knott.
Evening star., 1941-12-15

Here is the data on to-
nights partial blackout in
Montgomery County:
Time-8:45 to 9 o'clock.
Place-From the District
line up to and including Rock
vile, Potomac and Sandy
Spring.
Signal-At 8:45 o'clock all
fire sirens viii sound the air
raid warning: Five short blasts
repeated three times. At 9
o'clock they will sound the all
clear: Three long blasts.
Procedure - Residents are
directed to turn out all lights
in their home and go to the
basement. They also are to
turn off oil burners, gas ranges
and pilot lights of stoves
Evening star., 1941-12-15

Clarke H. Kawakami, who re-
signed in painful disappointment"
as a Washington correspondent for
Japan's Domei News Agency week
ago yesterday. hopes the United
States Army will let him enlist for
the war against his fathers native
land.
Mr.. Kawakami, the American
born son of K. K Kawakami, we'll
known japanese writer. and an
American mother, disclosed -his
hopes in a letter to his colleagues in
the State Department press room,
made public last night.
Il hope that I shall be allowed
to give my services in whatever
1 may be acceptable" he
said. Il plan to enlist in the Army.
Perhaps they will suspect me of
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Mary Lynn

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, Dec. 15.-Fu-
neral services for Miss Mary Fulton
Lynn, 81, who died Saturday night
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Adams, with whom she had lived
here for several years. were con-
Quoted this afternoon in Baker
Chapel by the Rev r. M Graham.
Burial was in the Sudley Church
Cemetery.
Miss Lynn was lifelong resident
of Prince William County. She was
a member of the Manassas Baptist
Church. A half sister, Miss Sadie
Y. Lynn of Washington, survives
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Proorum for Glenn Dale

The annual Christmas variety
show will be presented at Glenn
Dale Sanitarium at 7 o'clock tonight
by the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion.
Charles Kohen, entertainment
chairman of the department. an
nounced that the entertainers will
leave by bus for Glenn Dale from
TIC Seventeenth street NV. at 6
o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
National Park COLLEGE
Beoins YuIe Festival

National Park College, Forest
Glen, Md. began it's Christmas fes-
tivities yesterday with a concert by
the Glee Club.
Tonight a one-act play, Christ
mas Incorporated" will be given
and tomorrow night the gymnasium
will be the scene of a plantation
Christmas party.
Sororities at the school will hold
their annual Christmas parties We'd
nesray evening and on Thursday the
festivities will close with candle
light dinner. followed by Yule log
program in the ballroom.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Prince Georges Official
Improves at Hospital

G.. Gardner Shugart. assistant to
Nicholas Orem, superintendent of
Prince Georges County schools, was
reported improving in Providence
Hospital last night He was taken
to the hospital last Monday after
suffering a heart attack in his office
at Marlboro.
School board officials said his i'll
ness had been diagnosed as closure
of a chest artery.
Evening star., 1941-12-15

being a fifth-columnist, but I hope
- to convince them of my sin
cerity.'
Father Is Detained.
Mr.. Kawakami was questioned by
Justice Department agents soon aft
er the war with Japan started,
but was permitted to return to his
home at 3731 Morrison street. His
father. however, was taken into
custody and still is being detained.
An American citizen. MIR. Kawa-
kami was born in Chicago. He is
a graduate of Harvard University.
He has represented Domei News
Agency in various parts of the
world for the last seven years. His
father has lived in the United
States since 1901.