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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07
Roast Beef and Pie Last q Week
Not Enough Soldiers TO Go Around
One Going TO Arkansas. Others Too Busy
Goodwill Program Needs Some Adjusting

that 20 with : hix family din
ner had BEEN provided. Dinner
time came and there were NJ
guests.
After waiting = while : scout
was sent out 10 round up some
soldiers. He started down town
and thought the job was finish
ed when he saw a couple Of
soldiers in Wright park reading
the comic section Of the Sun
day paper.
Got a job for you fellows,
was his blythe approach. How'd
YOU fellows like to come up to
the house and eat big dinner7
Act Just like you were home
take off your coats, and shoes,
too, II you want to-smoke
cigsrets or anything"
The soldiers looked hesitating-
" at each other and begun 10
make excuses. One thought he
might be able To come for a
little while but the other had an
engagement. There had TO be
at least two, so that was out.
Well. look little farther.
Surely there would be lots Of
fellows around the YMcA and
use. but there was only one
soldier at the YMCA and he was
getting ready for an engage
ment with friends. Down at
UCo the telephone was busy
trying to locate soldiers who
could be taken home for din
ner had been provided. Dinner
USO couldn't even find one.
Back to the highways and by
ways again-surely there would
be some soldiers running around
loose. There was one with
SoIL VI WlSlldi, "iSiii dl iooh-
surely he was a prospect, and
Hey soldier, doing anything for
a couple of hours?
His face lighted as he an
swered. Yes, sab, I'm gettin'
ready TO 60 back to Akansaw
and I got a lot to do"
Couldn't take time to eat
some roast beef and apple pie -
mo sah-sorry sab, but Am
gettin' ready to 60 home
A few other fruitless efforts
led TO the conclusion that
soldiers don't like to be picked
up by people they never saw be-
fore and taken to homes about
which they know nothing.
A lot of soldiers probably are
homesick and would like to get
away from the army routine oc-
casionally but they can't visual
ize any fun going to a strange
home, even though they would
be introduced 10 their hosts at
church, or through the USo. The
answer would seem to be for Ia
coma folks to make an effort to
establish personal acquaintance
with the soldiers and then they
could be invited as friends.
The rest Of the story Is that
one family has been living on
roast beef all week. winding up
with meat pie and hash. And IT
looks rs II the apple pie will
run into next week.
Three things neUer come
again
NeUer TO the bOW that bends
Comes the drrOU that 1t
sends
Never comes the chance
that passed,
That one moment iUds IT'S
last
NeUer shall thy spoken
UOrd
Be again unsdid. unhedrd.
Rose Terry Cooke
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07

ture was overlooked entirely.
Finally, in 1889, Governor Sal
tonstall brought this error to
the attention of the common
wealth legislature, the amend
ments were approved and he
signed the ratification.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07

He had modesty, so have many
others, why get excited about
that? He lost il somewhere.
Perhaps he lost it when he, an
average person. was feted into
believing that the Germans who
flattered him were great and
invincible because they saw his
superiority" Does short
residence in Europe qualify him,
unframed in diplomacy. as an
authority on foreign policy and
military matters gainsaying the
experts?
Lindbergh allowed the value
which sensational and ordina-
lily courageous act attached to
his name for the aviation in
dustry and his country to con-
vince him that he is as much
of hero as hysterical hero
worshiping crow ds acclaime
him to be. This has turned to
arrogance and impudence in
turn.
The furnished Eagle" has de-
scended 10 association with an
organization which tolerates
such traitors as Viereck in its
ranks, tolerates speeches writ
ten by German agents for its
hired orators, tolerates. even
connives, at use of the congress
sional frank to circulate its
propaganda.
Heroism is more than per
Torrance OF a courageous and
sensational act modestly. it is
retaining modesty and poise and
the common touch, the cynieism
which believes that nazism is
the wave Of the future" is no
part of it. Nor is anti-Semit-
ism.
o. q. GERMOND.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07

ONCE upon a time tho mar
~ rsige feast had beer pro
vided. the decorations were Up
and the bride and groom we're
ready for the ceremony 20 be-
gin but the guests didn't sp-
pear. That made the master Of
the house pretty sore and he
told his servants TO 20 out into
highways and byways and CON-
pei enough people 70 come IN
and make a decent showing.
This week a lot of people In
Tacoma have felt like the mas
ter Of that house. Sunday was
supposed TO he a day when
homes would be opened 10 give
several hundred soldiers from
Fort Lewis an opportunity TO
ait around fhe family table for
= good lSed meal and
get acquai 18th their city
neighbors. IL vas a good idea
but the supply Of soldiers gave
out before all the places we're
filled.
One family, probably like a
great many others, had made
special plans for a big day. A
big roast of prime beef had been
selected by Walter Jackson. Big,
fat apple pies with the sort of
crust that just melts in your
mouth. and all the other fixings
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07
CIVIL LIBERTIES

In the infant stage of the U. S.
government 10 amendments TO
the constitution were made. COW
ering civil liberties, and were
together known az the bill Of
rights. The commonwealth of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-07
SOCIALISTS WANT
No DICIATORSHIPS

Pc Ell. Wash
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Italians Say Army
Advances Into Greece
On Albanian Front
Troops Continue Drive
To Complete Occupation
Of DoImotion Territory
B: The Associated Press.

b. The Associated Press.
ROME. April 19.-The Italian high
command announced today that
Italian troops were advancing
against Greece all along the Alban-
ian front and that Greek troops
were falling back in disorder under
continual air attacks.
I'm Yugoslavia, the daily war
bulletin said. our troops are con-
tinuing movement to complete the
occupation of Dalmatian territory -
An army commander with his
general staff and five other gen.
erals were reported among prisoners
taken by fast Italian columns which
drove north from Albania. occu-
pying the Southern Yugoslav towns
of Cetinje and Rotor.
Dispatches from the Greek front
said last night the Italian 11th Army
was nearing Ioannina, capital of
Epirus, and that the recapture of
Porto Edda. Albania. was imminent.
A correspondent for Stefani. the
Italian news agency, said the Greek
armies were leaving behind "numer-
Gus prisoners and huge quantities
Of war materials of all kinds"
The Greeks were described as re-
tiring in disorder. under italian air
attack and ground pursuit.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Missing Boys Are Found
Asleep Outside Home

After a search by harbor and Ar
lington County (VaD police and the
Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Depart.
ment, two boys missing since yester-
day morning were found asleep in
a corridor outside the Washington
apartment Of one of the boys par
ents early today.
The boys, both of whom attend
the Hill Top School in Arlington
County, where they were last seen
about 9 am. yesterday. are Richard
Barta, 7, son of Mrs. Ivan E. Weller
of Fairfax, and Gail Lundine, 8. son
of Mrs. Edna Lundine Of SO street
NV. 1t was Mrs. Lundine who
found the boys in front of her locked
apartment when she returned home
from work this morning.
Early yesterday afternoon Mr.. and
Mrs. Weller. Arlington County police
and Cherrydale firemen began
combing the banks of the Potomac
River. About $50 pm, according
to Mr.. Weller, man told him he
had seen the two boys walking
along the shore earlier in the eve
ming. The parents followed prints
of the boys shoes along the shore,
but the search was fruitless. Early
this morning the Wellers enlisted
the aid of the harbor police.
While the Wellers waited at the
harbor precinct police were notified
that the boys had been found at
Mrs. Lundine's apartment.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Former D. {. Man Reported
Killed in PHILADELPHIA

A man tentatively identified from
cards in his pocket as John E. Mar
tindale, formerly of Washington,
was fatally injured when struck by
a trailer truck as he crossed a Phila-
delphia street last night, according
to an Associated Press report.
Cards gave his address as 1860
Thirty-third street NV, but at the
house 1t was said Mr.. Martindale
had only been there for a short time
about year ago.
Mrs. Mark L. Spillman, 1915 Wilson
Boulevard, Rosslyn. Va. said Mr.
Martindale was her brother and had
lived at her house until last Oc-
tober when he left the city. She
said she did not know where he was
and had received no report of the
fatal accident. Mrs. Spillman said
her brother was a soldier in the
World War and a tool die maker by
trade. She said he was about Al
years old.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Supreme Court Asked
To Reconsider Decision

The Supreme Court was con.
fronted today with a request to re-
consider one of its present 4-to-4
decisions and to defer further pro.
ceedings until President Roosevelt
fills the vacancy created by the re-
tirement February l of Justice
James G. McReynolds.
There have been eight 4-to-4 de.
cisions in the last three weeks, these
ties automatically confirming the
findings of the lower courts.
The Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
filed the petition for rehearing on
litigation decided last Monday. In
that case it was held that an in
jured party could sue for damages
in any Federal Court district in
which the railroad operates.
1t is understood that the Govern
ment also Is to seek reconsideration
in case in which the applicability
of the Bituminous Coal Act was lin
tied.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Public Address System
Stolen From Carnival

A thief stole a public address sys-
tenn and guitars to play over it last
night from a travelling show at
Fourth and Neal streets NE.
Walter H. Lumpkin, superintend-
ent of the Strates Show, told police
that a microphone and two speak
ers valued at $50 and two guitars
valued at $40 were stolen from the
Storeroom of the Hawaiian Nights
show at the grounds.
Purse snatchers robbed Susie E
Hassell, New Brunswick, N. j., of
cash and personal property valued
at s67 last night. Police said she
told them two colored boys grabbed
her purse near the Capitol Park
Hotel about midnight. In the pock-
etbook were $40 in cash, a gold
bracelet valued at $40, a wedding
ring and a gold pin.
Grant E. Taylor, g. colored, %
r street NV, was treated at Freed
mems Hospital for lacerations
which he told police were received
when he was assaulted and robbed
in an alley in the 1400 block of U
street NV. early today. He said
he was robbed of $6 during the at
tack.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
-Four Captains Transferred
As Navy Continues Shifts

The Navy Department today con-
tinued its command changes with
the issuance of orders for the trans
fer of four captains and one COM
mender
New assignments place Capt. An
drew S. Hickey in the once of the
Chief of Naval Operations here
after having served in the head
quarters of the Sd Naval District,
New York.
Capt. Carleton H. Wright, chief
inspector Of ordnance at the York
town (VaD depot. has been as
signed as commanding officer of
the cruiser Augusta. He relieves
Capt. J. H. Magruder, jr., whose
new duty has not been announced.
Capt. John w. Lewis, chief Of
staff and aide to the commandant
of the 14th Naval District. Pearl
Harbor, r. H, was assigned to the
18th Naval District, Bremerton,
Wash, for service.
The commanding officer of the
aircraft carrier Ranger, Capt. AL
fred E. Montgomery, takes a new
assignment as chief of staff and
aide to the commander of aircraft,
Atlantic Fleet. He is being relieved
by Capt William K. Harrill, COM
mander of Patrol Wing /, as COM
manding officer of the Ranger.
Comdr. Thorvald A. Solberg, en-
gineer officer on the staff of the
commander of the Battle Force, will
come here for duty in the Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
.Goering Halls Hitler
On Eve Of Fuehrer's S
SD Birthday
Germuns' Hearts Beut in
Love and Gratitude for
Victory, Message Says

Ev the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 19.-Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering hailed
Adolf Hitler today as defender of
German honor and liberty. guaran-
tor of the German future" in a
message to the nation on the eve
of the Fuehrers SD birthday. which
he will celebrate tomorrow at mill
tary headquarters in the field.
The German people have firm
belief in the victory of the Fueh-
rer's German Reich, and the hearts
of all Germans, said Goering. lin
Europe's north. south. east and west
and beyond the seas" beat in love
and gratitude.
The defeated enemy, the message
concluded, jealousy looks upon un-
broken German strength and the
determined will of united German
nation on Hitler's second wartime
birthday.
Whereabouts Unknown.
Press Chief DR.. Otto Dietrich, one
of the Fuehrer's intimates, dis
closed for the first time since the
beginning OF the Balkan campaign
that Hitler was in the field, but did
not, of course, say exactly where.
CThe presumption was that he
was somewhere in the Balkans,
~. land frnrt in
Europe)
Hitler was said to be in vigorous
health"
"On his birthday, as every other
day, he will be at the chart table
with his generals following hour by
hour the march of his armies, pains
takingly examining every movement
If the enemy and meeting them with
quick, often tremendously bold de-
cisions,' Dietrich's statement said.
He recalled that Hitler spent his
last birthday in Berlin just after
the victory in Norway. occupied
with bold and strategic planning as
he stood on the threshold of the
crushing campaign in the west"
Display of Swastika Asked.
In the intervening II months, Bel
GUM, Holland, France, Luxemburg
and now Yugoslavia have fallen to
the armies of the man who spent
his 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th BIRTH
days as a private and corporal in
Germany's World War army.
At home, Propaganda Minister
Joseph Goebbels asked the German
people to display the swastika to-
morrow, apparently the only public
manifestation for the anniversary
In peacetime the day was observed
with gigantic parades.
Hitler issued a proclamation today
appealing for contributions to the
German Red Cross and declaring
that year of tremendous battle
confronts the nation.
Historic decisions unique in ex-
tent and proportions will fall" the
proclamation said.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Oi-Sooked NetherIonds ) Indies
Highly InfIommobIe Territory
Rich Fields Especially Attractive
To Japan, AcuteIy in Need of Fuel

tant are its two new reflneries-one
owned by Shell and the other by
Socony-the only reflneries in the
Indies capable of producing high
octane gasoline for airplanes. Much
as the Japanese would like some OF
it, the output is contracted to the
Dutch and the British for three OF
four years to come. Shell has fields
too, in the Island of Java, though
they do not compare in productive
capacity with those of Borneo and
Sumatra.
Scarcely less important than the
proved fields are the oil reserves be-
lieved to lie still untapped below
the lava-soil blanket covering the
Netherlands Indies. In New Guinea,
westernmost island in the archi-
pelago, an Anglo American-Dutch
combine has spent s25 100000 in re-
cent years prospecting for petroleum
in a practically unexplored terri
tory.
Prospects Closely Guarded.
+ A book could be written about the
romance of this New Guinea oil
hunt. Young American engineers
and seismologistS are still working
the ground over, sometimes leading
prospecting parties deep into the
wild interior through forests in
habited by primitive peoples. Oil
men, who are traditionally close
mouthed, will say little about their
findings. There are rumors of fabu-
lous prospects, but they are not ad-
mitted by the men in charge.
That is the oil picture in the
Netherlands Indies, and it is not
one to give much satisfaction to the
Japanese. Japans interests are
small not because the Japanese
lacked opportunity but because they
were last on the scene. In fact,
their lone concession in Borneo Is
one that had been prospected and
rejected by other interests. The
Japanese hold high hopes for their
Borneo concession. but American
and Dutch oil men are dubious. In
any case, it will be years before
they will be able to obtain enough
production to dothem much good.
One of the japanese demands in the
current negotiations in Batavia Is
for the enlargement of their con-
cession. This the Dutch seem will
ing to grant.
According to official Dutch claims,
the ref1neries and oil wells of Borneo
will be dynamited in case of Jap
aneSe attack. Balikpapan is pro-
tected by minefleld. The story is
told of pipelines laid from the stor-
age tanks to the mouth of Balik-
papan harbor. Theoretically, If in
vasion threatens. the petcocks would
be opened, the oil would rise to the
surface, and match would do the
rest.
The proximity of the Sumatra
fields to Singapore makes them a
lesser source of worry to the Dutch,
though there, too, preparations have
been made for the worst. The sup.
position Is that the Japanese could
not put the dynamited wells and
refineries into operation in less than
year
tcopvrisht, 1e41, Chicago Daily News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Butter, Milk and Meat
Rafions Cut for Dutch
By tn. Associated Press.

oy iIt nooOSldbcu fEcoss
AMSTERDAM. the Netherlands
(via Berlin), April 18 (delayed).-
There will be less butter, milk and
meat available in the Netherlands
as the result of a downward revision
of food rations today.
Milk heretofore has been unra-
toned, but heneceforth the daily
allowance will be $50 grams (Ss
ounces) for adults and 500 to 1000
grams OTIS to 35.2 ounces) for chill
dren, depending upon their age.
The butter ration is reduced from
$50 to 200 grams Go4 ounces)
weekly.
The meat ration is cut from 500
grams every 10 days to 500 grams
every Is days. To compensate for a
shortage of albumen more peas and
beans will be distributed, an an
nouncement said.
The new orders prescribe two
meatless days each week for res
taurants.
Potatoes are scarce, but thus far
there has been no rationing. Ger
man officials have promised to re-
place with other foods a quantity
of potatoes turned over to them.
Fish, fruit and fowls are available
in some quantities, but are too ex-
pensive for the mass Of the pop
ulation.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
Corcoran Art Gallery
1oBuyPrize Painting
Vermont Farm
John Edward HeIiker's
Small Canvas to Go
In Permanent Collection

The trustees of the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art today announced they
will purchase Vermont Farm,
painting by John Edward Heliker of
New York City which won the first
w. A. Clark prize in the 17th Bien-
nial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings at the gal
lery. The work will be added to the
permanent collection.
In most instances, the trustees
have voted to buy the winner of
top honors in the "biennials."
Mr.. Heliker, 81, is one of the
youngest artists to receive the first
w. A. Clark award, $4,000. and the
Corcoran Gold Medal He is self
taught, except for three months
study under Thomas Hart Benton
at the Art Students League in New
York City. Although he had ex-
hibited for three successive years
in the Chicago Art Institute, painted
4OA bllO o4 pIOJCSI Vi Vic WOl n
Projects Administration and sold
works to several art museums, Mr..
Heliker had not received a major
distinction until the jury of five
prominent American artists selected
his painting of rugged Vermont
landscape for the principal Clark
prize.
Other Pictures Sold.
The small canvas now has brought
him not only new recognition but
also monetary reward to the extent
of $4,000, plus the purchase price
he set upon it when entering it in
the competition
G. Powell Minnigerode, director
of the gallery, today revealed three
more pictures on view in the cur
rent exhibition had been sold. They
are Still Life With Duck Decoy," by
Dorothy Varian of BearSville, N. Y.
to the Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York City; Laying the
Bets, by Minna Citron. for the Nor
folk (Va) Museum, and Southern
14llo4 Ny L VI CSG LCG, DlUOhldIlu-
vile, Md, to Mrs. Milton J. Cross,
wife of the radio announcer.
Public to Vote Prize.
Voting for the popular prize of
5000 will begin Monday All visi-
tors to the biennial show through
April 27 will be given opportunity
to cast ballots for the painting they
consider best among the 339 on
view. The artist of that receiving
the greatest number of votes will
be sent a check for 5000.
Mr.. Heliker. therefore, has
chance to add this sum to his earn
tngs on Vermont Farm" but gall
lery officials consider unlikely it's
choice by the visitors on the basis
Of the record. In the past, the popu-
lar prize winner never has been the
same as the work chosen by the
jury for the first Clark prize.
The exhibition will be open
through May 4 on this schedule:
Sundays, 2 pm. to pm; Mondays,
IL noon to 4:30 pm; Tuesdays. We'd
nesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
8 am. to 4;30 p.m.,- and Fridays, 9
a m. to 4:30 pm. and 7:30 pm. to
10 pm.
An admission charge of 25 cents is
charged on Monday. Wednesday and
during the day Friday.
Evening star., 1941-04-19
VoIenski Worked in D. c.
Restaurant Last Year

Bruno Johannes Valenski, waiter
reported to have confessed serving
as Nazi spy in the United States,
told police he had worked in Wash
ington as a counterman at the
Mayfair Restaurant from April until
June, 1910. He said he lived in the
300 block of E street NV.
Records at the Mayfair showed
that Valenski worked there for
three days last August. He cut his
hand, it was said at the restaurant
left work and did not return.
Valenski said he registered here
under the alien registration law
and tried twice to enlist in the
Army while in washington.