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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Tacoma Man at Fl. Benning, Ga,
Sends Greetings Via Short Wave
Is Member of 82d Reconnaissance
Battalion. Which Has Radio Shock"

Whenever Pvt Frederick Alexander of the Second Ar
mored Division Fort Benning Ca wants to send message
home to the folks in Tacoma does he to telegraph office
or a long distance phone booth? Not Pvt Alexander
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Knopf Heads
Willamette u.
Religious Director
Chosen President

PoRTLAND-Dr. Carl Sumner
knopf. director Of religious activi-
ties at the University Of Southern
California IN Los Angeles, Tues
day was the new president Of VIII
lsmette university at Salem.
kncpf WAS elected at = spe-
eisl session NJ the willamette
trustees held here late Mon
day. He succeeds DIR. Bruce Y.
Baxter.
Bishop Baxter was automatically
released in July 1899 when he was
elevated 20 the episcopacy. but
served a. president last year at
the urgent request of the trustees.
DR.. Knopf Ii So years old. mar
fied. and has q long teaching
career behind him. A native Of
Columbus, O.. the new Willamette
president took his bachelors de-
gree at the University of Cali
fornia in 1918 and his masters
degree there = year later. In 1916
be obtained his divinity degree
from Yale and In 1881 received q
Phi. r. degree from that institu-
tion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Presenter S Now
In New Location

Pessemier's Bootery. veteran Ia
eoma retail shoe store. announces
The formal opening Of its new and
enlarged quarters at e15 Broad
way. This truly modern store II
now ready for public inspection
where are featured several promi-
nent lines Of high grade shoes for
men. women and children.
c. N. Pessemisr opened his first
ehoe store in this state back In
1858 and in 1904 opened n Tacoma
store at 1342 Pacific ave-, which
continues to operate at that loca-
ton.
The first Broadway store was
opened in 1918 by Pessemier BROTH
err at 1922 Broadway. This bust
ness was purchased in 1924 by
w. H., v. ". and c. J. Pessemier
who are now operating it at the
new location, els Broadway. to
which the public Is invited.
The new store represents the
last word in appointments and in
corporates all the proven features
Cor shoe merchandising. The COM
fort and convenience Of customers
have been given first consideration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Grand Coulee
Reservoir Now
Full
GRAND CoULEE. Wash.

bhAND 1otIEE- WASH. -
Grand coulee reservoir. formed by
backwaters from Grand coulee
dam. reached the 1.255-foot level
today. and reclamation engineers
supplied these statistics:
THE reservoir Is two-thirds
filled. containing 1000. 900
acre feet Of water and extending
133 miles toward Canada.
Ut contains sufficient water 10
4 supply 1900 gallons for each
person in the United States. and a
seven-and-one-half year water
supply for New York City.
BY closing outlet tubes at its
= present stage engineers could.
in a few days. cause the Columbia
river to rise to such height that
opening the tubes would cause II
to plunge in a fall equal to the
height of a 33-story building. five
blocks wide.
Engineers said the river had
risen IL feet in two and one-half
months. and was SO feet short of
the expected maximum. The reser-
voir. they said. was near the head
needed for operation of the first
huge generator at Grand Coulee
powerhouse, expected to begin late
in August or early in September.
Ultimately. the reservoir will be
Isl miles in length, and from 1000
feet TO two and one-fourth miles
wide. Depth will be 375 feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
New Highway
Bill Is Filed

WASHISGToN-Sen. Carl Hay
den, D.. Ariz.. late Monday intro
dueed a new defense highway bill
10 supplant the measure vetoed by
President Roosevelt. II would au-
thorize s125. O00. 900 for improve
ment Of strategic highway net
works and $3.50. o00. 900 for access
roads.
Hayden said he sought 10 meet
the objections raised by Mr.. Roose-
welt. The president recommended
$4,000. 900 for the strategic de-
Tense highway improvements The
bill which he vetoed carried s125.-
100000 for this purpose. with
provision that It he spportioned
among the states on a population
basis.
The new bill would provide that
500. 000. 900 of the total suthori-
zation for the strategic highways
be apportioned among the states
according TO the ratio of the
states road mileage on the stra-
tegic highways. The remaining
100000 would be used at the
presidents discretion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Man in Street
Struck by Auto

Cuts about his head and hands,
bruises and shock were suffered
by 8. L. Gates. IS. Route 2, Box
3le. when he was struck by an
automobile about $40 p. m. Mon
day at Seth and South Tacoma
way.
Driver of the automobile was
Cpl. Robert p. Davis, according TO
police who booked the man for
investigation and later released
him.
Gates. II Is reported by officers,
was standing near the center yell
low line on the busy thoroughfare
when he was hit by Davis car.
Attendants at the county hospital
said Thursday his condition was
not serious.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13

For instance. the other day, his
brother Roy, here in Tacoma. had
a birthday and Fred wished to
send him greetings.
He just walked into the radio
shack" of the SD Reconnaissance
battalion of which he is a member
and sat down at the shortwavs
transmitter of W3FFF.
BY alternate use of the
phone and the high pitched
buzzer he tried raising Tacoma
direct; but atmospheric condi-
tions between Georgia and
Washington were such that
Fred and Roy didn't make d.
rect contact.
However. that's where the other
"hams" come in-all licensed OPP
orators Of the A.RR.L.. which has
its own traffic setup - message
blanks and everything. There are
thousands of such hams scattered
all over the u. s. Tacoma has
maybe a dozen of them and Seat
tie even more.
Received Message Here
Roy Alexander received the mes
sage, well enough: but it came the
long way; Fort Benning to a Mich
igsn station, there to Texas sta
ton, and from Texas to Seattle
station and as Fred points out,
the guy who got the message in
Seattle telephoned it long distance
to Tacoma"
That's why the national or
ganixation Il known rs the
American Radio Relay league.
II lite members cant get
through one way. they relay
by q general call to any ham"
listening.
Pvt. Frederick Alexander was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Mill Accident
Fatal TO Man
Breaks Neck in
Fall at Morton

MORTON = Horace Logan. -.
met almost instant death in the
mill here Monday when ne acct
dentally fell in some manner and
fractured his neck.
Logan leaves his wife. Winnifred.
n the home: a daughter. Berna-
dine: three sons. Horace. IT.. Eddie
and Maurice. his parents. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Ed Logan of spansway: three
brothers. Julian. Lester and Georg.
Logan, all Of Spsnsway. four sis
ters. Mrs. Edna Horton and Mrs.
Elizabeth Rice. both Of spansway.
and Mrs. Dora Armstrong Of Nor
ton. and Mrs. Myra Berquist Of
Tacoma.
Funeral arrangements are being
made by the Morton Funeral par
lor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Nazis Reach Red Sea
TARTs ON FACE ONE

time had thrust between Kiev and
Odessa in an effort to advance
down the Bug river and thus iso-
late the Black Sea port.
The spokesman claimed that the
lower reaches" of the Dnieper
river had been partially rendered
useless as q line of communication
for the armies of Soviet Marshal
Semyon Budenny because they
were ito a considerable extent"
dominated by German artillery.
This would Indicate that
the Germans were striking
east of Odessa, probably In
the Nikolaev sector, where the
rivers Big and Dnieper meet
the SEAL
German. Italian and Hungarian
forces are In control of railroads
which have put the whole Russian
transport system in the south
Ukraine out Of action, the spokes-
man said.
POINTS UNSPECIFIED
He claimed that the whole
Dnieper river bend" northwest Of
Nikolaev was now untenable for
the Red army.
The points at which the Ger
mans repog edly reached the Black
sea were not specified. although IT
had been indicated that they were
headed for the Nikolaev sector.
The Germans admitted severe
resistance by the Russians but
said they were being forced back
steadily with big losses in men
and material as the luftwaffe
pounded at enemy lines and col
umns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Royol Arcunun1 Boot
Trip on August 81

The Royal Arcanum will sponsor
a boat cruise starting at $50 p. m.
Thursday. August p. from the
pavilion at Point Defiance park.
A free lunch will be served on the
cruise. Reservations are TO be
made with the regent at GA $3.50.
Regular council meeting will be
held Thursday evening. August IA,
in the Odd Fellows temple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Collectors Club
70 Meet Wednesday

The Tacoma Collectors club will
hold its regular meeting at 8 p. m.
Wednesday in the Tacoma Secre-
tarial school. Medical Arts build
ing. There will be an indoor picnic.
with ice cream and cake served
free. There will be games and
prizes. Nomination Of officers for
the coming year will be considered.
A report will be made on the clubs
exhibit at the Puyailup fair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13

just one of small group of en-
listed men in the SD Reconnais-
sance battalion who operated
ham" stations before they joined
the army.
Ham Lost" Sans station
"A ham without a station is like
q poached egg without a piece of
toast" one of them said. as they
got their heads together around a
dinner in a Columbus. Ga, hotel.
Enough money was found In
the battalion fund to buy parts
and they set about building
the station which now carries
the call letters W3FFF. IL
worked out fine. as the batta-
lion commander had been as
sured. since II provides a
quick. easy and non-expensive
way for men of his organiza-
tion to send their messages
through TO mothers. sweet
hearts. brothers, fathers,
friends.
And what's more" said Alex
ander, 1--WE always got through.
Our set is powerful enough to
reach Alaska, II the air isn't all
damned up with QRN."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Change Bigamy Charge
To One Of Polygamy

NEW foRk-James Lyons, 30.
went into court Tuesday accused
Of bigamy. He came out-on his
way back to Jail - accused of
polyeamy. Magistrate Francis X.
Giaccone changed the charge after
hearing that Lyons had three
wives at one time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-13
Australia Parliament
Called 10 Meet AUG. 20

Me BOURNE. Australia
Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies
Tuesday summoned parliament for
Aug. 20 to consider the Far East
ern situation which he feels en-
dangers Australia.
Smyrna times., 1941-06-12
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1910

Wilmer, Chas.
Wilson, Marcella
Wilson, Howard
Wilson, Anna M.
Wilson, William
Wilson, Ramson
Wilson, William M.
Wisher, Arretta
Wisher, Franklin w.
Wisher, B. Frank
Wreman, Helen unknown
Wright, Madlyn
Wyatt, Annie D.
Zigler, E. H.
Zigler, Martha
zigler, David H.
Zigler, Olevia
Smyrna times., 1941-06-12
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1910

Scuse, Raymond
ISeacord, John r.
Seaman, Louder
Selth, Robert
Selth, ESsie
Selth, Charles
Seward, Pearl D.
Seward, Robt. j.
Seward, Thos. H.
Seward, Edith F.
Sharrard, John B. out of Co.
Sharrard, Edna out of Co.
Shockley, Harry N.
Shockley, Catherine L.
Shockley, Ella
Shockley, Virginia Mae
Shockley, Emma
Shoemaker, Otis
Shoemaker, Wilson D.
Shoemaker, Elizabeth
Short, C. Heverian
Short, Mary K.
Short, Lydia E. dup.
Shorts, Charles S.
Short, Charles E.
Simpler, James
Slaughter, Paul A.
Smith, Mae
Smith, John
Smith, Cornelia
Smith, William
Smith, William
Smith, Cornelia T.
Smith, Vernie E.
Smith, Phoebe unknown
ISmith. Matilda H. o. A. w. c.
Snyder, Adolph F.
Snyder, Esther L.
Spear, Chas. H.
Spear, Isla F.
Spear, M. Alexander
Spear, Ida B.
Spence, Bertha w.
Spence, Anna B.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
HUMANITY IN FIGURES

If we needed any statistical record to show us that many Alaskans have gone back on payrolls during the past year that testimony was furnished today.
 It came in the report of Russell G. Maynard, the conscientious director of the Territorial Depart ment of Public Welfare.
 In Maynard's report which shows expenditures for various types of relief in Alaska between April l and September 30 of this year, both economy and a squarer deal for those who critically need aid is to be found.
 For instance, there less money by far spent by the Territory for general relief during the period of the report than during the same period during other recent years This. of course, is sign of bet ter times Men are at work. dinner pails full, and the silver horde was really horde during the past summer bostering up many family bank ac- counts With this increased prosperity, families which forced to rely the Territory for relief during the depression years now joyously inde- pendent
 Only $51,7O4.2O was spent for general relief pay ments during the period out of relief appropriation of S24OO0G passed by the last session of the Legsa ture to cover the two-year period At this rate, there should be funds saved out of the appropriation during the biennium Of this amount spent for re- lief during the six-month span it was also pointed cut that 60 percent of the grants were for medical aid and for persons receiving sanatorium care for tuberculosis, which leaves little that had to be paid out for food, clothing and shelter In other words most of the requests for relief came from homes where unexpected illness had strapped the family income, not from families where the breadwinner unable to provide common livelihood
 On the other hand total of 269,638.50 spent for Old Age Assistance during the half-year was a little more than in past years. Explaining this, the department officials point out that Alaskas aged receiving larger monthly payments than before, and also that information about old age benefits have been given wider publicity throughout
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

the Territory with the result that needy aged folks than ever before are now receiving monthly checks.
 cooperative project between the Territory and the Federal Government the Old Age Assistance payments of the period reported composed of s132 589 25 from Federal funds, plus $13758925 from the Territory
 Also bearing statistical evidence of the human needs being met regularly by Director Mamards office the report of $1397650 supplied to mothers with no means of supporting their families, and the $S54897 used to take of dependent children and handling of juvenile delinquency through out Alaska
 human document, done in arithmetic, the re- port of Director Maynard proves that Alaska which certainly dairy farm, is nevertheless sympathet caly treating it's unfortunate citizens to the milk of human kindness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

place of honest effort toward the future. Long the seers have fore told social upheavals and changes which are beginning to be recog- nized.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: By Amer ican genius in all lines of con- structive work the world is to be restored to sane industry after the war, but amazing and unexpected commercial developments will cause grave apprehensions The United States is to lead all nations in the next decade and must share it's wealth with Europeans who may appear ungrateful in 1944. Miracles in production and contributions from what appears to be inexhaus- tible wealth will arouse envy and jealousy.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Between the people of the United States and the statesmen who represent them will arise walls of disagreement which block certain defense efforts. Isolationists will realize that their position is untenable, but they will express their opposition to Presi- dent Roosevelt and his foreign pol icy in hostile acts as well as wide spread propaganda. Events are to prove the wisdom of all-out de- Iense.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AS war clouds grow blacker over the seven seas and our Navy is more and more imperilled, assur- ance from astrologers that noth- ing but victory awaits the nation is comforting. The horoscope for the United States promises suc- cess, although it may be achieved at great cost in men and in dol- lars. As the only nation on t h a globe which has never lost a war we may feel confident of our final safe issue out of conflict. Jupiter rules the seventh House of Open Ebemies and is conjunct with the Sun and Venus.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pro- gress and good fortune, but chang es should be avoided. Caution should rule.
 Children born on this day will be highly gifted in the arts. They should be fortunate in their careers but love affairs may be peculiarly hazardous.
 Copyright, 194l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
"We Must Work Longer Hours"
(New York Times

(NeW York TlmeS)
 The President declares that We must work longer hours to produce the munitions required to defeat Hitler" We can longer doubt the neces- sity for this. But the time the President calls for longer hours there remains the books unrevised the Federal Wage-Hour Act of 1938 which limits the normal working week to 40 hours and imposes penalty of 50 percent on any work beyond 40 hours This is penalty that in the majority of cases makes working week above 40 hours prohibi- lively costly to employers. It meant to do so It was meant effectively to discourage a working week of than 40 hours.
 For the period of the emergency the Federal Wage-Ho Act should be amended that penalty rates on overtime do not begin until after 48 hours A 48-hour normal working week cannot be called excessive from the standpoint of the health or vel fare of the worker The 40-hour week in fact embodied in legislation, not on the ground that slightly longer hours unduy fatiguing but in a mistaken belief that this the best way to create employment" In the present skilled labor shortage however whatever validity this reason may once have had has vanished.
 And amendment in the WageHour Act Of this nature would not mean that labor was being asked to work longer week for the same pay The worker creased hours he worked up to 48 It is merely the penalty overtime that would not begin until then This is a moderate change which the great body of workers would surely accept during the period of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
An Old Saying
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
 Long before anyone knew about vitamns cod liver oil standard dosage for peaked kids. And gosh, how we hated it!
 Science found explanation Natures mys- terious alchemy had contrived to store in the cods liver concentrated rays of sunlight And from this point the scientist branched out in dozen direc- tions
 They found that the hidden sunlight and the dsagreeabe taste could be separated, to everyones benefit They called the sunlight principle vita min' and then discovered, that instead of single vitamin there dozen more. They learned that the cod had monopoly upon the sunlight vitamins, and that other varieties of marine animals had even better storage facilities.
 And so we had haver oil well cod liver oil And just the pharmacopoeia demand runs in the direction of the soupfin shark and Pacific Coast fishermen experiencing minor bonanza.
 It all gets back to the old saying that there are as good fish in the as have ever been caught. And it is true not merely in the literal sense, but in the broadest of interpretations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
SIX GUNS PER SHIP

However, the arming of American ships, any way you lock at it, is mixed blessing. Many of the guns to be mounted were either built or designed in 1902, the type used on U s. ships during the World War However, they are good guns for submarine shooting, and in addition the ships will carry anti-aircraft guns and four heavy machine guns to protect them from dive bombers.
 The biggest U. S. merchant ships will carry 4-inch and up to 5-inch guns, depending on whether they have reinforced decks World War ships still have reinforced after decks, while all new U s. ships built since 1886 carry reinforced decks both fore and aft.
 Without these reinforced decks, the percussion from a 5-inch gun would shake open the seams of the ordinary merchant vessel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

here is the situation as near as we can get it.
 There is no distrust Of the British regarding the future routing of our ships or Panamanian ships if placed under the British flag.
 The chief reason is that the British are getting hard up for crews. Thousands of tons of Brit ish shipping have been sunk, and with them, thousands of British seamen. Especially lacking today are engineers. Deck hands are not hard to get. But many lease-lend cargoes have been held up a few days in recent weeks waiting for British crews Because of this scarcity, Panamanian ships have been manned by checkerboard crews of various nationalities.
 Another reason for sending Am erican ships into the war zone is efficiency of operation. It is a tough job to find the right ships these days to carry heavy tanks, which cannot be easily hoisted into the holds of small vessels. A Brit ish or Panamanian ship larg c enough for this is not always avail able
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
FlUDLKN LiIuULIIL ROBERTA LEE

announced when calling upon a at an house.?
 Unless the intimate friend request the hall boy to telephone before going
 all trailing ribbons decoa tions the dinner table?
 A. with claim taste will these decoa tion children
 When invitation what should be done when finds that it displeasing husband?
 invitation accepted the husband should attend try conceal his displeasue
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

At present the Navy has on hand about 400 guns, which will arm about 200 ships out of the total U. s. merchant marine of 1,200 ships. However, the great majority of our merchant marine is used in coast wise trade, the Gulf, the Caribbean and South American waters. Two hundred armed ships, it is figured, will be enough for the time being
 The armament on these will be sufficient to cope with any sub marine in the summer months. In the winter, however, with poor vis- ibility, heavy fog and long hours of twilight it will be tough job. The main problem is to see the submer- inc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15

hits on bridges from the air are less destructive than on tunnels. A bomb hit on bridge frequently resulted in nothing more serious than a quickly reparable hole, while under ground roadways were completely wrecked by indirect hits because the earth is a carrier of explosion vibrations. Senator Clyde Her ring, Iowa Democrat, faces one of the toughest fights in next years congressional electio Is and privately he'd prefer Governor George Will son as his Republican opponent rather than Secretary of State Mark Thornburg. Thornburg is the best vote-getter the Iowa COP have had. in years.
 Copyright, 1941. by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
LOOK and LEARN &sy c. GORDON

an-saoon "The with the Ratchet? situated? feet there United States nautical mile? is President of the United States? animal able a tail?
  Nation Q846- -l9 St. Lawrence River. feet Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The lizard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Vice President Henry Wallace and 63-year-old Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, are like schoolboys when 1t comes to riding the Capitols famous underground railway. They always dash for the front seat. i. A second baby is on the way at the Tom Corcorans, former top braintruster. Their first child, a girl was born in January, l940. U. $. highway experts, returning rom Britain, report that direct
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-11-15
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MSUSEDDo not T expect the weather last week SUPPOSE the weather last week hot
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Gauge Pronounce gal as in AGE
 OFTEN NISSPEIIED Confectionery;
 SYNONYMS: Deny, dispute negate, discam.
 STUDY: three times and it yours Let us word each day Todays word action passion "Ie is pheg maic person.