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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
BY PAUL MANNING
Tacoma Times Special Correspondent

II ONDON-There they Winston Churchill. Harry Hop
- kns and Lord Halifax. Three in minesweeper-
with Harry Hopkins getting scker minute and Halifax
|not feeling well himself
usual doing all right
and check the drift then he'd walk
hack the other
Halifax the despair Of Harry Hop
Churchill would the cabin he'd shout without
|shfung Havana from his mouth:
Hopkins how these psrsvsnes work"
Then uprosrousy Hopkins would weakly decline he d
'so back take another squnt the boat behind
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
BOOK TRUCK DRIVER

Joseph Kruger. 80. truck driver
Of 1906 Puysllup ave. was arrest.
ed Wednesday morning for en-
gsging IN a business with q re-
voked license Kruger was released
on bail
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

pr. Charlie. y. Larson. director
Of laboratories 90 the racoms
General Hospital. wili speak At the
Rotary club meeting Thursday On
the subject The Present Status
Of Scientific Crime Detection in
Pierce County"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
DOESN'T SHOW YEARS

1T WAS like that all the way TO
the George V, anchored some
miles up the coast from the rain
swept dock where the goodwill
party had boarded the mine-sweep-
e. for the big battleship which
was TO carry Lord and Lady Hall
fax to America.
The climax to this Odyssey came
however. when they boarded the
s.. 000-ton ship. A narrow ladder,
hanging well above the water
level. made ii necessary 10 jump
from the cabin top of the iee-cov-
Fred mine-sweeper onto the ladder
at the moment when the boat was
on the upbeat Of a swell.
Churchill made il all right De-
epite his short legs and Sc years
the Jump was made to order for
him. But Halifax and the others
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
"MR. ENGLAND" The 75R5F FIST sfdp Of
Winston Churchill "Out In From" Sixteen Hour. Day,
Drvins British War Machine and tmseK-st Furious Pace

niralty and war office. who have
stepped across 10 No 10.
Lunch at 1 O'clock 10 a simple
meal FIRST . whisky and soda
with ice. then cold rosst beef As
the main dish finished of with
black coffee. brandy and q cigar.
Cigars are his one real luxury
They're AL very expensive. and out
size When asked how many he
smoked a day. he replied; -Four
teen. and like every one % them .
An hour nap follows lunch. and
then he's off 10 address pafha-
ment. receive more people. maybe
visit Buckingham palace or inspect
military unit.
DAY REALLY BEGINS
A T 5 he's back In Downing street
"A debating to another secretary.
striding up and down his office.
the words at times flow smoothly.
At other times not 10 smoothly
When his sentences lose their pre-.
eision. he'll stride over to the liquor
tray. pour . small glass Of yer.
mouth. light a cigar and begin
once again.
One hour Of this high pressure
dictation and he moves from the
room. going downstairs for =
short 3o-minute sleep. Then, "a
Churchill. comes the high point OF
the day: evening dinner presided
over by Mrs. Churchill. with up
to dozen famous people ss
guests. Generals. sdmirals. poll
tioians. they can all he found any
night at the Churchill dinner table
It's when dinner IL over that the
real conference Of the day begins
Churchill and his key dinner
guests sit around In an atmosphere
/ Of heavy cigar smoke and beat and
mold Britain's policy into a MALE
able form.
NEXT: The manner Of man
that IL Winston Churchill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

KEY speech for parliament OF the
first draft Of a radio talk.
Unm Churchill became prime
minister. most Of his bcoks we're
written in this fashion. First =
rough draft in bed. then the fin
ished product in his office or conn
try home study with plenty Of ref
erence notes spread out over his
desk His six-volume Life Of Mari
borough an aneesior-wss writ
ten that way. ss were most Of the
p volumes he has written.
CONFERENCE TABLE
AT 10 a m. which leaves him
y 80 minutes before his cabinet
meets. he dismisses his secretary
Springing out OF bed. he shAves
using a safety razor. lie is toe
old-fashioned for an electric razor
he saws. lie takes baths because
showers have not yet been intro
duced at Downing street Then
he's off 10 the large. log-hested
conference room in the adjoining
wing.
He moves swiftly TO his chair al
the long cabinet table Each min
lister reports In turn. then answers
Churchill's many questions. Aftei
which follows a round table dis
eussion of domestic and foreign
policy. and then the conference
breaks up. This is around noon
and the next hour until lunch time
is spent with key men Of the sd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
SEVEN SECRETARIES

LNIRST on his list is reading Of
fetal papers general mail, re-
ports from the Near East, the Bal
ksns, the high seas At $50 he
rings for his breakfast. Liz. all
his meals, there's nothing fancy
about it. Bacon and eggs, some
times with a little kidney. And al
ways coffee. He doesn't drink tea
at any meal.
A secretary moves in about
then. He has ak, plus a conf
Dental parliamentary private sec
rotary: the Right Hon. Brendan
Bracken. With one of the six TAX
ing dictation on a noiseless port
able typewriter. h. begins reply
ing. Sometimes, however. it's a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

FordAuio n orkors
May End Strike

WAsWt<o TON - rrsMdeao
rhsllr Murray n the conares -
Industrial Organizations after .
conference with President Nnnne-
welt announced "Wednesday thee
CO unstss Ansemahsle wcvhevs
IN Detroit viii have ~ Important
statement 81 about 4 ~ D -
Our p~epl. cat there ~ nsfrcss
~iii have something IN cay ~ 3
90 Z . ~ No saia. without In
dssstlnr whether I, offered ~.
nits hope fnr settlement ~ tho
c1o-uAW waiheut winch mas 49,
W Operatives ~ The great pusa
River Rouge plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

nearly hit the water. and when
it came to Harry Hopkins, the
httle mine sweeper banged against
the side and smashed the lower
rungs.
But with Churchill leaning over
the side and shouting encourage
ment. Hopkins jumped and made
it. Serambling up the ladder and
probably wondering why he ever
left peaceful Washington. he was
greeted not with a compliment for
the excellent jump, but with the
highly impersonal and extraneous
observation:
Hopkins. think these admit
rails are all wrong about this armor
plate. II could have been a quarter
inch thicker with no trouble al
ALL
With that ne was off down the
deck to look for an admiral
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

Building permits were isssse1
"Wednesday Ia Frances Thompson
for sthoo f~sidencs 81 spii M.
i,Ih ~ Charles HufhrsIs frv :
u 400 private garage ~ st71 ~
1. ST. Frank ofstlss. e<0uo ras<-
dsnee. III M. szd u. and nartiey
snspko. $500 ressdsses. io2a H.
s5d II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10
A ROOM TO RFLAN


THAT'S the way with Winston
L Churchill. Sixteen hours a day
he's out in front.
His exhaustive schedule begins
in the misty early morning, when
car sweeps up to No. 10 Down
ing street. Out of this car steps
the prime minister. Wearing a
black Homburg hat, heavy black
overcoat, a conservative dark suit
with striped trousers and carrying
a gold-headed cane, he walks
quickly up the two short steps and
disappears through the entrance
way.
Inside. he goes at once to a
groundfloor bedroom where he UNI
dresses, gets into a pair of striped
pa jsmas and hops once again into
bed It's the extreme vulnerability
of No. 10 Downing street to bomb
blast that prevents Churchill from
sleeping every night in this ira
ditional home of all prime mini
sters.
When he does sleep occasionally
at another address. which is secret
he hurries back as early as pos
sible TO this Downing street bed
room in which he feels he car
really relax. This bedroom i,
roomy. and from the large mahog.
any bed facing the window
Churchill commands a view Of the
small grass plot which passes fol-
q garden at the rear Of No. 10.
To the housekeeper this room is
too plain. It's not good enough
for the prime minister. she says
20, to keep her from despair
Churchill reluctantly says nothing
about the bright red curtains she
has hung from cleaning brass
rods. but he does remain adamant
on the point of not having any.
thing on the floor but one mex.
pensive mouse-colored Wilton car.
pet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-10

NEXT: The manner Of man
that 10 Winston Churchill.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
OIds Defense Setup

In accordance with Alfred p.
Sloan Jr'S promise 10 release
managerial technical talent to
national defense. s. r, Skinner,
general manager of Oldsmoblle.
has recognized his staff To ex-
pcdite preparations for the
anufac ture of $4,000, 900
worth of machine guns for the
army.
r. F. Griffin. production man.
ager. will be in general charge
Of both she'll and machine gun
manufacture. Under him will
be II. J. Cupper. assistant de-
Tense production manager; x. c.
Plpsterer. manufacturing man.
ager of defense plants; J. G.
Hickman, standards engineer Of
defense plants; c. B. Dakin,
plant manager of the forge
plant, and J II Allies. plants
manager of the gun division.
Two other promotions in the
Oldsmobile organization were
announced yesterday by d. +.
Ralston. general sales manager.
Wayman A Smith Jr. Cleveland
distributor has been transferred
TO Lansing as office budget man.
ager Arthur Sandberg, whom
he succeeds. has been named as
SiStant 10 the divisional comp
trOllcr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Fear Overdone

1t is my observation that the
fear of so-ealled blind alley
Jobs is overdone. For the
imaginative. there are really no
blind alleys" For example.
two men sit side by side at
bookkceper'S stools. One, dull
chap. complains because his is a
purely routine job, with no
future. The fellow next to him,
performing the same chores,
takes a different view. He rec
ogniZeS that the figures which
he handles open up the windows
to the vital secrets of the bust
ness and give him an inside
knowledge of what is going on.
As he imaginatively looks be-
hind the figures TO the realities
of which they are only symbols.
he becomes able TO interpret the
books and soon is able to make
valuable suggestions to his chief.
Likewise. a secretarial job
often makes a capable young
man an understudy 10 a chief
executive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Trend TO Thrift
Now Sponsored
By u. 5.
BY LEWIS HANEY

Professor Of Economics. n. Y. University
Business activity, as measured
by the usual statistical averages,
declined again last week. The
decline in activity appears TO be
due chiefly TO temporary causes.
however. and is not likely to
last long or go far.
The main factor, of course,
is strikes, particularly the coal
strike. This had begun to have
widespread effects just prior to
its settlement.
But along with strikes there
are various hesitations and stop
pages that are involved in the
transition to a economy.
For example, il is even possible
that already the fear of the
huge burden of taxes is having
an effect upon the psychology OF
many buyers. We know that
many corporations have begun
TO set up reserves in anticipa-
ton of the higher taxes ahead.
This reduces the dividends re-
-ceipea by stockholders. Just so.
the thrifty individual of mod
crate means is already begin
ming 10 think of saving. Doubt
less some are spending less
freely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30

As the annual commencement
season approaches, there will be
increased competition for the
services Of new graduates.
There will be less difficulty
for newcomers TO tit themselves
into the outside world.
Private employers will vie
with the armed forces of the
United States for the services
of physically fit young men.
Those who do not go into the
army. The navy or the marine
corps Will find that the trek
from civilian occupations into
the services will have left OPEN
ingS. Moreover. others who are
available for civilian work Wiil
ind that the total rise m ma
tional economic. activity, mel
dental 10 the expansion of
national defense and aid TO
Great Britain and the other de-
mocracies. has increased the de-
mand for manpower-eSpeclally
for men with special training IN
engineering and mechanics.
II is the annual policy OF
scores of the better managed
corporations TO send scouts 10
the campuSeS each year TO Gull
out the more promising grad
yates.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Amer. AirIines
Profits Sag

CHICAGO, April 30.-American
Airlines, incorporated. and subsidi-
aries report a March quarter net
profit of ST. ,060. equal to ) cents
a share on 3S0.535 shares. COM
pared with 1904. 053 or Sc cents or.
353 800 shares for the March quar-
ter of 1910.
Rejecting increased costs incl
dent 10 the acquisition of new
equipment and the enlarged per-
sonnet required for its operation,
earnings suffered sharp drop.
I~creased operating expenses and
a rise in provision for obsolescence
and depreciation offset gains in
traffic by substantial margin.
Earnings for tho March Quarter
last year were benefited by Sl10,-
OBS homecoming profit on the
sale of aircraft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Auto
Red Cross Group
Proudly Drives
70 MiIlionth Ford

If you see a Ford de luxe
station wagon on the streets of
Detroit or Dearborn with a
bevy of beauties attired in smart
blue uniforms riding in it, you
will be looking at the % mil
lionth car produced by the Ford
Motor Company since its incep-
ton.
The uniformed young ladies in
possession of it are members of
the American Red Cross Volun-
teer Motor Corps to whom it
was presented yesterday by
Edsel b. Ford as the car rolled
off the production line.
The Ford company has been
making production history since
1915. 1t was on December 10
of that year when it reached the
first million. a year later it was
two million, and by 1921 the
total had reached five million.
In 1924 the total was 10 mil
lion. and on and on il went. No.
$4,000 900 rolled off at Edge
water. n. J.. last April s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
en- Handled O. K.

The way In which the threat
ened General Motors strike ID
being handled illustrates the
growing concern of the admin
istratiOn. In this case there has
been no delay In certifying"
the trouble to the national con-
ciliati0n board. Thus there will
he no stoppage while negotia-
tions proceed, at least not for
80 days.
If this technique had been fol-
lowed In coal, the curves of bust
ness activity would probably not
have declined.
But ID should not he supposed
that all the trouble Is due to
strikes. The defense program"
itself would have caused some
slowing down In business at
about this time. This IL the
time when We begin Ia see the
delusion that We can expect
business ustfai." We are
now beginning to nee the ap-
proach of both the tax gatherer
and the government bondselfer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Ready for Anything

The Motor Corps is a rapidly
growing organization of young
SoclaliteS who are ready TO drive
the station wagon, an ambulance
or a fire truck in an emergency.
1t will pilot Ford No. 29,000,000
for the Detroit chapter of the
American Red Cross on any err
rand of mercy.
What Is more. the girls are
learning plenty of motor me-
ehanics ff'he Ford Company is
giving them instruction at the
Highland Park plant, and ac-
cording TO the Instructors. the
corps is taking TO it like old
hands.
Although only a small group,
the Motor Corps is planning TO
devotion a reserve of 5000
trained for transportation work
in any emergency
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Forbes
Living Oearer;
Washington Is
Failing TO Help

Up will 60 the price of soft
coal, the strike having been
settled by increasing miners
pay 81 a day. Wages in auto
motive plants have been raised
IL per cent, which means not
only higher costs to make auto
mobiles. but a heavy addition to
the bill taxpayers will have TO
foot for vast government orders.
General Electric, also loaded to
the gunwales with defense con-
tracts. announces a 10-cents-an-
hour paw boost. Numerous other
wage demands are being granted
throughout the country.
This renders inevitable a rise
in the cost of living, despite arbi-
trary attempts at price-fixlng by
Leon Henderson, representative
of the government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
No Effective Effort

The government, as already
rDted. has made no effective
effort to slash non-defense stag
gering spending.
Washington proposes to ladle
out an absolutely unparalleled
amount of taxpayers money to
farmers, not to encourage pro-
duction, but 10 discourage. re-
strict production. TO enforce a
policy. not of abundance. but of
scarcity-this at a time when
fear of imitation haunts the ma
ton.
Instead of exercising every
practical means 10 restore bust
ness confidence and activity, so
as 10 yield more tax money for
the support of government,
Washington is doing nothing TO
inspire courage among investors
or 10 inspire enterprise. Trust
buster Thurman Arnold has
indicted more than $50 corpo-
rationS and 100 corporation
executives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Has
Defense Part

WAR means economic conflict, "
Frank l.. Erion, ace adjuster
and insurance authority of 80
years standing, told 800 agents at
the Detroit Leland Hotel yester-
day
He said that war today means
taking from industry and its peace
time needs much in the way of
machinery, raw materials, and
technical skill, for he defense
effort.
1--WE are here TO consider how
this unprecedented situation af-
fects the earnings of manufac-
turers and merchants, he eX-
planned.
Earnings now above normal
will continue at high rate. just
as manufacturing plants re-toOl
for new product, the insurance
fraternity must re-equip itself
intellectually with the tools for
presenting this attractive form
of cOverage, to make certain that
business will forge ahead with
the minimum of interruption.
I'VE have had occasion to
learn how entire industries can
be paralized by interruption of
single unit. 1t would be
tragedy If insurance men should
shirk their duty and neglect to
fill in these gaps with proper
coverage," he concluded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
U. S. breaches Thrift

The government no longer
urges spending. II breaches
thrift. Washington no longer at
tacks savings-it attaches them.
This new tendency was drama
tized last week by the announce
ment that the General Electric
Company Will freeze" It's radio
models. so that il may concen-
trate on defense activities. This
follows the similar action of the
automobile industry. So. while
we may not be going TO give up
butter for guns. we are likely
before long TO be riding in used
cars equipped with old model
radios,
Temporarily The transition
will slow up various consumer
goods industries But eventually
the increased spending OF our
individual savings by the gov
eminent and the boom IN war
goods industries VIII probably
more than take up the differ
ence
All this is Illustrated by the
action Of commodity prices.
After rounding off in the pre-
cedinG week, the average de
chned a little last week. II Is
nearly 20 per cent above year
ago. but the rise has halted.
Last week most textile materi-
ais. hogs. cotton seed oil, raw
sugar, rosin. and flax seed were
lower. These more than offset
gains in tallow, rubber, burlap.
and corn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
Detroit Produce

APPLES Michigan. bushel crates az
inch minimum. Delicious. 81 20 so !;
Northern spys 81 rs; Comms. l5e 81 !;
stsrks. 81 steele Reds, $3.50 lao; pa
inch 81 so: q. inch minimum. 81 4 IS.
ARAGUS-California. pyramid crates
/ dozen punches. fancy. 81 20 = 2 so extra
fancy, 81 59a3 select, 81 ~ /; extra ira
poorer low at 81 10 Washington III
crates loose medium size 81 n 10. 24-lh.
crates punched 50 50n ? 50, 30-lb crates
AVkCAnOEs- Florida flats. los to Dos
81 So q fair quality 81 25,nl 50.
BEANS Florida, hushel hampers Bnun-
tfuls 50 50st2 Is. Black Valentine s. 30
g3; WAX. fiat type 81 25H3.
BFETs~-Texas, "a crates. 3D. dozen,
BRoCcoLI-Texas, pony crate--aaa
lunches. ordinary to fair quauny 3 25'
CABBAGE-L. 4 crates round type.
Louisiana 80 go Mississippi. 81 80. pony
crates. 81 4oa go Georgia. l's-hushel
ChRRoTs 1. A. crates 6 dozen. Cali
fornis 81 60 n IS; Texas dozen So rs
~ SIS; poorer low as 81 p.
CAULIFLOWER-C California. pony crates.
l2s and larger Sl.sOd2 10. ------.--.----
CELERY -is-inch crates. trimmed tops,
Florida, Pascal 4 dozen. So IS: Golden
Heart Is to los, Sl3oa2 Is: HNs II %
NJ; poorer, all sizes low as 45c; crates of
81 4Oai 50.
cUMBERs-Florida bushel baskets.
S4a45o; choice. s.. 75a3.75; large slzs'
LFTTUCE-L. A. crates, Iceberg type,
Arizona 5 dozen, ordinary TO TAR qualty
81 n rs; dozen. ordinary TO fair qualify,
S3G3 Is; California. Delano, 5 dozen. 1928
~ 5 so. generally good quality. IS; dozen,
fair quality, IS. rs Salinas generally good
quality. 5 fair quality $3.50. -
LEAF LETTUCE-Ho thouse, 10Th. has
nhfo AOs Michigan 81 40 n / so.
Onions u. 5. 40. l Neilo~s o0-lh.
sacks Michigan. 70e, IN. and larger
81 iOq i2n: fair cond.. 81 Chile crts.,
Sweet Spanish as, rs and SOS, few sales
S375 New stock. Texas 50-lh. sacks, l.
s Comm. yellow Bermudas, 50 40 q ?. ~,
Crystal Whites Wax, 80. 5o.h sacks
ONION sETs-32-lb. sacks, Illinois Vel
POTATOES s No I. loo-ls sacks
uniess otherwise stated Idaho RHsset Bur
sacks l9H2lcs various varieties Maine
81 5oul g.. l5-lb. sacks. - 2ne Wis
conslu Katahdns N.2a. VI Nofin
Dakota washed Cnbhlers ~ -. Michigan
Russet Rurals. Sl1llU. Chiupcwss - -.
Cobhlers 81 20. T. p Green M'n-, 81 81
U 40. 18Th. sack Green Mtns =
24c New Stock Florida hu. cfts L 5.
No Ttiumpns 81 55H / ~, Texas 5o-lh
sacks L : No washed Triumnhs, 81 ~
a IS mostly Sl.75, California 5o-lh
sacks I. :. No. ] washed Long whites
81 80 IS. 100-lh sacks I No.
washed Ions Whites $3.50 30.
SHALLOTs = louisiana hbls 2o-doz
bchs. SIS 25Hs5O. fair qual ami cond
1920 5 50, crates S doz, 81 s. @ / IS;
crates s doz 50
sTRAwBERRrEs- louisiana 2l.pt crts
Rlondykes 81 3nG ? SO. N ostly 81 80;
poorer low a. 81. Alabama 24-qt crts.
Missionarys 50 SOFT. carryovers 50 so .
3 So
SWEET POTATOES Blu. crts. l. s. No
Porto Ricans louisiana 81 90. Texas.
g 10. fair quality T5nlso
TOMATOES - Repks 1n-lb, ctns. s. p
81 90 small sizes Sls5; Ohio dollhouse
s-lh med 81 %.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-30
First Triumph

AS President Walter d. Fuller
of the National Association of
Manufacturers pertinently OBJ
serves:
eff government can hold prices
down with one hand and boost
wages and similar costs with
the other, IL will be the first
triumph over the science of
mathematics in history. as well
a. over the law of supply and
demand"
incidentally, which price.
would you venture a guess, has
risen most of all in recent
years? The price of government.
Points out MIR. Fuller:
1.-THE government has raised
taNes-the price OF government
-120 per cent In the last 10
years, and plans another hike
that will make the total in
crease 297 per cent since 1881.
"TaXes already form about 30
per cent of our present living
costs. Have there been some
blustery announcements about
the effect of strikes, higher
taxes and food costs on prices:
No-a thousand times no. Only
about the so-called greedy bust
ness man"
In other words. while a bu-
reaucratic body has been set up
to fix ceilings on prices of
various materials and commodl-
ties. not the slightest attempt is
being made to keep down the
price of government Even
Washington'S unprecedentedly
gigantic expenditures for nom
defense purposes are not being
-pruned.