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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-06
Two Great
Cities Are
Bornbarded
Empires Troops
Blust at Bordio:
Fall Seems Nsor

nRtsrOs. Esgisna--A ~.
hnur fire bcmh sttsck ras-
r,cd out ey hundreds ~ ses-
man raiders until esviy h.ass
saturday took . severe toll
NJ damage and casualties IN
TN. great ~est~ss Bsitish
port.
The bombs vsined dawn -
fast that authorities and
volunteers found themselves
nnsble Ia prevent serious ces-
fiagrations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-06
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy tonight and Tuesday
Temperatures: High, -; lou, IS
sun rises, 1856; sete, f:s7.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-06

tAsbGHkA - Australia Wa
Minister y G. spsnasr eabisa the
goyssnmsn, Saturday ina, Aus
ifsiian forces nav ssfs in Bafsilz
and had taken 800 prisoners.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

in addition to your shower over the
tub
NOte-For further information
about any of the products de-
scribed above, write Misses Ducas
and Gordon. in care Of The Eve
ming Star, and include stamped,
self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Model Home
Continued From Page BID

attractive features and convenience.
Upstirs, one is again amazed at
the size of the rooms. There are
two large rooms each of which
might use twin beds and one that
is smaller but still comfortable with
a large mahogany double bed and
a large chest of drawers and the
usual number of chairs. The master
bedroom is IL by 18. 1t has three
windows. There is a large closet
which is papered to match the room.
The east bedroom is also 18 feet
long. which gives ample furniture
space and has a nice closet. The
bath at the upper hall is of black
and-white tile with tub and shower.
Adjoining is a large linen closet and
each bedroom has generous closet
space.
There is bus service along the
East-West highway which runs from
Bethesda to Georgia avenue. There
are excellent shopping areas at both
ends of this run. A school bus picks
the children up each morning for
the Chevy Chase primary schools
and the Leland Junior High. The
new schools are planned for the
adjoining areas this next year.
The surrounding country is very
lovely, the park is Immediately
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Paint SOftener.

Remember the material mentioned
here several weeks ago that took the
sanding operation out of reflnishing
woodwork painted with enamel?
Well, we have just discovered an
other one which can be used right
in your paint, varnish or enamel.
and which softens. the old coatings
so that the new coating clings.
The preferred way to use this
product. say its makers. is to dampen
a rag with it and wipe it over the
surface to be painted Just before
YOU apply your paintbrush to 1t. But
It can be used by thinning the new
paint you are using with four ounces
of the paint softener to | gallon
of the new coating As the paint
softener only costs 40 cents half
pint. so cents a pint or sl.05 quart,
this is a very economical way to
use It.
The paint softener can be used
over any type of varnlsh. paint or
enamel to make a rough enough sur
face so that the new paint will bond.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Fairfax Building Permits
For Month Total S433,010

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Oct. 4-Building
permits totaling s433,010- for new
construction and improvements were
issued in Fairfax County during
the past month, according to re-
port today by County Commissioners
of Revenue James u. Kincheloe.
The figure represented a slight
drop from the preceding month,
but was nearly twice as large as
the amount for September, 1910
Likewise. the total for the first
nine months of this year was S6,299.-
ITO, as compared with s2.74l ,429 dur
ing the same months last year.
OF the permits granted last
month. 127 were for new buildings,
estimated to cost $4l2005. and %
were for improvements on the basis
of permits set at s2l,005
The recordation of deeds and
trusts in the office of County Clerk
John NJ. Whalen continued high
during September. with the total
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Too Few Homes
Are Adequately
Illuminated

Few homes are lighted effectively
or even correctly. School doctors
still report that one child in five
has defective vision due to made
quate lighting at home, In spite OF
the fact that we have all learned
that health and efficiency and hap
piness are all increased through
improved lighting.
A room Is adequately lighted by
day If the window area, including
saShes and frames, is equal to II
per cent of the floor area. 1t is
possible to have a light meter test
made of a room to calculate the
foot candles necessary by night.
Beyond the point of adequate
lighting comes effective lighting
This art is just beginning to be used
in the average home. Panel light
ing, cove lighting, indirect lighting
for work areas are all step in the
right direction.
How exciting it would be to walk
into a modern home of so years
hence to find clear light-brilliant
color and no shadoWS-the product
of so years research in the art of
lighting.
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Showerstall Units.

That extra shower you wanted to
install all summer, either in the
basement where swimmers could use
Evening star., 1941-10-04

added this fall. True your biggest
use for it is in the summer, but
by next summer it may cost a good
deal more.
There is a Square-type shower
stall. complete with chrome plated
valves, shower head, drain, Strainer.
soap dish. curtain rod and precast
stone receptor with brass anchoring
lugS, for a little under S38, unin-
stalled Its walls are made of
heavy rust st-resistant galvanized steel,
procesSed so they can be painted
any color you wish. The shower
head and faucets are located either
on the right or left wall, whichever
fits your plan better.
It is naturally a small shower,
not one of those spacious affairs
that are hard to fit into small bath
rooms and sometimes even require
special construction in the floor to
support their weight. 1t weighs 28O
pounds altogether. not too much TO
be set on an ordinary floor with
sub-flooring and regulation joiSts
Yet it is large enough for comfort
able ShoWering, and handy to have
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Kitchen Decorations
Prevent Surgical Air

The kitchen is first and foremost
a laboratory. built to be efficient and
to safeguard the health of the
family by hyglenic surfaces-but
that is no reason for allowing it to
look like an operating arena. Intro
duce decoration of a sort that con-
tinues the main idea-that of food
but which in no way interferes
with the usefulness of the room In
fact. decoration can add to the level
of efficiency.
You are more likely to return your
frying pan to its proper cabinet if
Evening star., 1941-10-04
Plumbing Systems
Made 10 Last Longer
By Water Softener
inexpensive Unit
Requires Little Time
To Keep 1t Working
By DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

How are you protecting your water
pipes? Are you doing anything to
prevent them from clogging with
scale deposited by hard water flow
ing through them day after day If
YOU use hard water, containing a
high percentage of minerals, your
pipes may be building up interior
coatings which can cause plenty of
trouble. even necessitating the in
stallation of new piping some day.
Protection: A water Softener.
Water softeners, consisting of
pressure tanks equipped with amply
sized piping and generous beds of
a material called zeolite, can be in
stalled in the average home for $50.
They remove the hardness from
water, sending soft water through
the plumbing pipes for an indefinite
period. Such systems have been
known to operate successfully for
periods of 20 years and more. The
only "upkeep" item required is pc
riodic regeneration with common
rock salt.
Such a "Softener' system also
Evening star., 1941-10-04

the cupboard doors have Stenciled
patterns of the contents on the
front The same thing goes for
glasses, cups and saucers and the
teapot.
Have curtains either so washable
that they can be laundered fire.
euently or so stiff as TO need it
not Al all Use paint and washable
wall paper and inlaid linoleum for
color accents, Neither grease nor
onion fumes injure these.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

Of 73O such recordings rejecting the
second highest month this year.
Likewise. the total of instruments
admitted to record during the first
nine months reached $5.647, more
than 900 ahead of the total for any
entire year previously except 1910.
During the corresponding period
last year there were 4,546 record
ings.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

caves soap. fuel and linens.
A neW-mOdel sofJener has been
introduced by one Of the Oldest max
ers of this kind of equipment. 1t is
intended for use with water that is
somewhat high in iron or other suS-
pended matter. vet not high enough
to warrant the installation of a Spe-
cial filter. II is particularly applica-
bic where private wells are the
sourse of water, and where sep
arate softener and filter would be
too expensive.
Variety of Sizes.
These water softeners come in
seven sizes. varying in capacity to
soften water of from 20 TO so grains
of hardness per 1000 gallons. Choice
of the softener depends on the hard
ness of your water. The softeners
are equipped with regeneration con-
trolls, so thao the householder can
start and stop the ''revivifying" pro-
cess which brings the zeolite bed
back to its original capacity to re-
move grains of hardness from the
water The regeneration is done
automatically. by leaving the con-
troll in operation for the required
length of time and adding the re-
uuired amount of rock salt.
The company making these
softeners cautions householders to
choose equipment of the proper size.
A small softener cannot remove
hardness beyond the capacity indi-
Gated on the specifications under
which it is sold. If your water is
hard, and you want to protect your
pipes. 1t may pay you to investigate
adding a water softener.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

Britain has estimated that if every
one of its men. women and children
saved half a slice of bread a day it
would provide shipping space for
enough steel to make 10000 25-ton
tanks a year.
Evening star., 1941-10-04

available for picnics and play
grounds with fine field house and
tennis courts just half mile away.
The Meadowbrook Club is available
for those who like to ride horses
Evening star., 1941-10-04

with all country trails untroubled By
traffic problems. All the charm OF
living in the country is though
fast thoroughfares take you 20 the
center of town in about 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

MISUNDERSTANDING the sidewalks taxing capacity
R asf
Hosss 0ans M yesr wrs m o for expanding Va
dollar volume continued to better 1910 levels but sales were seasona
cH1cAGo-The upsurs spending the last week
shopping day Affected by the outbreak of war
was Estimated slightly below last
operations record 1o of capacity
as m c@SpRsa pnaS endns the week lived up
s gas over wdened cosderaby aided by
day this For the as whole however retail TRADE failed to
scheduled full capacity as mills worked ChIisma5 Day.
which will cause the layon of industry
trade failed make he @ bo last pu m es & b n
shopping this Accessories and smaller items made the best
heavy inventories and h- from whole
800 e5a units The steel rate advanced two points
IND1ANApo1Is~A the holiday caused
@ % At in e % ps a cen G's ne @
last Operations in plants affected by
dependent industry entirely and rubber
~ s Gu. an 5a hh
levels as shoppers peChstmas buying
Dollar sales scored wide gain over 1910 as merchants anti Der beneha
quiet with turnover higher
1ou1sv1IIE crowded the last-minu buyns
in the last few days We're per chsked
up the " a0ed g pg S % @ p e ahead aa of s4e
defense ORDERS several plants increased
spending SHARPLY in the final nal pre-.
estimated per Defense and bonds
Christmas funds
with the local supply of s25 completely
will smaller than usual in the
mills scheduled at 0o cent
last week.
reached this carrying
levels this and Is cent las
Spending than 10 larger than tn
ls4o Retail activity lived
for the
whole fell below wholesale
supplies well holiday observance
"a cent OF capacity
TOLEDO-A squirt spending marked the last pre-
high for the Mer
gains l94o in the final week which hat
Production declined IN some
lines affected by curtalment.
YOUNGSTOWN-Windng banner Christmas season. retail
final before the holiday Large
volume 80 larger than the week
of l940
smaller decline usual
some
was estimated at SO capacity
llastw
Evening star., 1941-12-28

is needed. Heretofore 1t has been
more economical to use wood.
Technicians say that if the price
of wood increased, if cheaper meth
ods of gathering stalks were de.
veloped, or if cheaper and more e1-
ficient methods for processing stalks
were discovered, the farmer might
find 1t profitable to produce raw
materials for use in making paper.
Agriculture Department author1-
ties estimate that American farms
produce annually about 260, 600, 900
tons Of by-products that provide a
potential source of supply for manu-
factured products. This includes
straw, stalks, husks, cobs, cotton
seed hulls, sugar cane bagasse and
peanut hullS.
SOybean Demand Increases.
BY shutting off foreign sources
of supply, the war is creating new
interest in domestic raw materials
for the production of starches for
industrial as well as food needs.
Processes already have been de-
veloped for extracting high quality
white starch from sweet potatoes.
Agricultural leaders hope that the
war will expedite the manufacture
of starch from potatoes SO that
large part of the 215,000, 900
pounds Of imported root starch may
be replaced by domestic production.
AS in the case of starch, the war
is closing foreign sources of many
Evening star., 1941-12-28

important vegetable oils needed for
paints, varnisheS, soaps and food
products. This development already
has widened farmers markets for
soybeans and peanuts.
Agriculture Department produc-
ton goals for 1912 call for increases
OF 100000 acres of soybeans and
1000 900 acres of peanuts. With
average yields, these increases
would provide an additional 5OO,-
600 900 pounds of oil.
The war is creating many special
markets for farm products. Agri-
culture Department scientists are
developing a process for making
cotton cloth into full-proof black
out material for windows and doors.
The department also Is exploring
the possibility of increasing COM
mercial production of soybean pro-
tein, a product needed in increasing
quantities as material for adhesives
required in defense industries and
| housing.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Long-BeII Lumber Plans
To Retire Preferred
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27.-Long
Bell Lumber Co. of Kansas City, Mo,
reported today it was notifying hold
ers of its preferred stock that s2,60O,-
900 is available in the sinking fund
to purchase the stock.
In a letter to holders, President
M. B. Nelson said that the COM
pany gave an option October 13 for
the sale of 124.595 acres of second
growth timber land reserves in Ar
kansas and Louisiana. The holder
of the option has given notice that
it will be exercised.
All of the money will go to pur-
chase the preferred stock through a
tender operation, it was said. Ten
ders will be received by Halsey, Stu
/ art & Co. of Chicago, sinking fund
/ agent, until January IS, 1912.
I The purchaser is TO deposit the
money in New York, December 90.
The company has outstanding
/ S11055,700 par value of preferred.
or 110,557 shares of preferred stock.
Long-Bell, reorganized in 1885.
I has retired about s9,50000O tpar
value) of preferred stock since De-
cember 81, 1884.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Commodity Price
Changes in Week
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec 27-Table
foods cost a little less today than a
week ago, but the general average
Of foodstuffs and industrial raw
materials edged up to around the
highest levels of the year.
The advance was due principally
to sharply higher livestock quota
tions. Receipts of animals at the
big Chicago market dwindled as
farmers held back shipments, partly
in hopes of obtaining higher prices
later.
Index Up Further.
The Associated Press index OF 30
wholesale staples sold in cash mar
kets advanced to 94.78 per cent of
the 1926 average from 94.38 per cent
in the preceding week and TITS per
cent year ago.
Changes in quotations at various
trading centers were tame in COM
parison with the sometimes violent
fluctuations which came on the
heels of war with Japan.
Analysts traced this mainly to the
functioning of Federal price cell
| ing, the belief unWarranted specu-
lative activity would bring prompt
restrictive measures from Washing,
ton and pending price legislation.
Cotton chalked up smart galr
as forecasts were freely made Of
record breaking consumption fol
1912.
Cocoa improved, in part because
of the possibility shipping space fol
imports might be limited. Corn anC
! turpentine were also higher.
Wheat Takes Spill.
Wheat took a spill, influenced b,
the Government announcement o
plans to sell Federal-oWned supple
at close to current prices. Trader
claimed this, in effect, placed a cell
ing on the market.
Butter declined, along with oats
rye and wool.
ApalvSiS 0f the index follows.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO; Dec, % lP.--Butter re-
ceipts, 669,9o3; firmer: fresh. SO score,
3424-35l4; -, 34i4: 81, 33a4: 90. :}3:
80. 32l2; SS, 81 90, centralized car
lots. 1874, eggs. $3.50: steady: fresh grad
local 3.s; cars .:S;I1a; current receipts, 81:
dirties, 371a; checks, 26i2.
Potatoes, arrivals 90: on track, 323:
crate: demand fair: market steady: Idaho
Russet Burba nks. u S. No. /. 250-1O;
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. 2.45: Mime
sofa and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs
1.55-2 90; Cobblers 145-55; Wisconsin
Rurals. 1.30-40; new stock supplies light;
demand light: market about steady; Flor
ida Bliss TriumphS, 2.35-50 per bushel
crate.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 P,.-Late foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents:
Canada - Oficial Canadian Control
per cent premium, selling II per cent
premium, equivalent to discounts on ca,
madam dollars in New York of buying g:9l
dollar in New York open market 1873
per cent discount, or S6.12iz U. s. cents
UP Is cent
Europe-Great Britain, official Bankers
Foreign Exchange Committee rates.; buy
ing. 4O2; selling, 4.04, open market;
cables 4.04.
Latin America - Argentina. official
2a71; free. 90 30, down % cent: Brazil
official. 605n; free, 5.1sa4n; Mexico
20 10n. ,.
Rates In spot cables unless otherwise
indicatedl
n Nominal
Evening star., 1941-12-28
November Tire Shipments
Down 81 Per Cent
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Shipments
of automotive pneumatic tires in
November dropped to 4,0479l3 units.
or 81 per cent below october and l8.5
per cent less than November, 1910.
the Rubber Manufacturers Asso-
citation reported today.
November production of 1864 OCT
units was 18 per cent under October
and 1862 per cent under November
last year.
Stocks of castings in the hands Of
manufacturers on November 80 de-
creased 19 per cent under October
81 TO 4.042 ,995 units and we're $50
per cent under the 9.162,995 units
held on November 80, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Dividend Meetings

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 (SpeciaD Among
the important companies which will hold
Producfs Corp, Union Oil Co. of Calf.
and Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp; A
list of the meetings of companies dennltelv
scheduled is reported by Fitch Investors
Service as follows:
Monday, December 30.
Union Oil Co. OF Calf. tcomo Oil ann.
Tuesday, December 80.
Hecker Products Corp. (com) $3.50 pmo.
Wednesday. December 81.
Hercules Powder Co. (6Se pfd 90 AMI.
Parke, Davis & Co. Conn t2 pm)
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc. t7ee pld.
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp. (S4 so
pfd and COM $3.50 p.m.).
Friday, January 2.
Sharpe & Dohme, Inc. $3.50 pref.
"A'D 2:15 p.mD.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Federal Zinc Control
Extended to March 81

BY the Associated Press.
An o. P. M order controlling the
distribution of zinc, zinc oxide and
zinc dust has been extended until
March 81.
The order, originally scheduled to
expire December 80. requires pro-
ducers to hold percentage of their
monthly output subject TO distri-
button by the o. P. M. priorities di-
rector and provides for ALLEGATION OF
controlled distribution Of the re-
/ mainder,
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Carriers Bear Brunt
Of fSeI|ing in Busy
Bond Market
|. T. & T. IS Decline
15s Points Following
Earnings Report
By the Associated Press.

BY InS ASSoCidteu fIeSS
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Rail loans
bore the brunt of selling pressure to-
day in the most active Saturday
bond market since October f.
Turnover of S7.083 100, face value
compared with $3,766 600 week ago,
Helping to enliven the market
were tax transactions, year-end
evening-up operations and broader
interest in many foreign obligations.
United States Government issues
showed a better undertone after a
week of persistent declines. In
overtime counter trade the Treas
uries finished off 132 point to
up 1892.
One of the widest price changes in
the corporate list was chalked up for
International Telephone 5s, which
dropped 1ss 10 34as. The company's
report for the first nine months OF
the wear showed a smaller deficit
than a wear ago, but failed to include
results of operations of many impor-
tant foreign subsidiaries, some OF
which are in war zones.
Down fractions to point were
Southern Railway 4s at So, Pere
Marquette IS at "a 8. Nickel Plate
512s at 707s, Missouri-Pacitls 5s OF
II IF" at 20ls, International Hydro
Electric is at 20l4. Erie SIS of rs at
26l4 and Commercial Mackay in
comes of SO with warrants.
Edging forward were Delaware q
Hudson refunding As, Common
wealth Edison convertible 312s of SO.
American Telephone 3s. Portland
General Electric 4 IS and Armour OF
Delaware is of '55.
Danish loans took another spill in
the foreign group Norway 6s of "A,
however, jumped 11as to 81 on trans
fer of two bonds and gains running
to 2 points appeared for Belgium
612s, Buenos Aires Ass, Copenhagen
5s and Poland rs.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Dec. - CP-Closins for
eisn exchange rates follow tGrest Britain
in dollars, others in cents:
Canada-Oficial Canadian Control Board
rates for U. s dollars: buying, 10 per cent
premium, selling, II per cent premium.
equivalent to discounts on Canadian dollars
in New York OF buying. . 9l per cent sell
ing 90 per cent Canadian dollar IN New
York open market. IA per cent discount.
or So 90 U. s. cents.
Europe-Grest Britain. Official Bank
erS Foreisn Exchange Committee rates
| buying. ~. selling, GA, open market,
cables. "a
Latin America-Argentina, official 20.
free. - down ."5 cent. Brazil ofhoIal'
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated
II Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Metal Market

steady: ad eieetrolytic spot Conn Valley,
I2 90; export, f.a.s., New York, II. 70;
Tin steady; spot and forward. 81 90. Lead
steady; spot, New York. 5.S5; ST. Louis
80. Zinc, steady; East St. Louis: spot
and forward, S.25. Pig iron. aluminium
wolframite and domestic seheelite un-
changed
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Trade Reports at q Glance
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW 27Tablod review Of business reported by Dun
divisions wholesale and jobbng retail
trade manufacturing industry collections This week compared
with good
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Capital Securities
kArar the Count!

(Over the Counter
The following nominal bid and asKeo
quotations on Washington securities Traced
been assembled for The Star by Washing-
ton members of the National Association
of Security Dealers, Inc: Y,s .,xa1
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Daily Price Average

Daily PrIte AVeragf.
NEW YORK, Dec 27.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index OF
30 commodities today advanced TO a4 So.
Previous day a47s: week ago, "a 43;
month ago 81 "a; year ago, 90
1871 1870. 1879. l933-3s
Low 77.U3 IS 50 6318 4l44
1925 average equals 1000
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK. Dec 27 R-Closins Fed
| eral Land Bank bonds
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Woshinqton Stock Exchange
ed by W. B. Hibbs & Co., washingt

b. ". q
DECEMBER 90
Evening star., 1941-12-28
u. S. Treasury Notes
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Dec 27-Dividends de-
clared Prepared by Fitch Publishing Co..
Resumed.
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate Rod record able
Westland Oil 100 1912 1919