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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
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drome later. Tuck ran straight to
the infrnary and told his young
81 got One-for you-lad."
The boy smiled and asked
feebly:
Just one more favor, sir.
Could I paint the swastika on
the old ship for yOu?"
So they carried the boy out or
"a stretcher, put a paint brush In
his trembling hand and Tuck
helped him trace a shaky sWastiks
in the long row along the edge Of
the cockpit. The youth died
shortly thereafter.
Although the king once told
Tuck that the two princeSses fol-
low his score with eagerness;
although he is a hero to every
person in Britain; although he is
one of the top aces of the Raj
Tuck doesn't think of any of
these things when he goes into
battle.
He just rubs his little Iron
Cross as he hurries out across
the tarmac.
And as he climbs into his plane
he looks at one shaky and uneven
swastika and its 26 straight-e edged
companions painted along the edge
of the cockpit.
Tomorrow: A hero Of the
bomber command that specialiZes
in raids on Germany
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
LIddeu Hart Says:
Reinfor(ements Give British
Better Outlook in Libya' Drive
BY CAPT. b. II. LIDDELL HART
Noted British Military Expert and Analyst
written Expressly for Init News service)

strategic prospects and tactical
fulfillments TO be accounted for.
One important favor is obviously
that while the British here possess
for the first time a general super
iority of force, together with a
marked advantage in the air. they
did not enjoy anything like a spe-
cific superiority in armored force
the kind of force that counts
most-that the Germans have had
in their successful offensives.
1t is not even certain that Brit
ish tanks were more numerous,
while a large proportion of them
were lighter and less powerfully
gunned than the Germans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
SerbianS
Battle
Germans
international New. Service Cable

LONDON, Dec. l. - Reports
from Balkan sources state that
Serbian patriots and Nazi occupa-
tional forces have been battling
on a large scale for three days
in the Nish area OF conquered
Yugoslavia, according to the Lon
don radio.
The battle is raging with great
est violence in the area where the
strategic railways from Bulgaria
and Greece from a junction at
Nish.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
Smother 'Macaronis'

II was Tuck's squadron which
met the unfortunate Italian air.
men over the Thames estuary
Suffice TO say the "Macaronis'
don't come over any more. His
first D. F. G. was awarded for the
little trick of leading his squadron
of eight planes into a formation
of so MesSerschmitts. and later
into a bunch Of so. during which
Tuck and his lads "shot down
10 enemy aircraft and possibly
another "a during which this
officer displayed great dash and
.gallantry."
His second D. F. c., after he'd
brought down another six and
probably destroyed six more. was
awarded on the grounds that Tuck
has displayed gallant and deter
mined leadership"
Aside from his tenacious hold
on his Iron Cross lucky charm,
Tuck's only other sentimentality
is his ever-lengthening row OF
swastikas painted on the fuselage
of his plane. OF the 27 little
markers. 26 are painted boldly
and carefully. The other one,
however, is shaky and straggly in
outline, for it was painted by a
dying man.
The artist was young air
craftsman. one Of the mechanics
whose duty il was to keep Tuck's
plane in fighting trim. This lad
looked upon Tuck with a hero
worship akin TO awe.
4 IL. TLLl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
In His Thoughts

During a "blitz" attack upon
the airdrome. a Nazi high ex-
plosive bomb virtually blew both
legs of this youngster. but he re-
conscious and as Tuck and
his fellows hurriedly slipped into
their flying kit TO roar off and
pay back. the dying boy cried to
Tuck:
I'm Okay. sir. But get one
for me will you, please
Tuck promised-and kept his
PROMISE
When he landed back at the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
British Air Hero
Downs II Ndzis
Continued from Page One)


officer.
"Could I 20 up with them,
sir:" he pleaded.
Commanding officers in the
Raj don't often decline the
opportunity of having men like
Tuck flying in their squadrons,
and the permission was readily
granted. A few minutes later
Tuck was in the air and in
practically no time at all he was
at $4,000 feet on the tails Of two
JunkerS S8S which had just
dropped their bomb-loads on Lon
don.s --
Tuck Immediately passed the
GegInanS and then, spinning his
around. dove head-on at
them. This suicidal, headlohg
attack is Tuck's speciality and
when you've once seen him launch
into it. it will be a sight you'll
never forget.
The Junkers dropped plummet-
like to within a few feet OF the
surface of the channel, but relent-
leSsly Tuck zoomed and swerved
over them and again Unanswered
into position and launched his
.head-on attack.
When the first bomber plunged
into the sea, its life cut off by
the accurate hail of death from
|Tuck's multiple guns. he was
forced to throw his plane into a
vertical bank to avoid the foun-
tain of water thrown up by his
stricken enemy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
Downed Foeman

In the hospital the next day
Ibis shrapnel wounds swathed ir
Ibandages. Tuck looked over to-
ward the bed next to his. A
wounded luftwaffe pilot lay there
and in sign language, Germano-
English and Anglicized-German
they discovered that the German
had been the pilot Of the bomber
downed by Tuck. So
The Nazi reached under his
pillow where his Iron Cross had
been placed and handed the medal
across TO the British airman who
had shot him out OF the sky
Tuck tried TO refuse it but the
German insisted:
please, you will take him.
I have no use for IL further"
Tuck wouldn't part with that
Iron Cross for all the tea in China.
He carries it in his pocket as a
luck charm and as he walks out
on the tarmac and climbs into his
skin-tight cockpit to lead his
gang" out on another sortie
against the Nazis. YOU see him
take this little Iron Cross out and
rub it. Then he takes off.
Raj messes Throughout Britain
talk about Tuck Luck" Not
only has he walked away from
two parachute and one crash land
ings. but it seems that virtually
every time he takes to the air he
finds MeSSerschmitts or Junkers
or Dorniers or Hienkels. He
shoots them down singly. in groups
makes no difference TO Tuck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
DEATH PREFERRED

He meant it when he said he
was glad they were dead. / knew
that he meant il because other
men had told me of the priva-
tons and suffering their families
were undergoing. Many of these
men thought death was preferable
10 slow starvation.
Private Vingerhoets has no rel
atives in the world today. He
has only memory.
But it's men like Private Vim.
gerhoets that Will defeat Hitler
finally. For he will never stop
not until his body is riddled with
bullets.
He wants revenge and that re.
venge TO him is in killing, killing
killing
Tomorrow: The LieutenanO
For the Inside News" Of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Io1fs C0Inpnu In The Ttp,oa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
FAMILY MURDERED
DESIRE TO KILL

There is no forgiveness in The
heart of this nan-there is only
revenge-a terrible desire to xii
and kill until he has at Least
evened the count with the Ger.
mans.
He was still crying--a cry oil
rage more than of sorrow-wher
he said:
II know my family IL better
off dead. Now our people there
have no blankets. no food. They
are cold and there Is no place
for them 10 20. Their homes
are DESTROYED"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
LAST REBELS TAKEN

BUDAPEST. Dec. 1.-QNS)-A
semiofficial Belgrade communique
said today that the last "Commun-
list" strongholds in western Serbia,
Chachak and Izice, have been re-
captured by government troops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
EIoise Patient Killed

Oscar Speckhard, As, patient
at Eloise Hospital, was killed when
he walked into the path Of a car
driven by Harry j. Yester. 81, OF
7701 Mt. Elliott avenue. Speck-
hard was returning to the hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

nose of the limping aircraft up and
its A-dewff. ------------
Interminably long those 40 miles
S m d, but finally - he still
doesn't know how he managed il
there below him was the green
of the English countryside. For
the second time he trusted his life
to that little silken package
strapped to his back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

when the wa broke out and fed
to England before the. oncoming
Germans.
From England he returned TO
New York--his country was not
yet at war.
FAMILY MURDERED
And that's where he was when
the Nazis b 20 m b e d defenseless
Rotterdam. Bombed il with wave
after wave of huge bombers, kill
ing 10000 civilians.
Among the civilians killed were
Vingerhoets' mother. father. two
sisters and two brothers and his
sisters four children.
/ talked with, Private Vinger-
hoets for some time at Stratford.
Tears swelled in his eyes and
ran, UNDECIDED, down his cheeks
when he told me about his muir
dered family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
COST is HEAVY

The upshot has not fulfilled his
forecast. Instead of sea battle,
on land it is becoming a serial
battle in successive instruments of
varying issue. And although the
trend has become increasingly
favorable in the last few days. il
is clear that the cost, especially in
tanks, has been heavy.
How is the difference between
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
WARNED OF INVASION


rs a prophet - for many months
before The Germans did violate
Dutch neutrality he had been in.
kisting that such an invasion was
Imminent.
Trusting Holianders, however,
preferred 10 believe that their rec
prd of neutrality since the inva-
kion Of Napoleon would stand and
that no country would attack
Them.
The world knows now that 1t
was a foolish belief.
Sas was so positive that the
German invasion would come that
almost a year before the Nazi
march he sold his property, cached
his money.
IL INTERNED 4 DAYS
The morning of May 10 Sas was
gnterned with the entire Neither
lands legation for four days.
Then the group was placed on a
krain and for six days, guarded by
The Gestapo, the legation just sat
waiting for whatever fate the
Germans would decide upon.
! At the end Of the sixth day
passage into Switzerland was
arranged.
There Colonel Sas met his wife
md 23-year-old son, whom he. had
Instructed TO 60 there months
before.
Is ON QUEENS ORDERS
From Switzerland Sas went to
England, where he took the COM
mand of the Netherlands army
Fighting alongside of the English.
At the order of Queen Wilhel-
tnina he reported to Stratford TO
BET up the training center for the
second army of the Netherlands
an army made up of men with
revenge in their hearts.
Deep-rooted revenge that only
Complete humiliation OF Hitler
and the freedom OF Holland will
remove from their hearts.
81 HAS EXPERT AIDES
The officers selected by Sas to.
ueip IllIIl tram the IeCIultS WIZ
flock in from all corners of the
world every day, are all experts.
Most Of them saw duty in this
Rar-all of them received their
officers training and education in
Holland.
The Dutch officers are all well
educated gentlemen-they must
speak four languages fluently -
Dutch, English. French and Ger
man before they are allowed to
enter officers training. All of
them have university degrees.
EX-COOK ENLISTS
Among the enlisted men at
Stratford is Pvt. William Vinger-
hoets. 3S.
Vingerhoets worked in New
York as a cook for FIVE years be-
fore the war. During that time he
was hired 10 go along on one of
President Roosevelt's fishing trips
20 cook for him.
He was in France on vacation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
ArHstes Of Revenge:
dutch in Canada
|UnderCommdnd
|0f War Prophet
CHAPTER Is
BY WALDO McNAUGHT

Commander Of the Netherlands
Princess J ulians Barracks al
Etratford. Ont. is rudy COM
elected Col, G. 4. Sas, veteran
bf the Dutch army and diplomatic
service.
!, Colonel Sas was the Neither
Bands military attache in Berlin
when the Germans invaded Hol-
land.
IL was Sas who sent the now
famous wire 10 the Dutch gov.
ernment:
Tomorrow morning at dawn
That was all that Sas could got
BY the censors-It was his only
way 10 let his beloved queen know
that in the morning-the morning
of May 10, 1910. the Germans
WOULD march against her land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

LONDON, Dec. 1.-Outcome Of
the British offensive in Libya re-
mains uncertain. But as far as can
be seen through the fog of war
or the dust clouds of desert war
the outlook has become favorable
for the British, il it hasn't re-
covered the radiant promise Of the
first few days.
Early in the past week there
seemed a danger that the Ger
mans, recovering from the initial
shock, might be able to turn the
tables on the attackers.
That danger has declined as
reinforcements have reached the
British forces which first arrived
south of Tobruk and placed them
selves astride the enemy's COM
munications.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
SECOND PHASE SLOWED

It must frankly be admitted that
the second stage of the British
offensive did not come up to ex-
pectations raised by the first days.
The news conveyed the impress
sion that they had gained a
stranglehold. Prime Minister VIM
ston Churchill's hopes were mani
fest in his vivid suggestion week
ago last Thursday that a desert
clash between rival armored forces
would be like a sea battle on land
and that "all may be settled one
way or the other in the course of
perhaps two hours
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01
2 BIG QUESTIONS

The situation should continue to
improve providing supplies are
m in lined so that effective
strength at the crucial spot can be
sustained.
Two big questions then will
await the test of events: Can the
enemy extricate a sufficient pro-
portion of his forces-especialiy
the German stiffening-to estab-
lish fresh and strong resistance
further west?
Will the British after the hard
fight they have had, still possess
sufficient mechanical strength to
follow up their success quickly
and turn any such fresh positions
as their opponents try to con-
solidate?
For a mechanical force is a
lever whereby such obstacles are
loosened wherever flank can be
found.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

ADVERTISEMENT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

gist who also was a student Of pre-
historic life. Il became fascinated"
Haml:n says. and took up the
study of this science out Of library
books. From geology drifted into
paleontology. the study Of life In
past ages. and later made history
In general q hobby"
Hsmlin's next job was ss pho
togrspher on the Houston Press,
and shortly thereafter he started
his first comic strip. II was about
two girls. but nv soon dropped the
idea. Mrs. Hamlin." he explains,
kept insisting I experiment with
. comic based on my knowledge Of
the past. and I finally hit upon
Alley oop."
Hamlin doesn't remember just
how he happened to pick the name
Alley Oop. but says. 1T might
have been because II Is a French
term used by cumberland Alley
oop really In . roughhouse tum-
bier"
The Hamlins hav q son and
daughter and live in Sarasota, Fla.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Local Eagles
Elect in May
Nominations Will
Be Mode MondoY

Eagles Of Tacoma serie. who have
established a new local record by
passing the 1000 membership
mark. will nominate officers for
the 1912 annual period st this
Friday nights meeting Of the
lodge. Election will no held the
first Friday meeting IN May. A
worthy president. vice-president,
chaplain. warden. inner guard.
outer gaurd. and trustees are tn
he chosen.
Chairman Fred Race Of the
Days of '4e" general committee
win discuss final plans tonight for
the two-gunnish shindig set for
Saturday and Sunday in Eagle
hall. Doors viii open at s p. m.
Saturday and al noon Sunday. and
the Joint" will remain open as
long as the cowgirls and boys
want to whoop things up. Door
prizes and awards for the best
Wild West" and pioneer costumes
are being offered. Games. dancing
and cabaret numbers will feature
each days festiyity.
The show is being staged to get
funds for paying expenses of a
fun slate Of delegates TO the spo-
kane state convention. Local
Eagles want to have strong rep
resentation in order 10 obtain the
1912 convention for Tacoma.
Race announces the following
subcommittee for the show: tick
cts. Don Bryant and Ed w. Lorey
games. Chairman Jay Merrick. Al
Shevland. Axei Larson. Lee Croft,
Joe karpach. Al Fungins, Sam
Tokstad, r. l. Ssnderson, Morris
Mcdowell. DIR. W. r. Hunt, Or.
Arthur r. Nordi. John Hendricks,
Guy Melton. Fred Radke. b. II.
Mccormick and DR.. Allen Emer-
son; publicity. George Thomas and
William van Well: Red Gulch eat
ing house Clsdies' auxiliary,
Chairman Mrs. Carroll Hill. Mrs.
Ernest O'Halloran. Mrs. Clarence
whiteford. Mrs. George Berland
and Mrs Clinton Clark.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

services performed by the local
chapter through the year.
The American Red Cross offers
to men and women alike the privi-
lige Of serving their Red Cross, :"
he said. In Tacoma we will seek
$4,000 memberships and In order
to extend the invitation to Join
now to every member Of every
family, more volunteer workers
are needed.
Already we have found a ready
response to assist In this drive and
although we have 500 volunteers
ready for active duty May &c
May 10, 1t appears that we will
need about 800 workers.
Those who are able TO offer
some assistance are urged to phone
the Red Cross headquarters in the
Pacific Savings building. Broad.
way 2545.
Red Cross services for 1910 EN-.
braced many fields Of activity In
GLIDING first aid. accident proven
ton. home nursing. life saving
war relief production. and man,
types of home service"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

Paul Preus, Falkland resident
and twice q Republican candidate
for congress 18th district) who
was stricken with a heart attack
while on = business trip in Cali
fofnia several weeks ago. still il
confined In q Fresno, Calf. hospi-
tai.
According to word reaching here
Friday, Preus condition. while
not Immediately dangerous. still
is serious. Indications are he must
remain inactive and rest for q con-
siderable period.
II il understood he will STAY IN
California for an indefinite time.
With him now are his wife and
daughter. the latter Tacoma
General hospital nurses super
visor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
History a Hobby Of Hamlin
So He Can Pack More Laughs
In Comic Strip, Alley 0op"

". T. Hamlin. who draws the
great laugh comic, Alley Dor"
HAT appears daily in The Tacoma
Timee and hundreds Of other
npwspapers served by NEA. worlds
1argest Newspaper feature service.
Knocked editors and readers alike
when. through q -time-mschine. :
~ jumped his famous comic cave
man from prehistoric days 10 tine
twentieth century.
: No more drastic change in con-
dnuity and locale of . feature ever
nd been attempted and. while
alley oop rose to great popular
ity during the six years that Ham,
IN presented him In prehistoric
settings. he became even more
popular when he turned up In
modern times.
Hamlin. however. had only start
- his surprises. His time
Snachine- opened unlimited possi-
whites for Alley oop to amble
tAro1gh ths ages-to Join IN the
oocapodes Of historical and mytho-
UGscal chasNcters. This meant
Qkging into the history books. 20
Hsmlin promptly made history one
a his pet hobbies. Alley Oop
already has visited the ancient
city Of Troy. TO take part in the
Trojan war. joined up with Ulysses
q his Odyssey. and made trips
% Egypt for laugh-provoking ex-
periencea with Cleopatra.
Where viii be 90 next back to
nrehistoric days-to less ancient
rRriods Of history-to modern
0mss--only Hamlin knows.
Born in 1900, Hamlin grew up
8 Perry. Ia. At II he was In
france serving IN the World war.
y . hospital there newspapermen
Gnw sketches he made for his bud
-. and suggested he try produc-
hg = comic strip. In 1919 Hamlin
stunned 70 high school In Perry
ID then took q course in Journal
IN ct the University Of Missouri.
- served ~ reporter on the Des
BONES Register and Tribune and
- De- Moines News and a. car
Sopnist on the Fort Worth, Tex,
lar Telegram.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Jugoslov Airmen
Safe in Russia

No>CoW-(Delsyed) Twenty
three officers and crewmen Of the
Jugoslav air force arrived in Mos
COW on April is and were seen in
full uniform Friday in a Moscow
hotel
Capt Kyril Sabadoch. = squadron
commander. told the United Press
that they left Mostsr April Is.
flying three Savoia bombers over
Bulgaria and Rumania.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Roy Senior
Ball Friday

ROY - The senior ball Friday
evening. April %. in the Roy gym
nasium. viii be the last ma jor
event Of the Roy school year.
Henry Hofto's orchestra. cur
rently featured al the Fuiitland
Grange hall on Saturday nights.
will furnish music. Doors viii be
opened At $50 O'Clock.
Tn hall has been artistically
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

Do>DO>-Horsheshoe pitching,
a sandlot favorite in many parts
OF Canada and the United States.
may become established over here
through its popularity with Ca
madam troops and Americans in
the Canadian army. Dozens Of
horseshoe sets have been sent
over by the Canadian Y. NJ. c. A.
TO be distributed among soldiers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Call Four Tacomans
For Army Service

-Four Tacomans were called Fri
day for induction into the army.
They were:
Tacoma Board No. Floyd J.
Lamken. 410e No. 2eth st: Robert
A Parker. 1902 East 55th st; and
John F. Densmore. 4ios No. Mason
aye.
Pierce County Board No. a
Dick Lancaster. Route I, Box
2o7-L. Tacoma