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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-14
Studio Recital to
Present Ruth Johnson
Margaret Asbury

Margaret Asbury, piano pupil OF
Adeline Foreman, will be presented
in a studio recital at 1918 No. 27th
st, Sunday at p. m. She will
be assisted by Ruth johnson, So
prano. pupil of ]. w. Bixel.
Miss Asbury will play compost
tons by Bach. Chopin and De-
busy. Miss johnson will sing
"Allelulia" Mozart; "A Dream"
(Grieg). and Why" tTschaikow-
skill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-14

A ~s continue the study Of
Thomas jefferson a. . musician.
thers n An interesting letter in
which the passionate Democrat
outlines the plan for a domestic
music establishment in America
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-14

akin to but not
- pre- tsntious
- those main
tanned by aris-
tocrau in Esl-
rope. II was the
custom there to
retain or 10 hire
musicians much
~ members Of
the q o m 9 tic
staff were en-
gagged. v o . Q
duties were to
provide m usic
for fhs hosses-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-14

hold and entertain guests. II In
significant that jefferson could
give some thought to this at the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
BUYING:
CURLING InstaIIments

In an action designed to put
check on infationary trends in the
nations defense boom, an executive
order was issued by President
Roosevelt which called on the Fed
eral Reserve SYSTEMS governors to
regulate installment buying.
This order gave the Federal Re-
serve virtually complete control
over consumer credits in the coun-
try and will become effective in
about a month.
1t was indicated by Mariner S.
Eccles, Federal Reserve board
chairman, that the first steps in the
regulation would not be to prohibit
installment buying, but merely to
control it. This meant that the board
might put through an order regulat-
ing the size of the down payment to
be made and the length of time al
lowed the consumer for repayment
of the credit.
Eccles also said that initial regu-
lation would be issued promptly
following consultation with repre-
sentatives of the trade and financial
institutions affected"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
DRAFT:
Extension Fight

The passage by the senate of a
bill providing for an 18-month ex-
tension of the terms of service of all
men in the army and navy did not
end the battle by any means, nor
did it have the effect of quoting
opposition in the house.
First intimation that this was so
came from administration circles
themselves, with the apparently au-
thorized statement that any extern
sion at all from the house would be
acceptable.
When the bill went into the senate,
the first goal of the administration
leaders was for an unlimited extern
sion. The opposition bloc countered
with the Taft bill, calling for six
months; later vote was taken on
a year, and the 18-month provision
was finally passed, by a fairly
strong, though lessened majority.
It was considered significant that
on the eve of the first test of
strength, house administration lead
ers were admitting that "down the
line" fight for the senate 18-month
extension might risk a complete de-
feat for the bill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
DAKAR:
Reported Nazi MOUe

A relatively strong Nazi expedi-
tionary force, it was learned in
Washington, has entered Spanish
Morocco by going through Spain and
across the straits of Gibraltar, and
is poised for an entry into Dakar.
This news was coupled by Brig
ham dispatch which declared that
France is believed to have conclud-
ed full war alliance with Ger
many, calling for industrial, colo
NAL and, eventually, the sending of
men to bolster the Nazi attack upon
Russia.
The Dakar report, impossible of
verification, placed the German
force as fairly large, including 1000
mechanical units including tanks,
and counting at least two panzer
divisions.
They were poised, Washington
heard, for simultaneous thrusts at
Dakar and at French Morocco. The
French commander in this territory
is Maxine Weygand.
This, according to Washington
sources, will be Germany's answer
to the American occupation of Ice
land, and will render this nation S
position on the war more ticklish
than ever, because of the policy
statement that any attack on or oc-
cupation of Dakar would be regard
ed as direct blow at this country's
security.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

liant pioneering of Meteorologist Viii
helm Bjerknes. An enthusiastic
Bjerknes disciple, Carl-Gustaf Ar
vid Rossby, brought it to the U. S.
in 1926, founded a top-notch me-
teorology school at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Airlines
and other private concerns to whom
accurate forecasts were vital
snapped it up. Now the U. S. wealth
er bureau has 35 air-mass stations
two operated by the army and seven
by the navy-ranging from mid-At-
lantic to Alaska to Hawaii.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
STETTINIUS:
Issuing Orders

The priorities director of the Of
fee of Production Management,
E. r. Stettinius Jr., moving rapid
ly to get the economic condition of
the nation geared into the defense
production machine, announced that
all steel would be placed under full
priority for defense.
Stettinius announced that there
was growing shortage in certain
types of steel products, and said
that his order covered not only steel
but also certain alloys.
1t means that the steel companies,
already operating to capacity and
with growing backlogs of orders,
are forced to accept all defense Or
ders in the future even if this
means the shelving and deferring
of non-defense orders.
The preference given defense or
ders applies not only to the army
and navy, but also to British orders
and those of the lend-lease program.
1t goes into effect September l.,
after which any order for steel will
have to be accompanied by a spe-
cial form which will set forth what
purpose the steel is to be used for.
The priorities control over steel
rolled the ball little higher as far
as governmental economic action
was concerned. Already in August
pig iron had been placed on the list,
and the recent order concerning the
manufacture of silk hosiery, and
placing of the entire national output
of silk at government and defense
disposal sent women chasing pell-
nell to department store counters.
Also the Stettinius office was or
dering other goods out of produc-
ton to conserve materials. How
far-reaching this was could be no.
ticed in the order outlawing white
wall" automobile tires.
Stettinius' order stated that 5000
tons of rubber per year could be
saved in this way, and that quanti-
ties of zinc, in the form of zinc OK
ide, also went into the manufacture
of these tires.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
JAPAN:
Crisis

Increasingly tough" measures
against Japan by the British-Amer-
lean front were predicted by Lon
don as the crisis grew more acute
in the Indo-Chinese area; with the
Dutch East Indies, Malaga and the
Philippines regarded as equally
menaced.
The Japanese demand on Portugal
for an air base at Delhi, town on
the Portuguese half of the little
known Dutch-Portuguese island of
Timor in the Malay archipelago,
was the latest move of the Nippon
csc to raise tension in the South
Pacific. -..a
London stated that the granting
of such a base would enable the
Japanese planes to fly right over the
center of the Dutch East Indies, and
to throw a loop of military air.
planes around the Philippines.
1t did not make the tension any
easier when it was learned that
Nazi Germany was putting pres
sure on the Portuguese government
asking air and submarine bases on
Lisbon's colonial territories in re-
turn for a Nazi guarantee of Portu-
guese territorial integrity.
A German base IN the Azores,
London pointed out, would largely
nullify the American aid to Britain
on the Atlantic. Also a base on
Portuguese territory in West Africa
would do the British no good in the
Mediterranean battle.
At the same time an article by
Chen Chieh, former Chinese am
bassador to Berlin, expressed the
conviction that sitter economic
pressure on Japan by Britain and
the United States might checkmate
any of Nippon's demands.
Chieh said that the entire JAP
anese southern Pacific campaign
was the result of prodding by Ger
many, who had underestimated the
courage of the United States, the
strength of the Russian army, and
while realizing the strength of the
Chinese army, thought bluff would
close the Burma road.
But, Chieh continued, tougher"
pressure by Britain and the U. S. on
Japan would cause the latter to
''fold up" Japan never would have
moved in the first place without the
insistent urging and misrepresenta-
ton of the Nazi diplomats.
Chieh, however, on the basis of
his experiences in Berlin, stated that
while the tension in Germany is ter
rife, and while there is consider
able discomfort with the govern
ment, the war, and with living con-
ditions, lit would be wishful think
ing to figure that revolution is
imminent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

Air-mass analysis is the biggest
thing in modern weather forecast
ing. Weather is three-dimension-
al phenomenon, so instead of con-
fining itself to surface observations,
air-mass analysis gets off the
ground. Its practitioners take tenn
perature, pressure and humidity re-
cordings in the upper air, so that
they can study the movements and
interactions of tropical masses
warm, wet) and polar masses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
STRIKES:
Break Out Again

With the mounting cost of living,
particularly soaring food prices,
once more labor trouble began rear
ing its head, particularly in defense
industries.
Twenty-Five thousand shipyard
workers at Kearny, N. j., went out
on strike, and boldly demanded that
the United States government take
over the yard. There was small
er strike at nearby shipyard in
Brooklyn.
At Caldwell, N. j., vital airplane
propeller plant was crippled by a
strike. In many instances, workers
receiving about II cents per hour
were asking for raise to 81; other
groups were asking a 20-cent-an-
hour increase, while one or two of
the disputes had a jurisdictional
phase.
oldest strike was that in the pro-
peler plant, where the workers put
on their demonstration on the very
day when OPM Director Knudsen
was due for a visit to watch air
plane propellers being rushed into
production.
The company finally joined the
workers in asking U. S. assistance
to end the walkout.
Meanwhile, similar troubles were
reported at the Philadelphia Navy
yard, where some of the navy's big
gest fighting ships are built. This
was not walkout of shipyard en-
ployees, but carpenters dispute
which, according to navy officials,
was seriously curtailing the defense
effort.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

(cold, dry)-gliding, tongue-like bod
les sometimes five or six miles
thick. U. S. analysts now send up
small, cheap, hydrogen-filled bal
looms carrying acknowledgements
or 'radiosondes"-small, compact
recorders which automatically
transmit data to the ground by ra-
dio.
It was in Norway about two dec
AIDES ago that air-mass analysis got
its start, largely through the bril-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

LONDON, ENCLAND.-Mrs.
John G. Winant, ,oife of the U. S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, is
sho,On speaking as she oficiated
at the opening of the ne,o Y. W.
C. A. Ne,0 England club in Lon
don. Seated beside her is Mrs.
Winston Churchill, ,oife of the
British premier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
New Booklet on Vitamins
Guide to Healthful Diet

SHOCKING news, to learn that
your youngster needs costly
dental treatment.
This is what lack of Vitamin c
in our diet can do and what it
has done to more and more young
Americans. Three times as many
men are being rejected for bad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
SINKINCS:
Totals

A review of 101 weeks of world
war on the high seas revealed that
1913 vessels have been sent to the
bottom, and 1850 persons have lost
their lives at sea.
First vessel to go to the bottom
was the Athena, 1880 tons, the
very day that Britain declared war
on Germany. Since that day, the
record shows, 6,829, 900 tens of ship
ping have gone to "Davy Jones
locker.
This includes both sinkings and
scuttlings of all merchant and naval
shipping. 1t represents an average
of two ships and 81 lives lost each
day.
The list also includes 9,217 per-
sons reported missing, about Is a
day, most of whom must be re-
garded as dead.
Britain has lost almost half of the
total ships, BIG. Scores of nations
have lost ships, many of them nom
combatants, such as the United
States, Egypt, Sweden, Portugal,
Denmark and others.
Two American ships were lost,
the City of Rayville, which struck
a mine off Australia, and the Robin
Moor, torpedoed on a voyage to
Africa.
BRIEFS:
New York: Significant of the
necessities of modern air travel, the
trip of Lord and Lady Duff Cooper
from London to Singapore was a
sample. The Duff-Coopers were
flying from Britain to Lisbon, to
New York, to San Francisco, thence
by clipper to the Orient.
Boulder City, New: The spillway
at Boulder dam was opened to
empty the lake enough to allow for
the floods of next spring. The waite
was flowing out of the lake at 1870
cubic fe~ -o,d
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
In Mem0ry'S Caverns

Friends depart, and memory
takes them to her caverns, pure
and deep.-Thomas Haynes Bayly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
Without Beginning

Fear not that thy life shall come
to an end, but rather fear that it
shall never have a beginning
Cardinal Newman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
BATTLE:
OF Propaganda

The rival claims of Russians and
Germans to successes on the east
front continued to feature the war
news to the despair of the reader
and observer, and the beclouding of
any clear understanding of the ac-
ton.
Official London, usually ignoring
such matters, warned the public to
take the German claims with re-
serve" but to realize that a serious
and dangerous threat to the Black
sea port of Odessa was shaping up.
That was one direction in which
the Germans were claiming rela-
lively little. They did claim the
capture of an army general in the
south, and thousands of prisoners,
but most of the claims were in the
territory closer to Kiev, Smolensk,
and Leningrad.
Stories came out of Berlin with
an undercurrent of dissatisfaction
with conditions, however, one dis
patch stating that the Russians, de-
spite huge losses, were still hurting
millions" of fresh troops into the
fray with no count of the cost.
BERLIN:
Under 2 Fires
The German capital, since the
Russian war started, was placed un-
der two bomb fires, in fact, in re-
cent attacks, people could not tell
whether the bombing planes were
coming from the east or the west.
Britain, relieved of much of the
necessity of protecting her own
cities, was hammering away day
after day, night after night, when
suddenly came reports from Berlin
of bombings of the city and territory
by Red planes.
This was verified in Moscow,
though the Soviet communicates
said that the flights were largely
of reconnaissance nature, limiting
of larger bonbings to follow.
Speaking of these bombings, one
outstanding British spokesman,
General SHUTS of South Africa, said
that it was the British belief that
a wrestling of control of the air, and
a continuance of consistent and
heavy bombing of German objec-
tives by both the British and the
Russians would bring an end to the
war eventually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
BY Edward C. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Steel Placed Under Defense Priority;
Government Moves to Check Imitation
With Installment- Buying Regulations;
Tension Grows in Far East Situation

columns
----- Released Newspaper Union )----
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21

Does this mean expensive meals? No.
our new 32-page booklet suggests several
vitamin-rich yet modest-cost menus.
Gives charts showing vitamin content of
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-08-21
l24YRS.AGo TODAY
~ LACK OF G80
lN VITAM MIN { W WV
| INCREASES DENTAL TROUBLES

teeth in the draft today as in 1917.
Yet you can easily get enough
Vitamin c in your diet. Tomato
juice, orange juice, grapefruit,
strawberries are all rich in c.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Organized Attack
.0nLedse-Lend Bill
.Co||apses in Senate
Fewer Than Dozen Votes
Expected Against Plan
Involving 6 Billion
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Organized opposition to the ad-
ministration's 85,000,000 lease
lend bill collapsed in the Senate to-
day and proponents predicted its
speedy approval this week by an
overwhelming vote.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota, who has opposed the meas
ure, said he expected no concerted
effort to defeat the bill when it is
called up for consideration in the
Senate Wednesday.
About all we can do" Senator
Nye told reporters. lis to make a
record against the principle OF
underwriting other peoples wars.
There is no chance of defeating it"
Senate leaders, confident that
fewer than a dozen votes would be
cast against the measure. hoped to
obtain final approval after one days
debate.
An appropriations subcommittee
which has been holding hearings
on the bill arranged to meet this
afternoon to pass on final details,
including a request by President
Roosevelt for an additional S50000,-
900 for foreign war relief.
Chairman Adams said there was
some opposition to granting that
much. since the measure already
provides slooO,ooo 900 to buy food
for nations fighting Germany.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Railroads Agree 10 Accept
.Waue Dispute Arbitration
he Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. - Railroad
management accepted today an
offer of President Roosevelt's flve-
man fact-finding board to arbitrate
the wage dispute between the car
riers and 100000 organized en-
ployes.
The offer was made Saturday by
the board with the provision that
both the railroads and the unions
request arbitration and agree to
accept the boards recommendation
thereafter.
Acceptance was expressed by j.
Carter Fort, chief counsel for the
railroads. The board then proceeded
with windup cross-examination OF
the final witnesses. Oral arguments
were scheduled to begin later today.
The current hearing by the En-
ergency Board, whose recommended
tions would be Backed by public
opinion rather than law, is the last
step under the Railway Labor Act
to forestall a rail strike.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Dry Comeback in U. 5.
Under Way, Leader Says
By the Associated Pres,


WESTERVILLE, Ohio. Oct. 90
On the eve of his 86th birthday, a
veteran crusader against liquor as
serted today that the spread of
local option through Central States
indicated that a dry comeback"
was under way
Eventually DR.. Howard Hyde Rus
sell predicted, local option will
spread across the Nation and offset
quite a setback" dry forces suffered
when the Prohibition Act was re-
pealed in 1888.
The founder of the Anti-Saloon
League of America pointed in par
ticular to Kentucky. where, he said,
IAN excellent county option law with
teeth for enforcement has abol-
ished all kinds of liquor in 55
counties
Despite his advanced age Dr. Rus
sell works constantly in a campaign
to spread local option. He IS making
appearances as a lecturer and is
active head of the Lincoln-Lee
Legion. Inc which controls the edu-
cation and abstinence department of
the Anti-Saloon League.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Rents
Continued From First PageD


It continue until such time as the
President may declare the emer-
gency over or Congress by concur
rent resolution declare that it would
no longer be necessary in the inter-
est of national defense.
Mr.. Russell told the committee
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois, who was absent, wanted
the bill amended to eliminate hotels
from its provisions.
Mr.. Russell said Mr.. Dirksen had
at one time been in favor of in
Guiding hotels, but had changed his
mind after the recent threatened
strike of employees at the Mayflower
Hotel where he lived. L believe the
hotels should be included declared
Representative Herbert. Il don't
want the hotels to be running hog
wild"
The bill not only would give the
rent administration authority to
freeze rents as of January /, this
year, but also would empower him
to fix a minimum of service stand
ards for housing accommodations.
Rent control legislation would be-
come effective 80 days following en-
actment.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
ExiIed President Urges
Little Nations to Fight .
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. 20
Declaring those who desire free
dom must stand with those who
fight for freedom" Antanas Sme-
tona, exiled President of Lithuania,
advocated in an address here last
night that the small nations of the
world abandon neutrality for a solid
stand behind the declaration of
freedom enunciated by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill"
Declaring nothing permanent can
be created by force" Smetona fore
cast eventual release of Lithuania
from German occupation.
Smetona is living in q log cabin
on the St. Joseph River near Sodus
Mich.
Evening star., 1941-10-20
Gas Tax
Continued From First Page)

permanent solution TO the problem
of traffic congestion until an under
ground rapid transit service is pro-
vided
we have been meeting the prob
lem in a piecemeal way" declared
Mr.. Bates. 1T will never be solved
until a rapid transit system is put
below the ground"
Il can't see how Capt. White
hurst's s44,OOO0OO program is going
to help this situation one iota," said
Mr.. Schultz. I'VE have got to get
some traffic off the streets and the
only way to do that is to PROVIDE
an adequate and fast mass trans
portation system and encourage
people to use it."
Fringe Parking.
Mr.. Schultz announced the SUD-
committee would report favorably
bill authorizing establishment OF
municipality owned parking lots on
the fringe of the central business
district. He expressed doubt, how
ever. that this plan would alleviate
the traffic situation. and again Rep
resentative Bates agreed with him.
Fringe parking will have to be tied
up with a shuttle streetcar and
bus service" said Mr.. Bates, "and
that will only add to the conges-
ton
Commissioner Mason, who at
tended todav'S meeting, said the
Commissioners intended to confer
with railroad officials on COM
muter service. He believed the rea-
son such service is not now pro-
vided is because two or three years
ago it would not have been attrac-
tive to suburban residents who work
here.
But now it is" he added.
Commissioner Mason said IL per
cent of the traffic in Washington
comes from nearby Maryland.
IF that's the case, | think tne
railroads should rearrange thell
schedules to provide a commutel
service for those people who now
use their cars" said Representative
Bates. Il think that's a major
| issue"
The full committee is expected tc
take action on the subcommittee
recommendations next Monday.